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Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported.

Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.

We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.

I have serious doubts as to whether, after all of its politically-motivated firings, the FBI has the capacity and expertise to actually investigate Kirk’s murder. The lawsuit filed today against Patel and the Bureau describes a complete clown show that leaves all of us less safe

I’m honored to serve on the new January 6th subcommittee alongside and Rep. Swalwell @repmoskowitz.bsky.social. Together, we will defend the Constitution, protect the truth, and make sure the American people never forget who was responsible for the defilement of the Capitol.

#SCOTUS all-but overruled a unanimous, 90-year-old precedent through an unexplained "administrative" stay this morning, and that's only the second-most-problematic thing it did before lunchtime.

BEAD’s quiet underspending The U.S. broadband plan that’s leaving millions behind.

In a more innocent time, Elon Musk running the government for a few months and deciding that the rural broadband subsidies should mostly go to him would be a big deal but there’s always a dozen other insane things happening.

www.slowboring.com/p/beads-quie...

Note, Axios liberated a copy of the Epstein book and other docs. I reposted a copy of the book here.

legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

When you're too hot and sweaty to shower but the sheets on your bed were just washed and you don't wanna get that gym stank on them

Trump Administration Quietly Seeks to Build National Voter Roll

One thing people can do to gum up the works when it comes to purging voter rolls or arresting Dems or whatever bs they have in mind is to register as a Republican or independent. If enough people do that the voter “data” will be contaminated to some extent www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...

It turns out that protecting hate speech did not create the conditions to protect other kinds of speech; instead, it protected hate and allowed hate movements to take over all the institutions of that might have defended the rest of us.

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Not to be a spoiler but Mamdani is actually not that popular among NYC voters, most polls show in a 1 on 1 against Cuomo (a scandal tainted Gov who resigned in disgrace) Madani would lose

Great collab between @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social and @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social for the @latimes.com! Share widely

How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein

“Got all my points in,” Starr reported to [Epstein]. “I said, no crimes, period. Inappropriate, yes. criminal, no. Bragged on you.” The great American moralist Ken Starr. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/m...

177. The (Not-So-)Interim Docket Justice Kavanaugh's attempt to re-brand how the Supreme Court handles emergency applications is belied by how the Supreme Court is actually handling emergency applications.

Justice Kavanaugh's attempt to re-brand how the Supreme Court handles emergency applications is belied by how the Supreme Court is actually handling emergency applications.

That, and a bunch of other #SCOTUS news, in this week’s “One First”:

www.stevevladeck.com/p/177-the-no...

The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agenc...

NEW: Ignoring urgently needed reforms in favor of fruitlessly trying to find evidence of fraud, DOGE descended on the Social Security Administration “thinking it should work like a McDonald’s,” the agency’s former acting chief reveals to ProPublica.

Elections have consequences

@readwise save

I’m not even that liberal 😂

Mehdi Hasan’s Zeteo wants to take on Politico Playbook from the left The publication is expanding its politics coverage to gear up for the midterm elections.

some personal news: in a few weeks, I, along with my Rolling Stone comrade and editor @andrewperez.bsky.social, will be up and running at the expanding political reporting team at @mehdirhasan.bsky.social’s outlet @zeteo.com

www.semafor.com/article/09/0...

The Mamdani Phenomenon: A Rorschach Test for American Politics Zohran Mamdani provides an interesting Rorschach test for American politics, and the conclusion’s clear: we’re a country living in two…

A few thoughts

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“.. a private dinner attended by dozens of administration officials ..

“.. Bessent at one point threatening to punch top housing finance official Bill Pulte ‘in the fucking face.’”

@politico.com
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Just a modest proposal - GOP Senators, Members of the Cabinet, and the President should take Kennedy's advice: drink raw milk and refuse to get vaccinated. I predict that if the GOP leadership would do this, in a year America would be a better place :-) open.substack.com/pub/stevenst...

i wish brands would include more technical information in their product descriptions. i don't need to know this was inspired by timeless italian men summering in nantucket who could dress up or down. i want to know the fabric weight, leather tanning method, seam construction, etc.

Just a modest proposal - GOP Senators, Members of the Cabinet, and the President should take Kennedy's advice: drink raw milk and refuse to get vaccinated. I predict that if the GOP leadership would do this, in a year America would be a better place :-) open.substack.com/pub/stevenst...

Fyi - anyone else having an issue like this

On changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Kash Patel Took $25,000 From Russia-Linked Firm to Appear on an Anti-FBI TV Series The documentary was produced by a filmmaker tied to Russian propaganda efforts.

SCOOP: Kash Patel took $25,000 from a production company with ties to Russia propaganda activity to appear in an anti-FBI docuseries. He did not respond to questions about this.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Am I l i t e r a l l y horrified that someone who claims to be a copy editor with decades of experience has never encountered "nonplussed" used to mean surprised/confused and believes in their heart of hearts that it means totes chill?

You. Bet. I. Am.