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That they aren't talking about Rep Omar at all tells you all you need to know about this.

Fascinating Sotomayor + Gorsuch statement yesterday respecting the denial of cert in a case in which a man was arrested and convicted of being present in the US after illegal reentry, put on supervised release and ordered not to leave the state, then arrested and convicted AGAIN of the same offense.

Troy Jackson: "I'm not going to give Sen. Collins for getting some things off the list when we never should've had a list. We shouldn't be in trade war with Canada."

My god. A Virginia data center ran backup diesel generators full blast for 24 hours, creating a giant cloud of toxic smoke that choked its human neighbors. The government claimed there was nothing they could do.

As this hearing approaches, several of the ex-Broadview Six defendants have already arrived at the courthouse. Also, the court is handing out seating tickets for media. We're not expecting USA Boutros to be in court. I'll bring the hightlights here: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/01/b...

Brisket Shwarma is what makes America great; I want Brisket Shwarma to be everywhere.

Trade xkcd.com/3290/

We’re not changing it.

“A Top Virus Scientist Stared Down Covid Lab-Leak Proponents. Now His Life’s Work Is at Stake: The battle over Covid’s origins has come for Bob Garry, who’s faced some of the world’s deadliest viral threats.” — www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Rodney Dangerfield is the desire to ask the MOMA tour guide if every piece is AI.

NEW: We won a court order temporarily preventing the Trump Administration from blackmailing states with federal funding into handing over the personal data of 17 million commercial drivers. We'll keep fighting this case in court to defend your privacy and personal data.

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network, aka FEWS NET, has ceased reporting on Afghanistan, Somalia, and Yemen. Insane. Nearly 28 million people in those countries need food assistance. Insane. www.devex.com/news/famine-...

Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.

The tarp still being up at the Kennedy Center is pretty funny at this point.

People: You can't just post one line from a song and expect everyone to know the song. Me: What was I thinking when I let you back in?

This is disgusting. This is what gaslighting by an abuser looks like.

The thing that pisses me off so much about this hearing, is that Republicans are the ones who failed during COVID, it's their fault, and they get to argue their grievances about policies they didn't want to follow, and Democrats aren't turning this on them.

Dems should be making this about Trump's failure to handle the COVID pandemic.

“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...

How can you tell if someone has been spending a lot of time with billionaires? There will be signs.

Fox News insists racism doesn't exist, unless a Black actor plays a white character

In Texas, a Border Patrol agent was just indicted by a local grand jury for aggravated assault for running down a migrant with his car on January 31, 2025. Video from a homeowner showed the agent driving straight into a man who was calmly walking on the side of the road. myrgv.com/local-news/2...

There are a lot of places across the country where NPR is the only non-talk radio public affairs programming still on the air. It's essential for it to survive and thrive.

His soul is deformed.

They're going to keep acting this way as long as we let them have power. They know their base won't lift a finger.

This is a terrific illustration -- for elected officials but also for media figures -- of the incredible power of simply refusing to take a bullshit dodge for an answer. Keep asking the question, over and over again, and make the weasels squirm.

TPS recipients are our neighbors. They're contributing members of our communities who've raised families here & opened businesses. After the Trump-stacked SCOTUS's terrible decision, we must stand with them & end the legal limbo they've too long endured.

helpful coverage from @elpais.com english.elpais.com/usa/2025-08-...

This is just fully Tom Cruise in Magnolia for racism.

One last thing: people always try to think of scenarios where it’s fine. I strongly urge people to watch this video to get in your head all the ways that the police will use what you think are harmless statements to convict you of crimes you did not commit.

AI companies assume people are going to be like 'oh sick free U2 album', but instead they're like 'get this off of my device'.

New photos show President Trump’s name is indeed off the Kennedy Center’s facade. The images were taken last week inside the tarp-covered scaffolding that has hidden the title of the venue for the nine days since crews removed Trump’s name. https://wapo.st/4oOcHy8

Waiting for someone to snap a pic under that tarp.

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Giles Corey: “More scaffolding…”

Join in on the America 250 celebrations.

Nina Conti is going to be on the next series of Taskmaster, she's one of the funniest people in comedy. I can't wait.

Speed of response is everything, and it's still lagging far behind. Essential explainer on the Congo Ebola outbreak from @JeremyKonyndyk. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

People will just say anything now.

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE: “.. Wars often go wrong in unexpected ways. .. But the disaster that followed President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran on February 28 was not a surprise.” www.theamericanconservative.com/the-iran-war...

I went to Delaney Hall to follow up on conversations I had this morning with family members of detainees. ICE and GEO Group did not let me speak with detainees. Why do they insist on hiding the truth even after getting almost $1 billion of tax dollars?

Rest in peace to Marjane Satrapi. If you haven't read Persepolis fix that today