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Hemry, Local Bartender@bartenderhemry.bsky.social

checking in on the president of the united states

CNN@cnn.com

Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed disavowed the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist political movement, during a heated exchange at a town hall. https://cnn.it/4s7r1TL

ProPublica@propublica.org

Sometimes, what — or, who — isn’t pictured is just as important as what is. Watch research reporter @amierjeski.bsky.social explain how ProPublica figured out a Russian oligarch bankrolled much of Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding.

W.E.D.em Boyz@leftistwonk.bsky.social

This is this promotional material that Netflix is using for Theo Von’s new special. Who is laughing at this?

L.A. Material@lamaterial.com

Let us help with your civic homework. L.A. Material has built a list of voter guides and endorsements from a range of sources ahead of the Nov. 3 general election. Read the full roundup: buff.ly/pQBz3wM

buff.lyL.A. Material’s Giant Guide to Voter GuidesHere’s everything you need to make an informed choice about Los Angeles-area candidates, measures and issues ahead of the November 3 general election.

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray”@ryanjreilly.com

CIA gold bars story gets crazier:

nbcnews.comCIA officer arrested with gold bars admits he exposed secret intelligence source to a foreign officialDavid Rush, who was fired by the spy agency, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and will be sentenced Jan. 28.

NBC News@nbcnews.com

Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel calls on Democratic lawmakers to set aside plans to impeach President Trump if they win a majority in the House, pushing them instead to pass an ethics reform package.

nbcnews.toRahm Emanuel says Democrats should focus on ethics reforms rather than impeaching TrumpDemocrats have publicly weighed whether they should pursue impeaching Trump for a third time.

Marty Lederman@martylederman.bsky.social

Samuel Alito: We won't overturn Obergefell because it's engendered reliance interests. Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade. Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."

cbsnews.comThe Alito Court: A rare interview with the influential Supreme Court justiceJustice Samuel Alito discussed his opinion in the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the leaked draft and its aftermath, same-sex marriage rights and why he's not retiring yet.

L.A. Material@lamaterial.com

Hollywood’s most famous agent, Ari Emanuel, says his morning routine ends with a cup of live worms. 🪱 Did we try it? Listen to the full episode of L.A. World to find out and hear where the super agent’s daily worm habit might have come from. Listen now: buff.ly/nVg2y1s

Nikki McCann Ramírez@nikkimcr.bsky.social

Trump straight up doxxed Senator Tom Cotton this morning

L.A. Material@lamaterial.com

What happens to her council district if Nithya Raman becomes mayor? Potential successors are already making moves for a special election that may never happen. Read @sherlyholmes.bsky.social's exclusive: buff.ly/61i5PPC

buff.lyInside the Shadow Primary to Replace Nithya RamanIf the CD 4 council member becomes mayor, she’d leave an open council seat. In one of L.A.’s toniest districts, the behind-the-scenes jockeying to fill it has begun.

Bolts@boltsmag.org

Housing advocates in Los Angeles are calling on the next city attorney to take control of properties belonging to negligent and abusive landlords. One of the candidates for the role says “every single remedy is on the table.”

boltsmag.orgThe Most Overlooked But Wide-Reaching Office on the Los Angeles Ballot - BoltsVoters face a stark choice between two candidates in the race for city attorney, an office with a large mandate from policing homelessness to enforcing consumer and tenant protections.

Alison Willmore@alisonwillmore.bsky.social

Blood boys OVER we’re out here Renfieldmaxxing now

Congressman Greg Casar@repcasar.bsky.social

The horror has come to our city: ICE has shot a person in Austin this morning. As the facts emerge, I am demanding a full, independent investigation, immediate release of the body camera footage, and accountability for any ICE officer who broke the law.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social

Usually reporters get leaks FROM the White House -- but at Fox News, a reporter appears to have leaked TO the White House. That's according to @oliverdarcy.bsky.social's explanation of the sudden Maria Bartiromo erasure by the Murdochs

Max Berger@maxberger.bsky.social

Millenials are the only generation who received a survivable dosage of Internet. Gen Z has only every known Internet. Boomers and Gen X didn't grow up with Internet, so they succumbed to it immediately.

Hell-a Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ (alleged transsexual)(spooky)@ela-bambust.bsky.social

men have figured out a new dating technique and it's "less personal grooming" it's a bold strategy cotton let's see if it works out for them

Mike Elk@mikeelk.bsky.social

A reader donated $13,000 to Payday Report - we've now fundraised to replace 2/3 of a grant we lost due to Trump cuts. Donate to help us replace the rest & keep labor reporting alive! paydayreport.com/reader-donat...

Alissa Walker@awalkerinla.bsky.social

"We are, in some ways, confined to prior agreements that were made as a condition of agreeing to host the games that include inherent risk," said LA's CAO Matt Szabo. Despite the dire warnings, 10 city councilmembers voted yes again last week. My analysis of the bad deal we just made with LA28

torched.laThe era of inherent risk"There is nothing that we can propose to you that would eliminate that risk"

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social

the story that the right wanted to tell here is about DEI run amok - institutions so obsessed with diversity that they embraced an obvious fraud. that story gets it backwards. to Cambridge et al Arday was a PR stunt. they hired him as a symbol, meant to shield them from criticism.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social

Incredible stuff from Cards Against Humanity, who is now building a monument to interfere with SpaceX.

Sam Ulmschneider@samulmschneider.bsky.social

Normally I just appreciatively read @jamellebouie.net 's columns-sharable video content just isn't my bag. But this is a very, very, very trenchant piece of commentary that captures a lot of how I increasingly understand the disjunction between the commentary environment and on-the-ground politics.

youtube.comThe pundits have completely lost the plotYouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

BRENNAN: You are confident Blanche will uphold the Constitution with the upcoming elections? CASSIDY: Of course there's always existential anxiety. But I am ... as confident as you can be about the future you are. I cannot predict the future

Extreme Temperatures Around the World@extremetemps.bsky.social

It 's another scorching day in the West and Central States with 110s in Kansas and Oklahoma. Phoenix AZ had a night Minimum of 95F,if it holds until midnight ,it would tie its August High Minimum record (previous attempt earlier this month failed few minutes before midnight)

American Oversight@americanoversight.org

ICE is planning to make sure field agents have body cams by the end of September. But its policy to only release footage that is in the agency’s “best interest” means taxpayers may be paying millions for cameras without benefitting from their oversight. apnews.com/article/ice-...

apnews.comICE will release body camera video only when seen in the agency’s ‘best interests,’ policy saysImmigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to equip officers with body cameras in the next two months but the public should not expect to quickly see footage of every critical incident.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com

A federal judge has thrown out the FBI director’s lawsuit against a blogger who called him a “googly-eyed Kremlin bitch.” trib.al/ouHgmYA

trib.alKash Patel Loses Lawsuit Against Man Who Called Him “Googly-Eyed” ChudA federal judge has thrown out the FBI director’s lawsuit against a blogger who called him a “googly-eyed Kremlin bitch.”

Stereogum@stereogum.com

Boy George says he created his new pro-Israel reggae song with AI

stereogum.comBoy George Says He Used AI To Create His New Pro-Israel SongBoy George recently revealed he’s using AI to re-record his old hits. He’s also using it to create new songs in support of genocidal regimes. “We Will Dance Again,” the reggae song Boy George posted t...