Citizen, Interrupted

“Sudan is becoming an increasingly ungovernable space. It is going to really affect all the region. It is important to have dialogue." Our Board Trustee, Mo Ibrahim, unpacks the starting points to ending violence in Sudan and beyond in a region beset by conflict.

The cops are just whining. "An NYPD spokesperson confirmed Mamdani has “utilized the Police Academy gym at off-hours” but said the mayor’s use of the gym “has not disrupted any recruit training.”

When people share Kalshi and Polymarket shit on social media, I wonder if they’re taking Kalshi and Polymarket cash.

Lula, the MST and the PT have many, many lessons for the American left. At this point, I think you’d have to consider Lula the most successful leftist politician of the last…40 years?

WOW!!!! WATCH THIS!!! youtu.be/yJyQXGynwsg?...

Jimmy Carter gave a collective pardon to Vietnam war draft evaders, but that was for single offense. Trump would pardon ANY federal crime committed by his lackeys. Unless stopped, presidents will be immune from Congressional oversight by simply violating any law and then issuing a pardon. Madness.

These are not serious people, folks.

'WHAT THE U.S. IS REALLY DOING IN VENEZUELA" Suppressing democracy and extracting resources at the expense of its people By Anne Applebaum www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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“Ramaswamy is an evil, lowlife piece of garbage who has been infected by the same disease as the rest of the Republicans, demonstrating an utter lack of morals, empathy and character and calling it ‘playing hardball.’ “He learned from Trump that there is no bottom, only winning at all costs.”

🧵I'm going to say this carefully -my heart aches for those now mourning -every unnecessary death is a tragedy -what did you expect from ppl at the sharp end of guns & bulldozers? -in early Oct, Israeli military+settlers killed 5 Palestinians in the WBank & 57 in Gaza—why isn't that "breaking news"?

A new study shows that more than 80 percent of voters want prediction markets to be more tightly regulated or even banned outright. bit.ly/4yC9uVB

if you believe that Melania Trump negotiated a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, I've got a $5,000 Trump dividend and some Melania memecoin to sell you

Why is Trump making so many concessions to Russia now? I think it's three things. #HighStakes

the political corruption and the political panic

Refer to comments section for status update…

I’d rather ban corporations from buying homes for cash and flipping them into Airbnbs.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry is lying. No coordination was required, and we were never told that it was. We were not in a restricted security area. We did not pass any checkpoints.

Sorry, what element of the “renewed attacks and scrutiny” Al-Sayed has come under for his “ethnicity, religion and family” does the NYT think qualify as “pointed questions” rather than “ugly attacks”? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/u...

These nefarious foreign crypto scams are encroaching on the kind of homegrown, American crypto scams that make this country great. As one of our country's biggest purveyors of domestic crypto scams, Trump is going to protect our nation's great scammers from foreign competition! MAGA!

The IDF just detained the man who’s about to be elected US Congressman for NY’s 10th district, per his social media.

Tragically, some reporters are headlining the ad’s message and calling it “controversial“ or even “risky”. No. It’s a new low in political attack ads, impugning a well-documented incident of child rape and putting forth the mother who chose the rapist over her own children as a voice to be trusted.

This is a good thread. And/but I am not so kind as to adopt Wedgewood's "experiment" framing, even in scare quotes. This was a scam. The way they behaved during it was scammy, this press statement is scammy, their response to @gelliottmorris.com was scammy. It was a scam, they are sleazy scammers.

i hope vivek is haunted by an evil spirit every night in perpetuity.

Wow. He really is a desperate and hideous person. I'm sorry, but if Ohio votes for him to be their governor, they deserve all the shit that will happen to them.

One good thing has come out of the rise of MAGA fascism: complete moral clarity. It's obvious what's the right thing to do, and it's to vote against all Republicans.

Now that we know Elon murdered the Ukrainian children reminder that Andrew Puzder aggressively threatened the EU after they started talking about divesting in the aftermath. www.ft.com/content/d1e2...

Here we have state media (CBS, now under the direction of op-ed writer Bari Weiss and her patrons, Trump mega donors the Ellisons) reprinting the lie that Trump “created” a women’s health division at NIH that has existed since the 1990s.

Dictator Move of the Day.

Is journalism stuck with Rupert Murdoch? Is New York Stuck With Kathy Hochul? www.wsj.com/opinion/is-n...

Every major network enabled this by sanewashing this senile old fuck.

An AI model can predict whether you’re likely to die of cancer from a single photo of your face, according to new research. sciam.com/article/can-...

The answer is SIX. Inflation has outpaced wage growth for 6 consecutive months.

Agreed. And by the way without taxpayer funded government contracts Elon would not just not be a trillionaire, he would be broke. We are paying for his luxury lifestyle. Literally.

Trump waiving sanctions against Russia is the most predictable thing ever. The silence of some GOP elected officials is likewise the most predictable thing. Throw the trash out in November. This isn’t funny anymore

“It looks dangerously like the construction of an internal spying agency...” "It’s also a weapon that the government will likely use against not only undocumented immigrants, but everyone else, too. That includes political enemies, intelligence experts said... prospect.org/2026/10/14/i...

This greed-fueled dispute among Trump toadies is happening because the White House has become a clubhouse for crooks, no longer "the People's House."

Smirking NYT WH reporter Shawn McCreesh thinks that Trump’s new press secretary misrepresenting herself is an occasion for lighthearted humor. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/us/politics/trump-press-secretary-katie-zacharia-lawyer.html?unlocked_article_code=1.I1E.k200.4iZx31nycK7G&smid=url-share

Watch this discussion between @markjacob.bsky.social and NYT editor Patrick Healy where Jacob calls out the paper for this type of obfuscation and soft-peddling language, and Healy expressly defends it:

Elon Musk is spending $158 million on Ken Paxton’s campaign. That’s more than the Make-A-Wish Foundation's annual revenue. Some people grant wishes to kids fighting serious illnesses. Other people bankroll a crooked pol whose make-a-wish was partying in Dubai with 2 fugitives from fraud charges.

Luxury goods companies sometimes destroy unsold products to keep retail values high. New EU regulations mean that soon they’ll have to reveal what they shred and burn. Read more: bloom.bg/4yS8I7H 📷: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg

From my friend Vickie the current president of #AAEM. #EMedsky @medsky.social

AI has made it easier than ever for bad actors to spread convincing lies and misinformation about voting. My office is providing New Yorkers with steps to check election information with official sources. We won't let anyone use AI to deceive voters. ag.ny.gov/publications...

Forget Halloween -- this is the scariest thing you could see this October