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The writing is on the wall. The US is abandoning Europe. Europe will have to fend off Ru on its own.

This is the most corrupt and disgusting thing I think I’ve ever seen from a president. A blatantly impeachable offense. Republicans in Congress will say and do nothing.

So Trump gets DOJ to drop an obvious bribery case against Tom Homan, then fires the US Attorney who found insufficient evidence to prosecute Letitia James, then threatens to fire Pam Bondi and replace her with dunce Lindsey Halligan unless she immediately indicts his enemies.

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

Good point.

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Our problem isn't a lack of resources. Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.

Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption. Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow. People have power. Ask Target

Cardinal Timothy Dolan failed to report direct admissions of rape by multiple priests, lobbied against extending the statute of limitations for sex abuse, and moved money off the church books to hide it from victims of sex abuse. In case you were wondering.

Russia's drone incursion into Poland was a 'test' of Western resolve, Kellogg says — contradicting Trump "If it had all happened at once, maybe you could call it an accident. But six hours of drones? That’s a test – a way to see what the West would do. And we have to respond l...

He’s right

This isn't even a slight exaggeration. He is actively working on destroying the US's entire vaccine infrastructure. The HepB vote will be tomorrow, where they will get rid of the birth dose and recommend it at 30 days, dooming a bunch of infants to chronic infection ft. cirrhosis, cancer, and death.

Do you see now why Pu has been asking to receive all of Donetsk on a silver platter without a fight? He tried to sell it as a Ru concession and Trump, Vance and even some “experts” claimed it was. Turns out, Ru is not only not in a position to advance, it’s in danger of losing ground.

It's not about Jimmy Kimmel. It wasn't about Colbert. It wasn't about the CBS interview with Kamala Harris or George Stephanopoulos, either. Trump is finally coming out with it. Don't make him look bad. Or even joke about it. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

So, um, we don’t need the legislation. The Constitution is pretty clear about this. The remedies are clear. And short of those, how about standing firm on no budget ok until Trump/GOP agree to…adhere to the Constitution. Or, perhaps, just approve extension a month at a time…if he complies.

RFK Jr trying to run away with it

Survivors call into questions Kash Patel's testimony on the Hill.

Chilling montage by MSNBC showing how Sinclair Media forces a script to be read by talent at its stations warning of the dangers of “biased and false news.” www.threads.com/@thebriefing...

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly. sbgi.net/tv-stations/

He’s baaack

“ABC and CBS are making a serious miscalculation. Their servility to Trump will not earn them peace, only greater pressure.” That’s the German professional association of journalists, @djv.de, calling on major US media to support their journalists instead of preemptively silencing them.

Van Hollen: "Those who cave in -- those like ABC who cave in -- what they do is give the bully an even bigger appetite. When they appease they bully, they put all of us at risk."

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

Let me just say a simple thing. Democrats have no obligation to provide the votes to fund the destruction of our democracy. If you want my vote for a bipartisan budget, there need to be protections to stop Trump's brazen lawlessness.

this is the shit i want to see

stand with @jimmykimmel.com and Guillermo Rodriguez! I enjoyed my appearance on the show. It really is an incredibly close team and they WILL be back!

Friends of Tyler Robinson say he spent most of his time playing video games in an apartment in St. George, Utah. So why does it feel like he spent most of his time reading The Nation at Open Society Foundation soirées in Manhattan?

New installation by Ai Weiwei was opened in Kyiv, confronting Russia’s war against Ukraine with stark symbolism.

Jarvis: I hate to say this to my friends here at CNN, mass media is dying, so they're taking the last of these vestiges of institutions that matter and they're trying to turn them into propaganda organs under threat from the head of the FCC

The popularity of this kind of thing with Democrats probably says more about why we've been losing elections than anything else I can think of.

Respectfully disagree: 1) in fact it is unusual for a democracy w/ this level of GDP to turn authoritarian & so quickly; 2) the weakness of both institutions (congress & courts) and individuals (Schumer etc) is shocking. Would take less than 10 people in congress or 2 SC justices to stop all this.

This is a key point.

No Kings on Oct 18 is going to be the largest peaceful protest in American history. The only way to protect our freedom of speech is to exercise our freedom of speech. Get to planning in your community asap. nokings.org

This is Hollywood's McCarthy Moment. This is the litmus test. Learn from history. Who will step up and fight? Who will bend the knee and be complicit? History will remember.

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

General pattern in regime change: the comedy gets better and then it gets banned.

Appreciate my governor coming out the gate strong on this one. People with power in this country - and money - need to stand the hell up. I don’t know what other inflection point they’re waiting on. The right side of history is crystal clear.

I was explaining competitive authoritarianism today to the undergrads and mentioned the arenas where authoritarian incumbents try to establish dominance, for e.g. by punishing media that's popular w the opposition and refuses to be obsequious to the govt. The kids were listening and getting it.

Welcome to Russia Trump’s weaponized agencies are trying to eliminate free speech and punish those who use it. Universities, media, Colbert, and now Jimmy Kimmel. This is just the beginning Shame on ABC for capitulating to thugs

I don’t know when it’s going to pop for a lot of normies that they are living under an authoritarian regime, but the cancellation of popular TV shows that make fun of the administration might do it www.vulture.com/article/abc-...

Reminder that the GOP nominee to run all of North Carolina public schools in 2024 repeatedly called for executing publicly Obama and many other Democrats and the NCGOP not only didn’t condemn her, but defended her.

Tim Walz: "I'll tell you what doesn't make people feel safe -- a tank next to Chipotle. It's stupid and it's for the cameras ... where are the 'don't tread on me' people?"