It’s wild Johnson thinks traveling the country & campaigning frees him of responsibility for the ass-whooping Republicans are about to get in November. Mike, we haven’t forgotten about the Big Beautiful Bill that gave billionaires a tax cut and is causing millions of Americans to lose healthcare.

It's obvious that Trump doesn't understand how economic and geopolitical power is built and sustained. But I it should also be clear that he wants to rob America of any power that HE cannot control. He'll burn America to the ground rather than let a successor erase his stain on History.

Foreign Affairs@foreignaffairs.com · yesterday

As Trump antagonizes Canada and Mexico, he risks “destroying a precious geopolitical asset: a strong continental base from which Washington projects power,” writes Robert Zoellick.

Good example of the cognitive warfare/gaslighting at play. This degenerate coward won't even pretend to lift a finger against the horror show, but wants credit for promising not to take pleasure in it. Fascists get their cruel mockery of all norms, while we're offered to thank JD for empty words.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

JD Vance distances himself from Hegseth's televised execution: "Look, if it's ultimately livestreamed, I'm not going to be watching it"

Remarkable: As of now, Latino early vote is outpacing where it was at same time in 2024 in both percentages of vote share and in RAW VOTE TOTALS. That's big. Presidential turnout is usually higher than midterms. I obtained new analysis from Dem firm TargetSmart: newrepublic.com/article/2164...

NEW AD: 14 years ago today, Ken Paxton stole someone's $1,000 pen. Today, Ken Paxton’s pen victim is endorsing James Talarico.

guy's not fucking around

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Ossoff: "Tonight, a united Georgia will hear the trial the Mike Collins. Mike Collins has brought dishonor to our state through his personal bigotry and his widely documented ties to white nationalists. And he's sold out Georgia in his pathetic child-like devotion to Donald Trump."

This is a community note for the ages.

"Especially in America, Jesus has been misrepresented." Oh! the irony...

Christian Nightmares@christiannightmare.bsky.social · 6d ago

"Talk about testosterone!" Apparently, this guy met Manly MAGA Jesus in Heaven...

"The network’s executives are keenly interested in maintaining good relations with Trump. Just last week, network founder Rupert Murdoch and several senior figures in his media empire reportedly dined with the president at the White House in an effort to “reset the relationship.”"

Matthew Gertz@mattgertz.bsky.social · 6d ago

Karl Rove hasn't made a weekday Fox appearance since September 14. Trump condemned that interview, and Rove's WSJ piece condemning Bo French came out two days later. Fox benched him -- but why? www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/why...

And rather than repudiate this anti-American drivel, Republicans continue to share the stage with him Proudly 29 days

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6d ago

This is now a standard part of Trump's campaign stump, a direct threat to voters: if you elect Democrats, I won't send you FEMA money, and I may take away your Medicare and Medicaid, too. These transcripts will be useful for litigation to follow.

An inexhaustible well of alternative reality springs in plain sight. A promise of eternal employment for the "savvy" reporters & news orgs who make peace with this state of affairs & stick to narrating "both sides" of our doomed journey. Let others bear the costs of stemming the flow of poison

Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · 6d ago

The NY Times uses words like “fierce,” “steely,” “nimble” and “homegrown star of the Trump White House” to describe Karoline Leavitt, who just got a Fox News gig. Not a single mention of her relentless lying to the American public. Reporter Michael M. Grynbaum and his editors suck.

A new lawsuit by journalist @bubbaprog.xyz shows the DOJ secretly searched his digital accounts for a wide range of materials. And prosecutors failed to tell judges about a federal law protecting the press from search warrants… again.

DOJ’s secret search of journalist’s accounts omitted press law

Journalist Tim Burke’s new lawsuit challenges the government’s search of months of emails, messages, files, and other information from his Google and Twitter accounts

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Sounds like an actual "lab leak" incident, but I bet the conspiracy theorists will dismiss this one. We need a WHO investigation and full transparency from the Russians. I'm sure the CDC is already scrambling to find out what's up and I can't wait for RFK Jr. to take the lead...

Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 6d ago

Reports out of the Irkutsk region of Russia reveal a potential public health crisis developing in the area after a lab accident released a “particularly dangerous infection” to a researcher, who later passed away.

The Protestors Benny Defamed Finally Come After Him emptywheel.net/2026/10/02/t...

The Protestors Benny Defamed Finally Come After Him - emptywheel

Now that protestors Benny Johnson slandered a year are suing, maybe we'll learn exactly who funds Benny and how much.

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You can read Jamal’s work here. It was the honor of my life to have been his editor at the Washington Post. Rest in peace, Jamal. And I’m sorry the Washington Post opinions page ended up betraying what we both stood for. www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-...

Opinion | Read Jamal Khashoggi’s columns for The Washington Post

Jamal Khashoggi, a veteran Saudi journalist who Turkish officials say was killed in Istanbul after walking into the consulate of Saudi Arabia, had been writing a column for The Post since last year.

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www.lapresse.ca/elections-qu... Désolant. Montréal et les Montréalais doivent trouver le moyen de reprendre le poids et le pouvoir politiques qui leur revient sur l'échiquier provincial.

Le pouls du Québec | Montréal, ville taboue

Il aura fallu qu’un bambin soit retrouvé dans un campement de sans-abri pour que Montréal aboutisse enfin sur l’écran radar des chefs en campagne.

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Where we learn that the Schmitt staffer who eagerly helped his boss humiliate himself during the Jack Smith Judiciary Committee hearing is a graduate of Harvard Law School. Does Harvard have a DEI stream for wingnuts? (Thanks to @johnalight.bsky.social of @talkingpointsmemo.com for the link.)

And by "me" I obviously mean "you".

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Hegseth: "Send me to right the Redcoats, send me to fight the communists, send me to fight the Islamists. Send me."

Jack Smith wasn't at an Atlanta Hawks game but Donald Trump definitely had troves of classified documents in his bathroom

Pretty sure Jim VandeHei’s office is just a wall-to-wall display of framed “fell for it again” awards.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2w ago

The author of this ill-timed, two-graph beat-sweetener is none other than Axios's co-founder, Jim VandeHei

The same day that Sen. Eric Schmitt came onto the national political scene, he was humiliated by his own doing.

Vance Veep Buzz Backfires Almost Immediately

Speculation that Eric Schmitt could be Vance’s vice presidential pick seems to have fizzled as quickly as it surfaced.

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I guess no other Eric Schmitt news today, Axios?

If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway

A game for the ages, if I remember correctly.

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2w ago

A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED

The Eric Schmitt Vice Presidential Boom (September 29, 2026-September 29, 2026)

Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dave@davebrowne.bsky.social · 2w ago

What's hilarious is that this story was in Axios this morning in an attempt, I assume, to take advantage of all the positive buzz Schmitt was going to generate for exposing Smith as a fraud. And now Schmitt will never be VP.

Scoop — I've ID'd the two men sitting behind Sen. Eric Schmitt during his botched attack on Jack Smith this morning. Ethan Harper (left) is Chief Counsel to Schmitt, and Andrew Ceonzo (right) is Counsel to Schmitt and the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2w ago

A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED

I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm-bomb

Rewriting WW2 history is central to the mythology of the CCP. During WW2, Chinese Communists didn't fight the Japanese invaders. Instead, they sad on the sidelines, waiting for the KMT to bleed itself at defending the homeland.

Reuters@reuters.com · 2w ago

Taiwan pushes back after Xi seeks to win over Trump on World War Two narrative reut.rs/4ynf4f8

Diesel at record high prices and why no trucker convoy in DC?

Cannonball: Aileen Cannon Wears Two Hats! emptywheel.net/2026/09/27/c...

Cannonball: Aileen Cannon Wears Two Hats! - emptywheel

In this dummies version of my post explaining what some lawyers for FBI personnel tried to do in Trump's stolen documents docket, I explain why Aileen Cannon has too many hats.

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