Florida state officials say they are keeping a close eye on how teachers react to the assassination of Charlie Kirk by pledging to investigate and punish any “vile, sanctionable” behavior from educators. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Florida officials watching for 'vile, sanctionable' behavior from teachers after Kirk killing

The state memo is a response to an incident in Clay County, where a local elementary school teacher made coarse comments about Charlie Kirk.

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Judges are playing a lynchpin role in upholding the nation's Constitution and laws in the face of Trump's manifest disregard for them. But six rightwing Supreme Court Justices are increasingly at odds with the rest of the judiciary, and are acting like Trump partisans, not judges

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Trump's ugly firing of Lisa Cook from the Fed just got blocked. But it gets better: His own tweet calling for her resignation is cited by the judge in showing how Cook was denied due process. Trump accidentally revealed his own bad faith and corruption. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2002...

Harvard University says it has started receiving notices that many federal grants halted by the Trump administration will be reinstated after a federal judge ruled that the cuts were illegal.

Trump administration takes first steps to restore Harvard’s funding, but money isn’t flowing yet | CNN

Harvard University says it has started receiving notices that many federal grants halted by the Trump administration will be reinstated after a federal judge ruled that the cuts were illegal.

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It’s remarkable to watch mucb of the American right, including the president of the United States, blame the entire left and Democrats for the actions of a murderer who hasn’t even been identified yet.

Wait, hang on - Bolsonaro was convicted of attempting a coup in Brazil...? You can do that?

Has the State Department ever warned a group of people not to mock something? I don’t mean telling State Department employees to be diplomatic, I mean threatening nonemployees with state punishment if they make jokes, bad taste or otherwise. That’s Putin, Xi, Erdogan stuff.

Olivia Messer@oliviamesser.bsky.social · 12mo ago

pretty wild that it so quickly became normalized that immigrants don’t have even basic free speech rights www.axios.com/2025/09/11/c...

Naval Support Activity Annapolis, in coordination with local law enforcement, is currently responding to reports of threats made to the Naval Academy. The base is on lockdown out of an abundance of caution.

On the first anniversary of 9/11, I gave a speech in Greece, which you might find of interest all these years later. www.nationalreview.com/2002/09/chan...

Change and Determination | National Review

After 9/11, a shaking up.

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Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s sobbing wife told a judge that her husband was “not the man I thought he was” before she was sentenced Thursday to 4½ years in prison for selling the powerful New Jersey politician’s influence in exchange for bribes of cash, gold bars and a luxury car.

Bob Menendez's wife says she was ex-senator's 'puppet' as she gets 4½ years in prison for bribery

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s wife has been sentenced to 4½ years in prison for selling the powerful New Jersey politician’s influence in exchange for bribes. U.S.

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Putin's puppet

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Trump on Russian Drones in Poland: Could’ve been a mistake

Russia’s mass kidnapping of Ukrainian children is a moral outrage. Russia is sending abducted children to military training camps and preventing them from contacting their loved ones. We must work to reunite these children with their families. www.nbcnews.com/world/ukrain...

Fate of thousands of Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia hangs in the balance of talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly raised the abducted children as a top priority.

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NEW from me: Trump and Mike Johnson have all but blocked the release of the full Epstein files. But Massie and Khanna might not even need any more Republican votes. If Democrats hold their seat in #AZ07 and Grijalva signs, it will have a vote. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

How the House could force Epstein files vote— even if no more Republicans sign on

A series of special elections might give the discharge petition enough votes in the House. The Senate is another question

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Trump continues to give Russia break after break and benefit of the doubt. This will encourage Russia to further escalate, knowing the US won’t step up and respond. “I’m not happy about anything having to do with that whole situation. But hopefully it’s going to come to an end.”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 12mo ago

REPORTER: What's your reaction to Russia's drone incursion into Poland? TRUMP: It could've been a mistake

Authorities detained, interrogated and released an innocent person in connection with Charlie Kirk's killing. The Provo 25-year-old now is being attacked online.

Charlie Kirk shooting: Parents blame ‘sloppy police work’ for son’s brief detainment

Authorities detained, interrogated and released an innocent person in connection with Charlie Kirk's killing. The Provo 25-year-old now is being attacked online.

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The whitewashing of Charlie Kirk’s toxic legacy is underway #Trump

The whitewashing of Charlie Kirk’s toxic legacy is underway

Conservative activist and pundit Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on Wednesday, becoming another victim of America’s epidemic ...

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Please support independent media, where shows like ours still have the freedom to remind you that Charlie Kirk made his name on hate and division without anyone getting fired

Holly Gaye@hollygaye.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Wow!!! Here is what he said. I’m in full support of Matthew Dowd.

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Vinay Prasad, who is making it harder to get the Covid vax, barely comes into the office: there's nothing wrong with working at home, but it's ironic - and he's getting special treatment while other workers cannot . www.motherjones.com/politics/202... via @motherjones.com @juliametraux.bsky.social

Vinay Prasad, who is making it harder to get the Covid vax, barely comes into the office.

The FDA Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research has also criticized work-from-home policies.

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Florida plan to end vaccine mandates will face challenges in state legislature www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Florida plan to end vaccine mandates will face challenges in state legislature

The needed approval by the state's Republican-controlled legislature is already showing signs of a heated battle to come.

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🧵We The People have the power. When it’s coordinated, loud, proud with multitudes of folks we can make good trouble and make it happen. Good job Chicago! 👏⬇️

Raider@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12mo ago

ICE is turning around, and the Chicago Police Department is standing by their city!

🎁 Article Best to 👂🏽, it's a long read. In about three weeks, the government’s funding will run out. Democrats will face a choice: Join Republicans to fund a government that Trump is turning into a tool of authoritarian takeover and vengeance or shut the government down. #Pinks nyti.ms/42h8RTV

Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal

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First, Mike Johnson said Trump was an FBI informant. Now he says Trump “was the only one more than a decade ago willing to help prosecutors expose Epstein for being a disgusting child predator” So, how did Trump help prosecutors? What did Trump know from all his time with Epstein? wapo.st/46erJUZ

Johnson backs off claim that Trump was an ‘FBI informant’ in Epstein case

The statements from the speaker come as Democrats and a small number of Republicans are pushing for legislation to compel the release of more files on Jeffrey Epstein.

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Seven months after they voted to confirm longtime anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the nation’s health secretary, some Republican senators are having second thoughts. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Why some Republicans are newly worried about RFK Jr.

GOP senators say his moves on vaccines are risky for public health. They also may be bad politics.

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Trump would tell you Alcindor should be thankful he took the time to set her straight. He really would tell you that.

Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets on the country’s Independence Day on Sunday in dueling political protests, opening a tense week that is expected to conclude with the conviction of former President Jair Bolsonaro. nyti.ms/4nhoqmu

This is not only a tell about his current politics, it’s a tell about how ignorant about race he is in general. What was the “1900 white population” exactly?

Just 10 years ago if the President signed an executive order, Republicans would scream that he is a dictator. Really.

We’re talking about the social and historical construction of racial categories in my 100-level class on Tuesday. Elon should jet up and join us. He might learn something.

Tobita Chow@tobitac.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Making it explicit

Several of my neighbors voted for Trump. If I said to them "he's deploying troops to US cities & unleashing polio & measles on the country & deporting people to foreign gulags & allowing millions of people to die of AIDS in Africa and raking in billions in crypto pay offs" they'd think *I* was nuts.