Good God. Awful.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 13h ago

Flash floods hit northern Nepal on Sunday, sweeping away buildings and at least one bridge along the Budhi Gandaki River. The torrent comes just weeks after a devastating flood on the border with Tibet that killed more than a thousand people.

🔥 “What did HIS health care book say? Did you read it? He doesn’t have one. I actually write my ideas down… he takes money from Blue Cross Blue Shield.” Dr. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social eviscerates Mike Rogers on health care, and expertly makes the case for #MedicareForAllNOW

Here's a nearly 10-minute supercut of Troy Jackson taking it to Susan Collins during their debate tonight, including Jackson telling her "you can't eat road salt" and "Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"

Troy Jackson: "The gentleman's name was Johan Sebastian Guerrero. He had a 3 year old daughter. The only mistake he made that morning was going to work. Because Sen. Collins is not willing to stand up to Donald Trump, he was murdered in the streets of Biddeford for doing nothing wrong."

Rarely has a person been so enmeshed in the workings (or one might say, dysfunctions) of our current political-economic-media-influence system as Kimberly Guilfoyle. Let me explain...https://robertreich.substack.com/p/pay-to-play-to-play-to-pay

Okay so we have a number now: the Onion is officially 6 months ahead of reality.

The Onion@theonion.com · 3d ago

From The Archive: DOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of Entertainment

Again: The problem the fearmongerers have is @NYCMayor @ZohranKMamdani exists. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/o...

“I want you to know why we support our public library” Highly recommended from @skyeperryman.bsky.social “Stop spiraling and pick up a shovel”

24. As Jack Smith said Tuesday, "grand juries in two separate districts reached this conclusion based on his actions ... Rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 presidential election, President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power."

To lose visitors in the year you HOST THE WORLD CUP and celebrate a big anniversary is truly incredible.

Semafor@semafor.com · 2w ago

Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

Rick Scott CEO…Columbia/HCA pleaded guilty to 14 felonies and paid approximately $1.7 billion in criminal fines, civil penalties and settlements in 2000–2002. At the time, the Justice Department described the case as the largest health-care fraud settlement in U.S. history.

So is he just going to keep running ads until election day and then courts rule they are illegal sometime in December?

35 years ago today, after witnessing the bribing of a US senator, a disillusioned Lisa Simpson gave an impromptu fiery anti-American speech at a national essay contest at the Kennedy Center. #TheSimpsons episode “Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington” first aired September 26, 1991.

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Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play

The longtime Democratic insider has emerged as a behind-the-scenes force in his party’s push to win back Congress. After that, he’ll think about 2028.

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Iran would like to open the Hormuz Strait, but the US controls the Hormuz Strait so it's a bad deal. Got it.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Trump: "I'm rejecting their deal. They want to make a deal where they open the strait immediately ... we're winning tremendously. We have total control of the Hormuz Strait ... that deal would not be acceptable. They want to immediately open the Hormuz Strait."

Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI https://theonion.com/dog-cant-believe-guy-she-hooked-up-with-10-years-ago-now-head-of-fbi/

Desi disguised herself as one of Trump's golden cherubs to get the inside scoop on his media ban

#LastWeekTonight

Bautista's Iconic Bat Flip Home Run in Toronto

ALT: Bautista's Iconic Bat Flip Home Run in Toronto

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SOME PEOPLE@some-people-usa.bsky.social · 3w ago

Our Harm-for-Profit education snowball—46 years in the making— is moving at 1000 mph now. It takes the genius of the one and only Jon Oliver to serve it up satirically so Americans can grasp it. #InfotainmentWin healthcareuncovered.substack.com/p/john-olive...

Mike Rogers refuses to talk about gas, groceries, seeing a doctor, or our broken infrastructure. Mike Rogers only wants to talk about old culture wars fought by small people with smaller ideas and no solutions to our actual problems.

The judge asked the govt if the Kennedy Center is going bankrupt. You should've seen them backpedal Why so fast? If it's broke, a court puts someone else in charge & they lose control of it @cnn.com👇 -TN

Is there a formal name for the performative credulity and elite deference that respectable media just can’t seem to abandon? It is clearly illustrated in the case of RFK Jr. Everyone involved is expected to maintain a fiction that nobody knows what everybody knows.

The bond market has figured out that there's no plan to stop borrowing. This year's deficit is the largest postwar deficit outside a recession or war. Trump can say whatever he wants, but the markets are only looking at the bank statements. https://youtu.be/P-zk1Jk6ntQ

I am SORRY for sharing something that was posted on the other place, but this is too good.

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WIRED@wired.com · 4w ago

On November 3, when voters across the US go to the polls, almost 200 election deniers will be on the ballot. www.wired.com/story/hundre...

All of this. Also… term limits.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

Booker eviscerates Patel: "He's like an 18 year old kid who wants to join a fraternity that he could never be a member of, doing keg stands and chugging with friends. He's an embarrassment. He is a disgrace. This is a mockery and a sham. What's bad are the people enabling him."

With Trump unleashing insane tirades against regulating AI, Obama just urged Dems to adopt a comprehensive position on it, warning that failure to act now will be "dangerous." Trump's malevolence has given Dems a big opening. They should seize on it. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2154...

The Real Reason Obama’s Harsh Warning to Dems About AI Is So Unnerving

Most Democrats have more or less the right position on AI. But their arguments are way too narrow to dramatize the real stakes. They should aim higher.

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(WSJ) - American oil executives warned for months that the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz was bound to cause a fuel crisis. Now, they say it is here. @wsj.com $CVX www.wsj.com/business/ene...

W/o getting drawn into the "seriously or literally" / "it'll never happen" trap, we need to stomp *hard* on the continuing effort to undermine Article 1 power of the purse by saying that this or that revenue stream makes something outside the normal budget process. 1/ www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

Lutnick says Trump’s $5,000 checks for Americans wouldn’t rely on taxpayer funds

A top White House official suggested Congress would use a budget process to fund them. Vice President JD Vance had said tariff revenues.

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I always think Hassett is the stupidest, most dishonest person in the administration. Until Hegseth opens his mouth. Then RFK, Jr. finds a mic. Then Sean Duffy appears in my feed. Then Lutnick speaks. But only till Markwayne talks. Then I remember: NO ONE is a stupid and dishonest as Trump himself.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

Hassett: “Inflation is clearly decelerating even with this slight uptick” 🙃