Mamdani: "What you could see in the videos is bystanders outside unsure as to what they were even seeing. Because in that imagery, it feels as if you’re almost looking at a mass shooter as opposed to seeing someone who’s purportedly representing a federal agency."

And FEMA's down 4500 employees.

Who went through all the major platforms where the Pentagon might stream their barbaric firing squad "livestream" execution to see if it violated their policies? Me. I did it.

Techdirt@techdirt.com · 2d ago

Hey Platforms: Your Violent Content Policies Are About To Meet The Pentagon’s Firing Squad There is plenty of coverage everywhere you look about how Pete Hegseth and... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/09/hey-platforms-your-violent-content-policies-are-about-to-meet-the-pentagons-firing-squad/

“Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips with a state-funded security detail, costing $3.3 million. The newsrooms’ review of Paxton’s travel records, obtained through the state’s Public Information Act, could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business.”

Charles Ornstein@charlesornstein.bsky.social · 2d ago

NEW: Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose. @zachdespart.bsky.social w/ @texastribune.org

BREAKING: Former President Barack Obama endorses Troy Jackson for U.S. Senate in Maine: "Troy Jackson is running to be your next senator and I'm proud to be on board" Obama cites Jackson’s record on wages, drug prices, school meals, and abortion rights as Democrats target Susan Collins' seat.

Margaret Hamilton, the trailblazing computer scientist whose software was crucial in putting the first astronauts on the moon, has died at age 90.

Woman Whose Code Saved the Moon Landing Dies at 90

Margaret Hamilton led the development of software used in NASA’s historic 1969 mission.

thedailybeast.com

wat

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d ago

Trump: "With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay ... let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."

BREAKING: The Trump White House has blocked Politico from accessing Air Force One on Monday to carry out its pool responsibilities.

White House blocks Politico from Air Force One

The news outlet was supposed to travel with the president to Nebraska on Monday.

ms.now

look who's with Trump on his trip to Ohio! #TravelWithNatalie (REUTERS/Nathan Howard)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Court prohibits Trump administration from building border wall in Texas’ Big Bend region, for now.

Trump & his DOJ called Davey Hearn a vandal Now Davey has won, & the case they built on a botched, rushed paint job is finished for GOOD @democracydefendersfund.org @washlitgroup.bsky.social & Steptoe fought every step of the way I'll explain w/ @ms.now @7PMET 👇

Prosecutors Cannot Revive Reflecting Pool Case Against Ex-Olympian, Judge Rules

A charge against David Hearn was dismissed “with prejudice” because of President Trump’s attempts to influence the case.

nytimes.com

How your email finds me

The fucking audacity of Trump to spend taxpayer money on a shitty TV ad bragging that he’s “driving the warmongers out of Washington” WHILE HE’S WAGING AN ILLEGAL AND UNNECESSARY WAR IN IRAN...

NEW: Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten says his office is reopening the investigation into the 2024 gang rape of a student at a Cornell University fraternity abcnews.com/US/district-...

District attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'

Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity.

abcnews.com

Why am I paying for that propaganda? Someone needs to sue the administration.

People continue to disappear across America. Not everyone gets deported; some just disappear. Alamo, Texas

to keep functioning, society must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Trump lies: "Oil will come dropping down as soon as Iran gives up, as soon as the war is over, which will be soon. Prices for groceries have come way down for Biden. Almost every price has come way down. And remember one thing -- oil is less expensive now than it was under the Biden administration."

Before he was @johnlegend.bsky.social, he was a kid from Springfield, Ohio. John Legend reflects on the Haitian families who became his neighbors and remembers 20-year-old Pierre Damas Bel. "I send you love to my hometown."

Some moments require you to show up. Join @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social, @jvl.bsky.social, @samsteindc.bsky.social, @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, and @timmiller.bsky.social in Dayton, Ohio, on September 25 at the Dayton Masonic Center to raise money for Springfield’s Haitian community.

Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.

Raskin made a holy shit observation on MS Now this afternoon: Since taking office, Trump has made a million dollars per hour for himself. Every hour, he has made more than twice the president’s annual salary.

Elon Musk's DOGE is gone, but the wreckage it left behind at the VA is still being felt. A new VA Inspector General report found that DOGE, alongside Trump's VA appointees, terminated 435 contracts worth a total of $1.1 billion. www.stripes.com/veterans/202...

$1 billion in VA contracts terminated following requests from DOGE, senior officials

Most of the terminated contracts were for consulting services, which included administrative and program management as well as communications.

stripes.com

'Freedom Fest,' a pro-Trump event in Kentucky featuring Kid Rock that was scheduled to take place this weekend, has been canceled after low VIP ticket sales, according to its organizer, Eric Deters, a failed House candidate and Trump supporter.

Pro-Trump ‘Freedom Fest’ featuring Kid Rock canceled after poor VIP sales

Organizer Eric Deters said he was counting on rich associates to buy $1,000 passes to offset costs. Only six VIP tickets were sold, he said.

ms.now

BREAKING: A federal judge just said that Trump's order barring MS NOW, CNN, and Politico from the White House was likely unconstitutional and ordered the administration to immediately restore access to the three news outlets.

Bonus for whoever wrote this chyron

After illegally bulldozing half of the White House, Trump bans media that won’t lie for him from the other half. Every self-respecting media entity in America should boycott what’s left of the White House if he keeps violating press freedom.

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 3w ago

BREAKING: President Trump says he is banning CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House over their coverage.

1. This is a naked attack on press freedom by a president who hates it. 2. There are limits to the president's ability to carry out this threat thanks to the First Amendment. 3. It's also a threat to the "Other Fake News Media Outlets" who can face similar punishment based on their reporting.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Trump: "I am proud to announce that, effective immediately, I am banning Fake News CNN, MSNOW, and Politico ... from the White House as a result of their constant 'reporting' FAKE NEWS!"

everything this administration does is a horrifying coverup

Philadelphia Inquirer@inquirer.com · 3w ago

While top officials publicly spar over whether Pennsylvanians are dying of measles, a midwife in Amish country believes the outbreak is so bad she wants to be able to carry the MMR vaccine herself.

New in PN: Retire in peace "McConnell would never be allowed to drive a car, babysit young children, or file his own taxes. Why, then, should a cognitively incapacitated 82-year-old retain one of the most important positions of power within the national government?"

Retire in peace

McConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go.

publicnotice.co

A CNN investigation reveals Russia likely provided crucial satellite information about U.S. bases, giving Tehran a major advantage in the war. And not a word from Senile Satan.