#Trump demands #NATO action on #Russian oil BEFORE any #US sanctions.
Ceding US leadership, one day at a time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/13/trump-putin-russia-sanctions/
Proud to share my new op-ed in @TIME: "Antisemitism in the Shadow of a Justified Outrage." Amid rightful anger over Gaza's crisis, we can't ignore rising antisemitism. Let's build solidarity through empathy.
http://time.com/7316528/antisemitism-shadow-justified-outrage/
Day Time TV, US Pol, Chilling
"Fox and Friends" is a day time TV news program, which once meant light news and discussions. Three days ago one of their hosts said that homeless people should be exterminated by "lethal injection."
This remark has gotten the most attention but it was in the context of a "conversation" between the hosts laced with misinformation. eg. the suggestion that there are "billions of dollars" for "mental health" services for homeless people.
@AlliFlowers @pandorablake @gimulnautti That there are rival orgs of Trumpy droogs now is just weird
@gleick Heads up: Department of War firing people for having such an opinion…this scares me more than the civilian firings because there’s not as much recourse…
@tayfonay Interesting. Even when I first started and was on a big public instance, I never bothered with the local feed. I just carefully curate my follows. @CoachMark
The overwhelming majority of mass shootings have been by conservative extremists (75%) compared to domestic Muslim extremists (20%) or liberal/leftist extremists (4%).
Republicans are going to counter by saying "This information is false because it is from the Jews" just before saying "You are antisemitic because you criticize the genocide in Gaza" because consistency is not their strong suit.
https://www.adl.org/resources/report/murder-and-extremism-united-states-2022
Trump is afraid of Pritzker.
I know it is easy to feel overwhelmed and pessimistic (I'm often both, lately), but the fact that Trump is afraid of Pritzker should let you know that fighting back matters.
https://www.politicususa.com/p/gov-jb-pritzker-is-why-trump-chickened
An iPhone has so many privacy and security features that it’s very easy to miss them. Now’s a good time to dive in and get to know them all. https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-get-to-know-iphone-privacy-and-security-settings
Chicago’s mayor DEMOCRAT Brandon Johnson ordered city salt trucks, driven by Teamsters, to create mobile roadblocks to obstruct ICE operations.
https://bsky.app/profile/iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social/post/3ly7cnzfgqk2s
Never a dull moment for Texas's most corrupt public official. @MrScarce
@tayfonay I've never really understood why instance matters. @CoachMark
Charlie Kirk was killed by other conservatives, probably because he demanded the release of the Epstein Files.
If you are mad about his killing, then you need to take up his demand that the Epstein files be released without any criminal names redacted.
But if you want to attack a political ideology over his killing, attack conservatives; they are the ones who killed him.
https://theintercept.com/2025/09/11/charlie-kirk-killing-trump-left-political-violence/
Massachusetts Governor DEMOCRAT Maura Healey announced her state will require health insurers operating in the state to cover vaccines recommended by the state’s department of public health.
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/04/massachusetts-vaccine-coverage-rules
@spiegelmama Good point.
A Black police officer, David Rose, was shot and killed defending a federal government building last month, and he didn’t get a presidential medal, a congressional moment of silence, or a lowered flag at the White House.
A white civilian, Charlie Kirk, is shot and killed on a college campus, and he gets all those things and a promise of presidential attendance at his funeral.
Don’t tell me that all lives matter in America. They don’t. - Bryn Kai-Hendricks
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