PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.

Don't let the American government decide what books you and your family are allowed to read.

action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661 via @everylibrary.bsky.social

Spoke with Ronny Joe Grooms on @ksvysonoma.bsky.social about ICE pulling out of Minneapolis. I’ve been working to impeach Kristi Noem, prevent any more funding for ICE, and require agents wear body cameras and take off their masks. Enough is enough.

This is what ICE does every day. Hunt little kids who are here legally. They get sent to a place called the “baby jail” in Texas. Very little of it ends up on video like this. But it’s routine. And disgusting.

We stand united with Democratic Leaders Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer in demanding immediate reform and an end to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) unchecked and reckless operation in American cities.

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The U.S. Department of Defense has barred military personnel from enrolling in courses at many of the nation’s top universities, including Harvard, Yale, MIT, and Johns Hopkins. A leaked email is said to contain the full list of affected schools. Shared by MeidasTouch.

The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

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@katiephang.bsky.social is LIVE on Coffee with the Contrarians. She's sharing everything she saw in Minneapolis.

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BeansTalk | Bye Bye Bovino YouTube video by MSW Media

NEW: YouTube said adding a yellow arrow to your thumbnail helps maximize the algorithm. Since I don’t use AI and we make our thumbnails by hand, this is what we’re going with. youtu.be/YMFSJi3pRWY?...

Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.

His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

Trump Administration Live Updates: Democrats Open Inquiries Into Handling of Homan Investigation

It’s going to be hard to keep the tape bottled up, and once it comes out, the “I did nothing illegal“ posture will not play well

Trump Administration Live Updates: Democrats Open Inquiries Into Handling of Homan Investigation www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

A 12-foot statue of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein frolicking and holding hands appeared on the National Mall in Washington, DC on Tuesday, September 23.

A plaque under the statue states that it has been erected “In Honor of Friendship Month."

Censorship by compliance destroys free speech Government attempts to stop speech before it occurs are especially problematic.

The First Amendment grants citizens a wide swath of protections — protections the Trump regime is intent on disregarding. Kimberly Wehle examines the administration's unconstitutional crusade to punish its critics.

Eyes on the prize A cartoon by Nick Anderson

Eyes on the prize — A cartoon by Nick Anderson

So pleased with my association with bookshop.org!

I am on substack under @matthewdowd, and writing under Lighthouse Sentinel.

Nexstar, parent company of two TV stations, to acquire ABC10 owner TEGNA The deal will create a new local news duopoly in Sacramento and synergies with stations in San Francisco and other parts of California.

Nexstar, parent company of two TV stations, to acquire ABC10 owner TEGNA
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“If you can’t honor a man by quoting him directly because his own words seem disparaging to his legacy, then perhaps you shouldn’t try to honor him at all.” Watch my latest here: www.youtube.com/live/2Mv50KZ...

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced. I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

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This Latino Heritage Month, we celebrate the profound contributions of the Latino community in Los Angeles.

From the arts to entrepreneurship, education to activism, the impact of Latino heritage is uniquely part of our city.

BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: The Charlie's Murderers Website Has Been Torpedoed. I Spoke to the Hacker. The people behind the Charlie's Murderers website have been forced to change domains and hosting after a hacker corrupted the reporting tool

BREAKING: The Charlie's Murderers doxxing website was just hacked and has been taken offline. I spoke to the hacker on the condition of anonymity. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...

Our Kids’ Addiction to Social Media Risks Making the Kirk Assassination the New Normal Our kids are being regularly exposed to harmful, violent content online.

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We need your help. There is a new doxxing site circulating. A domain just registered through Namecheap (on Sept 10, 2025) and hosted on Squarespace is being used to publish private personal information.

Even Charlie Kirk agreed!

Dying to Be Men: American Masculinity as Death Cult How white supremacist, misogynist and homophobic ideals of manhood fuel violence in America—and put men like Charlie Kirk at risk.

Dying to Be Men: American Masculinity as Death Cult msmagazine.com/2025/09/11/c...

Full Committee Markup of FY26 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Bill YouTube video by House Appropriations Committee

Republicans' 2026 spending plan defunds law enforcement, guts programs that invest in American manufacturing, and slashes nonpartisan oversight of the Trump Administration.

Watch @democrats-appropriations.house.gov fight back: youtu.be/kB2zq7ykPTg

The law is the law. Trump doesn’t get to rewrite it. He’s required to follow it.

Trump owes us answers on when they’ll return the $200 million they ripped from Blue States’ infrastructure budgets.

I look forward to his response.

We've led historic decreases in street homelessness and homicide totals are on pace to be the lowest in decades — but they keep lying about our city.

I’ve HAD IT with the false depictions of Los Angeles.

@ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social

“You're taking advantage of people who are still trying to recover.”

20 years after Hurricane Katrina, the residents of the Ninth Ward are still fighting for survival. The latest threat? A $5 billion canal project that could drown them all over again.

Our collab with @capitalb.bsky.social: