Is This Uncharismatic Leader Exactly What The Democrats Need? (Tessa Stuart/Rolling Stone)

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Is This Uncharismatic Leader Exactly What the Democrats Need? Ken Martin, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, has a plan to turn the party around — if he can keep it from tearing itself apart.

I wanted to profile Martin for those reasons and because—while he's been working to put out fires at the DNC—he's been grieving loss of his close friend Melissa Hortman (gunned down in her home by a paranoid Trump fan), and seen his hometown occupied by ICE: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Is This Uncharismatic Leader Exactly What the Democrats Need? Ken Martin, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, has a plan to turn the party around — if he can keep it from tearing itself apart.

And experience — decades of deeply unglamorous field-building work at the most basic levels — is exactly who the Democrats should have in charge right now. So I made it: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Ken Martin has gotten a lot of shit since he was elected DNC chair, but I think there's a strong argument that a person with his background — born to a teen mom addict, spent his early years bouncing between shelters, surviving on SNAP and Medicare — (1/2)

Republicans Are Fleeing Congress in Historic Numbers Dozens of Republican lawmakers are opting against seeking reelection to the House of Representatives ahead of the 2026 midterms.

Republicans are fleeing the House in record numbers. They've officially reached more retirements than any point since 1930: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The Secretary of Defense calling rules of engagement stupid should be an immediately impeachable, if not criminal, offense.

I wonder if there's a connection between the lack of any stupid rules of engagement and the US/Israeli missile strikes that killed eighty or ninety schoolchildren 36 hours ago.

'Chaos': Behind the Scenes of Amazon's Melania Trump Doc Crew members of the Amazon documentary "Melania: Twenty Days to History" detail a chaotic production process under Brett Ratner.

"Really long hours, highly disorganized, very chaotic:" I spoke with crew members on the Brett Ratner image rehabilitation vehicle MELANIA, a number of whom didn't want their names on the film. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

This kid and his father entered via CBP One app. It's just absurd and monumentally unfair for people who availed themselves of lawful channels when they existed by following government processes to suddenly get detained and deported to a third country.

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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.

If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.

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Sentiment check: r/wallstreetbets is absolutely libbing out, indistinguishable from Bsky.

I’m begging Democratic leaders to understand that outlining and forcefully articulating their vision for accountability now is an electoral strategy.

Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.

WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:

* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon

The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire

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News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we

have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.

We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

Keith!! 😭 Thank you

The Radicalization of Ziz Lasota: How an AI Doomer Became an Accused Cult Leader

Lasota’s friends, colleagues, and family talk about how a NASA intern and Google employee wound up at the center of a bizarre string of murders across the country.

Feature: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

The Radicalization of Ziz Lasota: How an AI Doomer Became an Accused Cult Leader Lasota’s friends, colleagues, and family talk about how a NASA intern and Google employee wound up at the center of a bizarre string of murders

MUST READ from @tessastuart.bsky.social:
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NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.

The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.

The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.

Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.

A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro

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Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh Indicted Over Chicago ICE Protest Kat Abughazaleh, running in Illinois’ 9th District, is accused of impeding a federal agent during an anti-ICE protest at Broadview Processing Center.

Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh Indicted Over Chicago ICE Protest

"The indictment makes Abughazaleh the latest Democratic figure to be targeted by the Trump administration for challenging the regime’s aggressive tactics." @tessastuart.bsky.social

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Hello, 28th precinct, I was just yelling slurs at a bunch of people on a public sidewalk and some little skater kid snatched my transitions lenses and when I tried to chase him I fell flat on my face. Yes I’ll hold

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AOC has just officially become the top House fundraiser, beating out Hakeem Jeffries. Now lemme take a big sip of coffee as I look at the age distribution of donors to AOC vs Jeffries

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song. "Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me." Epic

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Her Kids Are U.S. Citizens. Trump's Admin Disappeared Them Anyway Donald Trump's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) disappeared an immigrant mom living in Portland and her four U.S. citizen children.

Searching for Jackie Merlos: What happened when the Trump administration disappeared an immigrant mother and her four U.S. citizen kids

Memorizing this

This straw man was literally a plot line on the Pitt

WE WON: "This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall w/in..this district court squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in US..have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.”"

Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Noncitizens Over Pro-Palestinian Speech

Very proud of my colleagues right now--especially @ramyakrishnan.bsky.social and @alexabdo.bsky.social. But we could not have got this far without the superb trial lawyers at Sher Tremonte. Grateful to them for all of the time and energy they put into this case. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...

“I can’t see another reason,” Adelita Grijalva tells Rolling Stone.

“It doesn’t change the majority, Democrats are still in the minority. That seems to be the only outstanding issue that I can see."

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Supreme Court Ethics Issues Trace to John Roberts' 'Original Sin,' New Book Alleges An excerpt from "Without Precedent" lays out how John Roberts joined the Supreme Court after presiding over a case involving the Bush administration.

@thelisagraves.bsky.social lays out the timeline in her new book, Without Precedent, out today: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...