Time to change the name to the Völkisch Broadcast System, I suppose.

Because the Christian Nationalist ideology doesn't allow for any dissent or criticism. They don't care about the principle of separation. They care that he disagrees with them.

We Could Do Worse Than Kash Patel Being a Drunken Buffoon If the FBI director’s alleged intoxication prevents him from carrying out Trump’s agenda, that might not be such a bad thing.

I suppose it's better for him to be getting drunk and suing media outlets than the alternative.

I'm sure they have in house counsel for things like this but also will seek out outside counsel. Won't speculate about their coverage except to say that most organizations policies that include cost of defense. Generally those policies have the equivalent of a deductible that can be quite high.

Though, to be fair, billionaire media owners aren't exactly covering themselves in glory when it comes to standing up for the outlets they own

Thanks, Mr. Hat.

Proud to have this vital publication being led from Philadelphia

They can't counter sue and I don't believe DC's anti-SLAPP law applies in federal court. I'm speaking mainly from personal experience here and I'm sure @kenwhite.bsky.social or another free speech attorney will eventually weigh in on this.

Even when a lawsuit is complete bullshit, it's still a tremendous amount of stress and expense. The process is the punishment. Kash will get his headlines. He'll force The Atlantic and its reporters to spend a horrendous amount of money. And then it'll get dismissed or dropped. That's the point.

For everyone laughing about how discovery will be "fun" should understand: 1) this suit will likely never make it that far; 2) when it's dismissed, The Atlantic will still be out hundreds of thousands of dollars; 3) like being charged by the FBI, you can beat the rap but you can't beat the ride.

Free speech absolutism.

Welp.

"particularly"?

I think you mean "exclusively" there CNN

Extremely normal and fine for a company to put this in a public statement

brb running this as an ad for American Atheists

And, to speak to the merits of the term, not everyone who is under state supervision is an "inmate!" House arrest? Parole? Probation? Halfway house? Pre-trial supervision?

The only time a term like this is used is in a white paper or policy brief. And god forbid we speak with precision there.

1) I don't have "followers".

2) There's nothing "respectful" about telling a person, unsolicited, that a myth from your religion is the most important thing in life to understand.

3) It's profoundly arrogant to think a low-effort email is what's going to convince a person to change their beliefs.

Your regular reminder that the defining features of American conservatism are grievance and retribution.

Jamal is too nice to say "utter hypocrisy," but that's what this is.

Today's #SCOTUS treats *all* coercive relief against the executive branch as imposing irreparable harm on the government. For that proposition, they cite a 2014 opinion by ... Chief Justice Roberts.

Its absence here is deafening.

It’s so funny that they pubbed this the day before “john roberts invented the trump era shadow docket to make sure fossil fuel companies could keep killing you and make money doing it” bsky.app/profile/cris...

Over just five days, the justices had decided the issue. Even as they debated the Obama plan’s possible burden on the power industry, in the entire chain of correspondence obtained by The Times, not a single justice, conservative or liberal, mentioned the dangers of a warming planet as one of the possible harms the court should consider.

Another data point in “originalism is a fraud.” So much for the law is the law we can’t think about the impact. They rail against “results oriented judging” in public but when their corporate clients make requests they know exactly what to do. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

it is, among other things, incredibly striking to see that roberts was so solicitous of the burden the clean power plan might put on fossil fuel executives, when, a decade later, he is indifferent to the way trump’s moves have thrown hundreds of thousands of lives into turmoil.

MAGA Is Increasingly Convinced the Trump Assassination Attempt Was Staged Conspiracy theories about the Butler, Pennsylvania, shooting have ramped up in recent weeks as once steadfast Trump supporters turn on the president.

It's almost like feeding your political base unadulterated conspiracy slop — with a soupçon of end-times theology — for decades might eventually come back to bite you

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The Vice President, if not an outright Nazi himself, sees them as allies and fellow travelers.

Earlier this week, Decoherence Media reported on 8 fascist, antisemitic, or otherwise far-right accounts that JD Vance followed on X. HowlingMutant was one of them. He frequently posts about rape and refers to himself as a rapist, and makes antisemitic jokes.

oh wow you’re telling me that jd vance follows yet another nazi on twitter

A tweet from Representative Thomas Massie that reads: I just viewed 2 Top Secret FISA docs. 1) FISA Court opinion that raises serious concerns about FBI implementation of FISA 702. 2) letter by Senator Wyden describing a secret government interpretation of FISA law. The Constitution requires I vote No on FISA 702 reauthorization.

I sent a classified letter to House and Senate colleagues about a secret interpretation of surveillance law that every American should be concerned about.

Representative Massie is right. The Constitution requires EVERY member to vote against a clean reauthorization.

Taxing $5 million second homes? The scariest thing ever.

The world's richest man engaging in Great Replacement and "white genocide" conspiracies? Important discourse you can find on X: The Everything App™!

Gen Z women are losing their religion, new study finds (RNS) — Women have long been more religious than men. But a new study finds the gap closing as more young women under 30 identify as “none” — unaffiliated.

What a week of rich data! Yesterday, PRRI released its religious census data, which showed, overall, a pretty stagnant picture of religious identification and disaffiliation. Except, among women under 30. @bmietana.bsky.social did a great job summarizing the survey. religionnews.com/2026/04/15/s...