So they made the call: “#JimmyKimmel Live” would temporarily go dark.
That decision—the product of a spider’s web of interlocking #political & #financial pressures placed atop one of the country’s biggest #corporations —quickly morphed into a flashpoint for #FreeSpeech in the #US. Many #Democrats, actors & comedians cried foul as #FarRight activists celebrated.On a diplomatic trip in Britain, #Trump knocked #Kimmel for “bad ratings” & proclaimed that #ABC “should have fired him a long time ago.”
As Trump chips away at Democracy we say together "No Kings."
Be there October 18th.
https://www.nokings.org/
Case study that sometimes it takes an “extinction moment” to start doing something you should have been doing for over the last decade or more: organic, authentic digital outreach. #Democratshttps://www.npr.org/2025/09/15/nx-s1-5484125/democrats-social-media-strategy-influencers
Senior White House official Stephen Miller vowed Monday that the Trump administration would dismantle an alleged "vast domestic terror movement" that he linked to the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/world/politics/us-trump-liberal-crackdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtrump #democrats #republicans #charliekirk #us #congress
Both parties have faced violence this year, but right-wing activist Charlie Kirk’s murder highlights the deep asymmetry in American politics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/14/world/violence-in-trumps-america/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #charliekirk #republicans #democrats #donaldtrump #us #murder
Some Republicans want to go further still and have proposed deporting Kirk's critics from the United States, suing them into penury or banning them from social media for life. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/world/charlie-kirk-mourn-threats/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #republicans #democrats #us #charliekirk #murder #donaldtrump
The Utah student suspected of killing right-wing activist Charlie Kirk faces formal charges this week, in an act of violence widely seen as an inflection point in U.S. politics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/world/crime-legal/charlie-kirk-suspect-charges/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #charliekirk #republicans #democrats #guns #donaldtrump #us #murder
Political violence in the U.S. is rising, driven by extreme rhetoric, mental illness and easy access to guns, as shown by Charlie Kirk’s assassination and other attacks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2025/09/12/american-politics-turns-bloody/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #charliekirk #us #donaldtrump #guns #democrats #republicans #freespeech
Alex Akselrod
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Let's check on our successes in fighting for freedom - worldwide!
Trump ally Bolsanaro is going to jail. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8xrqxk9p4xo
NJ ignores the CDC, approves life-saving COVID vaccines. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/nyregion/new-jersey-covid-vaccine-pharmacies.html
Oregon preschool, national teacher unions join suit to bar ICE arrests on school grounds: https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2025/09/oregon-preschool-national-teacher-unions-join-suit-to-bar-ice-arrests-on-school-grounds.html
Judge temporarily blocks US effort to remove dozens of immigrant Guatemalan and Honduran children: https://apnews.com/article/immigration-children-trump-removal-guatemala-honduras-f9660cf78ce195c4a1d3d36f1f28bdc3
Oh and Epstein won't leave the headlines. An ambassador from the Uk got sacked over Epstein connections. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/11/keir-starmer-sacks-peter-mandelson-over-jeffrey-epstein-revelations
#politics #democrats #democracy #california #santaclara#USPol#CAPol
Let's check on our successes in fighting for freedom - worldwide!
Trump ally Bolsanaro is going to jail. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8xrqxk9p4xo
NJ ignores the CDC, approves life-saving COVID vaccines. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/nyregion/new-jersey-covid-vaccine-pharmacies.html
Oregon preschool, national teacher unions join suit to bar ICE arrests on school grounds: https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2025/09/oregon-preschool-national-teacher-unions-join-suit-to-bar-ice-arrests-on-school-grounds.html
Judge temporarily blocks US effort to remove dozens of immigrant Guatemalan and Honduran children: https://apnews.com/article/immigration-children-trump-removal-guatemala-honduras-f9660cf78ce195c4a1d3d36f1f28bdc3
Oh and Epstein won't leave the headlines. An ambassador from the Uk got sacked over Epstein connections. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/11/keir-starmer-sacks-peter-mandelson-over-jeffrey-epstein-revelations
#politics #democrats #democracy #california #santaclara#USPol#CAPol
The sudden death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and the differing reactions to it highlighted the depth of political divisions in the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/11/world/politics/charlie-kirk-death-us-divisions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #charliekirk #us #donaldtrump #guns #sanseito #democrats #republicans
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump says it has launched an immigration enforcement action in Chicago and other parts of Illinois dubbed "Operation Midway Blitz," but its scope is unclear. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/09/world/politics/trump-operation-midway-blitz-chicago/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #chicago #ice #migration #immigration #us #donaldtrump #republicans #democrats
House Democrats on Monday released an alleged birthday note that they said Donald Trump sent to Jeffrey Epstein. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/09/world/politics/epstein-letter-trump-democrats/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #jeffreyepstein #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #democrats
Greg Lloyd
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From Gus Bova in our magazine: "Texas is like six different states with a whole bunch of different cultures in it. That diversity is what has not only made #Texas this fascinating endeavor, but it’s also what has made Texas so successful. You build successful, robust economies with #diversity." https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-democrats-kendall-scudder-the-interview/
From Gus Bova in our magazine: "Texas is like six different states with a whole bunch of different cultures in it. That diversity is what has not only made #Texas this fascinating endeavor, but it’s also what has made Texas so successful. You build successful, robust economies with #diversity." https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-democrats-kendall-scudder-the-interview/
Next up on Morning Joe: Donny Deutsch telling us that Mamdani is dangerous. "I just don't think a socialist works in New York... If he wins, I'm concerned the entire party lurches in that direction." (To victory?) #IWatchSoYouDontHaveTo
@jeffjarvis
Good grief. The cope with these stubborn old blue dog Democrats right now...
Hey guys, let go. It's over. You had your years controlling the party and look around you. Do you think the American people are only blaming the baroque corruption of the Republicans for this? No. We blame your gentile corruption too.
We're done with you. Sit down.
Go, Mamdani, go!
Political systems should be judged not by their intentions or rhetoric, but by their outcomes.
The Democratic Party and the Logic of Controlled Opposition: A Systems Analysis
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kWqjbRm7rRwkVMnQmGzzJ_u2BqbGbfCa/view?usp=sharing
Wait.
There are Democrats who are AGAINST genocide? Or at least willing to make an empty anti-genocide gesture?
My flabber has been gasted.
https://theintercept.com/2025/08/27/block-bombs-israel-arms-gaza-aipac/
bhaugen
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But if you're concerned about #Trump & #RFK undermining #science & #medicine, the consensus is there for #transgender #healthcare, so you should be just as concerned about anti #trans rhetoric & anyone regurgitating it as you are for #antivax rhetoric. It's ALL #antiscience bullshit.
#Democrats#Republicans#Liberals#Conservatives#Marxism#Communism#Socialism#Anarchism#Politics#Election#Gay#GayRights#TransRights#Transgender#LGBTQ#LGBTQIA#Lesbian#Bisexual#Queer#Intersex#Asexual
bhaugen
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"These #fires are neither isolated nor "natural" phenomena. They are expressions of a system in combustion, accelerated by #climatechange induced by our #socioeconomic order & aggravated by #land-use policies subordinated to accumulation, #profit & #growth."
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/8/27/mediterranean-wildfires-are-no-accident
#Politics#Democrats#Republicans#Liberals#Conservatives#Vote#Election#DemocraticParty#RepublicanParty#DonaldTrump#Trump#JoeBiden#Biden#KamalaHarris#TimWalz#Democracy#USA#Musk#Fascism#Fascist