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Brendan Carr is fairly typical of a far right wing zealot, in that he has absolutely no compulsion about lying, constantly, about everything. The latest case in point: Brendan Carr is trying to pretend he didn’t abuse FCC power and break the law to try and censor a comedian critical of our mad, idiot king. […]
2025-09-24 19:32:21 UTC
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DHS Issues Statement on Targeted Attack on Dallas ICE Facility — WASHINGTON - This morning, a sniper opened fire from a nearby rooftop on a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Dallas field office. The shooter fired indiscriminately at the ICE building, including at a van in the sallyport where the victims were shot.
2025-09-24 18:50:01 UTC
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Rebecca Ritzel / Washingtonian:
Log Cabin Republicans Disrupted Yasmin Williams's Kennedy Center Performance — Kennedy Center staffers called security last week after DC's Log Cabin Republicans chapter disrupted a performance by a musician they called “a vocal opponent of President Trump.”
2025-09-24 18:45:00 UTC
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The Atlantic:
Trump Dares the United Nations to Mock Him Now — The president made clear that he's done “standing up for the world.” — The world laughed at Donald Trump. — Seven years ago, Trump was just a few sentences into his annual United Nations General Assembly address when most of the gathered leaders …
2025-09-24 18:30:00 UTC
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Steady:
Onward. Forward. Steady. — Things have really changed. Now I need your help. … This is it. With this post, I'm re-launching Democracy Americana at a new platform, away from Substack. And I need your help as I am launching my new career as a full-time independent writer.
2025-09-24 18:25:03 UTC
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Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Charlie Kirk could be placed on US currency under new House GOP proposal — Reps. Abe Hamadeh and August Pfluger want Treasury to authorize 400,000 silver dollars with Kirk's likeness — FIRST ON FOX: A pair of House Republicans are pushing to have Charlie Kirk memorialized on U.S. currency …
2025-09-24 18:25:03 UTC
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Bloomberg:
US Readies $20 Billion Rescue to Help Milei Win in Argentina — The US plans to extend a $20 billion swap line to Argentina and is ready to buy the country's foreign bonds, providing much-needed financial support to President Javier Milei as he tries to regain investor confidence and stem a run on the peso.
2025-09-24 18:05:00 UTC
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Everything’s a purge in this administration. The Defense Department — now absurdly referred to by the administration as the “Department of War” — is headed by a guy no one really seems to respect and who has the unfortunate habit of ignoring OPSEC 101 at every opportunity. Pete Hegseth is the victim of self-inflicted wounds […]
2025-09-24 17:45:34 UTC
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Daniel Maurer / Just Security:
US Servicemembers' Exposure to Criminal Liability for Lethal Strikes on Narcoterrorists — The U.S. military has engaged in three lethal strikes killing 17 people allegedly carrying illicit narcotics through the Caribbean Sea's international waters en route to the United States.
2025-09-24 17:45:01 UTC
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2025-09-24 17:40:34 UTC
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New York Times:
No President Should Have This Kind of Power — Somewhere mingled in the foam and debris of the Caribbean Sea are the remains of at least 17 people who were killed this month by U.S. military forces on the orders of President Trump. They were aboard three speedboats that the Trump administration …
2025-09-24 17:40:00 UTC
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New York Times:
Democrats Investigating Law Firms Over Work for Trump's Commerce Dept. — In letters to the firms, the lawmakers suggested “that the administration's coercion of your law firm may be ongoing and escalating.” — Top House and Senate Democrats are investigating whether law firms that cut deals …
2025-09-24 17:05:02 UTC
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Washington Post:
After Trump targets H-1B visas, can India lure back skilled workers? — Indian leaders say the new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas could be a boon for domestic industry. Others say the country will struggle to absorb more skilled workers. — NEW DELHI — President Donald Trump's decision …
2025-09-24 16:45:00 UTC
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Associated Press:
Trump administration rehires hundreds of federal employees laid off by DOGE — Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk's cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work. — The General Services Administration has given the employees — who managed government workspaces …
2025-09-24 16:40:01 UTC
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New York Times:
Why Obamacare Bills May Double Next Year … Earlier this month, Julie Morringello, an artist in rural Maine, received a notice that her health care premiums could nearly double next year. — She now pays $460 a month for her Obamacare plan, but that amount is contingent on government subsidies …
2025-09-24 16:30:00 UTC
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James Gallagher / BBC:
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time — One of the cruellest and most devastating diseases - Huntington's - has been successfully treated for the first time, say doctors. — The disease runs through families, relentlessly kills brain cells and resembles a combination of dementia …
2025-09-24 16:30:00 UTC
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The Trump Murder Policy — PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🌎 Subscribe to PN 🌎 — During his unhinged rant to the United Nations yesterday, Donald Trump tried to turn his lawless attacks on purported “drug boats” in the southern Caribbean into a punchline of sorts.
2025-09-24 16:25:01 UTC
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New York Times:
Live Updates: One Dead and Two Wounded in Dallas ICE Facility Shooting — Federal authorities said detainees were among the victims and no federal agents had been shot. — Here's the latest. — One person was killed and two others wounded in a shooting at a U.S. Immigration …
2025-09-24 15:40:01 UTC
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Politico:
Trump promises Arab leaders he won't let Israel annex the West Bank … Trump told reporters ahead of his sit-down with eight Arab countries at the United Nations headquarters that it was his “most important” of the day, but he left without speaking to reporters and the participants have yet …
2025-09-24 15:30:01 UTC
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Since we know that FCC Chair Brendan Carr sometimes reads what we write here at Techdirt, I figured I’d post this one just for him and hopes that he watches it, seeing as we know that, thanks to his own mafioso-like tactics, his good friends at Sinclair Broadcasting (along with Nexstar) refused to show Jimmy […]
2025-09-24 15:21:21 UTC
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STAT:
Trump's ‘tough it out’ to pregnant women meets wave of opposition by medical experts — Doctors explain the medical consensus on autism, leucavorin, and Tylenol for fever — Federal health officials are telling Americans no, they shouldn't take Tylenol during pregnancy for fear of autism and yes …
2025-09-24 15:15:01 UTC
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Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Dem's Victory Sets the Stage for Trump's Epstein Files Nightmare — WINTER IS COMING — Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva won her late father's seat in the House of Representatives. — A Democrat easily won a special election for an open House seat in Arizona, giving a bipartisan group …
2025-09-24 14:35:01 UTC
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump slams Kimmel's return: “We're going to test ABC out on this” — President Trump claimed Tuesday night that ABC told White House officials that Jimmy Kimmel's show had been canceled over his comments in the wake of Charlie Kirk's killing. … Let's see how we do.
2025-09-24 14:25:01 UTC
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The right's war on free speech in the wake of the murder of Charlie Kirk goes beyond hypocrisy; it exposes the white nationalist conservatism that has won the heart and soul of Republican identity.
2025-09-24 14:07:42 UTC
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Associated Press:
3 people shot at immigration detention facility in Dallas and the shooter is dead, official says — Three people have been shot at an Immigration and U.S. Customs Enforcement detention facility in Dallas and the shooter is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the agency's director said.
2025-09-24 13:40:02 UTC
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Madi Marks / FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth:
Dallas ICE Shooting: 3 people shot in active shooter situation — DALLAS - An active shooter situation at a Dallas ICE facility on Wednesday morning left three detainees in ICE custody shot, with multiple victims in critical condition, according to police. — According to police sources …
2025-09-24 13:40:02 UTC
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Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal:
Peter Thiel Wants Everyone to Think More About the Antichrist — During appearances, the billionaire has offered his analysis on technology, government and a biblical perspective on the end times — Peter Thiel, the billionaire investor in data, AI, defense and weapons development technology companies …
2025-09-24 13:00:41 UTC
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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
Kimmel reinstatement preempted Disney+ price increase — The Handbasket reported first Monday evening on Bluesky … A quick one for you- — Monday night, just after sending out the latest edition of The Handbasket, I got a big scoop that I published on Bluesky: Disney was set …
2025-09-24 12:55:00 UTC
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Today's links The billionaires aren't OK: They're going to give us all Howard Hughes disease. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: KY…
2025-09-24 12:50:22 UTC
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Mary Ellen Klas / Bloomberg:
The Texas A&M Purge Takes a Page From Authoritarian Playbooks — Four academics have been demoted, fired or ousted following a dispute over gender in a children's literature class. — Across the globe, there's a clear playbook for how authoritarians suppress academic freedom.
2025-09-24 12:50:00 UTC
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Edith M. Lederer / Associated Press:
After mechanical challenges, UN says Trump's team to blame for nonworking escalator and teleprompter — President Trump's visit to the U.N. got off to a shaky start when an escalator stopped right after he got on it. A U.N. official said the U.N. understands someone from the president's party ran ahead …
2025-09-24 12:30:01 UTC
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Associated Press:
Trump administration rehires hundreds of federal employees laid off by DOGE — Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk's cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work. The General Services Administration has given the employees — who managed government workspaces …
2025-09-24 12:25:00 UTC
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The flood of outrage at the Disney/FCC cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel ultimately forced the company to retreat and put Kimmel back on the air. Disney apparently didn’t much like the wave of folks cancelling their Disney+ streaming video subscriptions in response to the government and a major corporation coordinating a frontal assault on the First […]
2025-09-24 12:24:21 UTC
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Punchbowl News:
9/24/25 ☀️ AM: … Republicans have found themselves in an unusual position during the past week: having the unquestionable upper hand in a government-funding fight. — They could be squandering it. — A string of missteps has provided Democrats a boost in the back-and-forth battle …
2025-09-24 12:10:00 UTC
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Politico:
Playbook: Jimmy Kimmel hits back — With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine and Ali Bianco — Good Wednesday morning. This is Jack Blanchard. Get in touch. — LAST NIGHT'S TV: An unbowed Jimmy Kimmel took aim at President Donald Trump and FCC Chair Brendan Carr last night in a blistering, emotional return to ABC.
2025-09-24 11:25:01 UTC
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Trump's UN Address Was a Tragedy of Shakespearian Proportions — ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE — Of course, the president's main messages today were ones of irrationality and instability, so who knows what the plot points and soliloquies will be tomorrow or next week. — OPINION
2025-09-24 06:10:01 UTC
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Nexstar Media Group, Inc.:
Nexstar ABC Affiliates To Continue Preempting “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” — Company Will Monitor the Show as it Returns to ABC — Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST), today announced that the company's owned and partner television stations affiliated with the ABC Television Network will continue to preempt “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
2025-09-24 06:10:01 UTC
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Trump's stunning pivot on Ukraine thrills hawkish Republicans — Senate Republican foreign policy hawks praised President Trump on Tuesday for posting that he believes Ukraine can “win” the war against Russia and take back all of its lost territory. … Several key GOP congressional leaders …
2025-09-24 03:40:00 UTC
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The latest generation of AI systems, based on large language models (LLMs), is perceived as the biggest threat in decades to the established copyright order. The scale of that threat can be gauged by the flurry of AI lawsuits that publishers and others have launched against generative AI companies. Since the first of these, reported here […]
2025-09-24 03:01:35 UTC
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Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Democratic lawmakers demand answers from TV station owners over pulling Jimmy Kimmel's show — ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” returns Tuesday night, but Nexstar and Sinclair are keeping the show off their affiliate stations. — Four Democratic lawmakers are opening a probe into Nexstar and Sinclair …
2025-09-24 02:35:00 UTC
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Eric Vilas-Boas / Vulture:
Apple Pulls The Savant From Its Release Schedule — The latest series debut from Apple TV+ has been put on ice. The Savant, a buzzy new Jessica Chastain-led thriller which features themes and storylines that echo recent politically sensitive real-life events, was originally set to premiere this Friday …
2025-09-24 01:00:05 UTC
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Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Turns Out Trump's Own Team Messed Up U.N. Escalator and Teleprompter … President Trump repeatedly blamed the United Nations for his teleprompter issues and a malfunctioning escalator in a spiteful Tuesday speech to the General Assembly. But it seems that both issues were caused directly by his own team.
2025-09-24 01:00:05 UTC
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Back in April, RFK Jr. committed publicly to firmly knowing the cause of autism by September of this year. In May, Donald Trump himself weighed in with the already baked conclusion that autism doesn’t “occur naturally” and therefore must have some environmental cause. Both statements were absurd at the time. Autism causes have been studied […]
2025-09-23 22:43:58 UTC
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
MAGA Rages Over Jimmy Kimmel's Return—and Reveals a Big Trump Weakness — Now that Disney and ABC have bucked President Trump's authoritarian censorship regime and reinstated comedian Jimmy Kimmel's show, MAGA personalities are in a seething fury. They're claiming the move insults Charlie Kirk's memory …
2025-09-23 22:40:03 UTC
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Axios:
Trump's middle finger to the UN: “Your countries are going to hell” — President Trump had a harsh message for fellow world leaders at the UN General Assembly today: “Your countries are going to hell!” … - They'd be wise to take his MAGA agenda back home with them, he advised.
2025-09-23 21:45:04 UTC
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Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
Rid me of this meddlesome priest, Pam! — How mob boss Trump sped through all of Watergate in just a single weekend. … We are watching a Watergate-level presidential scandal unfold basically every day — and they're happening so quickly and so blatantly it's nearly impossible to process.
2025-09-23 21:30:00 UTC
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Randi Kaye / CNN:
Would-be Trump assassin tries to stab himself after guilty verdict — Fort Pierce, Florida — Ryan Routh, the 59-year-old accused of attempting to kill Donald Trump as the former and future president played a round of golf on his Florida course last year - the second attempt …
2025-09-23 21:05:00 UTC
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Support us on Patreon » Last week, we published three separate posts that looked at the FTC’s recent settlement with Aylo, the parent company of multiple adult websites including, most famously, Pornhub. Those posts, written by Stanford HAI policy fellow Riana Pfefferkorn, examined the legally complicated but very important issues that arise from the settlement forcing […]
2025-09-23 20:30:00 UTC
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Local TV Giants Boycott Jimmy Kimmel's Return to Late Night — Together, the two TV station groups, Sinclair and Nexstar, control more than 20 percent of ABC's local affiliates. — Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show is returning to ABC on Tuesday night after a tense standoff from remarks …
2025-09-23 20:25:01 UTC
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Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Trump cancels White House meeting with Schumer and Jeffries despite risk of a government shutdown — President Donald Trump has abruptly canceled this week's planned meeting with congressional Democratic leaders, refusing to negotiate over their demands to shore up health care funds as part …
2025-09-23 20:10:01 UTC
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