This is very concerning. The government does not evade the First Amendment’s restraints on censoring political speech by jawboning a company into suppressing it—rather, that conduct runs headlong into those constitutional restrictions, as Supreme Court law makes clear.

Trump administration using state power to consolidate control of the media.

While there are explicitly antifa groups out there, there isn't a centralized antifa organization that they all belong to. Which means there could be a lot of wiggle room here to designate all sorts of folks as "antifa" and then harass anyone who has given them money.

The most interesting thing to me about yesterday's CDC hearing was that it was happening at all. slate.com/news-and-polit…

*TRUMP ON TV SHOWS CRITICIZING HIM: THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO

extremely cool that the ACIP does not appear to understand the items they are bringing up for a vote

in honor of jeremy irons' birthday, here's a compilation of his greatest hits

it's been a very interesting couple of days at ACIP honestly, between the two contradictory MMRV vaccine votes and now postponing the hep-B vote, I get the impression that the panelists got cold feet after the CDC experts made a compelling case for the current schedule

Erika Kirk delivered a really beautiful speech here, about forgiveness and love in the face of hate. Right afterward, Trump came on stage and said, "That's where I disagreed with Charlie. I hate my opponent and I don't want the best for them."

My read of the new Kamala Harris book, which has no advice for how Democrats fix their problems and win. semafor.com/article/09/22/…

All-timer quote from the 28-year-old Kristi Noem hired as Deputy Director of ICE: “I absolutely think I’m qualified for the job,” she told me. “Because at the end of the day, what really makes anybody qualified for any job?” In Ben Terris profile of Noem: nymag.com/intelligencer/…

A senior foreign diplomat posted at the UN texts me: "This man is stark, raving mad. Do Americans not see how embarrassing this is?"

BREAKING: New Jersey PBS has lost its contract with WNET and will cease operations in July 2026 following the loss of federal funding. newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-jers…

60 Minutes starts its new season on Sunday. One segment is a profile of UFC's Dana White, who "talks about his friendship with Donald Trump, his sport’s place in the 'manosphere' and his plans for a summer 2026 fight card on the White House lawn."

European crowd: [Here is a clever song we made up serenading our lads and poking cheeky fun at the boys from the U.S. of A, whom we delight in subtly tormenting.] American Crowd: 🎵F--- you, Rory! 🎵 🎵F--- you, Rory! 🎵 🎵F--- you, Rory! 🎵