Mahsa Amini, 22, died in the custody of Iran's morality police in 2022 after being detained for 'improper hijab', resulting in major protests across Iran.

The authorities launched a brutal crackdown, with hundreds of protesters, including dozens of children, killed and thousands

“Fox News has pulled down a six-part series in which it staged a mock trial of hypothetical criminal charges against Hunter Biden after the president's son threatened to sue the network.” npr.org/2024/04/30/124…

It's probably best not to engage with dead-enders who'd rather watch society burn than be adults & vote for Biden, or at least try to persuade rather than scold. But it's so damn frustrating they haven't already figured out at this late date that Trump is an existential threat.

IDK who needs to hear this, but it's not the president's fault that Hamas brutally massacred a bunch of Jews, or that Bibi went nuts about it and decided that stopping them from doing it again required leveling Gaza, or that a lot of students are protesting this. It's just not.

I have been thinking about this quote all day. How could Red States 'monitor' pregnancies? A 🧵

For someone that wants to conquer the stars and maybe reaching aliens one day….start loving your fellow earthlings and don’t spread “false” conspiracies….or the day we make contact with “citizens” from other universes you will have a heart attack my boy…..at least you know the

DOJ seeking nearly seven years in federal prison for Ryan Nichols, who will be sentenced on Thursday.

This is Khan. He is your Uber driver. But unlike most Ubers, all of his rides go to the park. And also you drive. 13/10 five stars

One of the odder Jan. 6 case pleaded out today.

Giorgi Mamulashvili, who wore a black balaclava and a Trump flag as a cape, took a plea. Sentencing: Aug. 29.

He appears to have previously worked for the 'biggest Russian speaking security and investigations agency' in the U.S.

Key issue for the Trump defense: why would Cohen pay Stormy $130,000 of his own money as a rogue actor, when the payment only benefitted his boss Trump at a critical time in the campaign. And wd then be reimbursed by Trump in a series of falsified records?
vs. Trump knew &

Someone from Piers Morgan's staff asked if I would like to come onto Pier's show, Piers Morgan Uncensored, to talk about the state of his attire. Since he invited feedback, I thought I'd do a thread comparing his style to menswear icon Kermit the Frog. 🧵

Rudy Giuliani - “somebody should lean on Zelensky”

Feels like Deja Vu to me !!!
#LevRemembers

Trump's in Wisconsin on May Day tomorrow—an international day celebrating workers and union organizing. Which is almost offensively ironic. 1/

Trump thought he'd solved his abortion problem with his recent pass-the-buck-to-the-states statement.

Then he talked to @Time. Now he's made his abortion problem worse. msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-…

US judges have rejected a map that would have given Louisiana a new majority-Black House district apnews.com/article/louisi…

Former Trump aide Griffin: I read this TIME interview with Trump. He's admitting he's going to stack the government with loyalists and election deniers. He's going to stack the White House with liars and lunatics. There will be no guardrails this time. It’s devastating to me,

Over and over, in the real world of proper government disclosure and accountability, government officials are prosecuted for failing to disclose gifts far lower in value than what Supreme Court justices received.  twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

This The New York Times oped on Russian fascism, from two years ago, anticipated where Carlson would go. Its theses have only been confirmed since.
nytimes.com/2022/05/19/opi…

Wallace: Trump just told TIME he plans to drag our country into a dark new era that would closely resemble authoritarianism. You don't have to take our word for it, take his. He just said he would deploy the military to do mass deportations, he would allow states to monitor

White evangelicals must think infidelity is for Republicans only.
Franklin Graham, 1998:
Bill Clinton must resign. If he’d lie to his wife, “what will prevent him from doing the same to the American people?”
Graham, 2018:
“This thing with Stormy Daniels … is nobody’s business.”