A hell of a lot of journalists across the country were targeted by police tonight, despite reportedly identifying themselves as such. We need to have a talk about this.
NEW: A New York City pilot program to respond to 911 calls for mental health crises with social workers instead of cops appears to be reducing unnecessary hospitalizations, while increasing the percentage of people who accept help when offered.
This kid likes to play Xbox in quarantine, and the Times slapped a photo of his disappointed parents and a quote from his dad that says “I’ve failed you as a son” on the *front page*
The Proud Boys had been targeting this event for weeks, which is why it was canceled.
The goals are clear: Cancel community events by mobilizing violent bigoted gangs, and ultimately, flood the narrative with “groomer” until all drag/LGBTQ is accepted as inherently threatening.
Put on a pot of Frappuccino for the Swifites: Taylor Swift‘s “The Eras Tour” concert film will be even longer on streaming than it was in theaters. See why:
It’s that time of week, when all my friends issue coordinated statements noting that I am very happy and jacked, and definitely not reminiscent of a paper bag filled with yogurt
Prime example of the dangers in the pay-to-verify system: This account, which tweeted a (very likely AI-generated) photo of a (fake) story about an explosion at the Pentagon, looks at first glance like a legit Bloomberg news feed.
Rand Paul characterizing this as an attack on him only illuminates the fact that American politicians rarely have to face the public. The public can and should holler at elected officials!
Politico clutching pearls today after a handful of "unruly" protesters "targeted" Brett Kavanaugh by standing outside during his steak dinner.
Just an absolutely terrifying night for Kavanaugh, who "did not hear or see the protesters and ate a full meal but left before dessert."
BREAKING: Covington student, Nick Sandmann, and St Louis gun-toting couple, Mark and Patricia McCloskey, are reportedly scheduled to speak at the Republican National Convention.
Exclusive: The Times has obtained tax-return data for President Trump extending over more than two decades.
It shows his finances under stress, beset by losses that he aggressively employs to avoid paying taxes and hundreds of millions in debt coming due.
Me: "It's just error after error, Matt?"
@mtaibbi
: "Well, that is an error."
Watch me confront Matt Taibbi with multiple, unacknowledged, and glaring mistakes in his Twitter Files reporting.
Full
@MehdiHasanShow
interview later tonight. Preview:
While Andy Ngo and Ben Shapiro tip toe around the subject, Tucker Carlson just says it outright. The right is pushing a line that it’s ok to shoot protesters.
Worth remembering that Andy Ngo and Ben Shapiro worked really hard to justify the shooting — in its immediate aftermath and with no evidence — for no apparent reason other than the killer working in opposition to BLM.
They are misinfo peddlers and nothing more. Don't forget.
I met
@misstessowen
in Charlottesville during a decidedly dark time, and she was a beacon. She’s been here for me ever since. I’m gonna work every day to return that feeling. Forever! I’m so, so lucky.
BREAKING: Trump has told confidants he'll claim victory Tuesday night if it appears he's "ahead" — even if the outcome still hinges on uncounted votes in key states like Pennsylvania — according to three people familiar with his comments.
@bethanyshondark
Will they remember a dancing guy or will they remember their mom turning around to lecture them about why they should think that man is bad
@VictoriaSanchez
@wmata
@7NewsDC
“Our camera isn’t hidden and people are still doing it” is the tell — you’re deploying your camera as a policing device, intentionally, and you’re not the police. You’re the press.
@AndyBCampbell
I think there's a really positive version of this story to be told where gaming has been the ONLY method of socializing and an absolute savior for many people's mental health
Hours after Roe, a truck driver rammed into a group of women protesting in Iowa.
You’d be forgiven if you forgot about it— America is inundated with acts of political violence, at all civic events.
New from me, a look at our dark future of demonstration
Here’s a secret only New Yorkers know: if you find yourself in a little neighborhood called the West Village, there’s a mom and pop shop nobody’s ever heard of called Magnolia Bakery. Best banana pudding you ever had. I’m talkin world class
NEW: After a federal task force gunned down antifa activist Michael Reinoehl last month, Attorney General Bill Barr reported that Reinoehl was shot after he had "produced" a gun.
But it turns out the gun was found in Reinoehl’s pocket.
Broadcaster calls protesters “the intolerant left” for yelling louder than this team of lawmakers, consisting of a disgraced conspiracy theorist and a man under investigation for underage sex trafficking, both working to downplay the events of Jan. 6
A truck driver plowed through multiple pro-choice protesters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, sending at least one woman to the hospital.
Video provided by Linn County Supervisor Stacey Walker shows several victims — all women — trying to stop the driver as he careens into them
The Proud Boys have admitted on camera that they want to attack people and waste city resources, an act that the right has tried for years to pin on leftist factions
Trump potentially keeping nuclear docs at Mar-a-Lago reminds me of the time ProPublica parked a boat off the coast, pointed an antenna toward Trump’s estate, and found that the WiFi security was so poor they “could have hacked them in less than 5 minutes.”
Nobody else has the guts to say it: “seemingly” here is just good journalism. Be transparent about what you haven’t verified.
This account is a beacon of truth in a sea of lies
So the House gets to learn about antifa from an unethical reactionary who is so close with an alt-right street gang that he stood by as they planned and carried out a felonious assault on a group of people, and didn’t report on it. Seems pretty standard for a GOP expert actually.
A few days ago, the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee called
#Antifa
“imaginary.”
@MrAndyNgo
is briefing the Oversight Committee on Monday.
Bet he’ll have a different story to share.
Here's how to post an article now that Elon has removed headline text from links.
First attach a photo showing the headline, outlet and byline (this one's by
@SebastianMurdoc
).
Then provide a link to the story:
The Proud Boys' outsized role in the Jan. 6 attacks cannot be ignored — and they won't stop now.
They're running for office and plotting more violence. This is an urgent crisis, so I'm releasing my book early.
WE ARE PROUD BOYS now launches on Sept. 20!
BREAKING: Penn State will host Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes at a campus event Oct. 24, despite safety concerns.
Students argue this isn't a speech issue. Previous McInnes appearances featured criminal acts of violence at the hands of his gang.
More:
Portland police say they won't intervene in fights between "willing participants," even as Proud Boys and their far-right pals add guns and explosives to their attacks.
The extremists are more violent, and the PPB has relinquished its power to them.
My stepdad, Andy, died unexpectedly. He taught us to hunt alongside the family beagle, Bandit. Truly a kind and caring guy. There’s something really special about folks who embrace whole families outside their own, and raise them with love. That’s him.
Long live Andy, class act.
It's haunting to me that Kyle Rittenhouse has become a nationwide folk hero in MAGA circles.
Rittenhouse wasn't even "defending property" or satisfying some right-wing 2A fantasy. He just ... shot and killed some protesters. His name was on T-shirts in DC and Portland today.
Fox host Lara Logan says that people tell her that Dr. Fauci doesn't represent science, but represents Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor known as the "Angel of Death" for performing medical experiments at Auschwitz: "I am talking about people all across the world are saying this"
That’s because your “piece” was false, written by a racist troll posing as a medical doctor, and led to reporters being put on a hit list. You and your publication are the worst of the worst
The amount of bullshit we were subject to by the US press after publishing a piece showing that antifa had their tentacles in the media was unbelievable. I don’t blame journalists for avoiding the topic, to be honest
We have so vilified regular old protesters in this country that our institutions will bend over backward to defend fascist street gangs as protected demonstrators, but fill their diapers as soon as a crusty white politician feels uncomfortable (or in this case, his comms person?)
The Proud Boys — chaired by a guy named Enrique Tarrio — fight under an explicit banner of white supremacy. Their founder says anyone can join so long as they agree that white men created western culture.
They have POC in their ranks, and they have neo-Nazis. Same team.
Also: Seeing a lot of blowback to WaPo and WSJ saying Mauricio Garcia may have had white supremacist ties, given his race. So periodic reminder that there's a long history of POCs advancing and supporting Nazi/white supremacist goals/ideology.
Make no mistake: These are armed gangs waiting for an opportunity to shoot protesters with perceived legal protection. They have never done anything else, and they serve no other purpose.
A militia group marches up 7th St. in downtown Louisville. They wouldn’t identify their group, but I know I’ve seen some here before.
#BreonnaTaylor
#Louisville
@WDRBNews
McInnes used a later appearance on Joe Rogan to recruit for the Proud Boys.
The pair giggled about rape and hitting women and political violence for hours, and the Proud Boys exploded in popularity. The ep (from Feb. 2017) was so toxic it made the first round of Spotify’s cuts.
BREAKING: Late tonight, the Texas Supreme Court temporarily halted a lower court ruling that would have allowed Kate Cox, our plaintiff with severe pregnancy complications, to have an abortion to protect her health and future fertility.
Penn State students warned admin about Gavin McInnes' history of bringing Proud Boys to his events and exacting violence on students and protesters.
Admin allowed the event to move forward, and the Proud Boys came to attack students, as predicted.
We have a constitutionally protected free press, and we still don’t know where our colleague
@letsgomathias
is being held, what his condition is, or what his charges are. The
@NYPDnews
owes it to the rest of the city to let him get back to his family and his job.
The fact that all the grifters and conspiracy theorists and militants behind Jan. 6 are pulling the same stunts today, despite all the prosecutions, should tell you something about where our extremism crisis stands.
BREAKING:
@AOC
and
@EleanorNorton
to introduce bill that would require federal law enforcement officers to display identification when on duty, staffers tell me
Any American reporter could write a mass shooting story blindfolded at this point, but I think the most demoralizing part of this formulaic process is knowing that absolutely nothing will change, we will ignore the solutions in front of us, and this will happen again tomorrow
"You do not have to like the former president's answers, but you can't say that we didn't get them," Licht tells staffers, many of whom are angry about the town hall. "Kaitlan pressed him again and again and made news. Made a LOT of news." And "that is our job."
Gonna go ahead and guess that Karin hasn’t associated with poor people or public school students outside her role of making life-changing decisions for them
Rupert Murdoch gets immunized right after he had Tucker Carlson casting doubt on the vaccine for millions of Fox News viewers. This whole family and their networks are killing people, and don’t give a damn
In many states, earning $400,000 a year makes you not only wealthy, but a member of the one percent, get the hell out of here with you troll takes CNBC
Leaning back into cereal so here are the Top 3 best cereals. You know this is The Truth even though you refuse to admit it:
3. Cinnamon Toast Crunch
2. LIFE
1. Raisin Bran Crunch
If I repeatedly get things wrong as a reporter, I don’t expect to keep my job. These guys enjoy 5x the salary and clout with little to no journalistic oversight. I’ve never understood this.
This, from Penn State University President Neeli Bendapudi to her own students, who protested the violent gang that the university invited to campus despite safety concerns, and then got attacked.
Just wow.
BREAKING: Enrique Tarrio and four other Proud Boys have been indicted on seditious conspiracy charges for their outsized role in the planning and execution of the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection