Today it was confirmed that the president told the world's most infamous pedophile and child sex trafficker: "We have certain things in common." For any other president, it would be the biggest scandal of their lives, possibly career-ending. For Trump, it's just Monday.

Fact: in 2016 Trump stood accused in court documents of raping a young girl named Katie. He was running for president of the US. The woman dropped the case just days before the election and disappeared. Then Trump hired the prosecutor who gave Epstein the secret plea deal.

It’s wild living in the Information Age and the Dark Age at the same time.

The degree to which the far right has flipped from "federal agents are jackbooted state assassins working for the UN" to "President Trump is our daddy god and we do what he says" really can't be overstated.

Crime in DC is at a 30-year low. It's not even in top 10 dangerous cities in US. Throughout history, autocrats use a false pretext to impose government control over local law enforcement as a prelude to a more national takeover. That's far more dangerous than the situation he

Incredibly relevant to the times we live in

Read this NYT guest essay by @AmbPressman, the most recent U.S. ambassador to Viktor Orban’s Hungary

"After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse, I came to understand that the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence."

Re: Epstein, Trump's election success has been dependent on conspiracy believers. Doesn't win 2024 without QAnon believers. Led 'em by 61 pt. Lost others by 16 pt. '24 primary: Led with 67% with those who said Biden's 2020 win wasnt legit. Was at 16% with those who said it was

The Archdiocese of Miami condemns Florida’s controversial migrant detention facility — which state officials have named “Alligator Alcatraz” — calling it “unbecoming of public officials” and “corrosive of the common good.”

This is patently false. DHS has authority to question and search people coming into the country at points of entry. But ICE may not detain and question anyone without reasonable suspicion — and certainly not based on their physical appearance alone. This lawlessness must stop.

@keithkloor The big fail is the focus on #climatechange instead of what people actually care about: #climaterisk. Yes, I should do this but in a way my whole career now is about trying to shift narratives from stopping climate change to cutting climate risk (exposure and vulnerability) and

I'd love to hear @Sulliview @froomkin @brianstelter @jayrosen_nyu et al on this. Not to mention news editors at major outlets. Spot on, to my (journalist's) eye.

If there is one person I would like to see dedicate a whole week to this at his Substack site (Sustain What), it would be @Revkin. https://t.co/Ac1GOWGVls

Five things to remember about war: 1. Many things reported with confidence in the first hours and days will turn out not to be true 2. Whatever they say, the people who start wars are often thinking chiefly about domestic politics 3. The rationale given for a war will change

When there’s political violence in western democracies it’s traditionally treated as a somber event for everyone to come together. That’s disappeared. The victims were gunned down just over a day ago and a US Senator is mocking the event and hinting at a deranged conspiracy.

Amazing that one of the main US partners in the Middle East still considers ‘women’s driving’ to be a controversial social reform…

They weren't eating cats and dogs in Springfield, OH. Aurora CO was not under siege. The "caravans" magically ceased the moment the polls closed in '18. And LA isn't even remotely in danger of "burning to the ground." This is his go-to parlor trick, folks, to divide and

Genuinely ugly moment.

Helen Chu is one of the ousted #ACIP members. She spoke to me today about her grave concerns for future vaccination policy and vaccine access in the United States.