On Illegal War and Immoral Peace  —  Why we should be dubious of both the coming actions in Venezuela and the ‘peace’ proposal for Ukraine.  —  Well, it's official: the Department of Government Efficiency, which launched to great fanfare early in Trump's term but which sputtered to a halt after the departure of Elon Musk, is no more.

Dems win key messaging battles against Trump  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🌊 Subscribe to PN 🌊  —  Last week, Democrats achieved two impressive, consequential, and very different messaging victories over President Donald Trump.

More Republicans disapprove of Trump's economy  —  Voters increasingly disapprove of the way President Trump is handling the economy and believe his policies are raising prices, according to a new poll from CBS News/YouGov. … - A majority say his policies are raising food and grocery costs.

The Trump Trade is Unraveling  —  What is Bitcoin good for?  It isn't money — that is, it isn't a medium of exchange, something you can use to make payments.  It isn't a hedge against inflation.  It isn't a hedge against financial risks — on the contrary, the price of Bitcoin has generally moved …

The Trump Mobile phone is nowhere to be found after months of delay  —  Trump Mobile has posted conflicting photos of the phone and scrubbed mention of its “Made in the USA” promise.  —  In June, President Donald Trump's two older sons held an event at Trump Tower where they touted …

Scoop: Dems eye ranked-choice voting for primaries … - It's a tool that drew national attention when it propelled New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to a decisive primary win. … - Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Joe Biden pollster Celinda Lake, the nonprofit FairVote Action …

Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges … Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed that people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to a legal filing that was released on Friday.

Restrained, Beaten, Asphyxiated: New York Prison Guards' Brutality Grows  —  As frustrations among corrections officers mount, abusive treatment of inmates is rising and becoming more vicious, records and interviews show.  —  Even in a system known for its brutality, what New York State prison guards …

More Americans are getting their power shut off, as unpaid bills pile up  —  Average electricity costs have risen 11 percent since January, more than three times the rate of inflation.  “For the first time, we're behind on all of our utilities,” one Ohioan said.  —  Just now

Under Mike Johnson, a rarely used House tool has gone mainstream … Most recently, a bipartisan group used the maneuver to advance a long-stalled bill requiring President Donald Trump's administration to release information about the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

194. Another Bad Week for the Presumption of Regularity  —  Three different flashpoints highlight how much the Trump administration has done, in such short order, to undermine its own litigation efforts and to damage—perhaps irreparably—DOJ's credibility.  —  Welcome back to “One First …

How Trump is trying to remake American culture — starting with his favorite buddy-cop franchise  —  The News  —  President Donald Trump has strong views about news media and an interest in asserting them; he's long claimed credit for ending the careers of journalists and comedians.

How Democrats are building their own digital media army … AUSTIN — Donald Trump's victory last November devastated the Democratic Party.  But it may have also invigorated its new media strategy.  —  As Trump and his allies prepared to retake the White House and supercharge its briefing room …

Trump says he opposes lifting broadcast ownership cap, defying his FCC  —  President Trump said Sunday he “would not be happy” if the Federal Communications Commission lifted the national ownership cap that bars any station owner from collectively reaching more than 39% of U.S. households.

Insurrection Chic … Who is the real, or fictional, inspiration for the new insurrectionary wing of the Democrat Party?  —  The fictitious Hollywood insurrectionist, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, “James Mattoon Scott” (Burt Lancaster), who in the 1964 film Seven Days in May attempted to overthrow the presidency?

Thousands of arrests by Trump's crime-fighting task force in Memphis strain crowded jail and courts  —  A task force ordered by President Donald Trump to combat crime in Memphis, Tennessee, has made thousands of arrests, compounding strains on the busy local court system and an already overcrowded jail …

Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black Power Activist Known as H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82  —  A charismatic orator in the 1960s, he called for armed resistance to white oppression.  As a Muslim cleric, he was convicted of murder in 2000 and died in detention.  —  Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin …

Russian Unreality and American Weakness  —  Notes from a bizarre moment of diplomatic history  —  The history of diplomacy is full of strangeness.  Touch the surface of the dusty books and peculiar characters spring forth to demand that their tales be heard.

Disappeared to a Foreign Prison  —  The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled.  —  One Saturday morning in early September, I got a WhatsApp video call …

The Outrageous False Equivalences That Prop Up President Trump  —  While President Trump certainly has supporters who adore him and feel no need to justify that, he survives — and too often prospers — with the crucial help of voters who basically regard him as the lesser of evils.

How Bernie Sanders Is Weighing 2026 Endorsements  —  The populist senator looks for candidates with a similar progressive stripe.  — Copy  —  A Bernie Sanders endorsement doesn't always mean a primary win — some voters might even see it as a red flag.