A New York court ordered the gambling site Kalshi to stop operating. Then the Trump admin swooped in to rescue Kalshi, and told them to *disobey the NYS court order.* www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/Pr...

CFTC Exercises Emergency Authority to Ensure Market Stability

The CFTC exercised its emergency authority in response to KalshiEX, LLC’s notification of a market emergency and ordered the exchange to continue to operate in accordance with the Commodity Exchange A...

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Steve is a caring advocate responsible for some of the core infrastructure that helps protect consumers from scams. The Trump CFPB is hell bent on causing harm, and this illegal & arbitrary retaliation against Steve is part of their ongoing devotion to making life worse for ordinary people.

CFPB Union@nteu335.bsky.social · last wk.

BREAKING: Trump and Mark Paoletta’s CFPB has launched a sham investigation into one of our union leaders. If they thought this would silence and intimidate us, they badly miscalculated. #SolidarityForever

Neat how the oligarchs are all using the same analogies. Maybe Biden bailing out that insider trading group chat that crashed Silicon Valley Bank was a bad idea.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · last wk.

I tried to read it, but one of the first tenets is promising everyone a magic being that will grant all their wishes.

❤️ This win is long overdue. I also want to give flowers to the enduring work of @eddebtjustice.bsky.social led by Eileen Connor. Eileen is the world’s most brilliant litigator & one of my favorite pastimes is telling people about her work suing the pants off the Dept of Education.

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 2w ago

Congratulations to everyone who worked their asses off for something that any semi-decent and ultimately self-interested government should have done in penance www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...

LOL. Abdul El-Sayed WON the Democratic Primary in Michigan despite being outspent 10-1! Amazing gaslighting here.

Politico@politico.com · 2w ago

Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

Thank you for the shoutout at today's hearing, @repmaxinewaters.bsky.social. We will keep fighting for consumers and our rights. We will show up at every opportunity to hold to account Vought or anyone else who tries to illegally destroy or degrade CFPB. #stopvought #savecfpb

We hacked ourselves into government. We never fixed the machine. New piece out today on what civic tech got right, wrong, and what comes next with @donmoyn.bsky.social donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-did-civic-tech-learn-over-the

What Did Civic Tech Learn in the Last Decade?

Some Insights About How to Use Tech in Government – and What Comes Next

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The Trump administration terminated federal grants meant to help underserved farmers access land, markets and capital. 24 farmer organizations and entities sued the USDA. A judge ruled the agency must restore $127 million back to farmers. NEW: capitalbnews.org/black-farmer...

Black Farmers Win Court Case That Restores $127 Million in Federal Grants

The decision reinstates funding for organizations that say the USDA cuts threatened jobs and community programs.

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Was just looking for this, all time cynicism banger

shane@shmtann.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I am fond of the phrase "third Reconstruction" to describe the task ahead of us, but "Third Founding" has a ring to it as well.

Angus Johnston@angus.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Justice Jackson: "Justice Thomas's telling elides the entire point of the Second Founding: The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery."

elderly council of wizards mandates child gential inspections.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF IDAHO, WEST VIRGINIA LAWS BANNING TRANSGENDER ATHLETES FROM PARTICIPATING ON FEMALE SPORTS TEAMS

Always always read @kateshaw.bsky.social

Kate Shaw@kateshaw.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I’ve got a piece in the @nytimes.com this morning about yesterday’s decision in Slaughter - and also about how any post-Trump response *must* include Supreme Court reform www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/o...

you really can’t get any more cyberpunk than “diy video game console made out of e-waste”

Chris Person@papapishu.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For @aftermath.site, the Steam Machine costs too much money because of greedy freaks. But a community has formed around optimizing a low budget alternative made from failed PlayStation 5's that got turned into crypto mining cards and then resold as garbage. aftermath.site/bc250-steam-...

“…convicting them of ‘providing material support to terrorists’ for acts such as printing & distributing leftist zines, joining an anarchist book club, communicating on the same messaging app, or [visiting] the same shooting range. these people are now facing 30-, 50-, 70-, & 100-year sentences.“

Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 2mo ago

I wrote about the Prairieland defendants and the urgency of opposing the extreme sentences handed down on Tuesday. And they likely will not be the last.

Or as @naomiaklein.bsky.social put it:

Chad Loder@chadloder.dev · 2mo ago

The plan: forever warp the job market through taxpayer-funded subsidies of unsustainable AI businesses just long enough for all other companies to lay off millions of workers and reorient their work processes around proprietary technology and then once this is accomplished, raise inference prices.

Maryland’s 6th congressional district is beautiful, and I’m honored to call it my home. It’s also full of treasures: libraries that create much-needed public spaces, a discoball stairwell in a Frederick parking garage, and the community skate park in Cumberland.

At the current rate in the race for Congress in #MD06: 1. David Trone spent ~$906 per vote he received 2. McClain Delaney spent <$354 per vote she received 3. I spent…$21 per vote I received. 🪩❤️

Real intelligence. Not artificial intelligence. Polls are open till 8pm, #MD06! Let’s send a message to the elites that love to shame us for not already being rich. 🗳️ ElectAlexis.otg

Elect Alexis for Maryland!@electalexis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Data centers drain local resources and hike up our electricity bills by staggering amounts. Let's ban AI data centers and redirect those federal funds where they are needed: making childcare free and building affordable housing.

I’LL SEE YOU AT THE POLLS #MD06!!!! voterservices.elections.maryland.gov/PollingPlace...

Elect Alexis for Maryland!@electalexis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

IT’S ELECTION DAY, MARYLAND!!! Find your polling location here: elections.maryland.gov/voting Join me at the polls! Let’s have a GAY OLD TIME!!! 🪩👯‍♀️🍬🛹🗳️🥰 😉

@darthbluesky.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/elec... 🥹

Elect Alexis for Maryland!@electalexis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

IT’S ELECTION DAY, MARYLAND!!! Find your polling location here: elections.maryland.gov/voting Join me at the polls! Let’s have a GAY OLD TIME!!! 🪩👯‍♀️🍬🛹🗳️🥰 😉

IT’S ELECTION DAY, MARYLAND!!! Find your polling location here: elections.maryland.gov/voting Join me at the polls! Let’s have a GAY OLD TIME!!! 🪩👯‍♀️🍬🛹🗳️🥰 😉

Want to make a billionaire sad? Want to make a BUNCH of billionaires SO sad? Help me win the #MD06 congressional primary tomorrow 6/23. Share my video👇 on why we need a nationwide ban on AI data centers, and make sure all your sixth district friends turn out.

Elect Alexis for Maryland!@electalexis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Data centers drain local resources and hike up our electricity bills by staggering amounts. Let's ban AI data centers and redirect those federal funds where they are needed: making childcare free and building affordable housing.

An easy voter guide for Maryland’s sixth district Democratic Primary:

@willbunch.bsky.social hi will! What’s a good contact for you?

Alexis is a real one

Elect Alexis for Maryland!@electalexis.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Hi! I’m Alexis, and I’m running for U.S. Congress to represent #MD06. I’m a technologist, finance nerd, former regulator, and queer mom of 2. I’m not afraid of holding bullies accountable & my experience makes me uniquely qualified to do just that in Congress.

Election Day is TUESDAY! Make a plan ✍️ to get everyone you know out to vote—let’s prove that even the most expensive congressional race in all of American history can’t buy a House seat. Tuesday 6/23 go to the polls and vote your values. And make a billionaire cry ❤️🛹🪩

Elect Alexis for Maryland!@electalexis.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Hi! I’m Alexis, and I’m running for U.S. Congress to represent #MD06. I’m a technologist, finance nerd, former regulator, and queer mom of 2. I’m not afraid of holding bullies accountable & my experience makes me uniquely qualified to do just that in Congress.

Let them defeat each other while all y’all vote for @electalexis.bsky.social instead! Were you a dedicated public servant fired by DOGE? So was she! Elect one of your own to get justice and accountability.

The American Prospect@prospect.org · 2mo ago

Of the three congressional candidates in Maryland, two are among the richest people in the state. Rep. April McClain Delaney and former Rep. David Trone have spent the last several months in an oligarch war over a seat they claim as theirs to purchase fair and square.

The 3rd person in this race is me! “If a lab could create the perfect congressional candidate for a particular district at this political moment, it might spit out Alexis.” I’m running to ban AI data centers nationwide. Help me beat 2 billionaires in the most expensive House race in HISTORY. ❤️

The American Prospect@prospect.org · 2mo ago

Of the three congressional candidates in Maryland, two are among the richest people in the state. Rep. April McClain Delaney and former Rep. David Trone have spent the last several months in an oligarch war over a seat they claim as theirs to purchase fair and square.

This kind of embarrassing corruption from @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social is why I ran for Congress. Centering the wants of spoiled brat billionaires is a strategy for losers. People desperately need resources, + our leaders do this instead. Send me to Congress, crypto hates me ❤️💅🏻 ElectAlexis.org

Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If America had a healthy political landscape someone as compromised as @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social wouldn’t be leading the campaign arm of Senate Democrats. Corruption is one of the defining issues of our time & Senate Dems aren’t ready for the moment. This is one of the reasons ↘️

If you want a Representative who isn’t afraid to try and fail to do an ollie 🛹… Vote ElectAlexis.org on 6/23 in #MD06

Elect Alexis for Maryland!@electalexis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

There’s soooo much to love about #MD06. And there’s a special place in my ❤️ for Cumberland Skate Park 🛹 and all the amazing, helpful people who hang there. Vote for me on 6/23! ElectAlexis.org