James Talarico: 50 years ago, a corporate lawyer named Lewis Powell circulated a memo around DC — a blueprint for how corporations could amass political power, reverse the gains of the Great Society and the New Deal, and rig the system for themselves. And it worked.

Smart Guys Who Can Fire Zingers Off The Cuff shouldnt be the only criteria for Senate but it's a REAL force multiplier when you can find it

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d ago

"The president threw a tantrum and filled his diaper" is a great insult and also a literal description of most of his public events.

The majority of people responding to this post appear not to have read it. Moderates Dems *are* supporting Al-Sayed. The NYT is platforming a single dead-ender in an effort to obscure this reality. Don’t do their work for them.

Rip@ripcitybassworks.bsky.social · 5d ago

Every. Single. Time. The "blue no matter who" people side with the fascists over long overdue reform.

Energy not the same as before? Need that pick me up? Introducing Endless War from Mike Rogers.

if the moderate wing of the Dem party would spend even half of the energy they are spending fighting the DSA on fighting Trump they wouldn't be losing so many primaries to the DSA

Peter Baker@peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 5d ago

"We are preparing for the next war that is coming": Abdul El-Sayed's victory in Michigan and the rise of DSA candidates in multiple states have Democrats at odds with each other over the identity and future of the party. @shanegoldmacher.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...

I gotta say: the number of people who are mad at me about Flock cameras in the quotes/replies here when I’m talking about normal traffic enforcement cameras makes me very worried about the unintended consequences of everyone getting (correctly) mad at Flock cameras!

Cooper Lund@cooperlund.online · 6d ago

Driving a car is incredibly dangerous, it should be one of the most regulated experiences on earth, and it is very upsetting to watch people who correctly don’t trust the cops turn against automated enforcement because the alternative is relying on a cop’s judgement to enforce the laws.

What works in the Midwest is clearly a moderate CIA operative who will threaten your dog if you stalk her and also a nice Muslim doctor with big arms. Simple.

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

Okay, I am going to tell a little story. It's one I have saved for the last couple years, almost nobody knows about it. But it lives in my heart. I don't know how others will feel about it, maybe something, maybe nothing. It's about the Uncanny X-Men. 1/

I'm just going to keep screaming this until I'm hoarse, but until Trump the norm -- for 50 years -- was that sitting presidents had their taxes audited by the IRS and released to the public to show they were clean. But Trump refused repeatedly, and sued when his return was leaked, and now ... this

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · last wk.

FLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.

the most annoying thing about the What We Should Have Done With COVID discourse is that the actual viable option to accept more health risk in exchange for less disruption was not to rawdog the plague, it was to push the vaccine wide earlier with worse trial data

Whether it's refusing to answer questions about their son-in-law who's a Nazi or refusing to answer questions about their son-in-law who abused their daughter and granddaughter, Republicans are the true party of family values.

Andy Kaczynski@kfile.bsky.social · last wk.

NEW: GOP Senate candidate Mike Collins ended a press conference after repeatedly refusing to answer questions about his relationship with his son-in-law who has promoted White nationalist ideology/Nazi-era content. www.cnn.com/2026/07/30/p...

I still love this one... 😄

Are you saying the DOJ withdrew that pool vandalism indictment… upon reflection?

"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG

Good grief: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference

State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil

theguardian.com

One of the worst things about the Senate’s attempted Fauci show trial is how the supposed evidence against him is early in COVID he considered multiple hypotheses, then increasingly ruled some unlikely as evidence came in. The objection is he did science. Fundamentally that is what’s under attack.

When Justice is blind, bad guys take the fifth. When justice is corrupt, good guys take the fifth. Feel free to share.

I'm old enough to remember when polio put my friends into iron lungs. We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives. What RFK Jr. is doing to public health in America is a disgrace.

Thank you to @msignorile.bsky.social for having me on the show yesterday!

SiriusXM Progress@siriusxmprog.bsky.social · 2w ago

"I didn't get in this to play it safe. I got in this to end child poverty." - NY State Assembly Candidate Maurice Brown @mobreezy213.bsky.social (D-129) pushes the boundaries of local politics norms! Listen to the @msignorile.bsky.social Show at Signorile.com

Approximately 1 out of 3 women will experience sexual and/or physical abuse in their lifetime and you still have men claiming that allegations must be false because there are too many of them. It’s actually the opposite. The vast majority allegations will never become public

Imagine devoting your life to public health, responding to two major pandemics, and then having to talk with these dipshits

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"

Reminder that on his last day of his first term, Trump awarded a commendation to Dr Fauci "in recognition of his exceptional effort on Operation Warp Speed"

A tax that is losing money? You can see how this guy managed to bankrupt a casino.

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 2w ago

Tariff revenue turned negative in June after refunds began to flow in the wake of the the Supreme Court judgment (via @johnauthers.bsky.social)

*whispers* you know we can do this cultural debate about art thing all the time, right? Websites and news organizations used to have culture critics on staff whose entire job was writing about books, movies, and TV. People read them and then discussed them. We have the technology to do this again.

This guy was an absolute artist *and* anatomist (unlike a certain UK band-saw and formaldehyde user who managed to enthrall art critics who had never seen a good dissection). www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Gunther von Hagens, creator of Body Worlds and plastination, dies aged 81

Controversial anatomist’s body ‘will definitely be plastinated’ in line with his wishes, a spokesperson said

theguardian.com

lol all of them are so bad at this

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

WELKER: Is America backing away from a larger attack bc our stockpile has been depleted? WALTZ: We have to take a step back. A lot of our stockpiles were depleted because of Biden WELKER: But you acknowledge they're depleted? WALTZ: No. And the people leaking this nonsense deserve to be in jail

The difference between inflation under Biden and inflation under Trump is under Biden we were lower than the rest of the world, under Trump we’re higher In case facts still matter

You could do a supercut of conservative commentators insisting they "don't see race" and then losing their shit because they apparently saw the race of an actress in a film made for children.

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 2w ago

It is genuinely bizarre that we’ve become acclimatized to right wingers throwing a tantrum every time a black person (particularly a black woman) is cast in something, but are also supposed to pretend that this is not racism but related to some other substantive concern.