Anne Harden Tindall
@anne-tindall.bsky.social
Lover of well-assembled words. Lawyer by training. North Carolinian always. I believe in the America we haven’t yet built.
The Free State of Kansas has rejected yet another effort to impose state control of women’s bodies. This amendment is failing by 10+ points in Trump +50 counties. Maybe the Democrats who are too chicken to say the word abortion should give that some thought.
i think the party of sick freaks who want to inspect kid's private parts should be branded as such
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
And this came after the groom had allegedly abused one of the president's aides, Stephanie Grisham?
Professa Murray@kalimurray.bsky.social · 3d agoTo the extent that the media is treating this as a horse story: Max Miller is not a some random candidate from Ohio. This is a picture of President Trump speaking at the wedding of Max Miller and Emily Moreno.
The inability of @nytimes.com to properly credit other journalists (in this case Abby/us) is something that of course journalists feel most dearly. But it is absolutely indicative of the arrogance that leads the paper—which is great/I support—astray and weakens the trust that people have in it.
Abby Vesoulis@abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · last wk.Read my July 18 story for the original reporting that the New York Times didn’t link to... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
And also pouring boiling water on her, and also threatening her with a gun. (His colleague denies these charges.) www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Assault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max Miller
Police reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.
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Weird he can’t bring this kind of energy towards his colleague who is accused of beating up his daughter.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"
"Debates over World War II became popular at Heritage, with a lot of “rehashing and going through who was the bad guy and who were the good guys,”" Also, sounds like a lot of anti-Semitism at the Heritage Foundation. Maybe Trump's task force on anti-Semitism could look into this!
TIL that Rudy Giuliani’s son went to Duke and somehow was too nauseating for the DUKE GOLF TEAM. And that tracks.
Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social · last wk.Andrew Giuliani was kicked off Duke’s golf team for repeated disciplinary and conduct issues. He sued for reinstatement and damages. Teammates opposed his return in emails. In 2010, a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit, ruling Duke had the authority to remove him.
Conservatives in 2016: TRIGGERED LIB???? Conservatives in 2026: We are installing trigger warnings in the Smithsonian
FWIW, Meta was fully aware of how these glasses would primarily be used. The glasses were designed to erase consent, and that is why they exist. Anything that they do that suggests they want to ameliorate this use is an attempt to win the PR battle and manipulate public opinion.
Meta Desperately Trying to Ban Creeps Misusing Its AI "Pervert Glasses"
Meta is vowing to crack down on creeps misusing its Ray Ban smart glasses. Whether it will be enough to regain trust remains to be seen.
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“Turning Southern plantations into Southern prisons is not a secret. It’s not an innovation, either. It’s a distinguished tradition in the South." washingtoncitypaper.com/article/2683...
Back to the Big House
The Federal Bureau of Prisons plans to send 1,200 D.C. inmates to a new private prison on the former site of one of North Carolina’s biggest slave plantations. In an open field not too far from the Ch...
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jacob biba@jacobbiba.bsky.social · 2w ago"A state official, who requested anonymity to discuss private planning, said the facility could be open as soon as late September." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u...
Kleptokakisautotheocracy? But that doesn’t really account for the white supremacy. They’ve broken vocabulary along with everything else.
Ken Vogel@kenvogel.bsky.social · last wk.Omar Navarro, who pleaded guilty to embezzling $250k from his congressional campaign, says he was told he could get a Trump pardon if he paid $2m-$3m to a law firm. He won't say who told him this, because the person "is pretty powerful in the government … so I’m very scared to even say anything.”
Not a single network aired this on their nightly news broadcasts yesterday. They described Trump overseeing a "somber ceremony" and called it a "moving moment." The only way to know what trump actually said about the soldiers he killed is to follow aaron rupar which no offense to aaron is insane
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump on fallen US troops: "All of them said very strongly, 'We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.'"
News outlets that covered the US-Saudi nuclear deal without mentioning that Jared Kushner, Trump’s top foreign policy advisor, is getting paid by the Saudi government: WSJ NYT AP Reuters CNN NBC ABC CBS The Guardian Semafor Washington Post Fox News New York Post BBC Newsweek MS NOW
A nuclear deal for the Saudis. A media blackout for Kushner’s corruption.
On Wednesday, the Trump administration signed a 30-year nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that paves the way for the kingdom to enrich its own uranium.
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“All of them said very strongly, ‘Finish that ballroom.’”
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump on fallen US troops: "All of them said very strongly, 'We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.'"
I propose a new law: Every politician, PAC, SuperPAC, whatever, and all of their staff/employees, must receive on their personal phone, with a push notification, every single fundraising text they send out. The texts must also be sent to the personal phones of their family and friends.
"I don't think it's proper for Congress to do its most important job."
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoQ: The war w/Iran is 5 months in & the death toll has surpassed withdrawal from Afghanistan. At what point are you willing to put an AUMF on the floor? JOHNSON: The administration is working very hard to bring this to a resolution. We're closely watching. I don't think an AUMF is in order right now
ICE is quietly arresting more people than ever. After months of releasing no detention data at all, the new numbers show a record 1,474 arrests a day in early July, the highest daily pace of the entire Trump administration. 🧵 austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-quietl...
ICE Quietly Arresting More People Than Ever According to Latest Data
NEW DATA ALERT 🚨 After months of data silence, ICE's new numbers show 65,765 people in immigration detention, deportations near 1,250 a day, and arrests now at 1,473 a day.
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In 2016, San Antonio cop Matthew Luckhurst was fired after giving a homeless man a sandwich filled with feces. Last month, he became police chief in Benavides, Texas.
Records: Ex-SAPD officer fired for giving feces sandwich to homeless man promoted to South Texas police chief
A former San Antonio police officer fired for giving a homeless man a feces sandwich was promoted to serve as the chief of a South Texas police department, according to records reviewed by KSAT Invest...
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“We understand that our safety cannot be guaranteed, but we are in a uniquely vulnerable position and have the right to carry out our duties without worrying that we’ll turn a corner one day and find Brett Kavanaugh standing there in the hallway,” said Justice Amy Coney Barrett
Female Supreme Court Justices Formally Request Protection From Brett Kavanaugh
WASHINGTON—Acknowledging that the danger would be difficult to manage and impossible to eliminate altogether, the Supreme Court’s female justices nevertheless appeared before Congress this week to ask...
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A key part of Lindsey Graham's legacy: when he called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/u...
ELIZABETH: Should we… expose Wickham? JANE: I don’t know about it. What do you think? ELIZABETH: Well, I guess we shouldn’t be the ones to do it since it’s Darcy’s account and not our story to tell. AND we have this precise discussion about abusers to this very day!!!! JANE!!! AUSTEN!!!!
I feel like ”he just says shit and sometimes it’s an order with the weight of the presidency and sometimes it’s not and there’s no way to know 100% until it happens for anyone including him” is not a sustainable state of affairs.
Reuters@reuters.com · 4w agoTrump says he ordered cutting off all trade with Spain reut.rs/4vT3zeg
Every few months there’s a big inescapable academic debate about whether we’ve gotten too knee-jerk about rape and women just have to keep going to work through all of it
