This is not just a "no." It's a "HELL NO."

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · 31m ago

NEW: Republicans tried to get Missourians to effectively kill direct democracy and ballot initiatives. Last night, Missourians literally laughed in their face — rejecting the measure by a massive 80% to 20%. Here’s what to know:

"Rena" sent this from Moses Lake WA where she is weeding carrots for a non-union company. She shared: The air is bad. See my cell phone. The AQI is 166, which is unhealthy. We start at 4am. We'll work 7-8 hrs & earn minimum wage. #WeFeedYou

Lift every chair and swing 🎶🎤

"If Aaron Rodgers's ultra-nasty appearance on Pat McAfee's ESPN show earlier this week demonstrated anything beyond what an apocalyptically miserable hang Rodgers himself is, it is that this sour and catechistic Asking Of Questions has become a sort of answer in itself."

David_j_roth@davidjroth.bsky.social · 3h ago

I wrote about the triumph of Doing Your Own Research and the stupid, nasty thing that is replacing some very recent history in real time. defector.com/were-just-go...

I'm calling it: "Start smoking" is going to be mainstream MAHA / Republican health advice by 2028. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Tesla is one of the most recalled brands in all of automotive history. For many years, it ranks as the most recalled brand in the world.

Will Pollock ➡️ turn 🔔 on@willpollock.com · 4h ago

Elmo’s shitty cars are shitty for the sole reason he’s an talentless, incompetent blowhard cc @bradmunchen.bsky.social www.autoblog.com/news/nearly-...

El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"

"Money corrupts, and lots of money corrupts a lot." -- modified Lord Acton

Time to apply to Diverse Voices, an amazing writing workshop at the Poynter Institute now celebrating its 10th anniversary. It’s a mostly free program aimed at helping journalists bring their culture and identity to their work. Deadline to apply is Sept. 18. DETAILS: www.poynter.org/shop/writing...

Power of Diverse Voices: Writing Workshop for Journalists of Color (2026) - Poynter

This transformative workshop welcomes journalists of color from all backgrounds and experience levels who are looking to harness the power of their own voice. The free, in-person program addresses und...

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Countdown to the tantrum and inevitable fake threat to leave the city.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 16h ago

New York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

The haters said that Trump couldn’t get a Gaza deal to work. Honestly, great call by the haters.

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 23h ago

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will not withdraw from Gaza until Hamas has been completely disarmed.

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Celeste Headlee@celesteheadlee.bsky.social · yesterday

What do you think about wealth? Please take this short survey - it's anonymous! (and please share widely) form.typeform.com/to/gOQ2PJIB

Help me out with my research, pretty please! Take a 4-minute survey for me and pass it along. Thank you!

Celeste Headlee@celesteheadlee.bsky.social · yesterday

What do you think about wealth? Please take this short survey - it's anonymous! (and please share widely) form.typeform.com/to/gOQ2PJIB

They turned the friggin' frogs gay. Buy one now at store.theonion.com.

From our magazine: The Inside Books Project, a nonprofit operated by volunteers, sends about 40,000 free books to prisoners each year. But their vital work is endangered by a new rule banning used and hardcover books.

Throwing the Book at Books in Prison

Inside Books Project volunteers have sent used books to Texas inmates for nearly 30 years. A new crackdown is threatening their work.

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What do you think about wealth? Please take this short survey - it's anonymous! (and please share widely) form.typeform.com/to/gOQ2PJIB

Appreciate @petedominick.bsky.social interview @celesteheadlee.bsky.social discuss media #journalism My Substack post reviews actions #journalist can take help public grasp issues beyond political recitals often based on ideology not demonstrated reproducible results based preponderance of evidence

TheWhyExplained@thewhyexplained.bsky.social · 24h ago

My Substack blog focused on obtaining long term #sustainable prosperity My posts present brief introductions to important topics including this one on #journalism open.substack.com/pub/thewhyex... Vital public be informed by ‘timely and accurate’ reports on current events by journalists #econsky

Edwin Lopez-Cornejo died at Delaney Hall in Newark, six weeks into ICE custody. He is the 23rd person to die in ICE detention this year and the second at Delaney Hall since it reopened under Trump. austinkocher.substack.com/p/edwin-lope...

Edwin Lopez-Cornejo Is the 23rd Person to Die in ICE Custody in 2026

Edwin Lopez-Cornejo died at Delaney Hall in Newark, six weeks into ICE custody. He is the 23rd person to die in ICE detention this year and the second at Delaney Hall since it reopened under Trump.

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What do you think about wealth? Please take this short survey - it's anonymous! (and please share widely) form.typeform.com/to/gOQ2PJIB

Hey @celesteheadlee.bsky.social thanks for being on the pod w/ @petedominick.bsky.social. A news & audio roundup returns like Mothra bursting from her cocoon & also, one of our all time favorite guests on this Tuesday episode, listeners! standupwithpete.com/1645-celeste...

It is not a rise in racism. It is an environment in which people they are safe in expressing their existing racist beliefs.

Charles EP Murphy@cepmurphy.bsky.social · yesterday

news.sky.com/story/nhs-st... stereotypically this has been seen as Old People, but not only would the old people of now have often been born post-Windrush, lot of this will be younger people who've always lived in a diverse Britain. The guy with a pregnant wife likely millennial at oldest

A man in my neighborhood was arrested by ICE while working, put in handcuffs, and quickly deported to El Salvador. He's been in the US for 40 years. His family is still here. I just can't with this bullsh*t. Americans oppose these deportations, our politicians know it and don't care.

Same vibes. Nazi Germany prioritized using limited railway resources to transporting Jews to concentration camps over transporting military equipment and troops to battlefields bsky.app/profile/greg...

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · yesterday

Don't miss this vile story: MAGA is raging at DHS chief Markwayne Mullin for admitting migrant farmworkers can beneft our economy. This means his devotion to ethnic cleansing is in doubt. He must be excommunicated! I wrote about the collapse of MAGA mythology here: newrepublic.com/article/2138...

"Kash Patel lied to this committee, sitting in front of us. Is there any interest in that?"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Whitehouse: "The last Q I'm left with is what's left of this committee? What's left when we don't demand straight answers? How many times has this DOJ been asked what became of the $50k the FBI reported it handed to Homan? ... our Republican colleagues see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil"

A handful of Republican senators are still undecided on Blanche. That number shrinks every day. The window to reach them is now, this morning, before leadership locks the vote. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Tell Your Senators: Oppose Todd Blanche for Attorney General

Contact Congress today!

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Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:

Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says

Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...

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Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media

The people around him show him fake poll numbers, allow him to cheat and win at golf, and when he says, vandals ruined the reflecting pool, they say: of course they did, sir. Here are some (fake) photos of them doing that. He's not living in reality because he demands illusion.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Trump: "We have photographs or tapes -- like moving cameras, right? -- where people are on the side cutting it with a box knife."

The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.

RFK Jr and wife had a soiree at their Hollywood mansion during COVID and required proof of COVID vaccination with RSVP. Watch what they do, not what they say. –Rachel Maddow