This is not a joke. This is a screenshot of the actual case management software used by Massachusetts' 11 District Attorneys. Must-read work here by @nasser.wiki nasser.blog/dial-up-just...
Cliff Bargar
@cliffbar.bsky.social
San Franciscan (via Boston). (Surgical) robots, bikes, trains, etc
One more interesting point: this spring I sat down with Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes for an extensive interview about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media has unquestionably aided the Trump administration’s cover up here.
Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · 2d agoBombshell 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:
To be clear: Senate Republicans are caving on a deal that gives Donald Trump and his family immunity from tax audits potentially worth $100 million.
NBC News@nbcnews.com · 3d agoBREAKING: Todd Blanche reaches a deal with the GOP senators blocking his AG nomination, signing an order to end the “anti-weaponization” fund.
Kinda wild that @jamellebouie.net is the only person saying this clearly in a high-profile media outlet, but I'm so glad he is.
Opinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary?
Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?
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There is one candidate running for Congress in SF with a fully fletched out policy platform on how to fix federal funding for transit AND housing. We can choose competence or we can choose virtue signalling this November. We'll likely live with the choice for 20+ years.
Senator Scott Wiener@scottwiener.bsky.social · last wk.They told us in Project 2025 they wanted to kill public transit, and they’re now working overtime to do it. They’ve not signed a single capital grant agreement for transit, in an effort to kill major rail, subway, and rapid bus projects across the country.
When I see "Waymo saves lives" op-eds, I always do a quick search to see what the author has written extolling protected bike lanes. Or automatic speed cameras. Or road diets. The results are always the same: Nope. Nada. Zilch.
It's hard to believe Musk could be stupid enough to not see the inherent contradictions in everything he says in this interview, so he thinks we're all stupid enough to miss it (or he's evil enough to believe it all)
e.w. niedermeyer@niedermeyer.online · 2w agohis point is that the hypothetical superabundance of the AI and robot-powered future will make all goods and services cheap and abundant, which in turn will make people not care about money... yet he himself already lives in superabundance and is very much still in capital accumulation mode
@nextdoorsv.bsky.social some of your favorite content has made it to LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/posts/sarah-... Development on the west side of SF = condos on Pompeii
Zohran is cutting red tape meanwhile republicans are imposing as much of it as possible
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2w agoNYC’s small business owners have said it over and over: endless paperwork and uncertainty has made getting their stores up and running too difficult. So we’re cutting red tape, eliminating redundant permits (did you know you need a permit just to serve some ice cream?), and speeding up inspections.
Not sure who originated it but “make-a-wish President” still spot on
Rav@rvbdrm.com · 2w agoInfantino tries to get Trump to leave. “Nah I’m okay standing right here.”
I guess this confirms that Trump didn't fire Noem as a result of the ICE murders in Minneapolis
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoAsked about ICE officers killing people and how they’ll be held accountable, Markwayne Mullin says “we’re turning up the heat on the streets”
But perhaps more importantly: a strong personality in one of these rooms full of frauds & dipshits & fake experts can make an *enormous* difference. Much of what smart people imagine as deep structural forces unfolding is just the right (or wrong) people happening to be in the room when it matters.
It's absolutely in our nation's interest to have an educated populace, even if that education doesn't necessarily increase their earnings
NPR@npr.org · 4w agoIf an undergraduate program's graduates don't earn more than workers who never went to college, that program could be cut off from federal student loans. But is a degree just about making more money?
The horrific actions of settlers in the West Bank and the Israeli government's unwillingness to rein them in continues to be a huge gift to anti-Zionists everywhere. These people are their own worst enemy.
NBC News@nbcnews.com · 4w agoRep. Ro Khanna says he was detained by Israeli settlers during West Bank visit.
Zohran is keeping his campaign promise to speed up the buses, including expanding the rapid bus dedicated lane network. Transit is a big divide in the San Francisco Congressional race. Spoiler: I’ve long championed transit while my opponent, Connie Chan, has long sabotaged it.
Spectrum News NY1@spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social · 4w agoMayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled a new plan to speed up New York City buses by improving service along 50 priority corridors across the five boroughs, beginning with Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn.
Marsha Blackburn's new ad is so racist that it makes me wonder if mainstream Republicans could have gotten away with something like this back in the 1980s or 90s.
Is there an argument for how blaming Israel and AIPAC for making US foreign policy decisions is simply anti-Israel and not antisemitic? As a matter of basic facts it seems like a huge stretch. I want to like this guy but this post sounds like “(((they))) control our government”
Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 4w agoThere is one man who's wanted a war with Iran, the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu. For too long, our foreign policy has been handed to us by the likes of the Israeli government and AIPAC who has made sure that Democrats and Republicans are doing their bidding.
there is a cohort of men who resent the responsibilities and obligations of adulthood — of the fact that you owe things to other people. it is a fundamentally childish impulse that they have reconfigured as the height of masculinity, and i think it informs the parasocial attraction to platner.
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 4w agowhat a fucking asshole
Among other things, the latest turn in the Platner story is a good example of why journalists need to get off X for professional and personal reasons, not just ethical ones. The writers who gassed his campaign up and now need to walk it back are mostly people who cooked their brains on X.
Back in the 00s, I thought we had seen the beginning of the end of Christian Nationalism. Now we have a government that posts this slop all the time. The 4th of July is a time to remember that revolution is never done, and that we will always have to keep fighting against fascism of all stripes.
Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · last mo.It’s outrageous that a government whose Constitution forbids the “establishment of religion” has been hijacked by Christofascists.
My suspicion is that Instagram is far more responsible for the upsurge in antisemitism than Israeli war crimes in Gaza. Frankly a lot of the daily antisemitism I’ve encountered has nothing to do with Gaza, just jokes about Jews and money, Jews controlling everything, etc.
🥶@eggmansasshole.bsky.social · last mo.Quite literally every Instagram post has an antisemitic top comment - it could be the most benign funny meme, and one of the top comments is "Israeli energy" or "goyslop" and literally nobody replies despite these comments getting thousands of likes every time
The entire GOP platform under Trump II consists of exactly fourteen words.
This is what they took from you 👇
Joey Politano🏳️🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · last mo.NEW from me: Americans are set to lose nearly $250B gambling this year—a record high, up more than 60% since 2019—and that's before counting unofficial betting via prediction markets or crypto Can anything stop America's gambling boom? 🧵
already on this app you see a coordinated group of bad actors going all in on the lie that CA State Senator Scott Weiner “persecuted” UCSF Dr. Rupa Marya but the truth is, this doctor and professor took a truly harrowing genocide in Palestine and turned it into a campaign against every Jew anywhere
This is basically what's happened to Scott Wiener, too
Cooper Lund@cooperlund.online · last mo.*whispers* Will Stancil's right about groups of people making up elaborate backstories for prominent posters to justify their shared dislike of them. I know this because they've done it for me and the person they've invented bears absolutely no resemblance to who I am.