i mean, just look at how the populists talked about the railroad barons and others like them. "The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes, unprecedented in the history of the world, while their possessors despise the republic and endanger liberty."

jamelle@jamellebouie.net · 2w ago

plenty of 20th century examples by my 19th century-pilled mind goes immediately to the railroads, which were HUGELY DISRUPTIVE and deeply enmeshed in politics in ways quite analogous to silicon valley and AI

Maria Bartiromo is reportedly in talks with CBS News just days after her abrupt departure from Fox. So we have a message for the reporters and staff at CBS and other corporate news outlets about what comes next. www.meidasplus.com/p/my-letter-...

My Letter to CBS Staff…

This is Ben Meiselas, co-founder of the MeidasTouch Network, and this is my open letter to CBS reporters and staff, as well as reporters and staff who work for other corporate news outlets that are co...

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This man delivers a no-bullshit takedown of Trump and his MAGA supporters, no fucks given. We should all be this mouthy and vocal. And I love his hat.

Most American have zero interest in the US government treating one of our most important historical allies and trading partners like this. But the worst among us is running the country, thanks to the worst and most irresponsible voters among us.

The Pentagon influencer scandal keeps getting bigger. More partisan online personalities. More government jobs. More taxpayer money. Who hired them, what are they being paid to do, and are military officers violating the UCMJ? This deserves answers.

On this I cannot disagree. Mainstream media and legacy media have been bought and paid for and are willing turning a blind eye to an obvious coverup. No one is willing to go to the hospital and find out the truth? Shameful.

Fuck you Google. We will all remember your capitulation to a mad king

People are falling for the DSA vs Establishment trap again. Didn’t we learn our lesson in 2016 and 2024? It’s the establishment’s job to build a coalition that can win EVERYWHERE. In some places, that means ultra-progressive. In others, it means establishment. The tent is big enough for all of us.

The heads of five federal agencies and the president conspired to “punish” a state because they wanted a criminal and traitor to our nation released from prison. The corruption is unlike anything we’ve ever seen. It’s time to end the madness in November.

Folks from the Women's March have been arrested at the Capitol for protesting ICE. Shout out to the women who are putting their lives and livelihoods on the line to get their message out: ABOLISH ICE.

Sheriffs enter Mark Davis' home on false claims and DENY him entry into his OWN home....bc he doesn't like Trump This is fkin insane!!!!! Traumatizing kids now?! U.S. Air Force veteran and small business owner Mark Davis is running as an independent for Congress in Florida's 16th District.

The saddest part isn’t that these men boarded a train. It’s that one unmasked woman, sitting silently among them, carries more dignity, more courage, and more humanity than every covered face surrounding her combined. History will remember which side needed masks. And which side never did.

Wow. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) floor speech on Trump Admin. corruption has now received 1 million views He opens the remarks by arguing that Trump has turned the White House into a 24/7 corruption operation www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaQ_...

This Is What 500 Days of Trump's Corruption Looks Like

YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy

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To all the dads out there – Happy Father’s Day! Nothing we do is more fulfilling!

Iranian singer sentenced to 74 lashes for performing without hijab, says human rights group. Solidarity with the women of Iran. State power and religion always make a toxic mix of intolerance and obedience. Yet the far-right in the USA, UK, West pursuing religious nationalism.

Iranian singer sentenced to 74 lashes for performing without hijab - rights group

The 29-year-old and eight other musicians have been punished by the autocratic regime for sharing ‘vulgar and immoral content’

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Nah, we failed when we let mother fuckers like Thomas stay on at SCOTUS rather than impeaching their obviously shit asses. SCOTUS is where this all begins, Republicans have been working to rig the court for decades and they've succeeded. I don't see Dems doing anything about it either.

“Trump started a war just days before the release of FBI 302s of interviews of a victim’s claiming he raped her when she was 13 years old. [Her] central allegation…is that Trump hit her after…” @gtconway.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/mark... www.threads.com/@kamredlawsk... bsky.app/profile/ambe...

George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸@gtconway.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Look, it's just purely a coincidence that Donald Trump started a war just days before the release of FBI 302s of interviews of a victims claiming he raped her when she was 13 years old.

That they’re doing it to suck up to Trump is the important thing to say plainly and directly because there’s no denying it with a straight face.

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"Now, the new owner of our network is casting this legend aside, apparently to curry a moment of favor with the Trump administration. The waste is heartbreaking," Scott Pelley says in a statement tonight, plainly accusing David Ellison of wrecking 60 Minutes to appease Trump amid his mergers.

Universities, allocating millions for Civil Discourse Incubators and edgelord faculty lines: "Surely this will save us!" Vought: *asserts veto power over all scientific research*

Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 4mo ago

What's really astonishing is not the far right authoritarian party doing this, but the near-total lack of <loud public collective action> by university chancellors & presidents to oppose this existential crisis. Almost impossible to overstate how total a failure of leadership this is.

Péter Magyar has been sworn in as prime minister of Hungary. Hungary's Viktor Orbán era is officially over.

“[Trump] just doesn’t believe that any law applies to him — that he can destroy federal property, that he can steal from American citizens, that he can kill with impunity, that he can throw anyone in jail.” @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social discusses this corrupt regime:

Confronting the Ongoing Onslaught

Trump's East Wing demolition, demands for $230 million and the ongoing murders in the Caribbean Sea are the latest reminders that we must remain vigilant and push back

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 12mo ago

Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"

Here’s my piece on the “now-completed demolition” of the Voting Rights Act in @thenation.com The VRA is the most important piece of legislation in American history. It more than anything is what ended American-style apartheid. And now Republicans have killed it.

The Supreme Court Has Completed Its Quest to Kill the Voting Rights Act

In its 6-3 decision, the court gutted the legislation that ended apartheid in this country—and once again gave white people the ability to suppress Black political power.

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When Texas redistricted, they said it was no big deal. No threat to democracy. But now? This. Makes me SO glad I canceled my subscription last year and wrote them a nice, long email letting them know exactly the fuck why. Fuck the Washington Post and fuck Jeff Bezos.

It is impressive, in the current age of widespread shameful debasing of reputations in the face of far right authoritarianism, that no organization in the country has debased itself more or fallen further than the once great Washington Post.

Washington Post Opinions@postopinions.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Kevin Warsh deserves to be confirmed as chair once Trump drops the baseless criminal investigation into Jerome Powell, the Editorial Board writes. https://wapo.st/4e2bfEO

Your government refusing to prosecute sexual predators, but protect them instead, only makes sense when you realize your government is being run by sexual predators.

In February 1777, General George Washington ordered the first mass immunization campaign in American history by mandating that his troops be inoculated against smallpox. He protected the Continental Army from an epidemic that was deadlier than British forces. 249 years later, we have this idiot.

Not to be seen on the BBC TV News, doesn’t suit their agenda . Also not to be seen in the Telegraph, Express, Mail, Sun, etc. And nowadays not in the Guardian either.

For too long, bureaucracy kept 7 child care centers across our city empty — spaces that should have been alive with laughter instead collected dust. We've run through that red tape. This fall, all 7 will open their doors, bringing an additional 240 free 3-K seats & real relief to working families.

I will be on @maddow.bsky.social’s show tonight to talk about InfoWars. Unlike the site’s current proprietor, I am not presently shirtless.