I know a lot of people are upset about the ballot initiatives passing but they did not pass by resounding margins for a so-called 80-20 issue. They can be and will be challenged in state court and I believe they will be ruled unconstitutional similar to prop 8.

Honestly in shock. @nytimes.com terminated the contract of romance fiction columnist Olivia Waite because she reposted on Bluesky criticism I and @markjacob.bsky.social had of the paper’s lack of coverage of the new rape allegations against Donald Trump. Details and a statement from Olivia here:

The New York Times Terminates Contract with Romance Columnist Olivia Waite After Bluesky Repost - Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

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This is not a fair fight. Seriously, watch somebody who thinks he has come up with a "tough" question, and then ... sit back and just watch. (I won't mention one more time what AES has in common with Bill Clinton, Pete Buttigieg, Rachel Maddow, Cory Booker, et al.)

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d ago

MUST-WATCH: "Until they drive prices UP... Americans aren't complaining right now that prices are too LOW." @AbdulElSayed masterfully schools Bari Weiss' CBS News(max) 60 minutes host @Douthat60 on the problem with living in corporatism, not capitalism - where monopolies & oligopolies reign supreme

And you know what, i actually would love to go to JKR’s bbq and eat her food and drink her booze and call her and her friends fascist scum to her face and recreating my fave dril tweet and turning over the bbq screaming this whole thing smacks of GENDER CRITICAL

A new YouGov poll shows that American voters trust Democrats far more than Republicans on issues related to transgender rights. They prefer the Democratic approach, and Dems should run on their support of equality. Subscribe to support our journalism.

YouGov Poll: Voters Trust Democrats On Trans Rights Issues By 29 Points

“Republicans are betting big on their anti-trans obsession, and it’s not paying off.”

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Reading the bombshell article that gave rise to that question would not waste *your* time www.kare11.com/article/news...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

Q: If the administration has declared on waste and fraud, could you explain the $420 million overpayment for a prison in Appleton, MN, when they company offered it to the state for $75m? BESSENT: I don't know anything about that. That's a waste of our time.

Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet. Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well. Horrific.

I think people intuitively understand that democratic candidates tossing trans kids to the wolves is not only morally repugnant but also politically ineffective, otherwise they wouldn't freak out every time someone said they weren't voting for a democrat who did this

To folks who follow me on Bluesky & appreciate the journalism I do. Can you please read the EPA story and post on social media platforms if you are so moved. This kind of work is important. But it only matters if people read it and engage with it. Here's the link. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

How Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass (Gift Article)

The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.

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AOC: "They call people communists, they call them this or that. But really what it is is they're afraid of a waitress in the House and a logger in the Senate"

Democratic-aligned group Progress Action Fund has released a PRO-trans ad, attacking Republicans for being creepy in bathrooms. It will run in Texas and Ohio, and is expected to reach millions. You have to see the ad itself. Subscribe to support our journalism.

“Let's Make Sure You're Really A Girl": Dem PAC's Latest Ad Eviscerates The GOP's Bathroom Obsession

“Democrats need to grow a spine and call Republicans out for their creepy fetish of monitoring children’s bathrooms.”

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This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

'Tommy' from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist ties

Thomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who's close to Sean Feucht.

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Thanks to @meidastouch.com for quickly covering this. Note that this is STILL not resolved. Hours later we still cannot post to the account. But there's no stopping 3,000+ No Kings early vote events this weekend. meidasnews.com/news/zuckerb...

Zuckerberg’s Meta Takes Down No Kings Instagram During Massive Protest Day

The protest coalition says Meta suspended its Instagram account for 90 minutes at the height of nationwide demonstrations—and even after restoring the page, locked organizers out of posting. Meta repo...

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"I don't like bigotry. I don't like the Klan. I don't like neo-Nazis," Sen. Jon Ossoff says on his Republican opponent Mike Collins.

Okay the best political ad of the year is here from LA-DSA

So Danny Trejo was manipulated and tricked into being in Ben Shapiro's newest film. Holy shit.

White supremacist cops take a minority citizen, drive him out to the woods as a threat, and leave him there. No, it's not Mississippi in the 1930s, why do you ask?

ProPublica@propublica.org · 4w ago

4/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck. After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home. Then they threw his ID out of the truck.

New: As gay bars across the country say that Meta is flagging and deactivating their accounts without warning, I spoke to an Austin queer bar that says Meta nearly destroyed their ability to advertise events: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

How Meta's new content moderation upended a Texas gay bar

At least one LGBTQ establishment in Texas says the social media giant has incorrectly disabled its social media account, potentially hurting business.

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New development this afternoon: Ben Shapiro's pro-ICE movie has lost its right to film in a Montana town, after city officials voted to suspend their filming permit. bsky.app/profile/will...

Will Sommer@willsommer.bsky.social · last mo.

Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire is quietly shooting a pro-ICE movie that dramatizes the Renee Good killing. We got the script. My latest False Flag for @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/daily-wire...

Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.

Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!

BREAKING: At least six (I'm hearing 8) prosecutors - including Kurt Olsen - have QUIT the "Grand Conspiracy" case in Florida overseen by Judge Aileen Cannon. I know this is the Daily Mail, but there are well-placed sources. Waiting for more developments. www.dailymail.com/news/us-poli...

Trump 'grand conspiracy' case in crisis amid mass exit

Trump loyalist Kurt Olsen has resigned from the 'grand conspiracy' probe in Miami, along with at least six other prosecutors assigned to the investigation.

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"Taken as a whole, New Hampshire’s current camera statute is 'fairly narrow' and 'far more restrictive' than in any other state, said Caitlin Fennessy, chief knowledge officer at IAPP, based in Portsmouth. From @ethandewitt.bsky.social #NHPolitics

As states seek to rein in Flock license plate cameras, New Hampshire is considered a model • New Hampshire Bulletin

As backlash to Flock and other license plate-tracking cameras grows, some states are exploring limiting the technology. New Hampshire is already a decade ahead.

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In the 2022 cycle Rs dropped around 45 polls into the Senate races after Labor Day. We are up to 26 and it's September 17th. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Simon Rosenberg@simonwdc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

So in the last 8 days desperate Rs have dropped 26 Senate polls by 7 pollsters in 14 states. They've done this kind of stuff before but the manic intensity of the effort suggests a level of desperation consistent with spiking gas prices, escalating global chaos, and a deteriorating battlefield.

Democrats better not confuse gas price fury with thinking they figured out how to defeat Trumpism.

The Information Void Doesn’t Care What’s True

Democrats better not confuse gas price fury with thinking they figured out how to defeat Trumpism.

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Jeff Bezos and I are very different people. For one thing, he is a sociopathic billionaire who built his fortune by monopolizing bookselling while I am a penniless author of books. He was born in 1964 and is 62; I was born in 1971 and am 55.