"Meanwhile, the House is on an imposed recess while another discharge petition—aimed at fixing the shortcomings and loopholes in the Epstein Files Transparency Act—stands at 216 signatures, with two more solid commitments to bring the count to the 218 needed to force a vote on the House floor."

Jay Kuo@nycjayjay.bsky.social · 11h ago

For four years, Sen. Ron Wyden has followed Epstein’s money. Now he’s found an FBI interview with one of Epstein’s bankers that the Trump regime kept out of the Epstein files. My write-up in the link in the comments.

"I have horrible thoughts." Fact-check: ✅

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9h ago

"He's gonna fix it. Believe in him ... all the abortion, it's evil ... I want to see 2 people -- Trump & Jesus...we do not want Muslims taking over...I have horrible thoughts. I don't think they should be here. This isn't their country...they need to pack up & go back where they came from."

"The message was clear: We work for Donald Trump, and that means we’re above the law. Trump later held his 2020 convention at the White House, a four-day-long Hatch Act violation no previous president would even have contemplated."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 17h ago

New in PN: Scenes from a personality cult "The ads are unambiguously illegal — & that’s the point. Again & again, this regime has broken the law not just to accomplish some immediate goal, but as a dominance display to say to everyone: Donald Trump does whatever he wants, & nobody can stop him."

That's why you work to educate the voter ahead of elections, not that Republicans would understand or even advocate for education

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 15h ago

MN GOP House candidate William Beck: "I am personally in favor of a poll test. I know they were ruled unconstitutional, but like, everyone voting, if you have no idea what you're voting for, like, why vote? Like, you clearly don't care if you don't understand what's going on, you know what I mean?"

"We have to commit genocide to enjoy peace" said every dictator ever

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 16h ago

TIME: You said you might annihilate Iran TRUMP: Yeah, I would do that. It's possible. TIME: How can the president of peace be calling for annihilation of an entire people? TRUMP: Bc by annihilating Iran, we've created peace in the world. With Iran, I don't think you could ever have peace.

NEW: We dive deep into Trump "shadow president" Russ Vought in the new episode of PAPER TRAIL, @propublica.org's podcast. I'm so excited about this. You will hear Vought - on tape! - in a way you haven't before. Pls listen — and subscribe to PAPER TRAIL www.propublica.org/podcast/who-...

Who’s the Shadow President?

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This will be one of the most important immigration cases in a generation. The Trump admin claims that a 1996 law mandates the detention of millions of people without any right to a bond hearing; every person who entered illegally, no matter how long in the past. If they win, it's a nightmare.

Kelsey Reichmann@kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 15h ago

NEWS: Supreme Court takes up 3 new appeals, including mandatory ICE detention in Rhoney v. Barbosa @courthousenews.bsky.social

Considering how often this happens, rooting out tax evasion should be the first thing to investigate whenever large corporations start large infrastructure projects

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 2d ago

Meta is exploiting a tax credit loophole for its data centers, which allowed the company to skirt $3.9 billion in 2025 taxes.

The current U.S. minimum wage has been $7.25/hour since 2009.

For the past 3d, russian drones have been bombing Kyiv nonstop. russia is particularly targeting education infrastructure. This horrifying photo shows people escaping a massive fire through a window in the National Academy of Science of Ukraine. russians also bombed 2 schools and 2 kindergartens.

putin does with bombs what trump does by decree

Jenn@jennburrill.bsky.social · 4d ago

Russia struck the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv. People inside the building are climbing out onto the windows to avoid being burned alive Russia has damaged 4,650 educational institutions in Ukraine. Another 423 educational institutions have been completely destroyed

Google has started updating satellite images of Gaza. Holocaust. (📸 Barry Andrews MEP, European Parliament)

A key passage from Dexter Filkins' description of Kushner-Witkoff "diplomacy" in the current issue of the New Yorker www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Huh. The Daily Wire is reporting something that would be *enormous* if true, as since July the majority of all ICE arrests are people with no criminal record. I am deeply skeptical of such a massive operational change, given how the White House/DHS keep bragging about setting arrest records.

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Hoosier Republicans attempted to defund the Imagination Library, so this is a splendid 🖕fuck you🖕 to those reactionary dickheads

Meanwhile in Indiana…@robertlandrumjr.bsky.social · 6d ago

Indiana celebrates ‘Give Like Dolly Day,’ seeks to increase enrollment to Imagination Library.

Couple this news with the extreme push for private and religious schools by Republicans and you get a renewed pathway to a 21st Century White Flight. It's becoming Jim Crow apartheid all over again.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 6d ago

The DOJ is no longer bothering to enforce racial desegregation of schools.. trib.al/t4KTWft

What's this? An unabashed progressive with working-class cred who can quote scripture right back at the Christian nationalists? Swoon. State Senate candidate Ethan Sweetland-May is our guest on the next HoosLeft Podcast. TUES 7pm ET | 6CT Links in the comments:

This is the trailer that all the major platforms refuse to run as a paid ad:

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · last wk.

A new trailer for Alex Gibney's documentary about Elon Musk was just released. gizmodo.com/elon-musk-do...

They desperately want "nuclear missile" to be the latest thought-terminating cliche to silence criticism of anything tangibly related to Iran.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Deputy Assistant to POTUS Sebastian Gorka: "Everybody is obsessing with the price of gas -- this is much bigger than the price of gas. Think about what would happen to the price of gas if those missiles were nuclear tipped. The idea that you're experiencing problems would be absolutely incomparable"

just want to point out how crazy it is the justice department put this in writing

Ken Klippenstein@kenklippenstein.bsky.social · last wk.

🚨 AI data center critics are being scrutinized as foreign agents. DOJ warns: "public demonstrations designed to further the propaganda or other goals of the foreign power...may result in significant criminal sanctions" 👇 www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-think...

BREAKING: The Trump administration’s third-country removal policy is blocked. The First Circuit says the third-country removal final judgment from Judge Murphy is back in effect. “Consistent with this court's September 18, 2026, Judgment, the March 16, 2026, stay pending appeal is dissolved.”

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · last wk.

NEW: Emergency motion asks First Circuit if its decision overturning DHS's third-country removal policy is effective immediately or not. They cite my reporting, and reveal tomorrow's ICE flight to make TCR stops in Central African Republic, Rwanda and Burundi. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72347...

I know people personally that're being screwed by the Republicans' handling of Medicaid, so compounding that intentional suffering by kicking people off the ACA as well feels like an attempt at murderous eugenics en masse.

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · last wk.

BREAKING: JD Vance and Trump administration officials will announce today that they are removing hundreds of thousands of people from Affordable Care Act coverage, claiming these people were fraudulently enrolled as they kick them off of their healthcare. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

From Notice News: 1. THIS IS AMAZING: Mamdani brought 25+ mayors from the world's biggest economies to New York City. NYC welcomed mayors from 34 cities across the globe for the 2026 Urban 20 Summit — Los Angeles, Rome, Barcelona, Paris, Amsterdam, Jakarta, and dozens more, all in town because

Just pay 💰 us more!

"According to Marine Corps data, 91.38% of women and 96.53% of men in combat arms who have taken the test since January have met or exceeded that threshold." How's that misogyny filter you use to determine reality working out for you, Pete?

Charles Keener@charleskeener.bsky.social · last wk.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

This didn't happen. What actually happened is that Russia deliberately bombed several American businesses in Ukraine. ​The Bunge oilseed plant was hit right after Senator Blumenthal's visit in a twisted demonstration of power.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Marco Rubio: "The one thing we are concerned about is that over the last few months on a number of occasions American-linked ships, American oil supplies, have been targeted -- probably not deliberately -- but targeted nonetheless by Ukraine. That needs to be addressed. We can't have that happen."

"Yet Bonta caved under pressure, after being abandoned by every major politician in California (from current Gov. Gavin Newsom to heir apparent Xavier Becerra to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass), all of whom are worried about jobs in the event of a Paramount exit." Cowards for capitalism

Bonta Gives Up on the Paramount Case - The American Prospect

Why would California AG Rob Bonta settle the Paramount–Warner Bros. lawsuit when he’s winning?

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If you thought Florida and Texas are the reigning champs of bad decisions, check out this bundle of terrible choices and quotes with virtually no pushback from the author. Neutrality in the face of fascism(Christian nationalism here)is complicity, and Indiana's news media is complicit as hell.

Meanwhile in Indiana…@robertlandrumjr.bsky.social · last wk.

As Indiana prepares for its first school board elections in which candidates can identify their political party affiliation, conservative officials and activists are increasingly focusing on individual schools arguing that efforts to eliminate “DEI” or “woke ideology” have not gone far enough.