I have been voting in the US from overseas for more than two decades. It is secure, and it is my right. I will fight anyone who tries to deny me that right, especially if they use fabrications of fraud as justification.
Benjamin Detenber
@detenber.bsky.social
University professor in Singapore studying media and public opinion.
People potentially subject to the nyc pied-à-terre tax are being treated with 1% of the administrative hostility of SNAP and Medicaid applicants, and they’re throwing 100x the fit
It is funny that this person thinks “immigrants defended the union while native born whites sought to destroy it in the name of slavery” is an argument against immigrants being Americans. This is precisely the point, nothing about being born here makes you better bsky.app/profile/aphc...
Alexander Clarkson@aphclarkson.bsky.social · 4d agoAnother datapoint for the fascist radicalisation of institutional pillars of much of the American Right
NPR should be (quite a bit) sharper in their assessment of this obviously grafting, grifting bullshit. What is being proposed is illegal. Just say so.
NPR@npr.org · 4d agoThe president's media company is offering investors early access to his Truth Social feed for up to $100,000 a month. Experts say the service may violate insider trading laws.
Voting for essentially unlimited funding for an authoritarian domestic paramilitary force and then taking credit for adding bodycams is the most Susan Collins thing ever
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 5d agoSusan Collins, who voted for $70 billion in no-strings-attached ICE funding, is now taking credit for securing new bodycams to distance herself from Trump and ICE. This is how Collins wins in Maine. Dems must go on offense on ICE to thwart this scam. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2138...
The top of the US govt abusing power with even trivial things *is* the story. Federal law enforcement warped around lies and assuaging one man’s hurt feelings. The cynical, above-it-all attitude of doesn’t matter, stop being hysterical, why not humor him for a bit is part of why we’re in this mess.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d agoSo many sneering elitist journalists with snarky posts over the past months that the Reflecting Pool story was trivial. It was so trivial that the DC US Attny presented false evidence to a grand jury to indict an innocent man to please the President while they both lied about it.
it's always a good sign when the nazi/CSAM guy is behind you
Portland Press Herald@pressherald.com · 5d agoElon Musk planning to throw financial support behind Susan Collins’ U.S. Senate bid
christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times
A testament to both the news agency and the government officials putting this shit out. www.reuters.com/world/africa...
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screen...
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I am experiencing TTTD - a toe-tapping taxi driver. You know, the kind of driver that instead of keeping steady pressure on the accelerator pumps it somewhat rhythmically but not regularly. Four kilometers down, ten to go. 🤢
NEW: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is demanding in a new letter that Mitch McConnell "directly and verbally address the people of Kentucky and provide proof of your capacity to serve, or resign."
Speak or resign: Beshear ups demand for McConnell health status
McConnell's absence is fueling speculation about his capacity to serve.
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When America's top health official is constantly pushing conspiracy theories, trust in public health takes a hit—and we're seeing the consequences in real time. There are record measles cases for a reason. RFK Jr. is a threat to public health & should RESIGN.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.RFK Jr: "Americans no longer public health, and they shouldn't"
And the fraudsters (we know them), who say they are looking for fraud, insist fraud only happens in blue states so they can try to extort those states while real, convicted fraudsters get pardons from President Fraudster.
Here’s a rush transcript of Trump’s abysmal WHCD speech last night. Best part is when he tells a mildly funny joke and it falls flat and he tries to explain it and complains about the rest of his crappy speech. www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/0...
I hope every journalist attending that dinner is embarrassed. Because they should be.
Next Dem admin could achieve a lot of social good just by relentlessly cracking down on scams and bullshit via existing laws for four straight years.
5 Raw Quotes From America’s Largest Raw-Milk Dairy Owner
I toured Mark McAfee’s Raw Farm for a story about raw milk’s foothold in America despite its health dangers. Here’s what he told me about recalls, outbreaks and his relationship with the federal gover...
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OpenAI is doing this because Mythos got airtime thanks to the media that does press-release-as-aservice. So now, as one security engineer put it, “something which would have been an embarrassment ten years ago is now repackaged as a capability demo, a heroic AI-vs-AI story and a marketing pitch"
Richard Meredith@rtm223.me · 2w agoIt's totally unprecedented, nothing like the same marketing hype cycle Anthropic did around their model "going rogue" and "breaching containment" recently. Not like that at all
Supposed "High-T bro" knows nothing.
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2w agoBREAKING: Federal judge questions Hegseth's "High-T" military plan in light of Trump's anti-trans ban. Judge Ana Reyes wants to know "the Department’s basis for treating trans men and other service members differently." New, at Law Dork:
On the flight back from London, I binge-watched the first season of The Pitt. (Yeah, I know. I'm behind the curve on this one.) This is how they handled the episode on priapism. There were plenty of children on board, so the caution is understandable.
We just won a court order stopping the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. while our lawsuit continues. We’re going to keep fighting to keep costs down for consumers, protect jobs, and stop this illegal merger.
Pool report from @svdate.bsky.social, who is at the World Cup ceremony: "The president walked onto the field at 1826 to a sustained chorus of boos. Ambient crowd noise was about 78 decibels. Booing brought it to 84."
What to expect in terms nearly every American can understand. Say it plain, say it often.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoOssoff: "Here's what's going to happen tonight: the world's most famous sore loser will deliver a prime-time presidential sour grapes address to pursue his 6-year-old grievances about the 2020 election, while his war in the Middle East spirals out of control & the cost of living continues to rise.."
I think we can see the playbook for this year's midterms.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoTuberville: "We probably have four or five senators that didn't legally win. They shouldn't be up here."
I have a piece in the NYT today arguing that the law should permit victims of ICE abuse to sue not just individual officers, but supervisors and policymakers like Stephen Miller and Gregory Bovino. A Democratic president and Congress could do this in 2029. And they could make it retroactive.
Opinion | ICE Is Out of Control. Here’s What to Do About It.
Congress must push back against our inhumane immigration tactics.
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