ArE wE sUrE cHrIsTiAn NaTiOnaLiSm Is ReAl?????? Christian nationalism: A cultural framework that idealizes and advocates for the fusion of a particular expression of Christianity in US civic life & demands the gov't at all levels protect and preserve this fusion. kettering.org/five-element...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d ago

Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, I'm establishing the Office of Religious Affairs. It will report straight to the top -- a direct line to the secretary ... as Psalm 33:12 extolls us, blessed is the nation in which God is the Lord"

Public anger comes for John Roberts The chief justice’s summer retreat in Maine used to be one of boating, potluck dinners, touch football and easy friendships. Locals called him “John.” Now a swirl of anger has been rising at him, transforming his getaways. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...

John Roberts Retreated to His Island. Supreme Court Critics Found Him. (Gift Article)

After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever.

nytimes.com

Grocery prices are up, not “way down,” since former President Joe Biden left office. | Fact check: https://cnn.it/4xUDA65

It's not even destroyed buildings and rubble it's just dust and ash

important thread

Nicole Bedera@nbedera.bsky.social · last wk.

The main reason you haven’t heard about campus sexual violence in a few years is because Trump and SCOTUS have made it much, much harder for survivors to come forward. You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost.

Ruby Bridges was 6-years-old when she stepped into the history books. Bravely accompanied by her mother, she was the first Black child to desegregate an all-white school in the South. It was not long ago… Today is her birthday. She is still with us. She is 72. Happy birthday, Ruby Bridges 💜

@jmberger.com This is what stochastic terrorism does: Young women were walking in my community 10 days ago. A white woman instigated a fight & attacked them with racial hatred. A man chased them down & murdered Bri. My city is silent. I am profoundly sad. No national news. bsky.app/profile/alex...

Alex Burch@alexkburch.bsky.social · 2w ago

HATE CRIME #LNK #Nebraska #BriChol “Bri liked to have fun. Bri wanted to be a nurse. Bri has a family. Bri loved her family…you should not have to be scared for your life as a black woman, as a South Sudanese girl, to walk down an alleyway.“ -Bri’s friend Lavaeh Stephens youtube.com/shorts/2Z4ZI...

My kids have measles, I can't afford diesel, my country has been humiliated by Iran, and I have explosive diarrhea from a parasite the CDC no longer monitors. But at least now I can go to the lesbian bar without putting on a mask.

Interviewing the inventor of napalm about his hats

Every taxpayer, no matter your party, should be outraged by this. Your money is being used to fund campaign ads for Trump. It’s totally completely illegally. He’s stealing your money for his campaign. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...

‘Love Me’ Ad Promotes Trump With Public Money Ahead of the Midterms

A disclaimer says the ad was paid for by the U.S. government, which could violate federal law.

nytimes.com

"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.

Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office

The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.

wsj.com

This is about one thing and one thing alone. Steering our research dollars for cancer, heart disease, and new infectious diseases to Trump’s political allies and friends.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2w ago

Breaking News: Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would help cement President Trump’s ability to control billions of dollars in scientific grants funded by the National Institutes of Health.

one brain is stupid and the other is evil

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Dr Oz says the Trump administration will kick more than a million people off health insurance because some of them have "never filed a claim"

devastating thread

I Scare You Like Sound Dog@chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2w ago

“Garces Perez said he was making a DoorDash delivery Sunday when an unmarked black vehicle began pursuing him on Anderson Lane in North Austin. He said the vehicle did not activate its emergency lights or otherwise identify itself before striking his car.”

Everything the pro-Trump billionaire Ellison family will now own: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central And more... With this comes the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. Shameful.

If you’re moved by this guy crying boy oh boy are there some other images and videos you should check out

The legal system that the Trump administration has been weaponizing against immigrants and the left is not something of its own creation. They inherited this legal machinery from the war on terror, and until we dismantle it, all of us are at risk. Please, please read this.

Truthout@truthout.org · 2w ago

After 9/11, the US built a separate system of justice — a national security exception to the Constitution — that largely targeted Muslims. While non-Muslims were assured it would never apply to them, that assurance has expired. It is now being used to take aim at immigrants and the left.

Semi driver stops filling up his tank when it hits $1,000 "Almost thirty years of driving trucks and that's a first"

Doug Aoki 青木定夫@nantanreikan.bsky.social · 2w ago

Fort Pierce, Florida.

last night we had ed sheeran apologizing for saying what’s happening in palestine is bad and at the same time david byrne putting up a huge graphic that says MAKE AMERICA GAY AGAIN and showing footage of ICE brutality to a sold out crowd. you can actually be famous and successful AND give a shit.

I have never in my life been bothered by a trans woman in a bathroom or anywhere else. I've been sexually harassed by straight men in every conceivable situation since I was a teenager.

This video was filmed in Palestine. My heart struggles to comprehend such cruelty and the heartbreaking disregard for human life. No human being should have to endure this.

Glad folks are appalled by photos of the "phone booth" cage under an awning, but pls understand: This IG report is likely part of a cover-up. Amnesty Int'l interviewed detainees EIGHT MONTHS AGO who said the cage was half this size (couldn't stand up), had no awning, w feet chained to the bottom.

Melissa Ryan@melissaryan.bsky.social · 3w ago

America is being run by monsters. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth

Mike Johnson punts on oversight of AI companies: "Congress is obviously less qualified than the people who are pushing this frontier to know the ins and outs of it"

Universal, Single-Payer Healthcare: supported by 90% of Democrats Ending military aid to Israel: supported by 75% of Democrats Increasing the minimum wage: supported by 90% of Democrats

Washington Monthly@washingtonmonthly.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The only way Democrats can build a durable center-left coalition is if they focus on the vast terrain where liberals and moderates agree, @billscher.bsky.social writes.

There’s such an easy answer to this “gotcha” question and it’s “Sports are inherently unsafe and unfair and it’s ridiculous to single out trans athletes when we allow 150 pound linebackers to go up against 260 pound linemen in freshman football on a daily basis. Let kids play with their friends.”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

Talarico: "I oppose trans athletes playing in girls' sports if it endangers safety or fairness"

People get confused about the trans sports thing because at a glance it seems like a small issue that impacts a very small number of people and thus makes sense as a "reasonable" concession. But it isn't, because conceding that is accepting that a kid's trans identity is on some level fraudulent

seems vaguely alarming

Leah McElrath@leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 4w ago

Many are asking how AI could eventually cause mass human death or extinction. The AI expert below lays out some possible sequential scenarios. (I am NOT endorsing his vision, but I thought people might appreciate the specificity.)

thoughtful thread

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 4w ago

I like AOC, but this is an incredibly bad analysis of the MAHA movement.