Jelly8bean
@jelly8bean.bsky.social
Lucifan, , without facts, there is no truth
The richest man owns X.The second and fourth richest men control Google.The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here? — @Robert Reich
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.” Matthew 6:5-6
moulton is a good example of someone who fucked up his career because he misread 2024. many such cases.
John Cluverius@johncluverius.bsky.social · yesterdayIn 2024, Moulton said he didn't want his daughters, then 3 and 6, to be "run over on the playing by a formerly male athlete." the in-town soccer league they would have been eligible to play in WAS COED AT THE TIME. Oh, and he gave an absolute loser non-apology about it.
Hasan Piker isn't part of the Abdul El-Sayed campaign. Lorenzo Sewell is a member of the Mike Rogers campaign. And he's a proper extremist and bigot who the media isn't covering. I brought receipts in the Guardian today: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
it's not an exaggeration to say that jk rowling is the world's most powerful and prominent transphobe outside of elon musk it's easy to not buy a tesla and it's easy to not watch the harry potter tv show
The Verge@theverge.com · 11h agoAs a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
how authoritarian assaults on government, media, and educational institutions are connected. Our military students cannot be given expertise that is not vetted by political commissars, our military leadership is purged of anyone viewed as disloyal donmoynihan.substack.com/p/which-stor...
Which stories about academia matter?
The Arday affair got more attention than systematic assaults on academic freedom
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When Arizona counts heat-related deaths, Adam Willson isn't included. His story shows how thousands of heat deaths can go uncounted every year in the United States. n.pr/4xy1LIh
He died in a sweltering house. Why doesn't his death record show it?
When Arizona counts heat-related deaths, Adam Willson isn't included. His story shows how thousands of heat deaths can go uncounted every year in the United States.
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Vigilant Solutions and a related Motorola firm collect license plate data and sell it commercially, the ACLU has found. Motorola also maintains contracts with ICE.
They’re not Flock, but SLC’s license plate readers pose civil rights challenges of their own, key group says
Salt Lake City's cameras might not be Flock, but one civil liberties group says the devices raise similar worries of "mass surveillance."
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Driscoll’s departure, the journalists note, leaves the Army without any Senate-confirmed civilian or military leaders.https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-31-2026?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=d6rse
Just horrific—I assumed this was a big factory raid. It was at a bar.
WKRN News 2@wkrnnews2.bsky.social · 3d agoMore than 100 detained during Memphis raid: Immigrant advocacy group
The president’s deportation campaign is a historic reversal for a nation of immigrants. Register to discover how it is contributing to a shrinking workforce and slower growth
The economic costs of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown
A smaller workforce and slower growth
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NEW: 🚨 YOSEMITE Lincoln protected that valley in 1864, during the Civil War. 162 years later it comes down to whether enough people write in this week. 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Yosemite Giveaway
Contact Congress today!
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More than a dozen local law enforcement agencies across the country have used opioid settlement money to procure Flock cameras and other AI-powered automated license plate readers (ALPRs), an investigation by Mother Jones has found.
Police are spending opioid settlement funds on Flock cameras
Historic opioid settlements were supposed to be a lifeline for underserved communities. But much of that money is flowing to law enforcement.
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According to the @wsj.com, the deal in Venezuela will "give the US a "stake in a private company that would be granted centurylong rights to some of the world’s largest proven oil reserves" and also tie the U.S. to the "unelected government that is granting those rights." www.wsj.com/business/ene...
Exclusive | Inside Trump’s Plan to Give the Pentagon a Stake in Venezuela’s Oil Riches
The deal capped months of secretive negotiations to give the U.S. rights to the some of the world’s largest proven oil reserves.
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Fuck you Google. We will all remember your capitulation to a mad king
` 60+ Cherry Trees were cut down in DC to make way for a golf course for Trump. This act violated a court order. They did it anyway because the law doesn’t apply to this administration. These trees were gifted to the American people by Japan in 1912. More destruction by a criminal government.
Darline Graham said that because her own parents died when she was a kid, people today shouldn't expect "government health care." So I dug up the real story of the death of Darline/Lindsey's parents. It makes a strong case FOR government health care. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2148...
What Darline Graham’s Ugly, Viral Outburst About Death Really Reveals
The senator’s parents died when she was a kid. That’s tragic. But it’s also tragic that she’s against the kind of care that could help untold numbers of people avoid that fate today.
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"Look at the last 3 GOP presidents. One oversaw a double-dip recession with a savings & loans scandal that looted the Treasury. That was Bush I. Another oversaw near meltdown of the whole capitalist system. That was Bush II. Then the next presided over a pandemic-driven collapse. That was Trump I."
Are voters finally realizing GOP presidents are disasters?
Michael Tomasky makes the case that they are.
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US national debt just hit $40 trillion. Why? HINT: It's NOT because the government is trying to provide its citizens healthcare or childcare.
I think maybe Democrats should be trashing this guy and not a twitch streamer
Schooley@schooley.bsky.social · 5d agoNote on pieces like these, not only is there no suggestion that Republicans should distance themselves from him, there's no hint that there's a reason to. No recap of his CSAM machine. No inflammatory racist quotes. No mention of the DOGE death toll. No history of his fabulist quotes.
There's no forgiving this. No living it down. It's a stain on our humanity. When all this is over, the monsters who did this should be pariahs. And the soulless thugs who cheered it on while dehumanizing Haitian immigrants should be reminded of what they did every day of their lives.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5d agoThe situation in Haiti is terrifying. On Sunday, 150 gunmen swept down on a town to kill, rape, loot, and burn. 22 people were executed in a churchyard. 52 were taken hostage. Stephen Miller mockingly says Haiti is safe and ICE just sent its second deportation flight this month; with kids on board.
Across East Potomac Golf Links in D.C., newly cut stumps and bare patches of dirt mark the places where dozens of trees stood. The Trump administration’s overhaul of the course has not officially begun, but the trees have been coming down for weeks.
Trees are coming down by the dozen as Trump’s D.C. golf makeover nears
The president’s promised overhaul of the East Potomac course has not officially begun, but tree removal has already been taking place for weeks.
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US corporate profits have hit a record high while employees’ share has fallen to 60 per cent, the lowest since the 1950s. "The gains that the top is seeing far, far, far outpace the gains — if any — that the bottom is seeing," says a policy adviser. Read the story on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/0AG2YAu
Huffman said of the buyouts of offshore wind projects:“These fake ‘settlements’ were already an insane waste of taxpayer funds and a ridiculous charade that seems to be blatantly illegal. This now adds the stench of corruption.” heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-27-...
August 27, 2026
This morning, a headline in the Guardian read: “RFK Jr lied in Senate confirmation hearings, newly revealed documents indicate.” The story by Michelle R.
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On the one hand we have examples of open corruption from one party - DeSantis shows its not just Trump - that no-one really expects will be punished. OTOH, we have people like DeSantis and Trump firing prosecutors, and targeting political opponents with politically motivated prosecutions.
Wajahat Ali@wajali.bsky.social · 7d agoCorrupt AF www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/g...
