And yet those that sought to overturn that election without plausible proof continue to be treated as respected participants in the democratic enterprise. I am on my way to a conference at Harvard where one of the leaders of that effort is very nearly a co-host, with multiple places on the agenda.

southpaw@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2h ago

The 2020 election has been relentlessly studied by our most experienced experts and by our most craven partisan hacks for 6y now, and every examination has wound up demonstrating the integrity of Biden’s victory in that election and the malignity of Trump’s obsession with undermining it.

Compelling 🧵. Russia was and remains a deeply racist imperial regime. Only monumental acts of dishonesty or self- delusion can allow one to say otherwise. What Russia is doing to Ukrainians (and Georgians and Belarusians and Tatars and Moldovans and ...) is only the latest in a long, ugly sequence.

Dan Kaszeta FRHistS@dankaszeta.bsky.social · 3h ago

The tankies are happy to tell me that they were criminals. Tell me, what crime is it that Ona Kašėtaitė, aged 2, could have committed? Or Birute Kašėtaitė, aged 3? Algis, aged 1. Romualdas, aged 8?

An important 🧵 for difficult, complicated times. Especially pertinent in this country, which has completely stopped admitting people persecuted for their religion (any religion) as refugees.

Rachel Cunliffe@rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 3h ago

And if you can't see why British Jews who are still scarred by stories like my grandmother's, who remember the names of those who didn't escape, see the word differently to the slur it's become in today's political discourse... well, I'm not sure you can claim to be either progressive or anti-racist

Last year not a single refugee fleeing religious persecution was admitted to the US.

Austin Kocher, PhD@austinkocher.com · 15h ago

When Matthew Soerens of World Relief tells Christians the Trump administration has banned persecuted Christians, many don't believe him. We talked about why. Listen to the whole conversation: austinkocher.substack.com/p/president-... @matthewsoerens.bsky.social

Yes! As much fun as it may be to ridicule his blundering into an unnecessary war and then mismanaging it, millions of people could die if his pride gets too deeply involved. And if he uses nuclear weapons, that will make it much easier for others to do so. This is a very dangerous situation.

Asha Rangappa@asharangappa.bsky.social · 12h ago

He’s going to use nukes before it’s all over. People need to wake up

I suspect Sen. Schmidt cares so little about the accuracy of his attacks that the staffer who gave him this bogus information will keep their job.

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d ago

That cocky, misplaced look of smug success on Senator Eric Schmitt’s face—moments before everything came crashing down around him because he’s so carelessly incompetent.

American Liberals and Leftists should not be surprised if America faces a lot of scepticism even after Trump is gone from Canadians, Europe and the rest of the world as long as Democrats and DSA preach norms of international law they refuse to implement towards their own country

Everything being said about prohibitions on personal glorification and political campaigns is correct, but also note that 31 USC 1301 prohibits spending any appropriated funds for any purpose not specified in the appropriation. Doing so therefore violates the Anti-Deficiency Act and is a crime.

Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 3d ago

How clear is it that Trump's taxpayer funded ads are illegal? I explain why it is 10/10 clear. Senate in passing the law: Ban is designed to stop public funds used for "glorification" of an individual official. GAO: funds can not be used for "self-aggrandizement" nor partisan political purposes.

Compelling thread 🧵. History only rhymes, but these rhymes are much stronger than most in the West are willing to accept.

Maria Drutska@mariadrutska.bsky.social · 5d ago

...Militarisation of society and children. Calling everyone who resists you a “Nazi.” Invading neighbouring countries while claiming you are “protecting” people of your language and culture beyond your borders. Annexing territory.

In Sumy russians struck the city center with three aerial bombs this afternoon, one of the bombs hit a specialized children’s home in a targeted attack on children. Two people were killed in the, including a 16-year-old girl‼️ Monsters. Sick child murderers.

Famine in occupied Oleshky, Kherson region. Around 6,000 people, including 200 children, remain trapped without food, water, or medicine since May 2026. Russia blocks evacuation and humanitarian aid. ​Ukrainian religious leaders appeal to Pope Leo XIV for urgent help #Ukrainianview #StandWithUkraine

There is one way this pocket rescission is different that folks aren’t talking about yet- OMB officials who prepped it may face personal liability under Sec 739 of Financial Services & General Gov’t Approps Act as @davidasuper.bsky.social and I explained thehill.com/opinion/cong...

Congress rejected some of Trump’s proposed budget cuts. OMB is making them anyway.

President Trump and the Office of Management and Budget are accused of violating the separation of powers by attempting to unilaterally withhold funds that Congress specifically appropriated.

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Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.gov · 6d ago

A pocket rescission is an illegal line item veto. It is the president saying that he and he alone will convert a bipartisan spending bill (that has been signed into law) into a partisan spending bill. He is canceling the lines of spending he doesn't like.

A simple way to improve AI safety is to enforce the law. If Sam Altman knows that he will be treated like a drunk driver after an accident if his AI causes serious damage, he will be much more careful deanbaker22.substack.com/p/sam-altman...

Sam Altman is Driving Drunk, Let Him Face the Consequences

People need to face consequences for criminal negligence

deanbaker22.substack.com

💥Ok I see other platforms are blocking this. I met Alex Gibney moons ago at ABCNY (the Association of the Bar for the City of New York). He’s the real deal. Here’s the trailer for Alex Gibney’s documentary about Musk. Let’s Streisand Effect this: www.firstshowing.net/2026/must-se... 👋🎥

Must See Full Trailer for Alex Gibney's 'Musk' Doc About a Fraudster | FirstShowing.net

"Do we even know this man at all?" Bleecker Street has launched their main official trailer for the must see new documentary film titled simply Musk, about the uber-wealthy tech giant megalomaniac Elo...

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Thuggish foreign policy in pursuit of thoroughly anti-American values. In all of our names, and for the convenience of Putin.

Mihnea@miyhnea.bsky.social · 6d ago

Big talk. The RO gov fell 100% on domestic grounds, this reeks of someone, probably Simion, fooling him

If we are required to give credence to the most absurd, baseless lies, then no promise means anything. And both President Trump and much of the western media continue to take seriously statements from Lavrov and Putin.

Maria Popova@popovaprof.bsky.social · last wk.

Lavrov told the UN today that Ru was forced to invade in 2022 because Ukraine was about to try to retake Donbas. First, 💯💯 false. But also, now you know the exact line he will use to justify Ru’s third invasion if Ukraine were to agree to give up all of Donbas in this round of useless "peace talks".

Lavrov told the UN today that Ru was forced to invade in 2022 because Ukraine was about to try to retake Donbas. First, 💯💯 false. But also, now you know the exact line he will use to justify Ru’s third invasion if Ukraine were to agree to give up all of Donbas in this round of useless "peace talks".

Pity the poor widdle oil executives, who help foist a "very stable genius" on the country only to have this happen.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · last wk.

“.. Trump’s support for the idea blindsided industry officials. Oil executives and lobbyists rushed to register their opposition .. But now, they said, it seems inevitable the U.S. will move forward ..” ⛽️ @wsj.com $OSX www.wsj.com/business/ene...

There's a high-level nuclear waste site in Nevada just waiting for somebody's name to be attached to it. It has "great" polls, like you have never seen before, just like President Trump. A match made in, well, in a place where they make matches.

James Downie@jamescdownie.bsky.social · last wk.

"Administration officials are circulating a list of government sites that could have Trump’s name affixed to them... One landmark that has emerged in the discussions among administration officials has raised eyebrows: Ford’s Theatre, the playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865."

Walter Cronkite: After liberating execution camps… Germans (who cried) they didn’t know…were as as guilty as Nazis…because they applauded when Hitler shut down (media) and said, ‘We don’t need to know. We trust our government...’ It’s our duty to know.

Why, if Iran is about to surrender, is Donald so interested in getting Ukraine to leave my refineries alone?

As awful as President Trump is on abusing U.S. military power, it's worth remembering that international law's ability to respond coherently to wars of aggression dates to GW Bush's unprovoked invasion of Iraq.

🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃@darinself.com · last wk.

Send him to the Hague when he's done.

The perfect Trump story. First he says he wants to buy fertilizer from Putin's closest ally, and pay huge shipping costs, rather than our neighbors and allies. Then we learn he just made it up Alexander Lukashenko says there is no potash in Belarus left to sell to the US share.google/82zCjKgsxZKT...

Belarus says no potash left after Trump claims massive deal for fertilizer

Belarus’s authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko said Monday that there are no available volumes of fertilizer to send to the U.S. This came after President Trump announced that he was working o…

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⚡️ Returning Russian soldiers have killed or injured over 1,000 citizens in Russia since the full-scale invasion. 🧵 1/8 ⬇️

Essential reading..

Faine Greenwood@faineg.com · 2w ago

Combatants are hunting civilians from the sky with small drones more than ever before - and the international community isn’t doing enough to stop it. My latest on the ways we can protect civilians from drones, written with Nathaniel Raymond of @hrl-yalesph.bsky.social :

Dexter Filkins' long anticipated piece on Jared Kushner has dropped. The conflicts of interest are jaw dropping. Kushner took $2.2 bn from the Saudis. His conduct since shows he is a very effective advocate of their interests. Of course we know about the Iran War, which Crown Prince Bone Saw wanted

Jared Kushner’s Dollar Diplomacy

Jared Kushner represents the kind of Washington figure for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth.

newyorker.com

Important: the USPS rule that SCOTUS blocked tonight was Trump’s big plan to control and restrict mail voting. But a separate policy remains in place: USPS is no longer postmarking mail as soon it gets it, which is hugely important for deadlines. So people must mail back with plenty of time.

In an Intense Election Year, New Post Office Rules Could Trip Up Voter Registration - Bolts

A change in how mail is postmarked could lead some voters to miss key deadlines, including voter registration. Advocates worry the people most affected will be those already facing voting barriers.

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A literal child trafficker! Trump's son has a child trafficker as a sugar daddy! It is like every Q conspiracy Trump is trying to make real but with his family as the villains.

Clara Jeffery@clarajeffery.bsky.social · 3w ago

1/ This @propublica.org story is just gobsmacking. As table stakes: why does a family of billionaires need help paying for weddings? And why would they accept from Russian oligarch with ties to Putin and FSB? www.propublica.org/article/dona...