Pay it back!

Dennie Edwards@dennieedwards.bsky.social · 4h ago

"After earning that $500 million grant, made up of taxpayer funds, GM has walked back its promise to build electrified vehicles at the site and will instead build a new Cadillac CT5." So....GM doesn't have to pay back the $500 million?

🧵 The corrupt, pedophile Trump regime is shopping for contractors to build a facility holding up to 3,000 migrant kids. The specs: 8 children per room. 8 kids sharing one toilet, one shower, one sink. An 8-foot perimeter fence. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Exclusive: Trump’s plan to lock 3,000 migrant children in massive detention facility

Officials are looking for operators for ‘emergency influx facility’ campuses that can hold thousands of unaccompanied migrant children and pack eight kids into a room sharing one toilet, shower and si...

the-independent.com

I can't believe this person is real

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 5h ago

According to CNN, Natalie Harp once jumped into the trunk of an SUV after getting into a screaming match with other Trump staffers after being denied a seat in the motorcade heading to a Trump trial appearance. www.cnn.com/2026/08/18/p...

I'm none of those and I'm furious too

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h ago

Lying, thieving, grifting, law-breaking, constitution-shattering fascist murderers are furious that someone suggested the adjudicated rapist of a president who's been linked to a pedophile sex trafficking ring might be wasting too much time lounging about on his luxury plane with an aide.

What relationship did Natalie Harp have with Jeffrey Epstein?

Cheryl Lynn Eaton@cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 7h ago

So, what's this lady's professional background? Because they're freaking out like she's a white nationalist honeypot being fronted by the Heritage Foundation or Netanyahu or something. They didn't react like this over Loomer, so it can't be the mistress allegations that have them agitated.

What relationship did Natalie Harp have with Jeffrey Epstein? Just curious.

Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · yesterday

The reason the White House is so sensitive about Trump and his relationship with Natalie Harp is because, well . . . because it's a bit awkward

This author/congressman was just on KQED radio in an interview I highly recommend. Going to grab this book, too. No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism a.co/d/02GN70xD

For months, Palestinian farmers in the northern West Bank have watched their water lines cut and their wells marked for demolition in Israel’s slow strangulation of Palestinian agriculture, as farmers tell Mondoweiss "there is no tomorrow" for them. mondoweiss.net/2026/08/dest...

‘Destroying agriculture is the purpose’: How Israel is drying up the West Bank’s most fertile farmlands

For months, Palestinian farmers in the northern West Bank have watched their water lines cut and their wells marked for demolition in Israel’s slow strangulation of Palestinian agriculture, as…

mondoweiss.net

Demolish this criminal organization!

Spencer Ackerman@attackerman.bsky.social · 13h ago

ICE and CBP are full of rapists and child predators. A new report details it in horrific detail.

We are all in there. Pawns. Garbage to him, and his people. Bait. Indentured labor to create their wealth. Fooled into fighting amongst ourselves over scraps when we should be fighting them. The Louisville Courier Journal political art.

We’re all on this plane

Is Trump now planning to sell nuclear warheads to North Korea?

CNBC@cnbc.com · yesterday

South Korea must brace for ‘worst-case scenario,’ President Lee says, as Trump cuts military drills

👇”When automated systems get it wrong — and at this scale, they will — a participant loses funding they depend on to live. To eat. To get out of bed. To breathe. There is no human on the other end of the phone. There is no appeal. There is a computer program and a decision that stands.”👇

Michael West@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · yesterday

" .. handing the power to automate decisions, conduct coercive investigations, share data across 24 agencies" to Palantir. #NDIS Bill no appeal Claudia Weisenberger #auspol #Robodebt @criprights.bsky.social FOI michaelwest.com.au/robodebt-on-...

Torturing kids is the latest kink for police

Anna Meier@annameier.bsky.social · yesterday

I'm from Omaha. Some things you should know about the schools where cops used shock gloves on kids: -South High serves a majority Latinx community -ILP is a school specifically for disabled kids

Hakeem has reached maximum grift, it's time to leave the party

David Sirota@davidsirota.com · 2d ago

🚨NEW: Hakeem Jeffries declared his opposition to Medicare For All 72 hours after a Yale study shows it would save 100,000 lives & $1 trillion. Context: Jeffries raked in $391k from health PACs in 2026 & faced no primary pressure to hold the line on Dem priorities because a primary was blocked.

Cops are great. 🤬 (Stealing the phrase from @gregdoucette.bsky.social)

Omaha police unveil shock gloves for school resource officers

YouTube video by KETV NewsWatch 7

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The Mayor's language around Prop I amounts to propaganda. His office will control the money. That his team wants to create the impression it is otherwise signals a rather large separation from the truth.

Mission Local@missionlocal.org · 2d ago

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie last week blasted affordable housing measure Prop. I as an "unaccountable slush fund." Well, that's odd: If it passes, his office would administer the money. Latest column from @esksf.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2026/08/mayo...

Trump ballroom official held quiet Kremlin talks ft.trib.al/cK26yYH

Trump ballroom official held quiet Kremlin talks

Rodney Mims Cook Jr showed Russian officials pictures of his ‘dacha’ at Vladimir Putin’s flagship economic forum

ft.trib.al

NEW Aug 17 2026 - Stow, MA Stow police officer (Jason Rogers) accused of misusing Flock system to track former partner

Stow police officer accused of misusing Flock system to track former partner

A Stow police officer is facing possible disciplinary action after the department found he repeatedly used police databases to obtain information about a woman he previously dated.

boston25news.com

Do we have a thread of police abusing Flock surveillance yet? Flock abuse thread 🧵📌

404 Media@404media.co · last mo.

A Florida police officer met a woman on a TV set, surveilled her for weeks, stalked her, and nearly caused a head-on collision while chasing her to pull her over.

This is exactly why NO JOURNALIST SHOULD HAVE AN X ACCOUNT. You're putting your life in danger. They specifically tagged her X account.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · yesterday

The White House leveled a sharply personal attack against CNN reporter Kristen Holmes after she asked President Trump a question, crossing a barrier rarely breached by politicians to invoke her children.

I’m keeping an eye on how hard NYT, WaPo, WSJ and AP are avoiding writing about Jon Ossoff’s compelling, fact-based, hugely popular critique of Trump’s corruption, ineptitude, and venality. So far: Very hard. (Next, they’ll Mamdani him.)

@hcrichardson.bsky.social alerted us to this problem of shell companies and fraud. As this article says, not only are they planning to stop investigating them, they will delete the data. Between this and the tax amnesty, who do you think has something to hide?

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · yesterday

"Trump claimed that punishing companies for bribing foreign officials put U.S. firms at a competitive disadvantage. Which could well be true; if nothing else, this president probably has a decent understanding of how helpful palm-greasing might be."

Pass the ketchup

Does the DOJ employ any actual lawyers?

Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com · yesterday

🚨BREAKING: In a win for Minnesota voters, a federal court dismissed the DOJ's lawsuit seeking access to the state's unredacted voter registration list. The DOJ is now 0-23 in its sweeping legal hunt for states' private voter data.

Definitely working outside the law

The Onion@theonion.com · yesterday

Todd Blanche Vows To Remain Fully Independent Of The Law https://theonion.com/todd-blanche-vows-to-remain-fully-independent-of-the-law/

Wow, multiple careers!

Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 2d ago

This former underwear model who assaulted the US Capitol on January 6 is actually one of *two* felons running to fill a Florida congressional seat.

I just don't know how AI companies simultaneously overcome all 3 of their huge problems: 1. The tech is progressing more slowly than they hypothesized 2. There aren't enough transformers and turbines in the world if they do achieve AGI 3. If they magically fix 1 and 2 everyone still hates them

Futurism@futurism.com · 3d ago

They're even more unpopular than data centers.

Why do people keep falling for it?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

New in PN: "Suckers & losers" as policy "Trump doesn’t see himself as a public servant. Rather, he sees himself as a king, entitled to the reverence, awe, & lives of everyone he surveys. Servicemembers aboard the USS Lincoln should spend even longer at sea just to prove what a great job he's doing"

Last week the front page of the NY Times business section featured a large photo of a humanoid robot at a BMW plant in South Carolina. The fact that the robot was colored black brought up all kinds of associations that BMW & South Carolina certainly didn’t want brought up. Harold Meyerson has more.

South Carolina: From Slaves to Bots - The American Prospect

The state that was the foremost champion of unpaid human labor now fosters a new-age version of it.

prospect.org