Unspeakably disgraceful. Doris Miller was a mess attendant -- the only jobs open to Black sailors -- who won the Navy Cross at Pearl Harbor. With this, and reports USN leaders are considering changing the design of aircraft carriers *because Trump said so* -- the Navy is dishonoring itself.

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

(CNN) - The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during .. Pearl Harbor .. .. there have been internal conversation about renaming it to honor Trump.” @halbritz.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2026/08/20/p...

"Musk’s meddling in the site’s algorithm to suppress certain kinds of posts and elevate others is well documented. So if your anti-fascist posts on X are still getting views, it’s either because these posts are so toothless as to escape Musk’s notice, or because they are in fact useful to him."

It Is Past Time for You to Quit Elon Musk's X

Yes, I'm talking to you. 🫵

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Exactly 3 months from today is the most important midterm election in our lifetime. Our opportunity to hold him accountable. Register to vote here: Iwillvote.com The stakes have never been higher. Show the world the majority of Americans are good, decent, honest people. #VoteBlue🗳️ #RejectMAGA 👎

This is not just about rewriting the past; it's also an effort to make any future effort to hold this administration responsible for its brazen criminality seem like more "weaponization of the justice system"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

Trump says he wants people to be reimbursed for being the victim of weaponization by Obama

It’s crazy to me this isn’t a daily refrain from Democrats.

Democrats should spend every single waking moment characterizing Stephen Miller's position on asylum claims as the position of an out-of-touch extremist, because that's exactly what it is. Most Americans view immigration as a net-positive. Treat this view with the contempt that it deserves.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · last mo.

Here's another example of the noxious trend we identify below: Stephen Miller claiming "all asylum claims" are "fake." What he really means is no asylum seeker is *worth caring about.* It's the same trick Musk uses with "zero" died from USAID cuts. (h/t @lastpositivist.bsky.social @mattortega.com)

When you're saying "we didn't always agree on things" you're talking about a woman's right to choose, that elections shouldn't be stolen, that immigrants deserve dignity and that genocide is wrong. We're not talking about things like "Industry" is a good HBO show.

Something about seeing a flood of articles positing that Democrats will suffer lasting damage for forcing an abuser out as Republicans stand by all of their creeps feels a little upside down world.

Happy 10th anniversary of this essay about the dangers of Donald Trump, written by... JD Vance. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Opioid of the Masses (From 2016)

To many, Donald Trump feels good, but he can’t fix America’s growing social and cultural crisis, and the eventual comedown will be harsh.

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Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through 6/26, enjoy free standard shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

Recall that “you’re not allowed” doesn’t mean you will be jailed or sued or prohibited; it means that other people will exercise their First Amendment rights in response to yours, to express their views and defend their neighbors. But that violates Free Speech Culture.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

Dr Oz: "You're not allowed to complain about Somalians, because that's racist. And the worst thing you can be in Minnesota is a racist."

It's easy to shrug off the idiots claiming that the incredibly accomplished politician Spencer Pratt was cheated out of a rightful win in Los Angeles. But they're going to make these same claims in November, so we need to carpet bomb this conspiracy out of existence right now.

Tom Clark@tomsclark.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Listen, the fact that the GOP is freaking out that Spencer Pratt didn't win is a VERY bad sign for November. And the fact that they're willing to claim fraud and say the evidence is the lack of evidence, makes it even scarier.

If you credulously do a segment about the vote in California in which you don’t say the president is lying, you’re spreading disinformation to your listeners.

There are many in the fallen world of American politics who are more mendacious, more corrupt, more self-aggrandizing. But no one -- and I mean no one -- is as empty, soulless and craven as this man.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

RAJU: But what evidence is there to prove the California election is rigged? MIKE JOHNSON: Look, some of these efforts are so diabolical and so far upstream it's impossible to prove. But I think everybody knows instinctively that something is wrong here.

OMB is run by Project 2025 architect Russell Vought. Did you know that the Director of the OMB can be impeached? Congress has historically supported science—it’s why they keep rejecting Trump’s budget cuts. Vought is trying to do an end-run around Congress. There’s an easy fix for that.

Sam Bagenstos@sbagen.bsky.social · 3mo ago

OMB is forcing “the Smithsonian to spend congressionally appropriated funding in a way that’s ‘consistent with the FY 2026 President’s Budget’ in order to receive it. The president’s budget differed widely from what Congress ultimately chose to fund.” www.notus.org/trump-white-...

I don’t think you could convey modern conservatism in any sort of essay or book as accurately as you could just showing people this image

This is excellent from @jamellebouie.net. The Trump administration is not conservative in any meaningful sense of the word. They are revolutionaries undermining the constitutional order. Any competent response from Democrats needs to face this reality squarely.

Opinion | America Broke Something When It Gave Trump a Second Chance

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The press continuing to take anyone in the administration’s word for it is journalistic malpractice.

Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Sorry but this is just not what happened. It is a WRITTEN settlement. Blanche told Congress the administration would not move forward but REFUSED to put anything in writing. This would allow Trump to change his mind at any time.

I wrote both of my senators, my congresswoman, Schumer, and Jeffries about this today. This kind of crap will how a profoundly devastating effect on our country.

elizabethginexi.bsky.social@elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“What OMB is proposing is not a reform of grants management,” Elizabeth Ginexi, a former program officer at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), writes in a Substack post. “It is a vehicle for complete political control of science … ” www.science.org/content/arti...

President of MIT not mincing words today in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s...

A day after The Late Show ended, Colbert hosted an episode of public access program Only In Monroe, reviving his 11-year-old gag. How bad is CBS/Paramount taking it? They issued copyright complaints for a show they don't own. 🤣 CBS would hate it if you watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DlF...

this is happening

the Colbert cancellation is a labor issue, to my mind. Colbert’s show employed hundreds of union employees working nightly. Byron Allen’s non-union show costs CBS nothing (literal zero), and costs Allen very little as well since comics provide their own material for a nominal fee and exposure

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David Rothkopf@djrothkopf.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Trump did not reach a settlement with the government. There was no case to settle. He has not created a slush fund. He has colluded with Todd Blanche to steal money from the US Treasury. This is not a “deal.” This is a crime for which Trump & Blanche must be prosecuted. It ia a crime.

In 2025, HHS issued stop work order for federal research lab that studies Ebola virus and other deadly pathogens and fired its director. This lab was a world leader in accelerating development therapies and vaccines for Ebola and other viruses. 1/ www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...

RFK Jr.’s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research

NIAID’s Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s departm...

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Breathtakingly corrupt and indefensible theft of taxpayer money. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Trump’s deal to drop suit against IRS creates $1.8B ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’

The deal, laid out in a document signed by acting attorney general Todd Blanche, grants a commission broad authority to distribute the money, drawn from taxpayer dollars.

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New York Times, July 6th, 1936.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

Mike Johnson: "The naysayers who have created this new term 'Christian nationalism' as a pejorative, a derogatory term, are trying to silence the influence and voices of Christians, and I think that's wildly inappropriate."

What’s the point of electing democrats who do shit like this

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 4mo ago

BREAKING: Election denier Tina Peters will be released next month after Colorado’s Democratic governor commutes her nine-year sentence.

In the now all-too-common category of things that are completely unsurprising and yet utterly shocking, Republicans have completely memory-holed the killings of the Hortmans and shootings of the Hoffmans in Minnesota. As far as they’re concerned it just never happened.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

Rep. John Rose: "The Democrats talk about how there's over the top rhetoric from both sides, but all of the bullets are going from the left to the right, and I think James Comey bears some responsibility for that."