“But suppose they had arranged it before?” “If that is so, then all of us have been cheated all of our lives.” — John Steinbeck, The Pearl

Last of this then we'll move on. The team played like they were embarrassed to wear the uniform. They knew how absolutely wrong this was. I won't say they were rattled, but clearly they were demoralized. 1/

Remember, during last year’s Club World Cup he hijacked the team trophy and inexplicably kept it in the Oval Office for months, then during the winner’s presentation he pocketed one of the medals. This isn’t over.

There would be no Bari Weiss without Heather Cox Richardson as her business partner on Substack.

Anil Dash@anildash.com · 4mo ago

It is worth noting that the takeover of 60 Minutes, and CBS News, is the culmination of the strategy that was baked into the launch of Substack. This is the thing we were trying to explain was bigger than just "there are nazis on there". www.anildash.com//2024/11/19/...

Don't know if this is happening to anyone else: I have one email address that I only use for "official business" with the federal government--IRS, SSA, DHS, etc.-- and for nothing else. Lately I've been getting flooded on that email with solicitations from the president and the Republican party.

If you wouldn't build a nuclear missile silo there, you shouldn't build a hyperscale data center there.

Let's get to this

Streetsblog Chicago@chi.streetsblog.org · 4mo ago

Thanks Obama fans! "Renaming Push Would Land Trump Tower On Street Honoring Barack Obama."

New Jersey is turning on Mike Sherrill just as fast as she is turning on them. Her betrayal of her constituents and her support for the concentration camp in her state will live in infamy.

Next thing you know he'll be holding a demolition derby back there. As a Midwesterner, I appreciate a good demolition derby. But still.

Yeah so explain why we were all on Twitter then from 2006 to 2023. What a load of nonsense.

Corey Atad@coreyatad.com · 4mo ago

i think, end of the day, the real problem with Bluesky is that most of its users are here *because* they want to be in a bubble. and they can tell themselves that it’s just about not being around Nazis it supporting Musk, and that’s part of it, but also there’s a palpable desire to be ensconced.

Friend took my rant from a recent visit to DC and made this

Tom Massie was a total piece of shit. So was Bill Cassidy. Good riddance both. Doesn't make any difference at all "how bad" the other guys are.

Few days late with this, but for anyone interested in taking economic action, the largest companies HQ'd in Tennessee include FedEx, Dollar General, AutoZone, Tractor Supply, Unum. Make them feel you. BoycottTheConfederacy.

Julie Novkov@jnovkov.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This amazing image really captures the Tennessee fight and it's all over the internet. I am reposting it to encourage people to credit photographer Nicole Hester and the Tennessean.

Filled up today, and there was a woman crying, literally in tears, at the opposite pump, talking to someone on her phone, repeating over and over: "I only put in 3 gallons and it cost me $20." She was sobbing uncontrollably by the time I left. 1/

What's the purpose of arguing nonsense like this when Musk and his financiers Andreesen Horowitz are pumping $200MM into the midterms (reported by NYT today), as if everyone who remains on X wasn't a collaborator, and as if anyone would be immune to or could control algorithms.

David Roberts@volts.wtf · 5mo ago

It's hard to avoid the conclusion that Bluesky has been a net negative for US politics. They corralled everyone on the left into a little glass fishbowl where they shout at one another & everyone else ignores them. Meanwhile, all the pols & institutions stayed on X & are being dragged farther right.

On the never-ending X vs. Bluesky debate: 1. Anyone who stays on X gives air, platform and legitimacy to fascists, which makes them complicit. 2. Only a total fool, a blindly self-confident fool, would believe they could influence or overpower an algorithm, either by account size or en masse.

Boycott the Confederacy

So mid-decade congressional redistricting is only legal in red states and not in blue states? Okay, since it's apparently not only legal but admirable and expected to storm the Capitol when you don't like an election result, there's always that.

95% of white Americans who voted for this or support this either — are descendants of families that entered the country during the centuries when our borders were entirely open to anyone, descendants of families who were either directly involved or complicit in theft of land and 1/

Defiant border czar brushes away MAGA critics, says ‘mass deportations are coming’ | CNN Politics

White House border czar Tom Homan on Tuesday brushed off critics within President Donald Trump’s base who say the administration is not deporting enough people, while vowing to “flood the zone” with i...

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Was in DC recently, and the banners of our dictator hanging from executive branch department buildings are the most disgusting displays ever seen in our long history. Mao-level stuff. Won’t promote it with pictures, and pictures don’t come near to showing how absolutely vile and evil they are.

Springsteen in Chicago last night was just what we needed after a long fall and winter of watching up close as our friends and neighbors and their families were brutalized. One of the highlights of the evening was the kickoff to the encore set. Entire audience was up and dancing.

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band - “American Land” - Chicago, Illinois - April 29, 2026

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One of the sanest, measured and inspiring voices we have, and this outstanding thread about Callais shows why

Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson@ashdashlee.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The Supreme Court just gutted the Voting Rights Act. 6-3 vote down party line. Alito writing. Louisiana v. Callais. They didn't have the courage to strike it down, so they did the cowards' thing. Left the law on the books and emptied it out.

Piazzale Loreto, April 29, 1945

Whether it happens or not, this is the kind of thought leadership we need going forward to build whatever we’re going to rebuild out of the ashes.

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 5mo ago

a really cool proposal here from justin briley to not just break the court, but break it up--to reconstitute it as a random panel drawn from the circuits for each case www.liberalcurrents.com/break-up-the...

For the most important issue of our time, the number of followers for all but a handful of climate and environment accounts is pathetic. Here’s a starter pack of people, groups, resources. Suggestions welcome.

One of the tragic truths of our timeline

Jared Yates Sexton@jysexton.bsky.social · 5mo ago

If you don’t understand by now, here’s the thing: the present Democratic Party doesn’t represent you. They’re deep in the pockets of corporations and billionaires who pay them to maintain the status quo and provide catharsis to you and people like you. Once you see it you’ll never unsee it.

Still a crap shoot on who is going to go down as the greatest mass murderer of this regime, and my money is still on Lee Zeldin

How the Trump Administration Ended Independent Science at the E.P.A.

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Spring cleaning of the last few months of posts, complete wipe. Man do we live in a horrible, disgusting timeline.

‘Only the brazen can say, “I was not here. I did not do this and feel that.” One hears that all the time…about what people feel they are and are not responsible for. People use these arguments as reasons for not doing what is right or just. It never occurs to them... 1/