“Me: Waiter… CHECK PLEASE!.. Just pour the flaming bananas down my throat. I HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE!” God I needed this @wkamaubell.bsky.social thing about Ross Douthat. Inject it into my veins

W. Kamau Bell@wkamaubell.bsky.social · last wk.

Ross Douthat has been hired by Bari Weiss to be a correspondent on SIXTY FREAKING MINUTES! I decided to repost my review of an episode of Ross’s New York Times podcast that he titled “Did Women Ruin The Workplace?” I stand by it.😬 wkamaubell.substack.com/p/did-the-ne...

👇🏻MS NOW's podcasts like this are genuniely so handy. A really underappreciated feature of the network. Really excited for @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social 's new format especially.

Lauren Winn@laurenwinn.bsky.social · last wk.

Did you know if you can't catch @connectwithjacob.bsky.social live on air that each hour of the show is available as a podcast? Check it out wherever you get your podcasts so you can stay connected with us 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/5Mdw...

I'm not OK with robots deciding if my parents in their peers get care. Absolutely not.

👇🏻This seems bad. And Trump would do some outlandish stuff on the afternoon before a holiday. Every Friday at 5pm in the first administration, some weird stuff would go down.

George Chidi, Evil Reporter@neonflag.bsky.social · last mo.

Some truly stupid shit on elections is coming down the pike soon, I think. Sorry to vague post, but I'm nailing down sources.

Some truly stupid shit on elections is coming down the pike soon, I think. Sorry to vague post, but I'm nailing down sources.

Today's narrow SCOTUS ruling on trans athletes gives Republicans exactly what they want: keeping the issue alive to make campaign ads about. open.substack.com/pub/aridrenn...

A Narrow SCOTUS Ruling Ensures Trans Athletes Remain a Campaign Issue

The Court didn’t ban anything. It rubber-stamped the states that already had bans, left twenty-three states a choice, and kept the issue on every ballot — exactly as intended.

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Remember: Two red states brought their bills to the Supreme Court to advance their anti-trans agenda nationally. "Trans activists" did not bring this case to the court. This was *done to* trans people. I was outside the court in January too. It felt like that. Resilience in the face of oppression.

Lex McMenamin (they/them)@lexmcmenamin.com · last mo.

in Jan, I was at the rally for the trans sports case at the Supreme Court. today SCOTUS ruled states can ban trans girls from sports. @us.theguardian.com "This hyper-focus on sports is yet another example of the ways that they are trying to erase trans and non-binary people from public life.”

👇🏻I love this. @deanobeidallah.bsky.social has been doing progressive live interview shows since before it was cool and everywhere. Of course he gets interviews with good progressive candidates before they're cool and everywhere. Let's gooooo!

Dean Obeidallah@deanobeidallah.bsky.social · last mo.

What do Brad Lander, Melat Kiros, Analilia Mejia, Darializa Avila Chevalier, Adam Hamway & Claire Valdez all have in common?! All progressives who won contested primaries for Congress this year AND all were on my show in lead up to election. Road to Congress runs through The Dean Obeidallah show! 😀

Tell 'em @alaw202.bsky.social . Guys like Lawler get away with sounding so squishy and moderate but these votes have massive consequences for their constituents.

Social Security Works@socialsecurityworks.org · 2mo ago

Republicans like Mike Lawler (NY-17) voted to cut TRILLIONS of dollars from Medicaid, Medicare, and SNAP. Why? TO PUT THAT MONEY IN THE POCKETS OF BILLIONAIRES!

Republicans like Mike Lawler (NY-17) voted to cut TRILLIONS of dollars from Medicaid, Medicare, and SNAP. Why? TO PUT THAT MONEY IN THE POCKETS OF BILLIONAIRES!

Chef’s kiss of a sentence

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 2mo ago

They think AI could be the remedy for the ancient, nameless dread that bosses experience every time they contemplate the fact that if they don't show up for work, everything hums along fine; whereas if the *workers* don't show up, the whole enterprise collapses. 25/

It's official. The Guardian now reaches more *American* readers than the Washington Post does. Let nobody say, "Well, talking to @theguardian.com 's great, but when we talk to them, aren't we basically talking to Brits?" www.niemanlab.org/reading/the-...

The Guardian now has a bigger online audience in the U.S. than The Washington Post

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According to the latest World Press Freedom Index, the United States now ranks 64th in the world in press freedom, a drop of 7 spots from the previous year. This also just happens to be the first index that captures Trump's second term in the White House. rsf.org/en/classemen...

"This ongoing, un-American harassment of journalists eerily echoes the Bureau’s darkest days," North America director for Reporters Without Borders Clayton Weimers said about the FBI's probe of a NY Times reporter. "It's time for Patel to cash out and resign." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

F.B.I. Said to Have Investigated Times Reporter After Article on Patel’s Girlfriend

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The Trump administration wants to wash its hands of the "Sistine Chapel of the New Deal". It doesn't have to be this way. Our full convo with @socialsecurityworks.org's Alex Lawson on the Wilbur J. Cohen building, protecting Social Security data, and more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKcK...

Our Executive Director @alaw202.bsky.social spoke with @courtacctability.bsky.social about Trump's plan to destroy an invaluable piece of Social Security's history — and how we can stop him.

Trump Targets New Historical Landmark

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Sometimes good writing just...helps. I really appreciated this from @marisakabas.bsky.social this week.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 4mo ago

New — I wrote about the terror and loss of the last few days, mostly so we don’t forget. www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-iran...

👀 this is fantastic #Pope promotion from the Chicago #WhiteSox and a pretty poignant statement for the time we are in.

"States are moving — aggressively, creatively, and increasingly together — to impose accountability on a detention system explicitly designed to avoid it." Encouring note to end the week, from @gabygoldstein.bsky.social @state-futures.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/trump-w...

Wow. Way to rub it in, April 11, 1954.

depths of wikipedia@depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 4mo ago

happy anniversary of when almost nothing happened

Whoever's been pushing this video out, I've seen it alllll over this week. Kudos. When your less political friends send you a thing like this, you know we're doing something right on the left.

Jezebel@jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Giving up millions is one thing, but denying AI big shots the pleasure of thinking they can buy up our towns? Priceless. www.jezebel.com/26-million-d...

Yes, please. Grocery chains messing with prices is so creepy and exploitative. I hate how much I worry about getting scammed just checking out at the grocery store these days. Shoutout to the states working on this. @cyndimunson.bsky.social & more... h/t @maddyfitz.bsky.social

Pennsylvania Capital-Star@penncapital-star.com · 4mo ago

With many Americans struggling to afford the basics, consumers and lawmakers alike are becoming more concerned about how retailers are using algorithms — many of which rely on personal data — to price products. Some companies are using a tactic known as surveillance pricing. From @stateline.org

This is encouraging talk from a moderate Democrat who is really, really pissed off. Dems can’t—and should never—give Trump anything.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Here's the exchange in which Rep Adam Smith says all Dems should oppose any more funding for the war. Smith is generally moderate, so for him to unload this way is a big deal: newrepublic.com/article/2080...

I’m here for the DC City Council’s oversight hearing on MPD, and so are an awful lot of concerned DC residents. The line’s out the door… #stopmpd #freedc #endtheoccupation

👇🏻It's so critical that we don't memory−hole this. Elon Musk and his team ransacked our government institutions. They made off with our data. We don't even know all they've done with it yet. Tune into @socialsecurityworks.org on this...

Social Security Works@socialsecurityworks.org · 7mo ago

Thanks to Donald Trump and the Supreme Court, Elon Musk’s DOGE minions have access to our private Social Security data. So does anyone they choose to share it with — and anyone who can hack the unsecured server they’ve stored it on.

It's not just that Trump's immigration policy is underwater. It's that the numbers are *so bad* that his political team is using an Axios leak to try and change his mind on the policy

When a Supreme Court case involves a young person, they’re named by their initials, even if they speak publicly about the case— hence, “West Virginia v. B.P.J.” So these “TEAM B.P.J” foam fingers from @lambdalegal.org were just perfect for cheering on a student athlete. Love it. Go Becky!

Power move today from @repmarktakano.bsky.social: He and Linda McMahon were speaking to dueling rallies in front of the Supreme Court. He went off-script and faced her: “Did you hear me, Sec. McMahon? Trans kids have a right to free and equal access to education!…Restore the Office of Civil Rights!”

Beautiful speech from @markey.senate.gov today at SCOTUS: “I am here because trans kids deserve more than to be debated on cable news. Trans kids deserve joy. Trans kids deserve support…I want you to know that you are loved… I will always stand with you.”

Beautiful day today at the Supreme Court. Trans joy, dancing and big supportive family energy. @americansunited.bsky.social @aclu.org @transequality.bsky.social @pflag.org