People on Fox News have the ethnic balance of Nazi Germany. Blond and blue-eyed, or as close as possible. I know this is obvious but we need to call it out. Make it explicit.
Cautious Hope
@goodwraith.bsky.social
An active resistor in post-democracy America: every single day I sit down to work DSA
How do I love thee Zohran let me count the ways www.wsj.com/us-news/mamd...
Mamdani Is Shunning New York Business Leaders Who Are Used to Calling the Shots
The mayor fired corporate leaders from a city fund’s advisory board in the latest sign that he is changing the way such power brokers access City Hall.
wsj.com
what the shit? Max Miller is a truly gruesome human being. "Moreno’s lawyer Subodh Chandra claimed that some documents published to Dropbox left the daughter’s name unredacted and contained “private images”" www.politico.com/live-updates...
Max Miller’s lawyer admits to accidentally releasing ‘private images’ of daughter
Lawyers for ex-wife Emily Moreno said possible “Child Sexual Abuse Material” was included in a trove of documents the Ohio lawmaker publicly posted.
politico.com
Progressives have their feet on the ground.
David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · yesterdayIt's election day in Michigan, and I'm struck by how the centrists have run to win an electibility argument and the progressives have run to win the race they're actually running in. Almost like mobilizing support and speaking to the needs of voters matters! prospect.org/2026/08/04/m...
There is also this fundraiser circulating to help support Edwin’s family: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Donate to Support for Edwin’s Family After Tragic Loss, organized by National Day Laborer Organizing Network
On August 1, 2026, beloved Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo lost… National Day Laborer Organizing Network needs your support for Support for Edwin’s Family After Tragic Loss
gofundme.com
Luba Howard@marynlm.bsky.social · 2d agoImmigrant Held at Delaney Detention Center Has Died, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/n...
Immigrant Held at Delaney Detention Center Has Died, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/n...
Immigrant Held at Delaney Detention Center Has Died, Officials Say (Gift Article)
The mayor of Newark identified the dead man as Edwin Lopez-Cornejo. The New Jersey center has been the focus of intense scrutiny for its treatment of detainees.
nytimes.com
“in the decades after Lee’s surrender, Confederate heritage groups lobbied Congress, educators and the broader public to adopt a name for the war that avoided calling the Southerners “rebels.” The use of “Slaveholders’ Rebellion” began early. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...
Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)
To face our history, we must be honest about it.
nytimes.com
"a cyberattack this week on dozens of municipal water systems in Minnesota was probably the work of Iranian hackers, according to U.S. and state officials" www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/u...
U.S. Sees Iran as Likely Behind Cyberattack on Minnesota Water Systems
Investigators cautioned that the assessment was preliminary. There were no indications that any water supply had been rendered unsafe to drink.
nytimes.com
"Space is a warfighting domain. We build autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors — enabling the U.S. and its Allies to secure the space environment and counter threats from the ultimate high ground." job-boards.greenhouse.io/trueanomalyi...
Corporate Counsel, Spacecraft Licensing
Denver, CO, Long Beach, CA , DC
job-boards.greenhouse.io
"Few outside the Atlantic core ever mistook Pax Americana for the best of all possible worlds. The old order of high-minded hypocrisy was never good enough for the global south; it was not simply ruined by a president offering too raw a deal."
flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · last wk.Guardian US here asking the key question of the era, while Guardian UK focuses on other matters www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Even in Jordan Donald Chumb is blowing up relationships www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/w...
Some Jordanians Dare to Speak Out Against U.S. Troop Presence
Hundreds of political, legal and other figures signed a public letter warning that Jordan’s close alliance with the United States poses a risk.
nytimes.com
"paradoxically, by standing down their candidate in Montana, Democrats actually increase their chance of victory nationally." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-07-28...
To defeat Republicans, Democrats may have to sit some races out
An exclusive poll shared first with Strength In Numbers shows Independent Seth Bodnar in Montana runs ahead of the Democrat in a hypothetical Senate horse-race
gelliottmorris.com
The iron law of Israel: no matter how bad things are, they always get worse. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-w...
Give yourself a minute to fantasize about actually getting the Rs to do this own-goal
Alt National Park Service@altnps.bsky.social · last wk.💯
In Israel the outrageous violence against Palestinians is common wisdom
“In total, undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion, or roughly $9,000 per person, in taxes in 2022, the report shows. While their incomes are usually lower, they’re less likely to claim refunds or earn tax-preferred income”
Undocumented Immigrants in US Pay Nearly $100 Billion in Taxes
Undocumented immigrants paid almost $100 billion of taxes, underscoring the importance of border policies on the country’s tax collections, according to a new report.
bloomberg.com
May the trump curse follow the dodgers for the next 50 years. After everything that's happening and all the crimes and corruption they give the MFer a the series championship ring. May they never see a championship again ever.
Google Is Censoring Reviews of ICE Detention Centers by @sambiddle.com theintercept.com/2026/07/20/g...
Google Is Censoring Reviews of ICE Detention Centers
In the past year, Google Maps was deleting all the reviews for dozens of ICE jails, a new study found.
theintercept.com
I’m doing a little activism related to Gaza - helping write a question for a town hall - and the first thing I’m doing is rewording away from Israel. As soon as the topic is the ancient homeland of Jews, the source of the whole diaspora, we lose people.
America got scammed. And like all victims of scam, America *chose* to be scammed.
🔥DR. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social : “ICE has nothing to do with immigration. ICE is about normalizing paramilitary force on our streets, weaponizing the idea of immigration against the Constitution. ICE cannot be reformed, retrained… ICE has to be ABOLISHED.” (And held accountable)
Human Rights Violations Against Transgender Communities in the US (Human Rights Watch, 2023): www.hrw.org/news/2023/09... Does anybody know of more recent research or tracking?
Human Rights Violations against Transgender Communities in the US
Family separation of predominantly communities of color has been an integral part of a prolonged white supremacist and settler colonialist legacy in the U.S. This submission provides a brief historic ...
hrw.org
Very important piece by Cerin Lindgrensavage and @davidasuper.bsky.social. This behavior by the administration is not only illegal, it is anti-constitutional. 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.
thehill.com