All of this.

Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org · 20h ago

We can't just assume Democratic leadership will hold the regime accountable — we have to organize and demand it.

Enactment of the Responsible Data Center Development Act in NY gets more urgent by the day @governor.ny.gov @patriciafahy46.bsky.social @sengonzalezny.bsky.social

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · yesterday

NYT: “.. The move could prevent residents from raising concerns about — or even learning about — data centers before permits are approved and construction starts.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/c...

We hate this timeline…

Dolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80

Songwriter of I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 5 also invested millions in child literacy, Covid-19 vaccine development and other causes

theguardian.com

Sailor on the USS Lincoln whose father was arrested by ICE: "This is heartbreaking for me. I don't know how I can mentally continue working 12+ hour days knowing that my dad is somewhere, possibly being treated like a criminal"

It's up to us.

God@thegodshow.com · 3d ago

Flock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license plates.

Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code

Flock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license…

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I hope everyone caught this Lancet study confirming that Elon Musk & DOGE are responsible for genocidal levels of suffering & death.

Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis

USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

thelancet.com

See? It's not hard.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

WELKER: Do you think democratic socialists have a place in the Democratic Party? VAN HOLLEN: Yes they do as part of the debate. I think that those in the Dem Party who are afraid of a healthy debate are missing the point, because Democratic voters do not want a return to the pre-Trump status quo

www.huffpost.com/entry/uss-li...

He Waited For His Son To Return From The USS Lincoln. Then Border Patrol Arrested Him.

Immigration authorities arrested Luis Manuel Aviles, a handyman with a work permit whose son was serving as a sailor on the carrier at the time.

huffpost.com

literally no one is saying this

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

Doug Burgum claims the residents of DC are telling him of the Indycar race, "please, please, do this again next year"

Another appeals court has struck down as illegal Trump administration’s efforts to subvert Senate confirmation process for US Attorneys. www.cbsnews.com/news/appeals...

Appeals court says federal prosecutor who subpoenaed Letitia James was unlawfully appointed

A federal appeals court said the top federal prosecutor in the Northern District of New York was unlawfully serving when he subpoenaed state Attorney General Letitia James.

cbsnews.com

@reppaultonko.bsky.social @reprileyny.bsky.social @blakegendebien.bsky.social @caitfornewyork.bsky.social You good with this?

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 3d ago

Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, met privately in recent weeks with Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and top outside adviser, and discussed potential areas of common ground, according to people with knowledge of the meeting.

These cameras record your license plate, location, date, time, vehicle make, model, color, and identifying features; turning your movements into searchable data. And you don't have to be suspected of a crime. Everyone gets scanned. Flock cameras are a tool of mass surveillance.

DeFlock

Find license plate readers (LPRs) near you.

deflock.org

Chief Justice John Roberts says work may proceed “for now” despite the illegal demolition, wasteful construction and round the clock pace at the People’s House. Tragic. Accountability please. www.scotusblog.com/2026/08/supr...

Supreme Court allows White House ballroom construction to continue for now

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💥 ICE drag mom & teen daughter out of hospital room—in middle of being treated after car accident. Still wearing hospital gowns. Both victims of car collusion, with asylum case pending in good standing & valid work permit. Grace Calero 39, & Giulianna Carriel 19, from Ecuador.

Couldn’t make it up if we tried

The attacks on Mark Ruffalo are disgraceful and cynical. The Ellison family and their enterprises have played a clear role in enabling attacks on American democracy and the genocide in Gaza. Shame on anyone attempting to defend them by weaponizing antisemitism.

Mark Ruffalo@markruffalo.bsky.social · 4d ago

Sheriff Salvatore could end this controversy immediately by Getting the Flock Out #DeFlock

Times Union@timesunion.com · 4d ago

The Columbia County sheriff said her predecessor did not circumvent local elected officials when the office purchased 10 cameras in 2024.

The U.S. government is using Palantir to assist in crimes against humanity, yet the USA Today Co. has forged a partnership with this despicable surveillance company. Free Press Co-CEO @jgo4justice.bsky.social weighs in on Democracy Now:

A year ago, just 42% of Americans opposed a data center being built in their community. Today, a staggering 75% do. Are data centers really that bad? Let’s take a look.

Join us this Tuesday for our presentation with Ranked Choice Voting Albany on proposed legislation that would bring ranked choice voting and a single unified election to the City of Albany

🎶 🐸🍵 ~AdminMatt

This is what the fake "free speech" advocates have built: an administration that harasses critics. Produce research showing the expensive National Guard deployments didn't lower crime? Get sued by Trump's lawyers www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...

Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic

It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.

nytimes.com

I talked to @kevincollier.bsky.social and NBC about the anger over surveillance how politicians have allowed this massive surveillance network to be built---and how the time is now to organize and cancel those contracts.

Flock camera vandals say privacy reforms aren’t enough: ‘The changes are bull----’

The surveillance company announced shorter data retention and new oversight after a wave of attacks on its cameras.

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And, lest we forget, this Albany-based, not-really-US Attorney was recently disciplined by the NYS Bar campaignforaccountability.org/watchdog-fil...

Watchdog Files to Unseal John Sarcone Disciplinary Proceedings

CfA filed to unseal all records concerning the disciplinary proceeding against John A. Sarcone III, the First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the NDNY.

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Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 5d ago

A federal appeals court ruled that an acting U.S. attorney in New York was serving illegally when he issued subpoenas to New York Attorney General Letitia James. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

There are going to be Democrats who say we shouldn’t rip it all out — it’s already built, we have other priorities — but removing the visible signs of Trumpism is absolutely necessary.

Andy Craig@andycraig.bsky.social · 5d ago

The vandalism and desecration of the White House isn't just vanity and it's not trivial. It's caesarism, as in literally what Julius Caesar did to the symbolic architecture of civic republicanism. Our national iconography matters and allowing the disfiguring of it to persist is a substantive harm.

As you can tell from this short thread, Korte is a pro, and some national MSM outlet ought to pick her up and get her back in print, pronto. You'd get a lot of great stories, and you'd drive Hegseth bananas.

Nicholas Slayton@nslayton.bsky.social · 5d ago

Lara Korte, who was just fired from Stars & Stripes, has been covering the relocation of personnel from Bahrain for months and did a great piece today on 1,300 Navy family members displaced from Bahrain who are stuck in limbo given the damage to the Bahrain base. www.stripes.com/branches/nav...

There will be a lot of well meaning people who will tell you to temper your hate in the coming years

CNN@cnn.com · 5d ago

A five-year-old boy and his father were arrested by ICE while they were on their way to a soccer match. Video shows the arrest stemming from a vehicle stop in Austin, Texas.

Confabulation is a key symptom of frontotemporal dementia 🌈💫

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

Trump on transgender kids: "In fact, hospitals now are doing reverse surgery, at my order"

A month after the Trump admin declared without evidence that thousands of noncitizens had illegally registered to vote in Nevada, DHS officials were unable to substantiate the claim — finding just 185 potential anomalies, not the 16,000 claimed last month.

Homeland Security Made a Big Claim About Noncitizen Voting. Now It Can’t Prove It.

The Department of Homeland Security told Nevada election officials that it identified 185 “potential” noncitizens on the state’s voter rolls, not the nearly 16,000 it claimed last month.

nytimes.com