JJ
@jjbrainstorm.bsky.social
Lover of indie film. Seeker of lost treasures.
If someone posted this about a Jewish Senator, it would be rightly condemned as anti-semitism. El-Sayed was born and raised in Michigan, but because he is Muslim he is perpetually foreign and under suspicion.
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 19h agoWARNING WARNING WARNING AN ARAB MUSLIM MIGHT RECEIVE CLASSIFIED INTEL???
One correct way to refute a lie: "No one is advocating for [scandalous accusation] because it is a nonexistent Republican lie meant to incite hatred and confusion."
The Supreme Court has restricted the criteria for claims against federal agents. But some states, including Maine, have sought to ensure that there’s a pathway for individuals to sue federal officials by creating them in state law.
This Maine Lawsuit is Testing the Boundaries of Suing Federal Immigration Agents - Bolts
Federal law makes it very difficult to file lawsuits against federal officers, but some states have adopted their own laws to give people a so-called cause of action to sue.
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Hey America. Know who the targets are? Not Canadians. Not Iranians. Not any foreigner. The snipers will be watching YOU!
Jack Hopkins-The Original@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 16h agoWhat does a sniper position at Memorial Circle actually defend against? Not China. Not a submarine. Not a missile. It overlooks a bridge, a traffic circle, and the front door of the National Mall. Those are places where Americans march. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
Israeli attacks on Gaza since 2023 killed at least 73,795 people, wounded more than 174,800. More than 20,000 children killed, 44,000 injured. Thousands of children have lost limbs, while roughly 17,000 have been left unaccompanied or orphaned. The US is directly complicit in this atrocity.
"My opponent wants to hire creeps to inspect your daughter's genitals if she wants to play soccer. I wouldn't trust him or any hired weirdo from his pedophile-protecting party alone in a room with any kid." Go on the offensive, you cowards! It's not that hard!
Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social · 21h ago"This election is about the threat of trans kids" is the worst possible messaging for Dems yet so many candidates are leaning into it. No voter will flip R->D over it. Low-info voters read this as "you're focused on bullshit that doesn't affect me" while the base reads this as "you're an asshole."
“.. the latest indication that neither Ukraine nor Russia has signed up to an energy truce that US President Donald Trump claimed on Sept. 14 had been agreed ..” @bloomberg.com ⛽️ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to visit New York City to address the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, September 24, 2026. He will arrive directly by plane. You've got till the 24th to organize a protest or travel to New York to join a pre-existing one.
"Two men deported to Equatorial Guinea by the Trump administration were hooded, bound, beaten with guns and shoved down a flight of stairs recently by police officers at a remote hotel where Trump administration deportees are being held indefinitely..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/w...
A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportees
Witnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program.
nytimes.com
Republican Governor Jim Pillen has been a champion of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. But at least 20 of his family farms employed undocumented immigrants, according to a new investigation by the Flatwater Free Press and The New York Times. youtu.be/5RZgrR1_7Dc?...
This GOP governor said ‘illegal aliens’ have ‘invaded.’ His family farms EMPLOYED them, report finds
YouTube video by MS NOW
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succinctly summarizing messy stories in a measured tone that sounds matter-of-fact instead of accusatory is this man’s superpower
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 2d agoOssoff: Did you see this business about Don Jr.‘s wedding in the Bahamas? Where he received, apparently, a cash gift from a Russian oligarch connected to the Kremlin? This man, Kremlev, was apparently in China with Putin two days before he flew to the Bahamas for Don Jr.’s wedding…
From @allrisenews.com. Whenever anyone asks a Democrat about a twitch streamer, they should counter with this, which is only one among several dangers to children that Elon has introduced to this world.
For the first time in a while, the Kennedy Center was brimming with life. Thousands of supporters gathered Friday, surrounding as much of the building as they could, in protest of President Trump’s takeover and closure of the venue.
Thousands rally outside shuttered Kennedy Center, chanting ‘Hands off!’
The vigil took place at the end of a week that saw the doors to the marble building locked shut.
washingtonpost.com
I was a single mom for 12 years. I know what it's like to stretch a paycheck until there's nothing left to stretch. That's why my agenda starts with what your family pays for every month: health care, child care, rent and groceries. #angie4fl
As always, hypocrisy is an essential part of the GOP brand. They'd be lost without it.
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 3d agoJeffries: Maria Salazar—she's acting like she had nothing to do with it. You had everything to do with it. You gave ICE the money to violently target law-abiding immigrant families in your community.
Florida has at least four Senators at the moment, which seems vaguely unconstitutional. www.npr.org/2026/06/13/n...
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville faces a residency challenge to run for Alabama governor
Senator Tommy Tuberville is facing a residency challenge that could prevent him from running for governor of Alabama.
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Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 3d agomakes sense since marshall actually lives in florida:
If you thought gas prices couldn't get any higher, they're about to make another drastic price jump. You can thank Donald Trump's Epstein distraction war.
We shouldn't count points after the second half of any sport because they could radically flip the outcome. That's how Alito sounds here.
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie@audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 3d agoi'm not over Alito saying we shouldn't count ballots that are mailed on or before Election Day but arrive shortly afterwards bc they can “radically flip” the “apparent outcome” cannot stress enough that, until all ballots are counted, there's no outcome to flip! ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
"Donald Trump himself is not the disease of our politics. Donald Trump is just the worst symptom of the disease of our politics." Interesting idea from @abdulelsayed.bsky.social when I interviewed him almost a year ago. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Remember when Chipotle blamed menu price increases on wage increases while making tens of millions a year?? …that same Chipotle that shamelessly tries to silence folks who are uniting for a voice at work. Surprise surprise, looks like they’re now teaming up with Palantir to track employee illnesses…
We Regret to Inform You Chipotle Is Now Working With Palantir
Guacamole is extra, but a side of Palantir is free.
seiu.co
A Microsoft executive has called AI training practices "the largest theft of labor in human history," according to new files in our lawsuit against OpenAI. Read more about the ongoing suit here.
We’re suing ChatGPT—and Trump just got involved.
Guess whose side he's on.
motherjones.com
“An astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions” and the “largest theft of labor in human history” is what a Microsoft executive privately said about GenAi as shown in newly unsealed court filings. And these court filings get worse. These execs knew all along the immense theft they committed.
‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."
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NEW: @jerrigreen4tn.bsky.social shares an independent poll showing her leading Blackburn in the Tennessee governor’s race “once voters learn both bios” 👉🏽 www.instagram.com/p/DdZpgT_l9i...
Boykin: The Republicans control the entire government. They control the white house. They control the house. They control the senate. They control six of the nine seats on the supreme court. If you're not happy with the way the country is running America, blame the Republicans.
I bet an unhinged campaign of abuse against these documentary filmmakers will finally be what turns around the world's opinion of Israel.
Alona Ferber@aloner.bsky.social · 4d agoThe response in Israel to Naza is beyond unhinged. Mobs have shown up at the house of co-director Rachel Szor's family. All over social media the directors are being branded traitors and "not Jews". There is a frenzy of incitement to violence against them online www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...