This will get a fraction of the attention that Zohran Mamdani got for calling Netanyahu a war criminal.

Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · 2d ago

Depicting Jewish people with horns is a centuries-old, dehumanizing, antisemitic trope. Democratic Gov nominee Phil Weiser is outspoken about his mother’s birth in a Nazi concentration camp, his family members killed in the Holocaust, and the threat posed by antisemitism today.

Check out @progressivemass.bsky.social's voter guide for the ballot questions this November. 🗳️🗳️🗳️🗳️ #mapoli www.progressivemass.com/2026-ballot-...

Yeah i almost fell for it, Thom, but no, still fuck you

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 9h ago

"Republican Senators Thom Tillis and John Cornyn each reneged on their promises to meet with victims of Jeffrey Epstein, with Tillis even leaving them waiting in his office for 45 minutes before they gave up." newrepublic.com/post/213959/...

Let Councilor Durkan cook 🔥

Today is a good day to follow news outlets that take a stand against Generative AI slop (this is a living document, please send recs!) go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT

I don't want to miss a chance to dunk on these people but don't we go through a round of this discourse every 6 months

huck mason@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 15h ago

for reasons that only make sense if you're insane, a TPUSA kid complaining about burrito costs on xitter has the GOP's biggest divas going for each other's throats.

@abdulelsayed.bsky.social triumphing over something like $60 million, $32-ish million of it AIPAC money, is not a "narrow" victory, it's a people's earthquake. This kind of spending is oligarchy in action, to smother democracy through its formal channels, and is getting normalized. Still he won.

forgive my DCer resentment upon being reminded how easy it is to have great outdoors spaces and food in Europe while in the US public authorities track any evidence of such spaces to find new ways to maximize car space.

A nice @boltsmag.org write-up of last night’s huge victory for democracy in Missouri. They cover these state referendums better than anyone else. Via @pascalsabino.bsky.social boltsmag.org/missouri-rej...

Missourians Reject Measure That Threatened to Kill Citizen-Led Ballot Initiatives - Bolts

Missourians on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted against a measure to restrict direct democracy, while state officials are trying to block even more citizen-led reforms from the November ballot.

boltsmag.org

Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights for Thousands With Past Felony Convictions boltsmag.org/virginia-gov...

Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights for Thousands With Past Felony Convictions - Bolts

This is the only state that was banning people convicted of any felony from voting for life. Virginians have an opportunity to end that system for good in November.

boltsmag.org

Dr. Angel Foster has made $5 abortion pills so accessible that abortions in Mississippi are up a mind-boggling 85% since Dobbs.

She's remaking the abortion landscape one pill at a time

Far from buckling under Dobbs, the access movement has created “a whole new way of doing healthcare.”

motherjones.com

Watching a medical expert try to navigate the nation's response to a deadly pandemic? ENRAGING Hearing your daughter describe how her ex-husband put a gun to her head? Boooooooorrrrrrrriiiiiiiinnnnngggg

Sen. Bernie Moreno Doesn't 'Know' if Embattled Rep. Max Miller Should Stay on Ballot

The senator’s daughter accused Miller of domestic violence. Miller denies the allegations, but they’re making his reelection race tighter.

notus.org

"Senator Moreno, have you refused to say anything because you think your daughter is lying about these allegations of abuse or because you prioritize Republican politics above your own family?"

Adam Parkhomenko@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 6d ago

Bernie Moreno still not saying anything because he’s a gutless sack of shit.

Wait, it’s August???????????? WHO APPROVED THIS, omg??????

Do y’all understand this means that next month is SEPTEMBER???????

Saeed Jones@theferocity.bsky.social · 5d ago

NIGGA???? THE EIGHTH MONTH?????

Honestly would rather burn money than have it go to palantir.

Jenny Cohn@jennycohn.bsky.social · last wk.

In its most recent quarterly financial report, Palantir reported $1.28 billion in total US revenue. Of that amount, $687 million came from U.S. taxpayer-funded agencies—an EIGHTY FOUR PERCENT INCREASE year-over-year. Cool. Cool … 1/

“[The library] is the main space that folks go to get out of the element & it's designated for that purpose. But now the exact people that absolutely need to be able to have access to that are going to catch a 1-3 year ban because they're also trying to sleep outside when it's closed at night."

Why has DC's MLK Library banned sleeping outside?

New enforcement includes rope barriers and police to keep homeless people from sleeping under the library's overhang.

51st.news

NEW: The Massachusetts Senate passed a bill to ensure residents don't have to leave the state for abortion care. While MA did codify abortion, the law didn't protect patients who need later care. Forced travel harms patients and uses abortion fund resources. Bill goes to Gov. Healey for signature

Great multi-organization, multi-issue event at the State House giving Beacon Hill a big series of "Incompletes" for the unfinished work of the legislative session. It's not okay to just go on vacation and let issues languish with indefinite timelines. #mapoli

Healey refuses to hire more DTA case workers so that people who call about SNAP offices with questions about benefits never hear back, but sure, we should totally prioritize all of the costs of this rollout instead. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/30/m...

Massachusetts rolls out new chip-enabled EBT cards amid concerns of SNAP benefits fraud - The Boston Globe

Officials have said that the new EBT cards, which rely on chip and tap payments, are much less susceptible to card skimming.

bostonglobe.com

Oh my God, this is not a drill - LinkedIn has added 'seems like AI slop' as an option on posts Genuinely thought it was a joke until I clicked on a few posts

If you combine the total votes cast in support of Trump's priorities this session from both MA senators (Warren and Markey), the total is still less than or equal to that of every other senator but Bernie. And by a lot.

Great turnout from across the state for the rent control rally at the State House

also, the guy who famously struggles with mental illness calls someone else "crazy pants" which further stigmatizes mental illness??? Like ok. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.

brent sewer socialist🚰🌹@therealbrent.bsky.social · last wk.

Yes, it’s definitely Bernie Sanders who is hurting Democrats’ chances in November, not the guy who goes on Fox News every day to shit on Democrats

Absolute blowout

“Maybe to distract myself from the question of loneliness, I’m working to chart the depths of my ride with Mister Anthony.” @theferocity.bsky.social considers a conversation he had with his Lyft driver, Mister Anthony, where they discuss a shared pull to New Orleans. 🔗: https://shorturl.at/f2rJl

I think it would be fun to watch an adaption of THE ODYSSEY or THE ILIAD that’s entirely from the gods’ perspective. Like, let’s just stay on Olympus and watch those petty heauxes go at it.

In 2023 while in NOLA, a Lyft Driver and I had a conversation about leaving home. It led to him telling me about his terminal diagnosis. “An editor told me once that if you want to understand a war, interview the grave diggers. I’d add that if you want to understand a city, interview the drivers.”

Mister Anthony

oxfordamerican.org

This is what politicians are protecting when they oppose single payer.

ProPublica@propublica.org · last wk.

Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said. (Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)

@votejivan.bsky.social belated but THANK YOU for maintaining you opposition to SpotShotter-- we know that surveillance technology does not keep us safe and the sudden flip flopping of many councilmembers is disturbing to myself, along with many other Cambridge residents I know