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Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The DOJ under the Biden administration opened an investigation into Representative Ilhan Omar in 2024 to scrutinize her finances, campaign spending and interactions with a foreign citizen. The investigation appears to have stalled for lack of evidence. Full Story: bit.ly/4qEqgA3

And anyone who tries to run on a platform of “we should just move on and pretend this never happened” should be sent packing in the primaries. Really, the moderate position is “prosecute them all.”

Patrick Wyman@patrickwyman.bsky.social · 13h ago

There is absolutely no viable path forward for this country that doesn’t hinge on extreme accountability for everyone involved in this administration. They’re going to whine about politicization and credulous media types will echo them, but the thing is, they’ve committed tons of obvious crimes!

There is absolutely no viable path forward for this country that doesn’t hinge on extreme accountability for everyone involved in this administration. They’re going to whine about politicization and credulous media types will echo them, but the thing is, they’ve committed tons of obvious crimes!

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 14h ago

I do not think an exec branch led by a man who thinks he is entitled to treat federal agents as an arm of his firm, refers to Somali Americans as “garbage” and has said racist things specifically about Omar is capable of neutrally applying the law to her, to put it mildly apnews.com/article/ilha...

As the Trump administration has relentlessly pursued immigrants, federal agents have run roughshod over the constitutional rights of U.S. citizens. We’re showing you every incident we’ve confirmed — along with the receipts: https://propub.li/3TBuddL

something like a multiracial Yankee Peronism was what voters imagined what they were getting in '24 and what they actually got is George Bush's third term alongside the NatCon cultural revolution. turns out those tastes don't go well together!

Baptiste Lerak@baptistelerak.bsky.social · 24h ago

It remains amazing to me that they had an obvious pathway entrench a reactionary regime for a generation and they blew it out of sheer incompetence, stupidity and hubris.

It seems like one side of the country’s political divide supports: - unprovoked wars - capitol punishment as entertainment - ICE/CBD agents killing immigrants as a mere cost of doing business - women being denied life-saving treatment when pregnancies are not viable … and views itself as “pro-life.”

Years ago I wrote this essay, and the clamor for compromise and one-sided pandering marches on, and of course David Brooks is a standard-bearer in the parade. As Jamelle Bouie notes, what if they are Nazis?

Rebecca Solnit: On Not Meeting Nazis Halfway

When Trump won the 2016 election—while losing the popular vote—the New York Times seemed obsessed with running features about what Trump voters were feeling and thinking. These pieces treated them …

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driftglass@driftglass.bsky.social · 3d ago

"Jon Ossoff, my advice to him is, if you start calling your political opponents Nazis, maybe it's time to shut up. That's just not what we do here in this country." -- David Brooks, this evening. Remember, Brooks still gets very handsomely rewarded by the fossilized media for saying shit like this

The Republican Party is chock full of Nazis. The government has Nazis in senior administration positions. The Republican Party’s largest donor is a neo-Nazi. David Brooks might not want to admit it, but that’s why it’s long past time for him to shut up.

driftglass@driftglass.bsky.social · 3d ago

"Jon Ossoff, my advice to him is, if you start calling your political opponents Nazis, maybe it's time to shut up. That's just not what we do here in this country." -- David Brooks, this evening. Remember, Brooks still gets very handsomely rewarded by the fossilized media for saying shit like this

Strange how their version of Christianity can always come out in favor of horrible cruelty but never like, I don't know, helping anyone.

Dean Obeidallah@deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 2d ago

Trump supporter at rally defends public execution based on Christianity. I'm Serious: “We’re a Christian nation, and that means that we’re not going to let Satan get his way.” There are no words for how dangerous MAGA is to our nation. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/u...

My theory about RFK Jr. is that this is individualism taken to its extreme: don't regulate food, don't mandate vaccines. If you get sick, you should've done your own research. Your health is your own responsibility, even when corps. are allowed to put you at risk. The privatization of public health.

A.R. Moxon@juliusgoat.bsky.social · 3d ago

Our long national nightmare of minimizing toxic chemicals in our food is finally over. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

“Texas Tech’s censorship policy does not just affect the humanities. According to the AAUP lawsuit, medical students at the campus in El Paso are no longer permitted to learn about racial disparities in medical care or how to treat underserved populations.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

This is a recurring theme in Trump II. “We get to do a bunch of crimes, until someone sues, at which point we’ll stop, and we won’t face any consequences because it’s moot now”

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2d ago

BREAKING: In responding to one of two lawsuits challenging the legality of the Trump-praising DHS propaganda ads, DOJ tonight does not defend the ads on the merits — instead arguing that the ads are set to end on Sunday, so there will be no irreparable harm. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I do not have cause and effect mixed up. It’s a matter of degrees. Ossoff has been tough. But you don’t use words like “bigot” and “Third Reich” until you’ve tested all the others and you know the wind is at your back.

Richard M. Nixon@dicknixon.bsky.social · 4d ago

You don't talk like Ossoff did unless you're going to win by 10-12.

Where's the anthropic agent that goes rogue and deletes all the federal student loan debt?

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d ago

(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...

Democrats must recon with the idea that, guided by ideology and in exchange for massive profits from government contracts, many of these tech companies were *fine* assisting with the erosion of democracy and civil/human rights violations en mass.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d ago

One key point @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social makes here is that if Dems win the midterms (and win in 2028), deploying congressional power creatively to unwind Elon Musk's sway over the government (contracts, etc) will be essential to any reconstruction: www.ms.now/opinion/elon...

Ossoff is one of the very few people adequately channeling Evelyn Normielib these days the base doesn't want to hear entreaties to our better natures, they don't want to go high while the other side goes low, they want someone to come on the TV and go "these people are garbage" he's good at it

Bill McKibben@billmckibben.bsky.social · 4d ago

Figuring out why Ossoff is so effective is an interesting task. I think he's mastering a kind of stern dignity that is uniquely compelling in contrast to the clownish cruelty of the other side. I think the other person who's kind of hit on the same thing is AOC, though in a different register

Know your target and what lies beyond Just a stunning admission of failure to adhere to the most basic professional standards. The lack of human decency is only matched by the lack of competency. And perhaps the willingness to spin any half truth to avoid the slightest hint of responsibility

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 4d ago

Breaking news: ICE didn’t know a 5-year-old boy was in the car when an officer fired on Oscar Belgal, a Dominican man in New York, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said.

I'm not, but I think this is the difference between "as a sentient american I fully understand pete is a big dumb racist sexist rapist idiot" vs "oh I absolutely know that Type of Guy, I've worked with a half dozen of them"

jamelle@jamellebouie.net · 4d ago

i am genuinely shocked by the psychotic bloodthirst on display with hegseth

The Bishops aren't saying anything that isn't already obvious. "Barbaric Culture of Death" is basically Hegseth's religion.

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops@usccbofficial.bsky.social · 4d ago

USCCB President Condemns Plans for Livestream of Fort Hood Shooter's Execution as ‘a Barbaric Promotion of a Culture of Death’ Read the full release at: https://ow.ly/8pBo50ZWhiV

Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."

Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.

80% of the country is pissed off about something and they're blaming GOP incumbents for it, the worst possible strategy for a Dem challenger is to tell the base "I don't share your values" while also telling swing voters "I'm so out of touch I think 'men in women's sports' is a real concern."

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 4d ago

SC Dem Senate nominee Annie Andrews released an ad calling trans women "biological men." She embraces sports and surgery bans for youth. Her campaign even says she won't work to overturn the HRT/blocker trans youth ban. She once argued against capitulation. Subscribe to support our journalism.

a livestreamed execution is just a lynching

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 4d ago

The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan

need so badly for everyone in the country to understand that whatever they do to people like Nidal Malik Hasan, they would also do to you.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4d ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed in December.

One way you can tell christofash are ontologically evil is that they cannot stop talking about how much they love killing people and make everyone watch them do it and say how cool it is to do that, to just constantly be killing people

Erin Fogg says Free Link@criminalerin.bsky.social · 4d ago

The real battle is spiritual and that's why we need to *touches ear piece* I have just received word from both station management and my attorney who are begging me to say what we need to is pray

capitalism could allow for that right now, bitch

Gianmarco Soresi@gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 4d ago

Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon

It will be a fun rematch next season. Also, every Padres fan just became a Brewers fan for the NLCS.

Richard M. Nixon@dicknixon.bsky.social · 5d ago

If people remember Padres-Brewers, and I think they will, I hope it's that two fairly evenly-matched teams who play sound fundamental baseball is always more exciting than two sluggers on each side and a bunch of guys getting a paycheck.

This is horrifying Tuskegee-level shit.

Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · 5d ago

The CDC just re-opened a previously shelved study that would withhold the hepatitis B vaccine from children in Guinea-Bissau, despite decades of evidence showing it is safe and effective. This is a violation of human rights, using “science” to harm some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

25 years ago today, the U.S. launched its war in Afghanistan. Weeks earlier, Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against the 2001 Authorization of Military Force, warning it would be a blank check for forever wars. History has proven her lonely and courageous vote right.

To be fair, this is what I look like running now...6 weeks after breaking a toe.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 5d ago

Pete Hegseth trails behind the crowd while running with troops in San Diego