I'm a feminist, I think Natalie Harp belongs in the dock at the war crimes trials along with the men.
Kathleen Geier
@kathygee.bsky.social
Feminist. Socialist. Chicagoan. Lover of film, theater, books, music, travel, dogs. Words @ Baffler, Nation, In These Times. She/her. kathleenageier@gmail.com
To all the people whining about any commentary on Natalie Harp: We’re paying her $150,000 salary. Trump isn’t. Perfectly legitimate to ask what job serving the public she’s doing.
Dave Marsh sticking around long enough to outlive every single Grateful Dead songwriter is kind of an inspiration. A consumate hater.
burn it all down@russbengtson.bsky.social · last wk.RIP Dave Marsh you legend you
Have to admire the smooth way Ossoff rolled that hand grenade under the tent flap. Excellent killer instincts.
There are four overlapping scandals here: 1. Fundraising spam tactics are hallmarks of elder financial exploitation 2. The Dem establishment is in on it 3. Most of what is raised goes to fundraising consultants 4. Capitulation to legal threats by NYT and The Bulwark on a fully vetted story 🧵👇
Hook and Squeeze
How Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations.
data4democracy.substack.com
i just found out that my mentor, friend & inspiration Dave Marsh has left the planet. I will write more later but this piece I wrote about the anthology of his work his friends curated a few years back captures many of my thoughts: jukeboxgraduate.com/why-dave-mar...
Why Dave Marsh Matters
you must choose, brothers, you must choose
jukeboxgraduate.com
“Every child, every human being, possesses an infinite dignity. Each is created in the image and likeness of God (cf. Gen 1:26); each is a presence of the Lord. Before every migrant child, we are called to make an act of humanity and faith, for we are able to welcome and encounter the Lord.”
Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · last wk.“… my thoughts turn to the words of Jesus that profoundly challenge our consciences: ‘Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me’ (Mt 18:5),” Pope Leo writes. “It is not a question of numbers or statistics. The Gospel invites us not to calculate: even one.”
Jamelle Bouie's recent YT video is an excellent takedown of exactly this genre of bullshit. youtu.be/46tpqFxfomI?... I highly, highly recommend following Jamelle on his YT channel, Takes. Along with his NYT column, it's one of the essential guides to understanding these awful times.
The pundits have completely lost the plot
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · last wk.Yet another op-ed in prestige media pretending racism, sexism and transphobia among Republicans is a response to Democratic overreach www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/o...
Yet another op-ed in prestige media pretending racism, sexism and transphobia among Republicans is a response to Democratic overreach www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/o...
Really great piece by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social about the gender implications of AOC running for president and how she is dealing with that. Highly recommend. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/o...
Opinion | Is Ocasio-Cortez Ready for the Glass Cliff? (Gift Article)
She will run as a woman but unlike how every woman before her was forced to run.
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This is never getting fixed until Democrats start vocally arguing that IMMIGRATION IS GOOD instead of just saying, "well, we'd like to enforce immigration laws a bit less harshly than the Trump administration"
Jessica Montoya Coggins@jessicamcoggins.bsky.social · 2w agoA young woman is now testifying behind the black curtain about racial profiling. Her father was picked up by ICE. She only found out when he didn't show up for work. When she found his vehicle (abandoned), ICE officers then snatched her brother. “My whole world was gone in a matter of hours.”
"Trump is now all but the most unpopular second-term president at this stage of their tenure in the history of polling ... The only exception ... Nixon had even less public support at this stage in his second term but at that point he was just days away from resigning over the Watergate scandal."
Trump’s Polling Numbers Hit a New Low. Don’t Expect Him to Change Course. (Gift Article)
Barely a third of Americans approve of Mr. Trump’s handling of the job, putting him at historic depths for a second-term president at this stage of his tenure.
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I appreciate how many people are in agreement about the white Evangelical Christians preaching during flights and recording it for social media. Modern flights are difficult enough right now and many people are tired of being recorded without their permission or consent.
Well, well. *Someone* is being a Bitter Betty about her impending shellacking at the polls on Tuesday.
@thejrocktv.bsky.social · 3w agoShe knows she’s losing so she said let’s just go mask off.
matt stoller fully embracing his role as sexual assault denialist
Villette - Charlotte Bronte The Innocent Mrs Duff - Elizabeth Sanxay Holding Passing - Nella Larsen Black Money - Ross Macdonald Miss Marjoribanks - Margaret Oliphant The Street - Ann Petry For Love Alone - Christina Stead Night Shift - Maritta Wolff Germinal - Emile Zola
Louie Stowell@louiestowell.bsky.social · last mo.What are the books you yammer on about to anyone who'll listen? In the kidlit sphere it's Boss of the Underworld, The Boy to Beat the Gods, City of Stolen Magic and Donut Squad for me!
The Odyssey is pulling $260 million this weekend, well on its way to becoming the biggest movie of the year. It has a 95%/97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Everyone loves it. Please enjoy this exchange.
A pretty important note here imho especially for lot of reporters and decision makers in DC who continue to misread the outsized influence of Musk’s fascist friendly platform. Outside DC’s corrupt bubble it often fails to land any real impact.
Kat Tenbarge@kattenbarge.bsky.social · last mo.Elon Musk trying to sink a Christopher Nolan movie was honestly the funniest and dumbest course of action he could have taken. He’s one of the most popular filmmakers alive and now it proves Elon and his fanboys have no real cultural impact outside of X
"The other commissioner who approved the merger watched from a prized perch. FCC Chair Brendan Carr and his wife sat in a private skybox with Paramount CEO David Ellison and other executives from Paramount and CBS. Such seats sold for $125,000 a ticket"
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · last mo.ProPublica: Trump's FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and fellow Republican commissioner Olivia Trusty received pricey gifts valued at tens of thousands of dollars from Paramount while the company had deals pending before the commission.
I would like one plank of the 2028 Democratic platform to read: WE ARE GOING TO SEND EVERY ONE OF YOU CORRUPT MOTHERFUCKERS TO PRISON.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · last mo.ProPublica: Trump's FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and fellow Republican commissioner Olivia Trusty received pricey gifts valued at tens of thousands of dollars from Paramount while the company had deals pending before the commission.
Happy birthday to the GOAT and the queen we should all worship, Miss Barbara Stanwyck! It deserves to be a national holiday, frankly.
Woman Pours Coffee on Man's Hand
ALT: Woman Pours Coffee on Man's Hand
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I always said this administration was a shit show. But even I was not expecting it to get this literal.
Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · last mo.Trump diarrhea brought by ↘️ “Trump administration’s health policies deserve far more blame for why public health investigators are flailing in the dark. And the individuals who have to spend this summer doubled over with diarrhea blame White House OMB Director Russell Vought for their pain.”
Obama's efforts to cut Social Security helped Dems lose big in the 2010 midterms. This is immoral and politically stupid, and any Dem who even gives cover for it should get nothing from the rest of us but grief. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov
Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · last mo.Forming a commission to "reform" social security (w/0 mentioning the word cuts) is the classic DC way of coming at social Sec. The CBS reporting is thin but folks need to be alert b/c we have seen this bad DC movie before courtesy of centrist Ds www.motherjones.com/politics/201...
🚨 👀 HEADS UP. Democratic Senators Dick Durbin and Tim Kaine looking to team up with MAGA Republicans to cut social security.
CBS News@cbsnews.com · last mo.A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill on Tuesday designed to shore up Social Security's finances in the coming decades and prevent future benefit cuts for the 70 million Americans who rely on the program.
It’s like when your food is taking a long time to come out so your server brings some free bread to apologize for the wait.
Hopefully he's being roasted by Satan over an open spit, warming up a spot for Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Elon Musk, 2/3 of the Supreme Court, and the countless other horrific people ruling us in this nightmare era.
Mamdani should declare a random Sunday Sacco and Vanzetti day just because.
Scott Lemieux@lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · last mo.Rupert Murdoch's C-tier having a very normal one
