Lisa Solod
@lisasolod.bsky.social
Novelist, essayist, mom, etc. SHIVAH published June 2022
He's such a phony. His wife's name was Usha Chilukuri when they met. His in-laws names are Radhakrishna and Lakshmi Chilukuri. He was married in a Hindu ceremony presided over by a Hindu priest.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoJD Vance says of the Middle East that it's "a region of the world made up of countries whose name I couldn't even pronounce"
The Telegraph can reveal that on at least five occasions the words Yahud or Yahudy – Arabic for “Jew” or “Jews” – were changed to “Israel” or “Israeli forces”, or were removed from the subtitles altogether. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
BBC removed references to ‘Jews’ and ‘jihad’ in Gaza documentary
Corporation accused of ‘whitewashing that keeps viewers ill-informed about nature of Hamas’
telegraph.co.uk
Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted
Rafa Sales Ross@rafiews.com · 4d agoWe are watching a coup d’état attempt unfold in real time in Brazil. I’m consumed by desperation.
Still covering Elon Musk as a business mogul and not foregrounding his murderous white nationalist politics is like doing a piece on only the clown career of John Wayne Gacy.
Who paid for Vivek Ramaswamy's pro-pedophile ad campaign? Here they are
Tarrant County, Texas just closed 92 Election Day polling places. Before 2013, Texas needed federal sign-off to change how its people vote. John Roberts wrote the ruling that ended that. That’s his fingerprint on every closed door.
Anna Paulina Luna’s husband owns 10 percent of drone startup that got $37 million in Pentagon deals
Anna Paulina Luna’s husband owns 10 percent of drone startup that got $37 million in Pentagon deals
“Americans deserve a Congress that works for them, not for special interests or personal portfolios,” the Florida Republican said in 2025. Then the federal contracts started rolling in.
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THEY ARE NOT POWERLESS TO STOP HIM! Go back to Washington, stand on the steps of the Capitol and demand Johnson and Thune recall the House and Senate, and impeach him. THIS IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK! THERE IS LITERALLY AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL! (It's called the Constitution.)
Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social · last wk.Republican lawmakers are incensed about Trump's dismissal of Ukraine — and powerless to stop him. That frustration hit a new peak on Monday as they sought to address Trump’s decision to purchase Russian diesel, waive sanctions on Moscow, and potentially stop sharing intelligence with Ukraine.
NEW: In Texas, Ken Paxton successfully defended a near-total abortion ban before Roe v. Wade was struck down, and he blocked federal guidance for emergency abortion care. His allies see an opening to further restrict abortion if his Senate bid is successful.
What a Ken Paxton Senate Win Could Mean for Federal Anti-Abortion Efforts
As Texas attorney general, Paxton has advanced anti-abortion policy in his home state and prevailed where others have failed. Allies who’ve witnessed his victories see an opening to keep moving their ...
propublica.org
The right is spending the day complaining that Abdul El-Sayed was "rude" and "a bully" to Tommy the Republican Operative at his town hall, which is hilarious given how they had nothing to say about a woman getting beaten up at a Trump rally as the president cheered on.
During a school shooting, children hide under their desks. After a school shooting, Republicans hide under theirs.
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Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2w agoSCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.
In early 2025, I assumed the Trump regime would delete the Department of Justice’s press releases and other statements related to more than 1,000 Jan. 6 cases. So I downloaded them. We’ve now made them available to the public with a search tool. They can’t erase history. jan6memoryproject.org
The January 6 Memory Project
A public archive of Department of Justice news releases and related court filings concerning prosecutions from the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
jan6memoryproject.org
This is awesome. If your vote didn’t matter Republicans wouldn’t be trying so hard to stop you.
We finally have the previously undisclosed donor list for Trump’s ballroom, and guess whose name is missing? Trump’s $333 mill in donations & pledges, including: 📌 Nvidia: $25 mill 📌 Apple: $25 mill 📌 The Adelson’s: $25 mill 📌 Charles Ergen (Dish Network): $25 mill 📌 Palantir, Meta, Comcast
NEW: ICE is trying to deport a mother of 4 while her husband is at Fort Benning in Army basic training. When she went to pick up the family's military IDs, Navy personnel turned her over to ICE. She's been in the US since age six. With @nancyayoussef.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
He Joined the Military. They Reported His Wife to ICE.
When a soldier’s wife went to pick up her military ID at a base in Texas, ICE officers showed up.
theatlantic.com
This WSJ investigation exposes yet more Tether-related corruption at the White House, revealing that they paid Bo Hines' consulting firm millions as he was ensuring the Genius Act stablecoin law would benefit them. I needed a diagram.
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 2w agoMoney from Tether flowed to Nxum while Bo Hines worked in the White House on landmark stablecoin legislation. Once the law passed, Tether hired him as its U.S. chief.
Jeez. The Diplomat. Reminds me that politics can be 😁 fun. But not in a long time.
Kroger just announced the largest layoffs in its history, with plans to cut 3,000 employees as it ramps up use of AI. Reminder that Kroger has spent $12.3B on stock buybacks since 2019 and paid its CEO $14M last year — 417x its median worker's pay. AI is turbo-charging corporate greed.
Kroger plans largest layoffs in its nearly 150-year history
The company's CEO said it was committed to "simplifying" operations and "deploying more resources where they matter most
newsweek.com
People continue to wonder Why the Bear? When there are dozens of supporting evidences each week.
Dear rest of the world, If you want to know why the US elected Trump given all the things you know about him, the reason is that America has tens of millions of people as ignorant as this. We just aren't a very smart country as a whole. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoQ: What brings you to the Trump rally? GUY: I don't like Biden
"..who have benefited from regulatory decisions, govt contracts & in ca1se, a pardon for fam member. Nvidia & Apple each $25 mil, top contrib amt, the list shows. Adelson fam, 1 of GOP’s lgest donors, same sum, as did billionaire Charles Ergen, co-founder/chair of Dish Network" Gift link:
Secret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump’s ballroom
The records offer a panoramic view of a fundraising campaign that is extraordinary for its size and opacity.
wapo.st
Katie Zacharia sat on the advisory board of an organization that calls for women who have abortions to be executed “in the public square,” and for pro-choice Americans to lose their right to hold public office.
Trump’s New Press Secretary Supports the Death Penalty for Abortion Patients
10.13.26
jessica.substack.com
Weird how quiet the calls to calm the political violence have been from legacy media
Mediaite@mediaite.com · 2w agoTrump Protester Gets Punched in the Face By MAGA Fan — Then Gets Roasted By Trump as She’s Dragged Out By Police in Shocking Clip
