Lobotocat
@lobotocat.bsky.social
Graphic Designer, Artist, 🌱 #eatingourwaytoextinction
@timmiller.bsky.social on a pregnant family that followed every rule, voluntarily came forward to be deported, and is now being held in conditions their lawyers describe as hell: “They did everything right. Our government is torturing them.”
El-Sayed: "If all Mike Rogers got is that 'his name is Abdul, and my name is Mike,' you're gonna be surprised how many people are like, 'Yeah, but that's the Abdul who wants to bring down the price of my groceries and make sure I got healthcare. So yeah, I like Abdul over your Mike from Florida.'"
Trump has squandered at least $35B and 18 servicemembers' lives on his disastrous Iran War. Now, 100 days before the midterms, the fallout is only getting worse.
It’s not too early to ask why Mallory McMorrow’s campaign failed to live up to its initial, lofty expectations. There’s no single, definitive answer, but here are a few theories. The latest edition of The Breakdown from @citizencohn.bsky.social:
Why Mallory McMorrow’s Campaign Didn’t Survive
Its demise says a lot about the mood in Michigan—and the rest of America.
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Bang. Recall that Zelensky was a television comedian before becoming president of Ukraine.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2mo agoTrump: "One of the things I talked to [Putin] about was 'Where would you want to meet?' And he said 'Ideally in Moscow.' I said 'You're not going to meet in Moscow.'…Would you go to Moscow?" Zelensky: "It's difficult. There are a lot of Ukrainian drones there."
Kash Patel’s FBI is showing up at election officials’ HOMES in Wisconsin. Not offices. Homes. After seizing ballots in Georgia, Arizona & Michigan. This isn’t “election integrity.” It’s intimidation straight out of an authoritarian playbook. #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/A31o0ahxoR5i...
Keystone Kash Sends Agents to Election Officials’ Homes in Key Swing State — The Daily Beast
The move comes after agents seized ballots in Georgia and Arizona.
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DHS was originally conceived in the interest of unity and harmony — and the phrase "homeland security" was originally meant to be reassuring. n.pr/4nOx8KP
'Homeland Security' has spawned political insecurity since DHS was born
DHS was originally conceived in the interest of unity and harmony — and the phrase "homeland security" was originally meant to be reassuring.
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Ossoff on his Republican opponents: "They're pro-war, they're pro-tariffs, they're pro-cutting healthcare. Let's find out where they stand on the crooked ballroom and the insurrectionist slush fund."
Just to give a heads up, our last hearing is in 3 days and the trial is in 11 days so I’m going to be posting our legal fees more. Very sorry if it’s annoying but we need your help to not only win but also survive past this unjust prosecution. Thank you for understanding. tinyurl.com/katandre
Donate to Stand with Kat and Andre Against Unjust Prosecution, organized by Kat Abughazaleh
In October of 2025, I – along with my field director and friend An… Kat Abughazaleh needs your support for Stand with Kat and Andre Against Unjust Prosecution
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Noah Berlatsky@nberlat.bsky.social · 4mo agoplease consider donating to help Kat pay her legal fees.
I wonder how many private real estate, banking, and trump trademark deals were made.
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4mo agoMe me me me me me me me me
"What is the difference between this and theft? Why not just go into Fort Knox, take the gold and give it out?" Andrew Weissmann and Tim Miller discuss Trump's ludicrous taxpayer-funded slush fund for allies who were "targeted by the Biden administration."
Dr. Rubeliz Bolivar Barrios has been released! She should never have been locked away by ICE. As an emergency and trauma doctor, she served patients in South Texas with dedication. I am grateful that she will be reunited with her 5 year-old daughter Milena and husband.
The CA gubernatorial candidates are being asked about the billionaire tax. Katie Porter OPPOSES the billionaire tax saying it’s not good policy because it’s a one-time tax. 1.5M Californians signed the petition to get the billionaire tax on the ballot. 1/
Then there’s that pesky gas tax the drone on about removing. Hey! Who doesn’t like faulty bridges and potholes?
Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 4mo agoCA gubernatorial debate: Hilton and Mahan are against the Billionaire tax.
Buttiigieg: "Look, when you are this deep into your second year, if your reflex is to still be trying to blame the previous administration, it really shows that you are out of ideas, out of solutions, and unwilling to take ownership of your own choices."
This is the reason the stock market is completely disconnected from the real economy.
Today, President Barack Obama and I read to a group of toddlers at Learning Through Play Pre-K Center in the South Bronx. In between singing wheels on the bus, we discussed our administration’s vision for this City — one where New York’s Cutest have the strongest start possible.
Child: I know your name. Mamdani. Obama: What’s his first name? Child: Mayor.
"With his bloodthirsty utterances, his fierce loyalty to Trump and his appalling inability to manage this huge moment in world history, Hegseth is every bit the disaster that anybody sensible could have seen coming," writes @sulliview.bsky.social.
Pete Hegseth is a disaster of a defense secretary. It’s no surprise | Margaret Sullivan
The former Fox host has misled the public, prayed for violence and clashed with the press. This is not a serious military leader
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🔥 @rokhanna.bsky.social to Democratic leadership: “Get out. Let a new generation lead. You’ve been ineffective. The base doesn’t like you. The base wants fighters.”
