A new classic for “The GOP will not take ‘no’ for an answer“ files. After Missouri voted itself abortion rights in 2024, the GOP it’s using the same amendment # to try to take them away. But this time a Yes vote takes the rights away. 🙃
🗽LOLGOP🗽
@lolgop.bsky.social
Less estranged from Elon than most of his kids Escape the algorithm http://newsfor38yearolds.com/
When Trump launched “the largest deportation operation in the history of our country” without ICE facilities to accommodate it, inhumane overcrowding was inevitable. Judge Kaplan’s 9/24 ruling shows the results. Diagrams simulating a NYC holding cell in Aug 2025 look like slave ships. 1/5
And @katelynburns.com put a fine point on it, pointing out how taking on data centers aggressively, especially Musk's especially filthy ones. This could help them defang the trans-hate gambit Elon used in 2024 and 2026, which he uses to undo democracy and make Democrats scared to show solidarity.
The Data Center Guy Wants This Election to be About Trans People
Elon Musk obviously hates trans people, but let's not pretend he has nothing to gain personally from a Republican win this fall
burnsnotice.com
As of today, the CDC has changed (reverted) their Covid guidance to make the vaccine recommended for all people over 18. In addition to being a smart public health move, this recommendation also means insurance must cover it. Read more here: www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/va... Listen to a breakdown here:
If they get us to repeat the word “fraud” next to the ACA, they think that they’re winning.
centrist's sell this as an easy win—get a lot more votes with small concessions, rhetorical moderation, maybe a shift on women's sports my argument is you'll keep making concessions, until you end up in a very ugly place, & never see that political pay off newrepublic.com/article/2155...
Centrists Won’t Tell You Where “Moderating” on Trans Rights Ends Up
The recent example of the U.K. Labour Party shows that “compromising” rarely stops at some acceptable midpoint.
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Data Center Don: Trump’s AI Debacle is a Big Opportunity AI. Crypto. Trump. All three are the same con with different wigs. New from me in @gilduran.com and @george-lakoff.com’s FrameLab There needs to be one party that puts people over data. And it better be Democrats.
Data Centers Isuse Hurts Trump—If Democrats Pounce
AI. Crypto. Trump. All three are the same con with different wigs.
theframelab.org
Hey you! Yeah you! Have you checked out the new YouTube show we launched about the broligarchs and the people fighting to stop them? Here's a fun clip, and you can watch the whole thing here: www.youtube.com/@PeoplevsThe...
People vs. The Machines@peoplevsthemachines.com · yesterdayToday in corruption: The surveillance state is here and in NYC that means that the superrich like Taylor Swift are spared the intrusive technology that is forced on the rest of us.
This story brought me back to Kara, one of the mothers in my book, There Is No Place for Us. She was homeless with her four kids while driving for DoorDash. They had to pee in bottles so bathroom stops wouldn't make her late. After gas, she earned $6.50 an hour—75 cents less than the minimum wage.
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · yesterdayDoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
In case you missed it: I sat down with Rev. Adam Hamilton, the megachurch pastor running for U.S. Senate in Kansas — as a Democrat. He’s been an outlier throughout his career, and he’s running a campaign that could end up making Kansas — no joke — closer than Texas. religionnews.com/2026/09/23/h...
How megapastor Adam Hamilton could break the GOP's hold on Kansas
LEAWOOD, Kansas (RNS) — While Democrats have long been considered a longshot for statewide races in Kansas, the Rev. Adam Hamilton's candidacy has proven unexpectedly competitive.
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We had to wait for the....NEW YORK POST to write about this. Y'all know there is so much more where this came from but journalists don't want to dig and people are terrified to speak to any journalist seeing the type of reporting they've been doing
Remmelt 🛑@artificialbodies.net · 2d agoA hidden list of 100 abusers in Silicon Valley. Left unstated: some are abusing *men* Sam Altman used to date Peter Thiel, known for recruiting young men for sex (one died of suicide). Sam's sex parties are notorious for how hard they go, and the abuse. Three sources told me about this:
My book exposes Peter Thiel because he's a radical extremist with scary beliefs who has attained stunning political power. He created JD Vance...and is now roaming the Earth, preaching about the "Antichrist." Here is Thiel saying evil is "good"...while receiving an award from Politico's owner.
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h ago“If you’re evil you’re actually kind of good. Because you’re at least getting something done.”🤔 Y’all aren’t alarmed enough about what MAGA tech billionaire (Trump donor, J.D. Vance’s pimp, Epstein’s buddy) Peter Thiel is doing to our country.
Wild. This should create a Streisand effect, which Dem ranking members can enhance by sending the companies document preservation demands. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
hollywoodreporter.com
A historic milestone for New York’s youngest learners: Universal 2-K is here. Our two-year-olds are ready to learn, explore and build a strong foundation from day one. This is what it looks like when we invest in our kids.
The Look Book Goes to the First Day of Preschool
The city’s universal-2K program launched September 10 as an inaugural class of 2-year-olds joined Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center.
curbed.com
Ha ha that’s gross and should make everyone uncomfortable, anyway, Rahm presided over a Chicago police black site, lied about what it was and then I sued the Chicago police for its records that proved it:
Homan Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 people
Exclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’
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Gregory Pratt@royalpratt.bsky.social · 5h ago“Talking to Rahm, it’s like middle-age married sex,” said John Anzalone, a Democratic pollster who has known him for decades. “It’s focused. You know what you’re going for. And it’s short.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/u...
An individual in Canada used ChatGPT for eight months to plan one of the country’s worst mass shootings. Yet, if you listen to politicians and media, the real threat of AI is a fantastical scenario where it might wipe out humans in ten years. They need to stop getting fooled by tech deceivers.
The media has the AI threat all wrong
Generative AI is harming people today. We don’t need to waste time fantasizing about science fictional scenarios.
disconnect.blog
Politics done right absolutely should be secular church
Rachel Hallie@dazedrachel.bsky.social · yesterdayLiterally what is with this rise of "actually the local Dem party should fulfill all my social needs" takes I am not doing movie night with Dems. I am not joining a Dem volunteer soccer league. I am not joining Democratic speed dating. Stop using politics as secular church!!!!
On @siriusxmprog.bsky.social State of the States: Arizona, Dems working to flip control of State Senate and House Jacob Weinberg, House candidate LD-13 www.electweinberg.com Deborah Howard, House candidate LD-27 www.deborahhowardaz.com Kristie O'Brien, Senate candidate LD-13 www.kristieforaz.com
The way Kat was likely targeted (From X to the DOJ) for protesting is massively important. And so is the way the US Attorney is invoking Trump v. US to get out of some of the worst abuses of the grand jury system ever.
DOJ is invoking Trump v. US in an attempt to dodge accountability for the Broadview 6 case
YouTube video by emptywheel
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Kat Abughazaleh@katmabu.bsky.social · yesterdayIt’s been a year since ICE drove a car through a crowd at Broadview, leading to the federal indictment of myself and five others. Today, those of us who could returned. The state can try all it wants, but it can’t silence us or our community’s fight for justice.
I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
nytimes.com
Bluesky really is the last free social platform www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
hollywoodreporter.com
"Andy you think he cares about your fat ass" is the perfect response to MAGA right now. Trump truly does not care about Andy's fat ass. He's got a ballroom to build.
BeshearStan@beshearstan.bsky.social · 16h agoOH MY GOD WHAT A LION
This means eligible voters will be wrongly labeled non-citizens due to faulty and unreliable data and be purged from the rolls
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · yesterdayBREAKING: SCOTUS allows DHS to use its Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database with Social Security info, staying a district court order that had vacated the new policy. Justice Jackson dissents for the three Dem appointees. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
The Friday roundup is here, with links to the podcast! Also, god help me, I wrote about recent discourse. "You do not help your own cause when you show up to an argument with little or nothing in the way of receipts."
September 25 Friday roundup
Links to the podcast! Also: what we talk about when we talk about Mao.
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The broader issue that Trump's efforts at unilaterally name changing highlights is that he seeks to privatize, monetize, and militarize public space, turning collective goods into vessels of self-glorification.
Larry Glickman@larryglickman.bsky.social · 4d agoTrump thinks he can unilaterally dictate the names of things, which parallels his view that he can take unilateral action to build memorials in his honor, or tear down the East Wing or the Kennedy Center--in the latter case, after his efforts to rename it the Trump/Kennedy Center were rejected.
If this is a choose your own adventure novel, are the next moves: 1) Elon buys David out. 2) Netflix swoops in & takes over (which I honestly have suspected was plan forever). 3) The Saudis find a way to take more? And which of these choose your own adventure novels result in Ellison humiliation?
emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · 8h ago1) Ellisons bet everything on Warner. After being bought off Netflix let them. 2) Larry's wealth is even more invested in stock (Oracle) than Elon's in Tesla 3) Oracle is declaring force majeure in NM. 4) Oracle's bonds are going up. 5) Larry needs more $$ to pull of Warner. Did I get that right?