Madhouse Muse
@madhousemuse.bsky.social
Polyglot; global citizen; hater of the current zeitgeist Obsessively measuring CO2 😷 and capturing beauty 📸 Buyer of physical media 📀📼
University of Cambridge historian Ben Zdencanovic explores America's long struggle to build a healthcare safety net.
Trump administration is withholding more than $1B in Medicaid funds from California and Minnesota, in latest example of weaponizing real and imagined fraud
For six decades, politicians have blurred the distinction between protecting Medicaid from abuse and using abuse to discredit Medicaid itself.
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The Covid Amnesia Project and the Plot to Erase 2020
It’s up to those of us who experienced the pandemic in the real-world to make sure that what actually happened in 2020 isn’t deliberately erased by sheltered disinformation agents who experienced
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Andrew Rezvani@andrewrezvani.bsky.social · 3d agojust remembering the reality of what happened in 2020/2021 is an act of resistance. you’re not alone.
No, I absolutely believe it. This shill for corporate interests is lining up capital for his 2028 presidential run. He also needs the media conglomerate on his side so he gets favorable coverage on CBS. This is not out of character; it IS his character.
David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · 5d agoYou're not going to believe this but Gavin Newsom is taking the side of capital over workers. In this case it's tricky because he's backing the very MAGA allies his cosplaying X account claims he's fighting. www.wsj.com/business/med...
This is my first article in Truthdig. It describes the late CIA Director R. James Woolsey as the godfather of national security capitalism and reveals how his Paladin Capital and other defense-oriented private equity funds are financed: by America's largest labor unions and their pension funds.
Truthdig@truthdig.com · last wk.The recently deceased former CIA director and Paladin Group founder taught Washington how to spin Islamophobia and "homeland security" into business gold. By @timshorrock.bsky.social
So, I finally did a TED talk, and it got released today. I seem to have been quite intense, but I'm grateful they left in my Trump joke. www.ted.com/talks/bill_m...
Our last, best chance to cool the Earth
We're living through oil wars, wildfire smoke and extreme weather driven by a warming planet. But environmentalist Bill McKibben says one thing is finally going right: the price of clean energy has pl...
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I've unearthed the bizarre backstory behind this Kafkaesque secret court that was suddenly awakened by the Trump administration. I talked to the only living judge who first sat on it. He tells me he got the job by playing tennis with the chief justice. @notus.com: www.notus.org/trump-white-...
A Decades-Old Terrorist Deportation Court Is Being Used for the First Time
Judges on the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, created in 1996, have never heard a case — until now.
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We just won a months-long halt to the illegal merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Stopping this merger while our case proceeds is a critical victory in our efforts to uphold the law and protect the film and television industries.
Stunning is putting it mildly
tony romm@tonyromm.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
YellowDot released this letter today calling for disaster preparedness for the heat jump this El Niño will bring. It’s signed by scientists, meteorologists, climate writers, concerned citizens & was sent to every Governor, major city Mayor, international Mayors. Sign + share if you can.
NEW: As Boyle Heights warehouse fire burned, then-Bass advisor Yusef Robb remained in the mayor's press office's internal WhatsApp groups even after he started doing crisis PR for Lineage. lamaterial.com/p/bass-yusef...
Bass Advisor Remained in Private Mayor's Office Chats While Doing P.R. for Lineage
Yusef Robb remained in the mayor’s internal communications channels for a week after beginning crisis PR work for the company that manages the Boyle Heights warehouse.
lamaterial.com
A report from 1937 Germany. Seems a lot like ICE in 2026 America.
Investigative producer @dcmonteverde.bsky.social was handcuffed and detained by sheriff’s deputies after a judge barred WWL-TV and other media outlets from covering a court proceeding that revealed the indictment of Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill in New Orleans on July 2.
Producer detained after judge closes courtroom for grand jury indictment
WWL-TV investigative producer Danny Monteverde was handcuffed and detained by deputies after questioning a judge’s decision to close a court …
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BREAKING NEWS: We just won a court order temporarily blocking the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. This $110 billion proposed merger would increase costs and decrease options for working families, and harm the small businesses and workers in Oregon’s film and TV industry.
👀 Thom Hartmann, the historian & @hartmannreport.com host, has put on his deerstalker and discovered that the #CitizensUnited decision was based on the fraudulent reporting of a key Supreme Court case way back in 1886. gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/thom-hartm...
Thom Hartmann, Detective
The historian and talk show host puts on his deerstalker and discovers that Citizens United was based on the fraudulent reporting of an 1886 case.
gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com
For months, Senate Republicans said Jack Smith "spied" on Congress and broke the law. A judge just unsealed the files. Inside: routine phone records—that a call happened, when, how long. No message content at all. They lied. Here's the proof:
While Trump Ranted On TV, He Was Losing Everywhere Else
The courts ruled against him again and again. Here’s the week he didn’t want you to see.
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A plainly unsustainable country, sustained by workers who can't afford to live in it.
Study says 5 minimum wage workers needed to rent 1-bedroom apartment in Atlanta
Rent by myself? In this economy? A new study says you'll need four friends with you to rent a one-bedroom apartment.
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"There is a Trump militia roaming our streets, our towns, our cities, killing people regardless of immigration status with absolutely no accountability."
He Saw ICE Agent Kill His Brother in Texas. Now He’s Detained and Facing Deportation
After ICE agents shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, Texas, last week, they quickly arrested three witnesses: the other men that the 52-year-old father of three was driving to work. The...
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It’s 👏 going 👏 to 👏 keep 👏 getting 👏 worse 👏 as 👏 long as 👏 we 👏 continue 👏 to 👏 burn 👏 fossil 👏 fuels.👏
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 3w agoThe extreme weather we have now is not the new normal. It’s going to keep getting worse as long as we continue to burn fossil fuels.
We are still keeping a running count of ICE deaths in the Trump era. When updated with yesterday's tragedy, it'll be at 31 deaths in the field and 59 deaths in custody. prospect.org/2026/01/29/i...
A Running Count of How Many People ICE Has Killed and Injured - The American Prospect
ICE is not required to report any use-of-force incidents against the public. So The American Prospect created our own running tally.
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Joan Sebastian Salguero, the 26-year-old husband & father killed by ICE today in Maine, was at least the 9th person killed by federal immigration agents, and at least the 22nd person shot, during the lawless regime of Donald Trump.
Brad Lander@bradlander.bsky.social · 4w agoLorenzo Salgado Araujo was a father of three who built houses in Houston, started his own business, and raised his family here for 35 years. His son became a teacher. ICE agents killed him in cold blood. 🧵
ICE killed a person they weren't even looking for AGAIN. Second time in the past week.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3w agoBREAKING: BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) - Homeland Security secretary said man killed by ICE in Maine was not the target of warrant, Maine Sen. Angus King says.
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Steven Beschloss@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 3w agoLindsey’s alliance with Trump “exposed his lack of principle, the emptiness at his core, the craven desperation to matter…This is & always will be unforgivable, ensuring his legacy as a man willing to end our democratic project by bowing down to Donald Trump.” www.americaamerica.news/p/the-choice...
I bet they'll have a good laugh about this at the White House Stenographers Dinner.
Peter Baker@peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 4w ago"The appearance of federal law enforcement agents on the doorstep of news reporters should shock the conscience of any American who believes in the Constitution and the press freedom it protects." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/b...
US popular/underground culture is nearly silent on global climate breakdown. We make no films, no music, maybe a bit of fine art on it, but it feels like its one of the easiest ways to alienate yourself as a cultural worker. Really appreciate everything @ghostpanther.bsky.social is doing out there.❤️🔥
Adam McKay@ghostpanther.bsky.social · last mo.A sprawling, enjoyable conversation with the always curious, engaged @rushkoff.com podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Our 250-year struggle is real, difficult, and as necessary as ever - @radleybalko.bsky.social radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-unremi...
