I remember media trying to equate Hassan Piker and Nick Fuentes, and one reason that doesn't hold water is the media has been way more dogged in demanding that every Democratic candidate condemn Hassan Piker than they ever have been about demanding that from people who meet w and boost Fuentes.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · yesterday

CBS: You campaigned with Hasan Piker during the primary. Dem Senate candidate, while images of Piker flash on the screen: I didn’t campaign with him, and I don’t know where that came from. CBS: Ah well… would you want to campaign with him in the general? Candidate: I don’t really know who he is.

Trump baselessly accused this guys old boss of being born in Nigeria and not eligible for the presidency. And yet somehow, he deserves grace from insinuations that his long history of confirmed philandering has continued with his obsessed young staffer? Fuck world are we living in?

Salome@salome-gongadze.bsky.social · 2d ago

what is it with ex obama people and misreading the room lol? this whole thing sparked a news cycle and endless earned media, feels like a slam dunk to me

I think what's happening here is axelrod is correctly identifying this as "some evangelical bullshit" but incorrectly thinking evangelical bullshit is a political third rail still. These freaks are deeply weird and everyone thinks so.

Salome@salome-gongadze.bsky.social · 2d ago

what is it with ex obama people and misreading the room lol? this whole thing sparked a news cycle and endless earned media, feels like a slam dunk to me

LOL, "distracted and detracted from the power of the message." What message? Democrats, as a party, don't have any "message" because their leadership (backed by vestiges like Axelrod) leap in to quash good messaging whenever it bubbles up. "With Natalie" has been a slam dunk with zero downside.

Salome@salome-gongadze.bsky.social · 2d ago

what is it with ex obama people and misreading the room lol? this whole thing sparked a news cycle and endless earned media, feels like a slam dunk to me

Hey @royalsociety.org, this is your esteemed Fellow trying to start a race war. He will have already murdered 14 million people by 2030 with the cuts to USAID he led. And all the time you silently approve his atrocities. This is your legacy. Faraday will be turning in his grave. #SpinelessCowards

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d ago

Is there ever a time now when he's not trying to ignite a race war?

Musk leaves out the Cop worked security with Floyd various times in the past, so he knew he was a good guy. I CAN'T BREATH. Musk thinks he will come to power by dividing the races... too late for that. TIme for class consciousness against the the multi trillionaires and the pedo-elite.

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d ago

Is there ever a time now when he's not trying to ignite a race war?

+ 100s of 1000s, mostly children, have died because of Musk's cuts to USAID

emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · 16h ago

Step 1: Donald Trump made Elon Musk an SGE which he used to cut important govt programs and reverse regulation on himself. Step 2: None of that saved any real money. Step 3: The GOP gave Elon a huge tax cut and cut your healthcare. Step 4: The US' debt has skyrocketed.

Skimming Uber's terms of service, as one does. Congress banned mandatory predispute arbitration for sexual assault at the height of #metoo, so Uber excepted sexual assault from its arb clause. But ... and I could be wrong ... this is new: www.uber.com/us/en/legal/...

Renee Good's partner is not having the FBI's attempt to moot her attempts to get the vehicle back. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

#17 in Good v. Department of Justice (D. Minnesota, 0:26-mc-00025) – CourtListener.com

RESPONSE in Opposition re 16 MOTION to Dismiss/General for Mootness filed by Rebecca Good.(Berkman, Benjamin) (Entered: 08/19/2026)

storage.courtlistener.com

"Defendant's counsel is not correct." @katiephang.bsky.social fact checks DOJ! storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

While purporting to be transparent, Trump is covering up how Russian intervened to help him get elected in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...

Trump Boasts of Declassifying Secrets, but Withholds Key Election Files From Public

Even as the White House claims to be focused on transparency, it has ignored a congressional requirement to disclose a report on foreign meddling in the 2024 election.

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Incredible @angieforfl.bsky.social Nixon pic 🔥

Hiring a surveillance company based on whether it wants to end liberal democracy or not seems like a pretty key vendor selection company.

Archie Hall@archiehall.bsky.social · 20h ago

BRITAIN WOULD BE BONKERS TO DITCH PALANTIR New @economist.com leader from me on Palantir. I most wanted to highlight its critics' troubling illiberalism—many seem far too blasé letting politics determine which businesses governments buy from. You can read it here: www.economist.com/leaders/202...

Fascism thrives on fear. I wrote my book because words still have power and I refuse to be silent and afraid. By telling the truth, we cut the monsters down to size. So, please: tell everyone you know to buy “The Nerd Reich” book today. 1st week sales make all the difference. Let’s get it done!

Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18h ago

@gilduran.com: "They haven’t won yet, and they haven’t thought of everything. They aren’t expecting the degree of pushback they’re going to get." You can listen to Movement Memos wherever you get your podcasts. You can find a transcript + audio here: truthout.org/audio/silico...

Very excited that @abdulelsayed.bsky.social is hitting Rogers on surveillance. Endless well of material there.

Peggy Stuart@peggystuart.bsky.social · 18h ago

NEW video from Abdul El-Sayed slamming GOP opponent Mike Rogers for his support of Flock cameras & surveillance technology. This guy is great! We need him in the Senate! Donate here: abdulforsenate.com Follow here: @abdulelsayed.bsky.social

Absolutely outrageous and shameful

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h ago

(CNN) - The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during .. Pearl Harbor .. .. there have been internal conversation about renaming it to honor Trump.” @halbritz.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2026/08/20/p...

They attack and kill our people then deny us justice. Intolerable.

Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social · 15h ago

Irony alert: The Minnesota officials who charged an ICE agent for shooting a man through a door in Minneapolis and then lying about it say he may be planning to flee to Mexico and get legal residency there through a sham marriage. Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott is refusing to extradite.

In possibly the fastest shift in public opinion I've ever seen, local data center approval went from -5 to -65 in less than a year heatmap.news/daily/data-c...

What makes this even more grotesque is that Doris Miller was denied the medal of honor when he was alive just because he was black. bsky.app/profile/carl...

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h ago

(CNN) - The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during .. Pearl Harbor .. .. there have been internal conversation about renaming it to honor Trump.” @halbritz.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2026/08/20/p...

The people that moved off the program didn't get jobs, they just stopped getting benefits and are getting starved.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 18h ago

Brooke Rollins: "We've now moved more than 5m off of the SNAP fraud rolls ... you've got a lot of people moving off the program, which is the goal, at least for conservatives. We don't want to measure the program by how many are on it. We want to measure by how many we are moving to real work."

A complete lack of humanity.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 18h ago

Brooke Rollins on new EBT restrictions on stores: "Guess what? Jelly no longer counts for a fruit, and jerky no longer counts as a protein. We need rotisserie chickens, we need oranges, we need apples, we need all the happy things in all of these retailers."

Weird how growing up my Mom picked all of those strawberries so she could make a non-fruit item.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 18h ago

Brooke Rollins on new EBT restrictions on stores: "Guess what? Jelly no longer counts for a fruit, and jerky no longer counts as a protein. We need rotisserie chickens, we need oranges, we need apples, we need all the happy things in all of these retailers."

I’m old enough to remember when these people melted down because Michelle Obama advocated for fresh fruits and veggies in school lunch.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 18h ago

Brooke Rollins on new EBT restrictions on stores: "Guess what? Jelly no longer counts for a fruit, and jerky no longer counts as a protein. We need rotisserie chickens, we need oranges, we need apples, we need all the happy things in all of these retailers."

So struggling mom's can't make their kids pb&j...ok.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 18h ago

Brooke Rollins on new EBT restrictions on stores: "Guess what? Jelly no longer counts for a fruit, and jerky no longer counts as a protein. We need rotisserie chickens, we need oranges, we need apples, we need all the happy things in all of these retailers."

And this is what happens when mediocre white women are given power 🙄🙄🙄🙄

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 18h ago

Brooke Rollins on new EBT restrictions on stores: "Guess what? Jelly no longer counts for a fruit, and jerky no longer counts as a protein. We need rotisserie chickens, we need oranges, we need apples, we need all the happy things in all of these retailers."

The idea that we should place restrictions on how people can apply the money or savings they realize through a specific tax benefit is really only applied to the tax benefits that target poor people.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 18h ago

Brooke Rollins on new EBT restrictions on stores: "Guess what? Jelly no longer counts for a fruit, and jerky no longer counts as a protein. We need rotisserie chickens, we need oranges, we need apples, we need all the happy things in all of these retailers."

Rotisserie chickens are not eligible for EBT! You guys made sure of that.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 18h ago

Brooke Rollins on new EBT restrictions on stores: "Guess what? Jelly no longer counts for a fruit, and jerky no longer counts as a protein. We need rotisserie chickens, we need oranges, we need apples, we need all the happy things in all of these retailers."

If you followed what she's been saying for a year, this is about stopping convenience stores, dollar stores, bodegas, etc. from being able to accept SNAP payments. It's not to force SNAP users to make healthier food choices. It is to reduce the size of the SNAP program.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 18h ago

Brooke Rollins on new EBT restrictions on stores: "Guess what? Jelly no longer counts for a fruit, and jerky no longer counts as a protein. We need rotisserie chickens, we need oranges, we need apples, we need all the happy things in all of these retailers."

tired of the liberal nanny state dictating what americans can eat

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 18h ago

Brooke Rollins on new EBT restrictions on stores: "Guess what? Jelly no longer counts for a fruit, and jerky no longer counts as a protein. We need rotisserie chickens, we need oranges, we need apples, we need all the happy things in all of these retailers."