Erica Schwartz is confirmed 51-44 to be the Director of the CDC. Tim Kaine voted yea. This is his 44th yea for a Trump nominee this session.

Fascist Dem Tracker@fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 2d ago

ArsTechnica did not have great things to say about Schwartz's Senate hearing where she stated the US should leave the WHO, wouldn't commit to unpublishing sections of the CDC website that falsely claim that vaccines cause autism, and generally avoided direct answers.

I feel like it might have been a bad idea to hand the world over to sociopaths

Django Wexler@djangowexler.bsky.social · 41m ago

Somehow things that would have been a background gag in a Verhoeven movie are now just real

We have a new landlord, third since moving here three years ago… Anyways, they fucked up the payment portal right before rent was due and then sent an angry email to the residents that only a handful have inquired about how to pay rent. The entitlement, huh?

the biggest presidential scandal in history. jeffrey epstein was a close friend and business associate of trump and they did crimes together! against children! its all pretty much out in the open now but its a smaller story than hillary's email server was for some reason

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social · 4h ago

BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.

Conservatives like higher crime and dead kids and pursue policies to try to engineer these outcomes

Bloomberg Law@bloomberglaw.com · 2h ago

Firearm membership associations and other plaintiffs convinced a Texas federal court to halt enforcement of registration and transfer requirements in the National Firearms Act.

I testified in Judge Mehta's courtroom. I told the truth. A jury convicted. The system worked. Then the people running the executive branch decided the outcome was inconvenient and started tearing it down from the inside. That's not the courts failing.…

An actually underrated potential positive for Dems in light of Abdul’s victory is that it gives traditionally centrist or otherwise poor Dems on Palestine on an easy out for polarizing against AIPAC and pro-Israel politics— they’re trying to cost Dems the Senate.

Three banks. One trafficker. $1.4 BILLION in suspicious Jeffery Epstein transactions they all sat on for years. Here's what JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, and Bank of America did.

JPMorgan top execs personally COACHED Epstein on how to withdraw cash through shell companies. They taught a registered sex offender how to hide money from their own compliance staff and federal regulators. Not a bank. An accomplice.

"Inside the Oval Office Showdown Between Trump and Jeanine Pirro." This kind of access journalism, this palace intrigue shit, is stone dead. The story here is that Trump is corrupting the legal system and Congress isn't impeaching. Focus on that or be irrelevant. Goes for both legacy & social media.

BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.

I'm calling it: "Start smoking" is going to be mainstream MAHA / Republican health advice by 2028. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Mike Rogers wants us divided. But there is so much more that unites us than sets us apart. The power is ours. This land was made for you and me.

The U.S. Attorney believes that a "public rebuke" and an internal review are sufficient for egregious prosecutorial misconduct that put my family through hell. My seven-year-old is still having nightmares and panic attacks related to this case. Justice requires transparency and accountability.

Jon Seidel@jonseidel.bsky.social · 5h ago

Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed. From @schuba.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...

Your little oopsie "mistakes" had me worrying for a year of my life about my partner going to jail for up to a decade based on lies likely fed to you by the top of the federal government. Show everyone what you're covering up in these emails and texts. There's a reason you don't want them released.

Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed

Chicago's top federal prosecutor noted in a court filing that his office has already dropped charges in the case, implemented “robust root-cause changes” and started the process of reviewing over 1,00...

chicago.suntimes.com

To be loved is to be changed.

if only we had a very significant election in the last couple decades where organizing out hustled a more well financed campaign. oh well. can't think of any examples.

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 7h ago

I know we are chalking the success of some leftist candidates almost entirely to the DSA. However, it seems like the more common theme is that these are candidates with organizing experience?

It's a year and a half after i highlighted the issue, but nice to see: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Senators demand crackdown on wildfire "prediction market" bets

Fire experts warn such markets could incentivize arson.

arstechnica.com

Molly White@molly.wiki · 2y ago

what could go wrong with running betting markets like this?

The co-founder of the 2024 National Uncommitted Movement, Abbas Alawieh, decisively won his primary to become a State Senator in Michigan. Abbas was endorsed by both Bernie Sanders and Gretchen Whitmer. Abbas Alawieh also privately met with former VP Kamala Harris last month upon her request.

It's day 5 of the #ElectronicTunes #MusicChallenge and I'm back with a track that will hopefully make all your hearts smile! Let's all enjoy the Pain Mix of the classic Depeche Mode track Strangelove! youtu.be/eyjxmzJSApw bsky.app/profile/mrre...

Strangelove (Pain Mix)

YouTube video by Depeche Mode - Topic

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@mrrexdart.bsky.social · yesterday

It's day 4 of the #ElectronicTunes #MusicChallenge and it looks like it's time to oil up! Here's zircon with a fantastic remix of Hakan's theme from Super Street Fighter IV! youtu.be/6dQst2KFJRQ bsky.app/profile/mrre...

Maybe Klobuchar should hold another “Seersucker Day” with her Republican colleagues and bring this up with them.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4h ago

Klobuchar responds: "None of my opponents on this stage condemned what ICE did. Not a word. Two innocent people were killed, shot in the back. We had many people arrested when they weren't supposed to be arrested, and we need reform to ICE."

Fast friends.

This is an astounding loss for the US if it comes to fruition. One of the biggest strategic losses the US has ever endured—perhaps biggest?—and all from a war the US chose to start for no reason, illegally.

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 5h ago

Iran and Oman have reportedly agreed that all ships transiting Hormuz have to go through an Iran-controlled corridor, and are finalizing tolls of 3, 5, or 7%. This would close off the path outside Iranian waters the US encouraged ships to use during the MOU, then started bombing again to keep open.

Originally Ryan and Pelosi, but now Johnson and Jeffries, have put the fascist sociopath above the law. They made him king.

The Liberal BoJack@thelibbojack.bsky.social · 2d ago

If you can’t impeach a President for laundering money, War crimes, corruption, Market Manipulations, illegal Wars nowadays, what can you impeach them for?

Abdul El-Sayed has never held elected office and just won the primary for a senate seat in the biggest battleground state in the country by beating a congresswoman who was endorsed by the current Senator, Governor, and Schumer & the DSCC while being outspent over 10 to 1. That win is plenty big.

Politico@politico.com · 12h ago

Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

The total amount a UK political party can spend in a General election year across 650 candidates is half that - and this was a single candidate in a single primary.

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 14h ago

No matter the margin the story is that Haley Stevens got $70M of support, more than $30M of it from a single organization, and still lost.

Teach your children ‘democrats are not always good, but republicans ARE always bad’ and in 2026 you’ve covered like 90% of their practical civic education wrt voting.

Stan Oklobdzija@stano.bsky.social · 16h ago

The best thing about Vote Blue No Matter Who is that it unloads a lot of cognitive burden. I wanted Tom Steyer to be in the Governor's race, but he's not so I'm gonna vote for Becerra. I don't follow his campaign at all: I'm voting for him because he's not a Republican.

“We should return to an older and more accurate name for the Civil War: the Slaveholders’ Rebellion. If a country unquestioningly adopts language that obscures its bloodiest crimes to absolve their worst perpetrators, how can we expect successive generations to remember the new assaults on democracy

Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)

To face our own history, we must be honest about it.

nytimes.com

Look how cool! A person I'm acquainted with on Instagram does photography with antique equipment and he did a portrait of his cat using a camera made in 1926. www.instagram.com/glass_negati...

Yes, long but not tedious, worth your time to read 👇🏻

Citizens' Impeachment@citizensimpeachment.com · 4d ago

Let me start this long and tedious thread by saying that voting is important. It is especially important if you live in a swing district or have competitive local races. As citizens of a democracy we should all inform ourselves about the relevant issues and candidates and always vote. 1/x