Good sign that only one Dem defected on vote to limit Supreme Court to nine members. No guarantee all those Dems turn around and vote to expand it in 2029, but it's at least a dry run. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

House Democrats block constitutional amendment to lock Supreme Court at 9 justices

The Republican-led resolution, which requires two-thirds support in the House and the Senate, is a response to increasing openness among Democrats to expand the court.

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Here is the donation link for Nydia Cardenas, who is Cardenas who is running to oust one of the County Commissioners who voted to cut polling places in Tarrant County secure.actblue.com/donate/vote4...

Donate to Nydia Cardenas

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Jen Rice@jenrice.bsky.social · 2d ago

Happening now in TX: Voters in battleground Tarrant County are telling GOP local officials what they think of their plan to cut 30% of voting locations this year “Nothing you can do can stop us from removing you in November”

How about instead we freeze corporate profits? Every dime of profits made in 2027 above 2026 levels goes straight to paying off the federal debt? www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

You'll Never Guess Whom Trump Wants To Give A Raise To

Trump’s proposed pay freeze would come at a time when his war in Iran is already eating into workers’ paychecks.

huffpost.com

Another 2029 law needed: allowing any American stuck with these to exchange them for new ones free of charge.

Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 16h ago

Eric Trump got his new passport

So good that this person is not going to be in the US Senate

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 15h ago

Haley Stevens ends her brief honeymoon phase of unity with the left flank by saying that Bernie Sanders is affiliated with jihadism

Not even Speaker yet and Hakeem Jeffries has already lost control of the caucus. Mike Johnson will likely remain worst and most ineffective Speaker of the modern era - but Jeffries already warming up for the number 2 slot. www.politico.com/live-updates...

No immediate plans to punish rogue House Democrats for bailing out GOP

A previously scheduled caucus rules meeting did not result in a firm proposal regarding Reps. Jared Golden and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez.

politico.com

They will likely quietly or not so quietly sell Iran nuclear weapons to go with those cruise missiles. And why shouldn't they? Trump has demonstrated international law will not protect any country from violations of sovereignty, so every nation needs a nuke now to defend themselves.

Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 20h ago

Iranian leadership met with Putin in Bishkek — as the news came out that Russia is secretly helping Iran to develop supersonic cruise missiles.

Clearly planned for a coup with the midterms Fired whole military command and installed flunkies Building armed bunker at White House And now planning to deploy ICE troops to polls Main hope is they are too incompetent to execute the coup- but will try in last ditch response to losing midterms

Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com · 16h ago

NEW: ICE agents could enter polling places to make arrests this November, according to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. Speaking to reporters, Mullin insisted that “ICE isn’t there to patrol the polling places,” but said agents could nevertheless enter voting locations in certain circumstances.

Big online backlash against Lanterns show complaining DC has gone "woke" talking about racism And this video highlights Green Lantern was extremely "woke" dealing with racism FIFTY YEARS ago. Amazing how much culture has regressed under Trump. www.youtube.com/shorts/xMjWt...

The Lanterns “controversy” is dumb lol #lanterns #greenlantern #dcu

YouTube video by Isaac Murdock

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Fascinating corporate fight at Volkswagon which wants to slash employmnet and move jobs overseas - but under German law, workers have hold half the board seats and a regional govt (Lower Saxony) hold 10% of the seats, so board defeated the initial plan /1 www.wsj.com/business/aut...

Volkswagen Fights Chinese Competition—and Its Own Board—in Battle to Survive

Chief Executive Oliver Blume’s plan to make the company smaller and less German has sparked union and political outcry.

wsj.com

This is why Dems taking anti-trans or anti-immigrant political positions is not pragmatically moving to the middle but harmful, since it encourages Dem voters and moderates to change their views - and therefore moves aggregate views on trans and immigration to the Right, politically helping GOP.

Leah McElrath@leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 19h ago

Interesting example of how political beliefs can be formed by identification with a politician rather than the other way around:

One of many small laws to pass in 2029, to make ownership of the coin a felony. Don't let it become a collectors item except among criminals.

If you didn't vote Dem, you helped make this:@airbagmoments.bsky.social · 19h ago

There's a law that says living presidents can't be on currency, so I hope Trump makes this coin legal as soon as possible, if you know what I mean.

US continues murdering civilians, including children, in its illegal war of aggression. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/...

Iran says US bombed a wedding party in Sirik, killing five people

Officials say at least 63 others wounded in attack on city of Kuhestak, including women and children.

aljazeera.com

Imagine if any elected leader said that about Israel leaders? That would be antisemitic and anyone saying it would rightly be ousted immediately from every position they held. But GOP and media will treat this as harsh but acceptable speech.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Mike Johnson on Iranians: "It's apparently part of their religion that they can just lie to someone they disagree with"

They are coming for your retirement. Being forced to delay Social Security by a year is a loss of $50,000 in retirement earnings for average retired couple- making such proposals the biggest benefit cuts possible to propose. nathannewman.substack.com/p/raising-th...

Raising the Retirement Age IS a Cut in Social Security

And a large and racist cut in benefits to boot

nathannewman.substack.com

Donna Stern@dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 2d ago

Dr. Oz hints at raising the retirement age with Americans "so vital" they choose to work an extra year, calling it $1 trillion in value. He doesn't mention that Social Security's formula barely rewards working past 62. convenient math for the guy running Medicare. #momsky#sheshed

"We promise to restore the status quo of 2024 when the American people were completely happy" No vision for any real change. Nothing. With this leadership, no wonder the public hates the Democrats almost as much as the GOP.

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2d ago

What @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social told me the House agenda will be next year if Democrats win —Reverse Trump’s Medicaid cuts —Extend expired ACA tax credits —Restore Congress’s authority on tariffs —“Decisively” end the Iran war Beyond that: “We’ve established five working groups on affordability”

Every blue state should be barring former ICE agents from employment- that is the minimum action they can take against people willingly signing up to terrorize our communities and murder people thrown into detention without adequate care. www.latimes.com/california/s...

California lawmakers pass restrictions on hiring former immigration agents, ban on electric-shock gloves

California lawmakers on Monday voted to ban federal immigration agents from being hired for many local and state government jobs and outlaw electric-shock gloves.

latimes.com

Seen this poll kicking around and worth noting the group that produced is on the payroll of the following companies (listed on their website) People are rightly pissed at AI companies, even if some of it gets translated into a bit of anti-tech luddism at times story.publicfirst.co#zerocarbon

Bill McKay@mckay4senate.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Why does BlueSky keep centering American and more broadly Western voices whenever we do AI discourse?

So Hakeem Jeffries has put someone who wants to purge one-third of Democratic voters from the party in charge of Israel-Palestine issues in Congress for the Dem Party? Jeffries has declared himself an enemy of a third of Dem voters so why shouldn't we all treat him as an enemy?

the abbot of unreason (a returned archaeologist)@merovingians.bsky.social · 2d ago

New From the Hater and Losers Caucus of the Democratic Party:

Officially at the CDC cooking-the-books stage of covering up Trump public health failures. Follows Census Bureau cooking data on supposed undocumented voting. Federal data now shouldn't be treated as anything other than propaganda until proven otherwise www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

New CDC director delays adding Pennsylvania deaths to measles data

The deaths have been at the heart of a bitter political dispute between RFK Jr. and Gov. Josh Shapiro (D).

washingtonpost.com

If this project is so critical, where is the Congressional debate and appropriations for its funding? The God-Emperor Presidential theory underlying every decision of this Court needs to be obliterated when Dems take back Congress and expand the Court.

Jay Willis@jaywillis.net · 3d ago

Laughed out loud at the section of the Supreme Court opinion upholding Trump's ballroom that's like, "And would you doubt the veracity of these SWORN DECLARATIONS that the ballroom is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY from a BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN TRUMP'S CABINET???" www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

At this point, you support Israeli Occupation or you need to support a single state with equal rights for Jews, Palestinians and everyone else in what is now Israeli occupied lands The two-state solution is dead because this no way to separate the two populations. www.newyorker.com/news/a-repor...

New Maps Show How Israel Has Thwarted Hopes for a Palestinian State

The breakneck expansion of settlements in the West Bank has rendered American talk of a two-state solution increasingly irrelevant.

newyorker.com

Tear it down in 2029- and put the Supreme Court in some random office building with poor plumbing.

Kelsey Reichmann@kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 3d ago

Breaking: Supreme Court lets Trump continue construction on White House ballroom Roberts issued an admin stay allowing the project to continue while the full court considered the appeal. Now in apparent 5-4 ruling, the court again sided with Trump Roberts joins liberals in dissent

Socialist Mamdani is cutting fees for small business to encourage more economic activity, while "capitalist" Trump is destroying tourism income with idiotic taxes. But then, socialists understand markets better than most "capitalists" - who are mostly just self-interested monopolists & rentiers.

Nathan Newman@nathansnewman.bsky.social · 3d ago

Funny what happens when you raise entry fees by $100 per person on international visitors "While tourism grew around the globe in 2025, the U.S. saw a 6% drop in foreign visitors and was the only country to see international visitor spending decline" www.forbes.com/sites/suzann...

Funny what happens when you raise entry fees by $100 per person on international visitors "While tourism grew around the globe in 2025, the U.S. saw a 6% drop in foreign visitors and was the only country to see international visitor spending decline" www.forbes.com/sites/suzann...

Trump’s ‘America First’ National Park Fees Miss Revenue Targets

The Trump administration’s fee hike for international visitors in national parks has brought in 50% less revenue than projected.

forbes.com

Trump betrays allies in every way possible. Stop letting the U.S. host international meetings & events under Trump. At what point will Canada, Europe, South Korea and every other country betrayed by Trump band together and collectively sanction the U.S.? www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08...

Trump Administration Live Updates: Europe Protests as U.S. Invites Russian Minister to Finance Meeting

nytimes.com

Just insane that Bari Weiss's CBS News says it's controversial that El-Sayed said America needed to come together to fight Covid like it came together to fight terrorism after 9/11. Any Dem supporting Ellison taking over CNN is siding with the political enemy - looking at you Xavier Becerra

David A. Graham@dgraham.bsky.social · 3d ago

Are you kidding me www.cbsnews.com/news/abdul-e...

As US retreats from support for South Korea, it is cementing alliances w Europe by delivering tanks to defend against Russian aggression US is rapidly becoming a sideshow in international relations as a multipolar world of alliances emerges without us. africa.businessinsider.com/local/market...

World’s 5th strongest military begins delivering K2 Black Panther war tanks to a Russia-threatened European nation as Morocco weighs acquisition

South Korea, currently ranked as the worlds fifth strongest military power, has officially commenced deliveries from a new batch of K2 Black Panther main battle tanks to Poland

africa.businessinsider.com

This is simultaneously the most imperialist and pro-communist dictator action a President has ever taken- and it's breaking the brain of the rightwing Wall Street Journal. The political opposition in Venezuela get completely screwed as it financially and politically props up Delcy's dictatorship.

Rory Johnston@roryjohnston.bsky.social · 3d ago

The WSJ Editorial Board: “The U.S. government is essentially getting in bed with a foreign dictator and her favored capitalist”

The dam may be breaking on expanding the Court if a moderate Dem like Clyburn treats is as a basic party demand.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

Rep. James Clyburn says he supports expanding the Supreme Court: "13 is a pretty good number. A baker's dozen would be a good number to have on the Court."