Greg Gabrielse
@newtons-third.bsky.social
Former teacher, father of daughters, not the king of dad jokes, but pondering usurping the throne.
Some congressional Democrats (or their staffers, I guess) follow me on here, so let me speak directly to them: The media isn't going to do this on their own. But if you make it an issue, they might just be shamed into forcing your GOP opponents into discussing the fat racist elephant in the room.
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d agoIf the media is going to insist that politicians denounce their supporters who make extremist statements, I have a suggestion for someone a bit more important than a Twitch streamer.
If the media is going to insist that politicians denounce their supporters who make extremist statements, I have a suggestion for someone a bit more important than a Twitch streamer.
Denouncing Extremists
One of the media's favorite activities is demanding that Democratic politicians denounce individuals on their side who have made extreme statements. This is a pattern that stretches back to the 1992 ...
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JD Vance can rage at Abdul El-Sayed for invoking Usha all he wants, but AES's larger point is 100% correct: JD really has made craven compromises with vicious MAGA racists. For JD to submerge all that to his personal ambition really is disgraceful. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/2149...
What JD Vance’s Eruption of Rage over Usha and El-Sayed Really Reveals
Vance is posing as a chivalrous defender of his wife. What he’s hiding is the craven compromises he’s made with the racist and white nationalist elements within the MAGA coalition.
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From John Stoehr. Just go read the first two paragraphs. He is so rightl
This is the best that whiteness can do
America put it all on the line for maga. This is it.
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I wrote about Judge Talwani’s decision, issued late Thursday, entering a Temporary Restraining Order that puts Trump’s Executive Order on voting by mail back on hold. And I assess how it will hold up at SCOTUS, because we all know that’s where it’s headed. joycevance.substack.com/p/judge-talw...
Judge Talwani’s Most Recent Order On Voting By Mail
It’s Long, It’s Complicated, And It’s Definitely Worth Your Time
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They disinvented the VCR. You might think that the reason we don't have VCRs anymore is because VCRs were supplanted by DVDs, PVRs and streaming, but that's not the case. They had it in for the VCR from the very start, and they never stopped trying to kill it. Eventually, they succeeded. 1/
Before Europeans arrived, these were some of the names for The Great Lakes: Superior: gichi-gami (great sea) Erie: erielhonan (long tail) Michigan: michigami (long body of water) Ontario: Ontarí'io\kanadario (great lake\beautiful water) Huron: karegnondi (fresh water sea)
Donald is gonna be so mad when Natalie shows him this clip…
“Cameras off the president right now”: Authorities forced the press pool to look away as the president had an altercation with his wife--and none of the major outlets have acknowledged this blatant assault on the freedom of the press. fair.org/home/network...
Networks Were Ordered to Stop Filming Trump—and They Didn’t Protest the Illegal Censorship
"Cameras off the president now": The command was an astonishing call for press censorship on behalf of Trump and a direct violation of the First Amendment.
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Surprising fact: We are actually NOT seeing more food recalls this year compared with recent years. What we’re seeing is an increase in the number of illnesses caused by contaminated food. This is the largest ever cyclospora outbreak & third-largest foodborne illness outbreak of any kind on record.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio@anatosaurus.bsky.social · 2w agoPlease direct your freak out to the giant fucking horror show of HHS proposing to let random contractors strip search immigrant kids held captive in concentration camps & make it harder to reunite them with family: COMMENT BY TOMORROW - act.theyoungcenter.org/ks2HFT0aoUuw...
Republicans have spent the last year trying to defund Dolly Parton
Pentagon fires editor and publisher of Stars & Stripes after reporting on hardships that Navy sailors were facing on the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
Pentagon Fires Editor and Publisher of Independent Military Publication
The firings at Stars and Stripes also claimed a Middle East correspondent. They are the latest effort by the Pentagon to diminish the news outlet’s editorial independence.
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Your reminder that the English Beat icon "Beat Girl" is a transgender woman named Brigitte Bond from a photo of her dancing with ska musician Prince Buster at Heathrow in 1964 and none of us will be as cool as she was.
The Daily Beast publishes several of Natalie Harp's love letters to her man.
alysonwelborn is a spoken word artist on TT. She has poured her soul into this #CupOfJoe. Drink it in. You’ll be better for it.
Trump's covert surveillance of anti-ICE protesters is much worse than we thought. I dug into this and found that DHS agents secretly spied on over a dozen meetings of left-leaning groups, all protected by First Amendment. The details are unnerving. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2144...
Trump’s Secret Police Spying on Americans? It’s Darker than We Knew.
Court papers reveal that the Department of Homeland Security’s covert surveillance of anti-ICE groups is much darker than it first appeared. Welcome to Donald Trump’s America.
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Michael Allen Caruso, a former Republican state legislator and current Ron DeSantis appointee, was booked early Tuesday on charges of suspicion, molestation, kidnapping, luring and enticing a child, lewd and lascivious exhibition, and child abuse. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
The finalists for the 2026 Ocean Photographer of the Year competition were just announced; the selections include some of the best coastal, drone, and underwater photographs, chosen from thousands of submissions. See more via The Atlantic Photo:
Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026 Finalists
The finalist selections for this year’s Ocean Photographer of the Year competition were just announced by the organizers at Oceanographic Magazine, featuring some of the best coastal, drone, and underwater photographs chosen from thousands of submissions.
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i've been covering national security for decades, on and off. i've never heard of anything like this. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
USS Abraham Lincoln sailors tried to jump overboard amid extended deployment – reports
Aircraft carrier’s crew in ninth month at sea and has spent record 250 days consecutively without making land
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An experienced fact-checker, Linda Qiu, at the most well-resourced and serious news organization in America, STILL cannot manage to call a true statement true: "Susan Collins helped Trump slash Medicaid to the tune of $990 billion.” —Troy Jackson This is true. Here's why Qiu gets it wrong:
Fact-Checking 3 Competitive Senate Races in Maine, Michigan and Ohio
Republican attacks have focused on terrorism and illegal immigration, while Democrats have sought to capitalize on the unpopularity of President Trump’s cuts to Medicaid.
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Read this whole thread, but especially this:
Joey Fishkin@fishkin.bsky.social · 4w agoReal accountability journalism would start with a strong presumption that you as a Senator are responsible for every single thing your party does (even more if you voted to advance it to the floor!). Reporters would ask Collins, ok, what did you to stop those Medicaid cuts, and why didn't it work?
Everyone should include this video when they talk about Fauci or anyone else! @katiephang.bsky.social @meidastouch.com @keithedwards.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @jamestalarico.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/-i7yF...
Hawley vs Trump’s Fifth Plea
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