Just thinking about this as the state harasses Ilhan Omar over 40 year old paperwork.
Elon Musk, enemy of ‘open borders,’ launched his career working illegally
Investors in Musk’s first company worried about “our founder being deported” and gave him a deadline for obtaining a work visa.
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This is so true. I would go further: it distorts things with a profoundly American bias. Complex cultural questions are filtered through a parchial American lens.
Karen Attiah@karenattiah.bsky.social · 3d agoEverytime I mention that BlueSky is just not good for non-US global news and discussion, I get piled on. BlueSky is great for many, many reasons, but the rest of the world is still very much on Twitter / X. What is happening in India is *massive*.
Women who resist rape are punished so disproportionately because men understand that rape is the lynchpin of their social power, and they will go to any lengths to defend it. www.cnn.com/2026/10/08/u...
‘Shocking’ swatting incident and death threats against Jane Doe | CNN
Jane Doe’s Attorney Thomas Giuffra tells CNN’s Kaitlan Collins the swatting incident that left Doe’s family at gunpoint was “one of the most shocking things” he’s seen.
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This is just a relentlessly horrific story. It’s hard to adequately contextualize the moral desolation of this unfolding in the midst of a midterms against a ruling party helmed by inveterate rapists and rape apologists. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...
Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
phoenixnewtimes.com
This is the most amazing political post of all time. It's only downhill from here.
Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc)@purrtah.bsky.social · 7d agoYea the elections havent happened yet
interesting that conservatives were militantly “we must reward hustle” when the target was affirmative action at elite universities and now, when faced with the success of south asians and other groups, it is “i think we are too meritocratic”
Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly@rtodkelly.bsky.social · 7d agoIt's absolutely bonkers to me that this image led directly to this tweet.
in a just world someone would stone cold stun these guys into concrete
Anthony L. Fisher@anthonylfisher.bsky.social · last wk.Found the perfect screengrab to use the next time someone tries to tell me I’m missing out on important discourse by not using Elon Musk’s mircoblog site
This is not our dog. The best thing about living in the woods is neighbor dogs swing by to say hi once in a while. 🐕 make yourself at home pal.
In the history of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most. SMH. Politicians lie. These politicians lie so often it seems like breathing.
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs. @columbiasipa.bsky.social share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join SIPA faculty
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the School of International and Public Affairs as a fellow at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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Tony Somogyi 🇺🇦 🇨🇦🇪🇺@tonysomo.bsky.social · 2w agoThank you for your courage and for reminding us about this murder & cold blooded dismemberment of a courageous journalist. I can never forget Pompeo’s off the cuff dismissal of Jamal’s fate and Kushner’s divulging of intelligence about MBS enemies in exchange for deal$; all of them put to death!
it didn't even occur to me that the government might try to execute someone a second time if they torture the person but fail to kill them during a first botched attempt. truly grotesque and a moral stain upon all involved.
New from me: What do Never Trump Republicans want and are they experts at defeating the GOP they helped create? We don't have to speculate. They've already said it - they want neocons to take over the Democratic Party & they don't want blame when Democrats adopt their agenda & then lose.
It’s Not A Bulwark. It’s A Plot.
The former GOP operatives behind The Bulwark helped sell Democrats a losing strategy. Now they’re positioning themselves to shape the party’s 2028 nominee.
levernews.com
Every single newspaper that reported that Jane Doe “changed her story” should be rushing to publish retractions right now. This case should be a lesson in taking a DA’s victim-blaming statements at face value. Victims do not report to the police because they thought nothing happened to them.
Essential post & commentary from Jay Willis @jaywillis.net @ballsandstrikes.org ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
The Conservative Takeover of SCOTUSblog Is Just What the Supreme Court Needed
SCOTUSblog used to cover the Supreme Court. Now, it cheers for it.
ballsandstrikes.org
As a professor, most of what I do is log in to things
Maybe no one is more hated than women who resist rape. I’ve come to believe that women who have been, as I was, “public survivors” have a responsibility not to flinch in these face of this hate. I have a lot of rage about that time, but I don’t have any shame.
This is scandalous, @nytimes.com. @propublica.org should demand a public correction and apology.
Clara Jeffery@clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2w agoI’m sorry, what? This piece was not a joint publication/ reporting job (as some are). It was @propublica’s alone and the Times followed with a summary. This is so indicative of NYT. If they don’t ignore proper credit, they just go for stolen valor.
This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
Here's a neat thing! My mom retired after 25+ as a children's librarian at public libraries yesterday. (It was very cool! Hundreds of former Story Hour kids arrived, some as adults!) I let Ed Markey's office know in case they wanted to send a nice email back and they sent this! He's still got it!
I'm willing to bet that for every single Senate vote since Trump was inaugurated where Collins's vote was outcome-determinative, she has voted with Trump.
Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3w agoNYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
