This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.

SpacePrez@spaceprez.bsky.social · 6h ago

The polls are super bad for Trump so he's definitely going to try to cheat www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...

I think the problem is that Trump can execute a plan like this, lose in court months later, then still point to the skewed election results and claim Republicans won.

CK DexterHaven@ckshowalter.bsky.social · 6h ago

Okay, the Roberts Court is a disaster but I can’t see them letting this go through. I can’t see the governors of rural heavy red states letting this go through.

Russia secretly helping Iran develop supersonic cruise missiles ft.trib.al/W4DBfJa

Russia secretly helping Iran develop supersonic cruise missiles

Leaks reveal programme behind one of the most significant known transfers of military technology from Moscow to Tehran

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A doctor compared to a nepo baby

Lupita Nihongo@otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 5h ago

The value of Graham Platner is that right up until all his red flags came toppling down upon him is that he is the most naked example of the amount of grace & credibility Simply Being White grants you. Compared to Abdul El-Sayed, who has to re-earn every ounce of credibility he has on a daily basis.

BREAKING -- Mike Johnson says he's unaware of major news developments

🚨My review of The Nerd Reich. For some absurd reason, here's an incredibly painstaking version in image + alt text form, for people who really like threads of images. the-climate-laundry.ghost.io/frightened-l...

ground.news/article/army... Whiskey PeteHegseth has taken out more American generals than Iranian generals.

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submits resignation after tension with Hegseth

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has submitted his resignation to President Trump following months of tension with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the direction of the service and the ouster of numerou...

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All functions of capitalism working as intended

My Father’s Daughter@aninsggirb.bsky.social · 9h ago

What if Higher Ed was never truly meant to lift millions into economic security? “When we offer more credentials in lieu of a stronger social contract, it’s Lower Ed. When we ask for social insurance & get workforce training, it’s Lower Ed.”- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social prospect.org/2024/07/29/2...

What if Higher Ed was never truly meant to lift millions into economic security? “When we offer more credentials in lieu of a stronger social contract, it’s Lower Ed. When we ask for social insurance & get workforce training, it’s Lower Ed.”- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social prospect.org/2024/07/29/2...

School’s Out - The American Prospect

Demographic crashes and rising costs threaten an entire segment of higher education.

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As @brianbeutler.bsky.social keeps warning us: They are not going to prioritize fighting Trump. They’re trying to pretend things are normal and do normal things in an abnormal time. Trump’s actions will stand. And Jeffries is leading that. He has to go

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 12h 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”

www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

USDA cyclospora research projects shelved amid funding cuts and relocations

The shuttering of three projects is expected to hinder vital research at a time when consumers are increasingly worried about the safety of the food supply.

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Breaking News: A whistle-blower at the U.S. Postal Service said Trump officials were defying court orders with a “secretive, rushed” effort affecting voting by mail.

Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on Voting by Mail

A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.

nyti.ms

ICE has asked a federal judge to stay the city of Social Circle, Ga.'s lawsuit to stop the conversion of a warehouse there into a prison camp. Lawyers for the DOJ say that ICE determined it no longer requires the facility and will be seeking to sell it through the General Services Administration.

Nazi salutes in the ring and a Nazi flag outside the ring. That's fine for a sanctioned sporting event in the state of Florida in 2026.

Jeff Tischauser@jtischauser.bsky.social · 9h ago

When you invite Nazi clowns expect a Nazi circus www.boxinginsider.com/headlines/so...

“What do you think should happen to a Border Patrol agent when a U.S. District Judge has found his ‘testimony not credible’?” New records show ex-Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino was under internal investigation when he retired www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/31/b... @royalpratt.bsky.social reports

Bovino was under internal investigation by Border Patrol when he retired, newly released records show

Former Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino retired while under internal investigation for his conduct during immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis and Chicago, records show.

chicagotribune.com

I think that’s what he’s doing in all my moments, sadly. I have never been wrong thinking the worst of Trump.

Julian Sanchez@normative.bsky.social · 9h ago

I am, in my gloomier moments, convinced he’s trying to flush out anyone with qualms about obeying grossly illegal and immoral orders before 2029.

Yeah, maybe check out how this tactic played in Utah where the GOP senate majority leader lost his seat in a primary.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11h ago

Scalise: "We are investigating whether China is behind a lot of this misinformation against data centers"

This is as bad as holding the father that took care of his son who fucking died because they put him in a concentration camp..

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · yesterday

A 76-year-old green card holder with stage 4 cancer was arrested at his citizenship application interview and has been held by ICE for two months. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Feeling safer now?

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · yesterday

A 76-year-old green card holder with stage 4 cancer was arrested at his citizenship application interview and has been held by ICE for two months. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Election monitors were sent as part of a “monitoring initiative aimed at promoting transparency”, now Wyoming’s Republican governor says DOJ employees sent to monitor the state’s August 18th primary elections were “aggressive” and displayed “irregular” behavior ✏️ @motherjones.com

Wyoming's primaries were a preview of Trump's midterm interference

"Aggressive" DOJ staff meddled with the state's August elections, its Republican governor said.

motherjones.com

Harvey G. Cohen@cultrhack.bsky.social · 2d ago

Ex-Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb recently predicted ICE agents at midterm election polls is “a virtual certainty” and perhaps National Guard officers as well. “Anything to intimidate minority voters, particularly immigrant voters” into not voting. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Much of the news you view downunder is controlled by News Corp, which is owned by a right wing American billionaire. Facebook and Instagram are owned by another right wing billionaire, Mark Zuckerberg. X, formerly Twitter... wordsforweb.com.au/american-bil...

American Billionaires Control Your News Feed

Much of the news you view downunder is controlled by News Corp, which is owned by a right wing American billionaire. Facebook and Instagram are owned by another right wing billionaire, Mark Zuckerberg. X, formerly Twitter, is owned by yet another American billionaire, Elon Musk. American billionaires control your news feed. Can you perceive a bit of a pattern here, folks? The news you get either by legacy media or social media platforms comes via Trump supporting oligarchs. AI is likewise owned by a bunch of American billionaires, who have kissed the ring of President Trump. Your news and information comes via a filter, a right wing filter, which puts a decided slant on things.

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A lot of people responding with some variation of shock that people who the "Holocaust" happened to would act like thisthis. But as @eyshe.bsky.social and I's forthcoming volume illustrates (not to mention a large academic literature), the Nazi Holocaust is not the Basis of Zionism or Israel.

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus.bsky.social · 2d ago

Ben Gvir posted this video on twitter today which shows fat and happy Palestinians on a conveyer built going through the Israeli "prison" (torture camp) system and coming out emaciated and maudlin. This is textbook genocidal content.

Important thread

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus.bsky.social · 2d ago

A lot of people responding with some variation of shock that people who the "Holocaust" happened to would act like thisthis. But as @eyshe.bsky.social and I's forthcoming volume illustrates (not to mention a large academic literature), the Nazi Holocaust is not the Basis of Zionism or Israel.

Ungaro alleges the UN General Assembly president was murdered by Chinese nationals who were also involved in the scheme.

I don't think I've seen this news over here yet. Beyond poor Konrad, it does appear possible that several of the usual X cheerleaders are now Special Goverment Employees, confirmed at least in DataRepublican / Jennica Pounds case

Roses are red The runs got your neighbor

The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

futurism.com

Last week, Trump drew a red line: “ANY country” that does business with Iran will face “TREMENDOUS Economic Consequences.” This week, he suggested he doesn’t much care if Russia does business with Iran. Remember when the crossing of red lines was considered important?

Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · 2d ago

www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

@letsgomathias.bsky.social joins us to speak about his recent book, “To Catch A Fascist” ( @atriabooks.bsky.social, 2026), talk about anti-racism historical and modern in the USA, Trump targeting of Antifa & the liberal-to-left-spectrum and other topics thefinalstrawradio.libsyn.com/chris-mathia...

VOLKER: What I would tell Trump today is he needs to put maximum pressure on Russia to end the war. The only reason there’s a war is that Russia launched it and continues to pursue it. Ukraine's never going to be defeated. You can’t take Ukrainianness out of Ukrainians.