Stephen Butchko
@stephenbutchko.bsky.social
Explorer of human nature, Emmy nominated director, actor, producer and aspiring heretic.
Flock Employee Quits In Disgust, Saying the Company Is Silencing Protestors I love living in the dystopian dreams of past science fiction authors. futurism.com/future-socie...
Flock Employee Quits In Disgust, Saying the Company Is Silencing Protestors
A former Flock employee says the company lied about how its cameras would be used and that it tried to undermine protestors.
futurism.com
Sabotage, spite, or ideology...the damage looks identical either way, and it outlasts whoever's in office. You don't have to buy my theory for the consequences to land. www.JackHopkinsNow.com
"If Abdul El-Sayed can win this fall, he’ll have handed his party a roadmap," writes @peterbeinart.bsky.social. "Democrats across the country should be taking notes."
Abdul El-Sayed offers a template for Democrats to defeat Trumpism | Peter Beinart
The candidate has crafted a progressive nationalism and shown his party how to turn Republicans’ financial advantage against them
theguardian.com
CEOs are raking in $17 million a year, 300 times what their own workers make, and John Husted’s answer is “learn to budget.” Sherrod Brown wrote the law that got over 100,000 Ohioans their stolen pensions back. Vote for who fights for you, not who lectures you. #BlueWaveIn90Days
Let’s level set. MICHIGAN is a must-win if we want to flip the Senate. A word caution: This race was tighter than many predicted. El-Sayed needs Stevens supporters in the general, so it’s not smart strategy to keep them angry. Welcome them. Focus on issues. Time is short, so healing must be quick
This openly corrupt, criminal administration must be stopped. How in the fuck is this just happening daily with no consequences for Traitor Trump?
Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official, was backed by prominent progressives, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
Progressive El-Sayed Wins Michigan’s Democratic Senate Primary—Results Much Closer Than Expected
Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official, was backed by prominent progressives, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
forbes.com
🚨 HAPPENING NOW 🚨 Women's Marchers have been arrested in the Capitol for standing vigil for the people killed by ICE. #AbolishICE llustrations by @channeldraw
🌊 Nearly 90 California lawmakers have sent a clear message: No new offshore drilling and continued strong protection for California’s iconic coast! 🧵
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.
Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All. Michigan... We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let's win in November.
It’s official: @abdulelsayed.bsky.social wins the Democratic Primary for Senate! The People Prevail Over Corporate Profits Once Again!
With the people’s power to effect change on the line, Missouri voters showed up to defend their rights. And in November, when abortion rights are on the ballot, they’ll do it again.
🚨BREAKING: Missouri voters have rejected a ballot measure to limit their own ability to pass amendments to the state constitution — a proposal that fueled extraordinarily high voter turnout in Tuesday’s election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Missouri voters reject ballot measure limiting their power to amend state constitution
Notably, the proposed amendment would not have affected constitutional amendments that the legislature put on the ballot. State lawmakers only wanted to make it harder to pass a voter-led measure, not...
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Voters in Kansas saw through a blatant political power grab and sent a message — our courts are not for sale.
Whitehouse: "Next we get to this crooked slush fund Trump family tax amnesty scam. We've got these two new pieces of paper. One signed only by Blanche, one not signed by anybody. Neither of which has any legal effect whatsoever. They are decorative. Can you trust Todd Blanche? I do not."
Today, for the first time in New York City history, 2,000 two year-olds received offers for FREE 2-K. A big step for those who take baby steps. A big step towards a City every New Yorker can afford.
I attended an art talk last week where a discussion was held about recognizing art people create online as being just as valid as work recognized by formal institutions. I implore artists working online to document EVERY project you create. Get a journalist to write about it if you can.
This is the "Mission Accomplished" banner for the mid-terms.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
Sat with JUDI DENCH, KENNETH BRANAGH becomes visibly moved when talking about the nature of loss & grief and simply not having the words to express these emotions. He then he turns to a line from Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’… TEA WITH JUDI DENCH (2025)
🔥 Here's Whitehouse's entire remarkable speech opposing Blanche: "What's left of this committee when we don't demand straight answers? How many times has DOJ been asked what became of the $50k that the FBI reported it handed to Homan? ... our R colleagues see no evil, hear no evil, & speak no evil."
Whitehouse on Blanche: "Today is a sad and embarrassing day"
YouTube video by Aaron Rupar
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Are they going to shut off Mitch McConnell’s life support today since it’s August 4 & too late to call a special election to replace him?
Trump is rolling out yet another key plank of Project 2025: privatizing airport security. History has shown us time and again this makes both workers and passengers less safe. Everything is for sale under Trump.
TSA Privatization Returns Airport Security to a Dangerous Past - The American Prospect
The Trump administration wants airport screening to revert to the way it was before 9/11, when private security companie
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NEWS: Former Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) has endorsed Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) for re-election Flake: “I’m still a conservative Republican. But character matters. And I want someone in that seat who takes the institution seriously and will protect the institution.”
