With CNN and CBS in the hands of the Ellisons and Fox in the hands of the Murdochs, pressure mounts on NBC to sell itself to either Marc Andreesen, Peter Thiel, or Elon Musk.
Stephanie Lindsey
@stephlindsey.bsky.social
Looking forward to the day when I can read the news and not be filled with dread and horror. Anti-MAGA| Pro Democracy | Abolish ICE | Coastal non-elite originally from flyover country.
"One useful historical rule of thumb is that if your social identity is being made the name of a “question,” you are probably not going to like the answer." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
The Mainstreaming of Anti-Indian Bigotry
A Republican schism over a social-media post by a Texas politician revealed that the party’s defense of a color-blind meritocracy has its limits.
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I guess it’s just a coincidence that Elon Musk comes out of the woodwork before every major election and gets handed a government position with major consequences for the American people. 🤔
"As long as a single Black person can vote, I shall not rest." --Alito probably
The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.com · 4d agoSupreme Court Justice Samuel Alito elaborated on his decision not to retire from the high court. https://www.washingtonsun.com/courts/alito-explains-decision-defer-retirement-supreme-court
"I'm supposed to be a tough guy," Curtis confided. "I can hold your hand," the mayor offered "What happens if I faint?" Sliwa asked. "I've got you," Mamdani assured him, grabbing his hand as Sliwa received his flu shot. abc7ny.com/post/nyc-may...
Mayor Mamdani holds hands with one-time rival Curtis Sliwa to get flu shot
An apparent bromance has continued to blossom for the one-time political rivals.
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First the wedding, now the ballroom — “Trump/Russia” gets smellier and smellier.
A Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?
Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity.
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Pretty incredible that even in these bleak times there's still heroes trying to change the world against insurmountable odds and winning
Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️🌈🍉@pguist.bsky.social · 6d ago
Ossoff (D-Ga.) on AI can self-regulate: “the conflicts are so immense, and the president's judgment is so poor that the American people are rightly concerned that Donald Trump has neither the capacity nor the incentive to protect them from the risks arising from this technology.”
I would love to see Angie Nixon in the Senate. She is such a breath of fresh air. I would gladly vote for her if I could, but I don’t live in Florida.
Angie Nixon@angieforfl.bsky.social · 6d agoThree things Congress could pass to lower your bills: universal healthcare so a hospital stay doesn't become debt, repeal the tariffs that act as a tax on working families and universal child care so parents can get back to work. #AngieForFlorida
To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states
Susan Rinkunas@susanrinkunas.com · 6d agoNEW / HUGE: Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama sued nearly three dozen abortion pill providers + a pharmacy and The states asked the Supreme Court to be able to sue New York, Massachusetts, and California to challenge their telehealth shield laws @autonomynews.co storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
made a sandwich with this bread before i realized its smug ass was covered in mold. fuck you, bread
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social is always worth the time of reading... reading and digesting what you've just read... digesting what you've just read and then layering that over the world map you'd previously been guided by. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-public-f...
A Public Flat Earth
How paywalls killed the public sphere.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
75% of Americans don’t want a data center in their neighborhood, but Trump’s EPA is greenlighting data center construction at the expense of our health. My new report details how Lee Zeldin is bending a knee to Big Tech by rolling back protections and failing the public.
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A great deal happened today. But nothing more important than this. SCOTUS allows Trump Administration to continue sending detained migrants to third countries with which the migrants have no prior connection. Just appalling.
I need a Mean Girls “stop trying to make SI happen, it’s not going to happen” meme
I’m going to post this again Vote with your heart in primary Vote with your head in general You don’t have to love the candidate
He ought to be asked about this when he’s presented as a Democratic strategist.
David Moore@davidrussellmoore.bsky.social · 2w agoDavid Plouffe, a Coinbase adviser, is on MS NOW the same day that the Fairshake super PAC it bankrolls announces it will spend $30M vs. Sherrod Brown in #OHSen. Last year, Sen. Tim Scott publicly thanked crypto industry "for getting rid of Sherrod Brown." Brown had called for consumer protections.
a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever
