This is how it's done. Fight it out in the primary, and then link arms to defeat the common enemy in the general. Great demonstration of post-primary leadership from @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social.
There are only three possible futures: a) everyone in the Trump admin goes to jail, rule of law partially restored; b) Dems retaliate in full, and maybe that's a deterrent; c) neither (a) nor (b), so lawless authoritarianism wins again, and when Republicans regain power they ramp it up even more.
Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · 7d ago“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Neuromancer is chillingly relevant today because it asks: what if a guy would rather Die than stop Going Online
Curmudgeon mode: “Baby on Board” signs are emergency safety equipment and should be clearly identifiable and easy to read. Branded ones featuring cartoon characters should not be used.
A 24-year-old athlete from Jordan who had been considered missing from Rice University since early Sunday morning was found safe in a Chicago suburb, the university announced Tuesday.
Jordanian athlete found safe near Chicago after leaving Rice University in the night, school says
Rabe’e Ata Juma’a Alqaq, who was in Houston to compete in the Genuine Cup at Rice University, reportedly traveled to Chicago of his own accord after telling his team he was going for a walk.
houstonpublicmedia.org
Systematic research on these topics is verboten by the federal administration because it exposes the fig leaf that they rely on to claim popular support.
Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social · last wk.1. This New York Post cover: “Thousands of 9/11 families demand Mamdani be banned from 25th-Anniversary” is a brazen lie. How do I know? I interviewed the organizer of the petition.
The only historically accurate film of The Odyssey would be entirely set in a fire lit room where a half inebriated poet recites the Ancient Greek to a crowd of fully blasted, totally unruly, and more than a little homoerotic bros
This should not only be impeachable, every official involved should be imprisoned.
tony romm@tonyromm.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
We found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban. Here’s how we did our analysis. (Published Feb. 2025)
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
propublica.org
The tribunals must include tracking down who wrote these words, who ordered them published, and who posted the document.
TheSnarkTank@thesnarktank.bsky.social · 2w agoThis is not how science works AT ALL.
folks, i’d read your thoughtful analyses if they weren’t on the profitsharing with andrew tate et al site. it’s 2026. this isn’t “i can’t avoid shopping at every store that donates to the GOP” or “if i don’t use microsoft at work i get fired,” you don’t have to do this & i have other people to read.
This is a usefully revealing comment in how it shows that the US is not protecting Israeli leaders from war crimes charges because Israel is somehow manipulating the US through Epstein kompromat, but simply the shared interests of war criminals.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTom Cotton: "Ultimately, it's not about Prime Minster Netanyahu and Israel -- it's about arresting Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio in the future if they ever travel abroad."
I gotta admit, I’m not loving the resurgence of 19th century racism on both ends of the political spectrum
Currently: GOP: 52 (since McConnell isn't voting/working) Dems: 47 What people pushing the "McConnell is dead and Beshear needs to act!" theory want for the next 5 months (for much of which the Senate *isn't even in session*): GOP: 52 Dems: 48 Doesn't really make a difference.
Note the programs at proper colleges that are most likely to be impacted, almost all of which are culturally coded as feminine or “alternative.”
Tired of the election conspiracies that get so much traction on this site. The reasons Trump’s 2020 loss was secure and accurately counted are the same reasons his 2024 victory was secure and accurately counted. Losing sucks, but deflecting blame on a fake conspiracy doesn’t help win the next one.
When your party controls the White House, both houses of Congress, and a majority of the states’ legislatures and governors’ mansions, it doesn’t sound like you’ve been the victim of voter fraud. It sounds like you don’t want to be held accountable by the voters for your record.
Need a lot more Republicans to find their “Are we the baddies” moment
Trump administration launches effort to isolate International Criminal Court
The Trump administration is launching an effort to dismantle what it calls the threat to U.S. sovereignty by the International Criminal Court, a State Department official said on Monday.
reuters.com
With REAL bananas? I’m in! 😃 TT: Helados La Azteca Waco & Temple, TX
Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare told Houston Public Media on Thursday that his office is conducting its own investigation into a federal immigration agent's fatal shooting of a man in Houston earlier this week.
Exclusive: Harris County DA says his office is investigating fatal ICE shooting in Houston
There have been widespread calls for an independent investigation since the Tuesday shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by a federal immigration agent.
houstonpublicmedia.org
bluesky is being fucky but for those too lazy to click the link here is the meat of it: Salgado is driving, unmarked ICE vehicle follows, swerves, and tries to cut him off, and Salgado drives away. No indication that it's an ICE vehicle. Why would he pull over?
gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social · 4w agoNew video from Houston TV station KHOU appears to show ICE cutting off Lorenzo Salgado's car minutes before an agent killed him: www.khou.com/article/news...