New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she's looking to redraw the state's legislative lines in response to the Texas gerrymander โ even going so far as to suggest amending the state constitution to move up the timeline.
04.08.2025 15:20 โ ๐ 4783 ๐ 1054 ๐ฌ 210 ๐ 132
The looming Trumpcession
Orange man bad (for the economy).
"Of course, the numbers were not phony. They were actually exactly what youโd expect given Trumpโs relentless effort to destroy the robust economy left to him by Biden."
By @nberlat.bsky.social in today's PN.
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-jobs...
04.08.2025 15:18 โ ๐ 13 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The Middle-Aged Manson Girls
The MAGA bossbabes and their theater of cruelty.
"Pam Bondi, Tulsi Gabbard, Linda McMahon, & Kristi Noem take orders from a supremely nasty felon. But they have vile streaks all their own. The vileness blends their private and public actions in a filthy smoothie."
By @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/virginia...
04.08.2025 15:16 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Nayib Bukele could now rule El Salvador for life
His supermajority in the legislative assembly has removed the constitutional barriers to unlimited re-election
The descent into authoritarianism by Nayib Bukele has been swift. Support from one of the worldโs most powerful men, Donald Trump, has been helpful
04.08.2025 12:00 โ ๐ 185 ๐ 92 ๐ฌ 12 ๐ 12
โ.. Sure, weโve seen an explosion in AI capital spending in recent years. But this increasingly looks like the only game in town for growth. Housing, consumption and government spending โ nearly 90% of the economy โ are now stagnant at best.โ
@conorsen.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
04.08.2025 12:03 โ ๐ 819 ๐ 258 ๐ฌ 46 ๐ 38
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
LIVE: Governor Pritzker issues ANNOUNCEMENT amid Texas walkout
"America we have a problem. The largest democracy in the world and yet a Texas governor would bend a knee to Donald Trump because he's afraid to lose an election fair and square."
04.08.2025 02:05 โ ๐ 5333 ๐ 1461 ๐ฌ 111 ๐ 39
When on earth will news organizations start to push back on such preposterous claims?
04.08.2025 01:24 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
The Week Ahead
Sunday August 3, 2025
This week marks the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, but thereโs not a lot to celebrate. There is, however, a positive action that you can take, right now, to help.
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
04.08.2025 00:04 โ ๐ 2459 ๐ 731 ๐ฌ 21 ๐ 24
"Another is that it is in the most literal sense not news โ there are tides of hatred and violence against other groups that ebb and flow, but violence against women is global and enduring, a constant rather than an event."
By @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
04.08.2025 00:30 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Trump And Miller Compel Colleges Not To Enroll International Students
Trump officials are using rules, policies and agreements to compel and discourage U.S. universities from enrolling international students.
Wow. Had not realized that Columbiaโs settlement with Trump admin included a commitment to decrease international student enrollment. In what way does this help โcombat antisemitism,โ which is supposedly the administrationโs objective?
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
03.08.2025 14:50 โ ๐ 2781 ๐ 934 ๐ฌ 164 ๐ 131
Applebaum on Autocracy
Anne Applebaum warns that Sudanโs descent into chaos shows what happens when institutions failโand why a free press is essential to prevent America from following the same path.
Don't miss @oliverdarcy.bsky.social's pressing interview on our growing U.S. autocracy with @anneapplebaum.bsky.social:
"In any slide towards dictatorship, individual decisions matter because they create precedents."
www.status.news/p/anne-apple...
04.08.2025 00:28 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
White House economist calls for 'fresh set of eyes at the BLS' after weak jobs report | Fox Business Video
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett discusses the latest jobs report, the firing of the labor statistics chief and the consumer impact of tariffs on 'Fox News Sunday.'
Hassett went on TV and claimed you canโt trust the economic data anymore because all the recent revisions are partisan.
A bald-faced lie.
Every serious economist still in this administration should resign. They are actively underminding the US economy by lending their credibility to this horse****
03.08.2025 21:02 โ ๐ 4741 ๐ 1376 ๐ฌ 270 ๐ 66
Supreme Court poised to permanently entrench Republican rule
The latest move by SCOTUS is a "five alarm fire"
"If SCOTUS guts the Voting Rights Act, the prospect of Republicans stealing only 5 seats in Texas will feel quaint. While California must counteract what the GOP is doing in Texas, we donโt have enough seats to counteract what they could do if the VRA if gutted. It cement permanent GOP rule."
03.08.2025 21:43 โ ๐ 3139 ๐ 1371 ๐ฌ 320 ๐ 101
When public media disappears, so do the stories that bring us together.
With federal funding eliminated, millions may lose their last trusted source of news and connection.
If that matters to you, nowโs the time to act. Donate: n.pr/458sOhq
03.08.2025 15:24 โ ๐ 14557 ๐ 5677 ๐ฌ 477 ๐ 243
Colorado deputies disciplined for helping federal immigration agents
Two Colorado deputies have been disciplined for violating state law by helping federal agents make immigration arrests.
Two Colorado deputies have been disciplined for violating state law by helping federal agents make immigration arrests, and their sheriff says officers from other agencies have done the same.
03.08.2025 14:00 โ ๐ 946 ๐ 257 ๐ฌ 46 ๐ 14
Surely thereโs no one on the planet to whom this makes logical sense
03.08.2025 15:06 โ ๐ 1310 ๐ 168 ๐ฌ 100 ๐ 10
Trumpโs Efforts to Control Information Echo an Authoritarian Playbook
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...
03.08.2025 15:46 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Poignant read by the brilliant @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social.
03.08.2025 06:37 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
For once, America can agree on what cruelty is
And it has a name: Jeffrey Epstein.
โThe inhumane paradigm that consolidated this current overclass, embodied in Jeffrey Epstein & expressed in a range of institutions, is responsible for enormous, incalculable cruelty. And, for once in a very long time, we all oppose the same cruelty.โ
virginiaheffernan.substack.com/p/for-once-a...
03.08.2025 06:36 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Democrats need to gerrymander the crap out of every Blue state before the 2026 midterm!
The stakes demand this!
"This is why Democrats who control Blue states must gerrymander the crap out of the congressional maps to net more Democratic seats before the midterm!"
Spot on, @deanobeidallah.bsky.social/
open.substack.com/pub/deanobei...
02.08.2025 19:51 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Elizabeth Spiers rightfully predicted IT three months ago!
02.08.2025 19:49 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
02.08.2025 02:18 โ ๐ 21948 ๐ 4416 ๐ฌ 1195 ๐ 266
Here we go again.
02.08.2025 19:48 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Just saying:
@gregkellyusa has gone ALL in on a disgraceful narrative that a woman who helped Epstein traffic and rape over 1,000 girls AND abused many of them herself in extremely deviant sadistic ways herself, is now a VICTIM.
02.08.2025 19:47 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
NEW: The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has kept in place a Los Angeles federal judge's ruling that bars immigration agents from using a person's spoken language or job, like day laborer, as the sole pretext to detain them.
02.08.2025 13:35 โ ๐ 3650 ๐ 894 ๐ฌ 88 ๐ 35
Beautiful!
02.08.2025 17:59 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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