Joe Plotkin

Trump posted more than 60 times on Truth Social last night, but he handed his phone to an “unknown staffer” when the video depicting the Obamas as apes was posted?

GTFOH

This moment is bringing out the best in some of us (like this speaker) and bringing out the worst in others of us. This is a time for choosing to live a life that you're proud of, or not. ❤️

One more comment on the Post debacle: this hurts journalism broadly. Good journalists will go do something else. The rest will be fighting for fewer jobs and everyone will earn less. Fewer people will take up the career. The damage done is to the ecosystem, as well as the paper.

Exclusive: US spy chief's office investigated voting machines in Puerto Rico A team working for President Donald Trump's spy chief, Tulsi Gabbard, last spring led an investigation into Puerto Rico's voting machines, said Gabbard's office and three sources familiar with the pre...

US intelligence -- of which this wingnut is the titular head -- has no damn business meddling with voting. This madness flows from lunatic conspiracy theories. What Gabbard's doing here (and in Georgia) is an attack on our democracy and our freedom. It has to stop.

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YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

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ORL Statement Upholding the Rule of Law and Peace Through Strength in U.S. Relations with Sovereign Nations We strongly oppose President Trump’s public threats and unnecessary acts of aggression against other sovereign nations, including our neighbors in this hemisphere with whom we have had long-standing e...

President Trump needs to keep his hands off Greenland before he gets us into an insane war with our treaty allies Denmark and NATO and rescind his threats of more destructive tariffs on US consumers. Congress must reclaim its Constitutional powers and act!
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ICE is Feeding the Whirlwind Plans for new concentration camps to hold ICE detainees, on top of the assualt on Minneapolis, are triggering rising local opposition and creating new potential fissures in the Republican base

Many attending a Chester village board mtg Monday night correctly called it a “concentration camp.” Attention is high and public opinion is shifting rapidly against ICE’s operations and existence. This isn't just NIMBYism anymore, it's fierce moral outrage. (2/2) open.substack.com/pub/theconne...

A report from Chester, NY, where unofficial word that ICE is planning to build a new mass detention center in a former Pep Boys warehouse has turbocharged local activists already more in motion because of Renee Good’s murder and the attack on Minneapolis. (1/2)

We should absolutely support the people of Iran who are fighting back against a brutal regime that has repressed them.

But if the President wants to use military force, the Constitution requires authorization from Congress. He cannot just do so without our authorization.

The cultural works becoming public domain in 2026, from Betty Boop to Nancy Drew The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 that will be free to use, share and remake starting on Jan. 1.

The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 that will be free to use, share and remake starting on Jan. 1.

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Going to start a thread of things I frequently find myself retyping so that I can just link to them in the future, rather than retyping.

I may add to this list periodically.

Also, so I can find this in the future I've added some keywords to a blank image:

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"Tommy was a very inquisitive guy and at one point he asked me, 'Hank, don’t your people got none of your own music?'… That sent me scuttling back to Brooklyn."

Chattanooga’s Municipal Fiber Network Has Delivered $5.3 Billion in Community Benefits, New Study Finds | Welcome to Community Networks Since 2011, a new study finds that Chattanooga's city-owned fiber network has generated $5.3 billion in net community benefits for Hamilton County. Conducted by researchers at the University of Tennes...

A new study has found that Chattanooga, Tennessee's decision to build their own affordable community-owned fiber broadband network has driven $5.3 billion in economic benefits back to the community.

From my colleague and friend @seangon.bsky.social:

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The crimes of Trump and his acolytes now include cold-blooded murder in the Caribbean and a plot for the ethnic cleansing of America. We are an autocracy lurching towards the death of our democracy.

Time To Dust Off The Authoritarian Regime Survival Guide In 2017, Polish activist Martin Mycielski offered advice on Twitter—hashtagged #LearnFromEurope—that eventually became a guide for dealing with fascism.

The time to ponder what happens if the United States becomes an authoritarian state has ended. The question now is how do we deal with the authoritarian regime already in power. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-2025...

Mapping the Brain’s Sense of What Goes On Inside the Body Scientists are learning how the brain knows what’s happening throughout the body, and how that process might go awry in some psychiatric disorders.

Scientists are discovering the process that supplies the brain with a remarkably rich picture of what is happening throughout the body — a picture that is mostly hidden from our consciousness. nyti.ms/4prNoRf

Our Republican Legacy (ORL) Policy Statement in Support of Ukraine Against Russian Aggression ORL strongly supports Ukraine against Russia’s illegal war. We oppose the Administration’s unwillingness to support Ukraine’s ability to negotiate from a position of military and economic strength aga...

Our Republican Legacy stands with Ukraine against Russia. Trump may side with Putin, but the U.S. Congress needs to reclaim its authority as a co-equal branch of government and intervene to stop Trump’s sellout and help Ukraine in our national interest. 🇺🇸🇺🇦
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Boss preppers What does a captain of industry have to offer after the shit hits the fan?

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Jeffrey Epstein survivors released a new video urging Congress to vote to release the Epstein files

This entire administration is a national security risk

A very efficient, distilled and to me pretty persuasive version of the bear case against AI economics.

How bout every pregnant woman in the US gets a personal telehealth appointment w Trump and RFK Jr just to make sure they're cool with her treatment protocol?

“Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors."This doesn't just constrain Democrats. It applies to all officeholders, including you. You took an oath to the Constitution not to Donald Trump.

Hey Brendan "we can do this the easy way or the hard way" Carr:

Last year in National Rifle Association v. Vullo, the Supreme Court unanimously reaffirmed this fundamental principle of our constitutional republic:

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America Surrenders in the Global Information Wars The U.S. is reorienting its foreign policy to protect governments that manipulate and suppress information.

There is a global information war, and America is unilaterally disarming: The U.S. is reorienting its foreign policy to help autocratic governments manipulate and suppress information.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

“For more than thirty years, when New Yorkers needed a champion, we have turned to Jerry Nadler—and he has delivered for us time and again. Jerry stood alongside gay and trans Americans when it was politically unpopular, voted with courage—not calculus—against the Iraq War and the Patriot Act, stood steadfast alongside the first responders and families sickened after 9/11, and led efforts to hold a lawless Trump administration accountable. Few leaders possess his record of principled progressivism, and fewer can claim to have made such an enduring impact on the fabric of our city. Congress will be worse off without his leadership, but our democracy will be better for the selflessness that has defined a legendary career.”

My statement on @nadler.house.gov’s decision not to seek re-election next year.