Claire Adida

Indeed. I was just happy they didn’t give it to Trump. But lots of folks are pissed, if my Bsky interactions are any indication.

Psjminfo

Who could have seen that coming??

This is really scary.

Breaking News that MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding, the first university to publicly turn down the offer.

Let's go MIT!

She’s Venezuelan. She’s a woman. And she fights fascism. 💯

They make up lies about paid agitators doing violence, and attach them to the name of a prominent Jewish person. This is antisemitism, and it infects every part of the GOP.

Grateful for the humor.

UPDATE: Lawsuit alleges Prime Day is a fraud The federal class action lawsuit has been ignored by major media outlets, which continue to promote Prime Day deals.

Why is a class action lawsuit against Amazon alleging Prime Day is a scam getting zero coverage by mainstream media?

Could it be because media outlets get a cut when a customer purchases a Prime Day product when clicking through their featured deals?

h/t @juddlegum.bsky.social

A September 26-28 poll of US likely voters conducted by the Refugee Advocacy Lab shows that 69% of likely voters (79% of Dems, 68% of Independents, and 59% of Reps) believe the government should have a refugee program that helps bring some people seeking refuge to safety in the United States.

There are very few policy positions on which Democrats and Republicans agree these days. Having a U.S. refugee resettlement program is one of them.

Too bad this administration is decimating it.

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

"Majorities say trump has used his office improperly; fewer say he has improved government, U.S. standing" (graphs via Pew Research)

These are terrible numbers for Trump (via @pewresearch.org)

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Reminder that while Tesla’s tax rate over the last 3 years is about 0.4%, the average undocumented immigrant pays about 26.1% of their income back in taxes—the same rate as the general US population.

Who’s actually stealing from us?

And what undocumented immigrants receive through ER care, they have already payed back through taxes.

Whether it’s Joe Biden attending weekly mass or Donald Trump’s ICE agents shooting a priest in the face with a pepper ball, presidents of both sides have directly engaged with the Catholic faith.

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

"Miller plainly believes there’s a latent majority out in the country that can be sleepwalked into authoritarianism."

Elected but Not Seated, Grijalva Waits to Sign Epstein Petition

My constituents want me to get to work but House Republicans are more concerned about protecting the Epstein files.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

Trump approves mining road, delivers $70 million windfall to MAGA billionaire On April 6, 2024, a procession of Range Rovers, Aston Martins, and Bentleys rolled up to the Palm Beach mansion of billionaire John Paulson. The occasion was a glitzy fundraiser for Donald Trump’s pre...

The corruption is just astounding.

Paulson raises $50million for Trump. Trump gives back $70million. At the cost of Alaskan wildlife and native tribes.

The Illusion of Order: Business leaders think a little autocracy might bring stability. History and data say the opposite.

"Many of the CEOs I spoke with didn’t care about democracy per se. For them, democracy wasn’t a moral good. It was a source of volatility. What they wanted was stability... "

But "The evidence is overwhelming: countries that weaken democracy do not gain more stability and security, they lose it."

WaPo really doing Trump’s bidding this morning. Headlines about veterans defrauding the VA, and Jay Jones sending violent texts. I’ll stick to @popular.info, @democracydocket.com , @the-downballot.com and @thebulwark.com.

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data.

We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district.

Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

How federal agents are terrorizing American citizens Last week, hundreds of heavily armed federal agents descended on an apartment complex in Chicago, arriving in Black Hawk helicopters and moving trucks.

These reports are hard to read, but we cannot ignore them. The Republican SCOTUS has green-lighted this. We are all less safe because of it.

CNN: Trump sending troops is unpopular, they don’t buy his argument that it’s about crime, he’s also underwater on immigration… and 🇺🇸 know he’s raising prices not lowering them.

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Sébastien Lecornu resigns 27 days into his job, and a day after nominating his government. Breaking the record for shortest PM tenure in France.

How federal agents are terrorizing American citizens Last week, hundreds of heavily armed federal agents descended on an apartment complex in Chicago, arriving in Black Hawk helicopters and moving trucks.

1. Federal agents from ICE and other agencies are wrongly detaining U.S. citizens, sometimes detaining them for days, on suspicion that they are undocumented immigrants.

The raids are done without search warrants or other procedures designed to protect civil liberties.

I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.

But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.