boy in retrospect, really shouldnβt have elected the worst person in the entire country president. that, it appears, was less than wise
09.03.2026 02:46 β π 4030 π 529 π¬ 87 π 21boy in retrospect, really shouldnβt have elected the worst person in the entire country president. that, it appears, was less than wise
09.03.2026 02:46 β π 4030 π 529 π¬ 87 π 21Every time I open a news app or site and this story isnβt being discussed or featured prominently I feel like Iβm losing my mind. Do not look away.
09.03.2026 02:54 β π 3703 π 727 π¬ 43 π 9Trump canceled a major scientific report on the health of the natural world. The scientists are finishing it anyway. Yay scientists! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/c...
08.03.2026 21:44 β π 317 π 102 π¬ 2 π 1
βEverything we can save is worth saving. Everything we can do is worth doing. Weβve already lost a lot, but we donβt have to lose everything. We donβt have to surrender.β π―
- @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m...
Far right election deniers lobbying Trump to declare national emergency so he can:
-seize voting machines
-outlaw mail voting for most Americans
-force every American to re-register before midterms & every subsequent election
Insane wannabe dictator fever dream www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
i think @theguardian.com is your best bet at this time (WSJ news section is good but the opinion section is extremely Murdoch-y)
06.03.2026 15:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0random throwback show, but does anyone want 2 extremely cheap tix to Eric Hutchinson @ LPR tonight? i was able to get comps so getting rid of the ones i bought, selling for 10 bucks or less each!
05.03.2026 21:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The constitution's design does not grant the president a kinglike ability to take the country to war by himself, lest he do so for self-serving reasons. That is the entire purpose of dividing that authority between POTUS and Congress. Guess what just happened? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
05.03.2026 16:00 β π 1166 π 334 π¬ 24 π 16Wrote about the difficult task of sorting through legitimate criticism of Israel versus antisemitism, at a time when both of those seem to be on the rise: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
05.03.2026 19:14 β π 15 π 5 π¬ 0 π 1Prosecute Noem. Donβt forget about her.
05.03.2026 20:15 β π 450 π 66 π¬ 8 π 0just needed to say something as a fan, i realize the algorithm works in certain ways but i don't think the quality of the content needs to be so diluted and dumbed-down. (cc @danpfeiffer.bsky.social @jonfavs.bsky.social @jonlovett.bsky.social in case this breaks through to anyone!
05.03.2026 15:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0it's even sadder because the conversations packaged on this feed are generally actually pretty substantive and thoughtful, but you wouldn't know it from this design
05.03.2026 15:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0i don't know where to direct this feedback, as it seems like the @crooked.com @podsaveamerica.crooked.com folks mostly aren't here on bluesky, but i just want to say that the way the "breaking news" feed is packaged makes me feel embarrassed to be a fan/supporter and makes me less likely to listen
05.03.2026 15:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Yeah, this clip will certainly be shown as evidence at the trials.
05.03.2026 15:13 β π 4214 π 966 π¬ 63 π 20Bari Weiss reposing a CBS News stories that says the current war with Iran stretches back to 1979
Story at the The Free Press: Our 50 Year War with Iran
Bari Weiss is pushing the β50 year warβ narrative at both the Free Press and CBS. The erases both American culpability for the current war (since Iran started in 1979!) and the reasons why a theocratic anti-American regime took power in the first place.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-reason...
No one better to capture this fairly historic moment in country history!
04.03.2026 17:01 β π 69 π 10 π¬ 1 π 0New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Roosevelt Institute President and CEO Elizabeth Wilkins.
On Thursday, CEO @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social met with @mayor.nyc.gov to talk about what it takes to governβinvesting in public capacity and building the talent pipeline to deliver for working people. Thatβs the Roosevelt tradition: pairing big ideas with the capacity to deliver lasting results.
04.03.2026 13:34 β π 58 π 11 π¬ 2 π 9@mayor.nyc.gov is an inspiration of progressive governance: Big ideas that truly reshape economic power in favor of people, and government that delivers. Can't wait to see what NYC builds next.
04.03.2026 14:16 β π 17 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
We've been tracking nearly 200 lawsuits against the Trump administration over its attempts to leverage federal funding to impose the president's agenda.
The most startling pattern: The administration seems entirely undeterred when it loses in court.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
βDonald Trumpβs foreign policy vision is imperialism,β Peter Beinart writes. βItβs a global outlook that closely resembles Mr. Trumpβs governing style at home β both feature spectacular violence and contempt for the restraints of law.β
βDonald Trumpβs foreign policy vision is imperialism,β Peter Beinart writes. βItβs a global outlook that closely resembles Mr. Trumpβs governing style at home β both feature spectacular violence and contempt for the restraints of law.β
03.03.2026 14:25 β π 17 π 8 π¬ 2 π 0
We got y'all somethin' good for De La Soul Day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AVY...
this is extremely exciting and encouraging! congratulations!
02.03.2026 22:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Personal news update: I'm delighted to announce that as of today, I am an actual Bluesky employee! I'll be working to welcome indie media and local govt to Bskyβand supporting those already here.
I'll always want to hear your thoughts on how we can make Bsky the sort of social media we all want!
For those looking for additional data points about what's happening with immigration enforcement in Minnesota and other states, our habeas case tracker has just been updated. TLDR new cases have dropped: projects.propublica.org/habeas-track...
02.03.2026 21:48 β π 328 π 141 π¬ 3 π 1
Hey, cool. @lastweektonight.com just did a segment using reporting I did w/ @farooqumar.bsky.social
Oliver was talking about body cams--and how law enforcement agencies have often undermined their potential
The same body-cams Dems are centering that ICE reforms on
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP4_...
tough to come up with a better story about the ignorance and hubris of mankind than βb-list tv news host becomes Secretary of Defense,β but then we get the story βb-list tv news host becomes Secy. of Defense, plugs AI system directly into military systems, has it select targetsβ
02.03.2026 16:07 β π 285 π 63 π¬ 6 π 3Like the neocons, Trumpβs neo-neocons repeatedly invoke the Westβs complacency and unwillingness to defend its own values, a frailty that can be rectified only through the ritual use of military force against weaker targets. The conservative writer Jonah Goldberg once articulated what he called the βLedeen Doctrine,β after the neoconservative Michael Ledeen, which was: βEvery ten years or so, the United States needs to pick up some small crappy little country and throw it against the wall, just to show the world we mean business.β Despite Trumpβs rejection of George W. Bush, MAGA bears many similarities to the right-wing politics of that eraβa fetishization of violence and torture, the treatment of opposition as treasonous, a disdain for due process, and an anti-Muslim bigotry at odds with fundamental American principles.
Pundits loved telling you about Trump's "anti-interventionism" because it seemed contrarian and interesting, but he always represented neoconservatism's worst impulses shorn of any moral pretense or concern www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
02.03.2026 15:44 β π 1536 π 314 π¬ 28 π 10
New: Bernie Sanders to unveil $4.4 trillion tax on America's ~1,000 billionaires, saying it would pay for:
βΒ Medicare to cover dental/vision/hearing
βΒ Teacher pay at $60K/yr min.
βΒ $3K/person checks (under $150K/yr)
βΒ Universal childcare
βΒ Housing expansion
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
once again, Buddy Guy saving us from utter despondency with his still-magnetic presence www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5Xx...
02.03.2026 15:40 β π 18 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0