Nothing if not consistently…crooked: Trump’s Pick for Top I.R.S. Lawyer Works at Firm That Represents Him www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/u...

But will he obey? japantoday.com/category/wor...

White separatism: The Grammys have a long history of creating separate categories for artists who are not White or American right around the moment those artists start threatening to win the big awards. asamnews.com/2026/06/23/g...

It has been extraordinary to watch the NYC electorate transform, in just five years, from so habitually disengaged that it would literally elect Eric Adams to this. It feels like a huge and very swift realignment, with the winners united not just by left politics but by their sense of emergency.

All three progressive candidates backed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani — including two who took on Democratic incumbents — won their primaries in safe seats almost guaranteeing their election in November. n.pr/4ahbysP

Oh Glorious Day! Both Mamdani and DSA swept the primaries! I’m psyched to live in Mamdani’s NY! 🥳❤️🎈🍾😍💥

No room for intelligence in this administration www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Reign in the mad king! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The Democratic establishment refuses to meet the urgency of this moment. The Left is moving anyway. From anti-ICE uprisings to campaigns against AI-driven dispossession to socialist electoral insurgencies, @milesklassin.bsky.social traces the rupture taking shape.

not being able to call what's happening in gaza "genocide" should be the end of anyone's career running for office—not just bc it's wrong, but bc it shows voters that the candidate thinks you're stupid as shit and they will lie in your face about anything with total disrespect for your own eyes

What do Levi’s, Hanes, and Chewy have in common? California AG Rob Bonta just revealed evidence alleging that Amazon used its power to pressure them, and countless other brands, to inflate prices of listings on rival online marketplaces as part of wide-ranging price-fixing scheme.

I don’t want to hear another word from establishment Dems about cooperating with Republicans. Don’t want to see another stupid bipartisan photo about “seersucker suit day” on the Hill. Nine people who protested ICE at a detention camp were just sentenced to 50-100 years in prison. WAKE TF UP.

Opposing fascism will earn you a longer prison sentence than perpetuating fascism via an attempted constitutional coup. That's where we're at.

Klobuchar: "The American people don't want to be talking every day about algae in the reflecting pool. They don't want to be talking about cage matches and arches and ballrooms. Instead, what are they dealing with? Rising healthcare costs."

Last July 4, activists set off fireworks at a detention center in Alvarado, Texas, and some vandalized cars, slashed tires, & broke a security camera. On Tuesday, they were sentenced to at least 50 years in prison for being part of an “antifa cell.” trib.al/Q81hS4D

The Trump administration somehow thinks arresting people will make this whole story go away. trib.al/FOIUMJk

Apple has closed down the first of its US stores to unionize. Over half of the 70 unionized workers at the Towson, MD store are losing their jobs. The union says Apple is retaliating after it only offered transfers to workers at the two nonunion stores it also closed.

While tech companies and Trump have been pushing teachers to use AI in the classroom, many argue that there is little evidence that it would actually help children

When Biden did a fraction of this the media made it their top story and when Trump does it the media books a ballroom to host an emergency correspondents dinner in his honor

In Trump's second term, Bezos has received... -Huge new tax cuts for himself and Amazon -$260M+ in new Blue Origin federal contracts -A slap-on-the wrist FTC settlement for Amazon -A gutted NLRB led by a union-busting corporate lawyer No wonder he's been singing Trump's praises.

It now costs more to cause climate change than to prevent it

Report says by aiming at children Israel is undermining capacity of Palestinian people to exist

Gas station companies are illegally conspiring to raise prices, and they're using AI to do it, according to a new lawsuit. The class action lawsuit claims that the corporate owners of over 1,700 California gas stations are using Kalibrate, an AI platform, to share data and keep prices high.

the korean american man who helped stage an attack on one of our country’s concentration camps has been sentenced to 100 years in prison

The day after executives fired Scott Pelley amounted to an 11% slip in audience following what was already the “worst-rated May on record” in CBS Mornings history. trib.al/otUyTof

Trump's Reflecting Pool fiasco is directly linked to his ballroom, the arch, and his bottomless corruption, says @mjtoma.bsky.social. It's all about erasing republican governance and replacing it w/the imperial court of a "czar." On the pod Mike is great on all this: newrepublic.com/article/2121...

Losses spread globally as investors questioned soaring valuations and spending on AI infrastructure

Prof. Fired for Palestinian Activism Should Be Reinstated, Arbitrator Says https://bit.ly/3QiSfsp

anyway sign if you live in new york and care about public education. i'm going to be obnoxious about this until it gets through so if you want me to shut up petition city hall with us bsky.app/profile/aimo...

It’s great how this administration has hired people to create explicitly white nationalist propaganda for them, and then simply mentioning this fact in a classroom can get you fired.

I appeared on Abby Phillip’s show last night and it seems one of the panelists was triggered when I brought up the fact the Electoral College is rooted in slavery. Sorry, I didn’t realize this was breaking news youtu.be/_nceucsjmJM?...

Treating surveillance as an isolated privacy problem is the wrong frame, says UN Special Rapporteur Gina Romero, who argues digital monitoring is dismantling the trust, funding, and institutional memory that civil society depends on to function.

The growing wave of progressive populists understand that raising taxes on billionaires is overwhelmingly popular — 77% of voters support doing so, including 71% of Independents and 65% of Republicans.

Like the Strait of Hormuz, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has exposed the limits of American power: President Trump is also losing his war against algae.

Speaking to an investigation by the Italian TV channel Rai 3 into illegal oil transfers to Israel by Italian companies, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese confirms: states and companies have an obligation not to fuel Israel's genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

At 81, the multi-media East Bay artist is in the spotlight like never before with her new retrospective at the Oakland Museum of California.

SF Supervisor Jackie Fielder, Several Others, Targeted In Smear Campaigns Tied to Mysterious PAC sfist.com/2026/06/17/j...

Tesla faces federal probe www-cnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.cnbc...

The promise of AI creating jobs? www.bbc.com/news/article...

A secretive super PAC has created new websites and X accounts with AI images that are targeting progressive lawmakers in the Bay Area. The super PAC is based in San Diego and has almost no public footprint. Great reporting by @jrivanob.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2026/06/jack...

Mission District supervisor Jackie Fielder will be back at City Hall on Monday after a 3-month mental health leave. She spoke to Mission Local about the rest, struggles on the job & how an initial decision to resign felt like "my emergency escape button." missionlocal.org/2026/06/jack...

Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says “Muralidhar said that by targeting children, Israel was undermining the capacity of the Palestinian people to exist and to determine ​their future.” www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Confidence in US sinking for obvious reasons asia.nikkei.com/politics/int...

Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as the DEA watched and took no action, records show apnews.com/article/dea-...

The legendary Oakland rap group has dropped a new album with rising local artist Seiji Oda. It’s a match made in hyphy heaven.

the skies and waters themselves rise against the vile king

Hey, writer/artist friends! Join me and @comixaction.com and a bunch of your fave NYC comics pals and SIGN THIS LETTER demanding NO "A.i." IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS! www.climatefamiliesnyc.org/aim-artists-...

Like the Strait of Hormuz, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has exposed the limits of the power of the United States of America: President Donald Trump is also losing his war against algae.

It seems somewhat bad that the richest man in the world can use his money to bankrupt individuals or organizations -- including officials who are tasked with holding him accountable -- that accurately point out that his actions plausibly facilitated the deaths of millions.