John Bachtell
@johnbachtell.bsky.social
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Social change agent, environmental steward, joyful solidarity and community builder.
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The Tennessee Holler
about 2 hours ago
What a disgrace. Says it all, really. 😕🇺🇸
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Adam Parkhomenko
about 6 hours ago
This is what happens when a toddler takes over the white house
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Mark Jacob
about 5 hours ago
Didn't somebody say stuff like this about the Jews 90 years ago? Did that rhetoric lead to anything bad?
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Janai Nelson
1 day ago
BREAKING: Court Rejects Alabama House Map, Calling It Unfair to Black Voters Our teams have been working nonstop around the clock since the Callais decision to defend the maps in Alabama. This is a critical victory & affirmation that Black voters deserve fair maps.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/u...
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Court Rejects Alabama House Map, Calling It Unfair to Black Voters
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/us/politics/alabama-congress-map-redistricting.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Aaron Rupar
about 10 hours ago
New in PN: The case against Broadview 6 goes up in smoke "The govt tried desperately to cover up the rot at the heart of the case, even dismissing charges in an attempt to hide grand jury transcripts — all while snorting at the 'histrionic' suggestion anything was amiss. And the coverup continues."
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The case against Broadview 6 goes up in smoke
As Trump would say, they had prosecutorial misconduct LIKE NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN BEFORE.
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/broadview-6-case-misconduct
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Comentadora Tortuga
1 day ago
🇵🇸¿Por qué vemos menos material audiovisual desde Gaza? ¿Será tal vez porque ya casi no quedan periodistas vivos? IsraHell asesinó más de 300 periodistas desde 2023. El genocidio no se terminó. Lo que se terminó fue la vida de quienes lo documentaban.
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ProPublica
about 20 hours ago
1/ At 17 weeks pregnant, Emily Waldorf was suddenly faced with a life-threatening situation: Her baby’s foot was dipping out of her cervix. Doctors told her the longer her cervix stayed open, the higher her risk of infection. They knew how to treat her. There was one issue … 🧵
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Al Guiocoche
about 23 hours ago
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Colbert launches YouTube channel less than a week after late-night show ends
Channel quietly debuts over weekend with Only in Monroe video days after Thursday’s final Late Show episode
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/may/26/stephen-colbert-youtube-channel
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Mark Jacob
about 17 hours ago
There’s no fixing people who would vote for Ken Paxton. They’re beyond repair. We must focus on utterly defeating them to prevent them from destroying our country.
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Aggy X
about 12 hours ago
ANY Democrat running on "To completely and utterly remove everything Trump has ever made or done, to dismantle his entire legacy, to ban his name on all public and private buildings, to persecute all his supporters. To erase his legacy" should get ALL the votes.
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The Tennessee Holler
about 21 hours ago
UPDATE: After loud backlash, @KnoxSchools has put ‘ROOTS’, a Pulitzer-prize winning state book, back in schools.
tennesseelookout.com/2026/05/26/k...
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Meidas Ian
3 days ago
This is what competence looks like! 🇲🇽👏
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Adam Rose
3 days ago
A day after The Late Show ended, Colbert hosted an episode of public access program Only In Monroe, reviving his 11-year-old gag. How bad is CBS/Paramount taking it? They issued copyright complaints for a show they don't own. 🤣 CBS would hate it if you watch here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DlF...
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ContempraInn 🌹
3 days ago
Vibrant and rare White Auroras appearing over Norway 🇳🇴
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Meidas Ian
3 days ago
The gloves are off!
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Mark Jacob
3 days ago
The U.S. Justice Department is a group of mob lawyers doing the boss' dirty work. They are not legitimate law enforcement.
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'Broadview Six' charges dropped as Chicago's top federal prosecutor admits case was tainted by misconduct
U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros made the highly unusual announcement Thursday, hours after a closed-door meeting was held about redactions made by prosecutors to a set of grand jury transcripts. The Oper...
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/05/21/broadview-ice-protest-grand-jury-transcript-kat-abughazaleh-trump
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Alan Sepinwall
4 days ago
Love it: the night after he was kicked off of CBS for good, Stephen Colbert hosted a public access show in southeast Michigan.
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Only In Monroe --- May 22, 2026
YouTube video by Stephen Colbert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJTXB5uT_C4
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It wasn't a funeral. It was a defiant celebration!
#colbert
He's not done.
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Mark Hamill
5 days ago
I've never seen a series finale as funny, emotionally impactful and downright spectacular as last night's Late Show! What a pleasure it was to meet the hundreds of staff members and thank them personally (and pose for selfies) for entertaining us for more than a decade. ♥️🙏-mh
#GoneButNeverForgotten
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Paul Waldman
7 days ago
ProPublica used leaked tax returns to calculate that through complex tax avoidance schemes, Jeff Bezos pays a tax rate of 0.98%
www.propublica.org/article/the-...
So if we doubled the taxes he pays, that would mean he'd still be paying less than 2%.
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CNN
7 days ago
In her bid to flip Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District, Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti is once again framing herself as an alternative to the politics of self-interest:
https://cnn.it/3RbUTQK
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MFCarter
7 days ago
I call them traitors.
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Mark Jacob
8 days ago
The New York Times calla this a “deal” even though it’s a deal between Trump and himself, which means it’s a scam, not a deal.
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MeidasTouch
8 days ago
Shapiro: Somehow, he can’t find the money to pay for healthcare, but he can steal from you to pay off the criminals who stormed the Capitol.
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Rachel Maddow
9 days ago
"She had envisioned the end of her senior year as a celebration. Instead, she has spent months waging a stubborn campaign against the planned ICE detention center near her school..."
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
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Instead of proms and parties, she spent senior year fighting an ICE warehouse
Cali Overs spent her senior year lobbying local, state and federal officials after Homeland Security bought a warehouse near her Arizona high school.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/05/18/student-tries-stop-ice-detention-center-opening-by-her-high-school/
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𝙹𝚊𝚢 𝙵 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍
9 days ago
CBS backlash has pushed Colbert to 2.70 million viewers. Weiss is now faced with canceling the MOST WATCHED PROGRAM in the late-night time slot. Fire her - keep Colbert is the answer.
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10 days ago
Nearly 800,000 Louisianians voted yesterday and won, rejecting all five state constitutional amendments put forward by Gov. Jeff Landry...
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Matt Novak
9 days ago
"The network is offering buyouts to approximately 300 employees, mostly within newsgathering desks in the newsroom."
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NPR trims jobs in newsroom overhaul as it confronts era without public funding
NPR is offering buyouts to journalists as it overhauls its newsroom, with the threat of layoffs to follow. Two recent gifts totaling $113 million are primarily dedicated to NPR's tech infrastructure.
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/18/nx-s1-5821622/npr-buyouts-layoffs-reorganization
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Mark Jacob
9 days ago
This is Trump and his Republican allies stealing your money from the U.S. Treasury to further their plot to overthrow democracy. It's fucking outrageous. (NYT gift link)
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Administration Sets Up $1.8 Billion Fund for Trump Allies
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/18/us/trump-news?unlocked_article_code=1.jVA.ZQ2E.ftz1_pGcL4a2&smid=url-share
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The Tennessee Holler
11 days ago
Rep.
@brotherjones.bsky.social
in Montgomery: “We’re here united to take on this new confederacy, 60 years after the Selma March… because we know their intent is to dismantle everything gained during the civil rights movement.”
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Jon Cooper
11 days ago
Cartoon by
@andertoon.bsky.social
. Raising the Flag.
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Neel Kumar
11 days ago
This is utterly batshit crazy. FFS it's way past the time of some 25th amendment. He belongs in some mental institution babbling away every day. Absolutely he is projecting. His every accusation is a confession. Thank you for your attention to this matter, LOL!!
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AFT
11 days ago
Happening now: Members of Congress from across the country are gathered in Montgomery's Legacy Park to send a clear message to the nation that the rollback of voting rights will not happen quietly, unchallenged, or without organized resistance.
#AllRoadsSouth
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People's World
12 days ago
Selma revisited: Mass voting rights march happening May 16. Civil rights, labor, and their allies will revisit Edmund Pettus Bridge on National Day of Action.
#VotingRights
#news
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Selma revisited: Mass voting rights march happening May 16
SELMA, Ala.—Shades of Selma, Ala., in 1965: Faith leaders, labor and civil rights groups will lead a mass march here across the Edmund Pettus Bridge—on May 16, as the centerpiece of an “All Roads Lead...
https://peoplesworld.org/article/selma-revisited-mass-voting-rights-march-happening-may-16/
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Mark Jacob
12 days ago
The New York Times treats Republican lawmakers like hapless bystanders rather than willing co-conspirators in the illegal war with Iran.
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Meidas Ian
12 days ago
Colbert and Letterman
youtu.be/eBKWKu2Rqxc?...
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Wanton Destruction Of CBS Property - Letterman & Colbert Toss Stuff Off The Roof Of The Ed Sullivan
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
https://youtu.be/eBKWKu2Rqxc?si=0sOeSvFJbE5NDVff
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Stevie P
13 days ago
All the car parks to the supermarkets and hyper markets in this area are done. Plus quite a few much smaller parking areas. All new agricultural buildings have solar panel roofs as well.
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Roger Sollenberger
13 days ago
Trump bought $1 million-$5 million worth of Nvidia stock a week before Nvidia announced a major deal with Meta. The previous month, Trump bought $500,000-$1 million worth of Nvidia stock a week before the Commerce Department approved the sale of Nvidia chips to China.
www.notus.org/money/donald...
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Trump Bought Corporations’ Stock as His Administration Boosted Their Business
New federal disclosures indicate the president went on a stock-buying spree in early 2026.
https://www.notus.org/money/donald-trump-stock-investments-palantir-axom-nvidia
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IMEU Policy Project
13 days ago
Thank you Representative Tlaib for reintroducing your historic resolution to recognize the ongoing Nakba against Palestinians, now entering its 78th year. The Nakba is not just a historical event, but an ongoing horror for Palestinians—and the U.S. has been complicit for decades.
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Sam🏳️🌈🌊🏳️⚧️
13 days ago
Wonderful!
#USDemocracy
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Horrible. Shame on Spanberger.
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Acyn
19 days ago
AOC on possibly running for the Senate or President: They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go, elected officials come and go, single payer healthcare is forever.
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Zeteo
20 days ago
BREAKING: Tennessee Republicans voted to eliminate the state's only Black-majority district. Rep.
@justinjpearson.bsky.social
explains why he's fighting it. Watch his full conversation with
@premthakker.bsky.social
here:
zeteo.com/p/breaking-t...
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Jim Lokay
21 days ago
Office of Virginia Senate President Pro Tem Louise Lucas (D) raided in FBI probe
fox5dc.com/news/virgini...
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Virginia lawmaker’s office raided in FBI probe
The FBI is executing search warrants at the office of a top Virginia lawmaker as part of a corruption investigation, according to FOX News.
https://fox5dc.com/news/virginia-lawmakers-office-raided-fbi-probe
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Travis
21 days ago
I haven't dug deep into the methodology for this specific number, but it seems very likely that this war cost an extraordinary amount of money to achieve basically no strategic goals. Whether that be $50 or $100 billion.
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The real cost of the Iran War: $72 billion for the first 60 days
Popular Information crunches the numbers. The official accounting is at least $47 billion too low.
https://popular.info/p/the-real-cost-of-the-iran-war-72
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Karoli
22 days ago
Big presence at Jan 6. He really did just blow up. lol.
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Wajahat Ali
22 days ago
MAGA is a pro death movement.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...
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F.D.A. Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Were Safe
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/us/politics/fda-covid-vaccine-studies.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
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maureen
22 days ago
I think a lot about two news stories in relation to him with unanswered questions - the first being what has happened to his two children who were placed into custody with the state of Idaho amidst a custody fight between his wife who lives there and his parents who reside in Mexico:
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Family of Chicago-area man killed by ICE seeks to reunite with his children who are now in foster care in Idaho
The state of Idaho took custody of the children a few weeks after Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was killed by ICE agents in Franklin Park on Sept. 12.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/silverio-villegas-children-foster-care-idaho/
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NPR
22 days ago
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw helped name two contested ideas in U.S. politics — intersectionality and critical race theory. Her memoir chronicles the personal and legal framework for her thinking.
n.pr/4ncrJge
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A legal scholar and 'Backtalker' defends critical race theory -- a term she helped coin
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw helped name two contested ideas in U.S. politics — intersectionality and critical race theory. Her memoir chronicles the personal and legal framework for her thinking.
https://n.pr/4ncrJge
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