this is literally right wing propaganda. cbs news cannot be trusted.

never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs.

Not gonna share the video of Republican US Senator Tim Sheehy breaking a protesting Marine's hand, but you can find it on @charlotteclymer.bsky.social's timeline. I'll just say that in a functional country, Sheehy would be expelled by the Senate. Democratic Senators should publicly push for that.

Not even in Congress yet and @bradlander.bsky.social is ALREADY pushing Representatives to the morally and electorally correct position. Just imagine all Brad will do once he's sworn in.

How can I get in touch with Tariffs to tell them to stop it?

The Roberts Court's position is that if you deserved justice or due process you would be rich bsky.app/profile/mjsd...

One of my favourite sides of politics/media.

Williamsport, Maryland: projectsaltbox.substack.com/p/first-ice-...

This is not a joke: I need someone to check for a lost stuffed animal on campus at UT-Knoxville outside Thompson-Boling. DM me for details.

So, so instructive to compare media response to Afghanistan withdrawal -- months of hysterical garment-rending & catastrophizing, relentless criticism of the admin -- with the response to an unprovoked, unmotivated, illegal war of aggression, ie, "some critics say maybe Trump should have reasons."

Bear with me if you can as I attempt to use HPV vaccines to demonstrate why many can’t see the danger of RFK Jr. TLDR: Disease prevention takes time and discipline. Not discipline of an individual, but the ability to invest in public health when the benefits may not be immediately clear.

if you believe in any form of free enterprise at all, the idea that the Pentagon can not only cut off your contract but designate you a supply chain risk and prevent other companies from buying from you just because you won't build killbots for the government should be terrifying

10 Senate Dems joined in confirming the latest Trump nominee Cantwell Fetterman Kaine Kelly King Klobuchar Rosen Schatz Warner Welch www.senate.gov/legislative/...

There are nearly 2,000 events on the No Kings Day map in all 50 states (and 10 countries). March 28 will be the largest protest in American history. Find your local event or plan a protest in your area: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

you can become a subscriber (boltsmag.org/donate), or sign up for free to our mail list (boltsmag.org/newsletter). at least do the latter! and so many other places to support, something for everyone:

If SCOTUS strikes down the VRA, Mississippi's GOP will likely eliminate the state's only Black-majority district — tho the state is 37% Black. It'll have huge implications for the legislature. But also: it'll likely reverse a new ruling that struck down the state supreme court map. New out today:

Fredo Sonny Connie Michael

Rep. Pat Ryan observes that some of the sites DHS is exploring for Trump's immigrant prisons draw a circle around New York City.

The reason we're here is that tens of millions of people will punch a hole in a wall if they hear someone used food stamps to buy soda but they're fine if the right-wing podcaster turned fbi director uses his taxpayer funded private jet to go party whenever he feels like it bsky.app/profile/thed...

“KRISTI NOEM Got Very Cranky ‘Cause Her Pilot Lost Blanky On Her $70 Million Adultery Jet” 🏆😂😂😂😂

The state of emergency in NJ right now may stop us from gathering in person for our weekly peaceful protest. However, the state of our country is still a disaster, so we take the protest to social media! ♥️ #montclairsundays

i've decided not to listen to the audio of a teacher reporting a kindergartender because frankly I don't want to become the person that that event would turn me into. but one thing I hope we are collectively coming to grips with is what it meant that we have lived among such people this whole time

The Roberts Court (nothing "Supreme" about it) serves their billionaire backers. When Epstein Class interests align with Trump-Epstein Regime, they rule for him. When they don't, they recall something about the Constitution. But we cannot mistake this as victory for "rule of law" or "Americans."

NEW from me: The inhumane treatment of immigration detainees requires more coverage presswatchers.org/2026/02/the-...

here is a thread you should read right now

A dozen is good but too few. If you are an elected Democrat in congress, there are 2 ways to engage with the SOTU with integrity: 1) Don't go. 2) Go and get kicked out, Al Green style. Everything else is wimpy.

‘The Trump administration has told consular officers not to issue visas to applicants who have worked on fact-checking, combating misinformation, online safety or content moderation – activities it characterises as “censorship”.’ @jameeljaffer.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Fascinating chart with one outlier: Warren Buffett. At the low end, giving 0.06% of one's wealth is equivalent to: Net worth -> Lifetime Giving 50K->$30 100K->$60 500K->$300 $1M->$600 Most folks give far more by % in a *single year*. www.forbes.com/sites/forbes...

I maintain the only real solution to authoritarianism is good faith progressive populism, but corporate power won't allow that, so we're going to get more bland corporatism/centrism, which will fuel continual anger at institutional failure, opening the door to future, younger trumps

Special for my friends in the media! Before you use numbers from a new DHS “economic impact analysis” in reporting on a new Trump prison camp, please consider that these reports appear to be (to use a technical term) horseshit. Helpful explanation here: projectsaltbox.substack.com/p/federal-ec...

Boycott CBS

The drunk uncle theory. You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there

Wow. More info via Instagram:

Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?

RIP, to Robert Duvall, one of the greats. Set aside time to watch/rewatch all his great performances from Tender Mercies to Lonesome Dove. Here’s some of my favorites that are maybe less well known: Get Low (2009) Assassination Tango (2003) The Apostle (1997) Falling Down (1993) Tomorrow (1972)

Bartlet (Martin Sheen) Dave (Kevin Kline) Lincoln (Daniel Day Lewis)

Wokay

This lawyer, working for a Minnesota law firm and never — until ICE’s murder of Renee Good on January 14 — having practiced immigration law, is showing us the way. We need to celebrate — and follow— her example. Truly an inspiring 🧵👇

I've slept a bit on this other than a few posts, but one of the most brazen things happening in state governments right now is that the Kentucky GOP is trying to impeach a liberal justice (and the first/only Black woman to join the court) because of a vote she took last year they don't like.

I'm just going to say a thing. What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.

People can have different political opinions about immigration policy. Political differences are fine, healthy for a democracy. But if you’re okay with this, that’s not a political opinion. That is a moral failing. 27/

I just want everyone to know that the creator of one of our favorite whistles (the micro bitonal) is a very nice man in Italy who has been messaging me asking if there are things he can tweak in the next version he is designing mostly to help us mass produce these more efficiently to fight ICE.

I just wrote about two recent NYT articles that create a misleading picture of public opinion by centering Republicans and suggesting ICE reform proposals are unpopular. www.findinggravity.net/the-new-york...

NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship. Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.

Reminding and educating our neighbors on the signs of Fascism.

Just wanted to say, in case any of these accounts are real people and not just bots - I do support Palestine, I want Isreal to stop their ways & face the consquences for their evil. However I am not a wealthy woman and beyond general support, I cannot give anything to charity or individuals. Sorry.

Wild fact from @billmckibben.bsky.social's latest newsletter: "The last colder-than-average month on planet earth was in February of 1985, which means that no one under the age of forty has ever known one."