Thread: So on this day when one of the oligarchs of our digitized and dystopic world is emptying one of America's greatest newsrooms of trained and committed journalists, I thought I would regale you all with a wonderful little anecdote about our world to come. It involves two of the finest...

I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.

This is another effort that has taken a HUGE amount of local activism, led by community folks who care. It CAN be done. Get involved where you live and push back. www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...

We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.

well, whatever this is about and/or portends for 2028, she's definitely uniquely positioned to drive potus up a wall when he is very easily manipulated by such things

How strange.

TUSCON, Ariz. (AP) — 'Today Show' host Savannah Guthrie posts message to her mother‘s kidnapper asking to provide proof she is alive. www.instagram.com/p/DUW3mpqD8q...

Sorry everyone false alarm as everyone has pointed out it’s actually for your “INMUNE” system

America: where you can sell a random “wellness” drink at CVS, claim it “may” somehow “reinforce” your immune system, and literally call it “The Flu Shot.”

Redistricting did not turn out how Trump wanted. So, now he is resorting to political prosecutions, ballot seizures and the threat of federal paramilitary to steal the 2026 midterms. He is normalizing the idea that his administration will take over ballot counting. We cannot let that happen.

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See, now y’all got my Rep from California cursing. Don’t do that ✋🏼 If Ms. Waters tells you to shut up, you SHUT UP. Who THE FUCK do y’all think y’all are telling her “No”?? 🤨🗣️

D.C. natives and longtime Washingtonians, we want to know: When did you first notice the city had changed? Was there a specific moment, event, or vibe? Let us know for an upcoming story. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The Virginia ACLU's policy director said: "We have seen an explosion in 287(g) agreements at the local level… Something needs to be done to rein them in.... We are one of the epicenters of the Trump administration’s escalation of a reckless mass deportation agenda."

meanwhile, another Democrat just two weeks ago: bsky.app/profile/tani...

NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program. This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE. Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.

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Social Security is an EARNED benefit, and we should get every promised penny when it’s time to collect!

Gonna ruin my mentions before sitting down to dinner and just say, Mamdani endorsing Hochul just makes good political sense. She's been backing him in all kinds of ways, almost none of his more ambitious agenda is can accomplished without the state government's assistance.

The Justice Department’s application-via-DM-slide posts on Saturday and call for loaning out attorneys from elsewhere on Monday adds context to Julie Le’s, uh, let's call them courtroom struggles on Tuesday ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

Exclusive: The top Democrat on a House committee overseeing U.S.-China competition has launched a probe into a $500 million investment by an Abu Dhabi royal in a Trump family cryptocurrency company.

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This looks like a Hoverfly Sentry, a tethered drone commonly used by law enforcement for persistent overwatch of certain areas at about 200 feet max (no need to swap batteries). They do have civilian uses for event security, disaster response, traffic monitoring. hoverflytech.com/tethered-dro...

I think @wyden.senate.gov would be wise to tell the public what’s going on, especially in light of the the Fulton County raid.

purity culture's purpose to is to groom victims and enablers coercive forgiveness is furthered abuse

These vulgar gestures of power invite defiance. No one wants to be your fucking slaves. All you are doing is hardening your opposition.

I think some people may have thought i was exaggerating the extremely gendered maga perceptions of liberal weakness. I offer this as a rebuttal. bsky.app/profile/radl...

Yes, I know that @51st.news does not have an international desk yet, but anything you can do to help them absorb ex-WaPo staff so that they don't need to physically uproot their families is much appreciated: bsky.app/profile/alex...

Attorneys preparing for this deposition— YOU’VE GOT ONE SHOT ONE OPPORTUNITY DO NOT MISS YOUR CHANCE TO #WITAOD???

So the lesson we ought to take away from this is that any system built on the assumption that billionaires will not reveal themselves to be moral cretins is destined to eventually fail.

It’s a funding system with a single point of failure. You need the billionaires not to be moral cretins who decide to demolish the news to enact their own personal agenda.

The thing I keep circling back to is that, when Bezos originally bought the Post, it legit seemed like the least-bad option. The expectation was that billionaires would treat media outlets like they do sports franchises — something to boast about owning, as a form of expensive status.

"From Machiavelli’s perspective, Trump is courting catastrophe by trying to steer an impossible middle course." HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHASUDDENLYBREAKSDOWNINTEARS

This Claremont twit is so fearful of “wine moms” with cell phones and whistles that he’s demanding Trump crush them with violence. Or rather, more violence.

One immediate effort (and the @postguild.bsky.social will likely share more): www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...

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Between this transcript And Judge Reyes’ opinion … I’ve seen enough. Abolish DHS. Impeach and then Nuremberg the entire admin. And USA deficit should Double to pay the judgments storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

All in all, while Le's frustrated asides got the most attention, this hearing is most shocking for how little control there is over ICE. Even an experienced and respected AUSA like Anna Voss can't get them within a mile of compliance.

Judge Blackwell continues: "Having what you feel are too many detainees, too many cases, too many deadlines, and not enough infrastructure to keep up with it all, is not a defense to continued detention. If anything, it ought to be a warning sign."

Highlights: - Judge Blackwell leads off with comments that would've seemed unnecessary a little over a year ago: "The authority exercised by the Court is derived from Article III of the Constitution and is not by dint of the parties' agreement with the ruling itself."

If you want to read the transcript of the February 3 hearing where Julie Le had her "this job sucks" meltdown, now you can: drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...

Read this whole astonishing document. it should be taught as an object lesson in what volunteering to assist a fascist government does to your mind, body, and soul.

one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things

Please send me any photos, videos, or reports of ICE, Border Patrol, and DHS using drones that you come across!

I don’t like this

In the ongoing measles outbreak in South Carolina that has infected more than 800 people, some children have developed a rare but serious complication called encephalitis. www.wired.com/story/measle...

Bezos is gutter trash.

Minnesota AG Ellison says the fight isnt over to end Trump's "retribution" campaign against the state and its residents: www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Border czar Tom Homan said a drawdown of federal agents will be tied to an end to civil disruption involving community members against Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection officers.