are these stories about reading trump administration officials phones in public just a consequence of iphones having amazing cameras now or are these guys just particularly incompetent with opsec

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

i mean waze / google maps allows you to report police locations ffs

You can see how their cameramen document their violence. This is about content creation. For the last one, I had to search my files for a photo of this moment that didn't include the face of a pained or screaming protester, but for clarity: those are tackled human beings on the ground.

good on him for introducing the notion of a Kavanaugh Stop to our legal lexicon - a stop that is without reasonable suspicion and explicitly racist in intent he did it he's a famous jurist now

If you said this exact combination of words to a cop at a traffic stop, they wouldn't even waste time with the breathalyzer.

I really appreciate Justice Jackson contrasting the lower courts' meticulous and responsible approach to judging—extensive deliberations, written opinions—with the Supreme Court's slapdash, unreasoned work over the shadow docket. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

ok so on the one hand i found this very helpful on the other hand very much thanks i hate it

I am just so fucking proud of her.

The Republicans close the House for a week, extending the Republican shut down of the government they control.

DEMOCRATS: How can we make Russ Vought infamous? He's a fairly obscure bureaucrat unless you live in the beltway. People can't even pronounce his name right. TRUMP: Check out this epic bacon meme about my supervillain friend Russ Vought spelled V-O-U-G-H-T

I asked Chris Murphy if he privately talks to Dem colleagues about why they don't sound the alarm loudly. His answers were depressing. Dems tell him they don't want to be "alarmist" or that "democracy" didn't work in 2024, so they want to stick to health care. 5/ newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Time to browse the fountain pen feed for a timeline cleanse.

well it’s certainly horrifying

we are living in the stupidest timeline

Very Trump-era story. 1. The sword has no meaning for Charles, but matters for the Eisenhower Museum. 2. Illegal for the museum to give away US property! 3. Trump makes no distinction between personal/public property. 4. The person who did the right thing was fired. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...

This sucks, because it doesn’t read as lighthearted in-joking about the culture of this site (which I would assume is probably your intent), it looks like poking at already-upset people who think you don’t care about the legitimate frustrations they’ve had about Bluesky.

the optics of Trump building a ballroom while laying people off and jacking up healthcare costs for everyone is a rich tapestry for an opposition party comfortable with doing good propaganda

The CBS version of this story failed to capture the “resign or be fired” element, presumably because it relied on Trump regime sources.

I do not think it is wise, kind, or appropriate for a social media CEO to troll members of her own userbase over their concerns about moderation and safety in a time of rising fascism.

Past time to do that. But I’ll take it. Have you spoken with Chuck? Is the word “bipartisan” still spilling from his mouth?

A classic Kavanaugh raid where the Feds can bust down your door without a warrant to investigate a civil matter based purely on racist vibes.

MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals? J: I didn't see it D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.

It's important to name the tools of authoritarianism so we can identify and condemn them with precision. I'm glad we now have a term for ICE's openly racist, degrading immigration arrests: Kavanaugh stops. slate.com/news-and-pol...

so... what was he honestly trying to communicate? i mean come on, press corps is this hard for you do you need to go to some kind of school a school for the press press school

A bus of Bronx middle schoolers pulled up to the Capitol this morning for a long-planned field trip just a few hours after the government shut down. All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown. So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!

Enjoy some truth about the #TrumpShutdown @markwarner.bsky.social

it's a good thing sama lets people opt out of their copyrighted properties from being used to sell crypto i'm sure this means nintendo is totally fine with this otherwise they would have told him not to infringe their copyrights this is surely what happened

CNBC: "Very disappointing. It's a weak number. This is private sector jobs for September. The total comes in -32,000. And that was a surprise because economists were looking for an increase of 51,000. Also, the revision was not good. August now showing -3,000 compared to the initial read of 54,000"

This order provides yet another indication that the Supreme Court will (1) let Trump fire the leaders of every other agency, but (2) maintain a lone carve-out for the Federal Reserve that prevents him from firing its members without a good, legitimate reason.

This is a VERY well crafted lawsuit. 1) Plaintiff is natural born. 2) He was detained 2X in a fast-growing part of Alabama, not in a city that Brett Kavanaugh could be easily duped into believing was all migrants. 3) Unwarranted detentions were on private property. 4) He showed Real ID both times.

Good morning. The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you. Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.

Last week, I wrote about how DOJ knows to slow-walk the bad cases. This is an example of SCOTUS knowing how to do so as well. This is (1) scheduling arguments (2) for months from now (3) on a stay application (4) in litigation that is yet to be heard at the appeals court.

We’re tossing Argentina a $20 Billion lifeline and they’re turning around and selling soybeans without tariffs to China.

Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance. Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn. We have been sent here to fight for people.

Who’s your favorite Jedi? (Wrong answers only)

(solemnly) You've had mail.

Sad to hear about the passing of the Michelangelo of Movie posters, RENATO CASARO. The Man painted so many iconic posters, specially in the 70s/80s: CONAN, TERMINATOR, DUNE, TOTAL RECALL, DANCE WITH THE WOLVES, BLOW OUT, FLASH GORDON, RAMBO, NEVER-ENDING STORY, and the list goes on and on. 1/2

Two senior Republican appropriators agree it doesn't make any sense for Democrats to agree to a government funding deal unless Trump actually adheres to the deal. The Democratic alternative CR had language that would address this, but the White House came out strongly against.

"Republicans run the entire government but can't keep it open" That's it. That's the whole story.

Republicans vote to shut down the government, again.

I do not understand why they cannot get the headlines right. Just follow the gop playbook! “Repubs control it all! The shutdown is on them!” As nauseum. Don’t lead with the nuance.

if the Trump Hegseth address had been an email www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The GOP controls the whole Federal government. They have to fund it. If they don't, it's their fault. [see how easy that is].

This story has some absolutely brutal quotes and lines.

Every single DC journalist should be spending this afternoon/evening finding Speaker Johnson & John Thune & asking them why the impeachment/removal has not happened yet, & continuing to hammer them with the same question over & over & over & over again & not accepting the boilerplate non-answers.

This passage nearly broke me.

Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties