That and quite honestly it's a terrible answer. Why not say he'll look into it because if true that would be a TERRIBLE thing to have happen in America. He doesn't say that because he doesn't care and facts are inconvenient to whatever his goal is.

Cops led us into the street as the new “protest zone” and then beat us repeatedly. Got hit in the face with a baton. Leaving to pick up my friends who were arrested. Stay safe out there.

Uh, what polling would that be? The polling they make up in their heads? 🤨

I'm not a parent, but I just think...what parents want their kids growing up under people who cannot take responsibility for their actions? It's being a decent human 101

I don’t know how long we have to endure, but the inability to show humility and admit wrongdoing IS a weakness. It reeks of weakness.

Nearly 6 billion people live in the 101 countries that a recent study has identified as confronting a net decline in water supply — signaling enormous challenges for food production and a heightening risk of conflict and instability. (Published July)

Working to ensure a great turnout on Saturday, I see

It's raining, so I'm listening to Disintegration. Those are the rules.

Just don't go. Disney is no longer part of the American dream.

There’s a lot going on, so here is a map of the world’s forests, divided by categories of wood.

To them, "illegal aliens" aren't human.

Please - stop doing the screenshot no link thing on Bluesky. This platform does not punish you for posting a URL. You picked up the habit from Meta apps? Stop doing Mark Z's bidding. Link ESPECIALLY to authors, reporters, bloggers, etc. where you quote the work.

Thinking about how it's a bad idea to be so loyal to a political party you can't admit when they are wrong and when they have hurt you. fresnoland.org/2025/09/24/f...

Amazing news 😭

Just stay off the platform. Let the absence of Disney give birth to new creative voices.

A picture worth a thousand words. “None of us have ever done this before. All of this is new, and I just wanted to stand up as American and be seen and make my presence felt.” - 65-year-old Evanston resident Curtis Evans, holding an American flag.

Canceled Hulu. Companies that don’t support our democracy and norms don’t deserve my few American dollars.

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

Some wise words from a great writer. Solidarity with people who are endangered, or who are making an effort, is important. Not undermining them on social media is the bare minimum. If you can't live up to that, I'm blocking you. Nobody is here to absorb your futility or exhaustion.

I love us. By us, I mean the democracy lovers

"When the systems meant to protect us recreate the abuse cycle, the betrayal can be as damaging as the abuse. We will not be quiet. We will not give up. And I ask the American public to STAND WITH US." — Epstein survivor Annie Farmer 👏💯

Today marks 238 years since the Founders signed the U.S. Constitution. We remain steadfast in our mission to defend the principles of the Constitution and fight for lasting justice for all people. #ConstitutionDay

A Black man and a homeless man were found hanging from trees in Mississippi yesterday, for those who haven’t seen yet because it’s barely made it out of local news.

It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

The story of conservatism for the past 70 years or so is conservative establishment figures thinking they could temper the extremists in their movement by adopt some of their rhetoric and policies. But instead of that, they just wind up giving the radicals the car keys.

Wrote this in The Sirens Call about mass shootings as the darkest, most violent form of extreme trolling and think it likely applies here as well.

This is an important thread. It seems weirdly disrespectful to try to turn Kirk into something he clearly despised.

Melissa Hortman practiced politics the right way.

There is also a school shooting right now. kdvr.com/news/local/a...

It’s the 175th birthday of the state of California, something that would be more exciting if the country was healthy. Regardless, I love you California! I am grateful to live here.

Right!!! I care about justice. I most certainly do not worship a person and especially not a politician.

The stadium Trump is in is named after Arthur Ashe, the tennis legend. What many people today probably don't know is that Ashe was literally arrested in front of the White House in 1992 for protesting the George H.W. Bush administration's treatment of Haitian refugees. www.upi.com/Archives/199...

Dear Republican Congresspeople, The administration may say supporting the release of the Epstein files is a hostile act against the administration, but being loyal to the administration is a hostile act against the American people.

About this Florida vaccine story: When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough. We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated. “Oh, they’d have died.”

As Trump Pushes Liquified Natural Gas Exports, Residents in Pennsylvania Towns Push Back to Stop a Proposed LNG Terminal - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/3008202...

Children's rights.

Nobody is “grooming” your kids to be gay or trans but people ARE grooming them to be Nazis.

Everyone has a second full time job being mad at the government now

Be on the lookout for more "investigations" of mortgage or student loan-related crimes against major Democrats or anyone else who is in the administration's way. Perhaps needless to say, this is how dictatorships work. @joshtpm.bsky.social has a great article on this. /end

Really ugly and evil

So in the end, AI wastes productivity, energy, and money.

I miss woke. More woke I say. More woke for everyone, less military in the streets.

I’ve worked in toxic and abusive environments and it’s really hard to watch that happening throughout the federal government. The things happening are what happen when narcissists are in charge, including some people trying to hang on for longer bc they feel invested in ensuring the best outcome.

one thing i've taken away from surveys asking the public to evaluate trump's most authoritarian moves is that the ordinary americans have a much clearer sense of what's happening than most professional political observers

The young people who would have been most likely to lead the domestic anti-fascist fight in 2025 were repeatedly arrested, beat, jailed, mocked by elites and non-elites over the past 5 years. This was bipartisan. I find it interesting whenever some people ask 'where the young people are' now.

Can anyone do anything without “sparking ire from some online?”

Shark Heart by Emily Habeck. And it's been true of me but I'm fighting to get my concentration and desire to read back.

The practical upshot is that justice delayed is justice denied; or to be more precise, a lab which had to fire all of its researchers and halt work on groundbreaking research isn't going to be able to ever restore itself to the same position it would have been without a multi-year pause in funding.