Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

Call a Senator that voted no tonight and demand that they vote to remove Chuck Schumer as Senate Minority Leader. He has weaponized his incompetence against the American people by allowing 8 Dem Senators to cave to an authoritarian regime. We need real leadership, not the oligarchy’s lapdog

A couple more developments in this case: www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...

Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers: “We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum. www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...

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you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

theonion.com/talk-of-fasc... As usual @theonion.com often seems to report the real news spot on.

The threats from this weak and unhinged regime are growing. But We the People are meeting the challenge — undaunted, unafraid, unwilling to be silenced by this petty, pathetic, wannabe-king. Let’s make 10/18 the largest day of peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

This had some really good parts, worth watching just for fun, even if it weren't also valuable to keep the view count growing on this video to show the government censorship attempt backfired. #resist #censorship #magamarxism

Just to piss off Nexstar, Sinclair, and Trump. Linking to the Kimmel YouTube video which has nearly 3 million views. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...

To sum up: A bunch of mediocre losers who got power through affirmative action for young conservatives, want to use government power to ban people from talking about the fact that they're mediocre losers. #resist

when I gave Irwin a treat after accidentally kicking him a bit with my foot what I thought i was doing was apologizing what I was actually doing was teaching him the concept of insurance fraud it is only a matter of time before he trips me and I break my neck

Incredible achievement that the one price that the Trump administration has brought down notably is "cocaine."

Remember when Trumpists pushed investigations of the govt's interference with free speech because they communicated w/social media companies about disinformation? www.npr.org/2024/06/26/n... Now MAGA Marxists use govt power to dictate to media what they can say. Call congress to investigate. #resist

A friend of mine co-owns this bookstore. This is not great. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/d...

This morning in East Somerville, MA masked agents who told bystanders they were from Homeland Security abducted a man who lives in the neighborhood while he was on his way to do laundry. Video shared directly with me of the moments after he was detained and put in an unmarked vehicle:

@jocelynbenson.bsky.social What is the phone number, email, or general contact form to contact your campaign? The only contact I see on your web site is "join our campaign" and that is not what I want to do.

I spoke with the NYT Magazine a while ago but have now heard that an editor said they can't quote me because I'm "too liberal" to be a trusted source. You know what's always the first example conservatives use to claim I'm "too liberal"? My work in the 1619 Project, organized by the NYT Magazine.

Massachusetts flags should not be lowered for Charlie Kirk. He was not an elected representative of the people. He was racist, sexist, homophobic, and did not support Massachusetts values of equal justice and freedom. #mapoli www.masslive.com/news/2025/09...

Also, if Ezra Klein believed in politics defined by vigorous debate with your opponents, he could come here on Bluesky and confront critics who engage with his ideas. But he won’t do that, because what he actually believes in is a politics where everyone worships Ezra Klein for his profundity.

The new #Banksy in London should be outside the US Supreme Court too.

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

My entire feed rn is Senator: Do you think heart failure causes death RFK: Senator, medicine doesn't work, we all need to be drinking raccoon blood

@forwardblue.bsky.social You sent postal mail to my house and I don't want to receive any, but your letter contained no contact information aside from your web site. Please let me know how to contact you to find out where you got my address from, and to stop any future mail.

Keep calling! Get RFKJr out and re-hire people who have left the CDC in the past week because of his toxic anti-leadership. bsky.app/profile/c0s.... Also follow @altcdc.altgov.info #resist

Oh my god the payoff

Graham Platner @grahamformaine.bsky.social on Susan Collins: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y9Z... Time for her to actually be concerned.

www.npr.org/2025/08/14/n... > a columnist for The Wall Street Journal warned that Trump is "imitating [the] Chinese Communist Party" > "This 'Marxist MAGA' movement keeps expanding Call the White House 202-456-1111 and Congress, ask why the president is acting like a Communist. #resist

I called about this last week, but will call again this week. This issue has traction, some Republicans in Congress are also upset that the CDC is being dismantled, so pressure now could have good effect. #resist

I love looking at this graph, showing it to my students, and sharing it on social media, even though it unerringly brings out the trolls. This is the efficacy curve of Pfizer's mRNA COVID vaccine. This, people, is what ended the emergency phase of the COVID pandemic. Despite what RFK Jr says.

DEVELOPING: Advocates are seeking a court order to block the Trump administration’s effort to deport hundreds of unaccompanied minor children to Guatemala. Judge abruptly moved 3 pm hearing up to 12:30 after she was notified that some children “are in the process of being removed" today.

Maybe ICE's goal is in part to make people afraid to go to their legal immigration appointments, causing more people to lose legal status out of fear of following proper procedures, and then they can be deported. #resist #ICE www.universalhub.com/2025/east-bo...

Call your state's governor, your state rep, your state senator, and others, and urge states to work together to set up a multi-state CDC alternative to fill the gap - and to hire people leaving the CDC to keep them working on public health. #resist

BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout. They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base. (🎥 AP)

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Very worth watching and re-sharing the Illinois Governor's response to Trump's threat to similarly occupy Chicago: www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi... - and then call the White House 202-456-1111, your Senators and Representatives. #resist

Censorship laws like this are being considered by Congress too, for the whole country. Call your Senators and Reps and urge them to oppose all of these censorship bills: SCREEN Act, "Kids Online Safety Act", and the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act. www.unilad.com/news/politic...

Apparently this is starting for real in about 40 minutes, at the location given by this video: bsky.app/profile/zohr...

www.theguardian.com/environment/... More evidence that Trump is a communist, seeking government control of industry. The thin excuse here is that we need the electricity - while he's stopping solar and wind projects that would provide lower cost electricity. #resist

Had this open in a tab for a while, just got back to it. I think it's something a lot of us have been thinking about over the past ten years, but the way this person wrote it down is quite something!

#SaveSpeech Updated list of major US bills ya'll need to yell at your congressmen about, w/ talking points. Tell em to say NO to: SCREEN ACT KOSA IODA www.congress.gov/members/find... CALL EM. MAIL EM. EMAIL EM. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD.

José Pineda's attorneys say there's no clear explanation as to why he was pulled over and held, despite having on his person paperwork showing his right to be in the U.S.

"WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations" cpb.org/pressroom/Co...

Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.