New Behind the Bastards 🔍 How The FBI Botched the 2001 Anthrax Scare (Part 1) @iwriteok.bsky.social @courtneykocak.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

New Behind the Bastards 🔍 Robert begins our series of episodes about two of the most infamous fuck ups in US law enforcement history, starting with the Atlanta Olympic Park Bombing. @iwriteok.bsky.social @courtneykocak.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

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OPINION: Local politicians ask Lloyd Doggett to pass the torch of public service to a new generation.

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An important point. If CA wants to redraw, we would need a special election because of our state constitution. We should be organizing that now.

Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.

This baby flamingo is so adorable… 🥰 🦩

Wow!! We love this cover for @courtneykocak.bsky.social’s memoir, Girl Gone Wild! Preorders are open now — book releases in early March, 2026. triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/pre...

The Washington Post wants us to know about the best sandwiches in town, but not about the Bove confirmation walkout.

Emil Bove is up for a lifetime appointment. This is not a time to rush through the process, violate the rules, and end debate. But that’s what Republicans on the Judiciary Committee just did. I was the next to speak and they barred us from debating. So we walked out.

Breaking: A cannabis farmworker who was critically injured during a chaotic immigration raid by federal authorities in California has died. Jaime Alanis Garcia's death came days after he fell roughly 30 feet during a raid at Glass House Farms in Camarillo. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Thank you, @courtneykocak.bsky.social, for sending me this awesome mug commemorating the Publisher’s Marketplace announcement for Girl Gone Wild!! 🎉💜💛

This boy’s father was killed so that Trump friend and ally Benjamin Netanyahu could avoid prison for his many felony fraud offenses. That’s what it comes down to. Netanyahu is committing genocide just to protect himself from accountability for his own crimes. Among the most evil men alive today.

I think it should be a bigger story that the Senate is preparing to confirm five Trump judicial nominees whose answers to questions about the 2020 election are exactly what you would say if you were a “Trump only lost because of voter fraud” conspiracy theorist

🚨 NEW STANDUP 🚨 I had a blast with this set, but it's NSFW, not family-friendly, and members of my own family should watch at their own risk! youtu.be/commM74EPtI

Tonight, I introduced legislation to stop Trump from from leading us into an illegal war with Iran. Another war in the Middle East could cost countless lives, waste trillions more dollars, and lead to even more deaths, more conflict, and more displacement.

☎️ Stop the Crypto Bill. Flood their phones. Why are the Sellout Sixteen bowing to the crypto kleptocrats? No legislation should pass now. Trump has federal troops occupying LA, is rolling tanks through DC in three days, and THIS is your priority?! Switchboard: (202) 224-3121 1/

TONIGHT: at 7 PM ET: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS training for the upcoming NO KINGS events this Saturday: act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-t...

Amazing. Respect the lede.

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Just a reminder that there is still an ongoing coup against the Constitution, in case you were wondering...and it's broadly succeeding.

Trump hands Dept of Interior to Russia-linked oil exec: "... given sweeping powers to overhaul the department that manages public lands "...hasn’t divested his investments or filed an ethics commitment to break ties with companies that pose a conflict of interest" apnews.com/article/hass...

This guy stole $10 million from the employees of his nursing home to buy himself a luxury yacht and Cartier watches. He PLED GUILTY. And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon. And this story barely makes the news today. WTF. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

If you haven’t heard Courtney’s @canadaland.com’s podcast episode about her stint as a GGW merch girl, it is, well, pretty wild. (Proud to say she scored the gig through Pandemic University’s PitchFest) www.canadaland.com/podcast/1160...

BIG EFFING NEWS, Y’ALL!!! 📣📚 My debut memoir GIRL GONE WILD drops in March 2026 with @triohousepress.org‬!!! 🎉 Can’t wait for y’all to read my dirty lil secrets. 😂 This book has been a labor of love for years. Working with a Minnesota press and @krisbigalk.bsky.social‬ feels fated. 🧩💫 More soon!

@triohousepress.org is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Girl Gone Wild: The Hollywood Misadventures of a Small-Town Girl by @courtneykocak.bsky.social!

Today’s a great day to remind everyone that Social Security has a fraud rate of 0.00625% That’s FAR lower than private sector retirement programs, btw.

Oh my God. Make it stop. Once again, screaming into the void: in 2024, it was the <Republicans> who actually nominated the old guy with mental acuity problems. The Democrats, you will remember, actually pushed their old guy out & chose someone else. What are we doing here? bsky.app/profile/mcop...

This is not funny or Trump being Trump. It’s menacing and an abuse of power.

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Let’s break this down—because the gaslighting is wild: 📌Oct 2022 – Biden signs EO to cut drug prices 📌Jan 2025 – Trump takes office and kills Biden’s EO to cut drug prices 📌May 2025 – Trump signs his own EO to lower drug prices Trump canceled Biden’s plan then brought it back w/his name on it.

This isn’t a good idea even if the plane was being donated to the U.S. government. But Trump GETS TO KEEP THE PLANE??? It’s simply a cash payment to Trump in exchange for favors. Just wildly illegal.

The GOP wanted to impeach Biden for a fake $5M bribe from Ukraine that was made up by a guy sitting in prison for lying about it, but they’re cool with a $400M plane from Qatar. Do I have that right?

Let’s go!!

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Alan Moore from a new interview. alanmooreworld.blogspot.com/2025/05/long...

Listen to @debkossmann.bsky.social on The Bleeders, an awesome podcast on writing by @courtneykocak.bsky.social 💜💛💜💛 youtu.be/uH0Cf7exTSs?...

Pay attention to this: Trump has set up a way he can directly take bribes from foreign governments or billionaires. Every American needs to know about it.

MEMBERS OF THE DC BAR: THIS MESSAGE IS FOR YOU—PLEASE VOTE FOR DIANE SELTZER (@whatajlp.bsky.social) 👉👉👉👉👉

Yes, this. The pundits & commentators who got it so wildly wrong cannot be the folks who get to dominate the National Conversation™️ now going forward. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

We had the reporter on tonight; @maddow has the whistleblower

If you need a bike and want to buy American, check out guardianbikes.com. We started on the path of bringing mfg from China to the USA in 2020. Indiana. And they are now there. From Shark Tank to possibly the leading bike company in the USA

“Voting Republican for the economy” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._ec...

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chef’s kiss

ATTN FEDERAL WORKERS: It has come to my attention that several agencies are now offering WiFi for you to use with your PERSONAL devices. If I were you, I would NOT use that WiFi. I suspect it's a way for DOGE to monitor your personal communications.