“Yes, we do need some First Amendment protections at the State Department, but not for imagined transgressions of previous administrations. We need them from this administration, today.” Watch the rest here: foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/cens...

Nina (@ninajankowicz.com) did a fantastic job testifying in the latest of the "censorship industrial complex" hearings, noting how the elaborate conspiracy theories from Taibbi & others emerge from profound misunderstandings — and intentional mischaracterizations — of how any number of things work.

I know this national security scandal is massive, but at least it didn't compromise the Pentagon's important work of attempting to erase Black people from history.

Adding a journalist to a top secret government group chat about dropping bombs *IS* the kind of thing people who aren’t super politically literate can understand and find shocking/notable/disqualifying. Dems should seize on this and never ever let it go. I hope to hear about it in a decade

Just so you know Democrats are voting to defund the public schools attended by the kids of their own overworked and underpaid staff

Incredible research from @jhereia.bsky.social & team 🎉 Having some mixed feelings since our community's reality has changed since reviewing last year when some of these recs actually felt in reach, but, it is so important to have a vision of what we are fighting for when it comes to digital rights 💜

Hello Bluesky! We have finally joined the cool club 😊