If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

The cowardice is palpable

Comforting when you look back on how often the press relied on generic social media activity to advance a narrative and it was troll bot farms the whole time

This spring, Missouri adopted a law that ends St. Louis’ ability to run its own police, transferring control to the GOP-run state government. The law also requires St. Louis to commit 25% of its budget to policing.

As much as Trump is a huge idiot, he’s not a total idiot. He loves to manipulate people. The manipulation here is to further wedge centrist / corporatist Dems and progressives. He’ll use Mamdani as a foil (“look what they’re doing to Zohran!”) and co-opt Mamdani’s populism as his own

What the hell happened during this meeting?!?

A month too late for Halloween. Damn.

Gmail users!! They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off. Pass it on!! www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

That would of course include SOCIAL security, in case you wondered where this would go

Daniel Lozano-Camargo was shipped to Venezuela despite federal court deal protecting him from deportation. Now, he's missing. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... @kylecheney05.bsky.social

Fond memories of that time Mike Johnson was president of a local law school that never opened its doors, in part because it was attached to a Baptist college that was losing its accreditation, and in part because it was always a scam from the start

NY Times seeing the dots, refusing to connect them

honestly impressive feat from mr musk. grok said it so it must be true.

The President endorses executing American politicians and the biggest newspaper in the country doesn’t find it newsworthy. What the hell has happened

Dem leaders keep saying they want to work across the aisle. They claim it’s because people say they want politicians to work with each other. Dems perpetuate the idea there’s a *possibility* of working together and the public echoes it back. If Dem leaders face reality, people will follow suit

Credit to @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for continuing to call out the moral cowardice of blue chip companies & their CEO’s. With every step, they march right alongside Trump & his vile policies. Keep that in mind when you shop, bank, use social media, etc. www.status.news/p/jd-vance-b...

Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat. It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here: newrepublic.com/article/2034...

1/ It should be forgiven. It should be forgotten. If she spoke of it again, the sins would be hers, she was told. But she could never forget. And neither could the other girls. This is the story of how her church enabled a child abuser for years 👇 [content warning: sexual abuse]

I think these may be connected 🧐

If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.

ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI

An alarming story about Flock’s automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras ... "Often, officers will search cameras nationwide even if investigating a case in their own state. Typically this is done without a warrant, something that critics like the EFF and the ACLU have recently sued over."

They’re going to force something to happen in Venezuela

“misquoted” You misquote a video if you get a word or detail wrong (eg incorrect date, misattribution). If what you quote was never even said in a video, you’re not misquoting. Really wish journalists whose job is to dig the truth could be honest in their reporting.

The Nuzzi/RFK story is “the logical endpoint of a system that spent years rewarding access over adversarial reporting, personality over institutional credibility, and personal narrative over professional distance.” 👏👏 Via @colbyhall.bsky.social www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...

The de-documentation of lawful immigrants contributed to major labor shortages during covid. But back then, immigrants' work permits lapsed because the government was so backed up in processing renewals. now they're de-documenting people on purpose www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Over 700,000 TPS recipients lose legal status by the end of 2025, including 550,000 who are legally working. TPS recipients contribute over $36B in annual GDP. Withdrawing their work authorization could add to labor shortages in construction, cleaning, and hospitality, especially in FL, TX, NY

The Charlie Kirk purge: How 600 Americans were punished in a pro-Trump crackdown reut.rs/4icyBaS

“…to give people an option of a 50-year mortgage. I don’t know why people are outraged!” One side is consistently called out of touch and somehow it’s not this side

The cast of Fox & Friends pushed the idea of 50-year mortgages for several minutes. At the end of the segment Brian Kilmeade mentioned the financial crisis of 2007-2009 that was caused in part by reckless mortgages that almost destroyed the economy.

Jared Kushner Invited Jeffrey Epstein to Party With Trump and Harvey Weinstein in 2013

In 48 other states, new moms have access to Medicaid for up to one year after they give birth. Not in Wisconsin. There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. By @megomatz.bsky.social

I guess these pastors never heard the expression, what would Jesus do? Because it’s… not this

WH Press Corps: “Critics pointed out that pigs are quite intelligent, smarter than dogs. And an anonymous administration spokesperson claimed this reporter was called piggy during the Biden presidency. Democrats called it anti-Semitic and demanded an apology from the Progressive wing of the party.”

By god, when did people decide it was ok to listen to punters?

Or even say something after the fact! The only story I’ve seen is from - not network news, not cable news, not ANY news - but People magazine!?!

The White House is objectively and demonstrably pro-sex trafficking

NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation. The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate. The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia. Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer. A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro www.propublica.org/article/andr...

Women who get an abortion and anyone who helps them could face up to 30 years in prison under the bill. It appears to ban any contraception that prevents a fertilized egg from implanting. That would ban IUDs and could strictly limit in-vitro fertilization.

This is completely insane and abhorrent. People will suffer. People will die.

Now it’s THEIR brain worm 🪱

Trump is a piece of shit and his supporters like him because they are pieces of shit.

WHY THE FUCK IS HE OBSESSED WITH WATER PRESSURE AND DISHWASHERS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, HE IS OFF HIS ROCKER PLEASE REPORT THIS

I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte. ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018. We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:

but at least I did not have to worry about the worm that was not a worm in his brain. but at least I did not have to worry about the worm that was not a worm in his brain. BUT AT LEAST I DID NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE WORM THAT WAS NOT A WORM IN HIS BRAIN.

Obamacare. Obamacare. OBAMAcare.

Trump just cut farm workers' wages $1-3/hr, and there IS something we can do about it. youtu.be/AnCJfhLxk_c

Watching right-wingers suddenly discover that Trump is a bad person is wild