Is anyone talking about how the impending government shutdown will affect the bailout for the farmers? Isn’t it going to get bad pretty quickly now that it’s harvest time?

There is a difference between righteous anger, directed at injustice, and hateful anger, directed at those who are different. Authoritarian regimes deliberately conflate the two to silence criticism and create false equivalence. It's important we don't let those in power succeed in this endeavor.

New in PN: Turns out Republicans don't care about free speech after all "Calling this 'hypocrisy' is too banal and oversimplified. To understand it in full, you have to be attuned to how power operates and how the right thinks about it."

this was one of the more thought-provoking pieces i've read recently data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-democr...

This MAGA lie has gone around for years. It is based on an attorney of one of Epstein's victims, in a civil case against Epstein. Trump talked to that attorney and the attorney said Trump was helpful. That's it. That's all of it.

This is a damning anecdote from Rep Jim McGovern. He tells me that during debate over Trump's big budget bill, House Rs privately admitted to him that it would screw over their own constituents, yet they had to vote for it anyway. Read all of it. He wrecks them: newrepublic.com/article/1999...

Can folks do me a favor? I was on Bluesky early & it was great. Mostly. I hit the eject button in January. I came back, many colleagues are here, but still don’t know I am. I co-created Halt and Catch Fire. I write TV & comics. Here’s two favorite set photos. Repost? I am in the wilderness.

🇺🇸 National Guard soldier speaks out: “I swore an oath to defend our constitution… seeking refuge is not an act of violence. Locking people up for it is.”

“Both of them.”

Got damn

@leahlitman.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social Have you ladies heard about this?!? Using generative AI to make up case citations? How long before the not-so-Supreme Court lands in this mess?

The staredown says it all. @lisamurkowski knows she sold out America. She could’ve voted NO. She didn’t. That will be her legacy.

“ICE gets a bigger budget than the Marine Corps” is a simple fact that should be communicated very widely because it clearly expresses how crazy and radical this is

1. I know this issue isn’t top of mind this week. But I had this random thought that if all trans service members are being drummed out of the service because this admin & Supreme Court say they are dishonest, mentally ill freaks, then they should apply en masse for

Pedro Pascal reshares video which says the U.S. has become a police state A state where there is no higher authority

🚨 We want to get this flyer out to DOL employees who have been RIFed but many of them are on administrative leave instead of in the building. If you know any feds who need this info, please share it with them! Important info on what to do after receiving a RIF notice (alt text included) ⬇️⬇️

Wow, wow, wow Declassified National Intelligence Council, Sense of the Community Memorandum: "The Maduro regime probably does not have a policy of cooperating with TDA and is not directing TDA movement to and operations in the United States." Now consider: DOJ lawyers saying opposite to courts!

Random thought in the middle of the night: Since complying with Supreme Court rulings is mere suggestion now, not a requirement, why can’t we ignore the Dobbs decision as a dead letter and enforce Roe as the law of the land? I mean, we can pick & choose now, right?

If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.

Well folks — we knew they were lying when they said they wouldn’t f$&( with Social Security. It has come to pass. youtu.be/VZ1pyLRgMXA?...

Question: Since the DOGEdorks have started rampaging thru gov’t computer systems, has anyone noticed an uptick in phishing texts? Or new fraudulent credit card activity? I’ve seen both lately. Very disturbing.

I would be making a big deal out of this if I were an elected Democrat

A lot happened last week, but I hope people, especially in Indiana, remember Sen. Jim Banks’ appalling comments to a fired federal worker. abcnews.go.com/Politics/gop...

Via @abreezeclayton.bsky.social, here's a tool to find out if your vote is on the list of those being challenged in North Carolina, along with instructions on what you can do next/who to contact re: ballot curing. Please share widely, especially if you're in North Carolina

I don’t know if y’all realize this, but Toupee Fiasco is a figure head. He’s not in charge. The Project 2025 crew, Heritage Trust, and Apartheid Clyde are in charge. They let him sign the EOs, do interviews, and golf because that’s all he cares about. Oh, and not being in jail.

People are calling it WhiskeyLeaks. I really hope that sticks. That is hilarious. 😆 #WhiskeyLeaks

It’s like Watergate, only in this version Nixon directly mails the tapes to Woodward and Bernstein

Gift article link here. Share it widely. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Republican Sen. John Curtis said today on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that politicians are “not being honest” when they say they won’t touch Social Security.

Not sure why everyone isn’t as pissed as me about the Venezuelan soccer player we sent to the torture camp so here’s a 10 minute rant for those who are. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

Protesters are out in Budapest, Hungary today demanding the resignation of pro-Putin Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Love it!

Boy, a couple of former Soviet satellite states are showing big “we’re not gonna take it anymore” energy today! Serbia and…

This is a first. Today, the most powerful man in the White House is saying OUT LOUD he wants to "ELIMINATE" Social Security and Medicare. Eliminate. Not "cut," not "reduce." Not even raise the retirement age. ELIMINATE. Sit on that for a minute. This is your money.

They want to keep it quiet, so you know what to do.

Not trying to alarm people but just noting that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, among their other important functions, is also one of the small number of people explicitly designated for translating Presidential nuclear strike orders into reality. www.doctrine.af.mil/Portals/61/d...

“The job of the Democratic party comes in two parts. First: Do not help Republicans. Not in any way. Second: Make Donald Trump own every bad outcome that happens, anywhere in the world.” True enough. The only problem here is the lack of an organized Democratic Party. newrepublic.com/post/190337/...

Guess who wants this photo banned from the internet? Please like and repost! 😉😘

@jasonkander.bsky.social As someone who works with unhoused veterans, what do you make of the utter lack of empathy Musk is just throwing out into the universe here?

Re the massive outpouring of vitriol online about our fucked up health care system, I looked up a PBS Frontline episode from yrs ago called Sick Around the World, available on YouTube (youtu.be/h4rg-DJBd34?...). Why can’t we take best of other systems & create our own? Any momentum now?

@support.bsky.team How come some posts that have images or pictures attached don’t display those images in my feed? Other users replies indicate they can see the images. Is there a setting I need to turn on? I looked in Settings but nothing obvious jumped out. Please help. Ty.

Can we please quit saying that Trump wants to “recess appoint” his unfit nominees? He wants Congress to shutdown so he can install these unqualified people, no questions asked. He wants to gut Congress as a check on his executive power. Say that.

Sports Bluesky! Quote post with your favorite teams #Sports NFL: Chiefs MLB: Royals Soccer: (men) Sporting KC (women) KC Current Tennis: (men) Novak Djokovic (women) Coco Gauff & Ons Jabeur

@support.bsky.team There a several posts that contain what are called “starter packs” of users we can follow (in some cases) and mute/block (in other cases). I’ve clicked links in several posts to subscribe to the list but get a “Page not found” error. What am I doing wrong?

@bsky.app Several users have posted links to a list they’ve compiled on one topic or another, where the link always starts “go.xxxx”. When I tap any of those links, I just get a “Page not found” error. What am I doing wrong?