Walk Free, the nonprofit responsible for the Global Slavery Index, counts nearly 50 million people as enslaved worldwide; they also estimate that the garment industry is the second-largest market of products likely produced with modern day slavery. www.currentaffairs.org/news/there-i...

From public demands to go after his political enemies to reportedly closing $50,000 bribery investigations into Tom Homan, Trump is basically using the DOJ his own personal law firm.

“It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

Medicare for All - "That's socialism!" Social Security - "That's socialism!" Debt free education - "That's socialism!" Universal childcare - "That's socialism!" Bailing out a failed libertarian austerity agenda in Argentina... "That's just how it is."

Peter Thiel Antichrist Fiasco Sparks International Concern The reviews are in: “problematic,” “unsatisfactory." Tough sledding for the German-born Palantir billionaire and DIY theologian, who bombed in front of top Catholics in Hitler's birth country. www.thenerdreich.com/peter-thiel-...

The wounded knee thing is really Trumpism distilled to its essence. It’s not enough to be able crush people who can’t fully defend themselves, it’s not enough to actually crush them, you also have to love and admire those who do the crushing otherwise the Trumpists’ delicate feelings are injured

Sure, that's a good strategy: Tell people that Trump isn't really that different from Reagan, so that people will then say: "Well, okay, the 80s were pretty good, I guess there's nothing to worry about." Sometimes, the way Trump captured this country is not really that much of a mystery to me.

The people who put Ivermectim up their ass think that the people who take Tylenol are the sheeple.

Sustainable Switch: Unpacking Trump’s UN speech reut.rs/42coOe8

Kristi Noem has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way Naples, Florida, used to get help faster: have one of Noem’s big donors make the ask.

I don’t trust what comes out of the government’s investigations these days. And that’s so worrisome in and of itself.

I’m grateful that action is being taken to address yesterday’s violence at 26 Federal Plaza. When we insistently bear witness, there are limits to the cruelty people will support. Even Trump’s ICE can’t escape that indefinitely.

Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/

Oh dude, nobody will have their meds unless he chickens out…which given his pattern, he probably will.

Abuse or neglect does not automatically "make" a victim evolve into an abuser in the future. Trauma can create vulnerabilities in people-- but nothing can "make" you, or anyone else, into an abuser (and it did not "make" them abuse you). You are not "destined" to be like them.

High school was rough for that guy 😂

*low whistle* turn out AI could be a flash in the pan

I’m starting to notice a trend in the polling data… —Top Public Worry: Corruption —Biggest problem in Fed Gov: Corruption —Top fear: Corruption —What one word would you use to describe American government?: “Corrupt” It’s almost like voters are trying to tell us something.

@eleanor.lockhart.contact spotted in the wild

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the fun thing about cycling is that if you Follow The Law™ when you are forced to ride with cars, it will probably get you killed by some inattentive driver, but if you ride in a way that is safe for you, you get branded as reckless by news org hit pieces and threatened by aggressive drivers instead

This map is based on county-by-county election data, with the red areas representing the most rural and therefore least populous counties in the country.”

I AM GOING TO SCREAM This is why journalism is dying. Cause it’s impossible to be a reporter in this business while simultaneously paying for food.

Truth be told, I get a lot of mine from here, that said, I do follow a fair number of independent journalism accounts

Israel FURIOUS As Italy, Spain Deploy Navy to Protect Aid Flotilla. youtu.be/aY8_Pb6PIyE?...

Left: Wow. We need gun reform. Right: Wow. We need to put the left in concentration camps. Media: Ok. It's time for the the left to bring down the political temperature here. Enough is enough.

This is a great analysis. If you're not already, you and @deonandan.bsky.social should be buds:

Thinking about how in 1979 Saddam Hussein held a party conference in which his opponents were dragged out and soon executed, and everyone who was left inside was like "Oh yeah, we're on the team, you bet"

…I understand the intent, that said, please read something first 🤣

"When a child’s inward turmoil is expressed as distraction, disobedience or fighting with other students, many schools punish the behavior without ever exploring the root causes. There is too much discipline and very little empathy," writes Danny Munoz.

DING, DING, DING — WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!

I missed this when it came out, but this is an interesting comparative study of where the US stands in terms of demoratic backsliding right now

"It's only a matter of time, not much, before drones are fighting drones, attacking critical infrastructure and targeting people all by themselves, fully autonomous and no human involved, except the few who control AI systems," Zelenskyy said, calling for global rules… www.npr.org/2025/09/24/n...

The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy. www.who.int/news/item/24...

Gunman shoots a number of immigrants in custody, the president immediately frames it as an attack on ICE somehow I don’t think it will get the same level of pearl clutching from the DC Pundit class about lowering anyone’s rhetoric.

For what it's worth, it's true that China is the largest carbon polluter in aggregate, but definitely not true per capita, as Pope Francis reminded us in Laudate Deum: www.vatican.va/content/fran...

A sudden culture war is really convenient for everyone who wouldn’t want a class war.

Ahem the guy who invented the term "evidence based medicine" just rebuked the most prominent anti-trans health lobby group in the world www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

for no reason in particular, just thinking about all those times cops claimed baristas wrote something offensive on their cup and it turned out the cop wrote it

Children do not deserve this cruelty

If you would be compassionate and helpful if an elderly person trying to board the bus with her cane spilled a grocery bag, show that same compassion to a toddler following her mom onto the bus, when she spills her Cheerios. marypezzulo.substack.com/p/children-a...

Reconstruction bros have long understood that in the American context, "socialism" most often means "integration and equality" bsky.app/profile/bren...

This is the fishiest shit I've ever seen. We're supposed to believe the shooter wrote "Anti-ICE" in pen on a bullet and then shot detainees but not ICE officers?

#WolffBites: US capitalism depends on and thus serves mostly the richest 10-20%. It leaves the rest merely to struggle to get by. An economy split in that way splits its politics and culture too: Trumpism. fortune.com/2025/09/17/e...

The greatest minds of the right wing intellectual dark web think tank cannot -- or won't -- distinguish between "comic gets yelled at in comedy club for telling shitty joke about trans people" and "federal government forces corporation to pull comedian off the air for mocking President"

Myths of the idle poor/oppressed have been used to justify inequality for millennia (see Exodus 5:8, 17) Turns out their costs are more than their toll on compassion & basic human decency 👇

Really important piece by Roxane Gay: “Civility obsessives love a silver-tongued devil, wearing a nice suit, sporting a tidy haircut, while whispering sweet bigotries.” 🎁 link: @roxanegay.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...