REDISTRICTING: California is doing it democratically— a temporary measure to level the playing field— meanwhile Texas did it without people’s approval #VoteYesOnProp50

Breathtaking incompetence www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

props to the bsky t&s team for working late into the night to mark these accounts as verified so we know they’re real, because apparently these yokels can’t figure out how to set DNS TXT records

New in PN: The 1,287,923 defects in the Comey case ... so far "Dismissal is probably the best result for the government, since it would spare the DOJ having its dirty laundry aired in court before getting spanked for having brought such a garbage case. But even so, it'd be very, very funny."

lol arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

the young white man has been forgiven. we, however, who had nothing to do with it, are still on the hook, and have no idea what we've unleashed

Extraordinarily corrupt. I watched FCC chair Brendan Carr's full interview on Hannity. Carr basically said straight out that coverage of Trump he deems overly hostile can be decreed contrary to the "public interest," and thus grounds for yanking licenses: newrepublic.com/article/2006...

"What does it mean to “fund Antifa,” given that “Antifa” is not an actual organization? As ever, it’s whatever Donald Trump’s Justice Department wants it to mean—which feels like the whole point." www.thebulwark.com/p/yeah-its-f...

Every ranking member of a House or Senate committee should be doing exactly this.

Regarding #Kimmel - it stings, bit xkcd 1357 applies. Not the mainstream lib take right now, I know, but this is how I see it.

A story no one is talking about - last week's high school shooting in Denver. 16-year-old white boy radicalized online and promoting white supremacist and anti-Semitic conspiracies, inspired by - and a fan of - terrorists who promoted replacement theory. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

One insurance denial for Teressa's husband stated, “your newborn does not meet the criteria for coverage.” “This is when I really start to think they’re just denying,” she recalled. “They’re not even looking. They’re just ‘deny, deny, deny.’” ➡️ Full story: www.propublica.org/article/ment...

You should say what the alternatives are so people understand what you mean by this. Not that they should go back to X, but that they can migrate to PDS.witchcraft.systems, selfhosted.social, blacksky.app, @transrights.northsky.social They can use zeppelin.social, blacksky.community, deer.social

Here are some of the misdeeds of the “featured professors” currently on the Professor Watchlist site, the project of TPUSA. I didn’t have to go past names beginning with A to find them. See if you can find the threat to “free speech” they represent.

It is quite simply dishonest to describe TPUSA as a “free speech” organization and not even mention the “Professor Watchlist,” as NPR just did. Reporting on a crime does not entail adopting the victim’s views.

"Kamala Harris wants to see the elimination of the United States of America." - Charlie Kirk

“I think it's worth it. It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal." - Charlie Kirk

"Chicago, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Portland, San Francisco. We got a big military. We should be willing to use it." - Charlie Kirk

MAGA 3 days ago: Chicago is about to find out the meaning of WAR MAGA today: the left needs to stop condoning violence

“THIS IS WAR”: Some Right-Wing Figures Call for Retribution Following Kirk Killing.

Charlie Kirk's murder has plunged us into a democratic crisis www.vox.com/politics/461...

O ye who believe! be steadfast in the cause of God, bearing witness in equity; and let not a people’s enmity incite you to act otherwise than with justice. Be always just, that is nearer to righteousness. And fear God. Surely, God is aware of what you do. — Chapter 5, Verse 9

Very, very bad stuff coming from leading right-wingers

We must stand resolutely against political assassination and political violence of all kinds, and just as resolutely against everyone who exploits acts of violence as the pretext or excuse for political repression of political opponents.

there was never going to be a world in which the right didn’t claim the left was celebrating the death of charlie kirk, no matter how respectable anyone tried to be.

My feed is almost entirely people condemning violence and telling others not to celebrate this.

Seems like someone should ask @chatterton.bsky.social why he's making stuff up? I've been scrolling through multiple feeds for the past couple hours and have not seen a *single* post celebrating. I'm sure someone out there has, but the idea that it's "every post" is an outright lie.

At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

I'm horrified to hear that Charlie Kirk was shot at an event in Utah. Democratic societies will always have political disagreements, but we must never allow America to become a country that confronts those disagreements with violence. Mark and I are praying for Charlie's recovery.

Two students shot at a Denver-area high school, per CNN.

@govpritzker.illinois.gov's take on Kirk is the correct one: "Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it." On point. So glad Democrats are saying this.

PERSON TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER CHARLIE KIRK SHOOTING WAS NOT ACTUALLY THE SHOOTER -NEW YORK TIMES

The totally transparent, not confusing at all Republican explanation of where the Jeffrey Epstein files are, featuring @premthakker.bsky.social. Subscribe to Zeteo for more.

Yep. They’re gonna cave. They might get the ACA tax credit extensions, and point to that as proof of fighting. But the upshot will be a green light for more crime, and to insulate Republicans from the consequences of their agenda. They laid it all out in a letter. www.offmessage.net/p/schumer-an...

"Stay tuned for more details" -- Epstein survivor announces that survivors are creating their own list of Epstein-related abusers

People are often surprised to learn that Lee was an officer who never made it past colonel. The purported promotion to general was awarded by a treasonous cabal calling itself the "confederate states of america" which was put down by force by the Union army, which also had superior generals.

Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:

🚨 The CDC as we know it is being severely altered tonight. In addition to the CDC director being ousted, the Post is reporting that several senior leaders are leaving as well. Here are from two of the resignations:

Re Trump's executive order on flag burning, violating the First Amendment and betraying his oath of office, I made a meme. Ironically, his EO text cites "the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America

This is a raw thread Its beautiful

“It all seems so stupid it makes me want to give up, but why should I give up when it all seems so stupid?” —Depeche Mode, 1983

How We Can Use Israeli Generals to Win the Argument on Gaza @mehdirhasan.bsky.social shares seven quotes from top military commanders that totally undermine and debunk pro-Israel propaganda on everything from apartheid to genocide. Read: zeteo.com/p/how-we-can...

Thanks, @barackobama.bsky.social ! #prop50

This compelling column by Zocalo's Joe Mathews was syndicated to many major California papers: the San Francisco Chronicle, the Ventura County Star, and even Bakersfield.com: www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open... Where I can't find it: in a newspaper published in the host city of Los Angeles

"Angelenos: Do ustedes really want to give Trump and his goon squad more chances to make life miserable for y’all? You don’t stand idly by as your sworn enemy assumes even more power to mess with you — you toss that problem elsewhere if you can," Gustavo Arellano writes

building bsky comments natalie.sh/posts/bluesk...

hamas: *kills several hundred israelis* leftists: look, you have to understand where they're coming from zionists: you terror abbetting antisemitic piece of shit!! israel: *kills tens of thousands of palestinian kids* zionists: look, you have to understand where they're coming from