THREE WINS TODAY, Oct 8, 2025 If you don’t think a Senator or Rep is fighting back, you might not be looking in the right places. They are legally barred from posting about campaign things (theirs or others) on their government account, 1/2

this is the thing, a lot of people visit portland, and they’re not all hyper progressives, people can see this shit with their own eyes and know they’re being lied to, that wasn’t the case in 2020 when everyone was stuck at home

This is something that especially BlueSky people need to see. What Rev. Black has done is important, as well as the ministers and clergy who have been accompanying people to their court dates. Yes, people actually believe in their faith and religions. It is not always a con and gives standing here.

Y’ALL TRIED TO END EMTALA’S CARE REQUIREMENTS FOR WOMEN BLEEDING OUT FROM THEIR PREGNANCIES IN HOSPITAL PARKING LOTS

Can we please, just for one day, be united in our opposition? Why, in the name of all that is holy, do we have to take this moment of uncertainty to just talk about Democrats?

It is really strange to see people on here belittle Democratic leaders and messaging on the same day that Gov. Pritzker is literally standing against Trump and naming the fascism. Isn't it about time we stand together?

DEI for me, not for thee.

I was working an entire essay on this very notion this summer and this is reminding me I should pick it back up. TL;DR - every price is someone else's income and whether prices going down on something is "good" depends a whole lot on what you do for a living.

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

We’re not dealing with brilliant strategists cleverly laying traps, we’re dealing with impulsive whiners whose advantage is contempt for laws, norms, and morality. They’re not pulling some elaborate trick, they’re just willing—even eager—to do things regular, principled people consider off limits.

Everyone, we have a problem here. Not just the Bluesky issues, but the fact that even when Democrats do everything we ask of them we pretend they are still enabling an abusive parent. Then when someone tried to offer hope, they block us, like @lollardfish.bsky.social just did to me. For agreeing.

Let me emphasize once again that if you’re inclined toward “no deal is possible with these guys” then trying to make a reasonable deal and getting this reaction demonstrates that far better than just asserting it and refusing to try would have.

When you could code silly quizzes on Facebook, it was FULL of "what would you be in medieval times?!" etc. I made one that nearly always answered "died as a child", "died in childbirth", "lived and died as a servant" People got SUPER mad with it. Everyone assumes they'll be at the top of the tree

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

“We have to have discourse” THEY SHOT A PRESBYTERIAN WHO ASKED THEM To pray WITH A PEPPER BALL IN BROAD DAY LIGHT do you still think these people need yo be saved before they are stopped from harming people?!?

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

y’all this goes so hard

JAMMED UP GOP MID OLD PARTY REPUBS RIOTING REPUBLICAN'T

Okay this is worth breaking out into a separate conversation: basically no. What's being confused here is the cost impact to the patient and the cost of healthcare. Coverage, by itself does not change the the cost of a service. It just changes who pays it.

A someone who has written extensively about the eugenic roots that permeates those who claim to be building so-called artificial general intelligence, I'm here to tell you to please NOT compare criticism against corporations claiming to build a machine god, with eugenics. The audacity.

the gop is increasingly unable to accomplish anything, their own plans are beginning to fall apart, all because they can't agree on consensus reality and have no understanding of ground truth. they are gaining short term wins while ensuring their own project will not last.

When I say MAGA is post-truth, one of the things I mean is the movement—along with its fellow travelers and apologists—approaches the world insisting that there’s no such thing as factual reality, there are only words and images that are good or bad for one’s team.

"Are there pictures of Donald Trump with naked underage girls?" "You're a poopyhead" "I repeat, are there pictures of Donald Trump with naked underage girls?" Silence. Bondi ain't defending Trump on this one.

After the shutdown during the 1st Trump admin, Congress passed a law to guarantee back pay for furloughed workers. That bill was signed into law by Donald Trump. Workers will be paid. This chaos is a distraction from Trump's failure to secure a deal to lower health care costs.

The View segment where Whoopi asked how ordinary people could read SCOTUS opinions was revealing. They're free. They're online. They're much easier to read than legislation. Conquer your imposter's syndrome, you are smart enough to read a decision and know if it's bullshit.

Good morning, beloved. Hope is an endurance sport. Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.

this is a very very big story because of the apparently totally fake story ICE/DHS put out about what happened.

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.

If you don't know what Gamergate is...I need you to look it up, read about it, and understand that has continued to be the ongoing strategy. Our failure to shut down any of these catastrophic swarming / threatening / disinformation campaigns or hold anyone accountable is the problem.

Jake Tapper. Jake fucking Tapper is willing to do a TEXT interview with Trump, with no video to confirm it is him? Why? What is the point? Also, why should we ever trust him again? He needs to resign.

Anglican women bishops in Africa are celebrating the appointment of the Rev. Sarah Mullally as archbishop-elect of Canterbury. Meanwhile, African traditionalists are rejecting the move as miss for the Anglican Communion struggling to remain united. religionnews.com/2025/10/03/i...

If and when America finds a way out of authoritarianism, not only will ICE have to be abolished: All these people will need to be held accountable in a court of law for the monstrosities they are committing - those who are ordering them as well as those who are carrying them out. Every single one.

This is the thing I wish I could get through a lot of Dem politician's heads. Your colleagues in congress believe you are demonic. And they mean that *literally*.

NEW: Second, expanded TRO issued in Oregon case challenging Trump's National Guard deployment to the state bars any state or D.C. National Guard being deployed to Oregon. Update at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/judge-bloc...

This site will shit themselves over the Democrats-are-an-irksome-gnat-we-will-squish line. Like 20 seconds before that he was talking about how he called Osama Bin Laden last year, in 2024, and told him not to do 9/11.

Let me get this straight: Link, a Black user, got banned for calling out the Bluesky CEO for following a racist. That’s not a good look, especially given Bluesky’s historical treatment of Black users here on bluesky.

What's to weigh? It's a no. It doesn't even matter what the proposal says. It's entirely unacceptable for the president to be cutting side-deals with universities. Say no reflexively, and if he pulls your funds, sue him. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

Look, at some point we are going to have to ask the tough questions. Like why we enjoy hating and belitting others. Not just in the bigotry sense, but in the little things that bring us joy and help us survive. People on here keep doomspiraling and all-is-lost-ing, and for what? There is hope...

Guys… a decade ago a community (🤚🏿) was intentional about the deep militarization of the American police against its own citizens

Like… it's kind of right there, no?

/4 Is it offensive? Sure. Is it bigoted? Of course. Keep pointing that out. But also, keep pointing out that which they can’t stand to hear — it’s deeply weird. Vance, like the rest of the Curtis Yarvin gang, are deeply weird subnormals, not crafted to interact well with normal humans.

Here’s an idea for a reporter: Gather some retired cops or MPs together and show them how ICE handles hecklers and protesters. I guarantee you’ll get some amazing copy. Especially if your outlet lets you reprint profanity.

This is absolutely true, a disproportionate number of them are lesbians, and you will hear the most extraordinary stories while assembling sandwiches or waiting in the hallway of the courthouse

If this happens, those NG will be pulled from their civilian jobs—many without pay—to ALSO not be paid during the shutdown. They are going to starve these soldiers’ families to make sizzle reels on Twitter.

"You speak." "I can't." "You must. It's our only hope." And Charlie Chaplin spoke to the world with a message of peace, hope, and empathy that still resonates and, sadly, still needed today. A clip from The Great Dictator (1940) courtesy of @tcmtv.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Cz...

Along with the horrific nature of his detention, this is a colossal waste of money: “Two to four uniformed guards have been continuously stationed in Petitioner's hospital room, monitoring him at all times .. while he sleeps, eats, uses the bathroom.”

If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.