so @matteowong.bsky.social & I wrote on data centers: arguably the most important buildings in the world & are, in a way, holding the economy hostage. Byzantine financial instruments, private equity, depreciating tech, hype, $trillion valuations. it’s all there. an ai crash prob starts here.

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice. This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

Openly Nazi propaganda and aesthetic from the U.S. Department of Labor’s official Facebook page.

There are many good science fiction novels. Not a single one that I have read delivers a happy vision of the future in which aged right-wing billionaires control the media.

Arrived today -- thanks to @gilduran.com for the recommendation!

What would it take to get @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social on a podcast together, hopefully soon?

11,000 views in one day! Not bad for our little podcast. Thank you all for taking an interest in Paulina. Big things coming SOON! Promise!

Read just this brief excerpt from her book and you'll marvel at a) how prescient she was and b) how SV hasn't really changed. www.motherjones.com/politics/199...

Retired? Plz volunteer w/ your local food bank, including delivering food to families who are afraid to go out because of 🧊. Thank you in advance!

Crazy that Speaker Johnson is letting SNAP die because he doesn't want the Epstein files to get out. He REALLY hates kids.

Come November, when SNAP runs out, Republicans are expecting Black folks to be the ones to raise hell. Nope. It’s going to be their own white voters in deep red states having conniption fits. Good luck: • Mike Johnson in Louisiana • Tommy Tuberville in Alabama • Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi 1/2

The whole point of democracy is so one person's derangement does not become everybody's problem. It's social hygiene. The fact the richest men in the West are a mix of grotty twelve year olds and deranged apocalypse fanatics is a problem, and we should be honest about it.

You can’t make this up: A 155mm artillery shell prematurely detonated during a Marine Corps demo — raining shrapnel onto cops guarding VP JD Vance. Trump’s team mocked Newsom for closing I-5 “for no reason.” Turns out Newsom’s safety call may have just saved lives. Competence vs chaos.

May be hazardous to your health -- @gilduran.com @hcrichardson.bsky.social @nytimes.com @npr.org @msnbc.com @cnn.com @aaronparnas.bsky.social @altnps.bsky.social @underthedesknews.bsky.social @democrats.org @indivisiblehocomd.bsky.social @indivisiblehocomd.bsky.social @altnih4science.bsky.social

I'm sure the president, famously known for his obsession with crowd sizes, will be fuming about the turnout of this year's #NoKings.

Striking patriotism 🇺🇸❌👑 A soldier standing alone -- possibly US National Guard -- dressed in uniform fatigues protesting by himself on an overpass, holding a simple white sign written by hand, "No Kings 2.0." Great crowds today! But, a soldier protesting by himself -- tears of gratitude. #NoKings

❌👑2.0 today!

For furloughed workers who may not already know about this option --

Ending a child trafficking organization that loves fascism would be a fantastic thing.

Some tech fascists are true believers, but Marc Benioff's MAGA conversion is also an audition for government contracts. These craven men would bid to build the Death Star for Darth Vader. Mr. “Dreamforce” begs to augment the Nightmare Force of fascism. gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

How can the #UnitaryExecutive have conflicts with its own agents when it is the democratic embodiment of all US entities? www.wsj.com/politics/pol... Post-Citizen’s United, we shouldn’t even be talking about conflicts of interest. Imperio!!! www.wsj.com/us-news/ill-...

The State of Illinois is documenting the criminal misconduct of Trump secret police agents in order to bring charges against those who engaged in acts ranging from assault to reckless endangerment and negligent operation of motor vehicles in the near future, Newsweek reveals.

Citizen journalism alert-@ the end of this article, find out how you can help @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social's @dcreport.bsky.social investigate the latest powergrab @ Fed control & adherence to Trump policies. ❤️/repost @meidastouch.com @hcrichardson.bsky.social @aaronparnas.bsky.social @nytimes.com

@indivisible.org, @americanprogress.bsky.social Center for American Progress will help you free your state from Citizens United. @hcrichardson.bsky.social @aaronparnas.bsky.social @meidastouch.com @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social @gilduran.com @karaswisher.bsky.social @profgalloway.com

How the far-right exploited Charlie Kirk.

If Mike Johnson is refusing to call the House back into session during the shutdown, then we’ll do the work right here the Bronx. The New York Essential plan is being eliminated entirely next year due to the GOP healthcare cuts. People’s lives are at stake. And that’s why we’re fighting back.

I ran across this Ohio Senate race JD Vance vs Tim Ryan. What Tim said then is true today!

Short video. 1) Before you vote, make sure you're still registered. 2) Then, make sure you vote. 3) After Election Day, look online or contact your local precincts to make sure your vote was counted. 4) If you can, volunteer at your local precinct. Please ❤️ and repost.

Just got my copy of Gilded Rage by @jacobsilverman.com Please buy this important book about how tech zillionaires went off the edge. (Bonus: I’m in it!)

As a protest optics nerd love about the inflatables is how much they visually disrupt and pull focus from the fascist shock imagery Noem & Miller are trying to create. So many of these photos now look like the world's silliest dance party, backgrounded by a bunch of guys in uniform looking awkward

Journalist here I’m interested in talking to a federal agency scientist who was fired, then rehired. I can keep you anonymous. I’m on Signal ginnyg.04 Reposts are appreciated!

"The stream of social-media clips showing masked agents kicking down doors & raiding Home Depot parking lots has kept up the appearance of an ever-expanding campaign. ICE’s own data show that the agency’s buildup stalled over the summer" www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @nickmiroff.bsky.social

Here’s the CBS News report about ICE making bogus 911 calls and filing false police reports in Chicago. ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social

Chicago is not laying down for ICE! This is what community looks like! “MAKE THEIR LIVES A LIVING HELL”

The "political philosopher" who's influence Peter Thiel & JD Vance among others is now saying this on Twitter/X -- "I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country." #curtisyarvin #nerdreich #technofascism

The evil genius of crypto is that it creates fake ‘money’ that trades for real value. Keep the scam running and you can swallow the world. That is the endgame.

FYI #surveillance #socialmedia #ICE

A very nice reminder that seems to be pointed directly at one JD Vance, alleged Catholic who does not love his neighbor as himself, doesn't suffer the little children, and is very actively bearing false witness against his [undocumented] neighbors at the moment.

1/Add this to deleting US Dept. of Education & how politically influential Silicon Valley tech billionaires have become. It all makes sense. If not already doing so, I recommend following

This contains ideas for how Dem states can fight back. Please share w/ your state/local leaders,Indivisible & similar groups. @indivisible.org, @hrindivisible.bsky.social @fairfaxindivisible.bsky.social @indivisibleroc.bsky.social @indivisiblehocomd.bsky.social @moveon.org @hcrichardson.bsky.social

exactly like the Chinese surveillance state

I’m really grateful for Pritzker. But that he’s so good at this also makes clear just how badly most other Democrats are failing to meet the moment.

Someone should probably inform the White House's "AI & Crypto Czar" that no one is forcing AI companies to train their models on Wikipedia

I'm in New York so I didn't realize how much San Francisco politics radicalized these dweebs. The book unpacks a lot of that.

This is absolutely a lie. There is no reason shutdowns trigger layoffs. They never have before. Trump is simply using the shutdown as an excuse to take federal employees hostages and to further gut the government. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/shutdown-h...

This is the main reason the ADL originally existed, and now they’re giving it up entirely because it made some right-wingers upset. They are no longer pretending to be anything other than a pro-Israel advocacy group. And they are prioritizing Israelis above American Jews.

Although I'd anticipated AmazonOneMedical would benefit from Fed $ cuts to healthcare, I didn't have this news on my bingo card but should have. @vanhollen.senate.gov @alsobrooks.senate.gov @hcrichardson.bsky.social @profgalloway.com @gilduran.com

@profgalloway.com on the state of the economy for folks on Main Street as measured by the increase in dogs surrendered at rescue shelters.