Is anybody ever gonna take a step back and realize the "Russia Russia Russia" people — derided as lunatic wine moms — were actually underplaying the foreign influence stuff, and the loud people who kept insisting it was all fake are now saying Jeffrey Epstein was kind of a cool guy?

NEW: House Republicans Friday unveiled an amended version of their voter suppression bill that, if it became law, would gravely undermine the right to vote in the U.S. ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

In the first five minutes of the Mike Epps special, he says Diddy didn't do anything that everyone else hasn't done, and adds that he doesn't feel bad for the women who were drugged because they were enjoying free drinks. So.... that's enough of that.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Still hasn't met its goal, which is SO disappointing. Please share this widely. The Good and Pretti families deserved every penny they got, but it's SO disappointing that the victims of color can't even come close to raising the same amounts for their families.

Like many I know, I've changed my mind about gerrymandering and have come around to agree with Jamelle here. Conservatives have refused to ban the practice & won't be forced to do so until banning it will hurt the left.

"The “anti-woke” movement was not a genteel intellectual inquiry, made by disinterested parties who cared deeply about free speech. It is a social circle of powerful people who feel threatened by #MeToo." www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...

"The group that should be in the streets has been bought off by Jay Z."

Auto dealers have done everything in their power to stifle the growth of a healthy US EV market for decades. This is the result. www.thedrive.com/news/u-s-dea...

FFS Why do news outlets continue to obsess over this man and others like him? Why do they give him page after page of coverage? He's not interesting. Every paragraph they write about Shapiro is space that could have been used covering something newsworthy.

Make 2026 the year you seek out truly independent and billionaire-free media like @petedominick.bsky.social's podcast "Stand Up!" It's so refreshing to hear people say true things that legacy media omits or euphemizes, sanewashes, and normalizes. And follow @celesteheadlee.bsky.social!

"The “anti-woke” movement was not a genteel intellectual inquiry, made by disinterested parties who cared deeply about free speech. It is a social circle of powerful people who feel threatened by #MeToo." Great read.

LISTEN! And then share. @petedominick.bsky.social @celesteheadlee.bsky.social

We have seen the same strategy with Abrego Garcia here in Maryland. When the administration is forced to release someone while the public is watching, they pursue that person down every possible avenue, using any tactic they can. They NEED to prove they were right by removing them.

"Psychopathy & sadism, two of the so-called 'Dark Triad' traits, are linked to stronger beliefs in human dominance over animals, along w/lower empathy and a preference for social hierarchies...a lack of empathy & disregard for others’ suffering may be central to negative attitudes toward animals."

If only we could have seen this coming!!!

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Now that the president of the US has shared a horrifyingly racist video with the public, can news outlets please just start calling him a racist? Not racially charged, not controversial, not provocative. Racist.

Holy crap.

All these men driving women out of their fields with giggly idiot grabassery and then bloviating to the public about how the lack of women is proof of male intellectual superiority... I hate them all. I hate them so much.

"The Bad Bunny concert kicks off around 8:00 or 8:30 p.m., but there will be pre-concert entertainment starting at 6:30 p.m. from one group called the “New England Patriots” and another called the “Seattle Seahawks.”

The number of powerful men who pursue children and abuse them sexually really makes you reconsider the multi-billion-dollar anti-aging industry for women, doesn't it?

Holy freaking cow.

I want to reiterate that this shit is nuts. A federal invasion of state-run elections, an intelligence community invasion of federal law enforcement, a White House invasion of a criminal investigation, and a president’s insane treasonable sore loser obsession all rolled up and muddled together.

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This man was murdered by an off-duty ICE agent and he has two young daughters who will not have the support of a father ever again. We can't raise even $300k for these girls?

This is my thing, yes criticize Dems and call them. But run your Republican Congress critters ragged right now. Make it impossible for them to have a moment of peace.

I have been writing letters of recommendation for just shy of thirty years— 17 students this year alone— in ratios that more or less track the majority-women population of liberal arts students. Obviously I have never commented on a student's looks... and no recipient has ever called me to ask.

I suggest Harvard quote John Oliver and say, "F*** you, make me."

Every year, I celebrate Black History Month by telling you about brilliant, kicka** Black women that you've probably never heard of.

A bus stop near Tesla's flagship store in London. Imagine a Super Bowl ad that showed only this.

The "bought this before Elon was bad" stickers are dumb. Musk was credibly accused of fraud, labor abuses, racial discrimination, misuse of govt subsidies, child labor violations, & data privacy abuse as early as 2017. He was very, very bad when you bought the car, but it didn't bother you. Why?

Putin, Xi, Musk, Thiel, Trump, Vance. They all want Europe divided. Why? Because a united Europe is a superpower they cannot bully. That’s why they hate EU regulation. It’s the only force on earth that makes them follow the rules. It’s their kryptonite

🚨HOLY CRAP. The Trump admin just took a SLEDGEHAMMER to due process, largely eliminating the Board of Immigration Appeals process and MANDATING DISMISSAL of ALL appeals (which cost $1,000 thanks to OBBBA) filed after tomorrow unless a majority of the BIA votes to hear the case.

Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963. The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"

Yeah the failure to take action on the Epstein files seems to be more an us (US) problem. Love that American exceptionalism.

I am a Buddhist. Perhaps I don't understand Christianity or the Bible at all. I thought I did.

in real terms, #7 would give states leverage to put an end to surges, #8 would give states the ability to outright stop construction of new detention facilities, #1 and #6 would slow the rate at which DHS could train and deploy officers, #2 and #10 would likely shrink the pool of recruits

"Whoever wins the dominant party’s nomination is almost guaranteed to win the November contest. That’s why political scientists say primaries exert outsized influence over who actually holds office and whose voices are heard in government." buildersmovement.org/2026/02/04/v...

Bad A** Black Women in History (a series from @headwaytraining.bsky.social) - we remember the incredible Maritcha Lyons, first Black student to graduate from Providence HS & a courageous educator, speaker, & activist in Brooklyn. youtu.be/cC33yNTYA7E

God, this is powerful. And a demonstration of how well great art remains relevant for centuries.. and that the inhuman behavior of humans remains current as well.

Q@non conspiracists: the world is run by an illuminate of pedophiles WHO MUST BE STOPPED Epstein files: looks like you were right Q@non conspiracists: no NO NO those are our pedophiles DIFFERENT ONES diffErEnT oNes

The big tech founder whose 417-foot, $500 million superyacht needs a 256-foot, $75 million superyacht to "shadow" it -- because the bigger yacht lacks a helipad -- had to cut his paper's newsroom almost in half, for reasons

His face at 0:24...

That's easy. They don't care about people, but about profits. The US system allows them to grow so large that they can make profits without being accountable to harm done, just as US politicians don't seem to care what their constituents think.

I read this when it was published & just re-read it. Highly recommend. Builds on decades of research to put this moment into context, explain how we got here, & why it's SO HARD to fix this with elections.

This is incredible. And an essential read. Judge: "What you cannot do is to detain first and then sort out lawful authority later. [ICE wields] extraordinary power, and that power has to exist within constitutional limits." www.lawdork.com/p/the-minnes...

WOW, beware all those who don't read the fine print here.