“[I]f Democrats never draw a hard-line against the bad faith of their opposition, they will resign themselves to governing under the current rules, fully rigged for the GOP.” @brianbeutler.bsky.social

Terrorist and former "people's governor of Donbas," Pavel Gubarev, confirmed that the so-called "uprising" in Ukraine's Donbas in 2014 was entirely funded and coordinated by Moscow and carried out with Russia's military involvement.

DOGE said it was cutting government waste. So they gutted USAID — the agency that feeds starving people around the world. Meanwhile the Pentagon spent millions on lobster, ribeye, and even a $98,000 piano. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

What's happening in Minnesota is one reason the Reconstruction Amendments banned insurrectionists from holding office. Unfortunately, the originalists on the Supreme Court interpreted the plain language of the amendment to mean its opposite.

I'm just amused that Davos is the new UN, and that world leaders give back-to-back speeches like it's General Assembly week. Almost like capital rules the world order or something

For any other public official, this would be criminal www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Her father faced bribery charges. She donated $2.5M to a pro-Trump Super PAC. Trump's Justice Department gave her father a lenient deal, overruling prosecutors. She gave another $1M. Now Trump has pardoned her dad. @kenvogel.bsky.social @susannecraignyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...

One of the more frustrating things about 2025 is that our society allocated $205B in wealth—nearly the combined salaries of all 2.9M civilian federal employees—to the guy who spent a few months wreaking havoc on said workforce while federal spending rose $300B anyway.

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social Can you enlighten me please. Is/has Hamas engaged Israeli forces in building to building combat? Are their numbers degraded? We don't hear much from the combat zone aside from bombing, shelling and bulldozing of buildings. Are they hiding and waiting it out?

Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data. We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district. Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

What the Democrats need least right now? A new think tank funded by billionaires. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-the-democrats-need-least-a-new

1. A day after the Michigan church shooting, Republicans are silent after learning the shooter was a MAGA extremist. No investigations of Trump supporters as terrorists. No national conversations about the rights of cisgender men. The silence is deafening. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Trump’s increasingly bizarre behavior can no longer be attributed to a calculated “strategy.” Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-isnt-the-media-reporting-on-trumps-d1e

@kenwhite.bsky.social Nice work Ken! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

How many orders of magnitude worse is Trump’s corruption than various Hunter Biden claims the right said justified his father’s impeachment: An investigation www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/ano...

Just gonna drop this here tonight wapo.st/3VKVNT2

Hiring practices at major meatpackers reshaped the demographics of middle America — and, in turn, gave rise to the nativism that produced the Trump era. @thefern.org

CBO estimates that the reconciliation law will increase the number of uninsured by 10M in 2034. This number would rise to over 14M if enhanced premium tax credits for ACA Marketplace enrollees expire later this year: https://on.kff.org/3JiDnGB

holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second

Despite South Sudan's denial, three sources w knowledge of the matter say that the issue of resetting Palestinians from Gaza in South Sudan was raised during meetings between Israeli officials and Sudan’s FM on his visit to Israel. No agreement, but talks ongoing www.reuters.com/world/middle...

@johnsides.bsky.social This editorial breaks my heart. Have you any thoughts about why working class voters in Texas continue to support Republican candidates when Republicans have been in charge of the state since 1995? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...

Litman: The irony of this just spillth over—because the Biden administration was subject to nationwide injunction after nationwide injunction in cases that didn’t warrant it. And they asked the Supreme Court, “Guys, can you do something about this?” The Republican justices declined to do so.

I'm going to try and communicate with my Republican colleagues in a new way.

So video of this 2012 interview is popping up on other sites. Feels super relevant at the moment. Wait for the moment Rubio gets pinned to the wall about his grandfather’s deportation order… (h/t @reuben_reyñoso)

The only reason Republicans have a reputation as "fiscal hawks" is that the press refuses to tell the public basic facts about what they do when they are in office.

Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho didn't hold back when expressing his anger and "contempt" after agents with Homeland Security attempted to gain access to two elementary schools earlier this week.

But why defund schools? To curate failure — to say that public schools are broken and public school teachers are inept all in a push to privatize public schools. To dumb down the populace. To demonize a system that educates over 90% of kids in this state… open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...

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The MAHA Report cites studies that don’t exist. W/ @emilykennard.bsky.social: www.notus.org/health-scien...

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/u... I put my confidence in Jesus and he’s going to take care of us,” This is where we're at in the "conservative heartland". Republicans say federal govt can't be trusted. Take care of it yourselves while you pay taxes and they make sure the rich don't!

seems kinda bad that the House GOP is ordering half a trillion in cuts to Medicare now? Not Medicaid but Medicare. Is that bad?

Did you know that $100M in food aid is rotting in warehouses that could feed the entire population of Gaza for a month and half, but a 28-year-old at DOGE is holding it hostage? www.reuters.com/world/us-aid...

🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read. He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:

I'm honestly baffled why this angle is not being covered more thoroughly by MSM

A transparency statute passed in Dec '22 could force the U.S. government to disclose any agreements it has with El Salvador connected to CECOT, the facility where Abrego Garcia is detained. Important piece out now in @lawfaremedia.org and @justsecurity.org — www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

@mcuban.bsky.social I don't question your motives for selling majority stake in Mavs for $3.5 billion. You are partnered with Miriam Adelson and her family. She gave Trump $100 million last election cycle. You gave Harris nothing. Talk is cheap Mark.

This.

100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion in the 2024 election. 70% of these donations went to Republicans. Now, Republicans in Congress are gearing up to slash essential programs to pay for another round of tax cuts for the rich. This is what oligarchy looks like.

The first Trump administration spent $28 billion bailing out farmers during a trade war with China. The White House has said it's starting to look at how to help this time around.

Oil slides as Opec+ lifts production and tariffs fuel global growth fears https://www.ft.com/content/58169216-3853-496d-9c54-3fc56ad2e7a6