Erie County Legislator St. Jean Tard is adding her name to the call for an outside investigation into the Granville case.

Ahead of this weekend's Revive in 25 event in Gas Works Park, Dominick Bonny took a deep dive into Sean Feucht's background, ideology, and right wing political affiliations and the provocative Christian nationalist playbook he uses www.cascadepbs.org/news/2025/08...

I first walked into the Rath Building in the early ’90s, a young gay man unsure if government had room for me. Today I help lead the Legislature that decides how it serves all of us. I shared some of that journey, along with a few behind-the-scenes lessonson the Diamond Jim Radio Hour.

Tariffs create dysfunction and unintended consequences... we are moving into the FO phase this Fall.

There aren't many people who can make county sewage treatment sound interesting. But I know a guy. buffalonews.com/news/local/a...

Hochul: "This is a war. We are at war. And that's why the gloves are off and I say, bring it on."

We have stories going back 20 years of @eriecounty.bsky.social trying to sell its sprawling Erie County Home nursing complex in Alden. So why have two men have finally decided to take the property and turn it into a cannabis growing operation? Find out here: buffalonews.com/news...

CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.  Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

Eric Holder gets it. Finally, someone’s echoing what I’ve been screaming for months: GOP map-rigging is a power-play...not policy. He sees the same threat so many of us have warned about...so let’s ride his voice...expose the fraud...fight for fair maps. No more mamba-pamby BS.

Essential reading on the suicide of Corporate Media by it’s greedy billionaire bastard owners Hitler shut down all free press These assholes shut themselves down! Why? $$$ Bravo @freepress.bsky.social www.freepress.net/who-owns-med... 2- thx @sulliview.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/margaret...

I doubt that there is a single family in America that hasn’t benefitted directly from the NIH.

‪@genesperling.bsky.social‬ calls it: Middle-class families lose big under this plan. A $65K construction worker ends up $3,160 in the red after meager tax cuts are swamped by tariff hikes and health premium spikes. A $32K hairdresser? Nearly $2k worse off. Higher costs, not help, is their agenda.

This property has been a white elephant for the county for years, great to see it being put to use and returned to the tax rolls.

UnitedHealth allegedly misused AI to deny medical claims. Delta plans to use AI to set individualized flight ticket prices for passengers. AI data centers from companies like Meta and X are reportedly harming nearby residents. The list of harms from AI goes on and yet...

🚨 Scoop: Roy Cooper will announce a Senate bid before next month, multiple sources tell Axios Democrats will land their top recruit of the cycle. Cooper, a popular former governor, will boost Democrats' chances in NC. www.axios.com/2025/07/23/r...

When you're tired...rest. But while you're resting? Plan. Line up your next move. Because quitting is how they win. Action is how you win. How WE win. Every damn day is an election...so treat it like one. Wake up. Show up. Move the needle. No excuses. No surrender. Together...we have power.

Breaking from the Office of Pres. Obama: "Our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response. But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one. These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction.

Men often wanted Joni Mitchell to be a wife, a muse, a siren, or a star. Instead they got a genius.

A sister as well as a friend of Neri Alvarado Borges confirm that he is now back in Venezuela. Neri's wrongful imprisonment attracted international attention. He is the 25-year-old with an autism awareness ribbon tattooed on his leg. This is him leaving the plane.

The Paramount - Skydance merger will be worthless if no one is watching. Independent media is doing to corporate media what independent music did to major labels back in the day. Fuck with the people at your own risk, oligarchs.

Great coverage of discussions during the Erie County Legislature’s mid-year budget hearings.

Preach, sister

The Blackbird of Annoyance has replaced the Bluebird of Happiness in my life

The FDA is going to stop testing milk for pathogens like I DON'T KNOW, BIRD FLU???? These people are actively trying to kill us. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

Every country should pass this law

Khanna on why Trump's 2025 bill is worse than his 2017 bill: "In 2017, there was disproportionate benefits for the wealthy, but everyone got some break. Now, 40% of Americans are actually gonna be worse off, bc you're gonna lose healthcare & food assistance & the small tax cut won't make up for it"

I resent having to learn about these stunted adolescent pseudonymic weasels and their political philosophy that every cookie must be their cookie.

🚨 MEASLES OUTBREAK IN U.S.: WORST YEAR SINCE DISEASE WAS ERADICATED A disease once eliminated in the U.S. is now roaring back. And we just hit a chilling milestone. 1/

In a horrifying article about the dangers of Teslas, one point stands out: Teslas automatically disengage self-driving mode <1 second before an imminent crash--not enough time for the driver to react, but enough for Tesla to deny responsibility for fatal crashes, since self-driving "wasn't engaged."

Every single one of them knew it was a brutal bill for their constituents. “An unpopular president governing over an unpopular party passing a very unpopular policy—and if they think those three things are great to run on going into the midterms, they’ve completely fooled themselves…” Matthew Dowd

"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people." —The Declaration of Independence

there's a story - possibly apocryphal - about a B-17 in WWII returning from a mission and finding miraculously unexploded shells inside the bomber's gas tanks. inside one was a scrap of paper which contained a note in Czech: "this is all we can do for you now." i think about that a lot these days.

What’s that you were saying again?! GOP LIES!!!!

In Biden's last five months as President, there were 981,000 jobs created. First five months of Trump 2.0, there were only 287,000 jobs created.

I would like for wealthy people excited for tax cuts to sign a piece of paper acknowledging that every dollar they get in tax breaks is going to be paid for by someone else…either someone not getting healthcare or SNAP or some future person paying higher taxes to pay the interest on our new debt.

McGovern: "A family making less than $50,000 a year? They get less than $1 a day in tax cuts. You can't buy a damn cup of coffee with that. But those making a million dollars or more? They'll get more than $250 a day in tax breaks ... that's how rigged this bill is to benefit the wealthy."

Medicaid is not a money laundering scheme and you are a sorry excuse for a Senator, Lindsey.

He was deep in MAGA—and then he walked away. Rich Logis now runs a nonprofit helping others leave the movement. What he says in this video is among the more honest things I’ve heard Take a look adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/one-of-the...

If there was ever a time to call your Senator, this is it. Voting has begun on the GOP plan to cut off health care for working-class Americans and slash taxes for the wealthiest.

Cotton candy technology has gone too far

Don't forget: Stephen Miller makes money off deportation.

“It’s the speculative rush around crypto combined with the fundamental authoritarian impulse: bringing your neighbors into line and getting the state to act against them.”

"Answer the question, Mr. Vought ... I don't want to hear about the Biden administration. You're here on behalf of the Trump administration" -- Jon Ossoff *was not* putting up with Russ Vought's bullshit

Folks can argue about the relevancy of the “Democratic socialist” label all day. But if that’s what you’re hung up on, you’re missing the larger point. People aren’t chasing labels. They’re chasing change. Real, structural, unapologetic change. 🧵

whoa! (gift link so you can read without the paywall) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...

We don’t know what the real name of the Director of White House Personnel is, we don’t know what country he came from, he refuses to turn in background check forms, and nobody will ask the president or press secretary about it.

Six former CDC vaccine chairs are sounding the alarm—and we better listen. The U.S. is on the brink of losing access to life-saving immunizations. When science is attacked and trust is eroded, lives will be lost. This is not a drill. This is a national emergency.

Trump now has a -13% approval rating. Same as the record lows of his first term www.economist.com/interactive/...