I thought I was just having trouble getting used to this site, but it seems there is a bigger problem: Look what they did to Sarah Kendzior substack.com/profile/3455...

Death by a thousand cuts: How Trump’s #DepartmentofJustice interim #USAttorney appointments are makiing a mockery of ther rule of law in the United States and making it easier for defense attorneys to challenge indictments and convictions. Here are some examples: 1/6

#Extremism in #WashingtonState: Last month, what @komonews.bsky.social called a “masked reporter” appeared at a public golf course in #PierceCounty & subsequently talked about his “constitutional rights” to access all areas of the property at all times (not true) 1/4

“A brief history of how the Democratic Party’s turn to market capitalism wrecked everything” #neoliberalism inthesetimes.com/article/bill...

To paraphrase an old @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social joke, people really think they can spray “off the record” on a situation like it’s Febreze

“On Friday, after months of internal discussions, federal agencies began posting on the left-friendly social network. Within days, they dominated a list of the most-blocked accounts” www.wired.com/story/inside...

@bedoyausa.bsky.social your recent essay “How I Became A Populist” was the perfect conclusion for my thread

Trumpism is not unique unfortunately. What we’re seeing are the cumulative effects of 50+ years of neoliberal finance capitalism. #Trump’s attempt to reverse #globalization without dislodging #finance from the commanding heights of the #economy will fail 1/3

How I Became a Populist newrepublic.com/article/2011... via @newrepublic.com

Good morning. In case you’re interested in tracking the effects of #Project2025 (aka demolition of the US government) in real time project2025.observer/en

Maria Corina Machado just won the Nobel “Peace” Prize #WarIsPeace Maria Corina Machado was a Yale Greenberg World Fellow worldfellows.yale.edu/person/maria... This program is linked to the CIA publicintelligence.net/maurice-r-gr... 1/2

Have we given up freedom by chasing security US? It’s worth thinking about the political leadership (of both parties) as well as the business world with whom the politicians work hand in glove. What are some common characteristics? Food for thought👇 www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beyo...

Schadenfreude isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Can’t wait to see the responses to the NYT demand for info about Elon Musk’s security clearances storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Sorry to cross post this from the bad site, but it’s very important news — #Oregon #NationalGuard General said that if deployed in Portland, his troops would be ordered to protect the people who are protesting ICE x.com/mollyploofki...

The FBI's Terrorist Screening Center is widening its focus to include unspecified “national security threats." The new mission has resulted in a new name: the Threat Screening Center. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/secretive-...

Judge Karin Immergut held a hearing tonight and issued a second TRO in the Oregon v. Trump case, barring the Trump administration from sending *any* National Guard federalized under 10 U.S.C. 12406 to Oregon from any state or D.C. Check out @chrisgeidner.bsky.social's thread for much more —>

Did you know that the #prison industry in the US is seen as a valuable commodity because corporations and others take advantage of conditions of virtual #slavery in order to increase their profit margins? It’s really an abomination if you think about it long enough #13thAmendment 1/4

I wonder if #MAHA used AI to write its “report?” www.notus.org/health-scien...

Looks like another sign that #ElonMusk can call in government favors at will? Is this retribution for what #Brazil did last year? newrepublic.com/post/195802/...

The newest thing I'm seeing from hasbara is replacing "Jewish American" with "Zionist American" and that is extremely gross. Zionism is a personal choice, a political philosophy (and a genocidal one at that). It's like calling yourself a "Republican American."

Hamas: We agree to a ceasefire on whatever terms you propose The US and Israel: No you don't

Love it in the west... bsky.app/profile/king...

Classic David Graeber: “The ruling class has figured out that a happy and productive population with free time on their hands is a mortal danger (think of what started to happen when this even began to be approximated in the '60s)” strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/ 1/2

If you’re still using Xitter & wondering why the site has been having outages, the company says it’s due to a data center fire. This just serves as a reminder that Musk’s goal of making X an “everything app” isn’t a great idea www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

I love #reading a really good book that clues me in to other #books that I need to read. I’m currently working on “Hayek’s Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right.” 1/3

The entire western political/media class is ferociously decrying this as an antisemitic attack, despite the shooter’s clear and unambiguous motives against the state of Israel rather than the Jewish faith, and despite one of the two victims being a Christian from Germany.

I need to pay more attention to #BlueSky. I was fascinated to read about @jay.bsky.team in Wired — now the name of this app makes more sense! #蓝天 www.wired.com/story/big-in...

I lived in the South when I started school & didn’t move north until 2nd grade. I can remember that year at a rural school being fine, but the next year in a more urban setting I got bullied for my accent. It made me more angry than anything & I didn’t consciously change the way I spoke but 1/2

With #Rubio as Secretary of State, National Security Advisor, Acting USAID Administrator, & the Acting US Archivist, and #Waltz failing upward into a nomination for UN Ambassador it’s obvious that for #Trump, the idea of proper governance = reality TV www.state.gov/releases/off...

Large May Day protest is winding its way through downtown Los Angeles

Utah says that Spring is the best season in Washington State

Timeline cleanse. I present the brothers Yukon & Copper😻#cats

4th Circuit Chief Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, III (a Reagan appointee) just called out the Trump DOJ’s efforts at CYA for Noem’s DHS mistakenly sending #KilmarAbregoGarcia to El Salvador storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I almost feel sorry for die hard Trump supporters tbh: “And through a series of memecoins, NFTs, and even a planned crypto game, the Trumps are converting political support directly into cash” www.citationneeded.news/trump-crypto... There’s a sucker born every minute

I knew that the #KilmarAbregoGarcia case was an extreme example of the lawlessness of the #Trump admin, but @lawfaremedia.org laid out in exquisite detail just how bad it is www.lawfaremedia.org/article/abre...

“The political and psychological extremism of Silicon Valley has reached the White House. It can no longer be ignored.” This is a great overview of how the technocrats see their place in the world #Thiel #Musk #Andreessen www.thenerdreich.com/peter-thiel-...

In defiance of the Supreme Court & without any evidence, the White House claims that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a “terrorist,” who was “sent to the right place.” This is a blatant LIE. He is innocent. He cannot be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. He must be brought home.

I didn’t think that the US could more seriously violate the human rights of prisoners than what went on at Guantanamo, but apparently that was just a prelude. Listen to this video & realize what is being done in our names #Trump #ElSalvador www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8jACfNh/

“As long as the government gets the targeted person out of the United States and into foreign detention fast enough, before a court can issue an order, what remedy does such a person have?” Excellent summation of the Trump admin v the rule of law #AlienEnemiesAct www.lawfaremedia.org/article/mixe...

Medicare privatization is the ultimate goal — both parties have contributed to this feeding frenzy of corporate excess, but the Trump administration is the most extreme yet prospect.org/health/2025-...

We are definitely screwed.

Having not actually read Yarvin, I didn't realize his arguments were this stupid. We're talking like, Jordan Peterson or worse. Who cares about clear Constitutionally dictated powers when we could just consider the etymology of the word Executive? 🤪👈

“The Trump tariffs…were literally generated by an AI chatbot which was asked for an ‘easy’ way to calculate tariff rates.” For well sourced insights like this @nathantankus.bsky.social is invaluable. I subscribe to his “Notes on the Crisis”🔥 www.crisesnotes.com/trumps-liber...

"Defendants have produced *no evidence* to suggest they cannot secure one such detainee, Abrego Garcia, for return to the United States. Equally important, to credit Defendants' argument would permit the unfettered relinquishment of any person regardless of immigration status or citizenship."

Here’s the judge’s order granting #KilmarAbregoGarcia’s preliminary injunction. The US has until 11:59 PM 4/7/25 to return Abrego Garcia to the US www4.wng.org/Order-for-Re...

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire was in 1911. Company scrip was being issued instead of pay. Upton Sinclair had published The Jungle a handful of years before. 1913 sucked for regular people.

You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.