NEWS: Rep. Robert Garcia tells Jen Psaki that the Trump White House is actively telling Republicans to not sign the discharge petition that would force a vote on the release of the Epstein files. @robertgarcia.bsky.social @jenpsaki.msnbc.com
NEWS: Rep. Robert Garcia tells Jen Psaki that the Trump White House is actively telling Republicans to not sign the discharge petition that would force a vote on the release of the Epstein files. @robertgarcia.bsky.social @jenpsaki.msnbc.com
Perhaps not entirely surprising, but trade policy uncertainty is preventing the kind of reshoring from China that is ostensibly one of the administration's central goals. For now, firms are staying put. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Donald Trump has given America's adversaries an opportunity they haven’t seized, @michaelschuman.bsky.social argues: "Xi and Putin are, in effect, holding the U.S. alliance system together."
A federal government watchdog is sounding the alarm in a new report after cuts, “burnout, fatigue and low morale,” have caused the number of aviation meteorologists working with air traffic controllers to drop by 15%. Read more: https://cnn.it/4g5mPOh
What happened in Geneva this month bodes ill for future global environmental agreements.
“There is a sense of bringing a powerpoint presentation to a food fight” — but that doesn’t make it a bad idea to fight back against Chris Wright’s bullshit
Well, I'm no JAG, but yes, I think illegal, for following reasons: 1. Civilian vessel 2. Not self-defense 3. No attempt at interdiction (i.e. disable engines) 4. Int'l waters 5. No PID on folks in boat (could be civilians) 6. No declared state of war or hostilities so unclear authorization
Cool
About a year ago, I wrote this op-ed in @newrepublic.com about a pretty wild district court decision holding that the federal machine gun ban violates the Second Amendment. Today, the Tenth Circuit correctly reversed: www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/f.... newrepublic.com/article/1853...
The thing is that Bill Cassidy definitely knows doctors who definitely told him what RFK Jr. stands for, and Bill's only uniqueness among the Republicans who campaigned for RFK Jr. is that he, and he alone, thinks this after the fact bullshit absolves him somehow
Impeach/remove, demand resignation, or GTFO.
In a show of defiance, Governor Pritzker has vowed to defend the people of Chicago, a Democratic stronghold, from the invasion & occupation force. Presumably this will inspire (or force) other governors to stand-up to President Trump's aggression in their states.
they’re so close
LOL at the "just checking the till here, Mark" baldness of 'settlers, explorers and pioneers' that excludes, you know, slaves, refuges or the native Americans. Just straight up white nationalism, undiluted and unveiled in all its ugliness.
it's ok, at least the left gave Biden credit for finally ending the war in Afghanistan, at considerable political cost to himself.
I think this was pretty spot on. Turned out there was no visible constituency for an anti-war policy, so by 2023 we didn't have one any more.
Three years ago this week: "The media treatment of Biden’s foreign policy is significant and ultimately dangerous. If there is no constituency for the most anti-war president since 2001 (and likely since Jimmy Carter), it is unlikely that future presidents will choose to walk this path."
If we ever find our way out of this, one of the big reforms we should demand is for the United States to finally recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court and let the chips fall where they may.
Every day a new humiliation for this country.
Adding to the chaos will be the legions of out of town press (both corporate and fascist) parachuting here that will push narratives very different from reality
When President Trump used 32 U.S.C. § 502(f)(2) in 2020, that was to have out-of-state National Guard troops sent to D.C.—which has no sovereignty of its own. Sending the un-federalized TX National Guard into IL without the latter’s consent raises *serious* Article IV problems that 2020 … didn’t.
That's (at least?) three...the question of course is what they're willing to do about it.
Did you hear that? Every dollar spent on Chinese merchandise supports the PLA, which may one day bully you. It’s already happening, ROC (Taiwan) fought in WWII, but China stole the victory and harasses Taiwan daily. The Philippines and Japan islands have also been harassed.
See through it.
Precisely.
very funny to talk about how Dems need to be normal and appeal to normal voters and to phrase this as a complaint about the microblogging site you don't like
Like another 80/20 issue (among Democrats, at least) that Bluesky is pretty uniform on is not supplying arms to Israel, and this site isn’t on the 20% side of that.
I often find Lakshya's work helpful, but "blueskyism" doesn't mean anything, so it can't be "just correct" to dump on it. Neera's kind of got him dead to rights.
On quick scan I concur with David: the remedies against Google are pretty weak tea, though still complex enough to require a "Technical Committee" that will probably pay for a lot of beach houses. Increasingly tough to believe muscular structural antitrust remedies will emerge from current statutes.
this CNN interview is nearly 2 years old and I don't think Kennedy has undergone this type of live, real-time scrutiny from the press since. Playing the clip that rebuts Kennedy's vax claims is genius, it's also not hard to do so why don't more journalists do it?
If the Texas National Guard is deployed to Chicago against the wishes of the Illinois state government, that's at least a low-grade civil war, right?
Good: Pritzker calling BS, unambiguously and forcefully, on Trump’s planned invasion of Chicago, correctly identifying it as blatant rights violations based on a pretext. Bad: How much it stands out to see a leading politician do that, rather than go along with the BS, treating the pretext as real.
WATCH: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social addresses the fearmongering and lies about his policy proposals Full @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social episode with @mizzwelch.bsky.social & @pumpspumpspumps.bsky.social : www.youtube.com/watch?si=I6V...
Mehdi Hasan Isaac Chotiner ???? ???? Like, the only conservatives who can make thoughtful and compelling points are Never Trumpers who wouldn't really be arguing about anything. I can't think of a single MAGA intellectual who can actually make you stop and think "that's an interesting perspective."
Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment: "To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."
kind of funny addenda to the “should libs leave/stay on X” wars is that no right winger seems to care that the two largest figures of the Republican party, Donald Trump & Elon Musk, run competing social media platforms and each mostly refuse to post on the other’s platform
Pritzker to me is showing sound political judgement, strong leadership, and good governance.
Idk man, i kinda think the next Dem president needs to absolutely break the Republican governments of Texas and Florida in particular bc this shit shoulsnt be viewed as anything other than a hostile act against Dem states from the Republican governors of those states that cannot go unanswered
this is almost certainly under Title 32 authorities (meaning the TX guard will be nominally under TX state control but on a federal mission), meaning the posse comitatus issues that came up in California will not apply. that said, it raises a whole lot of other legal problems
Irony here is that literally nobody actually in fucking public health said that, it was just clout-seeking morons on twitter who went crazy about it
Oof. The Dems need to stop pretending, based on some imaginary focus group, that there’s some common ground with Trump. The key is to fight everywhere. You should go study Neville Chamberlain’s attempt at “common ground.” It didn’t end well for his historical reputation. Or the world.
Pritzker: "He has no idea what's he's talking about. There is no emergency that warrants deployment of troops. He is insulting the people of Chicago by calling our home a hellhole, and anyone that takes his word at face value is insulting Chicagoans too."
Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
New in PN: RFK Jr gives Republicans a chance to defy Trump on easy mode "What’s really notable is the extent to which GOP leaders have remained supine even in the face of a radical assault on their grandchildren by a transparent death-dealing fraud who wasn’t even a member of the party a year ago."
Pritzker: "It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try to disrupt community picnics and peaceful parades. Let's be clear -- the terror and cruelty is the point, not the safety of anybody living here."
So I swear this isn't just because @kierongillen.bsky.social was saying nice things about Service Model recently, but instead prompted by the arrival of volume 2 of The Power Fantasy, so I've been re-reading book 1. And if you haven't, you really should. It's one of the best comics I read maybe...
(F–– the hell out of ICE and DHS, though. I would _hope_ that by the end of this Congress and the next, enough Dems will have gotten religion to enable the demolition of DHS through regular order — but if not, I don't much mind giving it a dose of what Trump has given USAID.)
I don't like this new rule. I much preferred a presidency subject to checks and balances. But thanks to Trump and the Supreme Court, we don't have that anymore. And Democrats aren't going to get it back by acting like the adults in the room. They'll only wind up ceding more power to the arsonists.
Like @ddayen.bsky.social, I doubt about whether today's congressional Dems are up to the task. To me, though, that speaks to a need to rejuvenate the ranks of congressional Dems — not to embrace a left-authoritarian unitary executive & hope that works out for us. prospect.org/politics/202...
(AP) - A judge in Washington ruled Monday that President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard during Los Angeles immigration protests is illegal. @apnews.com apnews.com/live/donald-...
* FRONTIER GROUP HOLDINGS SHARES HIT HIGHEST SINCE MARCH, LAST UP 13% AFTER RIVAL SPIRIT AIRLINES FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY @reuters.com $ULCC $SAVE
Had a good run, though. 🤡
this now brings us up to six (!) grand jury refusals to charge (that we know about), plus two cases filed as part of the dc surge dismissed on the us attorney's office's request
> @davebrown.bsky.social @politico.com
SCOOP: Perfect Dark was almost revived. The game's developers were close to a deal with Take-Two to fund and publish the game following its cancellation by Xbox in July, sources say, but negotiations fell through, leading to layoffs at Crystal Dynamics last week. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
South Korea has worked to bring its national literature to the West, where domestic genre distinctions get blurred to make books more marketable. Anabelle Johnston reviews the English translation of Kyung-Ran Jo’s “Blowfish.”
The asymmetry between the parties is reflected perfectly in these bad-faith dust-ups over TV news editing. CBS edited Harris down for time; here, by contrast, edited out a bunch of defamatory nonsense from Noem. Fox edits down Trump to make him sound sane. Etc. newrepublic.com/article/1998...
The Big Horn County library system faces a $70,000 cut in county funds this year, 20% of last year's budget. As a result, the county's three largest libraries — Lovell, Basin and Greybull — have faced reduced hours and the removal of benefits for all staff members.
Bluesky is useless and dumb and insignificant and I must spend all day every day complaining about.
Feels notable that a bunch of people who have spent a majority of their waking hours on twitter/X for the past decade are suddenly whining more about bluesky. Even Glenn here who has apparently never actually looked at it to see what the average user here thinks of the DNC & Dem members of Congress
"what liberal media" imagine if kamala harris followed a bunch of black radicals online. the msm would be at full alert 24-7
My latest. I really liked the core gameplay here, like A LOT, but so much around it doesn't live up to the potential. Also the Switch 2 has a lot of technical issues that really need to get sorted out before I can recommend it.
There is nothing this simpleton loves more than rebranding things. He's like the David Zaslav of presidents
Ben Smith is one of the most violently unremarkable people in media here, he's too worried about access and money to provide any sort of coherent answer that meets the authoritarian moment, just like the larger industry
As someone who is not counting on Democrats in DC to save us in any way, I think we still need to be accurate about what they've been doing to bring the fight to MAGA. And this is a good list of what we may be missing.
The answer to Bessent’s question is because it is a discriminatory tax. It’s only levied on American consumers when they buy imports, putting those imports at a disadvantage. There can be two losers here: Americans pay the tax, foreign companies lose their business.
And Here we go. Trump Fascists start with a decorated war hero. If they make the charge stick, what chance to any of us regular peasants have? Then the fear spreads, the crackdown amplifies, and just like that we're Generalisimo Franco's Spain.
Jerry Nadler ends his remarkable career, conceding that his brand of politics on the Middle East is over. “I don’t know what to say at this point,” he said. “I can’t defend what Israel is doing.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/n...
The 2024 election was a national referendum on living in factual reality and trying to address challenges responsibly. A plurality said no, even if some didn't consciously grasp that. Another example: Trump & Vance lying so much it hindered FEMA response to NC floods. Then the state voted for them.
> @mikezaccardi.bsky.social 👀
India Was the Economic Alternative to China. Trump Ended That. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/b...
The United States had one of the worst COVID outcomes in the entire world from a body count standpoint. Anyone who argues with a straight face we were TOO cautious is an unserious imbecile.
This labour day, let's note that workers' rights is incomplete without intersectionality. Unions MUST include antiracism, or the endeavour is empty. So all my union brethren in SFF fandom? Speculative Whiteness by @jordanscarroll.bsky.social is a must read. manifold.umn.edu/projects/spe...
Let's call it what it is: pundits who punch down at Bluesky do so because they view it as an existential threat to their milquetoast brand of centrist political contrarianism. They know they can't build the audience to be relevant here simply by selling the same drivel they pander over there
Baltimore records 7 homicides in August, fewest on record
Weird, putting tariffs on construction materials and throwing day laborers in concentration camps should have solved the supply problem by now
I used a 5-min segment on CBC News Network to push back directly against 3 separate myths we often hear. I emphasized that: 1) BRICS is nothing more than optics; it's members are not actual allies; 2) Ru maintains its maximalist demands; no progress was made in Alaska; 3) Ru isn't winning the war.
This applies in the UK and Europe, as well.
The thing about Curtis Yarvin is that he is stupid. Very, very stupid. Here he is mixing up "Roma" and "Romanians." He is very stupid.
Hey, Trump actually said something nice about Canada… “Thank you very much, Canada, we appreciate it.” Wait, scratch that, it was wrong and moronic as usual.
This is exactly right! The Right’s core claim is that they represent an authentic, “real" America that is constantly being victimized, made to suffer under the yoke of leftist/liberal overreach, and therefore rightfully aggrieved. And too many Democrats/liberals look at that and go: “I agree.”
It's his imagination and we're just lucky to be living in it.
“we overreacted”
13 journalists on rethinking ethics.! 🦋 www.cjr.org/feature/thir...
“Certain labor leaders, particularly Sean O’Brien, president of the Teamsters, have embraced Mr. Trump and his brand of Republicans, particularly around immigration restrictions.” // Trump Is Wiping Out Unions. Why Are They So Quiet? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Pope Leo XIV met with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church. The Rev. James Martin said Leo told him that he intended to continue Pope Francis’ policy of LGBTQ+ acceptance in the church and encouraged him to keep up his advocacy.
One of the asylum hotels is, in fact, at the end of my street and it's fine? It's on my way to the pub and like it's a hotel where people who deserve better are being housed? The only issue is how they deserve better.
In what I'm sure is a source of pain to Republican-lite pundits like Matt Y & David Shor, the Dems have decided to campaign-message the way that the GOP's overturning of Biden's climate policies, and the crushing of renewable energy, are raising consumers' electricity prices. This is good.
Stephen Miller's meltdown was easily contradicted by experts after he tried to justify deporting a 10-year-old orphan.
Starmer could have said: Vandalism isn't patriotism; daubing red crosses on Chinese takeaways and writing racist graffiti isn't patriotism; perfomatively sitting in front of a flag or tying one to a mosque isn't patriotism; Patriotism is about making this country safe, happy productive for all.
Kennedy’s claim ignores the far more significant factor contributing to gun violence in the U.S.—the hundreds of millions of firearms in circulation. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
A “delight”.. Ukrainian kids whom this guy killed were a delight.
To be clear, the “official” here is a paralegal. The attorney general of the United States fired a paralegal. She also concedes that disrespecting the National Guard is disrespecting “law enforcement,” which … the military cannot do under federal law. Happy Labor Day, Pam Bondi!
Yet another capitulation to Reform, when all the evidence shows that following the far right agenda is a disaster for centrist parties. Politics 101, which Starmer has once again entirely failed to grasp.
As with almost everything, I see the media ecosystem story here. The vaccine info has penetrated Trump's bubble. But for some reason, the whole MAHA ecosystem isn't getting the true story. We're all trying to find the guy who did this, etc etc...
cracker barrel is actually a useful illustration of the different ecosystems we all inhabit. when they changed hbo max to just max, lots of people on here posted about it, but about how stupid it was, how bad at his job zaslav is, and about the unfairness of american prosperity this demonstrated
Side with the artists, not with the fascists.💪