Retired RN. Lefty at most all facets. Still hoping -because its what I do- and wish from my corpuscles there was more to cling to in this moment.
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In 1983, 50 companies controlled 90% of the U.S. media market. That number is now down to 5. How should we respond? Fight monopoly power by breaking up these big corporations (especially media conglomerates). Tax wealth. And, ultimately, we must get Big Money out of politics once and for all.
Keep it up #America STOP PAYING FOR #HATE
This is wild.
Thankful for the truth tellers like my friend, Ta-Nehisi Coates, for putting into words the sincerity of the circumstances that are dictating our daily lives. Capitulation is dangerous. Too few people with platforms are reporting with honesty and integrity what’s happening in this country. #MomSky
At issue is an interpretation of immigration law that requires detention for “applicants for admission” — long interpreted to mean people who are trying to come into the U.S. Those already in the U.S. have been allowed to seek bond from an immigration judge. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
The notion that Republicans are the more real Americans, whose authenticity Democrats must pay tribute to with imitation, persistence even though it is contradicted by more and more actual empirical evidence.
Let’s recognize the good work that good legislators are trying to do.
"Taking away a broadcast license has so many legal obstacles and takes so long that the FCC doesn't even try." This is important to understand. The real action is in self-censorship and merger approvals. view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/175...
THE HYPOCRISY IS THE POINT!!
I am proud to be born a Muslim. I am proud to be born in Somalia. I am proud to have become an American. None of you can change that no matter how much you rage tweet. Drink some water and touch grass.
Oklahoma is 50th in education because Walters uses kids’ education as his play toy to score his next hit on Fox. He couldn’t care less about kids.
🚨🚨🚨🚨Without explanation, BLS has indefinitely delayed a key data release used to calculate inflation. Annual Consumer Expenditures data is used to determine the weighting of specific goods and services in the Consumer Price Index for the year ahead. www.axios.com/2025/09/19/b...
On Friday, the Trump administration claimed that COVID19 vaccines caused the deaths of 25 children. They are doing this to gin up a reason for their unnecessary restrictions on COVID19 vaccines. We explain the science for how we know these vaccines didn’t cause pediatric deaths in our report.
This is five kinds of fucked up: www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Boycott. This is the only language those corporations understand
Democracy: Dying or already dead? I report, you decide: boltsmag.org/georgia-publ...
Courting the far right, a 100% successful political tactic for centrists.
If you live in: California New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Virginia The deadline to register to vote in the November elections is coming up. Check your registration now: IWillVote.com.
Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide. As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire. End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
good morning, if you live in Georgia I highly recommend double checking your voter registration today!! mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/ (they sent out a bunch notices over the summer & if you didn't login, it auto moved to you over to being inactive and you won't be able to vote in upcoming elections)
A Black man and a homeless man were found hanging from trees in Mississippi yesterday, for those who haven’t seen yet because it’s barely made it out of local news.
Remember that delivery driver who was violently assaulted outside Bluestone Lane, which @marisakabas.bsky.social was among the first to report? His case was dismissed WITH prejudice, and now his attorney is asking his record to be expunged. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBJW...
(1/2) Trump's immigration policies are threatening access to long-term health services. Health Aides like Marcia should be able to focus on providing care without fear of deportation. www.cbsnews.com/video/advocates-warn-immigration-changes-could-worsen-health-care-aide-shortage/
Washington Post fires their last remaining Black opinion writer @karenattiah.bsky.social over the most benign comments in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's murder... Meanwhile Fox still has Brian Kilmeade who casually said all homeless people should be killed. Its all unfair & unbalanced. Wake up.
The Dept of Education is now accepting comments on a proposed rule that would overhaul Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and make it too expensive for students to go into work that threatens the Trump administration Folks have til *Sept. 17* to oppose the changes ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
SCOOP: Over 200 contractors who work on improving Google’s AI products, including Gemini and AI Overviews, have been laid off, sources tell WIRED. It’s the latest development in a conflict over pay and alleged poor working conditions.
Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn’t want you to know her opponent’s name. That’s how desperate she is to keep her seat. I’m Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, and farmer. I’m running against her. Share my name.
Please go online and comment! Keep the Roadless Rule!
ICE threw me and other protestors to the ground on Friday because we dared to stand up for our neighbors. I’m okay, but our communities aren’t. We can't afford apathy or inaction from our leaders right now. Abolishing ICE is a moral necessity.
In a normal world kids dying in government custody would be the biggest story in the news. Keep in mind these are just the deaths of CHILDREN held by ICE that we know about. Where’s the outraged reporting on this? When’s the Congressional investigation beginning?
Can someone PLEASE primary Jeffries from the left? Someone? Anyone? Beating Jeffries in a primary would be a hell of a wake-up call to the Dem establishment.
Yet more of the levers slipping into the hands of the few.
I have no words for this.
In new filing, plaintiff "DA," removed to Ghana, whence US officials allegedly told him he'll be taken to Nigeria despite a court order against sending him there, describes previous beatings in Nigeria with planks, iron rods & machetes & days in dog cage. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
NEWS: There is a weekend hearing going on right now before Judge Chutkan, due to imminent risks of these people being re-deported from Ghana to their home countries.
US military banned from having negative opinions or memes about the Charlie Kirk assassination. Online MAGA mobs are helping hunt down US services members they view as unfavorable. Some are even calling for US service members to be punished for posts made by their family members.
US likes to call people like Kanye, Milo Yiannopoulos (Jewish, gay), Nick Fuentes (Mexican) and Tim Pool (Korean) a 'white supremacist' group when clearly, they and their followers are incels bonded by hatred of women. It's the only thing they are all united on. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
This is bad. This is a bad place to be, and there are too many bad people cheering for bad things.
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
Venezuela says the U.S. intercepted and boarded a Venezuelan tuna vessel in a "hostile" manner reut.rs/4miNhFD
Judge Chutkan just finished a phone conference hearing in D.A. v. Noem. Plaintiffs allege the govt is sending African aliens to Ghana knowing Ghana will forward them to home countries where US courts have barred govt from sending them directly ... 1/5 www.courtlistener.com/docket/71323...
The Trump administration is pressuring states to hand over sensitive information about voters. The Brennan Center is tracking the DOJ’s requests and how states respond. bit.ly/3JFbKaB
Absolutely !!!insane!!! to me that the UK government, lobby and newspapers litigate at length every minor infraction by the BBC, rival newspapers, or what some random columnist has posted. But all of them just carry on not even commenting about this media owner. He’s not hiding, he’s telling you!
Hey Elon. I have some clients for you.
What's going on with Trump's face?
Brazil’s supreme court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Several people and I sued DHS and Kristi Noem, and won a preliminary injunction. Here’s the meat of the judge’s order:
This explains it better than I can
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BREAKING: The House just passed its annual defense bill by a 231-196 margin, bringing the U.S. one step closer to spending $1 TRILLION a year on the military. Reminder: The House took away Medicaid and SNAP in JULY because these programs were "too expensive.”
Judging by the shamefully opportunistic & politicizing rhetoric of some rightwingers on Twitter, & their cynical use of Charlie Kirk’s horrific murder for political point scoring, it’s almost as if Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman wasn’t murdered by a Trump-voting MAGA maniac just 12 weeks ago.
Enough.
Gerrymandering is a form of voter suppression. Voters in gerrymandered states find out quickly that their vote doesn’t count toward their representation, so they become apathetic.
This administration is overflowing with incompetent and stupid people.
Following up on my thread on the attacks on the Gaza Flotilla I've put together the following article with my @bellingcat.com colleagues, examining the open source evidence, and establishing as much as we can know about the attacks www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/09...
Updated COVID vaccine availability map 9/9 It's most difficult to get a shot in these states, which require prescriptions and have no MinuteClinics: ME, OR, UT, WV These states require prescriptions but do have MinuteClinics: AZ, DC, FL, GA, LA, NC, VA In all other states, no prescription needed
A little more on this. In some states requiring COVID vaccine prescriptions, there are CVS MinuteClinics that offer a workaround: AZ, DC, FL, GA, NC, VA Unfortunately CV does not have MinuteClinics in LA, ME, OR, UT, or WV
Russians dropped a glide bomb on elderly people who were waiting in line for their pensions. More than 20 dead. Please. Don’t look away and don’t be silent. This is all I could ask for
If the GOP passes this law, Missouri will be sued.
The Missouri House gave preliminary approval to the GOP’s mid-decade congressional gerrymander Monday, taking another step toward passing a map designed to rig the 2026 election at the expense of Black voters in Kansas City. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Poland shoots down Russian drones, with airports closed and jets scrambled, marking the first time since the Ukraine war began. PM Tusk reports “multiple violations," heightening NATO's concern over Russian aggression.
Groceries so “affordable” under Trump that even Slim Jims are under lock & key. Nothing screams economic success like needing a manager’s approval just to snag a $2 snack stick. Prosperity never tasted so salty. #Trumpflation
PSA: Please remember to wear a well-fitting mask when you’re at the pharmacy getting vaccinated (or are there for any other reason). I really appreciate anyone taking a step to protect themselves by getting vaccinated, but you put yourself at unnecessary risk if you don’t wear a mask while doing so.
📢 Tomorrow, students across DC will walk out to demand an end to Trump’s occupation — and to call on campus officials to protect students and our communities. Join them at GWU, Tuesday at 1pm. t.co/BXIPPnj3iV
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"Ending Dictator Rule" needs to be one of the key/essential components of any demand Dems must assert in their messaging to Republicans re #NoBlankChecks when funding the Trump regime. @joshtpm.bsky.social Playing small ball around ACA subsidies won't cut it. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/on-sh...
The Murdoch heirs have settled their litigation. *NEWS CORP. SAYS MURDOCH TRUST BENEFICIARIES END LITIGATION *NEWS CORP: PRUDENCE, ELISABETH, JAMES TO CEASE AS BENEFICIARIES *NEWS CORP: NEW TRUSTS FOR BENEFIT OF LACHLAN, GRACE, CHLOE So the Lachlan axis won and will control the company.
🚨NEVER FORGET: RFK Jr. was NOT sworn in when he was "grilled" by GOP Senators. Senator Ron Wyden made a point and asked him to be SWORN in, but was IGNORED by the GOP, especially Senate Finance Committee Chairman, Senator Mike Crapo. Any "grilling" by the GOP was political theater. NO CONSEQUENCES!🚨
It's not the most important part of the issue but Kavanaugh saying "well they should just sue if they're the victims of excessive force from ICE" when he himself has previously voted to bar lawsuits against federal officers for violations of the 4th Amendment in immigration cases takes chutzpah.
"Increasingly, I wonder whether we will be able to do science here in the future." NIH employees I heard from say things are very grim over there, but they welcome the push for a "fighting CR" to rein Trump in — or a government shutdown if not.
Justice Sotomayor, not mincing words, also says that today's decision will lead to the "creation of [] a second-class citizenship status" for Latinos, who now will have the burden to "carry enough documentation to prove that they deserve to walk freely."
JUST IN: Federal appeals court rules 2-1 that states do not have standing sue over the Trump administration's mass termination of probationary employees. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It’s that time of year again. Back to school for the kids. This ad should run during every NFL kickoff, every college football opener, every “Friday Night Lights.” Because school shootings are as American as football now.
“Today’s SCOTUS ruling puts farm workers — and every Californian who looks or sounds like they might be an immigrant — in greater danger,” said UFW President Teresa Romero. “This does not impact immigrants in a vacuum, it will affect all of us. 1/ www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Our latest with Evident shows how police traffic stops in DC have become a pipeline to ICE agents operating in the city youtu.be/d1iPee8u290?...
🧵 An open letter to the US Open and USTA: Trump will attend the #USOpen as a guest of ROLEX. Yesterday, Trump declared 'WAR' on Chicago. The USTA has called for media censorship of dissent against Trump today. I played NCAA tennis many years ago and still play. Today I resign my #USTA membership.
This is 100% going to be used to put ICE agents outside polling stations in areas where they want to suppress the vote.
The Supreme Court just ruled this meme is constitutional.
Great news! The Baltimore Museum of Art is taking “Amy Sherald: American Sublime,” which was originally scheduled to take place at the National Portrait Gallery. artbma.org/exhibition/a...
NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Brussels today. Almost a quarter of a million people on the streets marching for Palestine, calling for an end to the genocide in Gaza. This footage was captured by freelance photojournalist, Wahaj Bani Moufleh 👏
Massie: "I don't know if the Speaker misspoke when he said Donald Trump was an informant ... the Speaker needs to clarify that. And if it's a hoax, why was Donald Trump an informant to a hoax?"
Crime in Chicago is down over 20% since this time last year. In violent crime, the city ranked near the bottom of US cities with populations larger than 500,000 (29th out of 37), according to BBC Verify analysis of FBI data.
Tomorrow at 11 AM PT join @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social and me live on Ground Truths to discuss his new book, authored with @michaelmann.bsky.social #ScienceUnderSiege Subscribe for link, notification; it's free; no ads. erictopol.substack.com
Sen. Tammy Duckworth on the U.S. strike on a boat off the coast of Venezuela: "It was an illegal move...The fact that it happened in international waters actually opens up Americans to similar actions by our adversaries."
Nothing says peak Florida like eliminating all vaccine mandates while diseases like measles and polio are making a comeback in your state.
One of the disordered counterpublics Reform has pulled into its MAGA-style coalition is the anti-vaxx movement. What unites these counterpublics is a deep distrust of anyone outside the in-group who challenges their worldview. If you want an RFK Jr style figure running UK health policy, vote Reform.
This is all about the disordered counterpublic Trump brought into the MAGA coalition to help him win the election, not what's popular among the broader Republican party or public. It's human sacrifice for a few percentage points.
The problem with figures like RFK Jr. isn’t just that they spread bad information. It’s that they sustain disordered counterpublics, spaces where falsehoods are reinforced through imitation of legitimate democratic processes.
Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale RTd this thread, which says Trump shld act fast & “Fire people who can't be fired. Force them to litigate. Mass deport people who can't be deported. Force them to litigate. Cancel 100s of billions in funding that are not lawful to cancel & force them to litigate.” 1/
“The new head of the CDC [Jim O’Neill] has no training in medicine and once helped Peter Thiel develop man-made islands floating outside U.S. territory” 8/29/25 … 1/ fortune.com/2025/08/29/w...
White Christian Taliban shit right here. Time to stop tiptoeing around it. These people are fanatics pursuing a Holy War. It’s a critical piece of the threat assessment that should inform our strategies. (Psst. They’re not just going to hand back power.)
Yes. I will stand and defend Chicago. I'll wear Brewers and Packers gear the entire time I'm doing it. But this is a Red Line. Our cities fight like siblings. And if you have any sense, you don't step into a fight between siblings. The Midwest isn't your stage, Donald Trump.
For 21 years I’ve only ever seen great stuff come out of this group.
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