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Anthropic is getting exactly what it hoped for out of this press release - breathless coverage of how “smart” these cooperative role-playing systems are that indulges the fantasy of their being just a little dangerous, when in fact they are responding exactly as prompted
Nobody's ever really captured, to my satisfaction, the way that the internet -- though it promises infinitude, all of human experience & history & art & thought in one place -- has instead produced a kind of narrowing & flattening of experience, made the world seem *less* magic & full of wonder.
A new Florida law sharply limits citizen-led ballot initiatives, threatening fines and criminal charges for petition organizers. Advocates say it’s an effort to silence voters after progressive wins at the ballot box. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/gop...
My take on the consequences of the media's "original sin." member.democracydocket.com/the-medias-o...
#FunFact: Democrats have overperformed by an avg. of 15 pts in Special Elections so far this year. 📣 There's over TWO DOZEN more coming up! 6/03: SC HD-050 6/10: OK HD-071 OK HD-074 MA HD-Bris03 FL SD-19 FL HD-003 FL HD-032 Donate TODAY! #Blue25 secure.actblue.com/donate/speci...
Remember before the election when Trump promised IVF would be free?
This is so depressing www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
If you want democrats to stop bringing knives to a gunfight, arm them with a MAJORITY in 2026 😀💙
House Republicans smuggled this👇attack on the federal judiciary into their reconciliation bill. Courts rarely require plaintiffs to post security, so this provision, if passed into law, would render a vast number of existing judgments—including Boasberg's contempt order—effectively unenforceable.
Yup. The three Dem vacancies really just meant 2 Republicans got a pass to not vote for the bill. If there had been 215 Dems the final vote would’ve been 216 -215, 217-216 or 218-217. It’s still horrible that they have those vacancies, of course.
House Republicans passed a federal budget bill by a vote of 215 – 214 early Thursday morning that includes massive cuts for Medicare and Medicaid in order to extend tax breaks to billionaires. It now goes to the Senate.
Holy smokes you lot in the media are such assholes MEDICAID CUTS "and changes" Don't forget cuts to Medicare You are doing us a disservice with this editorializing at the benefit of your overlords. Don't forget you have to live in this world too. What happens when you get fired or laid off?
This is absolutely terrible news. With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately. h/t @merz.bsky.social
This comes to mind www.tumblr.com/superflaming... Truly eye opening on how people like Hegseth view the world
New: The crypto folks who bought the President's memecoin in order to attend his elite dinner tomorrow spent over $1 million each on average, and nearly $400 million in total. Per @molly.wiki, nearly 3/4 appear to be foreign nationals who'd be legally barred from donating cash to candidate Trump.
🚨 STATE BY STATE: How much more will #ACA enrollees have to pay if Republicans allow the IRA subsidies to expire? acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...
Lot's of folks asking "what can we do?" We have Good Trouble assignments each day on the Daily Beans podcast. You can join your local Indivisible chapter. You can run for something. There are tons of elections to help with between now and 2026. Head to mobilize.us for ideas. 2/
Trump officials' showings at hearings today were disasters, but it doesn't make headlines bc the media's default assumption is that Rs are clownish rascals. But if Dems didn't know what was happening at their agencies or what habeas corpus is, it'd be front page news. This is a key media asymmetry.
All 100% real, just like other newspaper summer book lists.
🚨 MAINE: Impact of expiring IRA tax credits: Net cost to enrollees will jump from $178/mo to $358/mo: acasignups.net/25/05/20/mai...
Breaking news: Republicans slipped a measure into this gargantuan bill that would raise the cost of blocking Trump's executive orders. @notusreports.bsky.social got the first copy of a letter from Democrats demanding that the House Speaker cut this out. www.notus.org/congress/inj...
Oh yeah...you can help flip #CA41 blue by donating directly to the eventual Democratic nominee here: secure.actblue.com/donate/house...
This says it all. What more do you need to know about who Trump and the Republicans actually care about?
"Cumer saying Cumey is jizzing up a coup" I'm not sorry
"Cumer saying Cumey is jizzing up a coup" I'm not sorry
Trump Republicanism in action. What could possibly go wrong? www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
I decided to go back and redo my breakout of David Hogg's "Leaders We Deserve" PAC filing with the FEC for the 2023-2024 election cycle. Here's what it looks like visually. www.fec.gov/data/committ...
I refuse to get distracted by trivialities like this when new stories are breaking about Biden struggling through a 2023 interview.
Let me tell you about the time I was arrested during the fight to protect Medicaid in 2017.
Don’t be fooled — Republicans’ new budget won’t do anything to actually help the American people. On #TheFlipSide, I’m introducing amendments and legislation that will.
AAA games got better credit rating than the US now Does that make the US a midsize indie?
Totally forget that due to Trump and republicans the last hold out dropped the US' credit worthiness from AAA to AA1 🫠
Would be sick if we taxed corporations like we did in... 2018?
Eileen Laubacher is a Navy Rear Admiral, served on Biden's National Security Council, and importantly, she's running against Lauren Boebert. Let's elevate Eileen Laubacher to ensure that she can reach as many Coloradans as possible ahead of November 2026. If you can, contribute here:
GOP plans to increase the tax rate by 74% by 2031 for people earning $15,000 yearly.
“When 2028 rolls around, voters will have the opportunity to oust three corrupt Republican justices who tried to help Griffin steal an election.” @billycorriher.bsky.social writes. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/with...
🫤😬 Whoopsy A few of them spill the beans like this every time, like clockwork
In the days of yore, this would end a political career. A DNI firing intel officials who reported something in contrast to a president trying to abuse emergency powers. We're the frogs and the water is at a rolling boil, folks.
Your occasional reminder that while I don't usually get involved in primaries, I do make exceptions. secure.actblue.com/donate/gabas...
Wow... fuck @davidhogg.bsky.social So much money and basically nothing spent on candidates. What a fucking scam @charlesgaba.com runs blue26 which lets you donate direct to candidates and he takes nothing. It's the best setup since you get to choose the candidate lists you want to support
That's awesome tho! Honestly, any local community activities help no matter how small. I went to a class at the library which is how I met an AFL-CIO member that lead me to participating in my county DNC It's the little things that add up :>
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📣 As the Musk/Trump Regime tries to Nazify America, a reminder that FLIPPING THE SENATE BLUE is critical to reining them in, and donations are part of achieving that. #Blue26 secure.actblue.com/donate/senat...
Rep. Jason Smith: "And then you can look at Medicaid cuts -- Medicaid reforms, I should say." Oops.
@bencollins.bsky.social did ya'll write this one?
And if you want hope then say hi to AFL-CIO union members! They're fighting like crazy and you can see it at the local level way better than you could nationally!
Used to think Hogg might be on to something but damn that is not the right way to do it. I want more from the DNC and want it to shift more left than right. But there's a way to do it and a way to shit on everything Join your state and county DNC and be the change you want to be if you haven't!
This month, World (formerly Worldcoin), the Sam Altman-backed startup that collects iris scans to provide “proof of human,” officially launched in the US. Sometimes something that looks dystopian is, in fact, dystopian, write David McNeill and Emily Tucker.
I went to college in this city. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever that these officers need to be geared up like this. It is a pure intimidation tactic.
This is incredibly dangerous open.substack.com/pub/populari...
The media is a helicopter parent for Democrats and a tornado chaser for Republicans.
Another historic transfer of wealth from the bottom to the top
Terrifying to think how much corporate overlords can slip into AI output behind the scenes. They're already influencing everything they can get their hands on, so why not one more? Students and kids are fucked and they might not even know it
I think that it is deeply irresponsible for tech publications to obfuscate agency around AI systems in this way. A chat bot owned and controlled by a promoter of the white genocide conspiracy theory is promoting the white genocide theory. There’s no “can’t stop” about it.
Remember Unilever bought Ben&Jerry's and ousted the previous CEO for making progressive comments Sadly the brand is currently owned by a bunch of assholes but the founder is awesome
JUST NOW — Ben from Ben & Jerry’s interrupts the RFK JR. hearing: “Congress is paying to bomb poor kids in Gaza and paying for it by kicking kids off Medicaid! They need to let food in to starving kids in Gaza!” Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DJpRn4B...
Senate Dems and the Biden administration dropped plans to set drug price caps based on the amount paid in other high-income countries, during talks years ago to push thru law that empowered Medicare to negotiate down the cost of prescription medications. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-d...
The Director of National Intelligence's FOIA website (which has reappeared after the entire site was briefly down) no longer has a reading room of released documents or links to its FOIA regulations which, were we to be picky, violates the EFOIA amendments of 1996. Amazing timing.
Still thinking about that kid who is now gone because Daenerys Targaryen told them they'd be waiting for them These techbros and companies shoving AI down people's throats have lost sight of the human aspect in human computer interactions
🚨🚨🚨 UPDATED: With #VERMONT insurance carrier filings looking at an avg. 17.4% rate hike next year, here's an updated look at how much more VT #ACA enrollees will have to pay if Republicans allow the IRA subsidies to expire: acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...
REMINDER: The CBO projected that letting the IRA subsidies expire would lead to an avg. rate hike of 4.3% for 2026 alone nationally. This is only one state so far, but in Vermont it's 6.8%. This does not bode well.
Intelligence officials leading the office that declassified the bombshell FOIA release have been fired and their offices have been moved from the CIA back to the ODNI so Gabbard can keep a closer eye on them thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Buttigieg: I’m not even an elected official or running for anything— I’m here. I can’t help but notice a lot of people who are elected officials aren’t. There’s a reason for that. They don’t want to have to explain this stuff
Did Trump and Pam Bondi make a deal with the Sinaloa Cartel? It would seem so, and now 17 cartel family members have been allowed to enter the U.S. apnews.com/article/el-c...
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Republicans should be feeling the heat That's a lot of democratic gains in otherwise safe red districts
Trump's budget proposal includes a nearly $500 million reduction in funding for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the main federal agency safeguarding U.S. elections against cyber threats. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Many American voters are likely to excessively overcorrect from 2024-2025 to look for honest, authentic, effective, consistent communicators who don’t rely on slogans and platitudes in 2026-28. They aren’t plentiful.
Oh nice, new boycot list just dropped
🔥 DENIRO AT CANNES: “In my country we’re fighting like hell for the democracy we once took for granted… Art looks for truth, embraces diversity — that’s why we are a threat to autocrats and fascists.” 🇺🇸
Is “near-universal agreement” in the room with you?
I was on a UK panel today about the decline of the US, and emphasized science research. Europe is not going to swoop in and scoop up talent because they will not spend the resources to do so. A scheme offering 9 million euro a year is designed to get headlines rather than do anything substantive.
Holy smokes. When @mrose.ink and I started debating whether AI companies or rightsholders might be at the root of the Library of Congress/Copyright Office blowup, I did not predict that we *both* might be right. A wild report from Tina Nguyen at the Verge
Racist and sexist roots in the cancellation of NSF grants under Trump: Grants with female PIs canceled 2x more than men Grants with Black PIs canceled 4x over White PIs Grants with Hispanic PIs canceled 2x over White PIs Grants with PIs with disabilities canceled 2x more than without
Sean Duffy changed his wife's flight on Monday to avoid Newark Airport and then made a TV appearance on Tuesday insisting it's safe to fly from there.
You're a hero to me ❤️ Also, the newsletter has been helpful in navigating the absolute shitshow we find ourselves in
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New @democracydocket.com dropped youtu.be/kuV0dhO_t7o?... @marcelias.bsky.social is an absolute hero in these trying times
The House GOP voted last week to re-name the Gulf of Mexico. Not lower your grocery bill. Not cap insulin costs. Not make rent cheaper. They're playing asinine and childish games to please their cult leader while slashing your health care and food assistance. You deserve better than this circus.
Trump's proposed budget seeks to cut nearly $500 million from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the main federal agency responsible for protecting U.S. elections from cyberattacks. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
This is insane. Republicans have inserted language into the budget reconciliation bill that would ban states from regulating AI in any capacity for 10 years. from @404media.co www.404media.co/republicans-...
Republican priorities, in chart form
"A backlog of more than 3,000 requests has built up on Lutnick’s desk as of last week..." www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
my heart aches for the people whose lives will be ruined if this becomes law. so it's our job to stop it. here's my thread on the process, and where we can fight bsky.app/profile/bbko...
It's getting real bad :(
When we read that a budget proposal plans to cut $500 million from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency—CISA—the nation’s top entity for protecting election hacking, we think “why are we pulling the pins out of voter security & integrity?” It makes no sense. @lwvus.bsky.social
Starting tomorrow, THERE ARE ELECTIONS EVERY SINGLE DAY EXCEPT FRIDAY. On Monday there is a ballot request deadline in CA and many town elections in MA. On Tuesday there are elections in DE, FL, IA, MA, MN, NE, NJ, OK and TN. On Wed there’s TN, Thurs has MA and Sat is MA and TN. 1/2
NEW: It does matter. Defending the rule of law in the Trump era is essential. Trump cannot ignore constitutional limits on his power — or any court order enforcing those limits. We must keep saying so. Tonight at Law Dork, I make my case:
⚽️ ICYMI: “WE ARE NOT ALL HERE” @NashvilleSC’s largest Latin American supporters group canceled its usual game-day activities because of the ICE raids — with @TNHighwayPatrol’s help, and @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn @SenatorHagerty’s blessings. www.tennessean.com/story/sports...
📣 As the Musk/Trump Regime tries to Nazify America, a reminder that FLIPPING THE HOUSE BLUE is critical to reining them in, and donations are part of achieving that. #Blue26 secure.actblue.com/donate/house...
Thank gosh for the ones who are calling a spade a spade Also @marcelias.bsky.social for being the absolute gem he is. He started calling it a constitutional crisis and I trust that dudes judgement
Too many democrats think shit is normal when it is not. Also, they keep moving the goal posts on constitutional crisis. "When they deport citizens" check "When they ignore the courts" check Throw ignore emoluments clause completely and blatant corruption on there too
Poke is woke
Finally, a strong president with many brain cells that can give us strong, powerful trade deal concepts and world piece
EFF has kicked off Season 6 of our award-winning “How to Fix the Internet” podcast with @katerosebee.bsky.social of the Digital Defense Fund and Adversarial Fashion.
Trump’s DOJ is gutting its voting section by reassigning experts, dropping cases, and rewriting its mission to focus on “voter fraud.” Lawyers say it’s a direct attack on your right to vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
The DNC does have this linktr.ee/demlinks2025 Which is nice but they need to get better about announcing special elections and stuff
It's the local party's imo that actually do things. I don't donate to the national DNC, I donate through @charlesgaba.com posts and also to my local county and state DNC. Mainly because they post the budget every monthly general meeting and I can physically see what they do with the money
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