Lethal force against a civilian vessel in international waters is a war crime if not in self-defense. If not in self-defense, only non-lethal actions, such as warning shots or disabling fire, are allowed. "Not yielding to pursuers" or "suspected of carrying drugs" doesn't carry a death sentence.
I say this all the time and I cannot stress it enough: we do not have a housing crisis. What we have is a deregulated corporations and unregulated billionaires crisis.
Keefe commissary prices —the nation’s leading provider of automated commissary management services— surge up to 88%.
As my gramma used to say: “if their lips are movin…”
Alaska vowed to resolve the murders of Indigenous people. But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no. By @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social, w/ @adn.com
Well yeah. They’re grifters. That’s how grifting works.
Wowsa.
On Thursday, Sept. 4 at 4 p.m. ET, ProPublica reporter @hannahallam.bsky.social will lead a panel of extremism and political violence experts to discuss how the federal government’s retreat from counter-extremism efforts is reshaping the landscape of domestic security. 📌 RSVP and submit q's:
The combo of legit speculation on the health of Trump and this weird kumbaya makes for quite a dangerous situation for the USA: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/w...
Today is the first day of public trading for Trump’s crypto scam.
Trump spent Labor Day promoting what he called a “Golden Age,” but the claims being pushed don’t hold up. The White House circulated talking points on social media boasting of $8 trillion in new tariff revenue, $4 trillion in deficit reduction,
Seeing Charles Blow describe his experience writing for the NYT in similar terms to Paul Krugman really brings home how much the entire NYT is a heavily curated monoculture focused on manipulating, directing & controlling upper middle-class public culture in the US. It's why it's such a bore, too.
Once again I ask, what’s it going to take?
Reminder: Most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender men.
Today we celebrate the strength and resilience of working people everywhere. Nearly 300,000 federal employees have lost their jobs this year not because of necessity, but because of a political agenda. And while people’s lives were destroyed in the name of “saving money,”
Trump's contribution to our politics was exposing that conservatives don't care about any of the principles they've said are sacrosanct for 100 years, and all they wanted was to be openly evil instead of circuitously evil. The Democrats who win will be the ones who understand this and act like it
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) reinforced GOP power grabs sweeping the country, calling a special legislative session Friday to redraw congressional districts and weaken the ability of voters to pass laws through ballot initiatives. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Not sure whose fault it is primarily that most people don't seem to know that the president is basically a manager whose job is to carry out the will of Congress, and not The Country's Boss
Right wingers are all like ‘I just want sh*tty sliced white bread and full-fat beef milk and spam and asbestos and measles and poverty and then I’ll finally live in a world reminiscent of the yesteryear I’ve evoked in my imagination where everyone is white and hummus is illegal and I am king’.
The fact that Sam Altman still has a recognizably human face is an enormous policy failure
Honestly, Chuck. Please resign. Haven’t you done enough damage and cashed enough checks? We’re in crisis as a country, and you won’t stop helping this regime dig their claws into us.
For Black Memphis residents already burdened by pollution, the gas turbines that powered Musk’s supercomputer raised concerns. The Chamber of Commerce downplayed fears by claiming 9 government agencies oversee the facility. That’s not exactly true. By @wendicthomas.bsky.social, w/ @mlk50.com
Such a surprise
The reported meeting is part of the House Oversight Committee’s broader investigation into the Jeffrey Epstein case.
This is an AIPACx predator
Food isn't expensive. Water isn't expensive. Even power isn't expensive. Mega-rich bosses demanding gigantic profits are expensive.
To be clear, when will the Republicans who control Congress start doing their jobs….
“…I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.” My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
Someone let him be alone with a teenage girl? Yikes.
Our leaders in Washington could learn a thing or two from some of the best elementary school students here in Illinois.
Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment. (Published April 2025)
Yes, these are the dangerous people who are taking the jobs that all of us want. The Bear Gulch fire, for those not in the area, has been burning since 7/6 and is only 13% contained. They anticipate it burning until winter and there are 400 people fighting it. komonews.com/news/local/w...
hashtagRapeCulture
Has the UN responded to this?
#FirebrandRecords #CABK
and also a big waste of fucking time
If that’s all AI was doing, I would agree with you. But there’s also the teenage suicide and water use and pollution and deepfakes and …
I can’t take any more of this shit.
I feel like the Venn diagram of ‘nimby inclined’ and ‘ice supporting’ is just one circle.
The GOP and @JDVance have spent more time this week acting upset that "thoughts and prayers" are not a solution for gun violence than they have over the reality that the gun violence actually happened. It will continue to happen because "thoughts and prayers" is all they have.
A year ago today, Trump threatened to jail Zuckerberg for the rest of his life. Today, Trump is helping Meta win regulatory battles around the world. I wrote about everything that Zuckerberg has gotten from Trump 2.0 so far: www.platformer.news/trump-zucker...
Which would be v bad
the hollywood trade papers have genuinely been having a field day just making fun of sony for this and tbh they 100% deserve it. home run. decision that launched a thousand articles
The federal government is scaling back its role in preventing violent extremism. 🗓️ On Thursday, Sept. 4, at 4 p.m. ET, join our journalists for a virtual conversation on how this shift is affecting domestic security and how states are responding. 📌 RSVP:
I mean. The regime is setting themselves up to run without Trump and Thiel is betting big money on Vance so. Who knows. He’s dumb as a bag of hair, but that’s an advantage in this context.
My cousin was just complaining about this. It’s madness to base a person’s raise on how well they can outsource their own job to ai but here we are.
Dear people who are saying that the CDC directors who quit yesterday should have “stayed and fought”, With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr. He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3
Schools Theaters Concerts Malls Churches Synagogues Mosques Parks Nightclubs Offices Festivals Stores Military Bases Bars Post Offices Yoga Studios Super Bowl parades Nowhere is safe from the scourge of gun violence in America. You can't tell me we must simply accept it.
VICTORY: In a major victory for voting rights, the Arizona Court of Appeals has rejected a lawsuit brought by right-wing groups and the Arizona Republican Party that sought to limit how election officials verify mail-in ballot signatures. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
MAGA when a restaurant changes its logo: THAT’S IT! I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE! ENOUGH IF THIS WOKE SHIT MAGA when children are killed in a school shooting:
One person who has benefited from AquaBounty coming to Pioneer is the town’s mayor. His company bought land for $600K before the deal was publicly announced, then flipped that property to AquaBounty for ~$2.1M. (Published Feb. 2025)
The de minimis exemption, which allowed imported packages worth less than $800 to enter the U.S. without facing any duties, will end for all countries on August 29.
If someone tells you there's nothing we can do about gun violence beyond thoughts and prayers, remind them: —Gun laws in other countries have prevented mass shootings —More guns don't make us safer —A majority of Americans want gun reform We don't have to live like this.
Why did ya do it Johnny?
Trump’s movement, just like his health, is deteriorating. MAGA is furious that he's been lying to them, covering up a huge pedophilia scandal. That's why the GOP is scrambling trying to cheat and pass every agenda while Trump is flailing, because they know their time is running out.
Evil makes sense only to evil people.
Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences? Only one explanation now remains. They do. And it is what they want.
This is a major story. “Trump wants Greenland”? King Leopoldo wanted the Congo. And took it. It’s naked imperialism. And espionage. More than 80% of the population of Greenland is indigenous. “Beautiful” Inuits are not “asking Trump to take over.” They categorically don’t want it.
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.
Hoo boy
This is very bad news. Louisiana won't even defend its own map in SCOTUS. It abandoned its own Black voters. Those of us committed to defending the VRA are now entirely on our own. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
In a functional government, this would be a five alarm fire where Congress calls in Kennedy and asks him what the fuck is going on
Not tired of winning!🥳
I celebrate every victory for voting rights, but this one is particularly special. No issue has been more hotly contested or more important to PA voters than this one. The DSCC and DCCC fought hard and it is great to see them prevail. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
The mental health benefits of not knowing any history right now must be massive. Moving through your day with total equanimity. What happens next? Who knows? Maybe something good
LeVar Burton: literary hero! ❤️💪 magazine.1000libraries.com/levar-burton...
Trump Pentagon is 'thinking' about taking equity stakes in defense contractors, says Lutnick www.cnbc.com/2025/08/26/t...
My write-up from this morning on the Trump administration's attempt to remove Governor Cook from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (and the lack of market reaction).
The push to dismiss Cook “is a good reminder that no institution in Washington can insulate itself from Trump’s bullying,” said Sarah Binder. “Nor are claims of ‘independence’ sufficient to protect the Fed from Trump’s ambitions. The Fed needs defenders, especially bond traders.”
In case it is not crystal clear: THIS IS AUTHORITARIANISM.
This is the make or break moment for Powell's @federalreserve.gov. If they do not defend Lisa Cook and treat her as still on the Board, the fight over the Fed as an independent agency will officially be over. see my Friday piece. www.crisesnotes.com/trump-vs-pow...
When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied. You have a right to see this file. (Published May 2023)
It’s hard to overstate how big a deal this is - for the economy (ours and globally), for the rule of law, and for the proper and efficient function of government. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
The prolonged public torturing of a single man because the state cannot admit to its errors is not something that occurs in a free country
Few charts show our current American weakness like this one. The minute Trump came into office, Putin knew he had the green light to do whatever he wanted and kill as many innocent civilians as he wanted.
TRUMP: “A lot of people are saying maybe we’d like a dictator.” He’s saying it. Are you listening? 🇺🇸
This is such an outrageous not to mention idiotic lie. This whole charade would be a joke were it not also so dangerous.
What's the penalty for sexually assaulting a flag?
Our constitutional republic does not have any provision which allows a president to enact a criminal statute by executive order that would put people in prison. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Hmm. Interesting. Given that the regime just pulled nearly 100m in federal funds from solar energy installation. Because we know Meta isn’t “helping” out of some moral or ethical principle.
This Louisiana prisoner — & 1,000+ others like him — remain in prison despite split jury convictions that SCOTUS has ruled unconstitutional. MUST READ @richardawebster.bsky.social’s latest in his series about Gov. Jeff Landry’s criminal justice rollbacks www.propublica.org/article/loui...
Trump regime’s arrogant abuse of power in manipulating state officials and independent agencies to execute its program of revenge should shock Americans. Fortunately, MAGA persecution of Media Matters shocked the judge who delivered a rip-roaring defense of 1stA open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
It’s the joy. Joy isn’t profitable. Joyful people aren’t frightened and spending money, they’re making connections, building community, healing wounds, creating, sharing, scavenger hunting. And if that isn’t a threat to Project 2025, Wall Street, tech bros, oligarchy.. I don’t know what is.
LISTEN.
Trunk attacking solar for his big oil donors is about to cost us all
Trump and Abbott just rammed through maps designed to kick people like me out of office. They don't want me in Congress because they don't want us to be heard. But we're not going anywhere. Today I'm launching my campaign for reelection in the city I love. #TX37
The Trump admin clawed back $62M in federal aid to bolster solar energy across Utah, derailing projects for rural towns, tribes and families.
The whole “this is hard to report on” is giving “we can’t arrest the person who’s been stalking you at work and at home and sending you threatening emails and calling you constantly because he hasn’t *done* anything yet”
It’s funny, we never get those anguished “but how will I explain this to my child?” posts when it’s armed goons violently snatching people off the street. They save that for the real horrors, like someone having two dads.
NEW: The Maryland disctrict court automatically enjoins the govt from removing Kilmar Abrego Garcia from the US until 4 p.m. Wednesday (at least for now) as it prepares to hear arguments. (This is the court’s standard policy in the Trump era.) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
I don’t get the strategy of allowing him to be taken into custody again can someone explain?
i'm the guy who invented the spike traps that pop out of temple walls. i hate my job. every day my boss says "why haven't we killed any archeologists" and i say "they haven't invented that yet." they pay me in tomb juice. i hate tomb juice. honestly i might just start working on my big boulder idea