There are some policies that even Trump can't convince his hard-right base to get behind. ICYMI @willsommer.bsky.social on the uproar over 600,000 Chinese international student visas: www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-meltd...
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There are some policies that even Trump can't convince his hard-right base to get behind. ICYMI @willsommer.bsky.social on the uproar over 600,000 Chinese international student visas: www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-meltd...
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"It’s gonna be a health care election, but I think it’s gonna be wrapped into this whole issue of affordability. There’s a wicked brew here that is amassing against Republicans" - Brad Woodhouse of Protect Our Care. New from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
DOL is trying to take away minimum wage and overtime from millions of workers. Just thought I’d mention that.
Any idea why the flags are half mast? Just curious if I missed something ...🤞
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MO Gov Mike Kehoe is calling a special session to gerrymander the 5th District which encompasses Kansas City. He is specifically violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which bans any voting practice that denies or weakens the power of a racial minority to elect its preferred candidates.
$100B+ for trump's ICE
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EU chief's plane hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming www.semafor.com/article/09/0...
1/ The elimination of de minimis is emblematic of the worst kind of reactionary, knee-jerk policymaking that's sadly not confined to the US. For those who don't know: The US has largely eliminated a rule that let packages of lower value (<$800) to skip most customs formalities and tariff duties.
“Its webs, meanwhile, are woven by machines that are owned by corporations.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Voting-rights advocates have sued to overturn a redistricting map drawn by Texas Republicans meant to favor the party in the 2026 midterm elections, saying it weakens the electoral influence of Black voters.
They should do it anyway for the environmental benefits.
“Today, a new school year has begun in Ukraine. The First Bell is always special: it marks the start of new knowledge, new dreams, and new achievements.” On Knowledge Day, Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited a school near Kyiv and met with its students.
Did the Guardian hire Yoda? World's TOP scholars say Israel committing GENOCIDE in Gaza 🤦♀️
If trump were around when the wheel was invented he'd call it woke
Man of La MAGA
Difference between a husky and border collie... 👀😅🤣 #dog #dogday #bluesky
To all the people at town halls asking their elected offical who's paying the tariffs... Now onto the "where is the tariff money going?"
This thread is exactly how I feel about genAI. Completely turned off by it on all artistic, intellectual and moral levels. I have no interest in anything it can say or generate. It is anti-human.
Our joyful defiance undermines them because it exposes just how weak they are. They could be doing literally anything else with our tax dollars…
"The first thing that stood out to me was the number of attendees. For nearly 30 minutes, Australian-flag clad protestors streamed up the road. It was already quite clear this protest was significantly larger than the counter-demonstration" @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social on the nazi rallies in Aus:
remembering all the journalists in Australia who kept insisting we should having polite cups of tea with racists and hearing them out www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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NEW: Many of the unaccompanied minors who Trump is trying to traffic to Guatemala today are in foster care - some of which seem to be Christian facilities. These 10 represent a putative class of nearly 600 children nationwide. Our government is trafficking children.
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The epicenter of the 6.0 magnitude temblor struck near the Afghan-Pakistan border, and the death toll is expected to rise.
It's one of the most famous rock songs ever — Bohemian Rhapsody — and now, for the first time, it's been translated with Queen's blessing into Zulu.
Q: "Would more federal agents in Chicago assisting federal law enforcement help deter crime right now?" Pritzker: "Of course! If you wanna help us catch bad guys, bring the FBI, bring the ATF. We already coordinate with them."
“But our march had done its work. We had drawn the attention of the nation to the crime of child labor…The Pennsylvania legislature passed a child labor law that sent children home from the mills, and kept others from entering the factory until they were fourteen.” www.thebulwark.com/p/labor-day-...
Judge Chutkan ruled May 27, 2025, that Elon Musk and DOGE lack legal authority—Musk isn’t Senate-confirmed, and DOGE was never authorized by Congress. A lawsuit seeks to end DOGE and reverse its actions. www.axios.com/2025/05/28/l...
This isn't freedom.
Where is the mainsteam media? Anyone out there? Can you hear me???
Because of russian terror, Ukrainian children have been forced to start the school year in bomb shelters. They will forever be left with this experience💔 This is a deliberate attack, right on Knowledge Day. Help protect kids: u24.gov.ua/nafo-dark-ni...
Also... Wired is part of the Conde Naste magazine family. Wired has great writers. Taylor Lorenz is not one of them... She wants inside the rope when BIG money does buy the neighborhood bsky.app/profile/karl...
Reading both articles, (NY Post... owned by Fox News sugary daddy Murdock 😕) this one copies & cites Wired mag. almost entirely. Neither provide the recordings, just transcripts. Neither post or link the contract, neither detail what topics or content would be "off limits"
NEW: A week or so ago, one federal agent kept popping up in videos from Trump's violent DC crackdown—so @jsweetli.bsky.social and I investigated. Turns out he's a 26-year-old US Parks Police officer, a lesser known law enforcement unit currently championed by Interior Sec. Doug Burnum. Our report:
Pryvillia near Luhansk was a quiet Ukrainian town with homes, schools, and a hospital. russia has turned it into ruins and shell craters. Where homes once stood—only ashes remain. This is the so-called 'ruskiy mir' which brings nothing but death and desolation.
They’re doing all this to prevent people from MEMORIALIZING A MASS SHOOTING
⚡️Putin arrives in China for regional security summit hosted by Xi Jinping. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV described China-Russia relations as at their "best in history," calling them "the most stable, mature and strategically significant among major countries."
So federal agents are suppressing this massive crime wave in DC. By busting people smoking weed, jaywalking, committing traffic violations, writing on sidewalks. 🙄
Magats are too stupid to understand concepts like hypocrisy, irony, incompetence, etc.
This enormously pernicious and no one should still be on Substack - not just because of the Nazis, but for sheer practical business reasons.
China is rolling out the red carpet for more than two dozen world leaders at two major defense-related events this week. The guest lists, and some notable omissions, are a window into Beijing’s ambitions, alliances and attempts to expand its influence.
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Brothers, cousins, sons: the human stories behind four of the war’s fallen journalists
Tribal lands & wildlife preserves are not far behind
Seen on my run in Rock Creek Park today. Parking lot near Beach and Tilden. Paper taped on over a Harris 2024 sign.
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Unafraid to speak truth to power, President of the American Academy of Pediatrics Dr. Susan Kressly joins @vinguptamd.bsky.social on Meidas Health for a powerful discussion on truth, conviction, and her deep commitment to ensuring optimal childhood health for the nation amid chaos at the CDC.
BREAKING: At least 250 people killed in a 6.0 magnitude earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.
Terrific obit for a truly badass historian of women in science
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Our donor Maria continues to share photos from different places with the Ukrainian flag. Her next wave of support comes from Dublin. Maria unfolded a Ukrainian flag with the UNITED24 logo in the Irish Highlands, and against the backdrop of the iconic Samuel Beckett Bridge👇
J.B. Pritzker is 100% right. Please listen to him, pay attention, and join us in speaking out against authoritarianism and to protect free and fair elections.
An 11-year-old boy was fatally shot in Houston after a prank in which he rang the doorbell of a home and ran away, police said Sunday.
Brilliant
I for one am grateful that there is a judge acting with the required dispatch and sense of urgency. If she didn’t do this, these children would already be gone, shipped away to an unknown fate. And I still think we wouldn’t be in this situation if all his trials were concluded before the election.
Why has Trump been attacking unions and workers’ rights? He wants working people to feel helpless and divided. Trump and his billionaire backers realize that the collective power of a unified labor movement outweighs their own power. Know this: Workers outnumber the oligarchs.
🚨Priest uses his body to attempt to stop ICE vehicles in Broadview, Illinois outside of a detention facility that has refused entry to members of Congress.
New threats from this regime come fast — we have to move just as quickly. Fighting back against schemes like Trump’s map-rigging takes urgent resources. Your donation makes it possible. Please pitch in if you can: secure.actblue.com/d...
"Everyday People" by Sly & The Family Stone is a powerful anthem of unity, highlighting that despite differences, all people are equal and should coexist peacefully. Its messages challenged prejudice and celebrated inclusivity, as the band was one of the first major integrated rock groups.
This is grim. Substack skews towards an ideology that is actively anti-science, in its support for centre right to far right commentators. Ideology aside: the site is artificially propped up on hollow VC money and when time comes to cash in, users'll get screwed www.nature.com/articles/d41...
It never says he was driving... so he was probably driving
Last night, at the final show of her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour, Cyndi Lauper brought out Joni Mitchell (for “Carey”), Cher (“Girls Just Want To Have Fun”), SZA (“True Colors”), John Legend (“Time After Time”), and more. www.stereogum.com/2321337/cynd...
"People tend to fetishize big... acts of “Resistance" w/o remembering that small individual acts of noncompliance are also tools that can frustrate great & evil powers. We can save a life, [ease] the suffering of a person, or can change a mind. Right now, that has to be enough of a reason to try."
India and China fought a war in 1962 over border disputes. They’ve never been allies, which has been to our geopolitical and economic advantage. Thanks to Trump’s insane tariffs the two manufacturing/pharma/tech giants are teaming up, accelerating their rise…and our subsequent downfall.
Do they collect compost? I know a pile of shit that may need to be buried real soon
He probably offered to release the #EpsteinFiles when they arrested him.
An Israeli Official Was Arrested in Vegas For Trying to Have Sex With a Child: Why Was He Allowed to Flee to Israel? How come Trump, Republicans, Democrats & corporate media aren't covering the scandal of the summer? open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Trump’s plan to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War shows (once again) that his self-characterization as the “pro-peace” candidate was complete bullshit. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Hundreds of bills passed earlier this year by Texas' 89th Legislature will go into effect Monday. To catch you up, The Texas Newsroom and partner stations across the state have broken down some of the most significant measures.
Please tell me he has covid, shingles, the flu & maybe a russian time release handshake. Any would be great if the result is never hearing him speak again. Thoughts & prayers
“The stress of the job has taken its toll on him, and he said, ‘Mayor, I’ve got to resign,’” Jackson Mayor John Horhn said. “He has the opportunity to take another position that’s a lot less stressful for a lot more money.”
Florida!!!
It took cops three hours to finally go into the Pulse nightclub the night of the shooting. If you wander near a crosswalk in Florida with a piece of chalk right now you'll have four cops on you in under five seconds.🤷♂️
Radioactive shrimp not just in Florida 🚨🚨🚨
NEW: The trump administration attempted to remove 600 terrified unaccompanied minors to Guatemala in the middle of the night on a holiday weekend. Judge Sooknanan stopped it. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-sookna...
This video by Alex Pearlman does a really good job explaining why branding changes like his aren't "woke" they're just another chapter in the big book of "Capitalism and the adventure of endless growth for the shareholders".
When this time is over (& it will be) & somebody asks me to describe its nature & spirit, I shall play this clip. It embodies the whole cruelty, nastiness, sneer, indifference, cockiness, glee, inhumanity, & evil. It proves they knew what they did was illegal, but they did it happily, voluntarily.
Whenever you try to talk to an American patriot about even the basics of their nations history.
This is the type of person Trump pardoned. He proudly asserts that they should have injured a US Capitol Police Officer worse than they did on January 6th (@sergeantaqgo.bsky.social) had to medically retire). But MAGA supports law enforcement? Seriously? Then show me by condemning this guy.
This…
"Perhaps the most important thing to understand about Trump’s mobster state capitalism is that it isn’t about economic efficiency or stimulating growth, let alone a vision of how the economy works and what it should create. It’s about *power*, pure and simple."
Yikes, JD Vance better hope JD Vance doesn’t hear about this!
Why Isn't Donald Trump's Declining Health Being Covered by Corporate Media? Where are the op-eds & news programs calling for Trump's resignation due to his declining health, impaired abilities, & march towards fascism? Oh, yeah, "both sides" corporate journalism. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Oh they write these pieces for all the rich, famos guys, like Bezos & Murdock... right?
They're still trying to fundraise like this.
A judge dismissed the case, finding no probable cause after Florida police arrested a man as part of Ron DeSantis’ crackdown over rainbow chalk ark memorializing the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
As our neighbors vanish daily, this serves as a meaningful way to honor them and highlight the extent of this issue throughout the city’s
What we think serial killers look like vs what they actually look like:
He also said din't trust the experts. Thd dude has batshit-in-heroin-soup for brains
Instagram influencer Adventorin goes viral after demonstrating how simple it is to climb over the U.S. Border Wall.
A Trump administration proposal to reverse a landmark finding that climate change is dangerous to the public relies heavily on a report from the Department of Energy that dozens of scientists say is flawed. The Associated Press surveyed scientists for their views. Here are some key takeaways:
SIGNS OF FASCISM 🪧
i really think jd vance is the fakest politician i've seen in my lifetime. there is nothing sincere about him.
