Reposted by Andrew H. SmithDavid Nir @davidnir.com · 20hRoger Marshall charged his patients 18% annual interest on their unpaid bills. His bakery bill for $678.75 was due six years ago. At 18% interest compounded annually, the total he'd owe would be at least $1,800. Marshall just paid the bakery $1,300—far less than what his patients would owe. 382160531
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The right wing crash out over asian students celebrating at a UT football game reveals that all along the true goal of reactionary colorblindness was never “meritocracy” but resegregation. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1... 312195540
Andrew H. Smith @ahsmith923.bsky.social · 6hAt least they had the stones to stand up. It sucks, but proud of Austin FC 030
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithLiz Sepper @lsepper.bsky.social · 17hTHE SUPPORTER SECTION IS WALKING OUT. THE POLICE MADE THEM TAKE DOWN THE SIGN. All the normal signs are gone. No "y'all means all." No "trans lives matter." Nothing. It is now quiet. No music, no drums, no chants #AustinFC 19997318
Andrew H. Smith @ahsmith923.bsky.social · 6hGenerally, I'm a "you don't have to want a beer with the candidate to vote for them" person, but Newsom will cause me to vote 3rd party in 2028 if he's the nominee. Which is possible, because the Democratic Party likes shooting off its own feet 000
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026School boards are way under the radar in a big year like this, but the same battles you've heard about (book bans, Moms for Liberty, trans kids) are happening this year too. I identified 19 school boards where there battles like this — and what's up: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the... 10602284
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is well worth reading. Needless to say, organizing is key. newrepublic.com/article/2161...newrepublic.comIf Trump Steals an Election, Here’s What to DoNonviolent rebellion has proven again and again to be the most effective way of ousting even a determined autocrat. 13246112
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This would sink a presidency in any other era. I would bet most Americans will never hear it even happened.wapo.stTrump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policyThe purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk. 6238311393
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithTim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026NEW: The ICE agent seen wearing a hi-vis vest and waving around an AR-style rifle at the scene of the shooting in New York was a supervisor named Brenden Cuni, who has a history of alleged violence and lying in court. @dmehro.bsky.social, @awinston.bsky.social, and @regret.bsky.social report:wired.comICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal ArrestsBrenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court. 201357625
Reposted by Andrew H. Smithnilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 07/10/2026www.theverge.com/2024/9/24/24...theverge.comDon’t ever hand your phone to the copsEven if you’ve got nothing to hide. 181898635
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithCheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026People do not understand how men who are white supremacists can have wives who are women of color and I need folks to realize that those men see their wives as subordinate property and not equals. These men are foaming at the mouth to bring back quadroon balls. 12908643
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithCatesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 07/10/2026RNG is partnering up w/other newsrooms to cover the midterms. There's many races and high-stakes issues to follow; independent outlets can do more by working together. We worked with @us.theconversation.com on this judicial races explainer. Stay tuned for our next collab, with @fullerproject.org 065
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026TEXAS — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping on the streets? The reason poverty exists is not because we can’t feed the poor, it’s because we can’t satisfy the rich.” (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social ) 12982612628
Andrew H. Smith @ahsmith923.bsky.social · 05/10/2026static.klipy.comUrsula's Evil LaughALT: Ursula's Evil Laugh 000
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026“Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies… ex British banker who spent more than 35 years working in financial markets has died by suicide…Simon Andriesz was previously a managing director at Wall St firm where Lutnick was CEO…” www.thebanker.com/content/0228... 30831971587
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026NEW: The Supreme Court is starting a new term—even though SCOTUS stayed in the news all summer. The justices return to court for a key case that could block one way of confronting climate change. Tonight, at Law Dork:lawdork.comThe Supreme Court is starting a new term—even though SCOTUS stayed in the news all summerThe justices return to court for a key case that could block one way of confronting climate change. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs. 516858
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026(And it isn’t just Meta) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t... 20789357
Andrew H. Smith @ahsmith923.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Doesn't help that this guy runs a spam site (my university email gets his crap every day) 020
Andrew H. Smith @ahsmith923.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It still bothers me that this is what might bring Lamb down, rather than the fact that he's a violent militiaman 010
Reposted by Andrew H. Smithhammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow 359208975038
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithClyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Corrupt Ken Paxton Spends $1.9 million of Taxpayer Money on Lavish Vacations. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...yahoo.comKen Paxton’s Lavish Travel Has Reportedly Cost Texas Taxpayers $1.9 Million—Masters, Napa, Europe Among TripsSince taking office in 2015, Paxton has taken over 275 out-of-state trips. 0148
Andrew H. Smith @ahsmith923.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Happy anniversary to y'all, and to many more to come! 010
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 156165095564
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Update: The Texas Tribune identified Gregory Feathers as the ICE agent who fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston.texastribune.orgICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identifiedThe federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte... 11434511591
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Chat GPT helped a kid plan a mass shooting. “Van Rootselaar carried out a suicidal mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School this past February, killing a total of eight people and injuring dozens of others.” www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0... 27450250
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithForbidden Stories @forbidden-stories.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🔴🇺🇸 [#DeportationProject] Explore the Map Behind the US Third Country Deportation System When people are deported, but not to their countries of origin... Where do they go? 22735
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026BREAKING: A POLITICO reporter was denied access to the White House Thursday and his press credentials confiscated after a judge ordered the Trump admin to immediately restore access for news organizations that Trump banned.politico.comPOLITICO barred from White House after court ruling restoring accessThe Secret Service confiscated a POLITICO reporter's press pass Thursday morning despite a federal judge’s decision hours earlier that a media ban appeared to violate the constitutional due process ri... 1532283915
Andrew H. Smith @ahsmith923.bsky.social · 24/09/2026So, not only is Knoxville gameday going to be even more of a nightmare than usual (quite a feat in and of itself), but Tennessee is going to lose to the damn Longhorns (Trump Sports Curse). Fan-bleeping-tastic 000
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026BREAKING: Judge Timothy Kelly grants CNN, MS NOW, and Politico’s TRO against the Trump administration, ordering that the reporters affected “immediately” have their White House hard passes reinstated. The TRO is in effect for 14 days. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 241208371
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026How morally vacuous do you have to be to say "You know what the world needs more of? GAMBLING. It's having such a wonderful effect already, I'm going to help this industry colonize every corner of society it hasn't already poisoned." JFC, do these mercenary creeps not have enough money already? 928062
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"Most importantly, the back-to-normal approach to governance rests on an unspoken belief that authoritarianism is a unique, albeit terrible, aberration in a long arc of progress. We would not bet on this premise." 🔥 democracyjournal.org/magazine/82/...democracyjournal.orgGovernance in an Anti-System AgeWhat if returning to “normal” is not the safest path for our democracy, but the most dangerous one? 45116
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026As Trump’s boots those outlets from the White House Press Corps Phil Williams points out he has let in a “fringe white nationalist outlet” run by a guy who “routinely spouts racist slurs” More: www.confrontthehate.com/p/white-nati... 21344165
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026If executive branch creates a system so that people under government control can be located and then just stops listing some people in that system — despite their still being under government control — that should be a five-alarm fire for the other branches, the states, and the public. 141283543
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.propublica.orgThe FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the WayAfter the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini... 13646362245
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithFreedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 21/09/2026Immigration agents are actively sabotaging FOIA requests to withhold records immigrants need to fight deportation, a new whistleblower complaint reveals. This story and more in The Classifieds.freedom.pressWhistleblower exposes FOIA sabotage at immigration agencyPlus: The Agriculture Department arbitrarily threatens to close a year-old FOIA request for SNAP data within four days 2183100
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithKieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 18/09/2026This is the far more likely pathway for how AI will end us all, btw. Not via some superintelligent swarm of paperclip maximizers, but by a cascading sequence of dumb fuckups driven by human beings who have arranged things to be fast-moving and catastrophically fragile while also being really lazy. 17391150
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithElizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Wow — jury quickly convicted on all 11 counts against this border agent who raped and robbed immigrant sex workers. No one bought his you-know-Chinese-hussies-lie defense reason.com/2026/09/17/b...reason.comBorder officer convicted of raping and robbing Chinese sex workersJurors didn't buy Luis Uribe's defense: that he was targeted by 'hustlers' for being an immigration officer. 419072
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithCongresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 18/09/2026Massachusetts: We're seeing an uptick in ICE raids across the Commonwealth. If you're confronted by police or immigration agents, make sure you Know Your Rights. 6187141
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Kia Center in Orlando, owned by the DeVos family & where the Magic play, had a boxing match a couple weeks ago where one of the boxers is a self-identified Nazi with visible SS bolt tattoos and the crowd flew a swastika flag. Newsmedia & stadium owners didn't care. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3us...youtube.comThis is obscene!!YouTube video by The Bulwark 23922
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithMother Jones @motherjones.com · 15/09/2026The small metal enclosures were roughly the size of a phone booth. They measured about 4 feet by 4 feet, were nearly 8 feet tall, and were used to confine people for periods of time ranging from a few minutes to up to two hours. motherjones.comA new DHS report proves Alligator Alcatraz detainees were right all alongThe inspector general's findings match what advocates and families had been reporting since last summer. 515071
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026BREAKING: SCOTUS denies the Trump administration’s request to enforce the new U.S. Postal Service rule for the 2026 elections. Justices Alito and Thomas dissent. More to come at Law Dork. www.lawdork.com 532654753
Andrew H. Smith @ahsmith923.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Every Bengals fanstatic.klipy.comMichael Scott: Ready to Get Hurt AgainALT: Michael Scott: Ready to Get Hurt Again 000
Reposted by Andrew H. SmithProPublica @propublica.org · 13/09/2026Auditors observed election mail at 14 processing facilities and 73 delivery units and found significant flaws in the handling of ballots. In some locations, management wasn’t familiar with ballot processing requirements.propublica.orgU.S. Postal Service Failed to Properly Handle Some Ballots During This Year’s Primary Elections, Audit FindsAn inspector general’s audit found a lack of training for post office staff, deficiencies in how ballots were tracked and errors leading to delays. Experts say it raises questions ahead of the midterm... 48984556