Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19hGov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA): "At this point in time in 2022, a little over 200,000 Virginians had voted. At this point in time in 2026, approximately 450,000 Virginians have voted early." 13854581402
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialNicole Sandler @nicolesandler.bsky.social · 2hOMG... some fucking crypto scammers hacked my gmail account and hijacked my YouTube channel. I'm trying to get Google or YouTube to help. I did not need this right now 162
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026"You hired half the Third Reich to staff your office ... If John Lewis were marching today, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club" -- here's a supercut of Jon Ossoff SMASHING Mike Collins during tonight's debate 25882482003
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Not going to data mule Trump's TS post attacking Somalis in MN, but remember that one of the lawsuits Renee Good's family filed likens Trump's attacks on Somalis to the Klan. emptywheel.net/2026/10/04/c...emptywheel.netChristopher Rufo Whines about Being Named as the Propagandist Who Rationalized Alleged Klan Act Violence - emptywheelThe lawsuit by Renee Good's family likens the mask Jonathan Ross wore the day he killed Renee Good to hooded Klan terrorism prohibited by the Klan Act. 6388127
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026He is explicitly calling for pogroms. (I ask again: at what point will our major news organizations finally acknowledge that he is either mentally ill or a vile racist or both?) 23379122
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialDavid Froomkin @dfroomkin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Democracy, Anti-Democracy, and the Canon" by @rickpildes.bsky.social is essential reading on the violent overthrow of the Reconstruction constitutions—and the Supreme Court's acquiescence. Equally important, Rick makes a powerful case for the value of majority rule for bringing about inclusion.scholarship.law.umn.edu 0228
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026October 6, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 6, 2026Judging from his social media posts, Trump is panicking. 42855298
alisonsk.bsky.social @alisonsk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026One day that smile is going to split her head wide open and a drone will fly out. 000
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️ 9660203446
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is essential. But has everyone in DC forgotten that Trump has a veto for the next two years? That word does not appear here once. The next two years have to be about getting everything lined up for 2029. And not overpromising deliverables in the meantime. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comTrump’s opponents are planning efforts to reverse his changes to presidencyAs the midterms approach, some of the president’s foes are working to ensure his aggressive approach to executive power doesn’t outlast him. 2028383
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026October 3, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 3, 2026On Saturday, October 3, the Power to the People festival, organized by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, took over the stage at the Merriweathe... 481194394
alisonsk.bsky.social @alisonsk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026How out of the loop am I??? I didn't even know about this concert 000
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This breathtaking NYT story about Trump's Russian entanglements includes three people who've been part of the operation to cultivate Trump since 2015: Bryan Lanza, Sheikh Tahoon, and Kirill Dmitriev. This is literally the culmination of the original plan. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...nytimes.comU.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump AlliesPresident Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter... 601612819
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It's Oct 3. The midterms are a month away, but early voting has already begun in some states. Mail-in ballots will start circulating soon. Some of the usual suspects are already pushing the same "rigged election" rumors we've all heard before. This year, you can play along at home. bingo.cip.uw.edubingo.cip.uw.edu"Rigged Election" BingoSpot the tropes before they spread. Recognize the common story elements behind election rumors — can you get BINGO? 817486
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Under Marco Rubio, the State Department is being by pro-Russian Nazis using State to foster fascism worldwide. edition.cnn.com/2026/10/02/p...edition.cnn.comTrump administration shifts funds from human rights to supporting far-right causes | CNN PoliticsThe US State Department directed millions of dollars originally earmarked to promote human rights to promote far-right causes including Afrikaner rights in South Africa, safeguarding “Western civiliza... 16220126
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Thread. 19661245
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialDavid Froomkin @dfroomkin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We need to stop reaffirming that we don't expect Trump administration figures to face legal accountability for their misdeeds. Expectations produce reality. We need to start creating the expectation that they in fact will—indeed, must—face legal accountability. 25115
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialNayna Gupta @naynagupta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I am here in Congress as Democratic Senators prepare to hear live testimony from those hit hardest by the Trump admin’s delegalization campaign—the largest effort in US history to strip protections and status from immigrants, many who have lived here for years. Over 1 million are already impacted. 218346
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The main reason you haven’t heard about campus sexual violence in a few years is because Trump and SCOTUS have made it much, much harder for survivors to come forward. You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost. 31878638
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialSherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t. 38591582864
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Klobuchar has Schmitt dead to rights: "The game in fact was in Maryland. For a senator to have false information & imply, based on confusion about name of a team, that you were in another city & somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia & call you a 'dirtbag' deserves an apology" 20671391513
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We desperately need a truth and reconciliation commission. It’s not simply about accountability, which may be stymied by Trump pardons. It’s about fully understanding and processing how far we fell as a nation, accepting that we put our faith in the wrong people, and knowing to never do it again. 512947
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialDavid Froomkin @dfroomkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Beyond Neoliberal Administration," my forthcoming chapter in Building Democratic Capacity (Cambridge University Press, edited by @blakeprof.bsky.social, @joshuamacey.bsky.social, @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social, and Bijal Shah, forthcoming 2027), is now posted to SSRN. papers.ssrn.com/abstract=752... 32515
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 3024161513
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026WATCH: “They’re trying to put a Christian mask on these ideas.” As J.D. Vance’s pimp Peter Thiel brings his secretive Antichrist lectures to NASHVILLE, here’s Gil Duran telling @chrislhayes the tech oligarchs are really “computer-worshipping satanists who don’t believe in God” using Christianity 29536210
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026In honor of Don Jr's new Russian benefactor, @lolgop.bsky.social and I are bringing back our Ball of Threads. emptywheel.net/2026/09/21/i...emptywheel.net"If It's What You Say I Love It," Especially If You Bring Ball of Thread Back - emptywheelIn honor of Don Jr's new Russian benefactor, LOLGOP and I are re-releasing our Ball of Threads series. 524476
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialAmanda Weiss @amandaweiss.bsky.social · 18/09/2026🚨 New Working Paper! 🚨 Do voters *like* local prisons? Are prisons that good for the economy? After years of data collection (+ using a novel estimator?!), @nottone & I find new prisons: • Reduce Republican incumbent vote shares 1-3pp • Decrease per cap. incomes >$2,500 osf.io/dnwke 🧵👇 23015
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A billionaire dictator who'll lose everything if the opposition replaces him on Jan. 20, 2029 is stockpiling killer drones and high-powered rifles on towering monuments and ballroom roofs I'm sure it's nothing to worry about 1193079905
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.social🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people 16886282302
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026NYT: “Two men deported to Equatorial Guinea by the Trump administration were hooded, bound, beaten with guns and shoved down a flight of stairs recently by police officers at a remote hotel where immigrants are being held indefinitely.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/w... 28504286
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Interesting thread about FAKE Natalie Harp photo. 920359
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 17/09/2026So while you're thinking about a super human, super "intelligent" alien being killing you, here's what's really happening. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...abc.net.auDoctor forced to apologise after AI makes 'scary' error about illegal drugsArtificial Intelligence is listening to many people's medical appointments, but it is not always hearing things correctly. 10414186
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026THE RETURN OF RUSSIAGATE: “There’s an expression known by everyone in Russia - ‘the only thing that’s free is the cheese in the mousetrap’… why is it always Russia?” (TLDR: Russia was never a hoax.) www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-return... 912575903
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026One item in my Heads Up News newsletter is about a Washington Post article that contained alarming news but was written like a fluffy feature. www.headsupnews.org/i/216040109/... 45322
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialandykimnj.bsky.social @andykimnj.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Stop calling this a DC makeover. This is an illegal desecration of our capital and a huge waste of American families’ money. DC is sacred ground, and we shouldn’t minimize the real damage being done. 292119504
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The SCOTUS ruling today prevents the USPS from not delivering ballots based on directives from the Trump admin. BUT, the late postmarks issue remains. To make sure your ballot gets counted, return it early and, even better if you can, drop it off in an official ballot dropbox to ensure it’s on time. 6257133
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialDavid Froomkin @dfroomkin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I'm still not sure I would advise voters to cast mail ballots if they have an alternative. The Court may have done the right thing today, but we don't know whether the executive branch will follow the law. 6368
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialDean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The NYT lies for Trump, again www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol... Contrary to the NYT headline, Trump didn't pledge his followers to vote for him; he pledged his followers to cheat for him (literally).nytimes.comVideo: Trump Has Crowd Pledge Their Allegiance to Him and to VotePresident Trump closed the Republican convention by having the crowd pledge an oath to him. Vice President JD Vance cast Democrats as the “party of hatred.” 24342137
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialChuck the Vampire Slayer 🧛🏻 @sazeracla.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Amazing thread. 🧵 0144
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialChuck the Vampire Slayer 🧛🏻 @sazeracla.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Boosting again, because this is a wonderful thread. 🧵 093
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialDavid Froomkin @dfroomkin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This is why Democrats should be banging on every day about Nuremberg Trials. The more that loyalists anticipate consequences for their compliance, the more likely they are to defect like this. 0189
alisonsk.bsky.social @alisonsk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Just like Russia Russia Russia, demanding Ukraine announce investigations into Biden to get military support from trump 001
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Former OpenAI and Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, who publicly resigned from Anthropic yesterday with a stark warning about AI safety, was interviewed by Anderson Cooper on his show this evening. 2727594
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The next No Kings event will be a big push for early voting. Given all the chaos Trump is creating, the more people vote early the better. www.headsupnews.org/p/the-next-n... NEW on Heads Up Newsheadsupnews.orgThe next No Kings event will be a big push for early votingGiven all the chaos Trump is creating, the more people vote early the better 04822
Reposted by @alisonsk.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I think everyone agrees that we should make a concerted effort to force the media to ask Republicans about Elon Musk. I've been asking people (like Katie Miller) on Xitter but agree you're all better off avoiding the Nazi bar. If you're GOP MoC is getting Elon $ you should ask them, pref publicly 13481141