Reposted by Aran O’RoeCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 2hIf I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me. 2746321292
Reposted by Aran O’RoeThe Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 08/10/2026Why are center-left Democrats so comfortable going on noted bigot Bill Maher's show?thenation.comDemocrats Have a Bill Maher ProblemEstablishment Democrats obsessing over Hasan Piker’s every move seem to have no issue talking to Maher, despite his decades of open bigotry. 158818
Reposted by Aran O’RoeTruthout @truthout.org · 09/10/2026Last month the Trump administration determined that razing the habitat where endangered or threatened species breed, feed, and shelter would no longer face federal penalties. Hundreds of species are now at risk.buff.lyTrump’s Gutting of the Endangered Species Act Will Imperil Hundreds of SpeciesRazing the habitat of an endangered or threatened species will no longer come with federal penalties. 37544
Reposted by Aran O’RoeTruthout @truthout.org · 08/10/2026FBI Director Kash Patel announced additional charges against ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, alleging that both have committed crimes relating to torture. Much of the evidence against Maduro relies on witness statements from less-than-reputable sources.buff.lyFBI Adds Torture Charges Against Maduro as US Faces Questions Over Its AbusesNew torture charges against Maduro come as the US faces scrutiny over its treatment of migrants. 42915
Reposted by Aran O’RoeTruthout @truthout.org · 08/10/2026Van Hollen: “The American people deserve answers about what’s happening in the West Bank, especially when it comes to the killing of American citizens. It’s unacceptable that Ambassador Huckabee’s point person is participating in a cover-up about these killings.”buff.lyUS Embassy Aide Suppressed Report on Israeli Killings of Americans in West BankDavid Milstein, top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee, has wielded enormous power in US-Israel policy decisions. 28746
Reposted by Aran O’RoeKeri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026In a hearing this morning, the state said it couldn't answer questions about whether it would try to execute her again: 1215242
Reposted by Aran O’RoeRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?bbc.comParamount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood mergerThe merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition 674147335986
Reposted by Aran O’RoeRoger @arbejdsmyren.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In Denmark a scientist plotted data and research findings into Claude, only to see Anthropic publish the findings as something the LLM had conjured up on its own. The theft of one scientist’s data and work translates into false claims about the model’s ability to generate research #ai #eupol 6239124
Reposted by Aran O’RoeThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026🔥 "An unimaginable position to hold. Stop this right now." @timmiller.bsky.social calls out Democrats like @repbillfoster.bsky.social & Sen. @cortezmasto.senate.gov who appear ready to let Trump's corporate allies get away with corruption🧐. #BananaRepublic 🍌 Full: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZjK... 17396130
Reposted by Aran O’RoeJohn Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 06/10/2026There’s no such thing as “free” parking. Space for car storage has value, and when cities pay that cost, revenue is lost that could be used for other things. 1194
Reposted by Aran O’RoeRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026If Democrats want to regain working people, they must disavow Big Money. They must hammer economic populism — and have a laser focus on the cost of living crisis in America. There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests. 631417469
Reposted by Aran O’RoeOB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026City Council is trying to enshrine free parking at Mission Bay and other beach areas. This is a mistake, not only does it cut off an important source of much needed funds for the park which is struggling just to keep bathrooms open, the free parking is misused making it unavailable to park goers. 1205
Reposted by Aran O’RoeProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026NEW: The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. We’ve found more than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint.projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati... 6027691581
Reposted by Aran O’RoeLouiseMorris @louisemorris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026If you are in Tasmania you must stop in and top up at the Richmond Reading Room cafe. They don't like divisive types who spread hate in the community - we love them! pulsetasmania.com.au/news/richmon...pulsetasmania.com.auRichmond coffee shop publicly shuns One Nation state leader over political beliefsLee Hanson says she has been a regular at the shop since it opened… 79724
Reposted by Aran O’RoeJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A goal of this administration being achieved: “American pre-tax corporate earnings have grown by $1.2trn, or 30%. … And yet taxes on corporate profits have collapsed.” www.economist.com/finance-and-... h/t @talsmith.bsky.social 9479225
Reposted by Aran O’RoeThe Lever @levernews.com · 04/10/2026Read the full article: www.levernews.com/bulwark-neoc...levernews.comIt’s Not A Bulwark. It’s A Plot.The former GOP operatives behind The Bulwark helped sell Democrats a losing strategy. Now they’re positioning themselves to shape the party’s 2028 nominee. 02110
Reposted by Aran O’RoeRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026We’ve seen that American capitalism is one of the harshest forms of capitalism on the planet. How did it get so bad? 651596573
Reposted by Aran O’RoeThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A 🧵 fact-checking the IDF claim about journalists they murdered in Gaza being terrorists: x.com/muhammadsheh... 22501227
Reposted by Aran O’RoeMr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comA Reckoning in SpringfieldA truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become. 37353461838
Reposted by Aran O’RoeBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars. Even if those cars are electric. And then there’s all the parking. OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc. Choices. Simple. 9414161
Reposted by Aran O’RoeThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This part 10142381177
Reposted by Aran O’RoeEvan Simko-Bednarski @simko-bednarski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Trump’s “high and unpredictable tariff rates” on specialized components that have to be imported to the U.S. have driven up the cost of building a subway car by 27.9% since August 2025, according to Jesse Lazarus, head of the MTA’s rolling stock program.nydailynews.comTrump tariffs will add $1 billion to cost of new NYC subways, trains and buses: MTATrump’s “high and unpredictable tariff rates” on specialized components that have to be imported to the U.S. have driven up the cost of building a subway car by 27.9% since August 2025, according to J... 02014
Reposted by Aran O’RoeThe Overhead Wire @theoverheadwire.com · 30/09/2026Wednesday's Most Read # 2 - Rising Gas Prices Are Punishing Household Finances. Policymakers Should Invest in Transit to Reduce Household Costs. link.theoverheadwire.com/mvjfu Urban Institute @yonahfreemark.comlink.theoverheadwire.comRising Gas Prices Are Punishing Household Finances. Policymakers Should Invest in Transit to Reduce Household Costs.Amid months of rising gas prices, a typical driver now spends $65 more on fuel each month today than they did a year ago. 0132
Reposted by Aran O’RoeMother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026John Roberts has spent his entire career trying to kill the Voting Rights Act. Now his Republican-appointed majority is dusting off arguments once used to destroy Reconstruction to roll back the gains made during the civil rights era. Our latest cover story: tinyurl.com/3m6nawpj 715566
Reposted by Aran O’RoeSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21275922511
Reposted by Aran O’RoeKevin @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Democrats haven't openly hated their opposition like this in a while and God it's hot 1047168
Reposted by Aran O’RoeAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I'm profoundly against this depraved record and want to do the exact opposite: pass Medicare for All.metrotimes.comMike Rogers voted against children’s health coverage over and over - Detroit Metro TimesMike Rogers repeatedly voted against efforts to expand health insurance for children of working families. 14585512843
Reposted by Aran O’RoeAIPAC Tracker @trackaipac.com · 30/09/202646 Democratic Senators and Rand Paul voted in favor of S.Res.852 to hold Israel accountable for human rights abuses and the murder of American citizens in the West Bank. 50 Republican senators and John Fetterman opposed the resolution. 35730
Reposted by Aran O’RoeAIPAC Tracker @trackaipac.com · 29/09/2026URGENT: CALL YOUR SENATORS! The Senate is expected to vote today on S.Res.852, led by Sen. Chris Van Hollen, which demands an a U.S. State Department investigation into human rights abuses in the West Bank. At least 9 American citizens have been killed since 2022 with no accountability. 16434
Reposted by Aran O’Roenick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays. 6453302135
Reposted by Aran O’RoeAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Cornell University treating Gaza protestors more harshly than gang rapists is a real statement of values. It’s almost like violent domination by the powerful is the core belief of leadership. 191821548
Reposted by Aran O’RoeKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/09/2026Israel engaged in the demolition of a city with families still inside the buildings. Real life horror. 2267124
Reposted by Aran O’RoeKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026Every three weeks it’s like but white supremacists who mostly care about testosterone and killing minorities were supposed to fix the economy 231930457
Reposted by Aran O’RoeProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026At least 79 kids have been harmed by tear gas or pepper spray during Trump’s immigration crackdown. In most cases, they were going about their days when officers shot chemical munitions near their homes and schools and into their cars. (Published May)propublica.orgKids Are Being Harmed by Tear Gas, Pepper Spray Under Trump. There Could Be Long-Term Consequences.In several cities, judges have chastised federal immigration officers, saying they used excessive force. One former DHS leader called ProPublica’s findings a “bright red flag.” 601359795
Reposted by Aran O’RoeAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Donald Trump is not himself the disease of our politics. He’s just the worst symptom. The disease is the system that allows corporations to buy and sell politicians so they can rig it against the rest of us. Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All. 20359961812
Reposted by Aran O’RoeAIPAC Tracker @trackaipac.com · 27/09/2026This photograph of a football match in Gaza by Palestinian photographer Jehad Alshrafi was removed from the Deauville Sport Images Festival in France last month following a pressure campaign from the Israeli government: 610374
Reposted by Aran O’RoeThe Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 26/09/2026Despite being embroiled in scandal, the Maine senator is benefiting from Democratic Party divisions.thenation.comSusan Collins Is Corrupt. She Still Might Be Reelected.Despite being embroiled in scandal, the Maine senator is benefiting from Democratic Party divisions. 305732
Reposted by Aran O’RoeCNN @cnn.com · 26/09/2026A data breach of the Pentagon's vast HR system has exposed Social Security numbers and other personal information of current and former military personnel, raising counterintelligence concerns among national security experts. cnn.it/3VwCAaU 24204124
Reposted by Aran O’RoeProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. (Published Feb. 2025)propublica.orgTexas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban. 361156589
Reposted by Aran O’RoeJoaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Pedro Mendoza Chavez was caught up in ICE’s dragnet in San Antonio, leaving him hospitalized with a head injury that required stitches. His wife has no idea where he is and has not been able to speak with him. My office is in contact with his family, and we will continue monitoring his case. 11233120
Reposted by Aran O’RoeRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal and his government has committed genocide in Gaza. The United States should stop all military assistance to Israel. Saying this is not antisemitic. (I’m Jewish, by the way.) 28984882249
Reposted by Aran O’RoeKen Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I live in an Idaho-adjacent state and am now following this story with interest. It would be very funny if Bsky could help get a non-Republican elected to the Senate from Idaho. 311349164
Reposted by Aran O’RoeCharles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The majority of the world's genocide scholars agree that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Scores of top human rights organizations, including B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel, agree Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. 714465
Reposted by Aran O’RoeBrian Larsen @lanewinree.com · 24/09/2026Fuck ICE. Just donated. If you can, get in on this fellow Sounders fans. 111275573
Reposted by Aran O’RoeQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 23/09/2026EIon Musk’s Wealth 2009: $.6B 2026: $984B Jeff Bezos’s Wealth 2009: $6B 2026: $370B Mark Zuckerberg’s Wealth 2009: $.6B 2026: $256B Federal Minimum Wage 2009: $7.25 2023: $7.25 Billionaire tax rate: 8.2% Worker tax rate: 13% Pay workers. Tax & Abolish Billionaires. Save our economy & country. 14249472220
Reposted by Aran O’RoeJordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 22/09/2026And if we raise $1 million... www.instagram.com/linking/fund... 513319
Reposted by Aran O’RoeWill cycles slower than you 🇿🇦🇬🇧🏳️⚧️ @williamnb.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026One for all those BuT hOsPiTaL pArKiNg ShOuLd Be FrEe people: the free parking at this hospital removed £10 million from being spent on patient care. 46223
Reposted by Aran O’RoeAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.apnews.comAP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal ordersU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an... 18845982953
