Reposted by ArkLAErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Every single one of us thinks cancel-worthy things now and again. The great news is you never have to say those things out loud. Those are inside your head things. 941535
Reposted by ArkLAJust Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Not a much better illustration of how stupid the American public is that Joe Biden had a lower approval rating in his fourth year in office than did Donald Trump. I know there was a major political technology campaign by the fossil fuel industry and other fascists, but still crazy it worked so well 2122
Reposted by ArkLAChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 15/07/2026Your reminder that the German legal academy did not merely go along with the Nazis. Leading legal theorists provided the intellectual and legal scaffolding for dismantling the democratic institutions of the Weimar Republic, and they actively aided the Nazis in pushing völkische Rechtslehre. 420855
Reposted by ArkLAhellresidentNY 🖤 @hellresidentny.blacksky.app · 15/07/2026Always and without fail. 216485
Reposted by ArkLAPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Trump last night: Praises Putin to the New York Times and promises to bully Ukraine (again) into handing over more land and people to Russia. Putin last night: 11422181
Reposted by ArkLAClaudia Sahm @claudia-sahm.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Project 2025 is coming to the Fed. What could possibly go wrong? 817846
Reposted by ArkLAEdwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 12/12/2025Note to Europe: whatever Trump touches he destroys. Stay away from his council for your own sake as well as ours! 05416
Reposted by ArkLASchmeh von Gestern @schmehvongestern.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Two German sociologists just wrote a book on that joy of destruction: "Zerstörungslust". Their publisher writes: "The authors conclude that Trump, Musk, Weidel and their followers are all about the destruction of the world as a last, desperate attempt to save themselves from being crushed by it." 424552
Reposted by ArkLAChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 14/12/2025Now look at CBS. Installing Bari Weiss to run a news division isn’t a "pivot to the center." It is a deliberate hollowing out. Take a legacy institution, gut its standards, wear its skin like a suit. They don’t want CBS's credibility; they want to destroy the idea that credible news exists at all. 193116530
Reposted by ArkLAPost-Left Watch @postleftwatch.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Just such an asshole move to see a beloved Hollywood icon murdered, and your first thought is "How can I use this to defend Russia?" 69520
Reposted by ArkLAWTFGOP a.k.a on Twitter @Doggintrump @wtfgop.bsky.social · 10/12/2025So the U.S. is now STEALING oil which means we've become the pirates Stop the earth, I want to get off 314927
Reposted by ArkLAAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 11/12/2025If the US can seize a Venezuelan tanker carrying sanctioned oil, then can other tankers in other places, say the Baltic or the Black Sea, also be seized? 1802508646
Reposted by ArkLABill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Democrats would be crazy not to make this comment super-famous tomorrow when the Senate debates health care. Republicans don’t want you to be cared for as a patient when you’re sick. They think of you as a “consumer”—and tough luck if you don’t have the money for the care you need. 1132534799
Reposted by ArkLALibrary of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 24/09/2025On this day in 1957, U.S. Army troops escorted the Little Rock Nine to Central High School in Arkansas. Less well known—in August 1958 all the city's high schools were closed for a year to resist integration. Students learned through televised lessons, as shown in these photos. 415173
Reposted by ArkLAProPublica @propublica.org · 19/09/2025After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison. They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.propublica.orgDOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U... 20568338
Reposted by ArkLAwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Photographer Pennie Smith, The Clash, 1979, used for the 'London Calling' album cover art and voted best rock 'n' roll image #womensart 0781132
Reposted by ArkLAAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 15/09/2025I am just going to keep posting that the TX governor recently pardoned a political murderer. The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial. Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.texastribune.orgGov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, veteran who killed police brutality protester in 2020A Travis County jury sentenced Perry to 25 years in prison last year, prompting Abbott to ask the state parole board to review his case. 9981753970
Reposted by ArkLANY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 15/09/2025JD Vance is doing the Reichstag Fire the right way. by Ezra Klein 8674181405
Reposted by ArkLAAlfonso @aadriasola.bsky.social · 14/09/2025how much water under the bridge is needed to get away with crime, is there a chart somewhere 21056
Reposted by ArkLAPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13/09/2025This is an amazing excellent analogy. Civility in the service of evil is hollow. 281637386
Reposted by ArkLAShangalar @shangalartheblack.bsky.social · 13/09/2025People need to grasp the fact that the median Republican voter would rather a trans person die than have to see them in public. 0293
Reposted by ArkLANick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 11/09/2025EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Attacked Boat Near Venezuela Multiple Times to Kill Survivors American officials said the repeat drone strikes were carried out by Special Operations Command, and more attacks could come soon. theintercept.com/2025/09/10/u...theintercept.comU.S. Attacked Boat Near Venezuela Multiple Times to Kill SurvivorsAmerican officials said the repeat drone strikes were carried out by Special Forces, and more attacks could come soon. 681294689
Reposted by ArkLALorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 11/09/2025The student who died from the Colorado mass shooting has been confirmed to be the suspect. www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...cbsnews.com2 hospitalized in Colorado, suspect dead after Evergreen High School shootingAuthorities said a male student opened fire with a handgun Wednesday at Evergreen High School, wounding two students, before fatally shooting himself, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Offic... 815061
Reposted by ArkLADon Sutherland @donsutherland1.bsky.social · 28/08/2025This is an example of bad political priorities. The plant employs just 500 workers. Yet, it is estimated that the proposed SEPTA reductions could result in a loss of 76,700 regional jobs, $6 billion in lost wages, and $674 million in lost annual state and local tax revenue. 0211
Reposted by ArkLAEdwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 26/08/2025I was a Chicago alderman. Many of my colleagues & a number of our governors went to jail. I know the type- focused on power & personal gain. For years, Trump mixed in that world here, too. Now he's even worse- a crooked pol on steroids with his own personal army. open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...open.substack.comChicago knows Donald Trump- he's like a crooked alderman on steroidsTrump has a sordid history with Chicago. Pardoning criminals is just a part of it. 215443
Reposted by ArkLAMatt Campbell @bluehogreport.bsky.social · 26/08/2025In the upcoming magazine, @rhettybe.bsky.social has a great piece about the Arkansas-Arkansas State game perhaps being the Hogs' last game ever at War Memorial. To keep it as timely as possible, you can already read it online. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...arktimes.comThe war for War Memorial - Arkansas TimesCould the Razorbacks’ long-awaited matchup versus Arkansas State be the team’s last game in Little Rock? 065
Reposted by ArkLAMalcolm P. Johnson @admiralmpj.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Elections have consequences. Unless you're black, then Alabama apparently has the right to make you do the election over again, and make you wait to take your rightful place: apnews.com/article/alab...apnews.comAlabama town's first Black mayor, who had been locked out of office, wins electionThe first Black mayor of an Alabama town has won election by a landslide, four years after he ran unopposed and white residents locked him out of the town hall. 16422
Reposted by ArkLAMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 27/08/2025Very illuminating clip here: Los Angeles City Councilmember Imelda Padilla criticizes SB 79 because it limits local elected officials’ power to block new housing, then @jonlovett.bsky.social reminds her that we have a massive housing shortage that is strangling our state’s growth. 619838
Reposted by ArkLAMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 27/08/2025Here’s the clip of CM Padilla bragging about reducing the size of a 100% affordable housing project in her district and increasing the amount of parking while arguing against the transit oriented upzoning bill SB 79. (ED 1 is an affordable housing program in LA.) 52833136
Reposted by ArkLAjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/08/2025Put another way, it's as if someone made a real life version of AI-slop in an effort to align reality with the slop. 472674177
Reposted by ArkLAjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/08/2025ever notice how rfk’s head is crooked? 4193094257
ArkLA @arkla.bsky.social · 27/08/2025This. Pundits *and*citizens are lazy and vulnerable to fear propaganda and tend to accept premises rather than push back on claims of crime without providing any context or perspective. It’s a gun lobby / project 2025 authoritarian effort. @jamellebouie.net 010
Reposted by ArkLAjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/08/2025the other thing is that this is so easy to predict and the only reason so many of our pundits have a hard time with it is because they have fully bought the idea that Trump is some pure representation of what the Volk wants. 341883138
Reposted by ArkLAJust Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Good news, Goldman Sachs is forecasting that U.S. Brent crude oil price will drop to the low $50's in 2026! If we can actually drive oil prices this low next year by reducing demand enough and keep it that low for about a year, that should drive about half of our small-scale oil companies bankrupt! 032
Reposted by ArkLA🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 25/08/2025For anybody who thinks any of this is new, this isn't even Trump's first attempt to try to prosecute Bolton.nypost.comHow John Bolton’s controversial 2020 memoir sparked first federal probe of ex-Trump national security adviserThe book, “The Room Where It Happened,” was released in June 2020 following a prolonged review by the White House National Security Council that delayed publication. 26716
Reposted by ArkLAKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 24/08/2025I just cannot imagine Cuomo or Adams getting this many people, especially people 40 and under, on a beautiful summer Sunday afternoon to do a scavenger hunts accessible by public transit 372342395
Reposted by ArkLAMarco Foster @marcofoster.bsky.social · 21/08/2025George Conway on Donald Trump: “This man is an adjudicated sexual abuser. Found liable for something that most people, as the judge said three times, consider rape. There is no bottom with him.” 402322500
Reposted by ArkLAjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/08/2025why does this guy look like he wants to teardown toon town? 1734328389
Reposted by ArkLA🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 22/08/2025whatever you think about newsom or redistricting, putting it to a vote is still significantly more small-d democratic than anything happening in texas 15620108
Reposted by ArkLAProPublica @propublica.org · 22/08/2025In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned. Here's a list of those exempted drugs.propublica.orgThe FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe... 20379191
Reposted by ArkLANot Your Negress @notyournegro.blacksky.app · 22/08/2025I guess folks didn’t read Project 2025. 48036
Reposted by ArkLAEmber @ember-energy.org · 21/08/2025Batteries and solar are fast becoming the backbone of a clean, flexible power system🔋☀️ In our #GER2025, we saw California batteries supplied ~20% of evening peak demand in June 2024, displacing gas. Fast forward to today: they’re now averaging 28% ⚡ ember-energy.org/lat... 47226
Reposted by ArkLAmrspanstreppon @jamiepeppard.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Bannon & Guo's 501c4, Rule of Law Society is req'd to file audited financials w the NYS Charity Bureau. 142
Reposted by ArkLAMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 19/08/2025The regime is laying the groundwork to kill Americans who oppose them. Everything they’re do is a step towards ending freedom of speech and competitive elections. 12461152
Reposted by ArkLAMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17/08/2025A simpler, less pathetically euphemistic way to describe “detention space” is “concentration camps.” This is a map of planned concentration camps. In 🇺🇸. 411055
Reposted by ArkLAcapitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 17/08/2025This is an interesting quote in light of Trump's using claims of antisemitism for bad-faith attacks on universities. 373
Reposted by ArkLAKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Breaking WaPo: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is living for free in a military home typically reserved for the U.S. Coast Guard's top admiral. The highly unusual arrangement has raised concern from officials, who describe it as a waste of military resources. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comKristi Noem is living free of charge in Coast Guard commandant’s homeA DHS spokesman said Noem must live on the military base because she had been “so horribly doxxed and targeted that she is no longer able to safely live in her own apartment.” 43638751812
Reposted by ArkLAJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 17/08/2025I’m gonna say armed troops from red states descending on a blue city is just a few inches — or maybe one exchange of gunfire — short of a civil war’s opening stages. 30673702145