Reposted by BBoo FridgersReconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 2hMass politics without mass membership 321511
Reposted by BBoo FridgersWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 4hI do think this should put some of the hand-wringing over the uniquely sinful American electorate, uniquely feckless institutions, etc in perspective. The truth is that there is a large trans-national constituency of people who actively want this. They aren’t deceived. They want this. 331394222
Reposted by BBoo FridgersJohn Harden @giantspecks.bsky.social · 5hI have to share this excellent Pitchfork piece that re-appraises Enya. pitchfork.com/features/art...pitchfork.comEnya Is EverywhereHow the unlikely star became a phenomenon hidden in pop-cultural plain sight, influencing a generation of groundbreaking artists. 112032
Reposted by BBoo FridgersInnsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 12hPeople will roll their eyes at this over the combination of The Atlantic and the "well well if it isn't the consequences of my vote" genre but it's good that he feels this kind of shame, that's how a human should feel and Trump's power is built on people with no remaining capacity for it 2620105
Reposted by BBoo FridgersDerek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social · 12hI don't think the NYT's polling is saying the same thing about Iowa GOV as it is about Texas, imo. In Iowa there's a pretty clear gap, whereas Texas and the others seem like a tossups. Put it this way: I would be more surprised if Hinojosa won than if Sand did. 121
Reposted by BBoo FridgersDigital Diogenes @digital-diogenes.bsky.social · 13hapnews.com/article/memp...apnews.comAutopsy shows Tennessee National Guard fatally shot 20-year-old armed man in the backAn autopsy shows that an armed man killed by the Tennessee National Guard was shot in the back. The report that Tyrin Johnson’s family shared with The Associated Press on Thursday contradicts accounts... 215155
Reposted by BBoo FridgersTim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 12hif Hinojosa ends up at 49%, win or lose would be one of the most impressive campaigns this...decade? maybe longer. and would also pose some pretty big questions for the party orgs and donors. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...nytimes.comDemocrats Lead Governor Races Deep in Republican Territory, Polls ShowDemocratic advantages in the races for governor in Texas, Iowa, Ohio and Alaska reflect deep unhappiness with President Trump and the economy. A Republican leads in Kansas. 1436
Reposted by BBoo FridgersYour Friend Temporary Southerner @trt311.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Let us pray 1121
Reposted by BBoo Fridgersthe abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Hinojosa would be the most consequential D upset of this century 922727
Reposted by BBoo FridgersChristopher Brown @christopherbrown.bsky.social · 04/10/2026We were there today as well for the bday, and similarly did our part to keep the lights on. Austin’s Alienated Majesty is one of the best-curated bookstores I have ever had the good fortune to get my brain food from, and run & staffed by really exceptional people alienatedmajestybooks.compalienatedmajestybooks.comp 0166
Reposted by BBoo FridgersDhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.socialwired.comICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir DatabaseDHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say. 12629711771
Reposted by BBoo FridgersDefector @defector.com · 03/10/2026Nation of bondholders: defector.com/nation-of-bo...defector.comNation Of Bondholders | DefectorIt turns out you can trace America’s 2008 financial crash, in a roundabout way, to 18th-century Prussia. The Seven Years’ War left the kingdom in financial shambles: Just to afford the fighting,… 0163
Reposted by BBoo FridgersSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 30/09/2026Tonight, 47 Senators supported my resolution to get accountability for the 9 Americans killed on the West Bank & for Palestinians who face injustices daily. That's more support than we've ever had in this fight. Republicans blocked us, but we won't stop until we get justice. 291909389
Reposted by BBoo Fridgersautumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026finally, a good threads post 122417252
Reposted by BBoo FridgersYour Friend Temporary Southerner @trt311.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Ok Andy! This proves that 1. Talarico is a coward for his shitty answer on this. To a much lesser extent so is Hinojosa 2. Amy Acton and Marcy Kaptur just hate trans people. 3. No Democrat anywhere needs to run a single anti trans ad and can just say “trans people deserve civil rights” 07321
Reposted by BBoo FridgersEric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 26/09/2026bait used to be believable 2211
Reposted by BBoo FridgersSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Ha ha that’s gross and should make everyone uncomfortable, anyway, Rahm presided over a Chicago police black site, lied about what it was and then I sued the Chicago police for its records that proved it:theguardian.comHoman Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 peopleExclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’ 9147841745
Reposted by BBoo FridgersInnsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is all right-wing politics is now, a guy who's killed tens of thousands of children complaining about podcasters 22965565
Reposted by BBoo FridgersMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house. 684249135522
Reposted by BBoo FridgersBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Here's a neat thing! My mom retired after 25+ as a children's librarian at public libraries yesterday. (It was very cool! Hundreds of former Story Hour kids arrived, some as adults!) I let Ed Markey's office know in case they wanted to send a nice email back and they sent this! He's still got it! 2778129995
Reposted by BBoo FridgersJessica Shortall @jessicashortall.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Texas 2024 Trump voters on Ken Paxton. 2247668
Reposted by BBoo FridgersGrits for Breakfast @gritsforbreakfast.bsky.social · 23/09/2026When John Whitmire was chair of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, he openly admitted he opposed air conditioning bc he wanted inmates to suffer and saw the heat as part of the punishment. He explicitly, overtly, even brashly valued maximizing cruelty over adequately staffing the prisons.chron.comHow Houston Mayor John Whitmire kept Texas prisons hot as 'living hell'"The real solution is don't commit a crime, and you stay at home and be cool." 143
Reposted by BBoo FridgersGrits for Breakfast @gritsforbreakfast.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Puerto Rico has more residents than than Wyoming, Alaska, and North and South Dakota combined. 1113
Reposted by BBoo FridgersMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026ProPublica got the literal check Collins was bribed with. 8443471335
Reposted by BBoo FridgersMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 23/09/2026This is the Platonic ideal of a Chuck Marohn housing post. 717510
Reposted by BBoo FridgersFree DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 22/09/2026DoorDash seems to not care that ICE agents are shooting their workers while they on the job. Community members are the ones who have gotten Wilber medical attention in detention and legal support — without a single shred of help from this multibillion dollar corporation profiting off his labor. 5426170
Reposted by BBoo Fridgersaaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 22/09/2026May 2025: DoorDash spends $1 million to stop a democratic socialist from winning the mayoralty September 2026: DoorDash reaches a $131.5 million settlement with NYC's democratic socialist administration and admits to massive wage theft This is what's possible when you vote DSA 14216
Reposted by BBoo Fridgersgwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Has DoorDash said anything about how one of their workers was shot by ICE in Austin 510717
Reposted by BBoo FridgersKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"We're uprooting fraud by getting rid of these freeloaders who keep paying into the system without taking anything back out" Genius. 1652600565
Reposted by BBoo FridgersJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Here’s a funny new version of th crowding-out argument. In the old days, we were told fiscal tightening was needed to solve the problem of weak private investment. Now, we are told tightening is needed because private investment is so strong. Austerity: always the answer! www.ft.com/content/d96c... 620753
Reposted by BBoo FridgersWaschesalon Grammy Campaign Manager @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 22/09/2026there is also an increasing body of evidence that in Texas, It's Not Just Talarico. Republicans are suddenly visibly panicking about districts and states Trump won by 10, 15, 20 31219
Reposted by BBoo Fridgerse.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 22/09/2026can't help but wonder how much of "data center bad" is just a sublimated version of "algorithmic mediation of social interaction bad" 13655
Reposted by BBoo FridgersCongressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Thanks to the community speaking up, Wilber has left the detention center to get medical care. This is important news & a positive first step. Now, we have to make sure he fully recovers, is reunited with family, & gets to tell law enforcement the full story of how he was shot in the back by ICE. 271568484
Reposted by BBoo FridgersJ@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“I don’t believe that’s real” Greg Abbott does lol, I just got this 1258
Reposted by BBoo FridgersNathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026One funny thing about leaving twitter for so long is a lot of people think my career is over because they don't see me in their timeline lol. Its kind of fun how many of the worst people don't have object permanence. 3626
Reposted by BBoo FridgersMatt Largey @mattlargey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The man shot by ICE in Austin on Sunday says the bullet is still in his back and he's not gotten medical care. www.kut.org/austin/2026-...kut.orgMan shot by ICE in Austin says he has a bullet lodged in his back and was denied medical careThe shooting happened Sunday afternoon near Anderson Square and U.S. 183. The man's lawyer says he has been released from the hospital into ICE custody. 169
Reposted by BBoo FridgersChris ❤️🔥🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 🏴 @brutumfulmen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This happened less than 5 minutes’ drive from where I am sitting right now and it terrifies me. I’m not scared for myself; I’ll be fine. I’m PETRIFIED for my neighbors, and I don’t know how I can protect them. 0288
Reposted by BBoo FridgersRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Christ, these people are monsters. Just monsters. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... 13153731943
Reposted by BBoo FridgersImmigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026New book by IEHS member Ruth Wasem: The Struggle for Fairness: Forging the Immigration Act of 1965 @degruyterbrill.bsky.social www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... 21212
Reposted by BBoo FridgersBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026ngl I was stunned by this article's cite to a study showing that 5.4 million children & teens in the US have family caregiving responsibilities @jessicacalarco.com has done lotsa interesting work on how the US uses women in lieu of a social safety net but I had no idea how much labor falls on..kids 401232437
Reposted by BBoo FridgersTevita ‘Uhatafe @tevitauhatafe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Another unarmed victim shot by ICE agents in Austin today. The Austin Mayor and Rep Greg Cesar are calling for an independent investigation, which would be conducted by Austin PD and Texas Rangers. Something tells me we won’t get any justice, just like we haven’t gotten justice in Houston. 1146
Reposted by BBoo FridgersCongressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026My message to folks speaking out about ICE’s shooting of a man in Austin today: 917456
Reposted by BBoo FridgersTevita ‘Uhatafe @tevitauhatafe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Protesters took over the intersection where the ICE shooting occurred. Austin politicians are having a separate news conference no where near the crime scene. 🎥: IG @greg.j.stoker 0104
Reposted by BBoo FridgersWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Why do we need ICE? Abolish ICE should be a litmus for any candidate moving forward. 1754878995
Reposted by BBoo FridgersAmerican Gateways @americangateways.bsky.social · 21/09/2026We demand a full, independent investigation, the immediate release of all body camera footage, and accountability for any officer who used unlawful force." — Edna Yang, Co-Executive Director, American Gateways 053
Reposted by BBoo FridgersGIFFORDS @giffords.org · 20/09/2026Another horrific shooting by an ICE officer, this time in Austin, Texas. As we await more information, we know that our communities deserve to feel save without such needless violence. We demand an independent investigation now.cnn.comMan shot and wounded in ICE shooting in Austin, Texas, city officials say | CNNA federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and injured a man Sunday in Austin, Texas, city officials confirmed. 8254168
