Reposted by Brendan Boernergwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 10hread the blog folks www.chron.com/culture/arti...chron.comFormer Texas Republican speaker says party’s anti-trans ads are a bustRep. Dade Phelan, the former Republican Texas House speaker, says his party is too focused on transgender people. 07513
Reposted by Brendan Boernerheck @anarchoheck.bsky.social · 13hhaving lived in dallas/houston suburbs, out in rural towns with less than a thousand people, and the middle of austin, people simply do not care about trans people and, furthermore, convincing people that trans people are cool is literally as easy as being a kind and active participant ofa community 527512
Reposted by Brendan BoernerCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14hReflecting Pool liner failed in 85 places after flawed renovation, inspection found wapo.st/4yZroCowapo.stReflecting Pool liner failed in 85 places after flawed renovation, inspection foundThe damage identified by inspectors the contractor commissioned is far more extensive than has been previously reported, a document obtained by The Post shows. 56592204
Reposted by Brendan BoernerJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 16hThis bad boy can fit so many nationalized space companies inside it you wouldn’t believe it 484205671
Reposted by Brendan BoernerBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13htheonion.com/man-who-drin... 795878868
Reposted by Brendan BoernerRandy Au @randyau.com · 13/10/2026I'm dying laughing at how the cat has conformed to her flower shaped bed today 199203853851
Reposted by Brendan BoernerDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Excerpts from Michael Lewis on DOGE (Guardian article). 1. Gavin Kliger, white nationalist, refused to shake hands with the Black IRS staffer who briefed him on privacy issues. Or pay attention. Kliger now has a defense start-up valued at 1.4B thanks to DOGE. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... 5129661362
Reposted by Brendan BoernerClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 14/10/2026after so many years of Civility™️ and Reaching Across the Aisle™️ and Bipartisanship™️, we are so hungry for anyone to just flat-out say “are you a whole-ass criminal y/n, trick question it’s yes and we have proof” right to their faces it hits like ice-cold peppermint schnapps 32510477
Reposted by Brendan BoernerCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Billions of dollars’ worth of contracts predicting oil would fall and the S&P 500 would rise were placed about 15 minutes before Trump announced a U-turn on Iran in a post on Truth Social. CFTC staff began to investigate...then were told to lay off. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...bloomberg.comCFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil TradesChairman’s adviser intervened to take over examination of lucrative bets that were made around Trump reversal on Iran power plant attack. 6526701401
Reposted by Brendan Boernerthe abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I don't know that it makes him presidential material but Ossoff's ability to just be honest about how much of a pile of shit these people really are should be a model to the party. 623529582
Reposted by Brendan BoernerScott Colom @scolom.bsky.social · 14/10/2026She done lost her damn mind. 17378781971
Reposted by Brendan BoernerA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Hard not to notice that Democrats who are doing the best are the ones who are leaving this whole civility-and-norms, we-go-high, we-need-a-strong-Republican-Party bullshit behind and are simply giving Republicans exactly what they all ought to get at all times, which is undisguised contempt. 5554391314
Reposted by Brendan BoernerGreenb3ar @greenb3ar.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Okay the best political ad of the year is here from LA-DSA 123119254351
Reposted by Brendan BoernerThe Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 13/10/2026More damaging revelations about Ken Paxton: A previously unreported New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration where Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn’t his wife on.wsj.com/4yKLe4don.wsj.comMore damaging revelations about Ken Paxton: A previously unreported New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration where Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn’t his wife 16330921174
Reposted by Brendan BoernerChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I spoke a bit about Matthew Shepard over the weekend in person to some folks, but I didn't want to let the anniversary of his death — October 12, 1998 — pass by without giving a moment to him and his memory here. 192851480
Reposted by Brendan Boernerlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 13/10/2026in an alternate universe where storefront space remained cheap and wealthy people were taxed at a sane rate this man is a moderately successful trading card game store manager and outside the handful of shop regulars he subjects to his petty tyrannies he's leaving everyone else well enough alone 1184494528
Reposted by Brendan BoernerRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/10/2026JD Vance running around the country saying he’s fighting health care fraud while his nominee for the senate in TX who he completely supports is partying in Dubai with a guy whole stole over $300 million in health care fraud and gave Paxton $190,000. This is the Republican Party. 17486832963
Reposted by Brendan Boernergainesm.bsky.social @gainesm.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Gift link: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...wsj.comExclusive | Ken Paxton Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Ahead of High-Stakes Texas Senate RaceTrump backed the scandal-plagued Paxton in one of the riskiest bets of the midterms 816851
Reposted by Brendan BoernerAdam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Right-wing online influencers: We can't prove Talarico *didn't* go to a rehab in Ohio NYT: We can, we saw video proof WSJ: Speaking of, we saw video of Paxton partying at the Burj Khalifa with his girlfriend and two men under federal indictment for fraud, one of whom donated to Paxton's campaign 282218584
Reposted by Brendan BoernerRiley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦖 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a T. rex? Tyrant Lizard Queen is for you. 🦖us.macmillan.comTyrant Lizard QueenFrom the author of the beloved The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, an imaginative celebration of T. rex from hatching to adulthoodTyrannosaurus rex is a prehisto... 48036
Reposted by Brendan BoernerFoxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Walked out to check on the herd and found the donkeys fully staffed with chicken jockeys. 842882
Reposted by Brendan BoernerThe Haunted Bookshop @thehauntedbookshop.com · 12/10/2026NEW ARRIVALS are being supervised by the lurking Menander! Ande is starting to approach some visitors. He's discovered that *everybody* loves him. Place your order via 319-337-2996 or infodesk@thehauntedbookshop.com - We ship! Or stop by 219 N Gilbert Street, Iowa City, 11-6 Central Mon-Sat. 1375
Reposted by Brendan BoernerSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 13/10/2026Made in Rhode Island. youtube.com/shorts/kGjqi...youtube.comWorld's first human-crewed seaglider flight: REGENT's electric Viceroy lifts off the waterYouTube video by Interesting Engineering Explains 814833
Reposted by Brendan Boerner@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Hinojosa is "showing voters that Republicans represent heedless, exploitative oligarchs. “It’s 99 percent of us against, like, 15 billionaire dudes and the weak leadership that allows them to get away with whatever they want." Sounds like a winning argument to me. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Republicans Are Worried About Gina Hinojosa. In Texas, I Saw Why. (Gift Article)The Texas Democrat who says the culture wars are over. 319074
Reposted by Brendan Boerner@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Texas Democrat & Candidate for Gov Gina Hinojosa didn't single out Musk here but she's on the right track in calling out the tech bros this way: bsky.app/profile/news... 02710
Reposted by Brendan BoernerJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I think Ds have largely avoided big discussions of Musk because the other messages they're concentrating on our landing so well and you can only concentrate on a few things. But it's worth saying clearly that the GOP is the tool of maintaining Musk's power over American society. 551316377
Reposted by Brendan BoernerEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Conservative columnist @jeffjacoby.bsky.social on Christopher Columbus: jeffjacoby.com/27260/i-used...jeffjacoby.comI used to defend Columbus as 'magnificent.' I don't anymore.IN 1997 I wrote a column for Columbus Day weekend that opened on a smart-alecky note: "Say," I asked, "is it OK to admire Christopher Columbus again?" Ever since the quincentennial of Columbus's first... 1196
Reposted by Brendan BoernerIlhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced. 14774974811677
Reposted by Brendan BoernerAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 12/10/2026Spotted: 266218804748
Reposted by Brendan Boernerc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 12/10/2026The hills are alive with the sounds of '=ᴍᴇᴇᴘ=' 620137
Reposted by Brendan BoernerSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Just thinking about this as the state harasses Ilhan Omar over 40 year old paperwork.washingtonpost.comElon Musk, enemy of ‘open borders,’ launched his career working illegallyInvestors in Musk’s first company worried about “our founder being deported” and gave him a deadline for obtaining a work visa. 13474852568
Reposted by Brendan BoernerRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/10/2026GOP Rep. Tom Kean disappeared for 4 months & missed dozens of votes then finally surfaced, read a 5 minute speech saying he was at a mental health facility, refused to take questions from the press, and MAGA supports his reelection. But the Talarico hoax is career ending. 16950271381
Reposted by Brendan BoernerAnil Dash @anildash.com · 12/10/2026More to the point — people who stayed on the platform don't realize how inured to extremism they've become. They regularly get exposed to trending topics, and amplified content from verified accounts, that they would have recoiled from just a few years ago. I don't miss anything *not* being there. 691239
Reposted by Brendan BoernerAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12/10/2026An important bit of immigration law which is relevant here; there is already a waiver process — Section 212(k) of the INA — by which immigrants who obtain status through fraud that they didn't know about can avoid consequences like losing a green card. So this is *even weaker* than it already seems. 622816864
Reposted by Brendan Boernercapitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Don't forget that David Brooks dined for years with Epstein and his pet scientists at Epstein-funded dinners, then loftily scoffed at New York Times readers for using the phrase "Epstein class". 0447
Reposted by Brendan BoernerTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 12/10/2026If there is good news, it is this: we are at the dawn of an age when no one will care what anyone who let Trump happen says about anything. I kind of think that’s a future worth living for. 131368178
Reposted by Brendan BoernerPatrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026There is absolutely no viable path forward for this country that doesn’t hinge on extreme accountability for everyone involved in this administration. They’re going to whine about politicization and credulous media types will echo them, but the thing is, they’ve committed tons of obvious crimes! 8570461785
Reposted by Brendan BoernerEmily @emilyyour8.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Let's be real, Guilfoyle's crime is not taking bribes. It was getting caught. And being dumb enough send all those texts to Deter. In the Trump admin, crime is assumed. If Guilfoyle wasn't running a pay-for-play scam, she'd probably be the only senior official in the admin who isn't. 018124
Reposted by Brendan BoernerZen Crackpot @bonchance54.bsky.social · 12/10/2026A coordinated message from every one. Not a scolding or speechifying, each candidate opens their rallies by giving us an Elon Musk money dump truck update. "As of today, Elon Musk has spend $--xxx to defeat us." Make him an issue in every race. 1165
Reposted by Brendan BoernerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/10/2026X is the platform of choice for these smears. Musk himself pushed this conspiracy from his own account three times. Democrats need to go to war against Musk because he's already attacking them. He's deeply unpopular. And, as we saw in Wisconsin, voters recoil when he becomes an issue in a race. 512830705
Reposted by Brendan BoernerMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/10/2026off the fucking rails. a rogue government.apnews.comFederal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources sayFederal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter. 16464351558
Reposted by Brendan BoernerDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 11/10/2026The more combative Dems get, the more of this they will run into. It will be a coordinated wave of elite opinion, scolding them, tamping them down. The fight strategy *only* works if they are willing to bull their way through it, blow it off, mock it. (Their history does not raise one's hopes.) 1073016630
Reposted by Brendan BoernerNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center? 677260445528
Reposted by Brendan BoernerJulie Hotard Ph.D., writer, effects of disinfo on social systems @upine.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Speaking of influence on Brexit, and on Trump's 2016 election, everyone should read Mindf*ck by whistleblower Christopher Wylie--not about Russia but about a large billionaire financed social media campaign to achieve goals of getting both things done.. 034
Reposted by Brendan BoernerCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/ 20559312420