Reposted by BillBendaLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 10h“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books 253205176042
Reposted by BillBendaEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 14hTurning state violence into a public spectacle is a very fascist move BTW. 531889534
Reposted by BillBendaTammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 18hHegseth likes to say “war is hell.” But keeping our troops at sea for over 300 days with dwindling supplies was a level of hell this Administration could’ve avoided, but didn’t. The toll this war has had on our troops and their families is too high. We need a public hearing now. 1122170
Reposted by BillBendaDr. Céline Gounder @celinegounder.com · 14hWhat one abstract and one monograph tell us about a 28-year-old scientist's work in Irkutsk. Save and send to the person worried about the next pandemic: www.celinegounder.com/p/what-the-ir… Read & subscribe for free: celinegounder.com 164
Reposted by BillBendaBrennan Center @brennancenter.org · 15hA majority of Deep South voters oppose their states’ extreme restrictions on abortion and other forms of reproductive health care, exposing a disconnect between voters and the legislators who represent them. bit.ly/47HmTR3brennancenter.orgSoutherners Are Misrepresented on AbortionA majority of voters in the Deep South disagree with their states’ extreme restrictions, highlighting the disconnect between the public and the legislators who represent them. 44217
Reposted by BillBendaNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 14hThe terrible crime of responding to a legal subpoena, facing questions under oath, and answering truthfully about a violent attack on the United States. 1226072
Reposted by BillBendaTammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 14hDonald Trump wants to handpick the lawyers defending children from his own deportation machine. Absolutely not. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...nbcnews.comTrump administration will have government lawyers representing unaccompanied immigrant childrenThe Trump administration cut ties with a nongovernmental organization that had managed 24,000 cases using a network of legal providers. 413042
Reposted by BillBendaCitizen Cohn / Jonathan Cohn @citizencohn.bsky.social · 14hCharles' track record on these sorts of estimates and projections is superb, so take this seriously... 14928
Reposted by BillBendaGreg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 15hIt seems apt that on an afternoon when Pew Research shows his approval rating nearing the 40-points-underwater threshold, Trump would try to salvage matters by shouting online: *Look! N––ers!!!* 21625140
BillBenda @bendabill.bsky.social · 17hI never realized at the time how important my early '80s high school Russian Society course was. Incredible. 000
Reposted by BillBendaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19hThis is why, when Republicans use the word socialism to tag Democrats, it has no relationship with the actual definition of the word. bsky.app/profile/atru... 3242659658
Reposted by BillBendaNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Rubio in Greece: “the West came to feel ashamed of the very things that made us exceptional. We felt embarrassed that our achievements set us apart... so we tore down our monuments…” Nazi, Soviet, and Confederate are the monuments the West tore down. Contra Rubio, defeating them is the achievement. 36458109
Reposted by BillBendaBarb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Next he’ll be agreeing to call it “Trump Intelligence.” The new robber barons know what they need to say to appease their master and keep the money flowing. 1001136215
Reposted by BillBendaElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 23hIt’s simply unimaginable that CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz has just bowed to RFK Jr. and approved funding for an utterly unethical clinical trial that will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine in Guinea Bissau. It is to be conducted by researchers accused of academic misconduct.rollingstone.comCDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study 741336629
Reposted by BillBendaDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 23hNew frontiers in dudes sucking at parenting. 1222926
Reposted by BillBendaemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Do Trump aides take three days to debate whether he means to destroy blue cities or prevent Iran from doing so, too? I mean, he literally did set out to destroy Los Angeles. He used paramilitaries, not nukes. But he did set out to destroy it. 1042590
Reposted by BillBendarandy r. potts @thephatic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026so shady 😎 "If you want to understand how Donald Trump has been able to hawk cologne, watches, smartphones, crypto coins and even bibles to a gullible fan base, look no further than to Jim Bakker, the televangelist and religious huckster who died Monday at 86" 28618
Reposted by BillBendaJLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 08/10/2026how are we still fucking doing this 3966387
Reposted by BillBendaamanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Back to ICE, this time in Florida! 0406
Reposted by BillBendadigby @digby56.bsky.social · 08/10/2026So I guess this is now a thing. He'll get people used to hearing it by repeating it over and over until it's perfectly normal to contemplate the mass destruction of American cities he despises. And MAGA is delirious with joy every time he says it. Just don't say it's deplorable. 1011533
Reposted by BillBendaScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026A summary of intercepted Kremlin documents describing Russia's influence campaign in Germany. Today the AfD/BSW coalition in Sachsen-Anhalt is implementing point 1. Source: inved.eu/insight/pres... 14628
Reposted by BillBendaSnitty 🎃 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 08/10/2026In this same clip this motherfucker lies once again about paying more under Biden and I'm sorry but this whole line about missiles hitting West Coast cities really needs closer examination 1865163
Reposted by BillBendaMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026VICTORY! A Georgia judge Wednesday dismissed a Republican lawsuit seeking to restrict where Gwinnett County voters can return mail ballots, ruling the law allows the county to accept ballots at designated early voting sites. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comGeorgia court rejects RNC bid to restrict mail ballot return access in state’s second-largest countyThe ruling preserves an additional way for voters in Georgia’s second-most populous county to cast their ballots ahead of the November election. 7854971756
Reposted by BillBendaBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is the vice president's guy, no? This should be every headline, it should lead every newscast and EVERY REPUBLICAN SHOULD BE ASKED ABOUT IT. 201727525
Reposted by BillBendaEvan @ereller.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I dunno, this feels more antisemitic than anything Piker has said 241837242
Reposted by BillBendaJason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026We live in the dumbest timeline with the dumbest, greediest, worst people in charge. It’s incredible. 601291179
Reposted by BillBendaJulie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026NEW: Maybe it's time to take a good look at all these deaths in the Epstein-Trump orbit. jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/dead-men-t...jkbjournalist.substack.comDead men tell no Epstein-Trump talesWhen witnesses, whistleblowers and accusers die, it’s time to look at whether they have anything in common. Here is a list of some of the recent deaths. 10438091522
BillBenda @bendabill.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Well, there are a few things you like that are made with artificial enhancers. This guy is such a pud. 000
Reposted by BillBendaJoshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The President of the United States, in front of a crowd of his supporters, during a televised rally, admits to a Quid Pro Quo pardon, which is a felony and impeachable offence. And absolutely nothing will happen, because his party, which controls congress, are fascist collaborators and sycophants. 482312647
Reposted by BillBendaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026wow -- Fox Business is now treating Trump's completely made up economic boasts as though they are factual. Note the citation here -- "The White House" Reminder that the entire US economy is about $32t. If we really had $21t flowing in, you'd notice it Fox thinks their viewers are really dumb 90958411748
Reposted by BillBendaPwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 07/10/2026If Democrats win, johnson will not be speaker at the point where they are swearing in the new Congress. They are sworn in by the speaker elect, who is chosen by the member elects 532866586
Reposted by BillBendaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Trump’s $50 billion tax on Americans and counting. And we got absolutely nothing for it. 591801630
Reposted by BillBendaNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I don’t think a 21X increase in the cost to get a tanker out of the Persian Gulf with lower total exports than before the war is an achievement. And I think it’s odd that so much of the press has been covering it as if we should see this as positive, with “Better Than You Think”-style “explainers.” 19643208
Reposted by BillBendaJason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Hahaha the Hatch Act is meaningless (if you’re a Republican just like every other rule, norm, and law). Good times. For some. 21732144
Reposted by BillBendaTom Schaller @schaller67.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This MFer appointed the past *two* Fed chairs. He’s about a month away from claiming Biden started the war in Iran. 411006221
Reposted by BillBendaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026nearly a decade after he left office, Chris Wright blames Obama for record high diesel prices in October 2026 5192590628
Reposted by BillBendaAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The grift never ends. He just wants to be able to charge the government even when he’s out of office 60439751344
Reposted by BillBendaNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026In the presidential immunity case, the court considered a hypothetical of a president ordering Navy Seals to assassinate an American political rival. Trump's lawyer argued unambiguously yes, since it'd be an "official act." The Roberts Court ruled in his favor, 6-3. Why wouldn't Trump believe this? 551778536
Reposted by BillBendaDr. Céline Gounder @celinegounder.com · 07/10/2026Flu is rising early out West. Get a flu shot by Halloween. A new mRNA flu shot for 50+ works a bit better. It also has slightly more side effects. Send to someone 50+: www.celinegounder.com/p/mrna-flu-sh… Read & subscribe for free: celinegounder.com 1145
Reposted by BillBendaBen Shultz @benmshultz.net · 05/10/2026Michael Shellenberger appears to be preparing another piece falsely claiming that a conference of researchers studying disinformation is tantamount to a shadowy cabal of censorship. Spoiler alert: conferences, in fact, are the definition of free speech. My response to his questions is below. 1032788
Reposted by BillBendaJesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026If we have some kind of financial crisis, we’re going to be in deep shit www.wsj.com/politics/pol... 32496132
Reposted by BillBendaNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The biggest target for antitrust—for whenever the US gets a government interested in rule of law again—is a defense contractor - space - satellite internet - social media network - electric cars - information services - personal robotics conglomerate owned by one person. But no need to do only one. 123131
Reposted by BillBendaNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026anti-trust anti-trust Anti-Trust Anti-Trust ANTI-TrUST ANTI-TRUST ANTITRUST ANTITRUST ANTITRUST When the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 banned mergers that threaten to significantly reduce competition, this is the sort of thing they had in mind. 37990325