Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialDrew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 7hIt's a bit of a bummer that the story today has been "look at this absolute doofus of a senator" and not "Jack Smith once again credibly accuses the president of many serious crimes" 401609340
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 12hOne thing that’s interesting about this is that it shows that despite insisting the wokes overinterpet everything, conservatives are actually aware of and agree with their critics about how coded racist appeals work, they just like them bsky.app/profile/newr... 292661602
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11hGenerations. Several of them. 2645769
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 11hIt’s somehow more depressing that our constitutional order is being dismantled by people who demonstrably cannot find their own asses with both hands. 16735160
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I wish there was a way to figure out which of my donations got me on all these spam lists so I could never donate to those causes again 1522013
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialMatthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 17hThere are three million American households with net worth above $5 million derived primarily from ownership of privately held companies, and they collectively account for much more wealth than the Forbes 400. www.slowboring.com/p/the-truth-... 6418
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A great illustration of the way social media has essentially shredded society’s informational immune system: The USSR spent a fortune trying to spread conspiracy theories, without success because they couldn’t crack newsrooms. Today, you can reach the globe with a post that costs $20 to make. 13834228
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026NEW: Trump’s ballroom? Actually it’s a ‘military complex.’ Trump’s arch? Also a ‘military complex.’ That press ban? A national security move. The president keeps cloaking pet projects in NatSec rationales — and judges are increasingly looking askance. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...politico.comTrump’s ‘magic words’: National security 52719226
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 25/09/2026The entire US politics and news industries spend a large chunk of their waking hours on a platform designed to inflate the importance of that 18%. It's a big problem, and why you get stuff like Tammy Duckworth saying she's against impeachment because she wants to "find a compromise" on USAID $ 181210212
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If a politician takes money from weapons manufacturers, don't be surprised when they back weapons contracts. If a politician takes money from Big Pharma, don't be surprised when they try to stop guaranteed healthcare. That's why I don't take ANY corporate money. None. 296169264958
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Here's a graphic that does a better job of conveying the point than my original post: even by the (insane) standards of the first Trump administration, #SCOTUS is receiving—and granting—a truly unprecedented number of applications for emergency relief from the federal government: 38814398
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026lol holy shit I wouldn't talk about literally anything else if I was the guy running against him. —"What do you think about trans kids in sp-" —"Did you hear my opponent had his patient, who was 8 months pregnant, arrested in front of her son because she didn't pay a $50 medical bill?" 8189072552
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The Trump administration is back at #SCOTUS with another emergency application (its 40th)—this time asking the justices to restore its power to remove non-citizens to “third countries” without a chance to meaningfully challenge the conditions there. (During all of Trump I, DOJ filed a total of 41.) 25343120
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026By tradition, American presidents don’t make the 12-mile trip to the base to greet a foreign leader. Now Trump waits at the bottom of a set of airline steps for the Chinese president. From @jonlemire.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comThe Deferential PresidentNot long ago, President Trump could claim that he ran the world. Now he’s waiting at the bottom of a set of airline steps for the Chinese president. 55626181
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialMat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"That constant loop of failure didn't speak to as many people as we hoped it would." Extraction isn't a mass market genre and never will be for this exact reason. Doesn't mean games in the genre can't be successful, but you can't find the success a Bungie would need. Good on 'em for seeing it.pcgamer.com'We all thought we were bringing extraction to the masses, and we didn't'Bungie laid out its plans to bring more PvE to Marathon over the next six months. 2018015
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 24/09/2026Yes. I think the consensus among US elite pundits and senior politicians that the way to protect liberal democracy is *not* to punish elite figures who violate its rules is wrong. A norm starting at least with the Watergate pardon. The opposite is true. You need to enforce the law and Constitution. 562270531
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Judge Kelly's TRO will be a fascinating test for how much sway Solicitor General Sauer has with the White House. Trump is going to want to seek immediate, emergency relief from the D.C. Circuit + #SCOTUS, but Sauer has been savvy about doing that only in cases he might win. This isn't one of them. 1650385
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is an absolute disaster from a national security perspective. Obviously, a lot on F-35s is classified, but a weapons-bay door and a canopy with radar-absorbing material are some of the most sensitive. Hard to describe how bad this is. 1410141175420
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It is bad that the White House demonstrates casual disregard for the rule of law. 2084600835
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialMatthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Trump steering into AI acceleration when he was already underwater on approval was really reckless and also kind of out of character for a guy who's normally very opportunistic. 18423
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.nytimes.comF.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan CollinsThe inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials. 24982213341
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialUrban Land Rent 🇸🇴🚰 @urbanlandrent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026We really need to do more to raise the salience about the partisan nature of jobs like “car dealer” and “chiropractor” the same way conservatives have done to teachers and scientists. Dem elites need to do more to signal to their base that small business tyrants are their enemies. 1331476
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A post that’s so eye-opening because this is exactly what liberals will say is GOP distraction tactics, almost as a parody— and here it really is what Gaetz is saying unironically as his GOP message. 2394752974
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This seems like a pretty big deal: donors made illegal contributions to Susan Collins and then were awarded lucrative contracts after her office intervened with the Navy. An FBI investigation was dropped under Trump. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-... 6226691081
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This is the recent story of homelessness in California, where those of us who support Housing First have done a piss poor job of explaining why billions in state investment haven’t meaningfully address the problem have thus handed a major propaganda victory to the right. 443254
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026 10433211110047
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The way to look at this is George bush is trying to help Donald trump retain power on the Hill 25153901292
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 21/09/2026The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_... 4827851157
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialelias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 22/09/2026having now lived through two 2-term republican presidencies i feel like the early pattern, as of today—and i remind you i have no power to determine the future—is that americans *think* they want united GOP gov't & an untrammeled GOP strongman & then they get it and absolutely HATE it. 1320524
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialAndrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A couple went on a Fox News podcast and claimed the state of #Massachusetts took away their teen because they won't help the teen transition. But it's actually because the father was charged with beating and threatening to kill the teen and the mother was charged with witness intimidation.wbur.orgMass. parents' story about child's gender transition complicated by court recordsJoseph Kutzko was charged with assaulting the child in January 2025, not long before the child was removed from the family’s home. Mother Arlene Kutzko was charged with witness intimidation in connect... 10460321974
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialLiberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 21/09/2026Our poll asked Democratic voters for their reaction to the sentence "The next Democratic president should expand the Supreme Court." Percentages of these subgroups who strongly agree or somewhat agree: Female: 72% Male: 65% Under 45: 70% 45+: 69%liberalcurrents.comWhat Are Democrats Thinking?Democratic voters want to end the filibuster, nationalize artificial intelligence, and prosecute every Trump toady. 1113237
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It would be more than a little ironic if Trump's CNN/MS NOW/Politico tantrum (and the resulting lack of coverage the entire WHCA is going to provide) is what finally educates the press about the extent to which Trump needs *them* even more than they need him. 261059177
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is in some ways at the heart of our political dysfunction. For a lot of folks, so long as the basic civic infrastructure keeps (kept?) humming along, they don’t feel much personal effect from electoral politics, so it becomes a kind of entertainment & mode of self-expression. 1119343
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialJohnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026UCLA forced me into a 4-month “leave” then (illegally) fired me. Why? B/c I posted about Charlie Kirk, after he died. Recall, JD Vance ordered MAGA to call employers and complain if [we] said anything they didn’t like. Those complaints prompted my firing. gofundme.com/f/waiting-for-justice-auvzc 391172329
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Christ, these people are monsters. Just monsters. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... 13253641940
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/09/2026i mean, just look at how the populists talked about the railroad barons and others like them. "The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes, unprecedented in the history of the world, while their possessors despise the republic and endanger liberty." 513349643
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026good for them! better than I'd feared. 542837
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialZach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This was a really brave article, and the kind of inequality and incompetence described is horrible. But what I guess I just don't get (and maybe this is just my turbo-nerd parent bias) is really caring about education but not being aware of how far behind your kid is on math. 6793
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 21/09/2026Holy smokes they actually did it www.cnbc.com/2026/09/21/t...cnbc.comWhite House TV press pool won't cover Trump after CNN ban 1245984
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I strongly encourage this line of thought. Every Republican running for office in 2026 and every Republican who hopes to run for office in 2028 should be on camera as often as possible leaving a permanent record of their embrace of Trump's record. 013629
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul... 340127454647
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialCalifornia YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Opinion: California pursues progressive goals like wildfire safety and clean fuel through rules that raise costs on electricity and housing - costs poorer residents pay disproportionately. A regulation's benefits should justify its price tag. capitolweekly.net/california-s... 0103
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026As I keep saying, professional influencers are petty bourgeois entrepreneurs who make their money by harvesting attention, and that position in the capitalist economy tends to lend itself to a certain kind of politics. 643097
Reposted by @bioinfobrett.bsky.socialKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 19/09/2026NEW: ICE’s mass detention policy has been routed in court en route to SCOTUS. But backers of the ICE crackdown say clues in the lower-court rulings point to a different fate in the high court www.politico.com/news/2026/09... 6277116
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