Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3hi think cox should spend less time weeping about polarization and more time working to convince his co-partisans not to abandon pluralism and liberal democracy 1233001386
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialLe Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 5hChess legend Kasparov says he is an assassination target after US uncovers alleged Russian plotlemonde.frChess legend Kasparov says he is an assassination target after US uncovers alleged Russian plotThe Russian chess player Garry Kasparov spoke out after the US charged five alleged Russian intelligence agents accused of plotting to murder a 'prominent Russian dissident' living in the United States. 12340145
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2hJoe Biden was way more coherent than this even in the debate. time.com/article/2026... 108986246
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialForbes @forbes.com · 10hThe episode mocked billionaires by depicting them as being obsessed with appearing on Joe Rogan’s podcast and spreading COVID conspiracies on social media.forbes.comNew ‘South Park’ Episode Depicts Town ‘Infested’ With Podcast-Obsessed BillionairesThe episode mocked billionaires by depicting them as being obsessed with appearing on Joe Rogan’s podcast and spreading COVID conspiracies on social media. 18928283
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 12hNashville Banner reporter Steven Hale, describing how prison officials kept drawing the curtain to hide how badly they were botching this: “A lot of this execution — or attempted execution, whatever it was — happened when we could not see what was going on.” 621579563
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 16hDems now leading GOP on every issue Quinnipiac polled, including the economy, national security, and immigration: 12430152
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17hI for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president 832232865498
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialKyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 13hA conservative dark money group is running Prop 132 asking voters to put more Coloradans in prison for fentanyl. Is it backed by people who make money off private prisons? Don’t know. It’s dark money. 20615183
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 18hThe common thread in Pete Hegseth's rant to the troops, JD Vance suggesting Talarico is a pedophile, Brendan Carr calling the Trump ads aired with tax dollars "normal force PSAs," and Eric Schmitt fabricating a Jack Smith conspiracy is the whole GOP is incentivized to be performatively evil. 381360321
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 18h"We are losing our soul as a nation," warns Cardinal McElroy, as he urges us all to rise up against Trump’s "evil" immigration policies. www.headsupnews.org/p/we-are-los... New on Heads Up News.headsupnews.org‘We are losing our soul as a nation’Catholic clergy call for action against Trump’s ‘evil’ immigration policies 624597
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 18hThe RFK Jr. death toll mounts. 717795
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 18hThis characterization by WaPo is both wrong and normalizing: “Trump’s immigration policies have veered between escalating arrests and backing away from the political fallout.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202… 1/2washingtonpost.comTrump acknowledges bind he faces on immigration policiesThe president spoke at a Hispanic Heritage Month event as Latino voters abandon him. 25011
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19hWow! Matches my war crime subpoena list almost perfectly. 371430108
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026WSJ Exclusive: The Trump admin used federal funds from the Department of Homeland Security to finance those controversial pro-Trump ads that started airing on TV. The taxpayer money used to fund the ads came from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.wsj.comExclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television AdsWhite House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law. 821182606
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22hFour-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t... 14225751155
blackbirdchi.bsky.social @blackbirdchi.bsky.social · 20hIf you ever wonder why so many frat bros stayed quiet, listen to these guys 010
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 21hI really think Jon Ossoff, James Talarico, and a few others are in the process of creating a new kind of language, a new politics, for the era of Late Stage Trumpism. As I argue in the piece, the banal cruelties of sunsetting Trumpism are all around us, and some Dems are pointing to a way out. 21495121
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Dear @nytimespr.bsky.social: How do you square this article, which stenographically recounts and amplifies DHS lies, with this policy statement? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u... 35421
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 22hI hate it when news media suck up to newsmakers by trying to wish things into existence. Two examples: The media chorus that Rahm Emanuel is presidential material and Axios pushing Eric Schmitt as the next vice president. Start reporting real news. Stop trying to make fetch happen. 2127962
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialParis Marx @parismarx.com · 29/09/2026funny to me that last year taylor lorenz was privately trying to suggest i was being funded by peter thiel after we got into an argument over her shitty takes, and now she’s literally running cover for him saying being evil is good. quite a journey she’s on. 322796346
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 23hEric Schmitt was questioning Jack Smith the right way. by Ezra Klein 2883761
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialKarly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Imagine being Eric Schmitt and writing "I DON'T CARE!" on a notepad referring to the Epstein files, and then attempting to go nuclear over an Atlanta Hawks game where you accomplish nothing more than outing Jack Smith as a Caitlin Clark fan. We are in the dumbest timeline. 14653141054
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/09/2026Riley Gaines, famous for turning her 5th place tie with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas into a far-right career agianst transgender people, has officially had her lawsuit against the NCAA thrown out by a judge today. The judge found no evidence for her claims. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.comRiley Gaines' Title IX Lawsuit Against The NCAA Struck Down After Judge Finds "No Evidence" Of Funding ClaimsGaines’ attorneys argued her civil rights were violated because she competed against a transgender athlete. 1465020962
blackbirdchi.bsky.social @blackbirdchi.bsky.social · 23hFrom the people who wear “learing center” shirts 000
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If you didn't already hate Meta, Mark Zuckerburg, and data centers, Meta is using the latter to cheat on their taxes. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...nytimes.comHow Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal TaxesMeta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky. 13484233
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialBrant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pathetic….. 1464210165481
blackbirdchi.bsky.social @blackbirdchi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And guess which Senator @nytimes.com published a humiliating profile of? 000
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Can't recall ever seeing anything quite like this during a Congressional hearing. And I've been in and around politics for 50 years. 49381271913
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026GATES: “.. I almost can’t believe you’re asking that.” @ezraklein.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o... 32714208
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialmarktl.bsky.social @marktl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026bsky.app/profile/carl... 012
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 30/09/2026it's almost like a constitution! just put that right in the headline, because it's definitely a true and real thing!cbsnews.comTrump and major AI executives sign "morally binding" voluntary controls: "It's almost like a constitution"President Trump and the leaders of the country's largest artificial intelligence companies have signed a set of voluntary safety standards, as calls mount for tighter guardrails on powerful AI technol... 76412
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 30/09/2026consolidated corporate extraction-class owned media LOVES to put the lie unchallenged in the headline it's like their absolute favorite thing here too, notice ZERO mention that Trump has defanged regulatorspolitico.comTrump says tech execs signed ‘morally binding’ accord to help police AIThe president floated forming a 10-person committee that he said would play a role in overseeing the artificial intelligence industry. 28218
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 30/09/2026there's just a parade of these stories helping the President pretend he's erecting useful guardrails for AI none of them think it's important to mention Trump has taken a brutal hatchet to U.S. corporate oversight and consumer protection regulatorsaxios.comTrump's AI "constitution" crowns day of accelerating ambitionThe terms were simple: Press ahead, project optimism and police yourselves. 413236
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 30/09/2026I'm absolutely fascinated by "journalism" that can't seem to tell readers an obvious truth. Like the fact this is absolutely meaningless bullshit designed to pre-empt real oversightreuters.comTrump releases AI accord with tech executivesPresident Donald Trump released a document on Tuesday that his administration cast as an accord on artificial intelligence and which he said earlier was signed by him and tech executives that he met... 20389117
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 30/09/20261. On Tuesday morning, Trump unveiled America dot gov, which he described as “the ultimate product.” Right now, it is basically a chatbot that draws data from official government websites. As a result it is brutally efficient at debunking Trump’s lies. 13560191
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026Schiff is up. Apologizes to Jack Smith. “My colleagues have attacked you, but NONE of them have tried to deny what happened on January 6th. They attack you because they don’t want to address the facts. The Barr DoJ sought toll records without a peep from my colleagues.” 1/ 7457551476
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'" 23691822963
blackbirdchi.bsky.social @blackbirdchi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And yet @nytimes.com did it’s best to provide the most humiliating profile of Sen Klobuchar…like it does for every Dem woman 000
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialDave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A case study in the moral decay of MAGA -white male incompetence, belligerence -attacking smart black women -accusing Dems of criminality while protecting Trump criminality -attacking lawyers and judges without addressing the evidence -Name calling like a toddler -caught red handed lying 021
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.social@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The basketball game *mix-up* is the sideshow. The critical part of this Republican hit job is that a sitting US Senator was accusing Jack Smith of colluding in a secret corruption scheme with another prosecutor against Donald Trump. It is a vile as it gets. 710226
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026😂😂 72958186
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I can smell this picture 1803000212
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Owning the libs. 1491107201722
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It does no such thing. 11585
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026THIS WAS MONEY FOR CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE. A Florida grand jury found $10 MILLION meant to help provide health insurance for poor children was misappropriated for political purposes. Moody & DeSantis took money meant for kids. #GOPWarOnHealthcare 39162573374
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026The VERY conservative 11th Circuit unanimously refused to block the lower court's sanctions order against the DOJ in the Trump v IRS (that resulted in the slush fund) case. 111346369
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Jack Smith explains that the phone records for some members of Congress "corroborated evidence that we had that the president, President Donald Trump and his co-conspirators were seeking to exploit the violence on January 6th in furtherance of their criminal scheme." www.youtube.com/live/zNc5VMP...youtube.comLIVE: Jack Smith appears before Senate Judiciary CommitteeYouTube video by Associated Press 6240107
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇 890263439026
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026renaissance painting when the renaissance is really fucking stupid 1343695482
Reposted by @blackbirdchi.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Holy shit, this ad! I cannot imagine the impetus for pardoning this guy. But I’m not even sure it matters. Kind of along the lines of that Roger Marshall ad. If you’re explaining you’re losing. 341761549