Reposted by Nat LiftonRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 22/01/2026This manages to be both mind-blowing. and not at all surprising. 22938196
Reposted by Nat LiftonPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 22/01/2026To be fair the average five-year-old probably presents a threat to Greg Bovino 1222028305
Reposted by Nat LiftonDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/01/2026The mass of CO₂ humans put into the atmosphere in 2025 is 4x the mass of all plastic humans have ever produced. 417283
Reposted by Nat Liftonjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/01/2026i mean, the thing about this formulation is that it literally begs the question. what if one of those “average americans” is an advocate? or an expert? should they then be ignored? 822575239
Reposted by Nat Liftonjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/01/2026ah yes, the best way to explain and understand the world is by ignoring experts and practitioners and turning our attention to the “average American,” whatever that means 3466355842
Nat Lifton @carbonat14.bsky.social · 17/12/2025These people are fucking insane www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...usatoday.comTrump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in ColoradoThe Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs. 110
Reposted by Nat LiftonJohn Bisognano @johnbisognano.com · 12/12/2025This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him. I don’t know how else to say it… 641186167046
Reposted by Nat LiftonChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Trump 0-3 on indicting Tish James and just had his ass handed to him by Indiana Republican legislators he threatened and bullied. Also new low in AP poll at 36% approval. 33182681440
Reposted by Nat LiftonLeslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 11/12/2025NSF - Forced reorg - POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements) - Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …) I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing. “Details matter” 🙃 12372203
Reposted by Nat LiftonDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 08/12/2025It appears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, within the past week, scrubbed a large amount of climate change content from its official website, as well as *removed human-caused warming* from the discussion on its "causes of climate change" page. 34870551
Reposted by Nat LiftonAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/11/2025Never forget who sold us out: Hassan King Cortez-Masto Shaheen Kaine Fetterman Durbin Rosen 24662646110655
Reposted by Nat LiftonLaurel Powell @laurelpowell.net · 10/11/2025My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard. We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions. We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING. 480254406491
Reposted by Nat LiftonMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Laura Loomer is now officially part of the Pentagon press corps. We live in Idiocracy. 652152693158
Reposted by Nat LiftonBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter. 11696131311055
Reposted by Nat LiftonChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Populist Dems won. Moderate Dems won. We won in blue states. We won in purple states. Maybe the take is that (a) people think Trump is out of control; and (b) people like Dems when we're taking a stand and fighting for what we believe in - as we have been for the last month. 20972281245
Reposted by Nat LiftonRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 02/11/2025What a genius thing to say to a city that speaks 800 languages. (Literally.) 1950072
Reposted by Nat LiftonElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 31/10/202515 million Americans are going to lose their health care. 2273270609312
Reposted by Nat LiftonPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 01/11/2025F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby 217121862526
Reposted by Nat LiftonAdam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 18/10/2025“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving 504349942
Reposted by Nat LiftonAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 19/10/2025The Trump shit video is basically this, but I will reiterate that if a Dem is critical of conservative voters it’s a generational scandal and when Republican pols literally post themselves shitting on their opposition virtually the entire elite politics and media class treats it as fine and normal 128101832158
Nat Lifton @carbonat14.bsky.social · 21/09/2025A Few Thoughts on KimmelGeddon talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few...talkingpointsmemo.comA Few Thoughts on KimmelGeddonLet me start by noting the obvious: What we saw yesterday with... 000
Reposted by Nat LiftonAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 21/09/2025I understand this ad is running in Texas this weekend during football games 👀 1112202784
Reposted by Nat Liftonjen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 27/08/2025@tommalinowski.bsky.social: "The parts of government that do the most good are the parts you never hear about, because when they succeed, nothing happens: no disease outbreaks, or terror attacks, or financial crashes, or horrible accidents. These are the parts being slowly dismantled today." 0225
Reposted by Nat LiftonPeter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Absolutely no deviations from the strict party line of Trump and RFK Jr. will be allowed, science-be-damned. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...washingtonpost.comCDC director ousted after RFK Jr. pushed her to change vaccine policySusan Monarez, a longtime federal government scientist, was confirmed by the Senate in late July to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 24719
Reposted by Nat LiftonAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 21/08/2025Can you imagine a US envoy handing a Nazi medal to the family of an American who died fighting for Hitler? Because this just happened: www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/p...cnn.comWitkoff delivered Russian medal from Putin to family of American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024 | CNN PoliticsUS special envoy Steve Witkoff delivered a Russian medal to the grieving family of an American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024, a senior administration official told CNN. 18625621091
Reposted by Nat LiftonGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 21/08/2025New euphemism for "corrupt authoritarian abuses of power" just dropped 411287397
Reposted by Nat LiftonDr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 07/08/2025RFK wants to lean into “whole cell” vaccine technology, which has existed for decades, comes with increased risk of side effects and can take years to develop. mRNA vaccine technology comes with far decreased risk of side effects and can take mere months to develop. Make it make sense! 16228261167
Reposted by Nat LiftonKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/07/2025I’m sorry — *Cracker Barrel* is too woke for the Trump administration? Cracker Barrel?!? 1802711598
Nat Lifton @carbonat14.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Trump's Pretense Of Following The Law. And What We Can Do About It. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...open.substack.comTrump's Pretense Of Following The Law. And What We Can Do About It.Trump‘s effort to shut down asylum applications by declaring an “invasion” at the southern border was rejected by a federal district judge last Wednesday. 000
Reposted by Nat Lifton𝙒𝙖𝙮𝙣𝙚 𝙎𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙝 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @wayneesmith.bsky.social · 07/07/2025 505306107432
Reposted by Nat LiftonPeter Sterne @petersterne.com · 07/07/2025This does not inspire much confidence in the NYT. www.semafor.com/article/07/0... 1321736195
Nat Lifton @carbonat14.bsky.social · 07/07/2025The Week Ahead open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...open.substack.comThe Week AheadJuly 6, 2025 000
Nat Lifton @carbonat14.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Critical Read About the BBB, Federalism and the Future of American Democracy talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...talkingpointsmemo.comCritical Read About the BBB, Federalism and the Future of American DemocracyTPM Reader TS (Harvard sociologist/political scientist Theda Skocpol) and I often compared... 000
Reposted by Nat LiftonWIRED @wired.com · 05/07/2025DOGE cut hundreds of jobs at the National Weather Service, but experts who spoke to WIRED say the agency accurately predicted the state's weekend flood risk. What’s more, they say it underscores the need to sustain funding to the crucial agency.wired.comMeteorologists Say the National Weather Service Did Its Job in TexasDOGE cut hundreds of jobs at the NWS, but experts who spoke to WIRED say the agency accurately predicted the flood risk in Texas. 642172762
Reposted by Nat LiftonAndrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 04/07/2025Your occasional reminder that climate change makes intense rain events more intense. At this point, the question is not "did climate change affect this" but instead "how much of an affect did climate change have?" www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/u...nytimes.comHeavy Rains Cause Deadly Flooding and Evacuations in Texas 622274
Reposted by Nat LiftonThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/07/2025👇🏽 🎯 💰 🤷🏼♂️ 42179663082
Reposted by Nat LiftonAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 05/07/2025You wouldn’t vacation in Dachau in 1935. Don’t vacation in Florida in 2025. 964308109522
Nat Lifton @carbonat14.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Trump's Brutal & Bellicose Bill; Standing Up for America as a Nation of Immigrants open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...open.substack.comTrump's Brutal & Bellicose Bill; Standing Up for America as a Nation of ImmigrantsWelcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers. 000
Reposted by Nat LiftonAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing. 43719651937492
Nat Lifton @carbonat14.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Trump's civil war open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...open.substack.comTrump's civil warAnd our new birth of freedom 000
Nat Lifton @carbonat14.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Surprise!prospect.orgRepublicans Are Cutting Medicare. Not Only Medicaid, Medicare.Passage of the Big Beautiful Bill will force mandatory sequestration that will mean half a trillion dollars in Medicare cuts. 000
Reposted by Nat LiftonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/07/2025Mike Johnson: "The reconciliation bill was a big, giant leap forward, but we're gonna do this again. We're gonna have a second reconciliation package in the fall, and a third in the spring of next year." 175561169
Reposted by Nat LiftonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/07/2025Mike Johnson is going to lie right through it: "What we did in Medicaid in strengthen the program, strengthen that safety net so that it is available for the people who need it most ... we're gonna make young abled-bodied men who are able to work work." 4152020427
Reposted by Nat LiftonDavid Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 04/07/2025Not a dog whistle, but a fog horn 5054477
