Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Collins has his head down through all of this, presumably mapping out what he’ll be doing as a private citizen next year 783114442
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialMuseum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026 1770191601
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialIztok Franko @iztokfranko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026After Walker Kessler "we're gonna be a nasty defense'"comments, there's been even more talk about ceiling of Lakers D. So, I decided to unlock this data deep-dive trying to answer that question👇 digginbasketball.substack.com/p/lakers-def...digginbasketball.substack.comThe Other Side of the Lakers’ CeilingThe offense should be among the NBA’s best. But could the defense improve too? 051
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...themomoftheyear.substack.comI’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night. 12252991369
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Should the economy be regulated by a democratic society to ensure that it creates opportunity and benefit for everyone? Or should it be a plaything for approximately a dozen of the world's most odious assholes? Who knows 202637465
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026In the halls of the Capitol that are open to the public? 441424251
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Flock cameras have no place in Texas. They can piece together an exact map of your behavior — the places you went and how long you were there. Flock calls this “pattern-of-life” mapping. Texans call it something else: government overreach. 592185664869
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialDimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 30/08/2026All of us who worked in COVID wards saw the horror of COVID. All sorts of people died- those with comorbidities. Those previously healthy. They died fast and often alone, except for their nurse (heroes). This guy can go fuck himself with his revisionist history 🤬🤬🤬 752103531
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026IN THE MIDDLE OF LOSING A WAR, Whiskey Pete appears to have fired General Randy George bc George refused to drop a probe into Kid Rock. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... 11726171032
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21/08/2026"The decision by Trump to dissolve USAID — once the world’s largest humanitarian donor — gutted maternal and neonatal care, decimated nutrition programs for millions of pregnant women and children, and left scores of birthing centers devoid of equipment and medicine..." apnews.com/article/usai...apnews.comUSAID fallout: In Nepal, when the aid workers stopped coming, the women and babies started dyingThe Associated Press has found that the decision by the United States to slash its foreign aid funding last year has increased pregnancy complications and deaths in Nepal. 16322201180
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026A person without any govt position, who has numerous financial conflicts of interest, should not conduct US foreign policy. And that’s before we get to the fact that he uses this role to corruptly solicit money for himself. It’s wrong. Many seem to have accepted it, but I’ll never stop objecting.nytimes.comKushner Meets With Hamas to Advance Trump’s Gaza PlanThe president’s son-in-law met the Palestinian militant group’s leaders in Egypt, officials said. He will soon see Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli leader. 892817876
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The Air Force One catering truck scandal is deeper and darker than the media is portraying it — it’s a Russian nesting doll of corruption and national security threats: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-five-s...doomsdayscenario.coThe Five Scandals Within the "Air Force One" ScandalDonald Trump, a Catering Truck, and the Qatari "Air Force One" represent a Russian Nesting Doll of Scandal and Corruption 821831788
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 12/08/2026“We have never seen an instance where the entire press corps was kept in the dark about the president’s whereabouts during international travel — let alone where the press corps itself was used as a decoy in a high-risk threat environment.” www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-five-s...doomsdayscenario.coThe Five Scandals Within the "Air Force One" ScandalDonald Trump, a Catering Truck, and the Qatari "Air Force One" represent a Russian Nesting Doll of Scandal and Corruption 22437107
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Reuters finds that judges have ruled Trump abridged speech in 75 cases. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...reuters.comTrump vowed to 'bring free speech back.' Judges in 75 cases ruled that he has stifled itPresident Donald Trump repeatedly campaigned for his second term as a champion of free expression, vowing in his January 2025 inaugural address to stop what he described as years of "government censor... 15669259
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Lawyers working for Harmeet Dhillion refuse to act like lawyers by putting things in writing for fear doing so will be used against them. 👀 This is WILDLY suspect behavior from the people trying to seize voting records from every state. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 401530597
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialShams Charania Tweets @shamsbot.bsky.social · 21/07/2026The Los Angeles Lakers are signing F Arthur Kaluma to a two-way NBA deal, Todd Ramasar and Mike Simonetta of Life Sports Agency tell ESPN. Kaluma, who spent 2025-26 in Lakers G League program, averaged nearly 19 points, 61% shooting and 50% on 3s in Las Vegas summer league. 2557
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.social⚸ Gingersnapped 🐺🌕🎃 @gingerspiced.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians* 316254936965
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialAna Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 16/07/2026See what you made me do, on a war crimes scale. 1202260468
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I think this is PROBABLY right, but I also don’t think it’s entirely coincidental that he’s built a massive loyalist paramilitary force, radically reshaped the actual military, and had federalized troops deployed in the capital for the past year for no intelligible reason. 18955226
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Note the date 6652391600
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 15/07/2026In the seventh month of the second year of the second term, the heat will become unbearable, the skies will turn red, and bowels will loosen across the land. 553007549
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/07/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/o... 431472494
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Biddeford Maine today - fatal ICE shooting "THIS IS BLOOD" www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/s... 1011831758
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialIlhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026ICE has fatally shot 11 people since Donald Trump's second term began. These are not isolated incidents. They are the predictable result of a cruel, violent system. Abolish ICE. 7344231118
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialJake Lahut @jakelahut.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Trump, saying something that maybe he shouldn't: "We have cameras — that's called, Space Force. They're in space. But we have cameras that can read the badge of the person going over to a site. Mohammed something. We say, it's Mohammed something, there with shovels." 2432466
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/07/2026funny how the cutting edge of the far right is just regurgitated slaveholder agitprop from 1850. 52197622199
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialChristina Henderson @chenderson.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Until we address the fact most talented soccer players in the US can’t afford to compete because club and travel teams have snuffed rec/school ball out, this is probably going to keep happening. 552715439
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Montana's Trump-endorsed Republican U.S. Senate nominee... www.huffpost.com/entry/montan...huffpost.comTrump-Backed Senate Nominee Let A Man Who Sexually Abused A 6-Year-Old Serve Less Than A Year In PrisonAs U.S. attorney, Alme cut a plea deal in 2020 that let Mychal Thomas Damon serve less than a year in prison after sexually abusing a 6-year-old. 23722691307
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 01/07/2026Melat Kiros is a refugee from Ethiopia who become a lawyer in the USA. Her law firm fired her because she condemned Israel’s genocide of Palestinians Tonight she won the Democratic nomination in deep blue CO-1 against a 15-term AIPAC entrenched corporate Democrat This is how we make America great❤️ 563095639
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Two ICE agents tracked down a woman *inside a polling place* yesterday. Why? They demanded that she take down an Instagram post in which she named Jonathan Ross as the man who shot & killed Renee Good (after the Star Tribune identified Ross). www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...syracuse.comFederal agents track down Syracuse woman, demand she remove Instagram post about ICEShe believes the warning was related to a post about the ICE agent who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis. 1053149967739
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Trump and Rubio announce they will entirely cut HIV/AIDS assistance to the country with the highest number of people living with HIV in the world: www.politico.com/news/2026/06...politico.comTrump administration to phase out HIV funding for South AfricaThe State Department said the country had failed to address the president’s concerns about treatment of its white citizens. 35122251296
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialRyan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 21/06/2026It is time once again to discuss the Most Dad Things we have done in the past year. A couple of reminders: - gender is a social construct, anyone can do Dad Things - you need not be a parent to do a Dad Thing - the definition of a Dad Thing is entirely subjective and maybe made up I’ll go first: 9802707398
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialJen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 16/06/2026A reminder that the guy announcing these charges, MN U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen, spurred mass resignations in his office in January after telling prosecutors to “say nothing” to law enforcement or media about the FBI’s probe into Renee Good's murder by ICE. www.startribune.com/joe-thompson...startribune.comMass resignation at Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office stems from Renee Good shooting, investigationAt least six attorneys have left the U.S. Attorney’s Office, including Joe Thompson, who took the lead in prosecuting fraud in state government programs. 10311112
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/06/2026"Since Trump entered the White House last year, at least 500 babies and toddlers have been held by ICE ICE has dramatically increased detentions of children aged 3 and under, holding 25 of them in custody on an average day between January 2025 and March 2026..." www.ms.now/news/trump-i...ms.nowICE has detained over 500 babies and toddlers under TrumpOn an average day, ICE has 25 children aged 3 or younger in custody, according to joint research by MS NOW and The Marshall Project. 15222411305
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialLiz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Washington Nat'l Opera sues the Kennedy Center alleging that the Center STOLE the opera's endowment. WNO had a longterm agreement where KC ran the opera's development back office, and in 2025 KC just ... stopped doing it and seized the funds. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 19754512130
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Jalen Brunson: “You’re allowed to think about the worst possible scenario. But you gotta go out there and do something about it.” A good mantra for fighting fascism too. 2767581325
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 11/06/2026SPEECHLESS. LFGK 209196312185
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/06/2026www.reuters.com/world/albani...reuters.com'Albania is not for sale', protesters say over Kushner-linked luxury resort near a protected wetlandThousands of Albanians took to the streets of Tirana late on Thursday in the largest protest this week against a plan by a company linked to President Donald Trump's son-in-law to build a luxury reso... 742673664
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.social🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 05/06/2026this is an extremely textbook scumlord developer move — initiate construction quickly because the courts move slowly, then claim it’s too late to stop because you’ve already started. the court should tell them to eat shit.politico.comTrump could also tear down the Statue of Liberty, DOJ argues in defense of White House ballroomJustice Department lawyers said the courts are powerless to intervene in the dispute over the former East Wing. 401844452
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialBobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 05/06/2026George Santos called me after my story revealing federal investigations into his suspected market manipulation on Kalshi. And he said: "This story is going to get you a gun in your face." Then he lied about it. www.npr.org/2026/06/04/n...npr.orgI wrote about George Santos. Then he made a violent threat and lied about itNPR reported on new federal investigations examining the former Congressman's bets on the prediction market site Kalshi. Then he threatened the NPR reporter who broke the story. 22060231886
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 02/06/2026As a reminder, Pulte is the guy who goes through the mortgages of Trump’s enemies, looking for mistakes, which he then uses as a basis to refer them for criminal prosecution. See, e.g.: Letitia James 12840051219
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Here's how the corruption works: Thursday: RJ Reynolds donates $5M to Trump Saturday: Trump invites RJR execs to Mar a Lago; execs ask to loosen regs on flavored vapes; Trump calls up RFK Jr. and tells him to change it Friday: FDA changes the policynytimes.comTrump Administration Live Updates: President’s Ballroom and New Fund Face Test in Congress 25352392421
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/05/2026@nycsanitation.bsky.social I’d like to report a sweep 134119661748
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialhannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 23/05/2026It’s worth noting that when Jan. 6 happened, the pro-Trump right used dozens of conspiracy theories to try and offload blame from themselves—e.g., claiming it was “antifa,” “feds.” Now, they seem keen to just admit they did it—all of it—and it was good. 4130971007
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/05/2026I’m proud of the work I did as an AUSA, and I say this with complete sincerity: if you’re an AUSA, and a decent person, who cares about your oath, get out. Get out now without destroying your reputation. A DoJ run to Trumpist specifications is corrupt and incompetent. The stink will stick on you. 452005441
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17/05/2026"“It’s possible that we’re starting to see the consequences of severe and sudden cuts to global health programs that have eroded surveillance and allowed deadly viruses to spread undetected...” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/w...nytimes.comLarge Ebola Outbreak Is Declared in Congo 39685483645
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.social🎃 Zack o' Lantern 🎃 @zackdavisson.com · 16/05/2026For you to understand how much the world has changed, in the 1970s as a second grader we were REQUIRED to watch the TV show adaptation of ROOTS. REQUIRED. www.knoxnews.com/story/news/e...knoxnews.comKnox County Schools bans historical novel 'Roots' by Alex HaleyA sculpture of Haley stands in Morningside Park. He donated his personal papers, including drafts of "Roots," to the University of Tennessee. 17744261330
Reposted by @cmonkee.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Translating: The Trump administration is considering settling a lawsuit that Trump filed against the Trump administration (to get a huge payout straight out o from US coffers). 50952332
