Reposted by Craig KutilRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22hTime for this classic again. 138148604998
Reposted by Craig KutilNancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Trump regime asks Supreme Court to allow 3rd country deportations; “‘extreme human rights violations that are super horrific’… two men expelled to Equatorial Guinea who had been bound, fitted with bags over their heads, beaten and pushed down a flight of stairs” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comTrump’s deportations to third countries violate human rights, UN experts warnSending migrants to countries they do not come from can have deadly consequences and must be halted, says report 03125
Reposted by Craig KutilMark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026NEWS: My new investigation uncovers the horrific ChatGPT history of the Tumbler Ridge school shooter. OpenAI’s chatbot fueled the shooter's violent fantasies and plans up to the day of the massacre. Chats about guns, timing of attacks, becoming infamous, and more. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre. 421469805
Reposted by Craig KutilProPublica @propublica.org · 25/09/2026Two months after the CEO of defense contractor Navatek used a shell company to send $150,000 to the Susan Collins super PAC, the senator committed to getting Navatek $32 million in naval contracts, according to company emails.propublica.orgThe FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the WayAfter the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini... 27875337
Reposted by Craig KutilProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.propublica.orgThe FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the WayAfter the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini... 13746312240
Reposted by Craig KutilMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Don Jr. is compromised by the Russian government—something you could have guessed, but is now fully confirmed by this ProPublica investigation about an oligarch who helped pay for his wedding.propublica.orgDonald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian OligarchThe oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large... 692135615
Reposted by Craig KutilTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026The only person in public service who has consistently made 100% sense on issues of "AI," which is why they hate her so much. 192029659
Reposted by Craig KutilProPublica @propublica.org · 10/09/2026TikTok investor Jeff Yass avoided paying $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny. He then poured that money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election deniers. (Published 2022)propublica.orgMeet the Billionaire and Rising GOP Mega-Donor Who’s Gaming the Tax SystemSusquehanna founder and TikTok investor Jeff Yass has avoided $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny. He’s now pouring his money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election de... 24770447
Reposted by Craig KutilProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.propublica.orgEctopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ... 34776164454
Reposted by Craig KutilProPublica @propublica.org · 05/09/2026When 3M scientist Kris Hansen discovered that a chemical the company produced was in the blood of the general public, her bosses questioned her work. Yet all along, some people inside the company had known the same thing. Listen to this excerpt: 14073483434
Reposted by Craig KutilByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026📌 ICYMI: The Peter Thiel Backed Race Science Network There is a connection between the two Cambridge Professors. Orr was part of the ‘race realist’ group which targeted Arday as a ‘DEI hire’ Support our investigationsbylinetimes.comThe Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason ArdayThe media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network 9395233
Reposted by Craig KutilAnna Kramer @annackramer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026SCOOP: Trump officials are pressuring the National Park Service to find a way to give a small piece of Yosemite to a private developer. The land would be used for a road, to give the developer rare private access to the heart of the park.notus.orgTrump’s Quietly Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private DeveloperThe National Park Service is under pressure to make an unprecedented deal that cedes a quarter-mile strip of the park. 51548432
Reposted by Craig KutilThe City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 24/08/2026The bodies of nearly 300 free Black people buried during the 1800s lie under the asphalt in East Elmhurst, Queens. The lot is used by an NYPD towing contractor. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/24/n...thecityreporter.nycThey Paved a Historic Black Burial Ground. Now It’s a Lot for Abandoned Cars.The bodies of nearly 300 free Black people buried during the 1800s lie under the asphalt in East Elmhurst, Queens. The lot is used by an NYPD towing contractor. 1314577
Reposted by Craig KutilTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 23/08/2026As Maya Angelou said, when people show you who they are, believe them. I'd rather have a klan member clearly articulating his views of how I should be eliminated than these garbage people dressing up their racism in intellectualism. You can fuck all the way off. 149483
Reposted by Craig KutilNicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Lara Korte, who was just fired from Stars & Stripes, has been covering the relocation of personnel from Bahrain for months and did a great piece today on 1,300 Navy family members displaced from Bahrain who are stuck in limbo given the damage to the Bahrain base. www.stripes.com/branches/nav...stripes.comNavy families evacuated from Bahrain face ‘uncharted territory’ amid bureaucratic confusionThe evacuation has left families in limbo and forced military officials to improvise solutions for support programs. 4530201425
Reposted by Craig KutilKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - Editor of Stars and Stripes says he is being fired for insubordination after saying any censorship is a 'red line.' 449148265285
Reposted by Craig KutilMichael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026dlvr.itProject 2025 Performance Review: How Trump Achieved Every Goal of the White AgendaIn less than two years, the Trump administration has fulfilled every aspect of the Heritage Foundation’s plan to make America white again. 07626
Reposted by Craig KutilSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026ICE and CBP are full of rapists and child predators. A new report details it in horrific detail.forever-wars.comThe Sex Criminals and Child Abusers of ICE and CBPRape. Domestic violence. Epstein friendship. It's all tolerated by our valiant homeland-security apparatus. PLUS: COINTELPRO 2026 9243462039
Reposted by Craig KutilEmanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 17/08/2026We put a tracking device in a shipment of rare books acquired by an anonymous buyer. It ended up at an Amazon facility where the company scans books for training data and destroys them in the process: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...404media.coWe Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training FacilityWe placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. 391572915
Reposted by Craig KutilMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/08/2026NEW— Richard Hanania has become a celebrated “former” white supremacist with profiles and accolades in mainstream news outlets. But as the person who first exposed Hanania’s past, @letsgomathias.bsky.social argues in this piece that his current views on race show an unaccountable and unchanged man:thehandbasket.coYou don’t have to hand it to Richard HananiaThe so-called "former" white supremacist's work doesn't show accountability—or that he's actually moved on from his earlier views, Christopher Mathias writes. 351682353
Reposted by Craig KutilDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 09/08/2026"But there is no honour for the humanities in regaining their standing through the attention of AI companies, if they engage only on the technology industry’s terms. In that case, they will have become important in exactly the wrong way." www.ft.com/content/bdb3...ft.comWhy this philosopher turned down AnthropicThe AI industry is courting the humanities — but it is asking the wrong questions 4473150
Reposted by Craig KutilProPublica @propublica.org · 09/08/2026A decade ago, Florida stripped a teacher of her license for sexually abusing a 16-year-old. Last year, she opened a private school there with ease. As private schools fueled by taxpayer dollars proliferate, states are choosing not to closely regulate who runs them or what they teach:propublica.orgBarns, Go-Karts and Strip Malls: The Wild West of Private Schools That Collect Taxpayer DollarsAs private schools proliferate, states are choosing a hands-off approach to regulating them. The backgrounds of school founders — sometimes with criminal histories — often don’t matter 271040542
Reposted by Craig KutilJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 06/08/2026New from 404 Media: around the country, cities are ditching Flock. But in many cases, immediately replacing Flock with Axon cameras. These clamp to an existing streetlamp so harder to spot. May be harder for public to know what cops are using the cameras for www.404media.co/cities-are-d...404media.coCities Are Ditching Flock, Immediately Replacing It With Axon License Plate ReadersRather than get rid of ALPR cameras entirely, many cities and towns are switching to Axon, whose cameras can be mounted to an existing streetlamp, helping them blend into their surroundings. 27474277
Reposted by Craig KutilKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 04/08/2026"Get away from me right now," King, a retired U.S. Army captain who served in Iraq and earned both a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star, can be heard telling the three male guard members in the video as they approach her on the bench. "You have absolutely no authority to detain me."npr.orgA veteran was detained by the National Guard in her front yard. Now she's suingMilitary veteran and D.C. resident Anna King has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the Idaho National Guard, saying three guard members assaulted her while detaining her in front of her home. 21208414
Reposted by Craig KutilAbby Vesoulis @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Just to be clear, I reported an exhaustive piece about the allegations against Max Miller on July 18. The New York Times published their story, without crediting me, on July 28. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comAssault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max MillerPolice reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term. 3287125
Reposted by Craig KutilChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 02/08/2026The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.futurism.comThe Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced LaborThe lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak. 380112526093
Reposted by Craig KutilLauren Kaori Gurley @laurenkaorigurley.bsky.social · 31/07/2026This week: Nursing homes terminated hundreds of Haitian workers with TPS. Major airports fired Haitian janitors, cabin cleaners and wheelchair attendants. Schools let go of drivers and landscapers. My reporting on the fallout of Haiti TPS termination. t.co/vCyqrl7hK3 37761
Reposted by Craig KutilCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...stlpr.orgOverland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportationsThe couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media. 33721437
Reposted by Craig KutilGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026This video of a woman telling an anti-abortion asshole to, "Shut the fuck up" is exactly what I needed to see on a Monday morning 19195844343
Reposted by Craig KutilNick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 19/07/2026It’s Scary As Hell Being Black in America Right Now theintercept.com/2026/07/19/n...theintercept.comIt’s Scary As Hell Being Black in America Right NowThe deaths of Nolan Wells and Kohen Wiley are symptoms of a nation retreating from any pretense of equal rights. 15323
Reposted by Craig KutilBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 14/07/2026'ending violent crime' is not what soldiers do, nor is it Trump's actual goal the real aim is using the full force of the U.S. government, up to and including the military, to terrorize people of color this is illegal, ofc, but some courts are letting him do so ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...ballsandstrikes.orgJudges Paved the Way For the Killing of Tyrin Johnson In MemphisThe shooting death of Tyrin Johnson is the predictable consequence of the legal system letting Trump turn the American military against Americans. 012525
Reposted by Craig KutilNBC News @nbcnews.com · 07/07/2026An Afghan national who fought alongside U.S. forces has died from an allergic reaction while in ICE custody, one day after he was detained for deportation proceedings, his death certificate shows. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...nbcnews.comAfghan national who fought with U.S. forces died of allergic reaction in ICE custodyMohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, 41, suffered “an adverse drug reaction” to an unidentified substance, which triggered anaphylaxis and exacerbated his asthma, the death report shows. 963100756082
Reposted by Craig KutilMelissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 06/07/2026ICE's transformation into Trump's personal secret police force is now complete. www.wired.com/story/ices-i...wired.comICE’s Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online CriticsThe Office of Professional Responsibility has opened more than 100 cases over what ICE officials call “incidents of doxing and threats” against ICE employees. 16042
Reposted by Craig KutilTechdirt @techdirt.com · 29/06/2026Actual Racism Is Invisible To Sam Alito, Because It’s Just His Own Worldview A month ago, I wrote that the Supreme Court's six conservative Justices have exactly one consistent rule on… www.techdirt.com/2026/06/29/actual-…techdirt.comActual Racism Is Invisible To Sam Alito, Because It’s Just His Own WorldviewA month ago, I wrote that the Supreme Court's six conservative Justices have exactly one consistent rule on whose votes count: Black people's votes shouldn't count. The pattern was simple. If a ruling would help Black votes count, the Court — led by Justice Samuel Alito — found a reason to block it. If it would help suppress the Black vote, that was treated as normal and fine. 45014
Reposted by Craig KutilTaniel @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. 1054150047744
Reposted by Craig KutilMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13/06/2026New: I wrote about everyone intently watching the long process of removing Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center and how it revealed our insatiable thirst for accountability — and for his humiliation.thehandbasket.coThe night the letters came downA marathon livestream of Trump's name being removed from the Kennedy Center was a rare moment of monoculture. 833049708
Reposted by Craig KutilAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 05/06/2026With its recent rulings, the Roberts Court has now entirely perverted the purpose of the 15th Amendment, turning an outright ban on racial discrimination in voting into a right to discriminate against black voters. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comThe Supreme Court Has Invented a Right to DiscriminateAlabama gambled on the Court’s partisanship, and won. 16470772776
Reposted by Craig KutilProPublica @propublica.org · 06/06/2026ProPublica obtained 3,000 pages of emails sent last year by executives asking that their facilities be exempted from Clean Air Act requirements. The White House approved more than 180 requests and is considering more.propublica.orgTrump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email.In an unprecedented move, the administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from federal rules under the Clean Air Act. The president is considering... 17592374
Reposted by Craig KutilWendy Siegelman @wendysiegelman.bsky.social · 04/06/2026NEW: Blackwater founder Erik Prince is Chairman of drone company Swarmer which operates in Ukraine - Swarmer has just signed an MOU with drone company Powerus that plans to merge with a firm where Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are investors. My latest:newstracs.comBlackwater founder Erik Prince is Chairman of drone company Swarmer, which signed an MOU with drone company Powerus, which plans to merge with a firm backed by Trump sons Eric and Don Jr.A drone company where Erik Prince serves as Non-Executive Chairman signed an MOU with another drone company that is planning to merge with a firm where Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are investors. 12144114
Reposted by Craig KutilJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 29/05/20261. A Popular Information reveals that two more "progressive" super PACs are linked to House Republicans and Speaker Mike Johnson. They've worked pretty hard to cover their tracks, but not quite hard enough. Follow along for details.popular.infoTwo “progressive” super PACs linked to House GOPTwo newly formed super PACs which purport to be progressive are linked to House Republicans and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), a Popular Information investigation reveals. 13596406
Reposted by Craig KutilGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/05/2026NEW: A group of activists have built an awesome new tool to help immigration attorneys and the general public know when an ICE flight is headed to their area. gillianbrockell.com/habeas-fligh...gillianbrockell.comHabeas Flight Watch: New tool helps track ICE flights to your cityActivists have been quietly piloting a live map of ICE flights to help immigration attorneys with habeas filings. Now they say it's ready for everyone to use. 637821894
Reposted by Craig KutilProPublica @propublica.org · 28/05/2026A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive. One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy. Another collapsed and had seizures during labor. (Published Dec. 2025)propublica.orgWhat I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign AidPhotographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again. 27817360
Reposted by Craig KutilTrish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...slate.comDrowning Doesn’t Look Like DrowningDrowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect. 253133989736
Reposted by Craig KutilMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19/05/2026this is a masterpiece 247210878227
Reposted by Craig KutilSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe. 16594011514967
Reposted by Craig KutilMolly White @molly.wiki · 09/05/2026A recent CoinDesk survey found 73% disapprove of government officials having crypto business ties, yet 55% weren’t aware of Trump’s involvement, and only 17% knew he co-founded World Liberty Financial. This underscores why my work at Citation Needed is so necessary. www.citationneeded.news/signup/citationneeded.newsCitation Needed 7568145
Reposted by Craig KutilSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Black people are giving it these Confederates raw and uncut. This is how it’s gonna be now. You wonder what we’re thinking? It’s this. I believe this is activist Gary Chambers again in Louisiana. 596183576303
Reposted by Craig KutilSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 05/05/2026This is our version of service journalism. Save this one as an easy reference for when you’re called upon to address how things got this bad:forever-wars.comFive Ways The War on Terror Empowered The ICE AssaultWe got an advance look at a new analysis from the Costs of War Project about the heritage of the 9/11 era on current ICE operations 024683