Reposted by CroakerMike Konczal @mtkonczal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026BLS this morning, with revised 2Q data: "The labor share, which is the percentage of output that accrues to workers in the form of compensation, was 52.8 percent in the second quarter of 2026, the lowest level in the series, which begins in the first quarter of 1947." 571968818
Reposted by CroakerKevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Chat, is it good when an aspiring authoritarian is purging the military leadership to install politically reliable generals (gift: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...) 7332106
Reposted by CroakerRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching. Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone. 38984434234
Reposted by CroakerDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 29/08/2026So, let me get this straight, the US illegally attacks a country, kidnaps its president, threatens its government with massive military force, gets them to hand over to US control a huge portion of their national assets, hails the billions it has already brought in and promises billions more... 671740607
Reposted by CroakerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026"I was not shocked that he helped somebody. My shock is that he was murdered. And no one has given us the complete truth or anyone has been held accountable. And it's been 7 months! ... there was more effort in vilifying him than pursuing justice" -- Alex Pretti's parents 474236448095
Reposted by CroakerWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 22/08/2026This is probably unpopular on Bluesky, but I think what French is saying here is basically true. The IDEOLOGICAL foundations of the GOP, pre-Trump, have been razed to the ground. What he omits is that most GOP voters were instead attracted to certain EMOTIONAL undercurrents, out of which MAGA arose. 3241346
Reposted by CroakerRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country. Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high. Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record. Noticing a pattern? 795198377888
Reposted by CroakerBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Trump administration every day: Tariffs don’t raise prices. Trump administration today: We’re exempting 300,000 metric tons of ground beef from tariffs in order to lower prices. 11511116
Reposted by CroakerPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 17/08/2026There are some self-described socialist candidates on the left who I strongly disagree with, but the only politician seizing and nationalizing shares of private companies that I know of is Donald J Trump. 551357304
Reposted by CroakerLeah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026OUT: Go woke, go broke IN: Go fash, lose cash www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...theguardian.comUS firms that kept DEI policies despite ‘go woke, go broke’ threats thrivedExclusive: Companies that kept policies did just as well financially, even after Trump’s executive order, as those that didn’t 15560167
Reposted by CroakerAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/08/2026He voted for Trump three times. Then ICE came for his wife, who had entered legally, sought asylum under the process even Trump used to say was “the right way,” and was months away from a green card. Now he says he’s “living in fear in my own country.” 1381959478
Reposted by CroakerDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Reminder: Being woke means caring and being a decent human being. The term was demonized by people capable of neither. Being woke is a good thing. Media outlets are under no obligation to use MAGA definitions. 816645
Reposted by CroakerAaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie. 1814214068939
Reposted by CroakerAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Wow! ICE’s airport arrests of people seemingly waiting in government immigration backlogs caught up a Fulbright scholar and public health researcher working at Johns Hopkins in their public health department. Not exactly the “worst of the worst”! Yet they threw her in detention anyway. 311392697
Reposted by CroakerBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/07/2026As an economic pathology, AI is *extraordinary*. AI boosters have spent a baffling and terrifying sum of money - over $1.4T, most of that in the past year - on the promise of making as many workers unemployed as possible, while lowering the wages of the meager survivors of this jobspocalypse. 3/ 4789219
Reposted by CroakerEdward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Just want to register my strong disapproval of the profane language used in my home country. 42625159
Reposted by CroakerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/06/2026WOW - Trump crashes out & cuts his interview w/ Welker short as she presses him on his lack of evidence for claiming elections are rigged "You're either crooked or you're stupid. I've had enough. Thank you darling," he tells her" "I traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview," she pleads 4358172535047
Reposted by CroakerAndrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 24/05/2026Lest we forget: Obama secured the Iran deal without starting a war, shutting down the Strait of Hormuz, or losing a single American life. But please, tell me more about how “toughness” requires body bags. 19794942551
Reposted by CroakerThe Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 17/05/2026An aging Trump posting multiple “I’m getting younger” memes is strongman mythology. The ruler is physically exceptional, immune to decline, and beyond ordinary human limits. 2413435
Reposted by CroakerRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/05/2026You can take all the corruption from every single US administration in history, add it all together, and it will not equal the amount of corruption committed by the Trump Regime in less than two years. 8929161040
Reposted by CroakerHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 14/05/2026President Obama: “We pulled it off without firing a missile. We got 97% of their enriched uranium out. There’s no dispute that it worked and we didn’t have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz.” 10623834012751
Reposted by CroakerDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/05/2026NEW: We’re seeing what the Voting Rights Act had been protecting the nation against: aggressive GOP gerrymanders drawn to silence Black voters. But as the effects of SCOTUS’ catastrophic ruling ripple, voters are meeting this moment ready to fight. In words and photos, this is their response:democracydocket.com‘We shall overcome (again)': In powerful statehouse protests, Black voters and leaders decry GOP's Southern gerrymandersHere are some of the most dramatic and powerful examples of how Black Americans -- from elected officials to ordinary voters -- have responded to the wave of GOP gerrymanders. 23723302
Reposted by CroakerAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/05/2026You do not hate the DOGE people enough. Boys with toys breaking things they were too arrogant and lazy to understand. 8053071580
Reposted by CroakerPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Today is a reminder that except for a brief period running roughly from Brown v. Board to Roe v. Wade, throughout its history the Supreme Court has been a reactionary force protecting the wealth of the wealthy and the power of the powerful, almost always hostile to equality and justice. 6758611710
Reposted by CroakerKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Fisherman. We're blowing up fishing boats. 612099908
Croaker @croakerx.bsky.social · 21/04/2026No process. Just “kiss his ass” and you’ll get what you want from the President of the United States. Of course you have to be a billionaire for him to answer your call. 000
Reposted by CroakerAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/04/2026I would like a Secretary of Defense who has read one (1) book on the history of warfare; preferably one that discusses the impact of disease on armies. 71705170
Reposted by CroakerEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 19/04/2026NYT INVESTIGATION: As the Trump administration & Congress last year moved to repeal sanctions on Syria, the Qatar-based family that most stood to benefit was privately negotiating a real-estate partnership with Jared Kushner and proposing a Trump golf course in Syria www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/u...nytimes.comSyrian Billionaires Needed a Favor in Washington. They Invoked the Trump Name. 882023980
Reposted by CroakerJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Have been wondering when candidates would start talking about this. One of the biggest corruption scandals is U.S. history playing out in real time. 10146541459
Croaker @croakerx.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Sounds like Hungary has a functioning democracy whose structure allows for massive corrections when necessary. As an American, I’m envious. 000
Reposted by CroakerBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 13/04/2026The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world. 657532469339
Reposted by CroakerPeter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Hungary's Viktor Orban, a lodestar for MAGA culture warriors and right-wing populists in Europe, concedes defeat in a general election, breaking the momentum of a global nationalist revival promoted by Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/w...nytimes.comOrban, Beacon to the Right, Concedes Defeat in Hungary’s Election 1630162
Reposted by CroakerEdward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 12/04/2026People will be closely studying how Hungary's opposition pulled off their win in such a pro-incumbent system. Important to note that the theme was corruption. Democrats need to get much better at calling out Trump's corruption. 12644111198
Reposted by CroakerColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 11/04/2026I had this thought last night that, in addition to the Challenger trauma, we all recently dealt with the (billionaire side project) Oceangate situation…which I think made us collectively forget how ABSOLUTELY METICULOUS AND CHOREOGRAPHED NASA is. NASA folks aren’t amateurs 💁🏻♀️ 28862101
Reposted by CroakerAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Is the fact that the Iran war wasn’t congressionally authorized something we no longer talk about? Seems like the reporting/discussion now just assumes that Trump can just do whatever he wants wrt the use of force 15340471075
Reposted by CroakerDaniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 07/04/2026I hate having to do the "look, they're normal just like us" post, but sometimes you have to do that when American propaganda tries to convince everyone Iranians are "animals". 20102063783
Reposted by CroakerBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 07/04/2026A moment of sympathy for our president, who is being 'poorly served' by the people he appointed to carry out these inhumane policies. 1/ 611342228
Reposted by CroakerAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 05/04/2026He is talking about creating a humanitarian disaster, a clear war crime 1041579521
Reposted by CroakerAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 04/04/2026One thing I love is the percentage of “journalism” devoted to pretending this kind of gutter racism is some benign, rational other thing that only the white people midwestern diners and staffers at right wing think tanks can truly understand bsky.app/profile/pale... 532999581
Reposted by CroakerJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 02/04/2026For a war ostensibly designed to reduce Iran’s military capabilities and ability to threaten the region, it would seem an extraordinary outcome to have a result…be a situation in which Iran could now export oil freely, but our allies would have to pay fees to Iran for the privilege of doing so”result.beResult 20582165
Reposted by CroakerAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 31/03/2026The data we are getting out of ICE now conclusively destroys their "worst of the worst" narrative. Since the Los Angeles raids began in June last year, there has been a massive expansion of ICE arrests against people with no criminal record, while arrests of others remained flat. 401546692
Reposted by CroakerDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 31/03/2026South Australia has spent years patiently constructing one of the world's first big 100% clean grids. Its reward? Industries are *flocking* there to take advantage. Peak load is expected to double in coming years. Go green, make green.reneweconomy.com.auPeak load tipped to double as industries flock to Australia's world-first 100 pct renewables gridPeak demand is expected to double over the next decade as industries flock to take advantage of the world's first 100 pct net renewable grid built around wind and solar. 6438154
Croaker @croakerx.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Manipulating the most ignorant Americans is usually easy. But not always. 000
Reposted by CroakerBenjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 22/03/2026Are they going to wear masks? If not, let’s all go to the airports and take pictures. 18625114
Croaker @croakerx.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Another catch and kill operation. RIP Twitter RIP Washington Post RIP CBS News 001