Reposted by Chuck Schulienemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026But look on the bright side! That increases the chance that Rob Sand will appoint his successor. 418419
Reposted by Chuck SchulienAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 27/09/2026The research implies that a local newspaper creates $114 per resident per year ($84 in 2018$) in local government efficiency. A case for subsidies for local news, perhaps in the form of consumer free-subscription vouchers like @deanbaker13.bsky.social advocates 511345
Reposted by Chuck SchulienAustin Ramzy @austinramzy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Peter Baker writing in the NYT’s current lead story: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u... 210535
Reposted by Chuck SchulienSenator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 21/09/2026When I first met Ariadna, she was still inside Delaney Hall. She translated for the other women inside, helping me learn their stories. Now that she’s out, she’s still shining a light on their experiences. 10863358
Reposted by Chuck SchulienJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026this is disappointing to me to hear. But I think Bill's right. Property is property. Absent some very binding court stipulations, I doubt this means much. My wife was also at WSJ when this happened, albeit in GC office of Dow Jones. Everyone knew what was coming. 1031878
Reposted by Chuck SchulienTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026For years, Alaska officials prosecuted (& persecuted) a community of American Samoans in the city of Whittier, threatening them with years in prison for the crime of voting. You may have read about this when we covered it in Bolts earlier this year. HUGE NEWS: Alaska just dropped all charges.boltsmag.orgAfter a Yearslong Nightmare, Relief for American Samoans Punished for Voting - BoltsAlaska officials for years accused American Samoans caught in a unique legal limbo of illegally voting, but finally dropped those charges this month. 343082898
Reposted by Chuck SchulienJay @jaylboh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This is what we’re dealing with. 877216165489
Reposted by Chuck SchulienTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Made possible by the GOP's 11th hour power grab in late 2024: boltsmag.org/north-caroli...boltsmag.orgGOP Grabs Control of North Carolina Election Boards, Rushing to Negate November Losses - BoltsIn their final weeks before they lose the ability to pass laws, Republican lawmakers gutted the powers of incoming Democratic officials and upended who runs elections. 27628
Chuck Schulien @cschess.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This is a Portland success story, showing the power of women and perserverance. 010
Reposted by Chuck SchulienNPR @npr.org · 31/08/2026An NPR investigation found that people in the U.S. are dying from heat much more often than official counts show. We explore the reasons why — and how lives can be saved. n.pr/3UmkeZPn.prNPR spent 2 years tracking deaths from heat. We found a staggering hidden tollAn NPR investigation found that people in the U.S. are dying from heat much more often than official counts show. We explore the reasons why — and how lives can be saved. 4272115
Reposted by Chuck SchulienRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Lake Epstein Files Gulf of Crypto Scams River of Defeat by Iran Public Naps Pond Corruption Creek. I have as much right to name international bodies of water as he does. So do you. Go at it. Of course I'm not ever for altering original indigenous place names, not even for Lake Ontology. 23539100
Reposted by Chuck SchulienElizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The five biggest defense contractors spent more than $100B on buybacks and dividends since 2020. I have a simple question for defense contractors: If taxpayers are giving you billions to build military equipment, why are you buying back your own stock? This needs to stop. 32290253007
Reposted by Chuck SchulienSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I do wonder just how much the innuendo can be dialed up before Trump responds in an insane way. Though it's likely he loves people assuming he can still bring the cheater heat at 80. 471489159
Reposted by Chuck SchulienPhuoc Nguyen (Fook Win) ✍️ @phuocerman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026FT 2-1 Portland Thorns #BAONPDX #NWSL Days away from being called up by Emma Hayes & making her dream USWNT senior team debut, Caiya Hanks suffered an ACL injury. Exactly 14 months later, she made her return for Portland Thorns in the 88th minute. 8 minutes later, she scored the game-winner. WOW 1518
Reposted by Chuck SchulienCongresswoman Yassamin Ansari @repyassansari.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I’ve introduced Articles of Impeachment against Hegseth. I urge my colleagues to join me and hold him accountable. 39123
Reposted by Chuck SchulienCongresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. @repdexteror.bsky.social · 14/08/2026As the only lung doctor in Congress, I know we must take definitive action to protect our air quality. I introduced the No Passes for Polluters Act to stop the toxic emission exemptions that poison our air. Stay loud. 0288
Reposted by Chuck SchulienLee Drutman @leedrutman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026"The Supreme Court has closed off nearly every legal avenue for challenging partisan gerrymandering. The answer isn’t better maps. It’s proportional representation." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/13/o...bostonglobe.comGerrymandering won. It’s time to change the rules. - The Boston GlobeThe Supreme Court has closed off nearly every legal avenue for challenging partisan gerrymandering. The answer isn’t better maps. It’s proportional representation. 1189
Reposted by Chuck SchulienRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Thomson Reuters, which owns news agency Reuters, has signed a $125M deal giving ICE access to its databases of personal data. USA Today has partnered with Palantir to gain "actionable intelligence" on its audiences. The media should be opponents of Trump's police state — not collaborators. 47084393960
Reposted by Chuck SchulienDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I think part of the pundit crack-up has been that they missed the big call of their lifetimes about which was the bigger threat to America: wokeness or authoritarianism. And rather than admitting that, they are doubling down on wokeness, while ignoring an authoritarianism that does not threaten them 952916656
Reposted by Chuck SchulienScientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Implementing a universal, single-payer healthcare system would save the U.S. more than $1 trillion and some 114,000 lives every year, according to a recent Yale University preprint studyscientificamerican.comScientists calculated how much money and lives 'Medicare for All' might save—it's a lotThe study has been touted by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders as proof of the benefits of a universal, single-payer healthcare system, but the research hasn't been peer-reviewed 813162
Reposted by Chuck SchulienJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Not that this goes to the deeper issues people are discussing. But the Thanksgiving Holiday has basically nothing to do with the Pilgrims or anything to do with settlers or later white Americans interactions with American Indians. The holiday didn't start with the Pilgrims. The modern day ... 1326057
Reposted by Chuck SchulienMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 10/08/2026If it looks like an Amazon delivery and drives like an Amazon delivery, then it's an Amazon delivery, right? Not according to Amazon. Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability. 904378159489
Reposted by Chuck SchulienGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Good get from @davidkurtz.bsky.social: Another migrant who was wrongfully deported just got a judge to order him released from detention. He faced a lot of the horrors that Kilmar Abrego Garcia did. Quite a case: morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/first-at-t...morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.comFirst at TPM: Judge Orders Immigrant Released After Surreal Journey Through Trump’s Gulag ArchipelagoINSIDE: Faustino Pablo Pablo ... David C. Guaderrama 118881
Reposted by Chuck SchulienCongresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. @repdexteror.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Chuck Edwards should resign from Congress. 56414
Reposted by Chuck SchulienAliceC @alicehyc.bsky.social · 31/07/2026@kim.senate.gov @hcrichardson.bsky.social American Conversation Thursday July 30, 2026 Hearing Sen. Kim with Dr. Richardson is always an incredible experience. www.youtube.com/live/Rp0AMyQ...youtube.comSenator Andy Kim | American ConversationsYouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson 117244
Reposted by Chuck SchulienRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Six congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock. 862202197010
Reposted by Chuck SchulienJay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Today I learned of an online dictionary of quotations from Marshall McLuhan themmm.marshallmcluhan.com As a test I put my favorite McLuhan quote into the machine and got a perfect result back. My search term was: "hour on fire" 37211
Reposted by Chuck SchulienSenator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 29/07/2026The current wildfire situation in Oregon is the worst in the nation—but FEMA denied federal resources for the East Evans Creek Fire and the Rowe Creek Fire Complex. Oregonians deserve answers—and @wyden.senate.gov and I are pressing to get them.merkley.senate.govAs Wildfires Burn 1+ Million Acres Across Oregon, Merkley, Wyden Press FEMA on Denial of Emergency Federal Assistance - MerkleySalem, OR – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden demanded urgent answers from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in response to the agency’s denial of Fire Management Assistan... 1110541
Reposted by Chuck SchulienDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 28/07/2026Israel is giving Trump's former campaign manager millions of dollars to fill the internet with pro-Israel articles written by AI, not so that anyone will actually read them, but so that *LLMs will train on them* & regurgitate their perspective. This is the future of the information environment.dropsitenews.comIsrael Is Paying Millions to Train AI Chatbots How to Talk About Gaza. It's Working.Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is overseeing an operation posting hundreds of blog posts on behalf of Israel, with the goal of infiltrating artificial intelligence. 7123521232
Reposted by Chuck SchulienRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/07/2026At least 52 people have died in ICE custody since Trump returned to the White House. At least 23 people have been shot at by federal immigration agents. And thousands more have been caged, separated from their families, or shipped off to dangerous countries. The cruelty is endless. 14241841757
Reposted by Chuck SchulienMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I have a question for those who study the media: Does anyone in corporate owned media wonder if their declining audience and trust is the product of events like we saw last night? Because, as someone who started an independent media outlet, it is definitely part of our growth. 319100292241
Reposted by Chuck SchulienAtrios @eschatonblog.com · 25/07/2026ABUNDANCE! Except the abundance people don’t actually give a shit about this stuff 1462476
Reposted by Chuck SchulienAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 25/07/2026A gentle reminder. We are all birthright citizens for the law recognizes that our parents are irrelevant to the question of our status. 583141526
Reposted by Chuck SchulienJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Hey folks, Sorry that “What the Heck” didn’t happen this morning. Heather is traveling. And I somehow slept until after 11:00! You know that feeling when you wake up and stare at the clock because it makes no sense? That. I would have beamed in! If I’d been awake… 182717
Reposted by Chuck SchulienMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/07/2026The legacy media sat there while Trump lied about the past elections and "joked" about running again in 2028. They did not boo. They did not walk out. They just sat there and ate their dinner. The journalists in that room will be remembered as the journalists in that room. 488113913203
Reposted by Chuck SchulienRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 24/07/2026But of course, read the whole thread. Grateful for Cory Doctorow, and grateful he writes about Silicon Valley with a flamethrower.... 7528155
Reposted by Chuck Schulien🦋 Still Standing 🦋 @imstillstanding.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Well…isn’t this a little gem. @jenpsaki.bsky.social did you know about this? 6217771110
Chuck Schulien @cschess.bsky.social · 23/07/2026As a HUD housing recipient, I don't want my provider to be further stressed - they are excellent. I hope that my Federal electees follow Notes on the Crises - they should! @repdexteror.bsky.social @wyden.senate.gov @merkley.senate.gov 042
Reposted by Chuck SchulienEmily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Huge investigation out today helmed by @rebleber.bsky.social and @rebeccajohn.bsky.social revealing just how long ago industry knew gas would destroy the climate -- with tons of new details showing how they hid the facts and worked to promote gas as "clean." 👏👏 26239
Reposted by Chuck SchulienDennis Lytton @dennislytton.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Doing nothing effective isn't "norms", it's surrender It's mystifying how anyone now faints at the suggestion that we do pro-democracy reforms *by law* like: - SCOTUS enlargement - DC statehood (insta 2 more Senators) - prosecute 45/47 crimes - multiparty proportional representation for House 316033
Reposted by Chuck SchulienLeon Watson @leonwatson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Amazing. Peter Magyar will ask chess legend Judit Polgar to be Hungary's interim president tomorrow. Did not see that move coming. worldchess.com/news/judit-p...worldchess.comJudit Polgar, The Leading Light Of Women's Chess, Nominated for Hungarian Presidency / News / World Chess - Official FIDE Online Chess Gaming PlatformFew figures have illuminated the world of chess like Judit Polgar. Now, Polgar's remarkable journey may be taking an unexpected turn, with a nomination to become Hungary's next president. 1168
Reposted by Chuck SchulienProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 19/07/2026The fact that VP JD Vance and Richard Grenell went to Romania—on behalf of the Trump Administration— to advocate for Andrew and Tristan Tate, who by all accounts, were rapists running a coercive sex ring, then permitted them to come to Florida, should be a crazy, crazy scandal. 277161234989
Reposted by Chuck SchulienG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 19/07/2026nobody is giving fox news more headlines about how democrats can't win general elections than moderate candidates and their supporters in the media 212041324
Reposted by Chuck SchulienDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Absolutely wild. Read that again: the *actual* costs of *just wildfire smoke* are higher than the currently projected costs of *all climate impacts combined*. 7193108
Reposted by Chuck SchulienShrekpdx @shrekpdx.bsky.social · 17/07/2026This is an amazing story. #RCTID 082
Chuck Schulien @cschess.bsky.social · 17/07/2026As David said, this is a great profile, Tyson. I'm glad to see in the Oregonian. 000
Reposted by Chuck SchulienKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/07/2026This is a terrific illustration -- for elected officials but also for media figures -- of the incredible power of simply refusing to take a bullshit dodge for an answer. Keep asking the question, over and over again, and make the weasels squirm. 24373501912
Reposted by Chuck SchulienKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 15/07/2026830 wildfires burning across Canada right now. And you know what’s going to make it worse in the future? More oil pipelines. This is why our voice and our vote matters. 461925773
Reposted by Chuck SchulienCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/07/2026“.. I asked a few AI researchers whether they could name any other real-world software that scales so poorly. None of them could think of any. “.. By economic and engineering measures, generative AI might be the worst technology ever deployed.” @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/technology/2... 11048721798