Reposted by CSilbermanFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A 21-year-old Navy sailor on the USS Fort Lauderdale died by suicide after an extended deployment for the Trump administration's so-called "drug boat" operations. 68143 0
Reposted by CSilbermanGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...newrepublic.comIn Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s FaultThanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state. 9940891023 0
CSilberman @csilberman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A documentary reminder of what happened on "9/12". 912film.com912film.comDiscover 9/12: From Chaos to Community, a documentary about the volunteer effort at Ground Zero in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks.9/12: From Chaos to Community is a 60-minute character-driven documentary about a community of people that grew out of the volunteer effort at Ground Zero in New York City after the World Trade Center... 002 0
CSilberman @csilberman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026A documentary about Community. 912film.com912film.comDiscover 9/12: From Chaos to Community, a documentary about the volunteer effort at Ground Zero in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks.9/12: From Chaos to Community is a 60-minute character-driven documentary about a community of people that grew out of the volunteer effort at Ground Zero in New York City after the World Trade Center... 000 0
CSilberman @csilberman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...militarytimes.comICE detained an Army sergeant’s wife. His family is still waiting for answers.On July 11, ICE detained Cristy Maryori Villafranca Trejo as her family drove home from the grocery store. Last week, she was almost deported to Honduras. 000 0
CSilberman @csilberman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026www.military.com/father-navy-...military.comNavy Sailor Deployed on USS Abraham Lincoln Takes to Social Media to Comment on Father Detained by ICEA sailor's father was detained by immigration authorities during a traffic stop in Florida while his son was nine months into deployment. 000 0
Reposted by CSilbermanTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026recapping the night: —Dems flip school board of Sarasota County, FL (a stronghold of M4L). —Dems flip school board chair seat in Orange County, FL. —Dems flip at-large city council seat in Jacksonville. —Dems lead in a red Pennsylvania state House seat (all precincts in, though no AP call). 121472344 0
Reposted by CSilbermanLincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 19/08/2026The national park barely sees any border crossings. But that's not the point. www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trump-is-… Subscribe to read the latest from @sjdemas.bsky.social for Lincoln Square!lincolnsquare.mediaTrump Wants to Bulldoze Big Bend. He’s Already Looted the Rest of the Park System.The national park barely sees any border crossings. But that's not the point. 01911 0
Reposted by CSilbermanJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 10/08/2026God already built a wall through Big Bend — it's called the Chisos Mountains. We don't need to give billions of our tax dollars to out of state vendors. We don't need to desecrate this sacred land. We don't need this useless, disgraceful, corrupt Big Bend border wall. 420138254758 0
Reposted by CSilbermanRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Published Tuesday; living it Sunday: aqi is so bad thanks to a local fire I have to close all the windows in a high-desert house with no air conditioning. "...the smoke, dangerous to breathe, hangs in the air, dimming the view, changing the very color of sunlight into something grimly unsettling.theguardian.comWe launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca SolnitSummer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys 13547183 0
Reposted by CSilbermanJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 10/08/2026This week marks one year of Trump’s military occupation of D.C. A backward look at what happened is essential to understanding where we are: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...joycevance.substack.comThe Week AheadAugust 9, 2026 7643219 0
Reposted by CSilbermanPBS News @pbsnews.org · 08/08/2026Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, has plummeted to its lowest water level since it was filled some 90 years ago, another sign of the crisis plaguing the Colorado River system. to.pbs.org/4zaPI52to.pbs.orgLake Mead hits historic low water level as Colorado River strugglesThe record follows a winter that produced the worst snowpack on record in the Colorado River Basin. 813358 0
CSilberman @csilberman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Plus 1) impact on foreign relations and 2) destructive land use policies 2692 0
Reposted by CSilbermanHannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 28/07/20261/ Last summer, @acleek.bsky.social and I started getting emails from staffers of a company called American Healthcare Systems. They told us that their hospitals were in financial chaos and that they were struggling to care for patients. So we started digging: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comA for-profit hospital slashed costs. Then a patient froze to death on its roof.A little-known company grew on promises to save distressed hospitals. Instead, it sunk them into financial chaos. 516593 0
Reposted by CSilbermanThe Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 09/07/2026He's not just another person killed by ICE. His name is Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, and he should still be here with his family and friends. @joycewhitevance.bsky.social 328490 0
Reposted by CSilbermanGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Juan Proano of LULAC just confirmed our story on a call with reporters, saying the three men in the van are facing pressure to self deport. "We have great concern that DHS is trying to move these witnesses out of the country. They may be the only eyewitnesses as to what happened." 7432172 0
CSilberman @csilberman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026@votemama.bsky.social is a great (and important) organization: Check out this article from USA TODAY: She used campaign funds to pay for child care. Other political moms are following suit. www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...usatoday.comShe used campaign funds to pay for child care. Other political moms are following suit.Liuba Grechen Shirley was the first mom to use campaign funds to pay for child care. She's starting a movement – and helping put more moms in office. 000 0
Reposted by CSilbermanVoteVets @votevets.org · 08/07/2026Iran has officially become Forever War 3.0, and Major Gen. Paul Eaton has a simple message for Republicans: Do your job. End this conflict NOW because Americans are fed up. 11339158 0
CSilberman @csilberman.bsky.social · 07/07/2026substack.com/@dougjonesal...substack.comAlabama’s Upset ArtistThe Atlantic’s new article on my campaign 000 0
CSilberman @csilberman.bsky.social · 01/07/2026If the GOP were in the same position as the Dems, they'd already be working on ways to limit the impact of unlimited spending and to level the playing field that way. 010 0
CSilberman @csilberman.bsky.social · 01/07/2026No way would Brown be a unanimous decision today, like the Court worked so hard to do at the time (if the plaintiffs would even win today). 000 0
Reposted by CSilbermanAltSSA @altssa.altgov.info · 30/06/2026Today, the Epstein survivors launched their website. They put a lot of time and effort into putting their stories together for the general public. They deserve our support. Please check it out if you have the mental capacity, and please share widely. ❤️survivorsisters.orgSurvivor SistersSurvivor Sisters of Epstein & Maxwell 10516287 0
Reposted by CSilbermanBethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 29/06/2026You may have heard about the OMB rule change that will put politics over federal grants. However bad you think it is? It's probably worse. Thanks to @theverge.com for letting me report this one out. There is still time to comment. bit.ly/4v2X4nQbit.lyThe war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it“Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.“ 311361787 0
CSilberman @csilberman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Totally ahistoric of course- but the Roberts 6 are just making it all up, since the President is an authoritarian and fulfilling their wildest dreams. 000 0
CSilberman @csilberman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026A throughline of his jurisprudence is that he will make stuff up to ensure that his "know your place; you're on your own; govt's role is to protect existing power structures" views win. 020 0
Reposted by CSilbermanProPublica @propublica.org · 25/06/2026UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate. ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs. Here’s what we found. (Published Nov. 2024)propublica.orgHow UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at RiskUnited used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due... 47977529 0
CSilberman @csilberman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Corollary: it's frustrating that safe blue NYC seats are getting all of the media/pundit attention, but NY17 deserves the closer look in terms of how Dems are going to work on flipping the House. 010 0
CSilberman @csilberman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026The original 4 in the Squad weren't ever as joined at the hip as they were portrayed to be, so it's natural that they're played out. But will there be a new Squad that's more aligned? Probably- but will they move beyond 1-note AIPAC and Dem establishment bashing to become effective legislators? 100 0
CSilberman @csilberman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026So disappointing when he flip flopped on the EDC's BMT overdevelopment plan. 100 0
CSilberman @csilberman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Especially if they spend more time bashing other Dems than working to defeat Trump's policies. (Ps At least 2 of the 3 wouldn't have stood a chance in NY17 tonight (currently Lawler's district). NYC gets all the media attention, but NY17 deserves the closer look in terms of flipping the House.) 030 0
CSilberman @csilberman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I was just having a similar discussion, in that it's highly unlikely he becomes a member of the Squad & he's going to be a freshman (with everything that entails, seniority-wise), and will inevitably disappoint some of his new voters. But hard to imagine him being challenged in 2028 or afterwards. 000 0
CSilberman @csilberman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Otoh, one social media pundit seems to be conflating Zionism definitionally with supporting the current leadership, which is also problematic. 020 0
Reposted by CSilbermanChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/06/2026This is what Tuberville says because he has no plan to lower grocery prices for Alabama, just another imaginary enemy. 125651175 0
Reposted by CSilbermanAlliance for Justice @afj.org · 23/06/2026Today the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, ruling 6–3 that there is no meaningful accountability for incarcerated people when prison officials violate their religious freedoms. Our statement: afj.org/article/supr...afj.orgSupreme Court Eliminates Path to Justice for Religious Persecution - Alliance for Justice 033 0
CSilberman @csilberman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026This approach also lets the national Dem Establishment (especially Dems in Congress & the Senate) treat everything that happens within the Beltway as the same ol same ol-- they'll gnash their teeth at their GOP colleagues, but in the next breath brag about some (rare) display of bipartisanship. 010 0
Reposted by CSilbermanProPublica @propublica.org · 23/06/2026ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions. Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her. (Published Nov. 2025)propublica.org“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions. 411147595 0
Reposted by CSilbermanThe City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 22/06/2026NEW: Grieving relatives of a teenage tourist killed in a Central Park horse carriage crash last week pleaded Monday with Mayor Zohran Mamdani to immediately shut down the industry on the eve of the rides resuming. buff.ly/YYrQHrOthecityreporter.nycFamily of Teen Killed in Carriage Crash Calls for End of Central Park Horse RidesThe death of 18-year-old Romanch Mahajan is thought to be the first fatality in the carriage industry’s 150-plus year history in the park. 13910 0
Reposted by CSilbermanThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22/06/2026What's one of the larger issues that are causing Republican voters to reconsider their candidates? @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social argues it's abortion rights.lnk.thebulwark.comSwing Voters Are Still Mad at Republicans About AbortionIn tight elections, that might make all the difference. 47324 0
Reposted by CSilbermanKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 22/06/2026BREAKING: Judge Patrick Schiltz has quashed several DOJ grand jury subpoenas aimed Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey, saying they were part of a retaliatory effort over their refusal to aid Trumpa dmin immigration enforcement efforts. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 174121863394 0
CSilberman @csilberman.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Or environmental and land use policy. Virtual 🦗🦗🦗🦗from the "what's today's reality tv episode?" journalists. 010 0
CSilberman @csilberman.bsky.social · 20/06/2026And so much of the broadcast media -- and independent media -- isn't giving this the coverage it needs. 040 0
Reposted by CSilbermanCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20/06/2026The Trump administration detained a Colombian immigrant this week in Phoenix after he spoke out against a Trump-endorsed candidate in his home country’s upcoming presidential election. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u...nytimes.comMemo by Rubio Approved Detention of Immigrant Who Criticized Trump Ally 25429196 0
Reposted by CSilbermanBolts @boltsmag.org · 20/06/2026Orolua Eluonyechie has been held in immigration detention for more than two years. He filed a habeas petition to be released, but it sat for nine months without ever being reviewed. “It is a black hole. Nobody is paying attention to him,” his lawyer says.boltsmag.org“Stuck in Purgatory”: ICE Detention in Louisiana Can Stretch on for Years - BoltsLouisiana has more ICE lockups than almost any other state. Now as a surge in habeas petitions overloads courts, people are held “unfathomably” long without recourse. 3217133 0
