Reposted by Denise LeeKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2hThere are a lot of Trump officials who need to be impeached, but Russell Vought -- the quarterback of all the Project 2025 fuckery and a central player in the administration's overreach -- really needs to be at the top of the list. 681604478
Reposted by Denise LeeRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 35mWith this monopolized media empire comes not just size but unprecedented power. The power to throw workers under the bus. The power to price-gouge because consumers have few alternatives. The power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. 35444176
Reposted by Denise LeeKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 1hMike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs. @columbiasipa.bsky.social share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...share.googleFormer Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join SIPA facultyFormer Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the School of International and Public Affairs as a fellow at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. 27496202
Reposted by Denise LeeSHRED @tshred.bsky.social · 3h#ICE Private detention donated $4.5M+ in 2024—93%+ to the GOP. GEO Group: $3.7M (92% GOP). CoreCivic: $785K (96% GOP). Then ICE detention expanded, contracts surged, profits soared. Follow the money—this isn't policy, it's a return on investment. theintercept.com/2025/07/10/c... 35130
Reposted by Denise LeeMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 30mWelp. Tucker Carlson suggesting it would be good if Hitler had won World War 2 so everyone in the UK spoke a “European language” is quite the opinion. It was even a step too far for his guest, the Rather Right Wing Jacob Rees-Mogg. 149626
Reposted by Denise LeeJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1hWas talking with somebody last night about whether today's plutocrats were objectively "worse" than original Gilded Age. Them: "Well, what are your examples?" Me: "Big three: Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg. "Then Ellisons, Kochs, Singer, Schwarzman. Princelings like Lutnick, Uihlein. No contest." 2621836
Reposted by Denise LeeMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1hAlso attending Paramount's dinner to honor Trump was AG Todd Blanche. This took place as the Justice Dept. was about to decide on the antitrust implications of Paramount's bid for Warner Bros Discovery. Of course the regime gave its OK. It was unethical for those people to party with each other.nytimes.comParamount Throws Party for Trump as It Awaits Approval of Warner Bros. DealThe gathering included executives and leading journalists from CBS News, which Paramount owns, and the head of the Justice Department, which is reviewing the acquisition. 16318
Reposted by Denise LeeMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1hWhen a rapist sticks up for other rapists it's called a professional courtesy. 1781677550
Reposted by Denise LeeMaria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 1hSnidely Whiplash-level melodramatic evildoing 0205
Reposted by Denise LeeJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 3hSort of insane fact about how broken US urban planning is—America now spends more building *just the lights for roads and highways* than on all subways & ground mass transit combined Spending on roadway *pavement* is 18x transit spending 321617442
Reposted by Denise LeeUnofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 2hHawaii's iconic 500-year-old Hōlei Sea Arch has collapsed into the seabbc.co.ukHawaii's iconic 500-year-old Hōlei Sea Arch has collapsed into the seaThe lava rock formation protruding from the rocky cliffs of Volcanoes National Park crumbled some time last weekend. 83013
Reposted by Denise LeeJustin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 4hThe Trump voucher program is expensive graft and discrimination in service of destroying public schools. Call your state governor’s office and tell them you strongly oppose the program and dont want them to opt-in for your state. 053
Reposted by Denise LeeBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 2hThe BEST thing that true believers in AI could do is stop evangelizing to people, like me, who think it sucks. Do the hard, years-long work of detaching your beloved technology from the worst people in the world right now: shameless fascists driven by greed and domination. They’re YOUR partners. 151202218
Reposted by Denise LeeKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 8hToday, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered. 14255971789
Reposted by Denise LeeDannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 5hAdd another to the file. 25012
Reposted by Denise LeeSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 7hOne of the most apparent truths about universities in this era is that student journalists have tended to exhibit the greatest courage and tenacity when it comes to applying their institutional mottos and academic lessons to the world.nytimes.comThe Student Journalists Who Never Let the Cornell Assault Case Go (Gift Article)The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity house since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case. 7614166
Reposted by Denise LeeCollective for Racial and Disability Justice @crdjustice.bsky.social · 5hFederal agencies have spent years addressing gaps in data about people with intellectual & developmental disabilities (I/DD). Now, the proposed 2028 NHIS redesign could remove measures developed to help close those gaps. #DisabilityData #NHIS 197
Reposted by Denise LeeJoe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 5hKeenen Colbert is running in Texas State Senate District 2 That's one of the districts Lt Gov Dan Patrick mentioned when he said some GOP Senators are in "tough races" per an item in Quorum Report. He told donors that incumbent Bob Hall, who is 84 years old, was down by 2 points 1198
Reposted by Denise LeeTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 8hNEW AD: Are you a data center company looking to take over rural Texas? Are you a crime-loving millionaire looking to throw the FBI off your scent? Are you a child predator looking to get out of jail after just 1 day? Call 844-WHOS-KEN to hear what Ken Paxton can do for you! 802417896
Reposted by Denise LeeAndrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 5hwww.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab... The White House has instructed the Justice Department to move slowly on any abortion-related actions ahead of the midterm elections, The Washington Sun has learned….washingtonsun.comWhite House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the MidtermsAttorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election. 176
Reposted by Denise LeeGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5hYou can thank Donald Trump for that.nbcnews.comGas, mortgage rates and inflation send Americans’ view of the economy to near record lows“This is the danger for the Federal Reserve and the nation. This is what can truly shift spending habits and lifestyles,” said economist Heather Long. 20786232
Reposted by Denise LeeSenator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 5hDemocracy is the house that we all live in. Donald Trump is setting that house on fire. 26811
Reposted by Denise LeeZander Furnas @alexanderfurnas.com · 5hif we use dynamic scoring for tax cuts we should also use it for education spending imo 02410
Reposted by Denise LeeMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 5hIn actual democracies, it doesn't matter "which party runs elections." You don't "need a plan to vote." There aren't never-ending pitched legal battles to maintain access to suffrage. The authoritarian nonsense isn't tolerated. We could be like other, more serious countries, & just have elections. 59231
Reposted by Denise LeeThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22hExclusive: The Trump administration stripped tens of millions of dollars in U.S. military assistance from European and Middle Eastern countries and will give those funds instead to conservative-leaning governments in Latin America, U.S. officials said.washingtonpost.comTrump defies Democrats, diverts aid for Europe to Latin America insteadThe diverted funds include tens of millions of dollars Congress approved for countries impacted by the war in Ukraine. 175351
Reposted by Denise LeeHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026Lot of words when the term “stalking” already exists.tampabay.com2 Pinellas deputies arrested for tracking people they were interested in, sheriff saysOne deputy queried a license plate reader database 300 times to track a woman, Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said. 131324328
Reposted by Denise LeeQondi Ntini @qondintini.bsky.social · 22hI finally got it together and got the shop online today! www.thirstfordemocracy.com 🩷🧑🏻🦱 Thank you to everyone who has already put in orders! Order TODAY and I will throw in a FREE Senator My Boo makes me Thirst For Democracy button! 38036
Reposted by Denise LeeAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23hLast year not a single refugee fleeing religious persecution was admitted to the US. 171951687
Reposted by Denise LeeRichard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026At least once a week Ossoff cold-calls people in Georgia: mayors, school principals, clergy, farmers and so forth. Political affiliation doesn't matter, and the people have no idea it's coming. To some degree the last set of calls dictates the next one. It is smart for several reasons. First - 925435
Reposted by Denise LeeRichard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The thing people forget about Ossoff is he is John Lewis's last student. 725922
Reposted by Denise LeeJason, ex Inferis @benedictsred.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Imagine dying and getting to the river styx then seeing a QR code 1733185
Reposted by Denise Lee15/10 Foundation @15outof10.org · 01/10/2026These are all the dogs we sponsored in September ❤️🩹 11529102
Reposted by Denise LeeSenate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 01/10/2026BREAKING: Another person has died in ICE detention, marking the 26th death in ICE custody in 2026. 66443244
Reposted by Denise LeeBradford Vivian @bradvivian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It's worth remembering (esp. re: Cornell): when a network of pundits + think tank reps chose to deride "safe spaces" on college campuses, they by default derided the idea that universities should better protect vulnerable student groups from assaults + fully investigate their credible reports. 1/2 1116
Reposted by Denise Leeemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Renee Good's family filed two lawsuits today. The first, against, USG, is a standard wrongful death. The second is a Klan Act lawsuit against Jonathan Ross, AND STEPHEN MILLER and Greg Bovino. It names Nick Shirley and Christopher Rufo as non-party co-conspirators for their racist propaganda. 473103839
Reposted by Denise LeeJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.) 9651422094
Reposted by Denise LeeDan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 01/10/2026President Trump suggested to Time magazine that he’s looking into ways to preserve his changes to the Oval Office. He also said he rejected a Secret Service idea to tear down and replace the Oval Office.washingtonpost.comTrump says Secret Service wants him to ‘take down’ Oval OfficeThe president also said he is looking into designating the White House room as a “federal landmark,” potentially preserving his changes. 11208
Reposted by Denise LeeMichael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Sunday's @washingtonpost op-ed on why “The Great aWOKEning is over" was so absurd, I thought it was a parody article... Until I saw who wrote it 9 years ago, that same columnist wrote a piece whitesplaining why I should "be careful" who I called a white supremacistdlvr.itThrowback Thursday: Megan McArdle Can’t Tell Me Shit About White SupremacyBefore Jeff Bezos hired her, the whitest white woman who ever whited dedicated an entire column warning me to “be careful” who I called a white supremacist. 410321
Reposted by Denise LeeClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I also like this explanation, i.e. they simply forget women’s sports exist when they don’t need them as a cudgel against trans people, because actually “it never occurred to a single one of us that a man would go to a women’s basketball game” is an even more stunning self-own 146984
Reposted by Denise LeeSteve Randy Waldman @interfluidity.com · 01/10/2026journalism is more a good like education, not a personal consumption choice but a prerequisite for our collective life. that it is costly to produce doesn’t mean it’s right that it’s financed and distributed according to the same logic as sandwiches, seasoned to consumer taste, have it your way. 1255
Reposted by Denise LeeBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Stealing taxpayer money to give it to media organizations that he is illegally barring from the White House www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...washingtonpost.comTrump buys ads on CNN, MS NOW as he fights to bar them from the White HouseTaxpayer-funded ads denouncing the “deep state” and “globalists” aired locally on the two cable networks Trump has sought to ban from White House grounds. 33110
Reposted by Denise LeeDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026Richard Milhouse Nixon not only wasn't convicted of his blatant crimes, he recieved a full presidential pardon, events which set the tone/laid the groundwork for the increasingly naked corruption of American politics in general & the Republican party in particular through the 20th & 21st centuries… 311343
Reposted by Denise LeeKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Seriously, unless you're going to call me a "scientist" for helping my son with his class volcano project and call me a "physician" because I applied a band-aid successfully, please please PLEASE stop calling any random crank who shits out a book about the past a "historian" 672348411
Reposted by Denise LeeMaria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 01/10/2026John Roberts should be mortally ashamed and he shouldn't be allowed to walk one block in the open air anywhere on this planet until the moment he draws his final breath without being loudly reminded of it 0247
Reposted by Denise LeeMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Joe Biden didn’t use Funny Words. Kamala Harris didn’t use Funny Words. Tim Walz didn’t use Funny Words. The Democrats don’t have a Funny Words problem. Trump & Vance & the entire far right authoritarian party call people vermin & use Funny Words every day. Stop spreading this BS. It’s an ugly lie. 19886140
Reposted by Denise LeeWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“The State Department’s Office of Remigration, a small unit carved out of its refugee bureau, has pledged at least $410 million in taxpayer money to secure deals with 31 countries, mostly in Africa and Latin America, that agree to accept third-country deportees.” [Linda Chavez, @theunpopulist.net]theunpopulist.netThe Supreme Court Just Consigned Migrants to Cruelty Far Beyond Their CrimesLetting the administration deport them for now to nasty third-country dictatorships should shock our conscience 42519