Reposted by Dave BartelRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Hawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.youtube.comCould This Actually End Citizens United?Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti 225120554125
Reposted by Dave BartelEileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 30/09/2026My bad for not following Kentucky Public Radio before today. This is reporting! 0145
Reposted by Dave BartelRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm… 1300190816219
Reposted by Dave BartelEileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Sounds like he might know about some unconstitutional activity at the Justice Dept. Who should he call about that? 2275
Reposted by Dave Bartel“radlib” @a.aboli.sh · 27/09/2026“Gillingham is proposing the committee also feature three ‘outside experts’ that would be appointed by the mayor,” sure sounds like “I want use taxpayer money that I take from hard-working Winnipeggers and give it to my buddies and continue to not address their priorities.” 142
Reposted by Dave Bartelshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 27/09/2026just say “groomer school,” this is taking forever 31873163
Reposted by Dave BartelProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026NEW: ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series of incorrect and misleading claims.propublica.orgProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption ProbeProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o... 9928641191
Dave Bartel @davebartel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The fact that stuff like this happening doesn't have mass strikes and city shutdowns happening gives me very little hope that the folks responsible for this will ever actually be held accountable. The time for that isn't when a new administration comes in, it's right fucking now. Make them listen. 130
Reposted by Dave Bartel🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Zoë Keating @zoekeating.com · 21/09/2026The more people obtain music directly from artists, the more those artists will be able to survive to make more music. Similar to buying food directly from farms via a CSA or farmers market, the less our lives are mediated by billionaires, the better. 18325
Reposted by Dave Bartelhiebzky @hiebzky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Case in point. Don't think for a second this is an outlier. www.pembinavalleyonline.com/articles/rcm...pembinavalleyonline.comRCMP arrest three teenagers in high school hockey team hazing incidentsA pair of hazing incidents, involving a high school hockey team this past winter, will result in criminal charges, according to Manitoba RCMP. First reported to authorities on February 20th, RCMP say ... 081
Reposted by Dave BartelBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 08/09/202613 days. No bed. No shower. No toothbrush. That's what ICE did to Rami after grabbing him off the street. Hear his story in Episode 3 of Fractured, a new docuseries exposing the human consequences of ICE enforcement. Watch the full episode here: act.link/gi-iLNwlOact.link- YouTube 291218438
Reposted by Dave BartelGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Sorry for a Substack, but this is a good analysis of Massachusetts deportation data. It aligns with what I've suspected: We are seeing a steady increase in ICE activity. I think the lack of a big "surge" has contributed to media normalization of ICE. justice4allthu.substack.com/p/data-on-th... 18932
Reposted by Dave BartelGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/08/2026ICE deported a former child refugee to Vietnam last October for stealing from her employer — 25 years ago. Melissa Tran begged ICE to let her stay one more week so she could be by her young daughter’s bedside while she got surgery. They didn’t let her. 4663288
Reposted by Dave BartelL Chupacabra: The Pope Of Chili Town @lchupacabra.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Not just any trees, but cherry blossoms gifted to the US by Japan 061
Reposted by Dave BartelTired Jamie Lynn @jamielynnkitten.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I keep thinking about this. 152
Reposted by Dave Bartelshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 27/08/2026this is the t-shirt the bigots at wnba games have made their uniform, and @foiaball.com found out why. great work here. 7591153
Reposted by Dave BartelTired Jamie Lynn @jamielynnkitten.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I feel like queer folx should get the rest of the week off as paid bereavement leave. 1153
Reposted by Dave Bartelevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Sometimes I hear non-technical people speculating that this is a thing that could happen and I am posting it here to let them know that yes, this is a thing that happens. 213744
Reposted by Dave BartelProPublica @propublica.org · 26/08/202637 immigrants were arrested in an aggressive, military-style raid of a Chicago apartment building. Then they seemingly disappeared. Who were these men, women and children taken in the middle of the night, and where did they go? 🎧️ Listen to their stories:propublica.orgThe True Story of Why Immigration Agents Raided a Chicago Apartment BuildingTrump officials claimed they successfully arrested members of Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in a dramatic midnight raid. We uncovered a very different story. 6408192
Reposted by Dave BartelWinnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 25/08/2026TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — It’s been a year since Israeli soldiers killed 22 Palestinians, including journalists and rescue workers, in a double strike on a hospital in Gaza. No one has been held accountable.winnipegfreepress.comA year after Israeli strikes killed journalists at a hospital, no one has been held accountableTEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — It’s been a year since Israeli soldiers killed 22 Palestinians, including journalists and rescue workers, in a double strike on a hospital in Gaza. No one has been held accountable. 1118
Reposted by Dave BartelJake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I want to buy this person a beer. 2415
Reposted by Dave BartelThe War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Yeah, it's not good! And it normalizes this behavior. 322621
Reposted by Dave BartelJake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Absolutely deplorable. 0235
Reposted by Dave BartelProPublica @propublica.org · 18/08/2026Almost a year after Trump’s domestic policy bill passed, at least 770,000 children are no longer receiving SNAP benefits. In Arizona, the number of children receiving SNAP has dropped by more than 200,000 since July 2025 — a 55% decline. (Published June)propublica.orgMore Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food ProgramRepublican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show ch... 27565295
Reposted by Dave Bartelwestendcassidy.bsky.social @westendcassidy.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Renovations to Home Playground at Sargent and Home are now complete! New grass, playground equipment, and park furniture. It opened 79 years ago as Kiwanis Playground westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-... #Winnipeg 021
Reposted by Dave BartelLesley Carhart @hacks4pancakes.com · 07/08/2026Hey guys they forgot to turn off the comments www.reddit.com/u/RewardsforJu...reddit.comReddit 66018
Reposted by Dave BartelMomentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 04/08/2026The World’s Best Rail Trails: 11 Incredible Cycling Routes. momentummag.com/the-worlds-m... 062
Dave Bartel @davebartel.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Yes, this is relevant to my interests.youtube.comJMS Welcomes You to the Official Babylon 5 Channel!YouTube video by Babylon 5 130
Reposted by Dave BartelChad 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. 380112436082
Dave Bartel @davebartel.bsky.social · 01/08/2026The priorities of the legal system in the US when it comes to shitty cops... 010
Reposted by Dave BartelSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 31/07/2026"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG 24886642483
Reposted by Dave BartelJake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Re-upping for the evening crowd. If someone you know is going to @defcon.bsky.social or @blackhatevents.bsky.social for the first time next week, please share this with them. 0116
Reposted by Dave BartelSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 31/07/2026A very serious Rural Politico once told me "Dems have to go to farmer meetings! We gotta be where the people are!" I was in fact in a farmer meeting at that very moment! So I live-texted him the meeting. They were complaining that they want indentured workers that they don't have to pay or feed. 8553461205
Reposted by Dave Bartelshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 27/07/2026working as intended, will not fix 25560116
Reposted by Dave BartelGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 25/07/2026Lemme tell you about the angel of history being blown backwards into the future: The shackles these people have been put in are Hiatt brand, same company founded in 1780 to mass produce shackles for slaver ships. 1842131812
Reposted by Dave BartelIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 26/07/2026A letter from the mother of Alex Pretti, six months after he was murdered by ICE. 3168122301
Reposted by Dave BartelKatie Moussouris (she/her/she-hulk/she-ra)🌻 @k8em0.bsky.social · 25/07/2026An example of the fall of a security civilization: Cisco collapsing multiple different vulnerabilities into one CVE. It breaks a lot of feeds & products built to manage risk & is non compliant with standards like ISO 29147 Vulnerability disclosure sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/cen...sec.cloudapps.cisco.comCisco's Transition to a Risk-Based Vulnerability Disclosure Model 46216
Reposted by Dave BartelEileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 24/07/2026May indicate more ICE presence in the near future. (I just compacted the list and alphabetized it. See below for details.) Bakersfield Boston Dallas Englewood, CO Las Vegas New Orleans Oxford, MS Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Roswell, NM Sacramento Saint Louis, MO Tukwila, WA 21517
Reposted by Dave BartelGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026This is the bike of one of the cyclists who was "bumped" by the pick-up truck driver. This sort of language is one way that media outlets downplay traffic violence. 153096906
Reposted by Dave BartelEileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 25/07/2026It was reported by large paper newspapers that the FBI said there were baggies on the dash with what looked like drugs. One week/week and half later, the guvmint, quietly – "Umm, not really." 316835
Reposted by Dave BartelDreamboat Annie @soulwithoutaking.bsky.social · 21/07/2026If you’ve been noticing that Pyrex doesn’t seem to be Pyrex anymore, you ain’t wrong. Ditto T-Fal, All-Clad, Farberware, Pfaltzgraf, Kitchen-Aid, and a host of other Legacy brands. Enshittification will continue until there isn’t anything left to enshittify.worseonpurpose.comYour Cookware Got Worse On PurposeOne buyout firm quietly collected Pyrex, Corelle, Instant Pot, and Oneida. Farberware is a name on a 200-year lease. And the pans still worth buying. 274
Reposted by Dave Bartelevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 21/07/2026If you live in California and you want to take advantage of the state-run portal that tells all registered data brokers to delete your data instead of having to send an individual request to every single one, here is what you need to know: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...eff.orgProtect Your Privacy with California's DROP ToolAre you a California resident? Then we've got exciting news for you: there's a tool just for you that lets you take a single, relatively easy step to protect your privacy. It's called a DROP request. ... 10403245
Reposted by Dave BartelSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Will have comments on this later. But worth a read now! (3-5 min read. tl;dr Taylor Farm's lettuce almost certainly went to way more places than just Taco Bell & Sysco, & those retailers need to speak up.) 1024994
Reposted by Dave BartelL Chupacabra: The Pope Of Chili Town @lchupacabra.bsky.social · 21/07/2026This cat is planning war crimes *at the very least* 1122