Reposted by @doomed2scroll.bsky.socialJames Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 9hThere's a poll for this: (www.cato.org/blog/75-amer...) 625351
Reposted by @doomed2scroll.bsky.socialErin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 10hI was raised by a nurse with an associates degree and a steel mill electrician. I am not denigrating the value and dignity of blue collar work when I ask how many elite national media staffers are raising future bricklayers themselves. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...theatlantic.comTime to Consider Becoming a BricklayerCollege degrees hold less value, while jobs in the trades are booming. 151692253
Reposted by @doomed2scroll.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor) 36982093000
Reposted by @doomed2scroll.bsky.socialGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 291110304012
Reposted by @doomed2scroll.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h“unilaterally change the world without having to constantly convince people… tech is an incredible alternative to politics…” JD Vance & Trump-backing billionaire Peter Thiel making it clear tech oligarchs hate democracy👇🏽 When they tell you what they’re doing, believe them 85856406
Reposted by @doomed2scroll.bsky.socialBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 01/10/2026Ahead of a pivotal midterm election defined by concerns around surging rent and gas prices, student debt is emerging as an affordability issue some voters say is being overlooked.bloom.bgSoaring Student Loan Bills Add to Voters’ Affordability SqueezeMore than 9 million Americans are at least one year behind on their payments. 415476
doomed2scroll.bsky.social @doomed2scroll.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The modern Republican party is THE great heresy of the 21st century 000
Reposted by @doomed2scroll.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026Rep. Michael Cloud on Talarico: "We don't need heresy -- heretical things coming out of his mouth that Texans don't believe in. We like our barbecue, we like our trucks, we like our firearms as well, we like our freedom. We don't want to go that path." 16646368
Reposted by @doomed2scroll.bsky.socialJon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Now is the moment for us to reach down and pick up the power we have as citizens and rebuke these abuses so decisively that no president will try anything like this again for centuries. 271226326
Reposted by @doomed2scroll.bsky.socialdaniel? @danielgoulden.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"We cannot go along with any plan that further cements the elite power to avoid accountability for their actions, and must actively fight to take the power they have accrued away from them to prevent it from snowballing even further." www.powermapmag.com/p/if-we-had-...powermapmag.comIf We Had Learned From The Iraq War Things Would Be Less Stupid Right NowHasan Panics, AI Threats, Financial Bubbles… We Already Did This! 16316
Reposted by @doomed2scroll.bsky.socialWaschesalon Grammy Campaign Manager @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 01/10/2026had someone quite angry at this and frankly I don't know what you expect to achieve in politics if you can't grasp that "this person who sucks moved our way slightly due to pressure from our side" is good and a sign that you should keep pushing them 723133
Reposted by @doomed2scroll.bsky.socialMiranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026You gotta wonder -- what really motivates a party to spend so much time fixated on whether students were born with a a penis or a vagina? 861423232
doomed2scroll.bsky.social @doomed2scroll.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Cool, so unconstitutional AND blasphemous. Got it. (This is a good example of what "taking the name of the Lord in vain" *actually* means) 010
Reposted by @doomed2scroll.bsky.socialJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... 119114642847
Reposted by @doomed2scroll.bsky.socialPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026You have a better chance of going bankrupt than of becoming a millionaire. Wake up! 438378
Reposted by @doomed2scroll.bsky.socialWhitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The mortality reviews that ICE published late last week show that medical neglect is widespread in Trump's concentration camps — something immigrants, advocates and attorneys have said for years, and which ICE routinely denies. New from me in @prospect.org.prospect.orgDisturbing Pictures of Neglect in ICE Mortality Reviews - The American ProspectThe federal government released dozens of mortality reviews of immigrants who died in detention in recent years. They show a uniform pattern of medical neglect. 7532245
Reposted by @doomed2scroll.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is fantastic cultural geography. Very strong lede. Even if you don’t read it all (you should; remember we are working on our brains) the first three paras do the work. Thanks to the person who shared it. www.queergeographies.com/stuck-on-the...queergeographies.comWhy We’re Stuck on the Last DitchWhy does the public delight in watching lesbian bars unravel? 214452
Reposted by @doomed2scroll.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 29/09/2026third way figured out dems should stop attacking trans people? third way?! 422879565
doomed2scroll.bsky.social @doomed2scroll.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And we all know what happens when the rights of corporations (and, if they have their way, AI) conflict with the rights of actual, real-life humans — especially those in politically targeted groups. Like Indya Moore said, "We are out here humanizing robots and dehumanizing trans folks." 020
Reposted by @doomed2scroll.bsky.socialRobert 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… 1278186996104
Reposted by @doomed2scroll.bsky.socialT.J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Never sell anyone out. In fact, if you're asked about banning 12-year-olds from softball, just say, "You're asking me to sell out kids for my political career. I'm not going to do that. Let's stop demonizing people in tougher circumstances than you or I will ever experience. They have guts." 151596324
Reposted by @doomed2scroll.bsky.socialMaddie Stone @themadstone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A very timely and important new paper: “How decades of corporate capture enabled today's assault on universities in the United States” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comHow decades of corporate capture enabled today's assault on universities in the United StatesUniversities in the US have never been free of corporate, military, or political influence. But over the past fifty years, corporate libertarian donor… 212854
Reposted by @doomed2scroll.bsky.socialEvery Bite Counts @sandybeach805.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I’m not a religious person. But the response here is what I imagine a Christian should be. 15985270
Reposted by @doomed2scroll.bsky.socialLiberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 26/09/2026"This is not a time for forgiveness, for looking solely towards the future. That path was tried before, by the Obama and Biden administrations, and following it has contributed to the present environment of lawless government and populist discontent." www.liberalcurrents.com/on-the-pract...liberalcurrents.comOn the Practical Case for a Book of GrudgesIf we're going to set this right, a comprehensive list is needed. 39724
Reposted by @doomed2scroll.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026context. sentiment. inferences. People seriously cannot do these things anymore. That’s why they angrily demand you spell out every joke, every reference, super duper promise you mean something only this one prescribed way. They cannot do it for themselves or tolerate the any ambiguity. 213375833
Reposted by @doomed2scroll.bsky.socialbrian nam-sonenstein @bson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026ICE cannot do what it’s doing without local law enforcement. They need their manpower and infrastructure. That means if you want to stop ICE you are going to have to confront police collaboration and police power. I’m sorry but progressive hopes of avoiding this conflict are a recipe for failure. 51657487
Reposted by @doomed2scroll.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Greatest trick AI leaders have pulled is convincing many people—especially influential people in govt, media, and business—that their software is intelligent, independent, yet never culpable. Humans build it, humans deploy it, but no one bears responsibility for the things that happen when they do. 421664465
Reposted by @doomed2scroll.bsky.socialSpooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is Nazi rhetoric. Not similar. Not Nazi-like. It’s straight up lebensraum. 362976915
Reposted by @doomed2scroll.bsky.socialdr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026we have control mechanisms for this. it's called The Law. these guys should be held personally liable for these harms. the suicides, the thefts, the intrusions into computer systems. they should be sued and prosecuted as appropriate. problem immediately solved 12971111701
