Reposted by Dr. TalcAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h"You hired half the Third Reich to staff your office ... If John Lewis were marching today, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club" -- here's a supercut of Jon Ossoff SMASHING Mike Collins during tonight's debate 23374331781
Reposted by Dr. TalcConnor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Many, many people are surprised to learn" this principally because it isn't true. Montesquieu is cited more times (11) in more essays (4) than Plutarch (3, 3). Heck, the Abbé de Mably is cited as often as Plutarch. And what do citations even tell us? Locke isn't cited at all... 1517747
Reposted by Dr. TalcBarchart @barchart.com · 08/10/2026U.S. Treasury just auctioned 10-Year Treasuries at a yield of 5.3%, the highest level this century 🚨 🚨 64720
Reposted by Dr. TalcMike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026From Steve Rattner Data centers are booming... all other private construction is shrinking. 0163
Reposted by Dr. TalcArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social 178124982677
Reposted by Dr. TalcMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴 52072342592
Reposted by Dr. Talcukjarry.bsky.social @ukjarry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Have you seen the original artist Russ Heath's comic strip reply to Lichtenstein: 435999
Reposted by Dr. TalcKim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 19/09/2026From @allrisenews.com. Whenever anyone asks a Democrat about a twitch streamer, they should counter with this, which is only one among several dangers to children that Elon has introduced to this world. 012349
Reposted by Dr. TalcCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Cost of diesel for a typical Los Angeles-to-Dallas truckload: $1,430 — up about $600, or 72%, from the day before the Feb. 28 strikes on Iran.” @bloomberg.com ⛽️ 22943791937
Reposted by Dr. TalcAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/09/2026ICYMI, Dylan Byers was name-checked as the reporter who amplified Reddit conspiracies about the identity of the Boston Marathon bomber and ruined the lives of the family members of the late Sunil Tripathi www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...nbcnews.comThe Real Story of Sunil Tripathi, the Boston Bomber Who Wasn'tA new documentary seeks to tell the full story of Sunil Tripathi, mis-identified as a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. 8555146
Reposted by Dr. TalcOliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Bari Weiss has plunged CBS News into ratings calamity. —"Evening News" has posted worst ratings of 21st century —"CBS Mornings" has posted worst ratings of 21st century —And now "60 Minutes" has posted worst ratings of 21st century More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...status.newsBari’s ‘60’ BustBari Weiss blew up “60 Minutes," ostensibly to create a better show. Instead, her revamped premiere just suffered its worst debut ratings of the 21st century—what one longtime TV executive told Status... 100695932541
Reposted by Dr. TalcMicah @rincewind.run · 15/09/2026the reason my likely presidential candidate tier list has two people at the top - Ossoff and AOC - is that they are by far the most effective messengers of I Am Fucking Furious And There Must Be Consequences, which is the most deeply held conviction of the Dem base 273127514
Reposted by Dr. TalcRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year 10632601548
Reposted by Dr. TalcMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026LEFT: Donald Trump today, dozing off as the names of those who died on 9/11 are read. RIGHT: Joe Biden today, paying respects to those lost on 9/11. Who's "sleepy" now, loser? 25865212033
Reposted by Dr. TalcCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026“.. The Atlanta Fed calculates that as of May, a household would need income of $124,674 a year to afford a median-priced home … that is 45% more than the median household makes.” - Schwab 8722831027
Reposted by Dr. TalcMichael Podhorzer @mikepod.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Unions are the only major institution that has gained and not lost support since the Great Recession. Yet after Labor Day, the people who write about “the working class” for a living will manage not to say the word “union” out loud again for 364 days. www.contrariannews.org/p/labor-day-... 43710
Reposted by Dr. TalcThe Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This man delivers a no-bullshit takedown of Trump and his MAGA supporters, no fucks given. We should all be this mouthy and vocal. And I love his hat. 21435321353
Reposted by Dr. TalcJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Feel free to share and screenshot. 9500239
Reposted by Dr. TalcMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A rusting U.S. aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in Thailand: An embarrassing testament to the gross incompetence of Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Losing, for all the world to witness. China must be giddy at our shameful demise. 1611584601
Reposted by Dr. TalcBrian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 02/09/2026A parable: Yesterday, a whistleblower provided us a blueprint of Trump's plan to cheat in the midterms by trashing (disproportionately Democratic) mail ballots by the truckload. Hours later, House Democrats provided the decisive votes to fund Trump's government. www.offmessage.net/p/stop-donal...offmessage.netHoping Someone Else Stops Trump Is Not A PlanA whistleblower exposed his illegal scheme to cheat in the midterms, and House Democrats turned around and funded his government. It’s a bad omen for 2027. 315352
Reposted by Dr. TalcSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Note on pieces like these, not only is there no suggestion that Republicans should distance themselves from him, there's no hint that there's a reason to. No recap of his CSAM machine. No inflammatory racist quotes. No mention of the DOGE death toll. No history of his fabulist quotes.axios.comExclusive: Musk plans massive push for GOP in midtermsMusk is resuscitating his America PAC, which spent more than $260 million in 2024. 10334241094
Reposted by Dr. TalcJames Neckbeard III @qsalt.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The guy who hires Nazis. www.metrotimes.com/news/u-s-sen...metrotimes.comU.S. Senate candidate Rogers taps students who defended Hitler group chat and spread misogynistic comments - Detroit Metro TimesU.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers’s newly announced student outreach team includes a member who complained about women in politics and another who defended a leaked Young Republicans group chat filled... 083
Reposted by Dr. TalcAdam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I... was not ready for that paragraph 25484145
Reposted by Dr. TalcJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Still mad about the Star Trek muppet fiasco. Like, if you're going to quote *that* Star Trek scene, you need the audience to be *completely* on your side already, and boy o boy was I not, so my reaction was genuinely "how *dare* you?" 10271
Reposted by Dr. TalcDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 21/08/2026you can write a lot of thinkpieces about the structural problems with american governance but also "don't elect grandpa cheesebrain" 412420386
Reposted by Dr. Talciucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 18/08/2026In Star Trek people often complain that replicated food is not as good as naturally produced food, which is weird when replicators are presumably using the same technology as transporters, which can perfectly replicate Spock every time. But is Spock getting less flavoursome over time? In this essay, 218104092358
Reposted by Dr. TalcJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Annihilation on Collider's list of the top 10 American novels of the past 15 years. collider.com/best-america...collider.comThe 10 Greatest American Books of the Last 15 Years, RankedPulitzer Prize-winning works like The Underground Railroad and complex gems like The Goldfinch are among the best American books of the last 15 years. 413911
Reposted by Dr. TalcJay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026You may know that I try to show newsrooms that they have an alternative to the horse race model in election coverage: "The citizens agenda." It's the campaign season and I am starting to get examples sent to me. Roanoke: roanoke.com/news/local/g... Cascadia: www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/jul/16/...roanoke.comWhat are your top issues in November's elections? Inform Roanoke Times coverageThe Roanoke Times is taking a closer approach to election coverage this fall by asking our audience directly: What do you care about most? 7376132
Reposted by Dr. TalcSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Technically, they’re Remains now. 414208703864
Reposted by Dr. TalcBill McBride @calculatedrisk.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Wages growth is slowing (real wages are negative) 2269
Reposted by Dr. TalcBill McBride @calculatedrisk.bsky.social · 07/08/2026"Both nonfarm payroll employment (-23,000) and the unemployment rate (4.1 percent) changed little in July". Previous 2 months revised down. Very weak report. 1193
Reposted by Dr. TalcBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass. 1991150013192
Reposted by Dr. TalcPaul Gowder @gowder.io · 02/07/2026Long form version of my postmortem on the birthright citizenship case (tldr just listen to Justice Jackson), courtesy of the fine folks at @theunpopulist.net www.theunpopulist.net/p/there-is-n...theunpopulist.netThere Is No Originalist Rationale for Denying Citizenship to the US BornSo the conservative dissenters on the Supreme Court ditched their own preferred approach in the recent birthright ruling 314849
Reposted by Dr. TalcTroy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 02/08/2026My response to Elon Musk. 721999617
Reposted by Dr. TalcKurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Surprised I’d never come across this remarkable statistic until now: “In 2024, Trump received 82% of the white evangelical/born again vote. He lost the rest of the vote by a whopping 18-point margin, 58% to 40%.” 32810
Reposted by Dr. Talcmarybeard @wmarybeard.bsky.social · 24/07/2026podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... Charlotte and I turn a classical eye on the Odyssey movie, not to quibble about archaeological detail, but to ask what more you can get out of the film (for better or worse) if you know the poem. Pedants revolt but not too pedantic!!podcasts.apple.comChristopher Nolan's Odyssey 3: The Pedants RevoltPodcast Episode · Instant Classics · 23 July · 57min 27316
Reposted by Dr. Talcjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/07/2026interesting to me that as the administration treats democratic-voting states like conquered or occupied territories, you don’t have pundits demanding the president respect “half the country” 18190222606
Reposted by Dr. TalcSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Of course, the insane part is Trump got more votes in California (6,081,697) than every other state but Texas (6,393,597) and Florida (6,110,125). 47417
Reposted by Dr. TalcMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/07/2026The Pentagon is withholding causality and hit numbers. The CDC is withholding infection rates. The FDA is withholding information about food contamination. The EPA is withholding pollution and climate data. This corrupt administration is ALL about concealing the consequences of its incompetence. 1088226769795
Reposted by Dr. TalcMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/07/2026This is what I have verified about Taylor Farms and this administration: 1. Bruce Taylor met with Trump on 07/16/26. 3. The FDA reversed its previous warning about Taylor Farms on 07/19/26. 4. Taylor Farms gave $1 million to Trump's PAC. I don't know when, but that's what got Taylor the meeting. 14126471220
Reposted by Dr. TalcCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Crude Oil has 43 days of supply left in the U.S. — the lowest inventory in 45 years @barchart.com ⛽️ 22732801505
Reposted by Dr. TalcMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19/07/2026The toxic influencer who has made "hyper-masculinity" his brand was arresting wearing Doris Day clam-digger slacks and a kicky purple blouse. 1945227584623
Reposted by Dr. TalcNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026The US built the greatest talent magnet ever, attracting the smart, skilled, and striving. They’d come to study, then stay and build things here, or leave with positive impressions and fruitful connections. Helped make the US wealthy and powerful. Then America chose to throw it away. And for what? 20746321579
Reposted by Dr. TalcMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Yet another Kalshi offering that serves no legitimate economic purpose. It's not possible to make a rational bet on this without material non-public information. It's a market solely for fraud by both regulators and corporate insiders, and everyone connected to it in any way should go to prison.bloomberg.comKalshi Will Offer Sports-Style Betting on Drug Trial ResultsKalshi Inc. is expanding in biotechnology by offering wagers on the outcomes of clinical trials and regulatory decisions, giving traders a more direct way to bet on key industry catalysts. 811855581
Reposted by Dr. Talcjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/07/2026in a lot of ways the current republican government is just the worst, extractive red state governance taken national. total hostility to public goods, total indifference to long-term investment, and a monomaniacal interest in using the state to enrich private benefactors 7455161319
