Reposted by DTomRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15hHere's a terrific NYT profile of the vital work @galvinalmanza.bsky.social is doing. (Note: This is also the subject of my forthcoming book!) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/h...nytimes.comCan a ‘Teach for America’ Model Save Public Defense?Public defenders are overworked and underpaid. A growing corps of client advocates is helping defendants in communities across the U.S. 46416
Reposted by DTomRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15hTennessee plans to execute a woman tomorrow. She was 18 when she committed the crime. She's now 50. Like most on death row, she's also a victim. And like most on death row, she's a far different person now than she was then. No one humanizes the condemned better than @lilianasegura.bsky.social.theintercept.comThe “Satanic Panic” Made Her a True-Crime Obsession. The Truth Is More Haunting.After 30 years on death row, Christa Pike faces execution for a grisly murder she committed at 18. 3334114
Reposted by DTomRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 7hHoly shit this is delicious. That smarmy little smile on Schmidt’s face when he thinks he has Smith. Then the utter humiliation. 1833528
Reposted by DTomBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.nytimes.comLaid Off After 50, and No Health Insurance? Here’s What to Consider. (Gift Article)At best, older workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65. 762477760
Reposted by DTomMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you. 342250374771
Reposted by DTomCenter for Reproductive Rights @reprorights.org · 12/09/2026Because of Texas's extreme abortion ban, our client Kelsie was turned away TWICE at the hospital when she needed emergency abortion care for an ectopic pregnancy. Listen to part one of her story now and follow for part two. 1129
Reposted by DTomBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We started a trade war with these people because the president, who has some sort of degenerative brain disease with visible bruises on his hand's injection site that the press doesn't talk about, was bored. 201110702285
Reposted by DTomSpectrum News NY1 @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The last speaker at the 9/11 remembrance ceremony lost his father to the attacks. 9467951761
Reposted by DTomPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026A lot of political commentary these days is on the question: is All This a break from our past, or a continuation of it? @radleybalko.bsky.social with an convincing case for the latter: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Civil Libertarians Knew This Would Happen. We Should Have Listened. (Gift Article)The civil libertarians’ warnings have come true. 311627
Reposted by DTomDefiance Dispatch @defiancedispatch.bsky.social · 09/09/20267 faith leaders and #clergy arrested after blockading an #ICE surveillance center in Williston, #Vermont. The faith leaders encouraged other faith leaders to join them for a week of action protesting ICE starting October 4th. Find out more info by visiting shutdownicevt.org! #faithleaders 25958622360
Reposted by DTomProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.propublica.orgEctopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ... 34776154451
Reposted by DTomBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 09/09/2026More blood on the Supreme Court's hands ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...ballsandstrikes.orgThe Supreme Court Didn’t End Abortion. It Just Made Pregnancy More DangerousAnti-choice activists argued that the end of Roe v. Wade would make women safer. The data shows that it did not. 21789397
DTom @dtomjo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Got the Flu and COVID vaccines at the same time yesterday and same. Nothing but a little soreness at the injection site. Get your shots! 000
Reposted by DTomSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Remember when Kristen Welker would always ask every Republican guest to repudiate the statements of Nick Fuentes, Jack Posobiec, Benny Johnson, or other MAGA racists? Neither do I. 303106648
Reposted by DTomReproductive Freedom for All @reproductivefreedomforall.org · 05/09/2026Together, we’ll build the political power we need to secure, protect, and expand reproductive freedom for generations to come. 🤝 Learn more at the 🔗: reproductivefreedomforall.org/resources/my...reproductivefreedomforall.orgMy Body. My Ballot. We’re Turning Our Values Into Votes in 2026Four years after Dobbs, we’re mobilizing voters to elect reproductive freedom champions up and down the ballot in the 2026 midterm elections—and we want you with us! 112
Reposted by DTomSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Lindsey Clancy sought out so much help with her postpartum depression. If a white woman within driving distance of Boston’s “medical Wall Street” can’t get the treatment she needs, consider what that means for all kinds of mothers all over the country. 9601105
Reposted by DTomMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Huge props to the authors of this article for not giving an inch to lab leak truthers. It's perfectly defensible to classify it as a conspiracy theory at this point. 6967159
Reposted by DTomIda B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Today is the 69th anniversary of the integration of the Little Rock Nine. We all know the story. We've all seen the pictures of Elizabeth Eckford being heckled to death by an all white crowd. But I dont think we fully grasp just how significant it was, and it's conjuction to another event 🧵 514453
Reposted by DTomUltraViolet @ultraviolet.bsky.social · 26/08/2026You stop at Ulta Beauty on your way home for mascara. You quickly park, pay, and leave. But #Flock (also called Flock Safety) is watching. Your license plate is scanned, your location recorded, and your movements become searchable in a massive database. 197
Reposted by DTomUltraViolet @ultraviolet.bsky.social · 26/08/2026We're calling on Ulta Beauty to protect its women customers by severing all ties with Flock. Join us: act.weareultraviolet.orgHey Ulta: Mass surveillance isn’t prettyNone 074
Reposted by DTomUltraViolet @ultraviolet.bsky.social · 26/08/2026We've seen this before: 1. New tech gets introduced. 2. Perpetrators use it to abuse women. 19thnews.orgFlock is just the latest example of using surveillance to stalk womenThe technology is under fire for how police officers have abused it. But it’s only the symptom of a larger problem. 163
Reposted by DTomPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This man is a fucking monster who limped away from Chicago's mayor's office because he'd become unelectable after closing 50 schools and half of our city's publicly funded mental health care clinics, and covering up the fact that Chicago cops murdered a teenager. Stop whitewashing his ass! 273457908
Reposted by DTomPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The attempted rehabilitation of Rahm Emanuel by the press is an absolute scandal, and anyone who participates or fails to call it out is a morally bankrupt coward. This man shouldn't be able to show his face in public, let alone run for president. 941594
Reposted by DTomPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Perhaps this writer likes him *because* he covered up the murder of Laquan McDonald. Perhaps the 16 shots in a Black teenager's body are features, rather than bugs, for people who are tired of "fashionable leftism." 518451
Reposted by DTomDr. Céline Gounder @celinegounder.com · 02/09/2026I think of measles as a mini HIV. Both infect the immune system itself. HIV takes the power to fight. Measles takes what you already learned, erasing 11% to 73% of antibodies in 77 children. Send to a parent on the fence: www.celinegounder.com/p/measles-mea… 03217
Reposted by DTomRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 02/09/2026A running theme in my new series on the wrongful conviction of Chris Duncan is the way forensic charlatans Steven Hayne and Michael West were portrayed as pioneering gurus by some media outlets. This gave them credibility with judges and juries. Some of my favorite examples follow . . .radleybalko.substack.comThe framing of Chris DuncanPart One: “You won’t believe the videotape we have.” 57926
Reposted by DTomJenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026“Nurses and community activists gathered on South Congress Avenue in Austin on Thursday to call on hospitals to cut ties with [Peter Thiel’s] Palantir… The demonstration began outside 8VC, an investment firm whose founder, Joe Lonsdale, also co-founded Palantir.” 8/27/26 … 1/share.googleNurses urge hospitals to cut ties with Palantir as protesters rally in AustinNurses and community activists gathered on South Congress Avenue in Austin on Thursday to call on hospitals to cut ties with Palantir Technologies, a company th 3333141249
Reposted by DTomAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 31/08/2026Wait. Do republicans think doctors work for free under universal healthcare? Does she think doctors who see Medicare patients don’t get paid? 68849131096
Reposted by DTomElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Welp, there it is. The CDC is now officially manipulating data and their count of measles deaths in 2026 now stands at ZERO. My understanding of reportable diseases is that the CDC would usually use a state health department’s determination as the final say. The new CDC Director is failing us.inquirer.comThe CDC left two measles-associated Pa. deaths out of its latest count after RFK Jr. sparred with Gov. ShapiroHHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has accused Pennsylvania of not cooperating with the CDC in its handling of a measles outbreak. 6929851345
Reposted by DTomMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 31/08/2026New York, here’s how you can save a life: 1. Go to nyc.gov/naloxone to get free overdose-reversal medication, also known as Narcan®. 2. If you or someone you love is struggling with substance use, call 988 for confidential recovery resources.nyc.govNaloxone - NYC Health 7755951642
Reposted by DTomMark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 31/08/2026On this I cannot disagree. Mainstream media and legacy media have been bought and paid for and are willing turning a blind eye to an obvious coverup. No one is willing to go to the hospital and find out the truth? Shameful. 1161175736019
Reposted by DTom🇺🇸𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕪 ℝ𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕘𝕖𝕖🇺🇸 ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖˡᵉˢˢ ᵁˢᴬ @indyrefugee.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Millions of people rely on the information they obtain via a search engine corporation which just proved it would alter digital reality if instructed to do so by those in political power. That’s some crazy shit, Google. 32580392576
Reposted by DTomTasha @toshyou.bsky.social · 30/08/2026NO media 1000s are marching in DC to defend voting rights; 90 orgs signed on, Reuters sent photographers, but local media Bernie Sanders, AOC and Martin Luther King III attended Wa Post buried it A Black-led march is visible in DC only after somebody else reports it Repost the march they buried 227120806797
Reposted by DTomRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/08/2026It’s mind-blowing that we have literal white nationalists in the White House carrying out unfathomably cruel, abusive, white nationalist policies, and the punditariat has spent the last two weeks debating if some people were too intemperate after a Black man was murdered by cops six years ago. 153109082686
Reposted by DTomGalen Stone @galenstone.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Oligarchs need to be taxed back to humility.commondreams.orgDestruction of East India Company Gives US Lawmakers a Blueprint for Confronting Big Tech: Historian | Common DreamsHistorian warns of unchecked power in Big Tech firms, drawing parallels to British East India Company. US lawmakers urged to rein in tech giants. 4685562542
Reposted by DTomRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/08/2026There's no forgiving this. No living it down. It's a stain on our humanity. When all this is over, the monsters who did this should be pariahs. And the soulless thugs who cheered it on while dehumanizing Haitian immigrants should be reminded of what they did every day of their lives. 14584502880
Reposted by DTomWutTheWut😵💫 RBroeck🗳️💙 @wutthewut.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Believe the science. It is literally written in stone. Vaccinate. 307177165237
Reposted by DTomSara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026In June, DoJ announced they were withdrawing from Olmstead enforcement. Earlier this month, they took one of their first actions in Florida, withdrawing from an ongoing case to protect medically fragile children. My latest.19thnews.orgFor families of medically fragile children, a policy change threatens the care they need at home“We have worked so hard to keep him alive, and here we are talking about potentially having to put him into a facility, but there is no facility to keep him alive and safe.” 49860
Reposted by DTomTom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 29/08/2026No New Data Centers It doesn’t have to be this way. 18478402228
Reposted by DTomProPublica @propublica.org · 29/08/2026More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban. Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.” (Published July 2025)propublica.orgA “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During MiscarriageA new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous. 531185655
Reposted by DTomKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The “radical left” wants you to be able to eat a salad and go to the doctor. Super scary stuff. 412166973692
Reposted by DTomGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 28/08/2026A great piece by @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social. 13912
Reposted by DTomMohamad Safa @mhdksafa.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Dolly Parton didn’t spend her dollars on space travel or a trip to the titanic because she was writing checks to put over 330 million books in the hands of children. Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has confirmed it will continue to send out millions of books to children after her passing. R.I.P 9867821437
Reposted by DTomsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This is a more significant breakdown in the fundamental bonds of the union than the headline might imply. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/u... 🎁nytimes.comICE agent Christian Castro Released From Texas Jail After Minnesota Loses Court Fight (Gift Article)The state had sought to have the agent extradited from Texas to answer charges in Minneapolis related to an on-duty shooting that wounded an immigrant. 9332631067
Reposted by DTomProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Letter from 130 bioethicists condemns the “unwarranted, ill-advised, & frankly bizarre vendetta against a scientist, Dr. Anthony Fauci, rather than making a sincere effort to learn from the painful experiences of the pandemic to improve national preparedness” bioethicstoday.org/blog/an-open...bioethicstoday.orgBlog - An Open Letter of Support for Anthony Fauci from the Bioethics Community - Bioethics TodayAs individuals concerned with ethics in science, medicine, and public health, we wish to express our dismay at the approach taken by Senate leaders to 13480152413
