Reposted by emsartingsJonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care.” H/t @ameshaa.bsky.socialnbcnews.comAmerica had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected. 23335621998 0
Reposted by emsartingsBrandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Bonus for whoever wrote this chyron 134106552498 0
Reposted by emsartingsThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026🔥This is how it’s done. Imagine if every anti-immigrant fearmongering liar was grilled like this. #ShowMeTheStats #GetYourPhoneOut 🏴 (h/t @ukcameraman.bsky.social ) 962479712 0
Reposted by emsartingsMatthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Video obtained by @cnn.com shows part of the incident on Sunday in Evanston where ICE agents attempted to detain the wrong man before leaving him lying in the street and driving off 38619375 0
Reposted by emsartingsRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Apologies for the earlier technical issues. We're now live. Join us! open.substack.com/live-stream/...open.substack.comLIVE NOW: Live with Robert ReichRobert Reich on Substack 323465 0
Reposted by emsartingsCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026At her 22-week ultrasound, Amanda Jablonski learned their daughter had developed without a skull or a brain. There was no chance for survival, and every day Amanda stayed pregnant was a threat to her health and life. Under TN law, she was denied an abortion. www.wbir.com/article/news...wbir.com 23336851851 0
Reposted by emsartingsRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 22/09/2026Tyrannosaurus xkcd.com/3300/ 91121672104 0
Reposted by emsartingsAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/09/2026It’s funny, but also not funny at the same time. 15381052436 0
Reposted by emsartingsBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.gizmodo.com71% of Americans Say They're Completely ExhaustedA CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States. 1397266976695 0
Reposted by emsartingsThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Ya don’t say 36648222 0
Reposted by emsartingsPBS News @pbsnews.org · 17/09/2026Massie's resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the war in Iran and his bipartisan effort to force the release of more files in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation are all being left behind, blocked from votes. to.pbs.org/3USoIaQto.pbs.orgSpeaker Johnson recesses House early, blocking Massie's push to impeach HegsethMassie’s resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the war in Iran and his bipartisan effort to force the release of more files in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation are all being left ... 1112756 0
Reposted by emsartingsThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026He’s got a point! 523183195388 0
Reposted by emsartingsRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Just a random reminder that it's a moral outrage we're the only industrialized country without paid family and medical leave. 15569422003 0
Reposted by emsartingsShefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...19thnews.orgTierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken PaxtonThe case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.” 730277228072 0
Reposted by emsartingsRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020. — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system. 517153135865 0
Reposted by emsartingsMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 09/09/20267 a.m. I wake up and get stabbed. 8 a.m. I go to my corner bodega for a Bacon, Egg, and Cheese. On the way, I get mugged. 9 a.m. I get on the subway and immediately get murdered. buff.ly/puREmHamcsweeneys.netA Day in the Life of a New Yorker, According to My Fox News-Watching Florida Family Members7 a.m. I wake up and get stabbed. 30813137 0
Reposted by emsartingsKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The creepy weird billionaire dork who funds a worldwide white supremacist movement, runs a CSAM website and destroyed our government thinks that there must be some kind of grand (((Jewish-funded))) conspiracy to make people hate him. Sure, man. Sure. 921442327 0
Reposted by emsartingsAcid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Helena Bonham Carter reading Rumi's poem "The Guest House," at Belcombe Court, England. This is part of a project for Allie Esiri's poetry book, 'A Poem for Every Autumn Day.' The poem compares human life to a guest house, encouraging people to accept emotions and thoughts as visitors. #poetry 18468132 0
Reposted by emsartingsKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"Hi there! I'm the Secretary of Agriculture in a nation where just about every single kind of food has been recalled because it will give you explosive shits and then kill you dead. Well, I'm here to tell you about how government regulation and oversight is baaaaaaaad." 28963641539 0
Reposted by emsartings𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 09/09/2026Even the crickets were embarrassed. 692252775416 0
Reposted by emsartingsGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Darline Graham said that because her own parents died when she was a kid, people today shouldn't expect "government health care." So I dug up the real story of the death of Darline/Lindsey's parents. It makes a strong case FOR government health care. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2148...newrepublic.comWhat Darline Graham’s Ugly, Viral Outburst About Death Really RevealsThe senator’s parents died when she was a kid. That’s tragic. But it’s also tragic that she’s against the kind of care that could help untold numbers of people avoid that fate today. 61779063078 0
Reposted by emsartingsTimothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 14/08/2026🚨 Yet ANOTHER study finds "NO evidence that rising numbers of undocumented immigrants are linked with violent crime." There has NEVER been evidence to support this racist BS❗ Undocumented migration does not raise crime rates, huge study finds www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.comnature.comUndocumented migration does not raise crime rates, huge study findsAnalysis of neighbourhoods in more than 100 US cities finds no evidence that rising numbers of undocumented immigrants are linked with violent crime. 7684267 0
Reposted by emsartingsAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I am not the first to make this point but imagine a woman president obsessing constantly over her “ballroom” as the economy imploded and her war spun out of control 13280191432 0
Reposted by emsartingsHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 28/07/2026My Haitian friend was just fired from his job. "They said I don't have a legal status now." This is likely happening to hundreds of thousands of people across this country today. Sick. 9654761908 0
emsartings @emsartings.bsky.social · 28/07/2026My friend sent me this article because of the rant I went on after we saw the film. Great article. And 😂 I feel incredibly validated. 000 0
emsartings @emsartings.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I mean, this is 100% what it is like to search in my work email (Microsoft Outlook). 000 0
Reposted by emsartingsProPublica @propublica.org · 30/06/2026NEW: Oil companies are blasting millions of gallons of toxic waste underground each year — less than a half-mile from Enid, Oklahoma’s water wells. But to protect their city, officials must appeal to the state agency that created the problem. With @readfrontier.bsky.socialpropublica.orgTo Protect Its Drinking Water, This City Has to Appeal to the Oil Regulators That Put It at RiskOklahoma restricts oil field wastewater injection within a half-mile of public water wells. Regulators have let companies do it anyway. But in the city of Enid, officials are pushing back against one ... 28241222134 0
Reposted by emsartingsAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 25/06/2026easily the most censorial time of my life right now, no one in charge really seems to give a shit though 592876545 0
Reposted by emsartingsleon @leyawn.bsky.social · 19/05/2026congratulations, graduates. i'm honored to speak at your commencement. this is a proud moment for you, your family, and your friends. the future is in your hands. and the most important task of the future is to feed the Gaping Maw (students start booing, one student yells "fuck the gaping maw") 253408773 0
Reposted by emsartingsSeth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 14/05/2026...45 years of neoliberalism has sapped our collective faith in our capacity to do big things together. This plagues political leaders, but it is often true of civil society leaders and organizations within our own movements. Our curse is that our sense of possibility is contained by what we know... 1145 0
Reposted by emsartingsDebt Collective 🟥 @debtcollective.bsky.social · 07/05/2026This has always been true—but as the Hantavirus outbreak sparks concern—it feels even more true now: We should be canceling everyone's medical debt. Every single dime. We cannot have a system where sick people are afraid of going to the hospital because they're avoiding debt. 04120 0
Reposted by emsartingsDavid Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 07/05/2026We could easily feed, house and provide healthcare to everyone many times over. Overpopulation arguments ignore the elephant in the room, which is the unequal distribution and consumption of resources. The earth can support billions, but it cannot support billionaires. 216363 0
Reposted by emsartingsNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/05/2026"The Parasocial Style in American Politics" is an incredibly good title. Deserves one of my highest compliments: it's amazing someone didn't think of it sooner. @aselrod.bsky.social's full argument about the internet and social media's societal impact is good too.liberalcurrents.comThe Parasocial Style in American PoliticsOur screens are two-way but we can easily forget that the people on the other end exist as more than characters for our enjoyment. 215049 0
Reposted by emsartingsAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/05/202630 percent of Americans are against [squints at notes] the Pope urging peace 2043190974526 0
Reposted by emsartingsJeff Weiss @passionweiss.bsky.social · 05/05/2026John Coltrane performing "My Favorite Things" in the early 60s 1345898 0
Reposted by emsartingsLarge Johnson @flytyingguy.bsky.social · 04/05/2026We are in a recession caused by by policies and people the über wealthy supported. Maybe it’s time to get rid of the über wealthy. 2724744881 0
Reposted by emsartingsRuwa Romman @ruwaromman.bsky.social · 03/05/2026We have so many amazing candidates running this primary season, and it has been really hard deciding who to vote for this cycle. But, it's an amazing challenge because it shows the deep bench of talent in our party! Here's our ballot guide for the 2026 Democratic primaries and nonpartisan races: 2205 0
Reposted by emsartingsdamasterchief @damasterchief.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Ninth Grader Demi Johnson receives National Geographic award for plan to save Mississippi's oyster reef population. The ninth grader has produced 1,100 oysters that will in turn spawn millions of larvae into the ecosystem, a huge ecological impact 545249994926 0
Reposted by emsartingsJonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 26/04/2026Remember how less than three weeks ago the president threatened to kill an entire civilization 8892122124 0
Reposted by emsartingsRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Someone told me to watch this SNL sketch about America’s “media-opoly.” It feels eerily prophetic given today's media environment. Watch. 602578859 0
Reposted by emsartingsMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/04/2026“Everybody needs to turn down the rhetoric.” -supporters of a guy who threatened to destroy an entire civilization of 90 million people 111110122572 0
Reposted by emsartingsI did NOT vote for the rapist @sarahgies.bsky.social · 23/04/2026 295199525474 0
Reposted by emsartingsThe Chaser @chaser.com.au · 22/04/2026Watchdogs say the previous CEO model suspiciously started slowing down immediately after the announcement chaser.com.au/business/app... 774059556 0