Reposted by Erik Davis-Heimmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026wild that centrists are doing "are the wacko libs intolerant for cutting off their conservative parents" discourse on the same day we find out a dem congressional candidate got violently raped while campaigning 121020143
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Ken Paxton: The only thing that really saves us is that the Supreme Court came along and allowed Super PACs. Otherwise... I would be sitting here and never have a chance... 1862475900
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimCongresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 28/09/2026Every day, this administration continues to target LGBTQIA+ kids. It’s incredibly harmful and does the exact opposite of what our shared goal should be: protecting kids. The LGBTQIA+ community and all our students deserve better.thehill.comEducation Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ studentsThe Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati… 40711250
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Huge bummer when you’re just innocently trying to join and promote a movement that hates Black people, immigrants, and Jews — but then you discover that they have a dark side. apple.news/A9g-feRPSTme... 1143549566
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 26/09/2026The Trump admin admitted it made a mistake in illegally deporting this man TWICE, but — like it initially did with Kilmar Abrego Garcia — it's defying a court order & refuses to bring him back. This federal judge is right to hold the admin in contempt. There must be a penalty for flouting the law. 18454172
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health OfficeThe cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026. 27774943153
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026The outright refusal to treat white supremacy as an ideology which motivates action and treat it as generally objectionable is what allows this strategy to be viable for Elon Musk. 2532441054
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimJoshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The White House budget proposal for FY27 slash NSF funding by more than 50% and would drastically reduce support for PhDs, postdocs & investigator-initiated research. Selling something is not the same as doing something. Science is hard. This 'new golden age' won't make it easier. 39153
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 17/09/2026The Trump admin has decimated American science budgets, taking away life saving opportunities, and the potential for groundbreaking discoveries. This is how you destroy American innovation. apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comTrump administration has cut or frozen $177 billion in grants across every state, analysis showsAn analysis finds that the Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177 billion in federal grants since the president took office for his second term. 19621305
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimJon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026We will vote to rebuke him so decisively no president will dare such abuses again for centuries. 28063071499
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimSE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I'm back, I missed you all. Since this is an important subject I know too much about, here's a 🧵 explaining that AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult. I don't think these people should make policy. (1/?) (alternative title: Time For Some Cult Theory) 1013241776
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimMike Levin @mikelevin.org · 16/09/2026Here is the reality. We have the votes to impeach Pete Hegseth tomorrow. Mike Johnson knows it, we know it. So he’s sending us all home to avoid the vote. www.cnn.com/2026/09/16/p...cnn.comHouse to adjourn early, stave off Hegseth impeachment vote | CNN PoliticsSpeaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday announced he is sending members home from Washington early for their seven-week campaigning recess ahead of the midterm elections, a move that will stave off a vote o... 14326761072
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimCaptain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Donald Trump is the most corrupt president we've ever had, and it's not even close. 19869242
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026PATEL: The previous regulation automatically disqualified any individual who participated in either side of it KENNEDY: Either side of beastiality? So you disqualified the animal? P: Well, we have great canines, but we're not going to disqualify them K: I'm trying to understand why you did this. 94949141208
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15/09/2026WATCH LIVE: Marc Elias reacts to Donald Trump's stunning defeat on mail voting. In a major win for voters, the Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to reinstate mail voting restrictions ahead of November’s pivotal midterm elections. www.youtube.com/live/dfi8genxbaM youtube.comBREAKING: Supreme Court Hands Trump Stunning Defeat on Mail VotingYouTube video by Democracy Docket 10503149
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Wreckers and infighters are over-represented on this website. Elsewhere, the vast majority are meeting the moment by doing Popular Front. A good example is Stevens endorsing El Sayed in MI and Hong endorsing Crowley in WI. 25902141
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS. 567281148622
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimToby Fox @tobyfoxart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026When I first posted this redraw on Twitter (ew) it did big numbers and Nintendo shared it on one of their websites This does not translate into a free Zelda themed switch2 😂😭 315425
Reposted by Erik Davis-Heim𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I do covers and I literally wrote an entire novella* to fit under one of them; I’m sure writers can experiment in the opposite direction to charming effect. Don’t insult your audience with shit from an ass. * bsky.app/profile/gora... 1738775
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimJosephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 10/09/2026ICYMI: Providence, the capital of Rhode Island, just elected a socialist, pro-Palestine mayor (the general election is a formality in the heavily Dem city) — and, just as important, his slate of leftists SWEPT the primaries for a bunch of city council seats CHANGE IS POSSIBLE TAKE OVER THE PARTYpvdeye.orgMorales-Backed Slate of City Council Candidates Sweep Primary ElectionsProvidence’s City Council will see at least 5 new faces in January, with some major upsets shaking up City Hall. A coalition of progressive City Council members nearly swept their elections, after pro... 817241
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 07/09/2026No matter where you are, you can get involved in the No Kings coalition’s early vote activation and election protection campaign. Join our upcoming No Kings: Vote Early Kickoff Call to learn everything you need to know.mobilize.usNo Kings: Vote Early Kickoff Call · No KingsJoin our September 10 No Kings: Vote Early Kickoff Call to learn more about the vision, urgency, and strategy behind the No Kings coalition’s early vote activation and election protection campaign and... 5436239
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 08/09/2026The AfD’s win in Germany is a dark day for Europe. Time is running out to stop the far right | Cas Muddetheguardian.comThe AfD’s win in Germany is a dark day for Europe. Time is running out to stop the far right | Cas MuddeThis party is among the most extreme in Europe. To protect our democracies, liberal parties must urgently change their tactics, says Cas Mudde, author of The Far Right Today 15299110
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This “game” on the White House website, a version of Snake where you play as a white man in a suit and you run around picking up identifiably black, Asian, and Latino men and putting them in orange jumpsuits, might be the most openly white supremacist thing I’ve ever seen the US government produce 12934981233
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimCongressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 05/09/2026This was a young man who loved playing soccer, was a proud member of the JROTC, and had dreams of studying medicine. His promising future was cut short, and the hole left in his family and community will be felt for a very long time.washingtonpost.comCollege student steps into traffic, is killed after losing immigration statusPierre Damas Bel’s family said he took his own life on a busy highway after the Trump administration canceled protections for thousands of Haitian immigrants and ICE officers placed him in an ankle mo... 36317
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimThe Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.theverge.comThere is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter seriesYou can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry. 367201339889
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimMicah @rincewind.run · 03/09/2026every single day elon musk says or endorses stuff on x dot com that is worse than any of the quotes they've pulled up for hasan piker and he will be the single biggest political donor in the entire country, supporting republicans up and down the ballot somehow none of them are asked about it 202650684
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 03/09/2026It seems like “the criminal president is ignoring court orders to build an ad hoc federal system to reject mail ballots from states he doesn’t like” should be bigger news 19604155
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimLunchCounterPunch @theultrasecret.bsky.social · 24/08/2026“Think I give a damn about what this Piker guy is saying when the richest Nazi the world has ever seen is bankrolling the destruction of America via the Republican Party?” — how every Dem should answer questions about Hasan Piker 6909195
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 01/09/2026We’re stuck doing deep textual analysis on Hasan Piker, a Twitch streamer, to discover if he said something offensive. Then the actual Secretary of Defense is gleefully picking out random Canadians and mocking them for being overweight, and it’s like “Well Trump will be Trump!” 8871117
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimRadley 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. 153108982684
Reposted by Erik Davis-Heimelias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 30/08/2026So, obviously, this site has a lot of thoughts about MC. I have some too. But it's worth recognizing, if you're a Talarico supporter, that this is genuinely helpful and much more than the bare minimum. 638741
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Michigan, I’m honored to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Mike Rogers, Florida is waiting for you. 643470677
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 28/08/2026Texas has suspended over 1.2 million voter registrations. Many valid voters in Texas have found their voter registrations were somehow canceled when they checked. Check your registration here and fix it immediately - Texas doesn't always honor provisional ballots cast on election day.goelect.txelections.civixapps.comIvisMvpUi 7835172754
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I interviewed Maine's new Democratic senate candidate. He's pretty coolprospect.orgTroy Jackson Is Looking Forward - The American ProspectMaine’s U.S. Senate candidate poses the strongest challenge to Susan Collins of her career. 018529
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimJoaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Nine-year-old Katherine Bracho and her dad Jesús have been released from the Dilley Trailer Prison! After Texas DPS stopped Jesús at his work and then called ICE, they locked him up. Minutes later, ICE returned to lure Katherine out after intimidating her dad. 10613165
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 25/08/2026Corresponds to national environment around D+9 or 10. As I wrote when our forecast came out, indicators are in many cases even better for Democrats than in 2018 (www.gelliottmorris.com/p/democrats-...). This is firm “big blue wave“ territorygelliottmorris.comDemocrats strongly favored to take the House, Senate tilts Democratic in our new election forecast (crosspost)Our brand-new election forecast for the 2026 congressional midterms puts Democrats at above even odds to take control of both chambers 2230080
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimMicah @rincewind.run · 24/08/2026the current supreme court continues to signal that the only way forward for democratic self-governance in the united states of america is to dismantle its power through court expansion or other major structural reforms 281555330
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23/08/2026On 9/11, US airspace closed, Canada launched Operation Yellow Ribbon. Gander, a town of 10,000, received 38 airliners. Residents immediately sheltered, fed, clothed, and supported stranded passengers for days, providing this hospitality free of charge. interestingengineering.com/culture/oper... 1236235657687
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimQuinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026D.C. has now entered its second year with federal troops on its streets.theatlantic.comAn American City, With Troops on Its StreetsSince the country’s founding, deployments of soldiers to U.S. soil have been exceedingly rare. But residents of Washington, D.C., are living in a new normal. 22510184
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimReconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 23/08/2026i profoundly dislike betraying our allies 1086599
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Natalie Harp is a year older than Martin Luther King Jr. was when he gave his I Have a Dream speech. She has agency and is running the propaganda operation that serves to put people in concentration camps. She does not get a pass because she looks like a dipshit teenager. 1052181283781
Reposted by Erik Davis-Heimmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 20/08/2026A year ago, the New York Times reported that Musk was disillussioned and exiting politics. Now he is going to set a record as the biggest Republican donor in history. Why did they print such a false and inaccurate story? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...nytimes.comA Disillusioned Musk, Distanced From Trump, Says He’s Exiting Washington (Published 2025)The billionaire has made clear he is frustrated with the obstacles he encountered as he tried to upend the federal bureaucracy. 37948214
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026ICE and CBP are full of rapists and child predators. A new report details it in horrific detail.forever-wars.comThe Sex Criminals and Child Abusers of ICE and CBPRape. Domestic violence. Epstein friendship. It's all tolerated by our valiant homeland-security apparatus. PLUS: COINTELPRO 2026 9243442034
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The conditions in ICE detention centers are outrageous. Worms. Standing sewage water. Measles outbreaks. 52 people have died so far. No American - no matter what your view is on immigration - should stand for this inhumanity. 841418570
Reposted by Erik Davis-Heimmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 15/08/2026capturing the supreme court means that they are so certain they will not face consequences that they put illegal orders like this in writing. 141003259
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimQuinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Immediately after Jan 6, Trump’s approval ratings tanked to the lowest point of his first term (to roughly where they are right now, in fact). It was only as time went on, and elite institutions signaled that maybe it hadn’t been such a big deal, that people stopped caring as immediately 241586270
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimHemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 16/08/2026This is missing the forest for the trees. The phenomenon yglesias is describing and rosenfield is participating in is a reflection of the enormous cultural influence the trumpist right has had in devaluing civic virtue & elevating gross materialism, antisocial behavior, and bigotry above all else 161269185
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimEva Soulu 🌿 @soulu.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Today is my birthday! If you like my art, would you share it, please? That means the world to me. 28604308
Reposted by Erik Davis-HeimSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 31/07/2026Just what America needs: more billionaires spending more money on more political influence. Are we not sick of this yet? My DISCLOSE Act will help cure the billionaire-fueled rot. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/u...nytimes.comElon Musk Plans at Least $100 Million in Midterm Spending to Help RepublicansElon Musk, a year after a huge blowup with President Trump and the Republican Party, is said to be planning to spend in at least eight states to help them in November. 54692233