Reposted by Shellfish PlsAmbassador Luis G. Moreno (ret) @ambassadormoreno.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We don’t say it nearly enough, but Jack Smith is one damn fine patriot and a great American. 23510
Reposted by Shellfish PlsGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026So much of what we’re living through right now, from Trump to AI, feels like it’s driven by an explicit strategy of “we just do the crimes so quickly that we can’t be stopped and by the time the courts weigh in, they have no choice but to accept our crimes.” www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-the-a...doomsdayscenario.coIt's the accountability, stupid.Doing crime 621071373
Reposted by Shellfish PlsBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I was deputy M.E. at the WSJ when Murdoch took over, with a similar “editorial independence board.” Within 4 months, our top editor was gone, replaced by a loyal Murdoch deputy. That board raised a quivering objection, but the deed was done. If the Ellisons own CNN, they’ll do whatever they want. 652608906
Reposted by Shellfish PlsJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 10/09/2026We need at some point to talk about American Evangelicalism as a heretical movement. We should not indulge the delusion of a bunch or nuts who cherry-pick the Bible to rationalize otherwise indefensible 21st century bigotries that they are representatives of a global faith. 4347441003
Reposted by Shellfish PlsErin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I am fascinated by the evolving relationship between gambling and speculation. Historically, financial markets took great pains to distinguish themselves from gambling, citing their mastery of risk and probability (de Goede 2005). Today, prediction markets are in a bind: (1/x) 🧵upress.umn.eduVirtue, Fortune, and FaithLess than two centuries ago finance - today viewed as the center of economic necessity and epitome of scientific respectability - stood condemned as disreput... 49030
Reposted by Shellfish PlsTom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026For the lolz Carney should announce he’s renaming Lake Superior to Lake Canada 8478
Reposted by Shellfish PlsAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/07/2026a statement from Fauci's lawyers says Rand Paul has "an intense & seemingly pathological course of retribution, revenge, & obsession with Dr. Fauci ... The accusations that Chairman Paul continues to propagate are false and disgraceful, and we will examine all options to hold him accountable." 529129843699
Reposted by Shellfish PlsBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 29/07/2026🚨🚨🚨 With the confirmation of Clayton, Trump has loyalists in place at the power agencies who will work to enable his election subversion schemes for 2026 and 2028. They're not incompetent, and they're putting loyalists in beneath them. The threat is far greater than in 2020. 25825274
Reposted by Shellfish PlsTom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Christian Nationalism is a threat to America. JD Vance fuses the Catholic and Protestant wings of this radical movement. I’ve been researching him and his network for a while. They are deliberately attempting to dismantle the constitutional wall separating church and state - brick by brick.christianpost.comJD Vance: Satan wants Christians to separate faith from politicsVice President JD Vance says the devil has a favorite trick convincing Christians that faith and politics belong in separate rooms 2522690
Reposted by Shellfish PlsTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 21/07/2026The DSA Is a Parasite The left-wing faction is hijacking the Democratic Party. by James Kirchik www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... 14122449
Reposted by Shellfish PlsAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/07/2026Ossoff: "Here's what's going to happen tonight: the world's most famous sore loser will deliver a prime-time presidential sour grapes address to pursue his 6-year-old grievances about the 2020 election, while his war in the Middle East spirals out of control & the cost of living continues to rise.." 10313267810169
Reposted by Shellfish PlsSenator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Reports that the White House has dismissed the remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission — all of whom were unanimously confirmed by the Senate, including a commissioner appointed by President Trump himself… (1/3) 57844350
Reposted by Shellfish PlsChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I don’t know man, who is “the Democratic Party” if it’s not the voters?Democratic voters choose candidates, not party leaders. And party leaders need to listen to what voters are telling us - and right now they are demanding our party be bolder. 582118702248
Reposted by Shellfish PlsSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 08/06/2026He went from orange to red. While the President's tantrums are absurd, his delusions of voter fraud are dangerous. The President is an unhinged disgrace, and the American people deserve a Congress that will stand up to Trump's lies, not enable them. 681387252
Reposted by Shellfish PlsRyan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 18/05/2026I say without hyperbole that this is the most brazenly corrupt action in US Presidential history. That it does not immediately lead to impeachment is a dangerous sign of how far the rule of law has declined. 1076224367651
Reposted by Shellfish PlsBrad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Any sensible Dem 2026 campaign should focus on anti-corruption (among much else) because even non-political folks I think are aware of Trump and his family’s/cronies theft of billions. One of the most corrupt leaders in world, not just US history. 44512
Reposted by Shellfish Plsconputer dipshit @davidcrespo.bsky.social · 10/05/2026god it would be funny if they added community notes on here. can you imagine 414510
Reposted by Shellfish PlsSenator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 02/05/2026This ruling amounts to a nationwide abortion ban. Mifepristone is safe, full stop. This isn’t about science and protecting women, it’s a calculated plot by Republicans obsessed with controlling the private health care decisions of women in America. 822021747
Reposted by Shellfish PlsBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/04/2026This is not an exaggeration. Alex Jones is allegedly bankrupt but has an infinite well of dark money to pay lawyers, sell pills, and harangue judges and the parents of dead kids. This stay must be lifted so we can take over, and I hope journalists look into where he's getting and stowing his money. 111152503519
Reposted by Shellfish PlsBrad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 28/04/2026A guy once posted that then-President Obama "will have a 50 cal in the head soon," and "shoot the nig." 9th Cir.: " It is difficult to see how a rational trier of fact could reasonably have found that either statement, on its face or taken in context, expresses a threat." 652 F. 3d 1113 (2011) 725795
Reposted by Shellfish PlsSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 28/04/2026Trump is trying to crush our First Amendment rights. I refuse to live in a country where a crooked President can illegally use the force of the federal government to push a talk show host off the air. Time to speak up and protect free speech in America.cnn.comTrump administration challenges ABC station licenses amid Kimmel controversy | CNN BusinessAt the same time the Trump administration is pressuring ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel, the Trump-aligned FCC is planning to challenge ABC’s station licenses. 1721056
Reposted by Shellfish PlsCaptain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 22/04/2026The President and his Administration have already failed twice in court trying to intimidate me, and he's still not letting up. Just more proof that he'll do anything it takes to silence those of us willing to call him out. I'm not backing down — ever. 47183581769
Reposted by Shellfish PlsDannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 06/04/2026They literally took press credentials away from like half of you and replaced you with RW streamers and Laura Loomer-wannabes and why would you attend this only to be insulted by this anti-democratic loon. 223225
Reposted by Shellfish PlsJB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Groceries. Gas. Now packages. Is there anything Donald Trump hasn't made more expensive? Call it what it is: the Trump Mail Tax. 12344116
Reposted by Shellfish PlsJoni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Over the last few years, American tech oligarchs have become the greatest argument against their own existence. The sheer scale of their erratic behavior and political interference proves that extreme wealth concentration is a structural threat to society 73083702792
Reposted by Shellfish PlsRyan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 07/03/2026Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police quietly erected overnight at Capitolwashingtonpost.comLong-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police quietly erected overnight at CapitolThe memorial honoring officers who defended the Capitol was required by law to be installed by March 2023. 13543201076
Reposted by Shellfish PlsAlexander Kustov @akoustov.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Sorry, Bluesky, but I have to say it: AI can already do social science research better than most professors with PhDs. And, for the first time in my life, I really have no idea what happens in five years. Things are changing already, we just need to wake up.alexanderkustov.substack.comAcademics Need to Wake Up on AITen theses for folks who haven't noticed the ground shifting under their feet 30018132
Reposted by Shellfish PlsBrian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 03/03/2026The legacy of #Benghazi is contested. GOP lies and conspiracy theories were obviously repulsive, and their efforts to turn it into a scandal were shambolic. But it’d be a mistake for Dems to therefore swear off a nakedly partisan response to Trump’s war on Iran. www.offmessage.net/p/iran-bengh...offmessage.netIran, Benghazi, And The Age Of Partisan EverythingRepublicans wrote the rules, Democrats should play by them. 615030
Reposted by Shellfish PlsNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Dems should politicize the heck out of this war—on unconstitutionality, strategy, national interest, US deaths, negative economic impact, you name it. As @gregsargent.bsky.social argues, don’t focus on procedure only, fearing accusations of weakness. The public and press are already quite negative. 16394108
Reposted by Shellfish PlsGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 03/03/2026politicize the heck out of everything polarize the heck out of everything trump is deeply unpopular jar people out of their algorithmic torpor and get them to take sides they will mostly side against trump so politicize the heck out of everything polarize the heck out of everything 16611162
Reposted by Shellfish PlsChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Paramount should enjoy its growing news monopoly while they have it because when Democrats win back power we are going to break up these anti-democratic information conglomerates. All of them. 734102431972
Reposted by Shellfish PlsJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 26/02/2026A useful analogy I’ve heard is between cognitive bias and optical illusions. Squares A & B in the famous Adelson Checkerboard Illusion are exactly the same shade of grey. You can confirm this by cutting them away from or covering the surrounding imagery. BUT YOU STILL SEE THE ILLUSION. 834872
Reposted by Shellfish PlsChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 24/02/2026The UAE secretly paid Trump $187 million. Money in his pocket personally. And then Trump overrode decades of national security objections to selling Nvidia chips to UAE because we feared UAE would send the chips to China. Corruption has consequences. 872080969
Reposted by Shellfish PlsMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 19/02/2026"It is difficult to comprehend the level of state-sponsored criminality we are witnessing because our country has never experienced anything like it."- #NYDailyNews (wait'll ya experience the midterms...) #AccountabilityIsComing ⚖️ 572158524828
Reposted by Shellfish PlsCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19/02/2026CATO: “.. In short, seven independent research teams have now examined the “who’s paying” question and have reached essentially the same answer: We are.” @cato.org @scottlincicome.bsky.social www.cato.org/blog/white-h... 1001965645
Reposted by Shellfish PlsSenator Chris Coons @coons.senate.gov · 12/02/2026Gail Slater was confirmed with broad bipartisan support because she was committed to fairly enforcing our antitrust laws. That's the same reason she was pushed out. This administration wants full control over DOJ to help the Epstein class, and they're hoping we all don't notice. 1146
Reposted by Shellfish PlsCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/02/2026SEN. OSSOFF: “.. why are roving gangs of masked men — who look like they couldn’t pass the Army physical exam — dressed up like pretend Delta Force operators, on our streets, demanding papers, dragging people from their cars, and shooting people to death?” @acyn.bsky.social 396183745761
Reposted by Shellfish PlsNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 04/02/2026BREAKING: huge, gigantic, enormous win SCOTUS allows our big victory at trial upholding the Prop 50 redistricting to remain in place Kudos to my @democracydefendersaction.org, @lulacorg.bsky.social, Arnold & Porter & rest of the coalition that countered Trump's attempt to steal Congressional seats 1073388601
Shellfish Pls @fitwalrus.bsky.social · 04/02/2026A cat sanctuary called Maslow’s Hierarchy of Kneeds 010
Reposted by Shellfish PlsAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2026Newsom: "I'm not naive about the corruption & graft at a scale we've never seen in history. I'm not naive about folks writing billion dollars checks to Witkoff & Kushner. I'm not naive about the fact Trump made $1.5b+ in the last 12 months personally. How in the hell are we putting up with this? 813280960
Reposted by Shellfish PlsJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 20/01/2026The truth is that Donald Trump has ALWAYS been a pathological liar and a psychopath. The problem now is he’s a pathological liar and a psychopath who turns 80 in June and is clearly losing it upstairs. And that’s a really fucking dangerous thing for America & the entire world. 761312309
Reposted by Shellfish PlsAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/01/2026Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop" 13823604712548
Reposted by Shellfish PlsAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/01/2026Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN" 16034382816050
Reposted by Shellfish PlsWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so. 147103023950
Reposted by Shellfish PlsAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13/01/2026AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face. 9046183722192
Reposted by Shellfish PlsSahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski: “After speaking with Chair Powell this morning, it’s clear the administration’s investigation is nothing more than an attempt at coercion.“ 41567195
Reposted by Shellfish PlsAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/01/2026I don’t see how this country survives until 2029 unless Trump is impeached and removed. This level of lawless malice is not sustainable. What fresh horrors await us this week? 653136682756
Reposted by Shellfish Plsmolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 09/01/2026they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die. 333231577022
Reposted by Shellfish PlsAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/01/2026Posts may be a bit more sporadic from me today as my kids are home from school because my city is being brutalized by the federal government to the extent that it's unsafe for schools to be open 1184311076354
