Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialMuseum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026 47148122821
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 01/10/2026This guy literally packed the courts because Utahns passed an anti-gerrymandering referendum and the state Supreme Court justices, many of whom he appointed, repeatedly sided with the people over him and his fellow Republicans. Spare me the white man tears www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...nbcnews.comUtah governor signs bill adding justices to state Supreme Court as redistricting appeal loomsOnce the new seats are filled, Gov. Spencer Cox will have appointed five of the seven justices. 9446106
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialNicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy! 181141086480
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialStephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Dividing up AI users in 3 categories: Wizard: approaches AI academically & with appropriate guards & wards. Treats it like a tool. Warlock: Makes a pact for power with an alien entity without considering the costs. Is corrupted by the whispers. Cleric: worships their new machine god. Is insane. 23474121
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined. 34895854675
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026by the time AI insurance agents are denying your claims based on internet jokes, society has been over for years 43123056
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026You can’t talk about debt without talking about how we got into a bad predicament, and there’s only one correct answer: tax cuts enacted this century 7234431177
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 05/08/2026the plot to enslave america 120651
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 24/07/2026People will say the big 3 didn't see it coming but US auto executives knew this was happening 15 years ago and largely acted accordingly, making huge investments in EV tech and lobbying the US govt for subsidies to those investments. Then Trump got reelected and it all got thrown out the window 491834461
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 21/07/2026An attempt to steal our own tax dollars from us. Tyranny 1343090
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 09/07/2026It's a massive theft of our tax dollars from us. Intolerable. 1742390
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialescapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 08/07/2026DAWG WE'RE DOING STATE-RUN GAS PRICES AT PRICE CONTROLLED RATES DESPITE INCREASING SHORTAGES TO PACIFY THE PEOPLE AND THEY'RE SCREAMING ABOUT HOW THEIR OPPONENTS WANT COMMUNISM I AM GOING TO LOSE MY ENTIRE GODDAMN MIND 312149864235
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialMatthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Congress cannot ‘commandeer’ these agencies because they do not belong to the Executive - it creates and funds them, and it can destroy them! 8858148
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Ugh. Supreme Court rules in Slaughter, 6-3 that Trump can fire people from the FTC. But in Cook, Court rules 5-4 that Trump cannot fire everybody from the Fed. Roberts writes both majority opinions There's no real difference between the FTC and the FED other than Roberts likes the Fed. 11842311091
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 28/06/2026this wouldn’t work legally because a President has no authority to remove a Supreme Court justice. however the President could instead simply drone strike them. it sounds like i’m being snarky but as a result of the immunity decision this is the actual law. 1274314793
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 28/05/2026I hate these people so fucking much, man years of whining about "weaponized DOJ investigations" and they're just going down the enemies list launching frivolous bullshit because the bossman says so 332368406
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialLindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 27/05/2026The State Department supposedly sent $1.5 billion tax dollars to the Board of Peace slush fund, which is now empty.web.archive.orgExclusive: State Department sends $1.25B from other programs to Board of PeaceThe administration is drawing on funds used for international disasters and peacekeeping to fund Trump’s Gaza effort. 1091767963
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 21/05/2026X is effectively subsidized by Elon's other businesses to serve as a propaganda organ for his far right views. It's being carried by the starlink service which boasts a $4.4 billion in earned income. Every starlink terminal is effectively a subsidy for far right propaganda. 524269
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 20/05/2026BREAKING: Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges, two law enforcement officers who clashed with Jan. 6 insurrectionists, have sued to block the Trump 'slush fund'. They're asking a federal judge to find the creation of the fund illegal and reverse any transfers that Treasury has made to DOJ to implement it.ms.nowFormer Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn files suit to block Trump’s ‘slush fund’The existence of the new lawsuit is a reminder that the “slush fund” controversy is unfolding on multiple fronts. 316117783105
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialUrbmonger @crowshair.bsky.social · 18/05/2026This really feels like a breaking point for the US constitutional system. 826456
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 18/05/2026Example: a climate group representing younger Americans sues the President for failing to act on climate change. Immediate settlement announced endowing a $1trn green transition fund. 11593114
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Good to see: Nearly 100 House Dems just filed papers calling on the judge to throw out the lawsuit that's the basis for Trump's "settlement" creating his new slush fund, arguing that DOJ is colluding with Trump to illegally circumvent Congress: 522669818
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/12/2025the proximate reason i post here — beyond the fact that i like a lot of you and enjoy reading your thoughts and jokes and observations — is that this is a non-algorithmic platform where people share lots of stuff and people read what is shared. that's still valuable even if it doesn't "influence!" 375254298
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Fascists succeed in general because they are willing to take stuff, break rules, get violent, while most of their opponents are not Fascists lose, in general, because they pick (at least) one fight too many with someone they didn't expect to fight back 3240641075
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Excited to live in a country where you can mail someone a handgun but not an abortion pill 18267962316
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialStephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Look at this corrupt bullshit 36512
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/04/2026as long as john roberts has his majority, there is simply no pro democracy reform that will survive the supreme court. none. 360215404714
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 30/04/2026The next reconstruction: - Expand the House to 700 Seats - Use MMP to create a multi-party system with PR - Use RCV for US Senate elections - End the filibuster + add DC - Limit the power of the Supreme Court - Expand the court to 13 Justices - Term limits and ethics rules for the court 1271966439
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 14/04/2026The index of consumer sentiment isn't broken; models that try to predict it just don't have the right input variables. I fix that and find that, yes, high nominal price levels explain why the vibes are so off. It's the prices, stupid www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-04-14...gelliottmorris.comIt's the Prices, StupidConsumer sentiment is at an all-time low because prices are at an all-time high. Consumer sentiment isn't broken, popular government data is just incomplete 732330612
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/04/2026BALINT: Are you trying to get revenge on states that did not vote for your boss? VOUGHT: What's interesting about your question is Joe Biden-- BALINT: Oh, for goodness' sake! 19344641214
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/04/2026I feel sick to my stomach waiting around to see what atrocity Trump has in mind for the people of Iran this evening. It's hard to fathom our other elected leaders aren't able to check him in any meaningful way. It's an indictment not just of voters but of our whole system. We're ruled by a mad king. 1056170204173
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 29/03/2026It is extremely wrong how Dems talking point on this is that paying TSA by EO is totally legal and he should have done it sooner. It is not legal, that $10B is only for border security and TSA is not border security. He's stealing the power of the purse, stop saying he should have done it sooner! 773013716
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialDark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 28/03/2026I think this relies on the DoD's doctrinal definition, which is "If we suck at it, it isn't conventional warfare." If you're fighting an insurgency where you aren't even on the ground and they're launching TBMs at you, it isn't an insurgency. 420342
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialDan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 25/03/2026"the good news is that we have found a relatively cheap and easy way to prevent the cast from going through puberty. the bad news is that not everybody in this room is going to like it". 3860881195
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/03/2026We invaded Venezuela, kidnapped their leader and installed a puppet, and are now pillaging the country's resources just like the fascists in the 1930s did, and somehow this has already been normalized and isn't being treated as the crime it iscnbc.comU.S. brought back $100 million of gold from Venezuela, Interior Secretary Burgum saysThe Interior secretary said Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, wants foreign investment in the country's mining sector. 45878103591
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialRobert Ellingsworth @by1959.bsky.social · 15/03/2026And, We Have Motive. 28957511380
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialJulie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social · 11/03/2026New: Dead bodies and a long-missing "death" bell: What will authorities find at Zorro Ranch? open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...open.substack.comDead bodies and a long missing 300-year-old church bell: What will they find on Zorro Ranch?New documents show the DOJ had several paths to search Epstein's ranch, but didn't do so. 29562295
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 11/03/2026tariffs happening for no reason and theyre making your life worse, secret police kidnapping people for no reason and making your life worse, firing thousands of government employees for no reason and making your life worse, going to war with iran for no reason and making your life worse 14671001816
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 09/03/2026There is apparently credible evidence that the president of the United States is a pedophile. The comforting phrase “accused him without evidence” no longer fits this situation, and journalists must resort to the more perfunctory “hasn’t been formally charged.” www.thedailybeast.com/key-details-...thedailybeast.comKey Details of 13-Year-Old Trump Accuser’s Accounts Are VerifiedThe newly corroborated details suggest the woman was truthful about numerous aspects of her life. 9265282339
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialKen Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Jesse Singal: “I don’t understand why all these experts with degrees keep disagreeing with me. So demoralizing. What could the explanation be??” 15189201600
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialGef the Mollygoose @gefthemongoose.bsky.social · 04/03/2026I'll always be obsessed with this edit made by @tommchenry.bsky.social 5973282
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 25/02/2026We seem to be nearing the heart of the story, and a lot will depend on the nerve of the journalists--NPR, the NYT, etc--to stay on this story relentlessly. Will they give it the same kind of coverage they gave Biden's age--i.e., full bore, around the clock, 50 opeds? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...nytimes.comEpstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump 16469171
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 25/02/2026"We are dealing now with an allegation that the president of the US raped and sexually assaulted a child and is now using his DOJ to try to cover that up." If you want to understand latest Epstein revelations, @leahlitman.bsky.social explains them clearly on our pod: newrepublic.com/article/2070...newrepublic.comTrump’s Epstein Scandal Takes Damning Turn as Dem Drops New BombshellAs new revelations in the Jeffrey Epstein saga threaten the president, a legal expert decodes what we just learned—and lays out a roadmap to what will happen now. 15352852338
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 25/02/2026This should be the biggest scandal in American history? 641302491
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 24/02/2026The US Justice Department withheld testimony that Donald Trump sexually abused a girl when she was 13 or 14 - according to a source who viewed unredacted Epstein files. This is the worst scandal in US history and should be the biggest news story on the planet right now. www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...npr.orgJustice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to TrumpAn NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. 12249882425
Reposted by @flitmaniac.bsky.socialBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 17/02/2026So "out of the box" that it has been classified as a crime under international law for decades. 421295342
