Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026Trump: "I could've done very bad things to Hillary Clinton. I could've done very very bad things to Joe Biden. I could've done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama ... I can do whatever I want, if I want." 304969702756
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/10/2026Abdul El-Sayed on Fox News: "I think about MLK. He said this thing I always think about -- 'If your coalition is not uncomfortable, it's not big enough.' A lot of people wonder why I'm having this conversation with you. It's because there are people out there who I want to have a conversation with." 18683721937
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 05/10/2026You have to use the power to reform the institutions, or it all happens over & over again. The platform must be institutional reform: bsky.app/profile/mcop... 413224
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026NEW: It's that time of year: time to launch my annual guide to November's elections! I guide you through over *650* interesting elections, & why they matter. Judges, AGs, govs, mayors, lawmakers, AGs, county & school boards—plus many (many) ballot measures. Oh, & Congress. Explore & bookmark!boltsmag.orgYour Cheat Sheet to the 2026 General Elections - BoltsCongressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility... Read Mo... 25904476
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Again, we can debate what we call the regime under which we now live. But it's not "democracy," there's no such thing as "free & fair elections" where this is allowed, & a constitutional order in which these things keep happening & they do not end a presidency is not really a "republic" of laws. 210029
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026When Elon Musk's groups spent $20M+ on Wisconsin's 2025 Supreme Court race, his involvement backfired and his candidate lost by 10 points. Now his super PAC has quietly spent $14M+ on key midterm races, including the Texas Senate race. Would be a shame if people found out.nbcnews.comElon Musk is flying under the radar in the Texas Senate race. Republicans want to keep it that way.One Republican involved in the Texas Senate contest called Musk’s in-your-face campaigning in Wisconsin last year “a mis 23060213744
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Signs you might be a far right authoritarian party (#3430): 1336
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15/09/2026Kash Patel is testifying right now taking credit for violent crime dropping across the country. COME ON. The trend started years before he got there. 2022: murders DOWN 6.1% 2023: DOWN 11.6% 2024: DOWN 14.9% That’s a 29% drop from 2021 through 2024. He didn’t create the decline. He inherited it. 801105439
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/08/2026 778178769399
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/08/2026THIS is what Republicans have been focused on doing since Reagan, while they try to get you mad at immigrants and trans people 26469207
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/08/2026A racist regime delighting in the pain of Black and Brown people in the country legally It was never just about illegal immigration 981517627
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 26/08/2026if he can't have it, nobody can. 77816187
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Republicans could solve world hunger if they attacked food insecurity the way they attack voting rights. 8440991095
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Police Called on Trans Men Using Women's Restroom As Required By Kansas Law open.substack.com/pub/erininth...open.substack.comPolice Called on Trans Men Using Women's Restroom As Required By Kansas Law“As a trans man, I have the immense privilege of blending in. But these laws force me to choose between safety and obeying the law.” 1417461
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Reminder: progressive is mainstream 615122794628
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialJenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026“As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government [Trump’s America] to enable them” 8/5/26theguardian.com‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon ValleyAs Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them 7375184
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/08/2026👇🎯 Your periodic reminder that we don’t have to keep doing this thing we’ve done for decades now on Every. Single. Damn. Topic. In. American. Politics. 15621126
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 01/08/2026300 Senators. 100 from rural areas, where 1/3 of the US population lives. 200 from the urban areas, where 2/3 of the US population lives. Equal state representation, proportional to population. No more wildly anti-democratic & unequaled malapportionment in the upper chamber of parliament. 69918
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialMark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Agree with @jamellebouie.net that it's pretty clear Elon Musk wanted to eviscerate USAID *for the purpose of killing as many African people as possible.* Mass death wasn't an accidental byproduct of his "deep state" paranoia; it was a key mission of DOGE. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o... 232993993
fromthedeskof.bsky.social @fromthedeskof.bsky.social · 27/07/2026This man will go down in history as one of the most morally bankrupt, evil human beings ever to live. Let’s just hope he never has the authority to personally oversee the death camps, because he will not hesitate to make Hitler look like a minor bump of history. 010
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 27/07/2026Austin police killed a 17-year-old Black child who called 911 while in distress. Three cops fired more than 20 rounds, killing him, because they thought he had a gun. It was a water bottle. The child was unarmed. Austin PD is calling it "suicide by cop." No, it's murder in cold blood by cop. 1/2 45931396
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialJenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I worry that they are moving so fast—and that the media has been so bizarrely silent—that the “new global order” (Pax Silica) will be in place (& impossible to unwind) before the public knows anything about it. Thread. #PaxSilica 1/ 38610377
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialDigital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 22/07/2026The audacity of Israeli minister to say this proudly. According to reporting, he said “US fighting Iran is ‘best for us’ as American troops & households bear its mounting costs”. With allies like this, who needs enemies? #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy 24209174
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 20/07/2026We treated the deaths of 13 US soldiers in Kabul in August 2021 as a scandal so much & for so long that it destroyed Joe Biden’s presidency. 👇 is being reported but simply not covered with the same tone, criticism, or drawing of sweeping conclusions about its meaning: bsky.app/profile/mcop... 620980
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialSpooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 19/07/2026ICE is well on its way to becoming an American secret police force. 48931
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 15/07/2026"Mommy is one of the 9 most powerful judges in America, and at every chance to help protect meaningful gun safety legislation, I've chosen the reckless and stupid decision of expanding gun access, even to violent sociopaths, thus putting your and my life in abject danger— the price of freedom." 2/2 833662
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 12/07/2026A key part of Lindsey Graham's legacy: when he called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/u... 4134951022
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/07/2026"The government doesn't get to sit in the editor's chair." ABC just filed a blistering 35-page defense of The View against Brendan Carr's FCC. And 77,000+ Americans flooded the agency with comments backing them up.meidasnews.comTrump Admin. Doesn't Belong in "Editor's Chair" -- Strong Pushback from ABC and its Viewers against FCCSome arguing "political meddling", "NO KINGS" or "fascism" -- 77,000 members of public flood Brendan Carr and FCC with comments about its probe of "The View" 311533479
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 02/07/2026We Should Have Finished Reconstruction (& Still Can): a Brief History Of American Politics, 1865-2026 18218
fromthedeskof.bsky.social @fromthedeskof.bsky.social · 01/07/2026My grandma hid her pregnancy from customs agent & had my father 9days after arriving in NY. Grandpa had a green card, she hadnt secured one. She cleaned offices at night & the Domino Sugar factory line by day so I can have a Masters Degree, a house in NYC, & a job at one of the worlds best companies 000
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 29/06/2026When you said entirely correct things like this c.2019 - that 🇺🇸 is not remotely a full democracy, the GOP is a far right authoritarian party, & the Wizards in Robes were akin to 🇮🇷's Guardian Council - people got really angry with you. But you were right. It's good more people are recognizing this. 14516
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Trump’s humiliating Iran surrender in one chart: Obama: 98% uranium cut, enrichment capped, sanctions in place, 0 American lives lost. Trump: $25 BILLION unfrozen, sanctions lifted, Hormuz tolls for Iran, 15 dead + 543 injured Americans, $2.2 TRILLION cost. Pure weakness. #TrumpSurrendered 1171647914
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I regret to inform you that Ezra Douthglesias is at it again. Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers (No, not even on the op-ed pages). Full "is there even an editor at the NYT?" irresponsibility. Pure gaslighting, as @stevelevitsky.bsky.social says, from MY. Embarrassing for everyone involved. 27319
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 15/06/2026The great thing about Ben's op-ed is that it doesn't stop at organizing to win elections. Winning elections is the precursor to necessary institutional reforms to make America an actual representative democracy. This is the way. The platform must be institutional reform: bsky.app/profile/mcop... 821476
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 15/06/2026This is why you <all together now> Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers. 011945
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Your regular reminder that this clearly-it's-a-war is neither approved by Congress nor the UN Security Council & it is an egregious violation of the US Constitution, international law, & our signed, ratified treaty commitments, & if we were a serious country, we would care about these things. 7338116
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/06/2026The Far Right riot in Belfast last night was nothing less than “a race-based pogrom”, Belfast MP and leader of the SDLP Claire Hanna said. The mob hunted down non-whites and set fire to their homes. Carl Whyte, a local councillor, called it “a hard Far Right element”.bbc.co.ukHomes set on fire in Belfast night of violence as MP says people targeted based on skin colour - follow liveOn one street, hundreds of masked men carrying bottles and bricks set bins on fire and shouted "foreigners out", our reporter says. 9525051090
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.social@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 09/06/2026“Thunderous” 54217
fromthedeskof.bsky.social @fromthedeskof.bsky.social · 08/06/2026I’ve lived here all my life. Worked in midtown or TS for years. Went to school near UN. I can not recall another time a president or dignitary made this much of a disruption to our lives. I have photos of Obama’s motorcade on 42nd Street six feet from me, just walking to subway to get home one night 010
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/06/2026New in PN: What does government oppression really look like? "Every single action described above has been taken against transgender people in the US & UK. And who are the loudest, most influential voices supporting this oppression? These same Christians who are convinced it's being done to them."publicnotice.coWhat does government oppression really look like?You don't have to look far. 35936289
fromthedeskof.bsky.social @fromthedeskof.bsky.social · 05/06/2026I live in the Northeast and during one of the worst winters in memory I was selling credits back to the grid in February and March. I had a bill less than 1/3 of a presolar bill in January and December. (No battery) 000
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 03/06/2026Dr. King called the white moderate the "greatest stumbling block in the stride toward freedom" — more dangerous than open racists because they hide behind caution and comfort. Governors Sherrill, Spanberger, Whitmer, and Polis are still proving him right 63 years later. Read my full analysis.qasimrashid.comWhy Did Dr. King Say White Moderates Are Worse Than The KKK?Dr. King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail is more relevant than ever as white moderates show their cruelty more than ever 3289107
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/06/2026⛽️ NEW REPORT: “It will take until 2032 for gas prices to return to the levels they were at before the Trump-Vance war in Iran — Everything from produce, clothing, airfare, and shipping will continue to be more expensive as a result of the war.” 42531211
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialDennis Lytton @dennislytton.bsky.social · 29/05/2026So many people are talking about multiparty proportional representation and neutering the American presidency 👇🏽 Reform should be the first and foremost thing Democrats running for POTUS next year are talking about www.liberalcurrents.com/imagining-a-... www.liberalcurrents.com/proportional... 084
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Here’s a thought — Maybe these people don’t deserve to be handsomely rewarded? (From NPR) 12942500311551
fromthedeskof.bsky.social @fromthedeskof.bsky.social · 23/05/2026We honestly don’t deserve Hawaii or her amazing people. 010
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026reminiscent of the open hatred many Republican members of Congress are expressing toward Rep. Sarah McBride today (www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/u...) 423253
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialTodd @toddhecker.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Right? We pay property taxes on what is most Americans’ largest asset, our homes. We even pay on the unrealized capital appreciation of them. Why shouldn’t the wealthiest amongst us pay a similar tax? 1263041
Reposted by @fromthedeskof.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/05/2026😕 591262340
fromthedeskof.bsky.social @fromthedeskof.bsky.social · 09/05/2026static.klipy.comKenan Thompson Nods on SNLALT: Kenan Thompson Nods on SNL 000
