Reposted by gazehoundAnn Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 2hanntelnaes.substack.com/p/jack-smith...anntelnaes.substack.comJack Smith testifies before the Senate Judiciary CommitteeRepublicans still turn a blind eye to the Jan 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol 1125658
Reposted by gazehoundPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11hBREAKING: Israel snatched an American teen from his West Bank home in the middle of the night — just days before his birthday and during his critical national exams. He's now been held for 3 months, with no charges. Netanyahu just came to the US for the *eighth* time since Trump took office.zeteo.comFirst Draft: Israel Has Kidnapped Another American TeenagerAbdalkareem Issa Ahmed Safi has Texas roots but languishes in a notorious jail, one more victim of Benjamin Netanyahu’s cruel impunity. Donald Trump, meanwhile, is losing some of his most ardent fans. 6673321
Reposted by gazehoundJohn C. Baez @johncarlosbaez.bsky.social · 16hI hope folks make plenty of copies of Joshua Michael’s map of 300,000 Flock cameras before Flock gets it taken down. If Flock has nothing to hide, why are they so scared of us surveilling them?theintercept.comFlock Wants the Most Detailed Map of Its Surveillance Cameras Taken OfflineA new map shows Flock has more cameras in the U.S. than was previously known. The company wants the map taken down. 2275
Reposted by gazehoundBoston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 10hI just kicked in a bit to support Paul Ferg's kickstarter. His goal: to report on how elections in Georgia really work—and might be vulnerable—in time to prepare us to defend democracy there and by extension, the US as a whole. Paul's been a virtuoso reporter for a long time. Check it/him out.youtube.comSupport my Kickstarter campaign for journalism coverage of Georgia Mid-Term Election SecurityYouTube video by Dál.Riata.USA.Productions 153
Reposted by gazehoundJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 11hIt’s somehow more depressing that our constitutional order is being dismantled by people who demonstrably cannot find their own asses with both hands. 16734159
Reposted by gazehoundJohn C. Baez @johncarlosbaez.bsky.social · 16hSince I'm sure you don't want chaos, and you want to help end crime in America by letting a private company use AI to track your every motion, I know you won't help any of these organizations. 14823
Reposted by gazehoundScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 9hDavid Horsey, Seattle Times 310938
Reposted by gazehoundKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17hWe all complain about the media’s failures but organizations like @propublica.org and @texastribune.org are doing the work and deserve our financial support 111029265
Reposted by gazehounddriftglass @driftglass.bsky.social · 9hdriftglass.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...driftglass.blogspot.comThe Barbering of MemoryOne of the things Republicans clearly understand much better than Democrats is that politics... 3118
Reposted by gazehoundCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h> @variety.com variety.com/2026/digital... 1122513679
Reposted by gazehoundCharles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 9hA HUGE shout-out to @mattafiedler.bsky.social. BOTTOM LINE: a: Nearly all *actual* ACA fraud is due to *broker* fraud, not enrollees b: 35% of enrollees not filing a claim in a given year is NOT remotely shocking c: Even if they *were* phantoms, kicking them off wouldn't save that much anyway. 28530
Reposted by gazehoundLane Stellmaker @hipcrimevocab.net · 9hWhat's more, and this is going to be hard to hear: men with women partners—it happens in front of you. And your partner does not call attention to it, because she does not want you to go to jail. Yes, you'd have to prove your right to intervene, because the default is to doubt her story. 1207
Reposted by gazehoundMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026the cornell case has me thinking about christine blasey ford and how she so bravely testified in 2018 about how future supreme court justice brett kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her. i'm thinking about what i wrote at the time and how nothing has changed: 172245433
Reposted by gazehoundIlya Somin @ilyasomin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My new Montreal Economic Institute paper on "The Legal Battle Over Trump's Tariffs: Implications for Canada." I think this overview of the legal struggle and its implications may also be useful to many Americans: www.iedm.org/the-legal-ba...iedm.orgThe Legal Battle Over Trump’s Tariffs: Implications for Canada | Montreal Economic InstituteCanada’s counter-tariffs could complicate U.S. legal proceedings aiming to invalidate the most recent tariffs imposed by President Trump. So says Ilya Somin, Professor of Law at George Mason Universit... 1189
Reposted by gazehoundevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...appleinsider.com 1001887963
Reposted by gazehoundHenry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My alma mater, and from talking to people it is doing just great these days. 22112
Reposted by gazehoundAdam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026They sent my client a cease-and-desist letter for this ad in PA's hotly contested 6th Senate District. As I wrote back, "We will neither cease nor desist from engaging in this truthful, accurate speech." Here's the "Data Senator" ad which Republicans don't want Lower Bucks residents to see.youtu.beData SenatorYouTube video by Eileen Albillar 919359
Reposted by gazehoundSavchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 27/09/2026🇺🇸🇨🇺 The U.S. Army Reserve is exploring the possibility of providing military police, medical units, and logistics support to U.S. Southern Command over the next four months, - CBS News. The document does not mention Cuba, but officials told CBS that invasion is targeted specifically at that island. 98825
Reposted by gazehounddriftglass @driftglass.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"You can turn your back on a person, but never turn your back on a drug, especially when it's waving a razor-sharp hunting knife in your eye." -- Hunter S. Thompson. Republicanism is the drug and it's been waving a razor-sharp hunting knife in our eyes at least since the days of Reagan... 34114
Reposted by gazehoundRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The 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. 546156445988
Reposted by gazehoundevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I grew up expecting that 2026 would be grimdark cyberpunk, but I never had the audacity to imagine that the future would be this stupid: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...nytimes.comIt’s Raining Boxes: Amazon Drones Overwhelm a Texas SuburbIn Richardson, a fleet of drones has started to deliver goods quickly. But the noise is drowning out life for some residents: ‘We can’t live like this.’ 1329751
Reposted by gazehoundCirc @tinyicecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario. It's not. Fucking keep going. 2574524370
Reposted by gazehoundPat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Two China state visits 10 years apart 👇 101009272
Reposted by gazehoundJon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026AI could well be the largest generator of internet pollution ever created. It could make the internet useless. 2831638
Reposted by gazehoundMike Masnick @masnick.com · 26/09/2026It's almost as if an attempt to suppress certain speech leads to more people being aware of it. Someone should coin a phrase that encapsulates that phenomenon. 2032464
gazehound @gazehound.bsky.social · 26/09/2026cc: @pedinska.bsky.social I don't recall seeing these numbers of injured/wounded or hardware lost reported in the circles I tend to travel www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Iran Exposed How Vulnerable Our Bases Are (Gift Article)The Pentagon must revamp how it positions its troops and equipment amid the proliferation of low-cost drones and precision missiles. 011
Reposted by gazehoundCiara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 26/09/2026💥Ok I see other platforms are blocking this. I met Alex Gibney moons ago at ABCNY (the Association of the Bar for the City of New York). He’s the real deal. Here’s the trailer for Alex Gibney’s documentary about Musk. Let’s Streisand Effect this: www.firstshowing.net/2026/must-se... 👋🎥firstshowing.netMust See Full Trailer for Alex Gibney's 'Musk' Doc About a Fraudster | FirstShowing.net"Do we even know this man at all?" Bleecker Street has launched their main official trailer for the must see new documentary film titled simply Musk, about the uber-wealthy tech giant megalomaniac Elo... 22948612
Reposted by gazehoundSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Ha ha that’s gross and should make everyone uncomfortable, anyway, Rahm presided over a Chicago police black site, lied about what it was and then I sued the Chicago police for its records that proved it:theguardian.comHoman Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 peopleExclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’ 9147331719
Reposted by gazehoundPaul Seaman @paulseaman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026What is the #Nuvaxovid COVID vaccine and how is it different? @jeffgilchrist.bsky.social and I have put together a comprehensive document summarizing the available information regarding the main differences between Nuvaxovid and the more common mRNA based #COVID vaccines. 🧪🧵1/ 1103
Reposted by gazehoundJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...nytimes.comThe Viral In-N-Out Spatula Hero Is Exactly Who You Imagined He Was (Gift Article)It started as a bizarre late-night standoff behind the counter of a fast food joint. It ended with no injuries — and free burgers. 0185
gazehound @gazehound.bsky.social · 26/09/2026@pedinska.bsky.social not sure what to think about this 110
Reposted by gazehoundSalomé Viljoen @salome.bsky.social · 25/09/2026today, SCOTUS essentially agreed that willful violations of the 1974 Privacy Act the Social Security Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act, resulting in the transfer of sensitive SSA data on basically every American, is fine...as long as you're handing that data off to ICE 33918
gazehound @gazehound.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Um... and this badass would have done it, too. cc: @pedinska.bsky.social 210
Reposted by gazehoundScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026On the eve of the elections in Brazil, Zuckerberg suspends and shuts down President Lula's social media accounts in a move that appears to have been coordinated with Trump advisors who are guiding the campaign of Lula's opponent, the fascist candidate Flávio Bolsonaro.metropoles.comMeta restringe anúncios de Lula a 10 dias do 1º turno; campanha recorreColigação pede restabelecimento da conta usada para realizar os anúncios oficiais da campanha em até 6 horas 76554
Reposted by gazehoundJeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is Nazi rhetoric. Not similar. Not Nazi-like. It’s straight up lebensraum. 362971908
Reposted by gazehoundAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026that 18 percent seems really well represented in the news and on social media bsky.app/profile/atru... 623651543
Reposted by gazehoundFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 25/09/2026I love drawing superintelligent dogs with thumbs using drones to destroy humanity, I should do this more often 1229930
gazehound @gazehound.bsky.social · 25/09/2026@pedinska.bsky.social Kind of interesting gift www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...bloomberg.comTrump Versus Xi: How Their High-Stakes Summits CompareFrom a tarmac greeting to a candlelit dinner, the US president pulled out all the stops for China's leader. 210
Reposted by gazehoundNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Saudi Arabia is in big trouble, with their oil industry under attack from multiple directions. The Saudis spent years bribing Trump and Kushner. At first, it seemed like a good investment. But the Iran war screwed them, now they really need help, and the US can't/won't. Me, in @foreignpolicy.com:foreignpolicy.comSaudi Arabia Bribed the Wrong PeopleRiyadh’s bet on Trumpism has failed. 72905227
Reposted by gazehoundThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Last thing: men put TOO MUCH on women. We don't make friends. We don't build community. We live in isolation. We never ask for help. We believe this makes us tough. Then we put ALL OUR NEEDS on a woman who cannot and should not bear all that, and then we get mad when she don't. It's insane. 2215
Reposted by gazehoundNOAA Communications @noaacomms.noaa.gov · 24/09/2026NOAA’s flood mapping tool now covers nearly 100% of U.S. Experimental Flood Inundation Mapping (FIM) provides valuable guidance for decision-makers and public. News release: www.noaa.gov/news-release... via @noaa.gov and @nws.noaa.gov #flooding #FIM100noaa.govNOAA’s flood mapping tool now covers nearly 100% of U.S.Experimental Flood Inundation Mapping provides valuable guidance for decision-makers and public 0118
Reposted by gazehoundMonica Potts @monicapotts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Earlier this week, Vice President JD Vance breathlessly made an announcement about stopping fraud that probably had nothing to do with real fraud and everything to do with kicking people off health insurance. Read me @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/2157...newrepublic.comCheck Your Mail. JD Vance Might Have Canceled Your Health Insurance.The vice president’s task force is recklessly canceling Obamacare enrollees over allegations of fraud. It will result in eligible people losing their insurance. 921979
gazehound @gazehound.bsky.social · 25/09/2026@pedinska.bsky.social worth playing around with ... found coastal forecasts for obx 310
Reposted by gazehoundScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Denmark joins the growing group of EU states warning of an imminent Russian attack. Russia could launch a limited military attack against a Nato country in the coming months, according to Danish intelligence, in the bluntest warning yet by western security services.ft.comRussia could attack Nato country within months, Denmark warnsIntelligence service cites ‘low but growing risk’ of troop movement into neighbouring country or attack on infrastructure 24622
Reposted by gazehoundAaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"You cannot engage with Gavin Newsom in good faith, because what faith can you have in a shell of a person who so baldly pursues wealth, power, the next shiniest thing?" www.coyotemedia.org/what-is-the-...coyotemedia.orgWhat Is the Point of Gavin Newsom?You can’t build a movement around a person whose only commitment is staying uncommitted. 14717
Reposted by gazehoundDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It's too depressing and obnoxious to write about, but virtually all of the doomy/horny AI hyperventilating is transparently displaced anxiety about our fucked climate and political situation. Even rich idiots know it's bad and being permitted to get worse. They're trying to write their own ending. 8460441057
Reposted by gazehoundDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The US Senate finds that the fossil fuel industry received $190 billion in tax breaks and subsidies from the Trump regime in exchange for campaign donations. The deregulation and subsidies have increased both energy costs for Americans and the damage from climate change and air and water pollution.theguardian.comFossil-fuel firms in line for billions in benefits after answering Trump’s donation callSenators’ report says taxpayers face higher bills after ‘bargain’ between president and major polluters 10207114
Reposted by gazehoundPedinska @pedinska.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Not just regulation. There need to be criminal prosecutions of Altman et al. Aaron Swartz was prosecuted/hounded to death by US govt for releasing research papers that should have been public info. This is so much more egregious everyone needs to ask why there's been no legal action taken. 021
Reposted by gazehoundCharlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Here is a more detailed guide to the newly available files charliesavage.com/2026/09/dc-c...charliesavage.comDC Circuit Unseals Trump Investigation Litigation - Charlie SavageThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has unsealed about 600 pages of material from the pre-indictment phase of the criminal investigations into Donald Trump. (Related New York Times article.) This tranche is the latest phase of my effort to obtain for the public and historical record court records that were 1346
