Reposted by Howdini!Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 13hJust a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.ms.nowOutgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump. 22384142652
Reposted by Howdini!Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 20hThis is a community note for the ages. 6453121050
Howdini! @howdini.bsky.social · 05/10/2026uh oh looks like @pixelatedboat.bsky.social hacked your account 000
Reposted by Howdini!Sam @samd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026hard to think of a cartoon that better sums up the mind of a Trump voter than this 151229195
Howdini! @howdini.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I mean, not exactly a new development? youtu.be/jYKAQZUAbHU?...youtu.beNazi Punks Fuck OffYouTube video by Dead Kennedys - Topic 1240
Reposted by Howdini!Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I am seeing quite a few “impeachment failed” responses, so I will address it. 1st/the Ukrainian Impeachment did not fail: can you imagine what 2020 would have been like if the impeachment did not expose the “Hunter Biden Burisma” as bunk? 2/Investigate then Impeach: Build the Drama. 59417
Howdini! @howdini.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I'm sorry but that is the dumbest fkn thing I've read in a while 000
Reposted by Howdini!Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In 1974, Cornell lecturer Lin Farley began recognizing a pattern in the experiences women shared in her Women and Work course: women were being pushed out of jobs by men’s sexual behavior. Farley coined the term, “sexual harassment.” 31366483
Reposted by Howdini!Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Fun facts: Chris Rufo’s grandmother was an Italian immigrant who, I’ve heard from a reliable source, never learned to speak English fluently. Rufo’s wife meanwhile is an immigrant from Thailand. And the director of the Manhattan Institute who employs him? The son of Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh 29564223
Howdini! @howdini.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This is so, so fucked up. Complete abrogation of journalistic ethics. Wtf, @usatoday.com? 000
Reposted by Howdini!jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/10/2026not that you should expect anything more than rank idiocy from this pair of racists, but the idea that whiteness means a "high trust" society of "social cohesion" is some of the stupidest shit i have ever heard. these people live in a fantasy land that you could dispel by simply opening a book.talkingpointsmemo.comChris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a ThingTo the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in... 25561361143
Howdini! @howdini.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Expect a response to this from Rufo in the form of a NYT op-ed 000
Reposted by Howdini!James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.) 9853362186
Reposted by Howdini!Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 156164725555
Reposted by Howdini!Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Maybe so, but he’s undefeated against unarmed fishermen. 834339
Howdini! @howdini.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Great now I can't repost the similar thing that I just wrote. 020
Howdini! @howdini.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Machine made" clothes are designed/created by people. They're also finished/assembled by people. The machines don't think up the clothes and spit them out whole. What a ridiculous analogy. 050
Howdini! @howdini.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Man this Schmitt shit has really kicked my schadendorphins into high gear 000
Howdini! @howdini.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Was prepared to go to war, but that's a pretty good, tho Manhattan-centric list, which follows given who they asked. I'd add a whole bunch in Flushing (xlb at Nan Xiang and Shanghai You Garden hello!), and momos (both on their own and in soup (jhol momo)) at few spots in Jackson Heights. 120
Howdini! @howdini.bsky.social · 28/09/2026…and you can gorge yourself at Cafe Sabarsky while there! 010
Reposted by Howdini!David Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/09/2026"When one side rejects pluralism, electoral legitimacy, or epistemic accountability, then 'reconciliation' and even 'civility' function less as neutral civic virtues than as asymmetric constraints, and they risk unilaterally disarming pro-democracy forces." 🎯 328454
Howdini! @howdini.bsky.social · 28/09/2026@sarahtaber.bsky.social had a really good thread on this grifter a few months back 010
Howdini! @howdini.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Call me crazy, but I think a weak candidate would lose by more than 2.4% 100
Howdini! @howdini.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Hell I'm still in the same band I was in in 1992! youtu.be/k-MzCd2NdTI?...youtu.bePineapples - All For WhatYouTube video by Pineapples NYC 000