Reposted by A little blue dotMichael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 20hHigh Court exposing Attorney-General Rowland’s poor judgement Rex Patrick reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/high-court-expos… 410244
Reposted by A little blue dotBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The Big Beautiful Bill cut corporate income taxes pretty substantially. Corporate tax revenues came in even lower than expected. 512564
Reposted by A little blue dotSandi @slb-7.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Stay positive. Love is more powerful than evil. Light eliminates darkness! Keep Shining ✨️✨️✨️✨️ 074
Reposted by A little blue dotDrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 08/10/2026IMO, This is the whole ballgame. Money corrupts absolutely. Josh Turek: "We need to have campaign finance reform to get dark money out of politics. I want to sponsor a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United. We can have oligarchy or we can have democracy. We can't have both." 19834236
Reposted by A little blue dotThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21hThere appears to be no appetite at all in MAGA media to reflect on how the Tates have been treated as podcast-friendly bad boys rather than prolific alleged sex criminals and pornographers. Curious, isn't it?lnk.thebulwark.comRepublicans Have an Andrew Tate Eel-Sex ProblemHorrifying new allegations put the spotlight on the media stars and Trump insiders who championed him. 1017343
Reposted by A little blue dotOpenly Gay Animals 🌈 @openlygayanimals.bsky.social · 07/10/2026😂🥹🥹 335117941492
Reposted by A little blue dotFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 20hNew bystander footage shows aftermath of ICE shooting in Marble Hill, NYC 912483
Reposted by A little blue dotKMJeezy @kmjeezy.bsky.social · 9hHe’s mastering not being a bitch Bill. 13622
Reposted by A little blue dotAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 9hThe Trump admin announced that winter oil and gas exploration in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve will be exempt from environmental reviews. That includes seismic surveys, building temporary roads, and drilling exploration wells. Our public lands keep paying the price…public-inspection.federalregister.gov 32614300
Reposted by A little blue dotDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/10/2026"When one side rejects pluralism, electoral legitimacy, or epistemic accountability, then 'reconciliation' & even 'civility' function less as neutral civic virtues than as asymmetric constraints, & they risk unilaterally disarming pro-democracy forces." Gonna link to this piece every week, forever.frontiersin.orgFrontiers | The problem with polarization research in an age of extremism"I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block i... 9301108
Reposted by A little blue dotThe Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Add Karen Smith to my list of badasses whose mouthy approach I respect. Actions usually speak louder than words. This is a hero, Y'all. Well done, Ma'am. You're gonna kick ass in your new position. ✊📖 358167753521
Reposted by A little blue dotPBS News @pbsnews.org · 08/10/2026Student loan borrowers now have until the end of 2026 to enroll in auto pay and have their interest rate reduced by 1%. to.pbs.org/4Ba0iKCto.pbs.orgStudent loan borrowers have more time to reduce interest rates. Here's what to knowThe original deadline was Sept. 30, but the U.S. Department of Education extended it to give borrowers more time to enroll. The rate reduction will last through June 2028. 14126
Reposted by A little blue dotBill Stedman @steddybirds.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Perhaps one of the #UnsungBirds for the Alt theme, this gray catbird thinks it could be a main theme #BirdSupermodel if given the chance! #BirdOfTheDay #birds #catbirds #backyardbirds #birdphotography #ECK 🪶 313213
Reposted by A little blue dotKeith Williamson @kwilliam8.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I think this is an immature golden-crowned sparrow, but if anyone has any other ideas, I would love to hear them. 191
Reposted by A little blue dotSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Voters loathed the Tory party when they booted them out in 2024.They really needed to shake off their disgrace with humility and better ideas. They haven’t. They’ve doubled down. More Brexit, more austerity, more anti-immigration ugliness, more tedious arrogance… and no good reason to vote for them. 871417450
Reposted by A little blue dotErnesto Unionista @ernestounionista.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I'll be showing up IN PERSON to vote if they have to wheel me in on a gurney with an IV bottle! Fuck the feds. 021
Reposted by A little blue dotLady-Rain @lady-rain.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Art begins when the eyes see a flower and the imagination finds a universe… #FollowYourImagination #nature #photography #ArtInNature #Curiosity 3178597
Reposted by A little blue dotDben Andromeda @malin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Since the fake media refuses to report your good news, we will. 😂😂 8541191634
Reposted by A little blue dotAleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 07/10/2026Arizona and Virginia, both of which are governed by Democrats, are ending Medicaid coverage of care for trans youth, Transitics has learned. The bans, which go into effect on October 13th, mark the most significant Democratic capitulation to Trump's anti-trans demands yet. Cowards.transiticsnews.comDemocrat-led Arizona, Virginia Quietly End Medicaid Coverage of Care for Trans Youth, Acquiescing to Trump DemandsThe policy changes, which go into effect on October 13th, see Arizona and Virginia join Kansas as states where Democrats have needlessly opted to restrict Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care. 421245550
Reposted by A little blue dotbratschewurst.bsky.social @bratschewurst.bsky.social · 06/10/2026There are some great instruments owned by orchestras and loaned to their musicians though. 031
Reposted by A little blue dotbratschewurst.bsky.social @bratschewurst.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It’s called chest buster, maybe you’ve Hurt of it. 031
Reposted by A little blue dotClaudia Friedlander @voiceteachernyc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026We just can't quit these Big Fancy Men of classical music. I promise you, there *are* outstanding conductors, music directors, & instructors who did *not* pal around with the likes of Jeffrey Epstein and did not invite and/or benefit from the largesse of sex traffickers. Hire one of them instead.nytimes.comLeon Botstein Remains at Bard College Amid Scrutiny Over Epstein TiesLeon Botstein is no longer president of Bard College, but he continues to teach and play a prominent role in the school’s signature music programs. 361
Reposted by A little blue dotAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026Trump on Venezuela: "It was a violent, incredible, beautiful raid" 106619170
Reposted by A little blue dotrroigphd.bsky.social @rroigphd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Today’s #Wordle results… just lucked into that 3 ( if luck can be defined as spending long moments pondering what possible word could fit the letters and positions I knew at the time) Wordle 1,935 3/6* 🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ 30 ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 #wordle_nyt 5511
Reposted by A little blue dotMicah @rincewind.run · 07/10/2026the supreme court: "stop saying we declared trump a god-king, presidential immunity was a limited and reasonable ruling" trump, constantly: "I am absolutely a god-king and I can do anything I want at any time" 272988668
Reposted by A little blue dothammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow 359208735032
Reposted by A little blue dotjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026yeah, the reason republicans are just not going to budge from texas is the reason why armies try not to abandon their capitals. it isn’t necessarily a strategic defeat to lose the seat of power, but it is a profound blow to morale. 1274372537
Reposted by A little blue dotMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Talked to @therickwilson.bsky.social youtu.be/QSIAkDFGjFg?... 24660123
Reposted by A little blue dotRep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · 06/10/2026Pete Hegseth must be held accountable. He endangered the lives of our servicemembers by recklessly sharing classified info, oversaw corruption at the Pentagon, and led us into more forever wars. He's not fit to lead. 16505111
Reposted by A little blue dotKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I've played poker at dozens of casinos in my life, from the fanciest palaces in Las Vegas to crappy riverboats in the Midwest, and I can say that the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City was -- by a fucking mile -- the dirtiest, dingiest, cruddiest casino I have ever experienced in my life. 1533282549
Reposted by A little blue dotMicah @rincewind.run · 07/10/2026he’s got a 30% approval rating and this one is ridiculous even for him, you craven sycophant 341714179
Reposted by A little blue dotDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026Creating an "AI" avatar of your dead loved one w/o their input or consent, & saying that it counts "the same" as the dead loved one— ESPECIALLY as evidence in a MURDER TRIAL— is both a massive misunderstanding of what "AI" is & how it works, & a hugely dehumanizing insult to said dearly departed. 29863182
Reposted by A little blue dotAlan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This is just a relentlessly horrific story. It’s hard to adequately contextualize the moral desolation of this unfolding in the midst of a midterms against a ruling party helmed by inveterate rapists and rape apologists. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...phoenixnewtimes.comCongressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signsEmbarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive. 331787546
Reposted by A little blue dotBut Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 06/10/2026Of course there's a new 5CD archival box set from Zappa just been announced. It's been a whole week and a half since the last one came out. 2272
Reposted by A little blue dotSpooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Why is it not a bigger story that our president not only regularly spouts easily-disproven lies ("I settled eight wars") but also regularly claims outrageous feats of fancy that should land him in a mental institution (I stopped the total obliteration of the world")? 2267
Reposted by A little blue dotHarry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"An American polity increasingly turning against Trump has started to connect the degradations of his presidency to the Court that enabled many of them."harrylitman.substack.comOpening Day at a Court That Never ClosedThe Justices face sharp public disapproval from identification with Trump’s autocratic rule. 727584
Reposted by A little blue dotHarry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“...in the court’s polite idiom, the government took a whupping. Nearly all observers, including me, anticipate an opinion permitting Boasberg to resume his contempt investigation.”harrylitman.substack.comA Hawk’s Eye View of a Week’s Good NewsFour developments worth savoring as the week ends. 433488
Reposted by A little blue dotHarry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It was inevitable. The Supreme Court has agreed to review an issue that has flooded the lower courts and gone overwhelmingly against the Trump administration:whether they can detain anyone, even here for decades, as an “applicant for admission.“ Tortured position, but court could well allow. 1313436
Reposted by A little blue dotHarry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Trump and Blanche built this scheme to keep any judge from getting a look at it. Now one has; she doesn’t like what she sees; and she’s just getting started." My latest:harrylitman.substack.comEleventh Circuit Smacks Down Trump’s Bid to Block Sanctions in IRS CaseThey're now stuck in the last place they wanted: Judge Williams's court. 5263107
Reposted by A little blue dotHarry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026TODAY at 7pm ET/4pm PT I'll be on the @talkingfeds.bsky.social Substack for our weekly LIVE Q&A for paid subscribers. Subscribe here (bit.ly/TFSubstack) and comment your questions below this postbit.lySubscribe to Talking Feds SubstackTalking Feds Substack with Harry Litman is a series of dispatches from the front of a constitution in crisis. Harry explains how the maneuvers of Trump and his circle transgress constitutional norms a... 0288
Reposted by A little blue dotRick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This by Jack Goldsmith in @theatlantic.com is on target, situating Alito exactly where he and his jurisprudence sit on the Court. Goldsmith captures the fracturing of FedSoc regulars and the new right, something I'm writing about in my book. Here's Goldsmith: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...theatlantic.comZombie OriginalismSamuel Alito’s efforts to revamp the conservative legal philosophy reveal that a new movement is ascendant. 25722
Reposted by A little blue dotRick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026For those of you who are buying into Justice Alito's self-congratulatory book tour/media onslaught.... 12913
Reposted by A little blue dotOrin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026How will AI change legal scholarship? How will AI change the job of being a law professor? I enjoyed discussing these questions with @nitafarahany.bsky.social and @daniel-solove.bsky.social in the 40-minute video below. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB2B...youtube.comAI in Scholarship: Yes, Sometimes, or Never?YouTube video by Solove on Tech 0145
Reposted by A little blue dotOrin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Fifth Circuit oral argument today on whether use of Flock cameras is a Fourth Amendment search, an issue on which federal district courts have recently divided in the wake of Chatrie. Link to oral argument audio, and an AI-generated transcript, here. www.courtlistener.com/audio/106726...courtlistener.comOral Argument for United States v. Brownlee – CourtListener.comOral Argument for United States v. Brownlee 24315