Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“.. U.S. imports of semiconductors, which are now up by 185% y/y ..” - Schwab 421141
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Now he’s gone too far www.tpr.org/government-p...tpr.orgTrump tomato tariffs could spell the end of free chips, salsa at restaurantsThe 17% tariff on Mexican tomato imports, combined with bad weather in Florida and Mexico, has caused the price of salsa ingredients to spike in recent months. 641713388
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A CNN investigation revealing Jared Kushner, tasked by Trump to negotiate peace in Gaza, owns a company with a major stake in a firm linked to Israel's military. 31938831873
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Trump could nominate the worst person with a law degree in America and this Republican senate will confirm that person. That includes Susan Collins, who always confirms Trump’s justices. The only chance you have to keep that person off the court is to elect Democratic senators. 31645581384
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.” 44867341842
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialDevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If you’ve ever stood at the Cook Inlet and watched them, you’d be furious right now 22315150
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026At least the acolyte didn’t get a second season bsky.app/profile/wash... 1539749
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026TALARICO: “The richest 1% now owns more wealth than the entire middle class. 3 dudes (Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos) now own more wealth than 165 million Americans combined… they aren’t just buying yachts and jets anymore. They’re now buying power.” 🇺🇸 (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social ) 12247281815
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 23/09/2026I wrote about how Trump is treating presidential power like it's his own possession and using it to punish blue states — but also about how at least he's promised lots of cash for all of us. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar... 552967771
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialPaul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Walter Cronkite: After liberating execution camps… Germans (who cried) they didn’t know…were as as guilty as Nazis…because they applauded when Hitler shut down (media) and said, ‘We don’t need to know. We trust our government...’ It’s our duty to know. 252267914
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026As Americans struggle… 1121723822
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialJM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“Microsoft employees debated whether what OpenAI was doing represented the ‘largest theft of labor in human history’ and could create a ‘doom loop’ that could ultimately threaten the quality of the LLMs they were building” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/t...nytimes.comMicrosoft and OpenAI Workers Worry About ‘Largest Theft of Labor’ in HistoryNewly unsealed court documents showed concern within Microsoft and OpenAI over the use of millions of news articles to develop A.I. systems. 12411
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/09/2026(SCMP) - China cut its holdings of US Treasuries to an 18-year low in July, as overall holdings by foreign countries fell for a second consecutive month amid deepening worries over the sustainability of American government debt. www.scmp.com/economy/econ... 28478195
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026So a big part of Iran Contra and one of the (many) reasons it was illegal was that third party fund weren’t deposited into the U.S. Treasury 852805979
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Kloza: ⛽️ 861766564
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Some details: Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children www.propublica.org/article/dona...propublica.orgDonald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian OligarchThe oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large... 15224441309
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia. 5953725713393
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The Fed pays more attention to core inflation, which strips out food -- and particularly energy (hi, Iran!). Even on this measure, inflation remains elevated. And this month's 0.3% rise is higher than most had anticipated. 820445
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Latest inflation data just dropped. And... prices are still rising at an uncomfortably high rate. Headline inflation was 3.4% over the past year. This month, prices grew by 0.4%. This is pretty much as expected, but no-one was expecting good news. 27844306
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The post-9/11 lionization of Giuliani rings hollow for many of us who lived and worked in lower Manhattan that day. He and his staff (along with Bush's EPA) frequently reassured us that the air quality was fine. It wasn't, as was apparent to anyone who was there on 9/11 and the weeks thereafter. 1/ 531465324
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Nothing divided the citizens more than “Citizens united” 😕 💰 682006761
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026KIMMEL: “.. Out of consideration for our local stations, especially our ABC affiliates in Texas who would have to deal with this nonsense, my interview tomorrow with James Talarico will not air on television. .. It will be posted on YouTube instead.” $DIS variety.com/2026/tv/news... 581021404
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Why do people only supposedly get the $5,000 if Republicans win in November? Republicans control everything and have for 2 years. Why didn’t they do it before? Why don’t they come back into session tomorrow and pass it right now? Because it’s all a lie, like everything else. 1432698659
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Trump announced 17 MONTHS AGO that everyone was going to get $5,000 checks because of DOGE cuts. You got $0. 25944181724
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Chinese propaganda, tech-haters, and leftists are why there's a PR image problem for an industry that 1) says they might kill us all 2) promises to ruin every job in every industry 3) has, for four years, grossly misrepresented the capabilities and limitations of the actual products on the market. 10553118
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialJohn Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 09/09/2026shaunpinner.substack.com/p/while-amer...shaunpinner.substack.comWHILE AMERICA TALKS PEACE | Putin is emptying Ukrainian CitiesAs Witkoff and Kushner talk of “progress”, Russia’s missiles, glide bombs and drones are emptying Ukrainian cities and turning civilian life into the frontline of a modern-day siege. 57632
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 09/09/2026WSJ: "We're on track for a lot of the most aggressive of these scenarios where by the end of next year things could be out of control already," Coxon said www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...wsj.comExclusive | Anthropic Researcher Quits Over ‘Out-of-Control’ AI FearsConcerns are rising inside AI labs that competition is pushing tech companies to race toward self-improving models that risk spiraling out of human control. 63411
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"We are at war and you are now a Russian soldier.’ That was the beginning of hell for me." - Russia recruits civilians from Africa, pretending to hire them for civilian positions, then sends them to the frontlines without training or equipment. 11266111
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialDaryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social · 26/08/2026🤍🎶🕊️ 🦋 youtu.be/o2XcBL6kWn8?...youtu.beHarris, Parton, Ronstadt on Late Show, March 24, 1999 (full, stereo)YouTube video by Don Giller 1538283
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 06/08/2026This is Bella. She joined her mom at the gym and figured she'd get a workout in too. Went and got her own mat and everything. 13/10 (IG: alicianicole873) 184106691290
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/08/2026GROUNDWORK: “.. After adjusting for inflation, corporate profits have grown 52% since 2019. Wages have grown just 12%.” @groundwork.bsky.social 581623782
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialKC @kcwinters.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Chuck Cooper III, President/CEO of the Chuck Cooper Foundation, honoring the legacy of his father, Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Chuck Cooper, celebrates the life of activist & athlete, basketball’s Bill Russell, in this 250 to 250 from @hcrichardson.bsky.social & team. youtu.be/kC4W69hysio?...youtu.beBill Russell, Narrated by Chuck Cooper IIIYouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson 113952
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialMichael Steele @michaelsteele.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Midterm elections are Nov 3rd. Don't believe the lies about mail-in votes (hell, it's how Trump votes and how Republicans used to win ('10) before crapping out Trump's lies). Remember the number: "0.00043%"! That's the number of voting fraud cases out of every 10M mail-in votes. youtu.be/XglKJ_ZIEWsyoutu.beMoment Of Clarity: Is Voter Fraud Real? The Cold, Hard Data Settling the DebateYouTube video by Michael Steele Network 1011232
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/08/2026Rep. James Clyburn says he supports expanding the Supreme Court: "13 is a pretty good number. A baker's dozen would be a good number to have on the Court." 52274921508
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialJohn Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Worth monitoring www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/w...nytimes.comTurkey and Israel Vie for Middle East Influence as Tensions SpikeIsrael’s strike on a Syrian base to pre-empt the feared deployment of Turkish forces was part of a growing competition in the Middle East and beyond. 67418
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialalexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Within two years, Australia has managed to drastically reduce its use of fossil fuels because #batteries supply the electricity at peak times. We need much more #energystorage for the energy transition! #ActOnClimate #ClimateActionNow 442412658
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/08/2026From El Pais US edition, ten days before Trump announced the deal (it also describes that Spanish criminal case against Betancourt was reopened in June). english.elpais.com/internationa... 520777
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 30/08/2026According to the @wsj.com, the deal in Venezuela will "give the US a "stake in a private company that would be granted centurylong rights to some of the world’s largest proven oil reserves" and also tie the U.S. to the "unelected government that is granting those rights." www.wsj.com/business/ene...wsj.comExclusive | Inside Trump’s Plan to Give the Pentagon a Stake in Venezuela’s Oil RichesThe deal capped months of secretive negotiations to give the U.S. rights to the some of the world’s largest proven oil reserves. 90720301
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 30/08/2026the company is led by Alexander Betancourt, a Venezuelan close to the regime who has "faced criminal investigations of alleged money laundering in Spain and Switzerland, though no formal charges have emerged." 2143799
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 30/08/2026"We must, of course, remain open to building relations, and we are indeed maintaining that openness, but at the same time clearly understand who we are dealing with," he added. While claiming to remain open to dialogue, Russia continues to threaten Europe and prolong the war. 510510
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 30/08/2026In just one week, Russia launched nearly 2,000 drones, more than 1,600 aerial bombs, and 31 missiles of various types at #Ukraine, including North Korean ballistic missiles. Kyiv and Kyiv region have been under attack by Russian jet-powered drones for the fourth consecutive day. 417478
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialMelody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 29/08/2026The US sent a 3-year-old citizen to HAITI 01101568
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialKim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 30/08/2026This is indecent. Our country was never anywhere near perfect but now we’ve been dragged into the gutter. 13617
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Mystery solved: the Freedom Fuel Network was able to charge so little for gas because it stiffed its supplier and refused to pay for itwashingtonpost.comTrump lauded low prices at Freedom Fuel. A supplier says some gas wasn’t paid for.Mansfield Oil Company of Gainesville claimed in a federal lawsuit this month that it was never paid for more than a million gallons of fuel from a terminal in Pennsylvania between late May and early J... 1301850709
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026People are falling for the DSA vs Establishment trap again. Didn’t we learn our lesson in 2016 and 2024? It’s the establishment’s job to build a coalition that can win EVERYWHERE. In some places, that means ultra-progressive. In others, it means establishment. The tent is big enough for all of us. 811136923348
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialAndrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Anyone who's seen the videos of these dogs has understood for years how they could be used to hunt humans. 2226579
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialNancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 30/08/2026“Because of their wealth,” the brief says of the billionaires, “amici have the capacity to be extraordinarily influential in America’s political system. But amici didn’t ask for this power. And they don’t want it.”sportico.comMark Cuban Joins Legal Fight Against Dark Money and Super PACsThrough a brief authored by the Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School, Mark Cuban and 4 other billionaires argue in favor of Maine's SuperPAC law. 1766105
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 29/08/2026🚨 ICYMI: This is one of the most offensive and egregious things I’ve ever covered (and that’s saying a lot seeing how it’s Florida): 44690993368
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialMary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 29/08/2026Pass term limits. Ban congressional stock trading. Overturn Citizens United. Get foreign influence out of our politics. It won't fix everything, but it's a start. We need leaders who are willing to fight to fix the broken system that’s shutting down Alaska. 37843208
Reposted by @improvetheview.bsky.socialUNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 29/08/2026🚨 Russia weaponizes global hunger. It has launched 134 strikes against Ukrainian ports and civilian ships since July 1. By sinking grain vessels and targeting ports, Moscow is intentionally driving up global food prices and cutting off food supplies to vulnerable nations in Africa and Asia. 14345174
