Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialSenator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 3h75% of Americans don’t want a data center in their neighborhood, but Trump’s EPA is greenlighting data center construction at the expense of our health. My new report details how Lee Zeldin is bending a knee to Big Tech by rolling back protections and failing the public. 11241100
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialSteve Benen @stevebenen.com · 1hAfter Trump used taxpayer money to air one of his literal campaign ads, FCC Chair Brendan Carr shrugged off the scandal, saying the propaganda was just a “normal PSA.” It’s ridiculous to the point of being insulting. It’s as if these guys think Americans are idiots. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...ms.nowFCC’s Carr brushes off concerns about Trump’s taxpayer-paid election adsTo see literal campaign propaganda as “normal PSAs” is obviously preposterous — except to Trump’s FCC chair. 2611658
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 1hBrutal graphic on the amount of money everyone at Trump's AI roundtable contributed to Trump's Super PAC and vanity projects. It comes to $227 million. www.citizen.org/news/tech-ex... 56427
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialAdam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 1hHealthcare reform has never been more urgently needed. Indeed the entire medical system, including the research component, will need a full reconstruction if we're to move forward after Trump. Luckily there's a publication for thinking through such things. 1102
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1hNew piece from me on James Talarico leaning into the immigration debate in the Trumpiest of border states: 410725
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 3hit's hard out there for a pimp 2125934
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 2hNEW: NextEra and Dominion Energy, two of America's biggest utility companies, are on the verge of merging. Electricity costs are already through the roof — and this deal could jack up costs even more. The Trump Admin should not rubber stamp this merger. 1517361
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialMichael Tomasky @mjtoma.bsky.social · 6hFrom @davidcorn.bsky.social: "His strategy for surmounting the Russia scandal boiled down to deny, define, deflect, and repeat." trib.al/KPeXGMBtrib.alHow Trump Won the Russia Messaging War—and How the Democrats Lost ItWhen Robert Mueller found no smoking gun on collusion, Democrats largely turned to other matters. But Trump and his backers never stopped pushing their lies. 0168
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialSteve Benen @stevebenen.com · 6hWas it funny to see the new White House AI chatbot, on its first day of operations, presenting the public with facts that completely contradicted Trump’s alternate reality and brazen lies? Actually, yes, it was. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...ms.nowOn its first day, the White House’s new AI chatbot causes embarrassing troubles for TrumpAmerica.gov, which the president described as “damn good,” presented the public with facts that were wholly at odds with Trump’s alternate reality. 1417069
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 5hoh man you know a small paper did good when the NYT reports on their reporting rather than ripping them off without credit www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...nytimes.comStudents at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years (Gift Article)The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case. 101077228
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialBrian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 12hI don't think Katie Britt went slackjawed because she was mortified by Eric Schmitt's sloppiness. I think she (like all Republicans) knew the hearing was meant to generate propaganda and lawfare and she was crestfallen to see it come apart. Reporters should ask her if she knew the ambush was coming. 1652939
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10hSomething remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...newrepublic.comIn Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s FaultThanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state. 833285835
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialDaily Kos @dailykos.com · 9hAmericans’ belief in press freedom just hit a record low. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...dailykos.comTrump’s war on the media is backfiringTrump’s war on the First Amendment has sent public confidence in press freedom to a new low. 2235
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialAdam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 9hSome lessons to learn today, from somewhere that had it much worse than we do even now 0305
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialAdam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 9hThis is going to be such a mess for a future administration to disentangle 6538
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Holy shit, this ad! I cannot imagine the impetus for pardoning this guy. But I’m not even sure it matters. Kind of along the lines of that Roger Marshall ad. If you’re explaining you’re losing. 341752546
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026 JVL is right: "In their death throes, authoritarian movements can cause tremendous damage...A failing soiciopath, surrounded by loyalists and bitter-enders, facing the end of his rule, while the world burns. The period of maximum danger may still lie ahead." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...open.substack.comThe Forces of Trumpism Are in DisarrayThis is what it looks like when a movement begins to come apart. 1928666
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Another way of making this point: The wheels may be coming off the Trump administration and the authoritarian movement energizing it. But a large tractor-trailer barreling down a highway at full speed whose wheels come loose is very dangerous to innocent people in the vicinity. 41840215
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Awful: The Supreme Court just let Trump's third-country deportations move forward. Still a shot at stopping them later but unlikely. Reminder: If Dems win power, they can and should defund both the white-nationalist Office of Remigration and third-country deportations, as I argue in this piece: 31630211
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialdigby @digby56.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's one thing to contest a close election. But if the Republicans contest an election that they've clearly lost badly will GOP voters buy it? (I know MAGA diehards will but will all of them?) Would the Supremes go along with whatever crackpot theory they've come up with? 7517
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 23hNowhere in the Trump account legislation does it allow auto-enrollment or say anything about enrollment procedures at all, just so you know the way that John Roberts will justify his 6-3 decision blocking auto-enrollment of kids into Medicare 16620
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialDaily Kos @dailykos.com · 22hProsecutors declined to act on a Cornell student’s rape allegations in 2024. Two years later, they’re finally taking another look. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...dailykos.comCornell rape scandal proves women’s safety is never the priorityThe New York state prosecutors have decided to finally look into 2024 gang rape allegations. 24016
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Vulnerable GOPer Breaks With Trump’s Retribution Crusade Against Blue States talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...talkingpointsmemo.comVulnerable GOPer Breaks With Trump’s Retribution Crusade Against Blue States‘I Will Challenge Anybody Who Gets in My Way’ My colleagues and... 149318
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Rep Salazar and a few others are saying they might want to leave the compound without drinking the Magic Kool-Aid. But Jim Jones is making clear that you can't leave the compound. Sorry, Trump. Not Jim Jones. 1031339
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialKatherine Clark @whipkclark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Trump refuses to end his reckless war in Iran. Costs are soaring. Families aren’t making it. Troops are in harm’s way. And Republicans in Congress are doing nothing about it. 4317
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 28/09/2026"it certainly sounds like the US government through the DFC is being used leverage a deal for business pals of the Trump family." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/us-ta...talkingpointsmemo.comUS Tax Dollars Now Used to Secure Deals for Trump Family CroniesThis has gotten very little attention, as far as I can tell.... 418190
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026they claim insurrectioning is protected free speech 2122679
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026run this as an ad right now 211048213
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialMichael Tomasky @mjtoma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026New Column: Yes, Trump is uniquely stupid about the economy. But in another sense, he's just one more Republican president f--king up the economy, which is standard operating procedure for them. newrepublic.com/article/2158... via @newrepublic.comnewrepublic.comThe Last Recession Wasn’t Trump’s Fault. The Next One Will Be—Utterly.Trump is following one of the Republican Party’s long-standing traditions: burning the economy to the ground. 54220
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialMichael Tomasky @mjtoma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026He may have driven the country into the ditch, but at least he will have exploded the “we need a businessman” myth with a force no liberal Democrat could ever hope to. trib.al/Q5cRvjztrib.alThe Last Recession Wasn’t Trump’s Fault. The Next One Will Be—Utterly.Trump is following one of the Republican Party’s long-standing traditions: burning the economy to the ground. 63914
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026After our visit to Springfield Friday, I repeat what I wrote that. morning: We’re honored to help bring more attention to the outrages our government is perpetrating in our name. We’re honored so many of you are part of this effort. One more thing: ABOLISH ICE. www.thebulwark.com/p/why-were-g...thebulwark.comWhy We’re Going to SpringfieldThere’s honor in this fight. 1150081
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialThe Downballot @the-downballot.com · 28/09/2026Fort Worth's Tarrant County was long a bastion for Texas Republicans up and down the ballot. Alisa Simmons has the chance to become its first Democratic leader since 1986 in a contest that could impact her party's statewide fortunes.the-downballot.comMorning Digest: Texas Democrats campaign for control of battleground countyThe race to lead once-red Tarrant County could have big implications statewide 05522
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialMark Sumner 🌒 @devilstower.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The “Love Me” commercial ran this morning during CBS Sunday Morning. How much are we spending on this national tongue bath? 0141
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialRachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Trump’s fascist, taxpayer-paid ad is airing during football and it’s straight out of Germany circa 1933. 1613739
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialMark Sumner 🌒 @devilstower.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is an image from Ann Wagner’s congressional ad. Dem candidate Fred Wellman is a West Point graduate and Desert Storm veteran who lost his wife in a car accident when she was 7 months pregnant. Wagner displays pictures of Wellman laughing over claims he “wants boys in girl’s sports.” And this— 2156
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialMark Sumner 🌒 @devilstower.bsky.social · 27/09/2026You’d get a lot more support of Medicare For All from people already on Medicare if the plan didn’t require them to read a 131-page book every fall detailing thousands of small, unintelligible rule changes to make literally life or death decisions while never knowing if they made the right choices.… 3384
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialMatthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026We must embrace the Terrible Man Theory of history. 112610
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Great to see all the Trump-supporting China hawks being just a little bit intellectually honest and politically courageous and criticizing him for this pathetic, sucking-up-and-kowtowing-to China summit. Not. 1340155
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Shorter Mike Waltz: Yes, Trump’s great buddies running China are helping Iran. 1120245
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 27/09/2026“and the Israelites replied, saying, please forgive us O Lord, we did not know he would smash OUR amphorae of cooking oil” 41689
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 27/09/2026it’s like some particularly clumsy Old Testament parable about why you shouldn’t have a psychotic piece of shit as king. “the LORD spake, saying, an evil king will befoul thine own food and drink as well as the foreigner” 943339
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialSteve Benen @stevebenen.com · 25/09/2026It’s fundamentally unhealthy for an authoritarian president to falsely, casually, and frequently accuse assorted political foes of “treason” — a word Trump apparently defines in a deeply twisted way. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...ms.nowTrump is the president who cried ‘treason‘You’ve heard of the boy who cried “wolf”? I’d like to introduce you to the president who cried “treason.” 311735
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialSteve Benen @stevebenen.com · 25/09/2026As the White House tries to play people for fools, claiming Trump’s new taxpayer-financed propaganda ad is a “public service announcement,” Dems are taking a hard line: “This is the sort of government propaganda one might expect in North Korea,” they said, calling the ad “utterly illegal.”ms.nowWhite House pretends its taxpayer-financed propaganda is a ‘public service announcement’Key congressional Democrats called the pro-Trump ad “an egregious and utterly illegal misuse of Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars.” 1221279
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026There is no Republican "split" with Trump. It's catnip for access media, but the desperate ploy to align with the supermajority of voters who can't stand the president is tissue-thin. The same people saying the Iran war needs to end voted yesterday to keep it going. #Realtalk here.prospect.orgRepublicans Had 690 Days to Oppose Trump - The American ProspectThey’re trying to cram all the opposition into the last 40 before the election. 525188
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The imminent landlord bailout, a settlement of litigation over the COVID-era eviction moratorium, is dominated by affiliates of Starwood Capital, a private equity firm that itself received direct and indirect federal assistance during COVID. Zachary Groz reports. prospect.org/2026/09/25/p...prospect.orgPrivate Equity Landlords Double-Dipping in Imminent Bailout - The American ProspectCompanies like Starwood Capital Group, which benefited greatly from financial assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic, want a federal bailout on top of that. 15734
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"The Chinese are actively destroying the US global position while the US president bows and scrapes." phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/its-not-th... 21450114
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"So Trump is consistent. He won’t offend Putin. He will suck up to Xi. Our petty presidential bully is cowed by the big-boy bullies of the real world." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-kowt...thebulwark.comTrump Kowtows to ChinaHe rolled out the red carpet . . . literally. 1936082
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026sherrod riding cspan. ya love t'see it 130250
Reposted by @infinitivd.bsky.socialryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 24/09/2026"Now the world knows that we can’t, in fact, be trusted as an energy supplier — that we may suddenly cut off fossil fuel exports whenever doing so might yield even temporary domestic political advantage." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/donald-the...paulkrugman.substack.comDonald the Deadbeat Does DieselTrump gets ready to stiff more contractors 29030