Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 11hSo we are warring with Iran And Russia is supplying weaponry to Iran. And we are paying Russia to send us diesel fuel. Because we are warring with Iran the ships with the diesel can't get to us. So we are buying it from Russia, which... Yeah, this is some three-dimensional chess right here. 53960278
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I feel like I’m the only one writing about realistic deliverables in the next two years: www.ms.now/opinion/demo... and www.salon.com/2026/09/24/t...salon.comThe Democratic playbook for taking on Trump after the midtermsThe party will have many tools to hold the administration accountable — if it uses them 715045
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialFine. I’ll update with a word count when I start writing again. @legalminimum.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I’ve seen enough people expressing confusion about why it would be in their interest to try to become regulated, or why they would be saying things like “we might kill the world!!”, that I’ll do an explainer. Buckle up. 317050
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.social🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 09/09/2026What Trump gets about voters that Democrats don't usually 1. Wildly malleable 2. Require repetition 3. Need a story with a villain 4. Want a catharsis (in his case, dominating others) 5. Require repetition 813725
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS. 567281208626
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialBruce Coffman @brucecoffman.bsky.social · 20/08/2026The new American grocery shopping game, What Will Kill Me This Week, kinda sucks. And it's so expensive to play! 58816
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/08/2026CARTOON OF THE DAY 200113753504
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 19/08/2026Democratic Socialism: Myth Vs. Fact theonion.com/democratic-socialism-m… 158223506263
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/08/2026This part 534866986
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 11/08/2026"Mini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world." uh what now?wired.comAI Is Dead. Organoids Are AliveMini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world. Soon, they could outthink neural networks. 124311
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialProf. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 26/07/2026My time lapse of the Gironde #fire near Bordeaux, viewed on Friday afternoon from about 20 km distance. One minute compressed into 5 seconds. #GlobalHeating 311253452
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 18/07/2026The US is adopting a strategy of attacking water storage and desalination plants designed to render the region uninhabitable. If continued, this strategy will make the Gulf littoral uninhabitable in the coming decades. Yet there is no discussion of these tactics and their repercussion in the US. 901854755
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/07/2026to hear Trump tell it, American elections were completely corrupted while he was president and he was helpless to stop it, then they were cleaned up by Biden ahead of Trump's victory in 2024, and now that Trump is president again they are once again becoming third world caliber 20588552609
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialBen Silverstein ❌👑 @bensilverstein.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Trump's big news is China acquired the publicly available voter file? Bro, DOGE employees took off with our Social Security info on thumb drives. 4640101002
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026I was speaking with Mitch McConnell by phone for twenty minutes when he said, "hey, what's Lindsay Graham doing here?" 643772654
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialThe Screaming Butt Naked Patriot @buttnakedpatriot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Cartoonist Ruben Bolling has been absolutely killing it, and here's another one 331770567
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Trump just fired all three remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission, leaving the agency with no commissioners just months before the midtermsvotebeat.orgTrump fires all commissioners of federal election agencyMonths before the midterms, the only federal agency dedicated solely to election administration is now unable to do anything. 981680854
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 07/07/2026When it inevitably comes out that McConnell hasn’t been conscious since his collapse on June 14, let’s all remember that the Senate Majority Leader and Whip said they’d talked to him the day after he got CPR and that he was “engaged” (both of them used that exact word!) and would be back soon. 2738341057
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialDavid Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Musk functionally ran the US government for 6 months last year and managed to: increase spending, slash services, kill 100,000s, and help nurture both Ebola & Screwworms. Yet somehow no one mentions this when they talk about the company he is going to take public this week. 7661152597
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 28/05/2026We are going to need retroactively enforced anti-corruption legislation. And sooner Democratic lawmakers start announcing it and drawing it up, the sooner some of the corrupt may feel just a little fear and hold back. 241152291
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 26/05/2026wake up babe the white house is a six flags 1622173743673
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/05/2026They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you. 976237047976
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Weird war, where the winner gets skyrocketing gas prices, inflation and market crashes while the loser gets control over 20% of global oil flow. 12451401182
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 12/04/2026“Sending abrasive dickhead to negotiate with Iran has backfired” 628112601864
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialDave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Do Americans know that their Vice President was in Hungary campaigning for a Putin ally to be reelected, instead of in DC during a war in which Putin is helping Iran target Americans? 49490223061
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialJohn Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 07/04/2026This is gross obviously but note how all the stuff he cites (closing of Hormuz strait, attacks against regional allies) are things that have happened *because* Trump attacked Iran 031
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialchef boy r dyl @brothlsprout.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I keep spamming this but John Larson filed impeachment articles yesterday. Every congressperson can sign on to it right now, it’s already drafted! www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr...congress.gov 0237120
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Impeach Trump. 2003495806
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/04/2026The fact that Hegseth is still secretary of defense points in the same direction. He has shown himself to be laughably unfit to run a foreign war. But he is a person — perhaps the only person around — who would be enthusiastic about a self-invasion. (6/17) 71998359
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialJennifer Pahlka @pahlkadot.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Too many people are ready to burn our institutions down. But there's another kind of burning — the controlled kind, that clears the way for what comes next. I wrote about the new book Crisis Engineering and why we need more crisis engineers. www.eatingpolicy.com/p/trial-by-f...eatingpolicy.comTrial by Fire: Crisis EngineeringA new book shows how to turn a crisis into the change you've been waiting for 0257
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialElizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Don't think I've ever been as terrified in all the Trump security crises. As @pkrugman.bsky.social said, "It’s the most astonishing, awful thing that I’ve ever seen, and we’ve all seen a lot of awful things." Mainly as cope, and to teach it, I keep asking why. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...open.substack.comLiving in HellWar crimes coming: A horrifying update 271096402
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialThomas Harvey @tbh1910.bsky.social · 05/04/2026The game electeds play where they pretend to powerlessly observe the actions of the government reveals how broken we are as a society. You're not some especially engaged Trader Joe's cashier connecting with a customer. You're in Congress. Tell us what you're doing about this. 2516149
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 05/04/2026This Reddit post is formatted like a joke but it’s actually a very dry recitation - at times, direct quotes - of America’s public war strategy over the last month. This can’t go on. This is deranged. Impeach and imprison. 392209750
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialFrank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 05/04/2026The American president has lost his mind. 3433171698
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialGrace Panetta @gracepanetta.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Alysa Liu telling 60 Minutes “I love struggling, it makes me feel alive” is a legit revolutionary statement from a Bay Area native in a time when copious amounts of time and resources are being put toward convincing us to opt out of experiencing struggle, friction and self-actualization 105138092484
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialCharles Martin-Shields @charlesmartinshields.com · 16/02/2026I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds. 4960421852
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialJen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 08/02/2026NEW: The Trump admin certainly put on a show last week about changing tactics in Minnesota after ICE agents killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old VA nurse. Trump even suggested it's time for "a softer touch." Except residents say nothing has changed. At all. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...huffpost.comTrump Using A ‘Softer Touch’ With ICE In Minnesota? Residents Say Don’t Be Fooled.Two weeks after Alex Pretti’s killing, federal agents have shown no signs of backing down. The resistance definitely hasn't. 6829761225
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 01/02/2026The release of the Epstein Files really lays bare the evils of (among other things) networking. 161476182
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialSheo @sheologian.bsky.social · 30/01/2026I may have a stroke. Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.” A PROTESTant. I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door. 15577891967
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Ok, you can have another hundred billion for ICE but only if you agree to a strict cap of five summary executions per week, and that is our FINAL OFFER. 511819
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Hey, @amyklobuchar.com and @smith.senate.gov: I'm not a senator, but if ICE thugs were rampaging through the major city in my state, I might try to impede Senate business as usual and try to bring everything to a halt until I could get answers or force some votes. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...open.substack.comDemocrats Appear Ready to Duck a Key Fight on ICETop Senate Democrats are focused on other priorities in the government funding fight. 1101603474
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialMaggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them 882507821
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialJill Weinberger @jillybobww.bsky.social · 04/01/2026I'm tired of living inside an unholy mix of a shrug emoji and the "this is fine" dog. 013524
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialEric @crexpat.bsky.social · 29/12/2025This also screws with tax filers of all sorts who rely on postmarks to avoid late payment fees. Biden keeping DeJoy on as Postmaster General was another blunder 950633
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialSkye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 29/12/2025USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked 29070754765
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialVasabjit Banerjee @vasabjit.bsky.social · 27/12/2025America sent 12 Tomahawks to pound the sands of northwestern Nigeria. So, you should know about their precarious production rates. www.aei.org/op-eds/why-i...aei.org 16518
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialKelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Every legal story now is either Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach or In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport 46112133353
Reposted by @jach37.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 02/12/2025For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do. If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections. www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...axios.comJeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said. 52156781177