Reposted by Julie HennrikusClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 04/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u... 55420
Reposted by Julie HennrikusVictoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 03/09/2026Since I've heard from several Kensington authors who got emails from the Anthropic settlement administrator re: Kensington claiming 100% of the payout on their books, I contacted CEO Steven Zacharius. He responded that Anthropic is aware of this issue & per Kensington's counsel, is correcting it. 912140
Reposted by Julie HennrikusA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Nor will it end at ethnic cleansing. A machine built to eat people will keep eating people. Those who run it will always find a new category of unwanted humans. 5129831157
Reposted by Julie HennrikusElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14/08/2026Apple: ~$2.2 billion Nike: $986 million FedEx: ~$800 million Amazon: $640 million General Motors: $500 million Giant corporations are raking in millions in tariff refunds and getting even richer. But remember: corporations passed tariff costs on to you. Where's YOUR refund? 952223877747
Reposted by Julie HennrikusJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I'll never steal your pen. 267127902543
Reposted by Julie HennrikusJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 07/08/2026New: Flock planned to use cameras in hundreds of thousands of Uber, Lyft, and delivery driver vehicles as a way to collect more license plate data. Pitched the idea to an Attorney General. Would basically turn Uber/Lyft into roaming surveillance vehicles www.404media.co/flock-pitche...404media.coFlock Pitched a Plan To Turn Uber and Lyft Drivers Into Roaming Surveillance VehiclesA Flock presentation shows the company planned to use around 350,000 Uber, Lyft, and delivery drivers to collect license plate data for its surveillance system. 29735498
Reposted by Julie HennrikusRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Much of the U.S. economy is now based on A.I. — or, more specifically, expectations that A.I. will pay off very big in the near future. But it’s becoming a house of cards. We're facing a five-alarm fire that you need to know about. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-cras… 961600589
Reposted by Julie HennrikusAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/07/2026Asked about Trump's threats to bomb civilian infrastructure in Iran, Marco Rubio says "it looks like they're not ready to make a deal. So they're gonna continue to pay a price. And every night the price gets higher and higher." (This is a war crime.) 2882343682
Reposted by Julie HennrikusConnect with Jacob Soboroff @connectwithjacob.bsky.social · 21/07/2026"You're only getting out deported or dead." A chilling new report from Human Rights Watch and the ACLU details alleged abuse inside Camp East Montana, America's largest ICE detention center. @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social shares more. Warning: Some of the accounts are disturbing. 713883
Reposted by Julie HennrikusBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 18/07/2026In 2016, San Antonio cop Matthew Luckhurst was fired after giving a homeless man a sandwich filled with feces. Last month, he became police chief in Benavides, Texas.ksat.comRecords: Ex-SAPD officer fired for giving feces sandwich to homeless man promoted to South Texas police chiefA former San Antonio police officer fired for giving a homeless man a feces sandwich was promoted to serve as the chief of a South Texas police department, according to records reviewed by KSAT Invest... 15521421298
Reposted by Julie HennrikusAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/07/2026NEW: Governor Andy Beshear says he got calls from two different non-state agencies saying McConnell had died. This was before the "proof of life" photo was shared by McConnell's team. newrepublic.com/post/213199/...newrepublic.comKentucky Governor Warns He Got Calls “Suggesting” Mitch McConnell DiedMcConnell has posted a photo of himself holding that day’s newspaper, but he has not provided further details about his condition. 1305105563990
Reposted by Julie HennrikusElf M. Sternberg @elfsternberg.bsky.social · 17/07/2026In late 19th century learned men wrote opinions in newspapers that's the narrow stimulation of the bicycle seat was dangerous to a woman's reproductive future. Within my lifetime (I was five), running sports organizations finally admitted that a woman's uterus would not fall out of her if she ran. 23115
Reposted by Julie HennrikusBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Seems telling: The family of the unarmed family man driving to work and fatally shot by an ICE agent calls for an independent inquiry. And ICE and DHS seem to be in full stonewall and coverup mode, with no interest in the facts coming to light. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/u...nytimes.comFamily of Man Fatally Shot by ICE Agent Calls for Independent Inquiry 381091323
Reposted by Julie HennrikusClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Must read piece by Allison Arieff on how SF needs arts to thrive (and how little tech money is doing to support it) www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/arti...sfchronicle.comS.F.’s recovery is missing one of the hardest things to bring backOpinion: Nostalgia can’t bring back San Francisco’s thriving arts community. New eras demand new approaches, writes columnist Allison Arieff. 211726
Reposted by Julie HennrikusThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 29/06/2026BREAKING: More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the U.S. hours before the earthquakes are missing after their hotel collapsed.bit.lyMore than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missingSurvivors say more than 100 people just deported from the United States were being held in a hotel when earthquakes struck Venezuela, setting off a scramble to find survivors and bodies buried in the rubble. 21550372827
Reposted by Julie HennrikusMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/06/2026🚨VICTORY: Supreme Court holds that federal Election Day statutes do not prevent Mississippi from counting absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day but received afterwards A huge victory for our clients and the Elias Law Group team. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comSupreme Court rejects GOP bid to throw out mail ballots received after Election Day, in win for votersRead more here. 654202384903
Reposted by Julie HennrikusBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 27/06/2026“Forcibly sending families to dire conditions is a legacy all leaders should seek to avoid. To that end, my brother bishops and I call upon Congress to act — to meet this moment with the moral fortitude that is so desperately needed." Congress: Extend TPS! www.ncronline.org/news/injusti...ncronline.org'Injustice': Catholic bishops urge Congress to extend TPS for Haiti, SyriaHaitians face the possibility of being returned to a country "on the brink," one that for decades has "endured one calamity after another," said Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami. 13904285
Reposted by Julie HennrikusBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 26/06/2026“The OMB has proposed a rule change to the Federal Register, 2 CFR §200.205. This rule change is an attempt to politicize all federal grants. This is a weapon designed to disappear disfavored people, groups, and ideas—and the blast radius on it will be enormous.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...open.substack.comThey Want to Disappear YouHow OMB will politicize the federal grant system with this one weird trick. 24579273
Reposted by Julie HennrikusUK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Sanders releases trove of internal HHS emails showing RFK Jr. pressured CDC over vaccine messaging Emails indicate that Kennedy directed the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel to restrict access to vaccines thehill.com/policy/healt...thehill.comSanders releases trove of internal HHS emails showing RFK Jr. pressured CDC over vaccine messagingSen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday released a tranche of Health and Human Services (HHS) emails that appear to show HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pressuring the Centers for Disease Contr… 12647271
Julie Hennrikus @jahennrikus.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I cannot believe he actually said this. He's trying to get us used to levels of corruption that make Watergate look like a garden party. Right now, that seems to be working. But I can't help but this our current VP is way too young not to have this catch up with him. 231
Reposted by Julie HennrikusTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Two ICE agents tracked down a woman *inside a polling place* yesterday. Why? They demanded that she take down an Instagram post in which she named Jonathan Ross as the man who shot & killed Renee Good (after the Star Tribune identified Ross). www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...syracuse.comFederal agents track down Syracuse woman, demand she remove Instagram post about ICEShe believes the warning was related to a post about the ICE agent who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis. 1054150027741
Reposted by Julie HennrikusNancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 24/06/2026“The comment period closes on July 2, 2026, so now is the time to act. You can submit comments online” www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...federalregister.govBallot Mail for Federal ElectionsThe Postal Service is proposing to amend the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), regarding the transmission of mail-in or absentee ballots for federal el... 16847
Reposted by Julie HennrikusThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24/06/2026Sen. Peters: "Yes or no, if a state refuses to turn their absentee voter list over to the federal government, will the Postal Service still mail their ballots under this proposed rule?" Postmaster General David Steiner: "Under our proposed regulation, no." 2011565871
Reposted by Julie HennrikusThe Onion @theonion.com · 23/06/2026Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating theonion.comArchaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For LegislatingWASHINGTON—Calling the discovery the “clearest proof yet” of how the U.S. government was originally designed to function, archaeologists published new evidence Thursday that suggests the Capitol build... 7196922148
Reposted by Julie HennrikusOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 17/06/2026FIFA takes away Iranian flags at the US stadiums 149559123387
Reposted by Julie HennrikusVictoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 17/06/2026A scam tale in five parts. Part 1: A Gmail scammer reaches out...but wait, that's not my book! (I'll spare you the bulk of the very, very long email) 1/6 1195
Reposted by Julie HennrikusWuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Congratulations to Elon on becoming the world’s first trillionaire from London 🔥 8860531925
Reposted by Julie HennrikusWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12/06/2026We gave Musk $38 BILLION of our money. Tech-welfare bro. All of this should infuriate you. www.cnn.com/2026/06/06/b...cnn.comElon Musk is poised to become the first trillionaire. Just how much money is $1 trillion? | CNN BusinessElon Musk is poised to become the world’s first trillionaire. It’s a staggering amount of wealth never seen before in the history of human commerce. 19318108
Reposted by Julie HennrikusLiz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Washington Nat'l Opera sues the Kennedy Center alleging that the Center STOLE the opera's endowment. WNO had a longterm agreement where KC ran the opera's development back office, and in 2025 KC just ... stopped doing it and seized the funds. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 19754512130
Reposted by Julie HennrikusAdam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 12/06/2026"art is a way of processing life, that's inherently what it's supposed to be... I don't see the value of outsourcing any of that" just Kane Parsons, 20 year old director of BACKROOMS, with the smartest, most succinct rebuttal of AI in art that I've yet encountered www.youtube.com/shorts/MwUnK...youtube.com"Backrooms" director Kane Parsons explains why he's “absolutely not” going to embrace AI #shortsYouTube video by CBS Mornings 312728
Reposted by Julie Hennrikus250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social · 09/06/2026United States Representative Lori Trahan of Massachusetts recounts the life of A Wang, the Chinese American computer engineer who invented magnetic core memory and embraced an ethic of philanthropy. #WeAreAmerica250 9415158
Reposted by Julie HennrikusJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 07/06/2026National Park Service has open comment page, for Albert Speer Memorial Arch that is next on MAGA wish list You can make comments here: parkplanning.nps.gov/documentsOpe... That page has lots of "before and after" illustrations. Below, before/after view from near JFK/RFK grave site in Arlington 1441001654
Reposted by Julie HennrikusCeleste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 27/05/2026This is textbook racism. As in, this is an example that an elementary teacher might use to explain racism to a child: "If someone says all members of a particular race are stupid, that's racism, kids." Any news outlets that uses any word for this except racism is not reporting the truth. 21999539
Reposted by Julie HennrikusFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 21/05/2026“Everyone, especially in South Sudan, wanted to know if the US really had cut off aid. It was easier for them to believe that the aid organizations were lying to them than to think that the United States would do this.”motherjones.comTrump destroyed USAID. Now people are dying.ProPublica’s Brett Murphy and Anna Maria Barry-Jester examine how America’s foreign aid cuts are threatening the survival of the world’s most vulnerable populations. 251483635
Reposted by Julie HennrikusDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 20/05/2026The racism is the point. 1322294
Reposted by Julie HennrikusThe Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 18/05/2026We've joined forces with the Writers' Guild of Great Britain to issue urgent new guidance outlining measures authors can take to protect themselves against scams. Download the guide on our website. buff.ly/qOhFz8qbuff.lyHow to Protect Against Scammers: A Guide for Authors - The Society of AuthorsThis guide from the SoA and WGGB sets out how to spot scams, how to report scams and where to get expert advice. 112172
Reposted by Julie HennrikusTom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Jake Lang, one of the 1,600 or so January 6ers pardoned by Trump, unfurled a white nationalist banner at yesterday’s Washington Nationals game. It refers to the racist great replacement theory and calls for deporting 100+ million (non-white) people. He’s now banned from Nationals games. 1141584484
Reposted by Julie HennrikusNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Some of the identified individuals the US killed in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific showed "no indication of involvement with drug trafficking." And even if they were traffickers, they'd be low level. Killing them would make virtually no impact on the cartels or drug trafficking into the US. 321421517
Reposted by Julie HennrikusJules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Trump’s own DOJ may reportedly pay him $10 billion to settle his own IRS lawsuit. Whoever approves this should be arrested on sight! 26775426
Reposted by Julie HennrikusSinCWorldWide @sincworldwide.bsky.social · 14/05/2026*Upcoming Webinar* Bookstore Events for Fun, Profit, and Total World Domination Wednesday, May 27, 8pm EDT/ 5pm PDT/1am May 28 BST Events and promotions through bookstores are an important piece in an author’s marketing plan. Free for Members/$15 for Non-Members Register- twp.ai/4hrHE8 132
Reposted by Julie HennrikusCaitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Recently, FamilySearch digitized and uploaded tons of microfilmed records, including many from 18th-century Massachsuetts. They're using some sort of AI to transcribe/summarize the handwritten documents. I've noticed that the AI strips out references to race and enslavement in 18thc documents. 9235481780
Reposted by Julie HennrikusDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Yes, this is the single best insider story I've read about the Democrats' strategic and tactical mistakes (and what has started to work). 23422109
Reposted by Julie HennrikusHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 13/05/2026The Senate fell one vote short of formally shutting down the war with Iran, with John Fetterman casting the decisive vote. 239265162827
Reposted by Julie HennrikusBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 13/05/2026literally no difference between what happened then to John Willis Menard, a Black man who overwhelmingly won New Orleans in 1868, and what's happening now to Calvin Duncan, a Black man who overwhelmingly won New Orleans in 2025 ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...ballsandstrikes.orgA Black Man Won an Election In New Orleans. Republicans Are Trying to Abolish His Position AltogetherThe legislative response to Calvin Duncan’s landslide victory has a long, shameful history in Louisiana. 7764289
Reposted by Julie HennrikusThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13/05/2026Trump yesterday: "I don't think about Americans' financial situation. I don't think about anybody." Vance today: "I don't think the president said that." 2121679669
Reposted by Julie HennrikusChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Pope Leo XIV gifted Marco Rubio a plant of peace. In return, Marco Rubio gave the pope a crystal football. The pope’s response? “Wow. Okay.” 3162734541
Reposted by Julie HennrikusThe Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 29/04/2026BREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled out Louisiana v. Callais, 6-3. A decision that will further weaken the Voting Rights Act. Simply put, this will vastly impede people’s right to vote and increase racial redistricting. Follow this thread for why this is a devastating moment in our history: 16290123
Reposted by Julie HennrikusDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/04/2026An estimated 3.7 million people, including almost two million kids, could lose rental assistance support as a result of proposed time limits and work requirements in a program that only helps about 10 million people. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-trump-... 310861
Reposted by Julie HennrikusMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19/04/2026🚨BREAKING: FBI director Kash Patel said that his agency will soon make arrests – maybe this week – in connection to the 2020 presidential election, which he claims was rigged. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comFBI Director says arrests ‘coming soon’ on 2020 rigged election conspiracyFBI Director Kash Patel: "We have the information that backs President Trump's claim.” 6612031721