Reposted by Joe CalhounHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4hEugenics 🤝 ai www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/h... 38483140
Reposted by Joe CalhounJim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 8hIf you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway 2253509941
Reposted by Joe CalhounDeidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 4hEveryone employed at a postsecondary institution (& esp deans of students) should read Kate Manne's powerful essay: "Cease to be a place where sexual assault is often subject to less punishment than protesting and plagiarism. ... become a place where our sons are not initiated into rape culture." 05819
Reposted by Joe Calhounthe abbot of unreason (a returned archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 9h'What If You Did The Willie Horton Ad In Reverse' is one of those questions no one was quite brave enough to ask until now and UH 310918
Reposted by Joe Calhounandykimnj.bsky.social @andykimnj.bsky.social · 8hAt least someone in this administration is willing to admit the devastating health care losses for Americans caused by Trump and Congressional Republicans. 0307
Reposted by Joe CalhounMrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 28/09/2026JCO is defending furries fyi 552410374
Reposted by Joe CalhounLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This happened. Every institution in the country, media, college, movies, music, democrats, republicans, law, sports, all conspired to make it illegal, de facto or literally, to not only try to stop, but even vocally oppose Israel massacring every Palestinian man, woman, child and infant. 18117
Reposted by Joe CalhounNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The main reason you haven’t heard about campus sexual violence in a few years is because Trump and SCOTUS have made it much, much harder for survivors to come forward. You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost. 21414490
Reposted by Joe CalhounJill Pantozzi @jillpantozzi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Last month, a Google alert directed me to an interview I did with cartoonist Matt Furie—creator of Pepe the Frog…only I haven’t done any interview and I’d never even met Furie. So I clicked. "None of this is true": AI, content farms, and one completely made-up article. bsky.app/profile/then... 12703371
Reposted by Joe CalhounDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 28/09/2026It's just Republicans fucking clean energy over & over again while people in the industry keep insisting "actually Republicans really like us!" It's such beta behavior it makes *me* want to bully them, and I'm on their side! 116017
Reposted by Joe CalhounJohn McLaren @johnmclaren.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Hey, Dem candidates: When you are asked about “Boys in girls’ locker rooms,” here’s what you should say: (1/11) 3357
Reposted by Joe CalhounMichael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 28/09/2026#earlyvote midday update 9/28: at least 383,781 people have voted in the 2026 general election 🥳 election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2... 34820
Reposted by Joe CalhounWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026You wouldn't know it from reading the headlines, but the president's downward mental health spiral is the biggest story in America right now We won't salvage democracy unless the media and pols start speaking the truth about Trump's damaged mind My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...inquirer.comWe need to find the words for Trump’s madness before things blow up | Will BunchThe media and politicians haven’t pinned down anything resembling a suitable description for a president’s downward spiral or the looming battle for U.S. democracy. 901816700
Reposted by Joe CalhounPaul Renfro @renfro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Oh, get fucked, @wsj.com. Now and forever. 🗃️ 1118727
Joe Calhoun @jbc3.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is a remarkably lazy argument. I completely agree with the last two sentences, but how do we get there from here? Over the last 100 years we have created a society in the US that is dependent on private cars. SO: politically, gas prices are untouchable. GOP gonna lose midterms because of this! 010
Joe Calhoun @jbc3.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is a good article, but we keep hearing about federal judges “chastising” or “admonishing” DOJ prosecutors. In a couple cases we hear about referrals to bar associations. Why aren’t judges holding prosecutors in contempt when they lie to the court? 130
Reposted by Joe CalhounClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’m sorry, what? This piece was not a joint publication/ reporting job (as some are). It was @propublica’s alone and the Times followed with a summary. This is so indicative of NYT. If they don’t ignore proper credit, they just go for stolen valor. 623737729
Reposted by Joe CalhounTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It’s so routine and wild, the degree to which everyone knows the NYT steals stories and doesn’t credit and it’s just a thing we all know is happening to our stories. 223329
Reposted by Joe CalhounCODEPINK @codepink.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Walking out on Netanyahu sends a message. But symbolic protest is not enough. Governments that condemn Israel must turn their words into action: halt arms sales, restrict military cargo, challenge economic ties, and enforce international law. 14015
Reposted by Joe CalhounTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Sheriffs & DAs have huge powers over criminal justice, e.g.: often deciding how much local assistance ICE gets. So I worked all year on whittling down the thousands (!) of these races happening in 2026 to find the ones that matter most. NEW TODAY: Learn about the 25 most pivotal November races.boltsmag.orgThe 25 Sheriff and Prosecutor Races Set to Shape Criminal Justice and ICE Collaboration - BoltsVoters face stark choices for offices with vast powers on policing and punishment. Bolts walks you through key contests to watch across a dozen states. 181024564
Reposted by Joe CalhounChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Wild — and somehow even more wild than most of us thought at the time! 230565
Reposted by Joe CalhounBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Here's a neat thing! My mom retired after 25+ as a children's librarian at public libraries yesterday. (It was very cool! Hundreds of former Story Hour kids arrived, some as adults!) I let Ed Markey's office know in case they wanted to send a nice email back and they sent this! He's still got it! 2788126990
Reposted by Joe CalhounFenit Nirappil @fenitn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026EXCLUSIVE: David Flippo, a Republican congressional candidate in Nevada, inflated his military record multiple times in recent years. Experts on military awards say such exaggerations are tantamount to lying. Read for free: wapo.st/4d4OqPAwapo.stTrump-backed Nevada Republican exaggerated Bronze Star award in two campaignsCongressional hopeful David Flippo said his staff made a mistake in an announcement video in 2023. The video was deleted three years later. 01612
Reposted by Joe CalhounMatthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026You can't guardrails your way to safety on a system designed to be dangerous.cbsnews.comWarnock calls for federal guardrails on Flock cameras: "Bring some some sanity to this system"Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock is pushing federal authorities to create action to stop potential abuse of Flock cameras by law enforcement across the country. 68115
Reposted by Joe CalhounAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026MS NOW reports that their White House reproter was denied access to the White House this morning despite a court order demanding she have access 1127131574447
Reposted by Joe CalhounGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Awful: Trump's Office of "Remigration" has just been exposed making sordid payments to authoritarian governments to take third-country deportees, leading to serious abuses. Dems tell me they will try to defund the agency if they win power. They should. 1/ New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2157...newrepublic.comStephen Miller’s MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New LeaksSordid revelations about the white-nationalist-themed Office of Remigration should galvanize Democrats: If they win power, they must try to shut it down. 13127761313
Reposted by Joe CalhounSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We can’t allow this man to get within striking distance of a viable presidential candidacy. 12748691139
Joe Calhoun @jbc3.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Thanks to M. Cohen for live-posting the hearing. For any of youse interested in how the legal sausage gets made… 020
Reposted by Joe CalhounMeredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 23/09/2026I had not seen this clip where Tammy Duckworth advises Democrats to "not impeach anybody," "get back to work" and "allow" Donald Trump to "save face" and I would just like to remind the senator from IL that the federal government took 4,000 Chicagoans and murdered a 38-year-old father last fall.c-span.org 38146251039
Reposted by Joe CalhounMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 23/09/2026Congratulations to @1199seiu.org and the nearly 70,000 CDPAP care workers who filed for the largest union election in American history. These workers make it possible for New Yorkers to live safely and independently at home. I’m proud to stand with them in the fight for a union. 483379797
Reposted by Joe CalhounUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Over a year ago, farm workers across Southern CA endured weeks of illegal, racist raids. The UFW & our partners fought back. Last week we won a preliminary injunction against the Trump Admin’s DHS aiming to prevent them from making warrentless arrests. Watch to learn more. 4328115
Reposted by Joe CalhounAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 23/09/202623 September 1938 | A German Jewish girl, Mirjam Helene Friedmann, was born in Berlin. The family fled to Prague in 1938. In 1941, Mirjam was deported to Litzmannstadt ghetto & in August 1944 to #Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber. --- Children at Auschwitz: youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA 25481126
Joe Calhoun @jbc3.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Listen, my northern friends, we USians *really* do not want you speedrunning the right-wing path to hell behind us! We *will* win, but de-trumpifying the US will take us decades and the harms already baked in are, of course, irreversible. So find your AOC and unite behind her! 010
Reposted by Joe CalhounMichael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026this is FAR more demotivating than some left wing shitposting or podcasting critic of the democratic party can ever be 992871575
Reposted by Joe CalhounKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I just lectured about the WPA this morning and it is absolutely a model we need to bring back, for this purpose and others too. 511362234
Reposted by Joe CalhounPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In an Uber. Driver having loud phone conversation with someone in Spanish. A little annoying, but it happens. He hangs up. Says, “Mi hermano. La Migra.” And starts weeping. 1665758952
Reposted by Joe CalhounJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Last week all my students hand-wrote their own pledges, according to their terms, to write in my courses without AI. Some of them were quite moving—their anger at AI’s attempt to steal their educations, their determination to learn & create anyway. 6793184
Reposted by Joe CalhounDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 21/09/2026This shit is so infuriating. We should make these parents famous. Get their faces out there: "this is the couple that demanded the right to beat and intimidate their children without interference." 7620159
Reposted by Joe Calhoun#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 21/09/2026Chris Van Hollen issues the first ever call by a Democratic member of Congress for US officials to be sanctioned by other countries 201907417