Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 11hThese people are morons. 4541247
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 10hPay to play, baby... 25686169
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialCrooked Media @crooked.com · 07/10/2026Katie Phang on Alito CBS interview: the most gratuitous, ass-kissing thing I have seen. 27727226
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Good news: in this case the newly elected House can meet at a convenient location of their choosing and vote on whether to expel Johnson as one of its first orders of business 421954340
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialRick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026#ELB: “‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account” electionlawblog.org/2026/honey-plea… 25416
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Haha wow is this comically corrupt. /he didn't end up paying her the money because he said he'd get in trouble with his wife. 41948251
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 23hI thought Mamdani's statement today about Oct. 7 was fine. Just saying that because man, a lot of people today apparently feel very free to announce to journalists how upset and angry "Jews in New York City" are, and I'm one, and I'm not. 732025
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialLilith’s Karmic Revenge @happyluddite.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I heard on @strictscrutiny.bsky.social that there were #Kayactivists visiting his vacation island this summer to shout “shame” at him. 🥰static.klipy.comHappy Kayaking AdventureALT: Happy Kayaking Adventure 0117
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialMarc Airhart ❌👑 @marcairhart.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Oh look, rich, antisocial carpet bagger tries to buy Texas Senate seat. Let's help him set that money on fire, folks! 0161
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Read the whole thread. "A Nazi trillionaire is trying to buy a seat" seems like it should be a pretty easy Democratic campaign line in just about every race in the country. 419787
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialBen Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Btw: Tom Tiffany, running for Governor of Wisconsin, is chairman of subcommittee on federal lands. He wants to destroy this rule. He's also got a 100% pro-Trump voting record in Congress. So, after you weigh in against this rule, chip in to help David Crowley beat him, and sign to volunteer. 011137
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/10/2026who knows if jackson can win this thing but i am glad that he is making clear that susan collins's whole scam is to do everything she can to make life worse for mainers and then take credit for mitigating it in the slightest way possible 108105971799
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialJane Mayer @janemayer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026!!! Justice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted Ranks www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...nytimes.comJustice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted RanksThe civil rights unit has recruited people whose questionable work histories and dearth of education and experience might have disqualified them in the past, former officials said. 78741
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialThe Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form. 185109861831
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It's almost like putting a quack anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of the nation's health policy has consequences. "The United States has now had more measles deaths in the past two years than we have had in the previous three decades combined...": www.ms.now/news/pennsyl...ms.nowPennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the U.S.The state has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, health officials said Monday, making it the largest outbreak in the U.S. in more than three decades. 21751742275
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 06/10/2026Exclusive: The Trump administration is quietly trying to use an obscure funding power to threaten $190 million of the Smithsonian’s budget, @kelseyables.bsky.social reports:bit.lyThe White House Revives a Pressure Tactic Against the SmithsonianThe Trump administration is threatening $190 million in museum funding. 13222
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialLeah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026schrodinger’s reflecting pool 901151123
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialMoney Power Politics with Stephanie Ruhle @moneypowerpolitics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The New York Times reports Kristi Noem bought five airplanes from a company chaired by one of her donors just hours before leaving her role at DHS. Stephanie Ruhle breaks it down. #dhs #kristinoem #nyt 58435
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialMoney Power Politics with Stephanie Ruhle @moneypowerpolitics.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Patagonia has launched a voter mobilization campaign to help "remove the guesswork for voters." #patagonia #vote #midterms #election #GoodNewsRuhles 116720
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.ms.nowOutgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump. 25797303027
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I know that some of you NYers think your vote doesn't matter in this election but A) of course it does and B) I think Governor will be closer than it looks, and if we let Bruce Blakeman beat Kathy Hochul, Debra Messing wins. 514924
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 02/10/2026Donald Trump might believe he’s going to overcome his historic unpopularity by sabotaging the midterms. On October 17, millions of Americans are taking to the streets again to make it clear that’s not happening. Please join us for the next No Kings Day.nokings.orgNo KingsFor more than a year, millions of people have come together to send a clear message: in America, we have no kings. Power doesn't belong to billionaires, strongmen, or politicians who think they're abo... 18817332
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialAFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 05/10/2026If you live in… Arizona Arkansas Florida Georgia Indiana Kentucky Mississippi Ohio Tennessee Texas Today is the last day you can register to vote! Text your friends and family. Check on your co-workers. Make sure the people in your life are registered to vote: BetterInAUnion.org/checkbetterinaunion.orgCheck Your Voter Registration StatusHave you moved, changed your name, or you're just not sure of the status of your voter registration? Fill out the form below to check your status. 16953
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 03/10/2026NYC is opening 160 car-free (but treat-filled) streets and plazas to enjoy fun and safe fall festivities this spooky season. Find one near you at nyc.gov/trickorstreets. 244139452480
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 04/10/2026His Ls have gotten even more peculiar than usual. By the way, some odd trivia: This is the President of the United States. 717115
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Having done the chaos of NYC Halloween for years when my kids were little, the idea of 160 car free streets for Halloween fills me with joy. 623531
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialJessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The GOP promised us Mamdani would usher in sharia law. Instead, we got line dancing in Bryant Park and free opera tickets. Pretty cool. 391035187
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 03/10/2026For all of the Mamdani team's brilliance with social media, this is the most basic thing in the political playbook: Do good things for your constituents, then tell them about it. It shouldn't be as startling as it is! It's the job! 1032567
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026AI is an unregulated emergency on every level--academia, art, national security, privacy, the environment, faith in journalism, and on and on and on--and deriding those who are desperately trying to pull the handbrake as we go over the cliff as alarmists will not age well (if we get to age at all). 429250
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I feel like the debate about what parts of AI are good and what parts are bad should wait until we solve the worldwide crisis caused by the fact that almost of all of its evangelists in both tech and govt are morally, intellectually, and ethically unequipped to oversee it, when not downright evil. 22833169
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialCollins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026NEW: Susan Collins team bragging in its canvassing materials about her having "delivered" the conservative Supreme Court majority that overturned Roe. tinyurl.com/3mxnybe7 #MEpolitics 11371159
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialManohla Darkness @manohladargis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Oh, Mark, why do you have to be so gosh darn reasonable? 0222
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.) 9853452189
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Kai Ryssdal, former U.S. Navy Lieutenant -- the Secretary of Defense is a dangerous idiot 45897107
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Trump is getting pushback, even in Alabama joycevance.substack.com/p/florida-me...joycevance.substack.comFlorida MenThis Friday, Donald Trump will be in Mobile, Alabama, the place where his first campaign really started to gain traction after then-Alabama Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III threw his support ... 81075233
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should. 525101852230
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026remember: it saved no net money, social services US citizens are getting cut, and left the US in a weaker place geopolitically. none of the debates about fiscal responsibility, obligation to US citizens first, or 'hard choices' actually apply. they're all bullshit. killed people for nothing at all. 443850917
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialScott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 30/09/2026GOP mid-term strategy: Accuse prosecutor of liking women’s sports. 🏀 716719
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just a reminder that the Secretary of Defense is a dangerous idiot 1716052915
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026this is remarkable 628643
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialGremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Madlibs World 51029
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialDeadline White House with Nicolle Wallace @deadlinewh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026What began as an attempt to relitigate Jack Smith's two indictments against Donald Trump during a hearing on Capitol Hill today ended in embarrassment for Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Watch @nicollewallace.bsky.social's coverage NOW on YouTube:youtube.com'A HUMILIATING mistake': Nicolle reacts to GOP's mortifying SELF-OWN during Jack Smith hearingYouTube video by MS NOW 1721150
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialPatton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026When you recognize the subway hijacker’s sneeze. 841995162
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026What emerges when you take a deep breath is a picture of what we all know by now to be true. This is not a president who is committed to governing, to public service. This is a smash and grab, and we are the victims. joycevance.substack.com/p/flooding-t...joycevance.substack.comFlooding the ZoneJack Smith kicked off his testimony on the Hill today like this: “I stand by my decisions as special counsel, including my decision to bring charges against President Trump.” He told senators that his... 651793456
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 30/09/2026Exclusive: John Fetterman has been working with GOP fundraising consultants—and paying a hefty commission, @michaelscherer.bsky.social and @mviser.bsky.social report. 📸: Andrew Harnik / Getty 3410058
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialThe Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 30/09/2026Pissed off by Trump’s new promotional ad? Don’t worry, you also paid for it! 1036858
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialScott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 29/09/2026The damage of Trump's economic and foreign policy decisions will take decades, if not generations, to repair. 1618336
Reposted by @jdefra.bsky.socialKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Generations. Several of them. 2753177
