Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 15/10/2026And yet gas-only cars constituted 77% of the new vehicle market in the US over that period. Has the US ever been this far behind the world average in new tech adoption for a major product type? 41721145
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialLouis @louisevans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Skipped the Nazis, huh. 2655583913
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialDaniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Republicans have spent the last year trying to defund Dolly Parton 7165532896
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 23/08/2026President Donald Trump wants to spend $1.5 trillion on defense next year. Adjusted for inflation, that would be more than the U.S. spent annually on defense during the height of World War II.propublica.orgThe $1 Trillion Black BoxThe U.S. military budget is vast and opaque. Projects touted as engineering marvels end up facing years of delays and ballooning costs. ProPublica has launched a series to report on the Pentagon’s spe... 651022466
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialAndrew (🎃) @athomashemlock.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Based on what I've seen happen to people I know in the last couple years, I'm pretty sure the next decade or so is going to require some very serious thought about how badly these things can fuck a person up. 524951
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Note to media: police arresting peaceful protesters singing “give peace a chance” is not protesters “clashing” with police. It’s the state violating the First Amendment rights of people upset that human beings who did nothing illegal are being held without due process and being fed maggots. 205187846147
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 30/05/2026It’s weird how Trump can go scorched earth on any Republican who advocated releasing the Epstein files and the media doesn’t treat it like a pretty conclusive admission of guilt. 372438604
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialCorey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Local law prof proudly proclaims: 1) his ideology dictates his legal analysis; and 2) he published his NYT op-ed before doing the scholarly legwork supporting it because it would have taken too much time to do the other way. Wow. 26734163
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialListen I'm Scary OK @katiemcvay.cryptoanarchy.network · 22/05/2026the Colbert cancellation is a labor issue, to my mind. Colbert’s show employed hundreds of union employees working nightly. Byron Allen’s non-union show costs CBS nothing (literal zero), and costs Allen very little as well since comics provide their own material for a nominal fee and exposure 251257345
Reposted by @je30.bsky.social🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Fact checks don't work, but Americans probably don't enjoy being mocked by the president of the United States every time they're at a pump. 0277
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialjab lung @mobute.bsky.social · 15/05/2026the core occam's razor explanation for trump's theory of tariffs, rhetoric about "asylum," and "six genders" is that he's history's greatest dumbass. this will inform zero oval kremlinology in the future 222334
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 15/05/2026The lesson learned from 1) Obama rejecting calls for a Bush "Truth and Reconciliation" commission and 2) Garland resisting Trump probes until the Mar-a-Lago raid was: Truth and Reconciliation commission to hand your tax money to J6ers 531254
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialSeth D. Michaels @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 07/05/2026the US Treasury's ability to borrow is premised on decades of effective efforts to position the US as a good investment, based on practices and policies and relationships that are being willfully burned to the ground by people who used to whine about deficits www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/b...nytimes.comAs U.S. Debt Hits a Worrying Milestone, Washington Barely Notices 8508127
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/05/2026FOX BUSINESS: The EPA is allowing extension of gas flaring for gas operations, and that some argue is not great for emissions. Can you point to something where you have actually tightened regulations to make sure we have clean air? ZELDIN: So, we, uh, um ... 1011825494
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialMark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Anyone remember the Purcell doctrine, saying courts shouldn't change electoral districts too close to the election because it might cause confusion? Remember how SCOTUS applied it six months ago to say it was already too late to invalidate the Texas districts? Funny how that didn't happen in Callais 493112924
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialNBC News @nbcnews.com · 01/05/2026⛽ Average U.S. gas prices per gallon on May 1, per AAA ⛽ • Regular: $4.39 (⬆️ $0.09 from yesterday, ⬆️ $1.41 since war in Iran began on Feb. 28) • Premium: $5.24 (⬆️ $1.38 since war began) • Diesel: $5.57 (⬆️ $1.81 since war began) 149873451
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/04/2026"A huge number of American votes are totally misinformed about everything and were convinced to vote for Trump for totally absurd reasons" is an opportunity, not an intractable problem. Dems need to start aggressively playing the game of winning these voters that they've ignored for decades. 651281161
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialChristopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Objectively I am aware that things could get so much worse for the entire planet if the Strait stays closed (global recession / depression, widespread hunger, regional wars) and also objectively I have no idea how to prepare myself for these outcomes, as a more or less median American 2045666
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Congratulations, Virginia! Republicans are trying to tilt the midterm elections in their favor, but they haven’t done it yet. Thanks for showing us what it looks like to stand up for our democracy and fight back. 616433307889
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Columbia suspended, expelled, and retroactively revoked degrees in proceedings that were so arbitrary and capricious they were overturned by a NY state judge. Literally the only evidence Columbia submitted came from sealed records of dismissed arrests—records that Columbia shouldn't have even had. 122014470
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 02/04/2026True story: James Madison’s final public act was to warn the 1829 Virginia convention that if they allowed white men who didn’t own property to vote, that they’d all vote to tax rich slaveholders until they were forced to free the people they enslaved. Just in case you thought any of this was new. 32241756
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/04/2026So what this describes is ethnic cleansing www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/w... 8556462131
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialMatt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Last month the NYT said AOC "struggled" to give an answer on Taiwan and quoted her with "uhs" and "ums" to make her look stupid Yesterday talking about Hormuz Trump claimed he's heard from "numerous countries" and said "uh" four times. The NYT deleted the "uhs" and paraphrased him to look smarter: 180101433369
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/03/2026republicans are in charge of everything and they are getting everything theyve ever wanted and doing everything theyve ever wanted and the world is on fire and the global world order is collapsing. is there a correlation? who can say 130108032893
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11/03/20265/ And on the Strait of Hormuz, they had NO PLAN. I can't go into more detail about how Iran gums up the Strait, but suffice it say, right now, they don't know how to get it safely back open. Which is unforgiveable, because this part of the disaster was 100% foreseeable. 516150283338
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialFrankenbert Graveyardko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 07/03/2026to me it rocks that this company that has never come within light-years of making money and has a bad product with zero practical use cases is the pivot point of the global economy because a bunch of embarrassing Burning Man dorks just decided it should be 362200528
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 05/03/2026What does this imply for those of us who are not Christian, and who labor under the assumption that we're protected by the First Amendment? 43857701329
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/02/2026sure the pedophile felon president just illegally bombed a country that may have nukes while federal forces under his command murder and harass people in america and immigrants are tortured and he moves forward with plans to build concentration camps and sorry idk where i was going fuck all of this 11477551641
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialRex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 01/03/2026A man who has never learned that actions have consequences should never be allowed to start a war. 16801148
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialEdward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Too many who should know better are backing this war. It wouldn't be happening if a) Trump were a remotely serious president who knew the risks of embarking on something whose aims he still can't specify, and b) Netanyahu wasn't embracing regional chaos as his get out of jail free card. 19732192
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 31/01/2026Whoa. This is from an FBI email with the subect "Re: Epstein - Cellmate Interview" Here are the summaries provided by the FBI agent. 625105935166
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialJack Saint @lackingsaint.bsky.social · 30/01/2026leftists were exactly correct about everything and establishment dems did everything possible to ignore and ostracise them for decades. anyway, I blame leftists for what is happening 171943359
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 29/01/2026What's morale like at CBP & ICE right now? New survey data are damning. *21% of CBP respondents (9% of ICE respondents) believe their agencies' political leaders maintain high standards of integrity. *Only 23% at CBP (18% at ICE) feel confident they could report illegal acts without retribution 721205449
Reposted by @je30.bsky.socialStephanie Farr @farfarraway.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so. How far we have not come in 250 years. 12132831670
