Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialDead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 10hThe reason writing is important is that it puts you on record with the claims you’re making and other people can check to see whether or not you’re spewing bs 1284
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialGerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 14hI'm a normal person. literacy is important. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...nytimes.comOpinion | I’m a College Professor. Writing Isn’t as Important as We Think.If I do not treat writing as essential for achieving thought, it is not clear why I should force my students to. 171279
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialIan Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 10hNew way for trillionaires to debase themselves in breathless servitude to another man just dropped 4648886
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialXeynon @xeynon.bsky.social · 5hSorry guys, you ordered the double decker jumbo sized shit sandwich, and you have to eat the whole fucking thing. Open wide. 0212
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 9hThis is the compelling, moving, and no-brainer district court ruling the Supreme Court's six Trump acolytes just overturned. District court judges are routinely finding that Trump has violated the law. Then SCOTUS happens. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 810843
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13hthis gaffe should follow Eric Schmitt around for the rest of his political life (Jack Smith was actually in Maryland at a HAWKEYES game, not in Atlanta colluding with Fani Willis as Schmitt alleged) (Win McNamee/Getty) 85383892201
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialParis Marx @parismarx.com · 7hfunny to me that last year taylor lorenz was privately trying to suggest i was being funded by peter thiel after we got into an argument over her shitty takes, and now she’s literally running cover for him saying being evil is good. quite a journey she’s on. 251733230
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialPitchbot Reply Guy @pitchbotturd02.bsky.social · 5hJumpin' Jack Smith Republicans couldn't get no satisfaction in today's grilling of Jack Smith. Even with time on their side, they tried to perjure-trap him. But this street fightin' man wasn't ready to fold under their thumb. You can't always get what you want, senators! by Maureen Dowd 921912
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialArgellaStone @argellastone.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I support Rahm Emanuel running for President because he might distract the wrecker caucus online long enough that they fail to ratfuck the actual eventual winner because they were so obsessed with making sure he failed to reach 5% in New Hampshire. 1424244
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I know Musk is high on the list of Most Responsible For How Things Are but the person I loathe most is Jenny McCarthy and whichever editor/producer platformed her. Once someone decided she knew more than a doctor we were fucked forever. She's the reason people believe TikTok and YouTube. 37937124
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 5hExactly. Her shit led to this. And yes AI is part of the scam. You dickheads are gonna get (more) people killed 314217
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialDavid J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 6hMullin is lying. These were not identified as "high-risk" nations, and it was not "tougher vetting" that cut entries. The absolute number of denials is LOWER now than under Biden. They just aren't even processing applications, and you owe every American sponsor an answer. 519274
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialThorne 🌸 @ens0.me · 7hIran's open letter feels written directly to Very Online Leftists, lol a very campist document that focuses on American imperialism while whitewashing Iran's own subjugation of its neighbors etc. 38911
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 6hjudging just by what i have seen in brief snaps on the TL today, republicans are catastrophically unprepared for what’s going to be coming at them 24810103
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialBen Werdmuller @werd.io · 5hTo make my point clearer: taking Trump to task on the trivial stuff is a way to avoid talking about - and having to take a stand on - the hard stuff. You have to report deeply on what's happening to immigrants, to protesters, to foreign nations, to democracy. Sorry if that's uncomfortable. 1166
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialMatt Kane @mk.gg · 9hHello everyone please don't use this model that's almost as good as ours at 1/10th the cost and without all the guardrails that won't even let you fix an auth bug 216327
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialFelipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 6hHaving ADHD is crazy because someone can ask you why you haven’t picked up an empty box on the ground and the answer, completely earnestly, is that picking up the empty box has been on your mental to-do list for weeks 3233
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialJim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 9hIf 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 2243537947
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialjesse @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 7hThis is connected to the Schmitt debacle from earlier - the Republican Party now talks only to itself using language that only they employ, everyone else is expected to follow along or have the power of the state come down on them 31534125
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialJohn Washington @jwashing.bsky.social · 7hThis SCOTUS ruling -- as a group deported to Equatorial Guinea remain incommunicado, imprisoned, and under serious threat. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comUS supreme court allows Trump officials to resume deportations to third countriesConservative majority temporarily lifts lower-court decision as liberal justices dissent from ruling 32015
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 7hA fuckup so dumb even NYT homepage/headline writers have no choice but to describe it accurately 802454380
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.social#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 8hSince 2022, Israel has done all of these in the WB •Killed over 1,300 Palestinians. •Killed 9 American citizens. • Detained over 30,000 Palestinians in military prisons • Displaced over 45,000 Palestinians • Established over 260 illegal settlements and settler outposts on stolen Palestinian land. 314851
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 8hActually you did vote for this, dipshit 571359147
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialSahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 13hA phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED 54859841347
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialHannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 9hIf “irreparable harm” means anything, it means being sent to a country you’ve never seen, where you may well be imprisoned, tortured, or killed, under a policy that (the cert grant implicitly acknowledges!) may well be illegal 317676
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026fucking reallythehill.comEducation Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ studentsThe Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati… 682036667
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialTimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 28/09/2026I believe the Constitution provides a remedy for Congress when the President doesn't follow his constitutional appropriation-spending requirements! 13926127
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialNash @radiodeadair.com · 28/09/2026All it took was getting kicked out of the White House press room and suddenly CNN remembers that "lie" is a word. 434541895
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026How clear is it that Trump's taxpayer funded ads are illegal? I explain why it is 10/10 clear. Senate in passing the law: Ban is designed to stop public funds used for "glorification" of an individual official. GAO: funds can not be used for "self-aggrandizement" nor partisan political purposes. 12033301052
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Woman accuses Idaho drag performer of exposing himself, uploads edited version of his act blurring out what she claims are his private parts. After he sues her for defamation, her appellate filings misstate and hallucinate Idaho law. Idaho Supreme Court upholds $1.1 million verdict in his favor.reason.com$1.1M Libel Award to Drag Performer Who Had Been Accused of Exposing Himself UpheldIdaho Supreme Court finds false caselaw quotations, after jury found false factual assertions. 13565109
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialDarin Self @darinself.com · 28/09/2026The mayor of Ithaca (my friend and former fellow PhD candidate in Government at Cornell) announces a moratorium on permitting Greek Life activities until Cornell produces new standards of addressing sexual assault. 291433291
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Huge bummer when you’re just innocently trying to join and promote a movement that hates Black people, immigrants, and Jews — but then you discover that they have a dark side. apple.news/A9g-feRPSTme... 1133535562
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Sure, immigration policy is a legitimate matter of debate...but whether people from certain countries or of certain faiths can ever truly become "Americans" is only a question if one thinks culture is connected to genetics....which was the logic behind the "final solution" to "the Jewish Problem." 527438
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Talking about "the Indian Question," like Texas Republican Bo French's racist tweet, is intended to suggest that multi-racial democracy is "a problem," rather than a centerpiece of the post-WWII American political tradition. FWIW, Chris Rufo's wife is an immigrant from Thailand. 1141776
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In my research on the antisemitic white nationalist who became chair of the OR GOP in 1978, I’ve run across innumerable references to “the Jewish Question,” and it’s always been in the context of neo-Nazi shit. This is from a 1970s newsletter he received from James K Warner, a pal of David Duke’s. 131332
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Here’s Chris Rufo and his podcast co-host addressing “the Indian question,” a reference to “the Jewish question.” That question was whether Jews could be incorporated into European society, and the Nazis were the ones who claimed to have developed the “final solution” to that “problem.” 561173317
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialNied [5'7"] @nied.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Rereading this article just makes me mad. We had folks working tirelessly for a ceasefire & we threw it away over a fantasy that there was a Bibi remote control on the Resolute Desk that Biden refused to use. 1131885
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Who says they “don’t make enough money”? Compared to what? You don’t need to grant the far right authoritarian party’s premise. You can write that they’re using arbitrary numbers based on no standards that should not be taken seriously, & you can just say that plainly instead of stenographizing 24592154
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialAubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Chris Rufo is literally the guy who went on Twitter constantly to say, "I'm going to manipulate people like Conor and here's how I'm going to do it," and elite media people like Conor just overlooked that completely. 1162479
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialAubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The thing about Conor's "I'm not mad, just disappointed" routine is that the first sentence (hell, the first clause) is just a lie. 949054
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Rufo literally offered a bounty to anyone who could produce a video of Haitians eating dogs. He got nothing. So he found a video of Congolese men grilling chicken and tried to claim they were cooking cats. 362275458
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialRootless Suburbian @rootless.bsky.social · 28/09/2026She was fully on board with this caravan bullshit when it inspired the Tree of Life shooter. Stop handing it to MTG. 110935
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialUrvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which. 142459845
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.social#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 28/09/2026Despite Israel's bombastic announcement that it will illegally close the British consulate in occupied East Jerusalem, the consulate is still open as of today and the Union Jack still flies over the building. Middle East Eye reports that the UK is considering defying Israel's order to close.middleeasteye.netCould Britain defy Israel’s order to shut down its East Jerusalem consulate?Israel announced the closure of the diplomatic mission as part of retaliatory measures following British foreign secretary Ed Miliband’s decision to ban trade with Israeli settlements 414623
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialI Love Animals @animals.pics · 28/09/2026After her husband passed, she felt the silence deeply… So her family brought home a rescue dog named Buddy - the same nickname her husband had as a child. ❤️ Now, she’s smiling again… and never truly alone. 1174984537
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialJason Kuznicki @jkuznicki.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is the future that MAGA wants for America. 0113
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialVaquera Elisa @boxelderdust.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A fun thing about President Business is that he fucking sucks at business worse than anyone else ever has This is an explicit promise to blow up the national debt in a way that would make Hugo Chávez look like a tight-fisted number-crunching white-shirt fiscal conservative *for an election stunt* 2257683
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In response to people going after him for this, Friedersdorf claimed that he genuinely had no idea Rufo had anything to do with the Haitians in Springfield slurs and then got mad at people for acting like he was being a complete rube. 881472227
Reposted by @jfehren.bsky.socialTom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It’s not difficult to see that Chris Rufo is laundering white identity politics/white nationalism while proclaiming his supposed color blindness. Here’s a screenshot of the thumbnail for an episode of his podcast - the “great replacement” conspiracy theory is a racist trope. 618747
