Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialMichael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Remember when scholars of authoritarianism told us he would go after his political opponents, unions, academia, and the media and people were like, “But Tim Walz got the date wrong from when he was in Tiananmen Square?” 772604549 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/07/2025"It’s not too much to say that just as the House has been shut down to avoid more Epstein cover-up votes, the exec branch is now more or less exclusively focused on trying to shut down the Epstein story: MLK documents, a meeting w/Maxwell, a new Hillary/Obama treason probe. It’s all they’re doing."talkingpointsmemo.comHouse and Executive Branch Now Totally Derailed by EpsteinEvery time I think Donald Trump is putting some distance between himself... 1232251706 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialKim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 21/07/2025"As of mid-July, courts had ruled against the administration in 165 of the lawsuits. The Post found that the administration is accused of defying or frustrating court oversight in 57 of those cases — almost 35 percent." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comTrump officials accused of defying 1 in 3 judges who ruled against himA comprehensive analysis of lawsuits against Trump policies shows dozens of examples of defiance, delay and dishonesty, a serious test for the court system. 15847 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 21/07/2025It's a big story that Trump and/or strategically placed loyalists inside the administration are now actively manipulating the bureaucracy to generate sets of "facts" that are clearly designed to serve as the pretext for criminal prosecution. 12437143 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialMax Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Trump and his appointees have been accused of flouting courts in a third of the more than 160 lawsuits against the administration in which a judge has issued a substantive ruling, a Washington Post analysis has found. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comTrump officials accused of defying 1 in 3 judges who ruled against himA comprehensive analysis of lawsuits against Trump policies shows dozens of examples of defiance, delay and dishonesty, a serious test for the court system. 1018769 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialAnthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Compelled speech by the government 1739 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialCarter Sherman @cartersherman.bsky.social · 19/07/2025NEWS from me: The Trump administration has decided to destroy almost $10 million worth of contraceptives rather than send them to women in need overseas. The destruction itself will cost $167,000, the state department told me. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comTrump administration to destroy nearly $10m of contraceptives for women overseasAs part of president’s shuttering of USAID, destruction of the contraceptives will cost US taxpayers $167,000 11233160 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Yiiiiiikes 31298373615 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 20/07/2025NEW. Listen to Maria Farmer “A former Jeffrey Epstein employee said that she told the F.B.I. in 1996 and 2006 about what she considered a troubling encounter with Donald J. Trump.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/u... 16442156 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 19/07/2025“Researchers …tried to calculate how many more people would die as a result of [Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill]…they came to 42,500 annually by 2034…And still, for all those that die, a much larger number will be sicker and live worse lives.” by @economist.comeconomist.comQuantifying TrumpcareResearchers estimate the Big Beautiful Bill could result in 42,500 excess deaths a year 29589293 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/07/2025Breaking News: The EPA said it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of scientists, after denying that it intended to do so.trib.alE.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research ArmThe decision comes after a Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration to slash the federal work force and dismantle agencies. 78459256 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 19/07/2025I remember when newspapers used to run massive, multi-page spreads of American service members lost to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, accompanied by their military headshots. They're going to have to resurrect it for those hunted and thrown away by their own government. This story is a mini-genre.amp.cnn.comUS citizen, Army veteran detained at California immigration raid | CNNGeorge Retes, a 25-year-old Army veteran and father of two, had been planning his three-year-old daughter’s Minnie Mouse birthday party at the park for weeks. 14793290 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/07/2025This was the order of events: 1. Paramount acceded to Trump’s extortion by paying a bribe. 2. Stephen Colbert calls his employer out for doing that. 3. Paramount fires Stephen Colbert for being honest about Trump. 4. Proving Trump’s bribe worked. 362102953227 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 18/07/2025No one will be fooled by this. People are asking for the release of the evidence from the Epstein investigation. The grand jury transcripts are something else entirely and would exclude almost all evidence. 56682482608 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialSaganism @sagan.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back. - Carl Sagan 9992238 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialThe Independent @the-independent.com · 16/07/2025Trump, 79, forgets who is with him on Pittsburgh trip as rambling talk includes unlikely Unabomber storyindependent.co.ukTrump, 79, forgets who is with him on Pittsburgh trip and delivers rambling speech 2211456 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialJen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 15/07/2025NEW: Companies seeking favorable outcomes from the Trump administration have pledged to give at least $63 million to Trump’s future presidential library, according to a new analysis by Elizabeth Warren that names all of these companies. www.huffpost.com/entry/elizab...huffpost.comElizabeth Warren Exposes All The Corporate Money Flowing Into Trump’s Presidential LibraryParamount, Meta and X are among the companies giving tens of millions of dollars to Trump’s future library as they seek perks from his administration. 30234128 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialMelanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 15/07/2025The President, who owns a crypto company and personally profits from it, is using his official position to pressure Congress to vote for a bill that will personally make him more money and shield him from accountability. This is what a corrupt oligarchy looks like. 24515219 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15/07/2025All this follows directly from anti-COVID vaccine fearmongering. Before it's over, it's likely to cost tens of thousands of innocent lives. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.com‘Tremendous uncertainty’ for cancer research as US officials target mRNA vaccinesAmid Trump cuts and state-level backlash, experts worry that progress in messenger RNA vaccines could stall 12513 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 15/07/2025There’s a nonzero chance you will die from a cancer that could have been curable because people who couldn’t pass 7th grade biology and are scared of things like “mRNA” and “riboflavin” and “walkable cities” decided to make their ignorance everybody else’s problem 10084543478 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialJoseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 13/07/2025People who entered the US legally and have no criminal charges are being held in the Everglades camp, according to records obtained by the Miami Herald. Maybe that’s why the government won’t release the names of those being detained. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...miamiherald.comExclusive: Hundreds at Alligator Alcatraz have no criminal charges, Miami Herald learnsDescriptions of the Everglades detention center as a place for violent criminals tell only part of the story. 12141782121 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialBenjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 14/07/2025“…he presented his Texas ID, Social Security card and a wallet-sized birth certificate. The agents refused to believe he was a citizen and took him into custody. “I told them we had rights and asked to make a phone call. But they told us, 'You don't have rights to anything'," Galicia told the paper” 2619341041 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialJohn Walke @johndwalke.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Trump’s New Tariffs Could Cost Households $2,400 This Year, Analysis Finds. www.forbes.com/sites/alison...forbes.comTrump Tariff Impact: New Fees Could Raise Prices, Cost Americans $2,400 Per YearPrices of clothing and shoes are expected to be particularly impacted by the tariffs, Yale University’s Budget Lab found. 002 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 10/07/2025your taxes went up yesterday bc trump is trying to break his friend out of jail 1044296 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialAnnika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Musk’s AI chatbot Grok goes full-on Nazi, spews antisemitism and praises Hitler, then lies about it: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...rollingstone.comElon Musk's Grok Chatbot Goes Full Nazi, Calls Itself 'MechaHitler'Elon Musk's Grok chatbot unleashed a slew of antisemitic commentary and praised Hitler after apparent change allowed it to be 'politically incorrect' 10452137 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Whether it’s liberal tweaking their language to be more gender inclusive or Elon Musk tweaking Grok to say more positive things about Adolf Hitler, both sides have a free speech problem. 301899258 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialMichael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 08/07/2025The Trump IRS wants to allow pastors to endorse particular political candidates from the pulpit and still maintain tax exempt status. This violates the Johnson amendment. www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/p...cnn.comPastors who endorse political candidates shouldn’t lose tax-exempt status, IRS says in filing | CNN PoliticsThe IRS says pastors who endorse political candidates from the pulpit should not have to risk losing their tax-exempt status. 43011 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/07/2025"Despite Trump officially activating FEMA on Sunday, FEMA has just 86 total staff deployed at this point [to Texas], according to figures shared with staff Monday evening...In the past it would normally be in the several hundreds at this point in the disaster recovery process." My latest:thehandbasket.coFEMA response to deadly Texas floods delayed & deficient with Noem in chargeStaffers sound the alarm. 10433941461 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 08/07/202526 of the 31 states that were won by Trump last year have homicide rates higher than New York City's. Mississippi's rate is about 4 times NYC's rate. Alabama's rate is about 3 times NYC's rate. But you don't hear the Trump regime talking about crime in the GOP-run states of Mississippi and Alabama. 491091389 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Changing the rules of the game when you fear you can’t hold onto power under the existing legal rules. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...nytimes.comI.R.S. Says Churches Can Endorse Candidates From the Pulpit 1041471491 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialGrant Stern @grantstern.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Deporting children of military veterans because they were born on an overseas military base. This man has no citizenship now.austinchronicle.comTexas Man Born to U.S. Soldier on U.S. Army Base Abroad DeportedHe has no citizenship to any country, despite SCOTUS case 56077363730 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 29/06/2025The long-term effects of Trump's policies are projected to translate into an 8% reduction in US GPD, a two-year loss in average life expectancy, and hundreds of thousands of deaths in the developing world annually. But at least he doesn't trip over his words the way Biden did. 472103388 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 29/06/2025The Senate bill would kick 11.8 million people off their health insurance by cutting health coverage over $1 trillion 16299157 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Senate Republicans are calling to cut Medicaid and CHIP by over $1 trillion, growing to an 18% cut by 2034. This would be at least four times the size of the largest Medicaid cut in history. 511369647 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialMichael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 29/06/2025The same parents who insist their kids opt out from reading about gay people are the ones who insist the Ten Commandments be displayed in schools. 1349 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialMaya Sen @mayasen.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Ryan’s statement makes clear that the fed government had threatened to withhold unrelated university funding & student visas in order to coerce his resignation All individual university leaders now have targets on their backs 631192515 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 27/06/2025We are discovering what happens when a society decides to give the absolute dumbest people imaginable way too much power. 211127339 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/06/2025there is no jurisprudence at work here. the republican court believes that anything a republican president is presumptively constitutional, even if it directly violates the unambiguous constitutional text and causes total chaos in law and policy. 11599992423 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Perfect: Trump agreeing with the idea of unleashing law enforcement on judges right when the judiciary just capitulated to him bigly. I don't know why this doesn't penetrate with the robed sages but he simply pockets every grant of unchecked power and is only emboldened to pursue more abuses 891743455 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/06/2025looking forward to some parents suing to demand segregated schools because integration violates their religious beliefs 354112502447 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Trump on his budget today: It reduces the deficit! (It raises the deficit by $3.4T) No tax on social security! (That’s not in the bill) No cuts to Medicaid! (Largest Medicaid cuts in history). 24850721969 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 25/06/2025When I was a newborn I saved up and bought my own basket. We all did. This generation just wants a handout 2237705727 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialWIRED @wired.com · 23/06/2025NEW: The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in an emergency meeting on Monday that the escalating conflict in Iran “risks collapsing the global nuclear non-proliferation regime,” and that if diplomacy is not pursued, “violence and destruction could reach unimaginable levels.”wired.comInternational Nuclear Watchdog Issues Stark Warning In Wake of US Iran Strikes“Violence and destruction could reach unimaginable levels” if diplomacy is not pursued, said the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency. 1101735662 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialSteve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 23/06/2025KTLA - Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all US Marines, pepper-sprayed and punched in the face by alleged federal immigration officers while he was working as a landscaper at an IHOP. He was then forced into the back of an unmarked car in Santa Ana.ktla.comMasked men in U.S. Border Patrol vests take Santa Ana father after repeatedly hitting himIn a graphic video that has since gone viral on social media, about seven or more masked men wearing U.S. Border Patrol vests are seen violently detaining a Santa Ana father before forcing him into… 56882934717 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialhammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 22/06/2025We can’t afford to bomb Iran AND give children access to healthcarerawstory.comRon Johnson: Iran strike 'strengthens my resolve' to pass bill cutting MedicaidSen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) insisted that President Donald Trump's attack on Iran made him more determined to pass a bill that could strip health care from more than 10 million Medicaid recipients."Does t... 56820229 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/06/2025“Forget about intelligence” is a pretty good mantra for this administration 765156264214 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialJeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Why am I so unimpressed by these strikes? Israel and the US have failed to target significant elements of Iran's nuclear materials and production infrastructure. RISING LION and MIDNIGHT HAMMER are tactically brilliant, but may turn out to be strategic failures. 🧵 1/17 9028671114 0
Reposted by @jlindemyer.bsky.socialPolling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 23/06/2025"Do you want America to be at war with Iran?" No: 85% Yes: 5% YouGov / June 22, 2025 795218755487 0