Reposted by Jon NuelleJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Thanks for letting a politician crash your party, ACL! 803180656
Reposted by Jon NuelleMaggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The term everyone is dancing around is "secret police", a hallmark of totalitarian regimes. 236151272
Reposted by Jon NuelleHolly Berkley Fletcher @hollybfletcher.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Here’s hoping 5998
Reposted by Jon NuelleJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854 142143036147
Reposted by Jon NuelleTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The crowd for Turnstile’s show was fired up for James Talarico 🔥 361991394
Reposted by Jon NuelleGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 10/10/2026What is JD talking about, “in my view”? It’s not a matter of opinion, it was the Oklahoma City bombing, he was 11, he would’ve known about it at the time, it was kind of a big deal. 1131561
Reposted by Jon NuelleKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The administration keeps telling us that ICE is in our cities to make us all feel safe, but if they're goons in plainclothes bum rushing vehicles with guns and pounding on the windows, how exactly does that make anyone feel safe? 10640051115
Reposted by Jon NuelleBoycott Citizens @boycottcitizens.org · 08/10/2026“Many of us have been separated from our families,” reads the open letter, signed by dozens of hunger strikers and published this week. “We have missed births, funerals, years of our lives while sitting behind fences without having committed any crime.”theguardian.comDetained immigrants at Georgia ICE facility launch mass hunger strikeAt least 73 people estimated to have joined protest against prolonged detention and Folkston facility’s ‘violations’ 01813
Reposted by Jon NuelleBoycott Citizens @boycottcitizens.org · 08/10/2026Mass surveillance is, among other things, helping enable Stephen Miller's ethnic cleansing agenda. It's time to demand transparency about local law enforcement agencies' data-sharing practices and surveillance tools. 11610
Reposted by Jon NuelleGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026Aminata Seck has been freed. "I'm just ready to go back to school, get my master's and get this surgery done,” she said. ICE kept her in pain in detention for two months for no reason. www.espn.com/womens-colle...espn.comKentucky State player released on bond from ICE custodyKentucky State University women's basketball center Aminata Seck was released on bond Wednesday after spending two months in ICE custody. 61312518
Reposted by Jon NuelleBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Figuring out why Ossoff is so effective is an interesting task. I think he's mastering a kind of stern dignity that is uniquely compelling in contrast to the clownish cruelty of the other side. I think the other person who's kind of hit on the same thing is AOC, though in a different register 1392604306
Reposted by Jon NuelleJames O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 07/10/2026Holy shit. Someone has decompiled the Adobe suite, rebuilt it in Rust and released it as open source. Either all software is dead or the US copyright laws are about to receive an update. getartcraft.com/appsgetartcraft.comCrafting Apps: open-source creative toolsImage editing, vector illustration, video, photography, PDFs, motion graphics and page layout: seven native, open-source apps from the ArtCraft team, built in Rust and free to use. 20044171242
Reposted by Jon NuelleThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026TEXAS — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping on the streets? The reason poverty exists is not because we can’t feed the poor, it’s because we can’t satisfy the rich.” (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social ) 12982622628
Reposted by Jon NuelleMicah @rincewind.run · 07/10/2026rip to one of the coolest software engineers who ever lived 2956871119
Reposted by Jon NuelleJulie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026NEW: Maybe it's time to take a good look at all these deaths in the Epstein-Trump orbit. jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/dead-men-t...jkbjournalist.substack.comDead men tell no Epstein-Trump talesWhen witnesses, whistleblowers and accusers die, it’s time to look at whether they have anything in common. Here is a list of some of the recent deaths. 10538471539
Reposted by Jon NuelleTina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 06/10/2026A group of interfaith clergy have completed their pilgrimage from the Adelanto detention center to the MDC in downtown Los Angeles 315847
Reposted by Jon NuelleRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Abolish the carceral state. May Curtis Flowers' memory be for a revolution and his name and struggle never forgotten. 018245
Reposted by Jon NuelleGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2026I LOVE how @propublica.org dealt with official comment here, editorially and stylistically. 1335761334
Reposted by Jon NuellePhilip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 06/10/2026"archaeology, anthropology, and sociology, which typically make hundreds of new grants—distributed zero new awards." 38054
Reposted by Jon NuelleKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm not sure if @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social have issued a statement on this yet, but they should publicly announce that if Russ Vought tries to fuck with the election in any way they will fire him out of a cannon when they take power. 1162139599
Reposted by Jon Nuellemtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Saying he'd be cool with Iran nuking my home city is pretty bad but not quite as bad as when Hillary said some trump supporters were deplorable so I can see why the media turned the latter into a major scandal and not the former 423363711
Reposted by Jon NuelleDeb Haaland @debhaalandnm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026My grandparents survived the terrible abuse of the Federal Indian Boarding School Era. That trauma wasn't isolated to the past—it was carried down through my family all the way to me. And there are so many families like my own across Indian Country. 12353261338
Reposted by Jon NuelleGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 02/10/2026This is a better epilogue to my January story about the private equity firm profiting off of ICE's cruelest flights than I could have ever possibly hoped for. CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from torture. Take a bow. prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...prospect.orgThe City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American ProspectIn Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation. 192242794
Reposted by Jon NuelleTexas Observer @texasobserver.org · 05/10/2026“Rural voters are a huge part of the electoral firewall that the GOP maintains in Texas.” Previously: With the midterms approaching, Dems in the land of red dirt and even redder politics are determined to make their own blue wave.texasobserver.org‘Up Against a 500-Pound Gorilla’: Can Dems Make Inroads in Deep-Red West Texas?With a candidate on the ballot in every state and federal race, the minority party is trying hard to gain some ground in the GOP’s electoral firewall. 0256
Reposted by Jon NuelleTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The Ken Paxton Corruption Hotline is now receiving thousands of voicemails. Listen to what they’re saying: “Ken Paxton is corrupt.” “I’m voting for James Talarico!” Texans are tired of corruption — and ready for something new. 10661582124
Reposted by Jon NuelleKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"It's important for you all to stay on the same team as Ken Paxton," says the woman who filed for divorce and ended their marriage 771469212
Reposted by Jon NuelleMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The kids these days will hardly believe it, but a mere two years ago, the mental & physical (lack of) acuity of Elderly Presidents was the Great Issue of Our Time. Someone should tell Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson, so they can write a book on it. 019536
Reposted by Jon NuelleGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Something big may be happening: Trump's world-historical misrule may be creating the conditions for the emergence of a coalition similar to the one that ousted Viktor Orban earlier this year: Anti-corruption, anti-authoritarian, pro-democracy. I made this case here: newrepublic.com/article/2161... 781927462
Reposted by Jon NuelleNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026BREAKING: Davey Hearn reflecting pool prosecution dismissed WITH PREJUDICE That means the case cannot be brought again  Huge victory for Davey, for us at @democracydefendersfund.org & our legal team colleagues Washington Litigation Group and Steptoe--& for rule of law More to follow! 490147343113
Reposted by Jon NuellePaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 02/10/2026This will never stop blowing my mind. A 12-year sequence of real telescope images of a star 133 lightyears away. And around it, four planets slowly orbiting. Four real exoplanets, each more massive than Jupiter, imaged as they move around their host star. 292213634
Jon Nuelle @jnuelle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026As a fourth generation Cubs fan (disappointed today, sure) I heartily approve this optimistic future option for our current garbage timeline. (Also, congrats to CHW for advancing and showing us all that it's still possible for terrible teams to become really good really fast!) 000
Reposted by Jon NuelleBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Whenever Texas threatens to pull funding from Dallas because Dallas did something progressive, the city cowers and tells residents, "we have to comply or the state will pull funding!" But when Texas pulls funding for Flock cameras, the city can amazingly find a way to keep them running.fox4news.comDPD and Flock agree to keep state-funding cameras active for a while longerDallas currently operates 300 active Flock license plate cameras. Another 320 were set to be unplugged due to state funding cuts but will now remain active for the next 90 days. 15624
Jon Nuelle @jnuelle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The stability of the electric grid in TEXAS now depends upon renewables and massive battery storage, particularly during peak demand. There's no going back. 030
Reposted by Jon NuelleChris 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. 526101932233
Reposted by Jon NuelleLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There are also no independent scientists, engineers, researchers, or other AI experts present at the meeting. Total regulatory capture. 25010
Jon Nuelle @jnuelle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Nothing quite like *launching* with a zero-day flaw. 🤯🤬 When "zero trust" means I will never trust a billionaire's faulty-by-design, enshittified products. 000
Reposted by Jon NuelleHannah Harris Green @whatsitlike.me · 28/09/2026When I set out to fact check “The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs” which argues that harm reduction may increase overdoses, I expected some cherry picking and misdirection. But not to find basic math errors and debunked right wing talking points asserted as fact in the Atlantic’s print edition.whatsitlike.meAtlantic's anti-harm reduction screed riddled with errorsA close read of "The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs" found errors in basic arithmetic as well as more deliberately misleading elements 12304115
Reposted by Jon NuelleMichael Greshko @michaelgreshko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026BEHOLD: the first-ever glowing cuttlefish! 🧪🦑🧪🦑 It's the first successful insertion of a gene into a cephalopod, opening up new ways of studying them. It took @tessamontague.bsky.social years—and 1000s of tries—to pull it off. @sarareardon.bsky.social has the story: www.science.org/content/arti... 12210
Reposted by Jon NuelleGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 28/09/2026IT'S OFFICIAL. The progressive members of the Chicago City Council (looking at you, @andrefor40th.bsky.social) stopped ICE's cruelest, most notorious charter airline, Omni Air International. news.wttw.com/2026/09/28/f...news.wttw.comFirm Set to Buy Chicago’s Parking Meters Sells Airline That Carried Out DeportationsMore than a dozen progressive members of the City Council said they would not vote in favor of the deal unless the firm sold Omni Air, threatening the completion of the deal involving the city’s 36,00... 6815255
Reposted by Jon Nuellejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026this is legitimately very funny 83125101892
Reposted by Jon NuelleMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Sure, the 2024 election was one too, but 2026 might be the clearest intelligence test ever presented to the American electorate. Taken at face value, he's saying he stole hundreds of billions from the gov't, hid it somewhere Congress can't reach, and he pinky swears he will give you a piece. Really. 752839764
Reposted by Jon NuelleAmi Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 28/09/2026You think we’re just going to move on from the secret police rounding up our neighbors? 24533141
Reposted by Jon NuelleSteve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Data centers are booming. All other private construction is shrinking. 19394174
Reposted by Jon NuelleHistorian Jen @historianjenfl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Andy Beshear has an entire chapter in his new book about backing the LGBTQ community and it's worth a read. He talks about how the anti-trans ads were tested in KY during his election and how vetoing anti-trans legislation didn't hurt his reelection campaign. 4426141
Reposted by Jon NuelleProgress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Separation of church and state ≠ separation of faith and politics. Hear more of our @jamestalarico.bsky.social coverage LIVE at the @texastribune.org festival, everywhere you stream Progress Texas Podcasts. 172
Reposted by Jon NuelleProPublica @propublica.org · 28/09/20261/ On @lastweektonight.com, John Oliver cited our reporting w/ @texastribune.org about how Ken Paxton appeared to have violated Texas law. Paxton used an address where his estranged wife said he no longer lived while voting in 6 elections in the past 2 years: www.propublica.org/article/ken-... 9869290
Reposted by Jon NuelleSam @samd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026it’s so funny that people were like “OMG a 2PM Oval Office announcement, is Trump going to end the war in Iran or invade Cuba?!?!” and it turns out, no, he’s just going to rant about how good the economy is + how elections are rigged and then fall asleep 562041373
Reposted by Jon NuelleOssoff's Office @ossoff.senate.gov · 28/09/2026Sen. Ossoff on RFK Jr.'s reckless decision to cut cyclosporiasis monitoring: "There is no excuse. There is no justification. It's madness." 131004257
Reposted by Jon Nuellemtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"i'm james talarico and i approve this message" 161568206