Reposted by Joe SantelCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/10/2026If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me. 46107763003
Reposted by Joe SantelRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Samuel Alito has recused himself from a Supreme Court climate case, after ethics watchdogs uncovered his fossil fuel stockholdings. Instead of relying on the justices to occasionally do the right thing, we need Congress to enact real SCOTUS reform.youtube.comHow to Fix a Broken Supreme Court | Robert ReichJustice Roberts refused to testify in a hearing on SCOTUS ethics.Thomas and Alito accepted luxury vacations from GOP meg 15667582174
Reposted by Joe SantelMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The ultra-wealthy keep trying to pit the rest of us against each other with scare tactics ("communists!" "men in the ladies room!!" "brown people!!!" "drag queens!!!!") to keep us from noticing that our real problem is THEM. They want us to fight *any* war—except a class war. Happy Labor Day. 495139585423
Joe Santel @joesantel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026If the senile diaper don wants delay taxpayer funded additions to Bribe Force One, ignore security recommendations, and make it easier for the world to get to him... My only question is who gets the insurance payout when it gets shot down? Is this a win /win?washingtonpost.comTrump to use Qatari plane for international trip despite security worriesPresident Donald Trump plans to fly to Ireland next week aboard the Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar. Plans to take the plane out of service to upgrade its security have slipped to later this fall. 010
Reposted by Joe SantelAdam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The Democratic Party has let a consulting industry exploit elderly donors in its name, wreck its reputation and finances in the process, and walk away rich whether the party wins or loses. When a mirror is held up, the instinct is to break the glass rather than look. On why the press looks away:data4democracy.substack.comThe Bulwark Killed an Investigation into Political Fundraising Spam After Its Publisher Took the Consultants’ SideThis is a story about the Democratic Party captured by its consultants, and about what happens when the pro-democracy press is asked to say so. 642203761
Reposted by Joe SantelThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/08/202620 years ago @rosie.com had “snake oil salesman” Trump figured out completely, no wonder he hates her 👇🏽 (H/T @krassenstein.bsky.social ) 1082763834
Joe Santel @joesantel.bsky.social · 12/08/2026A generation of neoliberal advocates have made their fortune pushing the Democratic party away from working families and towards corporate payoffs and monied interests. They will continue to advocate that their betrayal is a winning strategy as they sell out labor and the party of their fathers.mediaite.comLifelong Democrat Chris Matthews Urges Dems To Do More To Separate Themselves From Far-Left DSA ‘Crap’Lifelong Democrat Chris Matthews warned his party members they're going to need to do more to separate themselves from the "crap" that progressives pushing. 000
Reposted by Joe SantelBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/08/2026Hardly a day goes by without my getting email from someone looking for ways to do good with tech. From computer science students thinking about post-grad careers to seasoned coders with decades of experience, there's an army of hackers looking for a way to turn their expertise into public goods. 1/ 10579222
Reposted by Joe SantelSenator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 04/08/2026Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:bloomberg.comDeutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report SaysDemocrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ... 8637141861
Joe Santel @joesantel.bsky.social · 05/08/2026A wayward supreme court maintains that dark money is speech worth protecting, but Michigan voters have confirmed that bright ideas are hard currency. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comAbdul El-Sayed’s win proves change is possible for Democrats. His next fight may determine their futureIf the progressive wins Michigan’s general election, it could redefine the 2028 presidential contest. If he fails, the establishment will call him a cautionary tale 000
Reposted by Joe SantelAmanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Trump is not solely responsible for the rampant, obscene corruption happening right now. Corruption takes two sides. Trump can put a "For Sale" sign on the Oval Office, but let's not ignore how these CEOs are lining up to buy their way in. 1123474
Joe Santel @joesantel.bsky.social · 08/07/202671% of ME voters are pushing for a candidate who supports: * Housing affordability * Universal health care * Strengthening labor unions * Reducing the political power of billionaires * Ending U.S. involvement in "pointless" wars Pick a better spokesperson for these ideas, and get Collins out. 000
Reposted by Joe SantelJerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 05/07/2026It’s a beautiful evening, the National Mall is open and people are having a wonderful time. 435172816
Reposted by Joe SantelWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 18/06/2026If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250 517278266366
Joe Santel @joesantel.bsky.social · 29/05/2026This is not a congressional investigation. This was a GOP-led infomercial for the Trumpstein cover-up. www.mediaite.com/politics/top...mediaite.comTop Dem Claims Pam Bondi Pushed ‘Blame’ for Epstein Investigation on Todd Blanche in Closed-Doors HearingRep. Robert Garcia said that former Attorney General Pam Bondi essentially threw Acting AG Todd Blanche under the bus for the chaos regarding the Epstein files. 000
Reposted by Joe SantelJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 24/05/2026I hand-rolled my first site in 1994 via HTML uploaded via UNIX commands, that's how we did it in those days, uphill both ways in the snow, wearing an onion on our belt as was the custom at the time 461588107
Joe Santel @joesantel.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Venerated media outlets should reconsider the Infantilization Trump's actions. Not a "slush fund" It is embezzlement. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/u... 000
Joe Santel @joesantel.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Completely on brand for the home of the Klan. The only startling element of the slave states recent behavior is that they are brazenly claiming that their return to Jim Crow is because *checks notes* racism is no longer an issue. The South never changed... tennesseelookout.com/2026/05/07/t...tennesseelookout.comTennessee Republicans pass US House map carving up Memphis days after SCOTUS guts Voting Rights Act • Tennessee LookoutThe Tennessee Legislature passed a gerrymandered U.S. Congressional Map to favor Republicans in all nine of the state’s districts. 000
Joe Santel @joesantel.bsky.social · 04/05/2026The GOP should pay close attention to this. The announcement, public condemnation, and the eventual anemic Wikipedia entry. Infamy awaits each and every one. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comRudy Giuliani is in ‘critical but stable’ condition at hospitalSpokesperson calls former New York City mayor ‘a fighter’ but does not say cause of his hospitalization 000
Reposted by Joe SantelSenator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 23/04/2026The NSA and FBI have been spying on you without a warrant using section 702 of FISA for decades. Trump wants Congress to renew the law. Here are concrete examples of how this law has been abused – across administrations – and why Congress shouldn't rubber-stamp it. 11639257
Joe Santel @joesantel.bsky.social · 13/02/2026I'm starting to find these polls to be meaningless. Is this the 40hr work week and paid time off "too liberal", or women & PPL of color voting "too liberal" Or maybe its "too liberal" to be against jackbooted thugs kicking in your door... An Overton Window for context would be nice.mediaite.comCNN’s Harry Enten Reports an ‘All-Time High’ Percentage of Americans Think the Dems Are ‘Too Liberal’"That conservative part of the Democratic Party? Adios, amigos!" 140
Reposted by Joe SantelAdam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 12/01/2026If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this: America's problems are solved problems. Just not here. What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵 6652982344
