Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialgeoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 4hthere are moral arguments against the death penalty in its ideal form but in real life you never need to get there. the prior question is "can the state be trusted to end the life only of the rightly convicted without torture?" and the answer is no 261799449
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialZack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 11hThe Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.techcrunch.comHackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunchThe Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach. 26520921157
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 8hI’m calling on my fellow public servants - Democratic and Republican - to reject the influence of AI and Big Tech spending in our politics and elections. Americans deserve full confidence that our federal government focuses on their safety, not on companies' profit margins. 19655119
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 15hTomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America. 14366943073
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialCarolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Seems like some of you are just now learning that TItle IX offices are on survivors' side in the same way that your HR rep is on your side in an employment dispute. 112321
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 21hPeople are really furious at Huckabee over at Xitter. Which feels like it could be a teachable moment. 1929054
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20hApparently Justice just came to this conclusion after taking the opposite position for over a decade. 1161847394
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20hI didn’t believe it at first, either. (via David Sacks) 108559131
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialWIRED @wired.com · 21hICYMI: A legal nonprofit has sued OpenAI in California over the company’s agents hacking the open source AI platform Hugging Face. “OpenAI’s actions straightforwardly violated California law,” the suit alleges. buff.ly/o6iTjpQbuff.lyOpenAI Gets Sued Over the Hugging Face HackA nonprofit in California is doing what Hugging Face has not—attempting to hold OpenAI legally accountable for the actions of its agents. 515839
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Maybe Trump does this because he thinks it means something and makes him feel smart. But the net effect is a dominance game - all his minions have to use it or be disloyal, then they enforce it, they harass media who don’t use it, etc. the kings word is law, they say … 96010
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialJB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm JB Pritzker and I approve this message. 528158
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The MAGA Moron Brigade is on the case! 2321477224
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I’m sure the staffers involved in this were hired based on merit alone. Only the best and brightest. 3143270
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. HAHAHAHAHAH. Eric Schmitt just accused Jack Smith of lying about going to an Atlanta Hawk's basketball game. Smith went to see the Iowa Hawkeyes. 31159751096
johns61.bsky.social @johns61.bsky.social · 29/09/2026open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/...open.substack.comTrump Pardoned Abramoff’s Partner. We Found His Money In Eight Republican Senate Campaigns.Also: a congressman on his way out files 26 impeachment charges against Trump, a carpenter beats ICE in Manhattan, and farm country picks a side. 000
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026apnews.com/article/nsa-...apnews.comHegseth says national security, military cyber forces will guard US election systems during midtermsThe U.S. National Security Agency and military intelligence forces are set to guard election systems during the November midterms. 67531
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“We’re finally going to finish Reconstruction & do what we should have done after Watergate, Iran-Contra, & January 6” 2253584
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialBlue Turquoise @bluet-urquoise.bsky.social · 29/09/2026How do we really feel? This is the time we all need to speak out the elections are up ahead and anyone that reads our comments will benefit. 1435184184654
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm… 1269185566029
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Today, in Russian propaganda: 47945342
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialTimothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Republicans hit the panic button before Election Day punchbowl.news/article/camp...punchbowl.newsRepublicans hit the panic button before Election DayRepublicans' political fortunes are sinking ahead of Election Day. Lawmakers are making critical decisions on how to insulate themselves from stormy political weather. 044
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialBiggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Absolutely NO LIES TOLD... 415540
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner think the way to negotiate with these barbarians is to offer them business deals. 18024521056
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026How was a Nevada Republican with a 30-year mortgage on a $565,000 home able to loan his Congressional campaign $1.6 million? We don't know, because he has repeatedly failed to submit required financial disclosures that would illuminate his personal financial position.motherjones.comThe mysterious millions powering a Nevada Republican’s bid for CongressDavid Flippo, who has reported funneling nearly $2.5 million to his campaigns, has repeatedly failed to file financial disclosure forms since 2023. 820489
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Putin’s reward for bombing hospitals, schools, apartment buildings, public parks and museums and killing children is to get invited to the G20 Summit by Marco Rubio. 55792083497
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 29/09/2026Either this is true, in which case *what are we doing here*? Shut it down. Or it's bullshit, in which case these are truly silly people unworthy of our money 31500136
johns61.bsky.social @johns61.bsky.social · 29/09/2026open.substack.com/pub/josiahwa...open.substack.comWhat a Diesel Export Ban Would Actually Do to the U.S. EconomyOn Sunday afternoon at the Presidents Cup outside Chicago, Donald Trump told a Fox News reporter that he was looking at a ban on American diesel exports “very seriously,” and then named the side effec... 000
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialGil Durán @gilduran.com · 26/09/2026Peter Thiel praises evil. Peter Thiel hates democracy. Peter Thiel founded Palantir. Peter Thiel owns JD Vance. Peter Thiel is the most powerful billionaire in the United States. Peter Thiel can’t stop talking about the “Antichrist.” Find out why. Read “The Nerd Reich” 731051393
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Reminder that the OPM director resigned under bipartisan pressure after the Obama-era OPM hack. 423663
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialVeterans Against Trump @vetsat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The techbros all need to be in prison. This isn't going to stop. 0168
johns61.bsky.social @johns61.bsky.social · 28/09/2026open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...open.substack.comBREAKING: MAGA Is Abandoning Trump, JD Vance Caught Faking Numbers, Republicans Blast Trump's Taxpayer-Funded Ad, and more...Top Stories for September 28, 2026. 000
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialJen Fifield @jenafifield.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Exclusive: Earlier this month, the Supreme Court blocked an executive order restricting voting by mail in ways that could have thrown the upcoming midterms into chaos. But the White House originally had far more disruptive plans, @propublica.org has learned. 🧵 1273116
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialSheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 28/09/2026At the last hearing, the opposing party gleefully argued that segregation was good because, they said, Black people shouldn't teach white kids. The judge was shocked. Turns out my label was accurate. This is not a post about my case. 215113
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialDemocracy Dude @democracydude1804.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I know a better word!static.klipy.comNikki O: Oh Pick Me!ALT: Nikki O: Oh Pick Me! 061
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 28/09/2026pretty sure "lands" is the wrong word here for at least two reasons 441080139
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialJB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Democrats are used to cleaning up after Republicans. Despite the mess that Illinois' last Republican governor left behind, we've now raised the minimum wage, guaranteed paid leave, and earned 12 credit upgrades. 712918
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"I immediately thought of Viktor Orban as soon as I saw this last ad because they were the same type of thing he did before finally losing his last election earlier this year. He spent 235 million euros of Hungarian taxpayer money on propaganda campaign material." open.substack.com/pub/heatherd...open.substack.comDonald Trump’s latest impeachable offenseJust before noon today, the President of the United States was standing just inches away from the trophy at the Medinah Country Club outside Chicago, wearing an extra-large suit that bulged along his ... 281005284
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialTimothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Denny Hoskins’ terrible, horrible, no good, very bad month missouriindependent.com/2026/09/28/d...missouriindependent.comCommentary: Denny Hoskins’ terrible, horrible, no good, very bad month • Missouri IndependentContempt, lawsuits and three trips to the U.S. Supreme Court ended with Missouri right back where it started. 173
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Defendants have targeted Aakash Singh--Todd Blanche's enforcer--for their discovery requests. But also this comment from Blanche. www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr... 38212
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files 880329838290
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialImpeach the pedophile rapist Now! Defend Democracy!! @daangrypacifist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026seems like this is something that should get him impeached... 40234771086
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed... "How will you pay for it?" The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts... "How much do you need?" It doesn't have to be this way. 211122373866
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialBeth Humphreys 🌺 @producrgrl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026👇👇👇 Vote EARLY & BLUE! Up & down the ballot! 🌊 #nokings 20943811120
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I don’t want to laugh at Elon Musk. I want to see him spend the rest of his life in jail for the unprecedented crime against the Constitution & the rule of law that was DOGE. 930555
Reposted by @johns61.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In a normal administration counterintelligence agents at the FBI would be investigating this photo. In this administration, the FBI director is in the photo. 17544461783