Reposted by Jonathan PryorMike Masnick @masnick.com · 19/10/2025Please tell me a First Amendment lawyer is willing to step up here and defend this woman. 343627650
Reposted by Jonathan PryorNicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents. I did it because the government isn’t. This is what I found. 300171717988
Reposted by Jonathan PryorIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19/10/2025This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings 22918839328615
Reposted by Jonathan PryorProPublica @propublica.org · 20/02/2025NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. propub.li/43487Tjpropub.liTexas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban. 525130886984
Reposted by Jonathan Pryorsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 05/12/2024ABC and NBC both reporting some strong evidence of motive in the UHC shooting. abcnews.go.com/US/man-shot-... www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... 1432672411
Reposted by Jonathan PryorFrederick Deknatel @freddydeknatel.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Why did Israel bomb the 150-year-old Palymra Hotel next to the ruins of Baalbek? Why did it destroy a centuries-old Ottoman-era building nearby? These historic sites are central to Lebanese tourism. These are attacks on people's livelihoods, and on heritage itself. www.reuters.com/world/middle...newarab.comInside Israel's destruction of Baalbek's iconic Palymra HotelWeeks after Israel's strike, Baalbek's historic Palmyra Hotel, which had withstood Lebanon's 15-year civil war and countless crises, now lies in ruins 33729
Reposted by Jonathan PryorRachel de Leon @raeoflion.bsky.social · 22/11/20241/ Since our story with PBS NewsHour came out last month, comments flooded into Polk County Sheriff’s social feed demanding consequences for Det. Melissa Turnage, who sought criminal charges against Taylor Cadle for lying. We recently learned she was disciplined after we started asking questions.motherjones.comPolice didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record.“If I didn’t find the evidence for them, I wasn’t too sure they would find it.” 551756502
Reposted by Jonathan PryorPaul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 26/11/2024So, to everyone who thought the Bessent pick meant that Trump would be reasonable on economic policy: I hope you enjoyed your vacation from reality 1/ www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/b...nytimes.comTrump Plans Tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico That Could Cripple TradeThe president-elect said that he would impose the across-the-board tariffs on Day 1 and that they would stay in place until Canada, Mexico and China halted the flow of drugs and migrants. 25861291701
Reposted by Jonathan PryorPaul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 26/11/2024By the way, I'm not sure that the market was right to bid up the dollar on this news, given how much this will hurt US competitiveness. Anyway, welcome to the new era of policy by petulance 7/ 561425138
Reposted by Jonathan PryorZach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 25/11/2024This is the ultimate outcome of almost all social media. You make stuff, grow a following, the network gets paid. It’s not just Elon, it’s Reddit, Instagram, and really most of the internet users now consume. 815022
Reposted by Jonathan PryorMiguel de Icaza @migueldeicaza.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Quite a thread, reinforced my belief that these newspapers don’t haven any actual experts on staff. 1183
Reposted by Jonathan PryorTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Not often that I agree with Noah, but this is right (as we know from a lot of political research). People decide who they like, then retcon reasons to support them. 50888110
Reposted by Jonathan PryorMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Democrats had a great message on Project 2025. It was so deeply unpopular that Trump had to deny any connection. Now that Trump has said he plans to hire key figures from Project 2025 for his administration, Democrats need to sound the alarm. It will still be unpopular. 471997464
Reposted by Jonathan PryorRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Good thing Trump’s new HHS Secretary RFK Jr is an advocate for raw milk. That pasteurization stuff that saved hundreds of thousands of kids from bovine tuberculosis and other diseases is all deep state nonsense. 🙄 663145243908
Reposted by Jonathan PryorJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 25/11/2024For those who aren’t aware, labor rights were earned in this country in literal wars in the streets between unions and private corporate armies working hand-in-hand with US soldiers. If you didn’t realize it already, the wealth class is seeking to turn back the clock. 311382428
Reposted by Jonathan PryorJoelle 🏳️🌈✨ @tenth-muse.com · 25/11/2024I’ve noticed a lot of stories and media outlets, even @npr.org seem to be putting out lots of “unity content”. Lots of “put your politics aside for the holidays”, lots of “find common ground.” I’m sorry, but no. I know my worth & if your politics don’t find me worthy, you can fuck all the way off. 811466175
Reposted by Jonathan PryorProPublica @propublica.org · 24/11/2024“If you look at the history of the segregation movement, they wanted vouchers to prop up segregation academies,” a professor who studies school segregation says. “And now they’re getting vouchers in some of these areas to prop up these schools.”propub.liSegregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer DollarsNorth Carolina offers an especially telling window into what is happening across this once legally segregated region where legislatures are now rapidly expanding and adopting controversial… 23919406
Reposted by Jonathan PryorWagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 23/11/2024finally a reasonable take 344178214703
Reposted by Jonathan PryorBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Fluoridated water 1)Reduces tooth decay by ~25% in kids and adults. 2) For every $1 spent, communities save up to $38 in dental costs. 3) Benefits everyone, regardless of income or access to dental care. 4) Over 75 years of research shows it’s effective and harmless. www.npr.org/sections/sho...npr.orgFlorida health official advises communities to stop adding fluoride to drinking waterFlorida's surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, cited developmental concerns from higher levels of fluoride than are found in most U.S. water supplies. 742249897
Reposted by Jonathan Pryor🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Focus groups suggest people couldn't believe Trump was going to do all the horrible things Project 2025 and he have said they would do. There's a lot to blame of Dems. But people also looked to the media and said, "Well, they're sure acting like he's a normal candidate." archive.ph/KyggI#select... 27591121
Reposted by Jonathan PryorDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 24/11/2024So to prevent a “communist take over of USA” Elon had you vote for him to be an agent of influence for Chinese Communist Party controlled platforms. 221906414
Reposted by Jonathan PryorDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 23/11/2024List of people who’ve annoyed Kremlin & been poisoned: Anna Politkovskaya Vladimir Kara Murza (twice) Petr Verzilov Alexander Litvinenko Sergei Skripal Alexander Perepilichny Yuri Shchekochikhin Emilian Gebrev Viktor Yushchenko Alexey Navalny Pro Kremlin figures poisoned: ... 1647283
Reposted by Jonathan PryorAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 23/11/2024I can't tell you how much transphobia rests entirely on trans-misogyny. These people can't every comprehend trans men, it literally breaks their brain like Ben Shapiro in that debate. Having burly, bearded trans men use the women's restroom in the Capitol would highlight the absurdity of the rule. 1044463539
Reposted by Jonathan PryorZach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 23/11/2024We managed to get A City on Mars on CNN and NPR, but still no tweet where Musk says "fuck these Weinersmiths." I would replace our Andy Weir quote with that if I could! It'd be right on the cover! Bigger than the title! 317011
Reposted by Jonathan PryorSalomé Viljoen @salome.bsky.social · 23/11/2024I'm really not one to place much causal weight on legal decisions or overplay the importance of law in our political economy--but Citizens United will go down as one of the major accelerants of US capitalism eating US democracy 20800191
Reposted by Jonathan PryorBenjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Anyone who thinks this attack on higher ed is going to stop with the humanities or courses on race and gender has another thing coming - Florida is already targeting classes on “Labor and Globalization” and “Introduction to East Asia” for removal from the curriculum 381401655
Reposted by Jonathan PryorAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 23/11/2024One thing I find interesting about the echo chamber complaint is that an echo chamber just won a presidential election. Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control 15796107110099
Reposted by Jonathan PryorPaul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Good to see the Times picking up on a theme some of us have been hammering for a while: Trump's tariffs, and especially an opaque exemption process, will be an engine of massive crony capitalism 1/ www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/u...nytimes.comTrump’s Trade Agenda Could Benefit Friends and Punish RivalsDonald Trump has a record of pardoning favored companies from tariffs. Companies are once again lining up to try to influence him. 1312980901
Reposted by Jonathan PryorZach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 23/11/2024People who call me a "degrowther" for A City on Mars, who then vote for closing immigration are baffling. If you want growth and prosperity, there is no quicker, more humane solution than allowing people to 20x their income and productivity by crossing a border. 1537264
Reposted by Jonathan PryorPaul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 23/11/2024The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s 1271308129288
Reposted by Jonathan PryorSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 23/11/2024I wish the top line discussion of Trump’s love of tariffs was always that it’s their ability to be used as a source of graft, coercion, and corruption that he likes best. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/u...nytimes.comTrump’s Trade Agenda Could Benefit Friends and Punish RivalsDonald Trump has a record of pardoning favored companies from tariffs. Companies are once again lining up to try to influence him. 722376
Reposted by Jonathan PryorNicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Worth underscoring. The right has built a powerful communications apparatus driven by politics, emotion and entertainment that sustained unpopular ideas for decades, working them into the party’s agenda and ultimately state and federal law. 16665158
Reposted by Jonathan PryorKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21/11/2024When businesses talk about ending government “overreach” they’re usually talking about screwing their customers over 452128783541
Reposted by Jonathan PryorMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 22/11/2024A dereliction of duty. Even accepting the Presidential immunity arguments in their entirety, Trump should be sentenced and then the sentence suspended while he is President so the appeals can continue and be complete for when he is not President. 641567392
Reposted by Jonathan PryorToo Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 22/11/2024The two most successful grassroots left-of-center campaigns of the last decade or so have been state-level minimum wage increases (driven by leftists) and the utter destruction of Moms For Liberty (driven by normie libs), and both groups should work together to advance common causes more often! 314328
Reposted by Jonathan PryorYour Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 22/11/2024ah well nevertheless 10978
Reposted by Jonathan PryorOwen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Long story short, under Supreme Court precedent there is a border search exemption that means we have greatly reduced Fourth Amendment rights within 100 miles from the borders. Which happens to cover nearly two-thirds of the US population 43562189
Reposted by Jonathan PryorCNN @cnn.com · 22/11/2024“Leaving a 2 (degree Celsius) warmer Earth for Mars would be like leaving a messy room so you can live in a toxic waste dump,” write the authors of a book that argues Elon Musk’s intention to settle the red planet within the next 30 years is doomed to failurecnn.comElon Musk has pledged to settle Mars. This book offers a reality check | CNNIn “A City on Mars,” Kelly and Zach Weinersmith investigate what life would be like for humans on the red planet, arguing that Elon Musk’s dream is doomed to fail. 2331677284
Reposted by Jonathan PryorThe Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Trump is more ruthless and vindictive than he was before, and more contemptuous of the law, but he is ALSO—this is key—even lazier and more stupid than he was before. And he is promising to do things that will be hard and boring for him. 30858128
Reposted by Jonathan Pryortrisintoledo.bsky.social @trisintoledo.bsky.social · 22/11/2024"Repro rights advocates say GA's decision to dismiss & restructure its committee also could have a chilling effect on the committee’s work, potentially dissuading its members from delving as deeply as they have into the circumstances of pregnant women’s deaths if it could be politically sensitive." 728989
Reposted by Jonathan PryorMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 22/11/2024One issue with "Trump's playing 5D chess with nominees" is that he and his team are flatfooted on issues that arise with them. It's almost like—bear with me—some dim narcissist who refuses expertise is choosing people he saw talk good about him on the teevee, without much thought beyond that. 1553912700
Reposted by Jonathan PryorNathalie Van Raemdonck @nathalievanraemdonck.com · 18/11/2024I am BEGGING everyone with elders in your life to talk to them about scams and how professionalized the cybercrime industry is 😮💨 Yes, a "financial advisor" who was recommended by "your bank" can have fancy websites tracking "your stock", and have employees that call to "advise" you on your stock. 825451
Reposted by Jonathan PryorSwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 19/11/2024⚠️ One of the most important revelations I've ever had on social networks, please read and share if appropriate. Alt text included. I've been blessed to have had a big platform for a long time. I get to see these things. 131453664
Reposted by Jonathan PryorSwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 19/11/2024Don't mistake my cautions on mass blocklists — I've been a LONG-TERM advocate for suffocation of engagement as a tactic. Don't even dance on their grave except by exception. 181219257
Reposted by Jonathan PryorMadame Hardy @madamehardy.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Note: there were 32 members of the board. They fired all of them \to install a new, compliant board\ because they couldn't figure out who the leaker was. 20588260
Reposted by Jonathan PryorKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 21/11/2024BREAKING: Gaetz withdraws from consideration for attorney general. 2142429586
Reposted by Jonathan PryorErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 19/11/2024This is exactly why Democrats should not start conceding on things like trans people in sports. They are already moving onto the next big thing, fearmongering over a trans congresswoman in a bathroom. 1284724855
