Reposted by JoshOmri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 1hSCOTUS says, without explanation, that it is fine to kill people while a legal challenge to their killing is still pending, because reasons. 54015
Reposted by JoshZoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 8hIt's astonishing just how committed this SCOTUS is to burning its own institutional legitimacy to the ground. 432138
Reposted by JoshZoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 8hThis isn't a court at all. They're literally not even reading the fucking briefs before making "decisions". 10755172
Reposted by JoshDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/09/2026I love this paper so much. If I had my way every single journalist, pundit, analyst, and politician in the US would read it & then read it again. I want to quote all of it. www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc...frontiersin.orgFrontiers | The problem with polarization research in an age of extremism"I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block i... 14635192
Reposted by JoshIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes. 329184553850
Reposted by JoshMike Masnick @masnick.com · 26/09/2026It's almost as if an attempt to suppress certain speech leads to more people being aware of it. Someone should coin a phrase that encapsulates that phenomenon. 2032464
Reposted by JoshMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Your regular reminder this morning that adding a few seats to SCOTUS is the <baseline minimum> "moderate" position at this point. Other, more serious positions are readily available: 214333
Reposted by JoshOregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026That's a headline for you cmarmitage.substack.com/p/big-balls-...cmarmitage.substack.comBig Balls Now Exposed to Serious Criminal Charges in at Least Six StatesFired at 17 for leaking secrets. Served a cybercrime ring. Named by the Social Security whistleblower. Now the government's model employee. 1162503565
Reposted by Joshpost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026just a quick reminder that this fuckhead was the proximate trigger for thousands of National Guardsmen being deployed to DC 643149699
Reposted by JoshMike Masnick @masnick.com · 26/09/2026Yes, yes, I'm sure that will stop all interest in the film. 1446163
Reposted by JoshSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Go on. Keep proving the point of the documentary, fellas.apple.newsThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for 'Musk' (Exclusive) — The Hollywood ReporterThe Alex Gibney doc has received denials from YouTube, Meta, TikTok and X on running the trailer. Its U.S. distributor is appealing. 763614944
Reposted by JoshIn Medias Malone @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 25/09/2026People who kind of but not fully pay attention to US politics may not appreciate that there is barely a political echelon of government anymore 17621118
Reposted by JoshIn Medias Malone @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Is it good when the financial press is talking about imminent catastrophe? It’s good, right? 66513
Reposted by JoshKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026NEW: A federal judge ordered the White House to immediately restore hard passes for POLITICO, CNN and MSNOW, saying President Trump's ban punished "routine" reporting and the WH provided zero evidence for its national security claims. w @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/09...politico.comJudge restores White House access for POLITICO, CNN and MS NOWU.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the return of press credentials President Donald Trump had revoked. 15773224
Reposted by JoshJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 21/09/2026The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_... 4827861158
Reposted by JoshPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 23/09/2026I wrote about how Trump is treating presidential power like it's his own possession and using it to punish blue states — but also about how at least he's promised lots of cash for all of us. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar... 552967771
Reposted by JoshBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.nytimes.comLaid Off After 50, and No Health Insurance? Here’s What to Consider. (Gift Article)At best, older workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65. 762477762
Reposted by JoshAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026Ossoff: "What did they spend the most political capital trying to do over the last 18 months? Cover up the Epstein files. They worked harder to cover up the Epstein files than they ever did to lower grocery prices." 289219706772
Reposted by JoshSam @samd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026really feels like the bottom has completely fallen out for republicans over the past couple weeks 1926319
Reposted by JoshNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Sorry Piedmont, you’re now covered by the Oakland Unified School District. (Piedmont itself should get annexed by Oakland, but that’s another story.) 5603
Reposted by JoshJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026oh cool. new state news service launches. 5236969
Reposted by JoshMatthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026BREAKING: Evanston police confirm a U.S. citizen was briefly detained by federal agents Sunday morning near Howard and Dodge before being released The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove offevanstonnow.comFederal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston NowPolice chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved. 39566453499
Reposted by JoshPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 21/09/2026ICE shot a DoorDash delivery guy.statesman.comAttorney: Austin man shot by ICE agent was making DoorDash deliveryA Venezuelan man shot by an ICE agent in Austin was making a DoorDash delivery, his attorney said. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was later released from the hospital into ICE custody. 25276653456
Reposted by Joshgamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026You could run these sorts of calculations for every moment of conflict in every war man ever started (and you should) and what you'd find is a second war running beneath the first one, fought entirely by civilians, against an enemy that has no name. 18315
Reposted by JoshGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 18/09/2026one of my brain genius ideas for getting a grip on the AI sex and doom cult culture that’s been building in (primarily) silicon valley is, legitimately, ending dual class shares and strengthening regulations about corporate board duties and responsibilities 1644048
Reposted by JoshThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is the most masculine video on the internet right now 335185385063
Reposted by JoshThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Democratic strategists: Ahhh! What's the right message!!?? Where do we moderate!?!? Jon Ossoff: This administration is horrible. I hate these people. We should put them in jail. I'm pissed Voters: This guy is cool Strategists: I can't figure it out!!!!! 354169363019
Reposted by JoshSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/09/2026We're in the midst of an illegal war that's costing Americans $1 billion a day. Gas is over $4/gallon. AI companies are warning of threats to humanity. And the President is trying to demolish the Kennedy Center because he can't put his name on it. Sums up the Trump era.washingtonpost.comJudge says Trump’s board may not demolish Kennedy Center without warningRep. Joyce Beatty asked a federal judge to clarify that the center cannot be torn down after images surfaced of the president reviewing what appeared to be a printout related to the institution. 34723196
Reposted by JoshBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.gizmodo.com71% of Americans Say They're Completely ExhaustedA CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States. 1401267106697
Reposted by JoshKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Once again, this was how the Economist characterized the American economy on Election Day in 2024. We had a country on the brink of stunning success, but the Republicans knee-capped it with trade wars and real wars of their own choosing. 1212691943
Reposted by JoshDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/09/2026Kinda wild that Trump dismisses his long history of close ties with Putin's regime as a "Russia hoax" and just ... gets away with it. 351315331
Reposted by JoshProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026NEW: Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin Umar Kremlev footed the bill for hundreds of thousands of dollars of wedding expenses at Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish wedding, including renting out a private island and paying for the fireworks show.propublica.orgDonald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian OligarchThe oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large... 21926881393
Reposted by Joshjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026pleasant surprise. i would like to read whatever deranged dissent alito and thomas have written. i’m sure it will be some version of “MAIL FRAUD IS REAL AND I SAW IT IN THE CLOSET MAKING A BABY AND THE BABY LOOKED AT ME” 1065270683
Reposted by JoshNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I'm getting dangerously close to optimistic, I demand that the @nytimes.com release a new round of swing state polls to depress me once again. 1545416
Reposted by JoshSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The video of this is genuinely unsettling. He literally appears to have no idea what the journalist is talking about when she mentions January 6—even when she clarifies that she is talking about 2021 and about the rioters at the Capitol that day. He looks at her blankly. Scary. 45652691902
Reposted by Joshderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026When they eventually make a movie about this time, please don't put the male politicians in good suits. IMO, the ugly, low rent tailoring should be part of the story. 381217502540
Reposted by JoshIn Medias Malone @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Omggggggg www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/deta...vesselfinder.comKOBAYASHI MARU, Bulk Carrier - Details and current position - IMO 9847011 - VesselFinderVessel KOBAYASHI MARU (IMO 9847011, MMSI 538008176) is a Bulk Carrier built in 2019 and currently sailing under the flag of Marshall Islands. 56110
Reposted by JoshCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/09/2026“.. NYT asked a bunch of ten year olds what life will be like in 2050.” (via @shashj.bsky.social) 1322587504
Reposted by JoshDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 13/09/2026I should be inured to it by now but stories like this continue to just fucking infuriate me. The people in our society with the most wealth, the most social & institutional capital, were the *weakest* in the face of Trump's authoritarianism. Utterly cowardly and contemptible.nybooks.comThe Dartmouth Exception | Jacob WeisbergAmong its peers in the Ivy League, Dartmouth was perfectly positioned to resist Trump’s attack on higher education. It chose not to. 1322558
Reposted by JoshDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 13/09/2026If the strait of hormuz is closed, at least we have a backup pipeline to keep prices ... [finger to ear] ... I'm being told we're fucked ...bloomberg.comSaudi Shuts Oil Pipeline That Bypasses Hormuz After AttacksSaudi Arabia closed its East-West pipeline, a key alternative to the Strait of Hormuz for its oil exports, following multiple attacks on Thursday. 28648144
Reposted by JoshDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 11/09/2026Here's what I think about when I think back on 9/11. The attack happened on the watch of a Republican president who had been warned, repeatedly & explicitly, that an attack was coming. He dismissed those warnings. 14661170
Josh @josh.galaxyrise.org · 12/09/2026Bush literally gave an "Islam is Peace" speech a week after the attacks, saying that the terrorists are not the face Islam and imploring everyone to be kind to their Muslim neighbors and avoid Islamiphobia and panic. I'm not making this up, I swear. 410710
Reposted by JoshIn Medias Malone @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The easiest way to explain the future of US governance for your lifetime and mine is that Trump has taken us from “easy” to “difficult” permanently 9693114
Josh @josh.galaxyrise.org · 11/09/2026to be fair this is actually an extremely important lesson. just one that no individual can ever learn. 011
Reposted by JoshMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 11/09/202625 years ago, terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people, including 2,753 New Yorkers. As we remember that terrible day, let us also remember the first responders, office workers and strangers who ran toward danger to help each other. 562328397339
Reposted by JoshGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 10/09/2026founders and investors, huh? how many of them are there compared to tech workers, and how did those tech workers vote, dave 1732247
Reposted by JoshDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 08/09/2026liberal democracy is not a luxury. liberal democracy is the magic beast that ran the table on fascism and communism and totalitarianism. we did not do this by giving up on liberal democracy and embracing evil. we did this by sticking to our most dear principles. 291101206
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