Reposted by Jojo 🐻Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 22/09/2026After banning CNN, MS NOW & Politico from the White House, he installs State-Run television, just like they have in so many other countries... Sieg Heil, ya'll. #38Days 🌊 993149954359
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026America is free only when the media is competitive, independent, and accountable to the people. apnews.com/article/warn...apnews.comStates settle lawsuit over Paramount-Warner merger, clearing key hurdle for $81 billion dealTwelve states and Hollywood writers challenging Paramount’s buyout of Warner Bros. Discovery have agreed to settle their lawsuits against the mega merger. 211101232129
Reposted by Jojo 🐻More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Anthropic Is building a surveillance system to monitor activists using a “pre-crime” approach that tries to predict incidents before they happen. The extensive monitoring system that the AI company is building is aimed primarily at keeping tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of AI.prospect.orgAnthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists - The American ProspectNew hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters. 1301547918
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/09/2026They capitulate to the party that’s against stem cell research and gender affirming care for kids, but they want to hack children’s brains with chips before the age of 7 because that’s when they’re the most pliable. Makes sense. 451076280
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/08/2026"During a May hearing, U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes said she wanted advance notice before the government removed more than 10 trees or brought equipment larger than a sedan onto the property..." www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...washingtonpost.comTrees are coming down by the dozen as Trump’s D.C. golf makeover nearsThe president’s promised overhaul of the East Potomac course has not officially begun, but tree removal has already been taking place for weeks. 1561718888
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/08/2026Mark Carney: "In recent days. the US proposed new terms that were uneconomic, unfair, and undermine the net benefits for Canada, and called into question the reliability of any deal. In short, they asked too much and they offered too little ... You're at war when you get attacked. We got attacked." 406114112821
Reposted by Jojo 🐻ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Look, I like El-Sayed and I hope he wins. But I'm going to need him, I'm going to need the entire left wing and Democratic party, to do a LOT better on court reform. Because without it there *is no* progressive agenda. My latest in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...thenation.comThe Gaping Hole in El-Sayed’s Progressive AgendaThe Senate nominee has woefully undercooked ideas on Supreme Court reform—and that’s a problem. 721886402
Reposted by Jojo 🐻The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/08/2026🔥 TEXAS: “Registered voters in Tarrant County has increased 30% — to be closing polling stations is blatant voter suppression… when I joined the Navy, I swore an oath to defend the Constitution from enemies foreign and domestic…Talking to you, Comrades." 522180765644
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I LOVE A MAP 🗺️ What would you bring back? #BookSky 2362808397
Reposted by Jojo 🐻MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 10/08/2026No Big Bend Wall. Texans call your representatives. Let them know this is not acceptable. Governor Abbott (512) 463-1782 Ted Cruz (512) 916-5834 johncornyn (512) 469-6034 moralesfortexas (512) 463-0566 Thank you for doing the work to protect this land. 🙏🏻 #nobigbendwall #protectbigbend_Get 17956772704
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Rhyparography [RAHY-puh-ROG-ruh-fee] (n.) - The artistic or literary depiction of sordid, vulgar, degrading, or otherwise unworthy subjects, especially those associated with the demimonde. 17823
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers who went on strike for 3+ years, only to have the owners sell the paper and fire most of them, have started their own cooperative news org. Important reporting by @maximillianalvarez.bsky.socialtherealnews.comCorporate profiteers destroyed journalism. Worker-owned media can save it.Former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers went on strike for over three years and won. Then, the owners sold the paper and most strikers lost their jobs. Now, they’ve launched “a cooperative news organiz... 7149181658
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Antonio Bruno @antoniobruno.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Prosecutor Investigating U.S. Boat Strikes and Claims of Torture Was Murdered in Ecuador open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...open.substack.comProsecutor Investigating U.S. Boat Strikes and Claims of Torture Was Murdered in EcuadorNew evidence has emerged of U.S. Coast Guard activity in the aftermath of two strikes, further corroborating survivor testimony. 5249182
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Gov. Andy Beshear must immediately go on the effin' offense, call a special election, and force a *public* proof of life of Mitch McConnell. 39794862207
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/07/2026In 2001, Walter Cronkite appeared on the David Letterman show and shared his thoughts. 34787823987
Reposted by Jojo 🐻NPR @npr.org · 18/07/2026The revelations came out in a federal court case brought by Democratic states challenging ICE's access to Medicaid data to aid in deportation efforts. n.pr/4f9OdMnn.prICE shared Medicaid data it wasn't supposed to have with PalantirThe revelations came out in a federal court case brought by Democratic states challenging ICE's access to Medicaid data to aid in deportation efforts. 17456683147
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Is it possible to run a successful business without fully embracing the worst tenets of capitalism? Black people have done it for centuries. Here's a list that proves it.dlvr.itThe Top 10 Black-Owned Businesses of All TimeIs it possible to run a successful profitable business without adopting the worst parts of capitalism? Well, Black people actually did it. 216731
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 01/07/2026Water fountains disappeared from the Longleaf Trace in June as the board that governs it grew concerned about how homeless people were using its facilities. Runners and bikers who use the 44-mile trail fear the decision could have dire consequences in Mississippi's summer heat. buff.ly/pBXSvrImississippifreepress.orgLongleaf Trace Removes Water Fountains Over Homelessness Fears, Infuriating Trail UsersThe Longleaf Trace removed all water fountains in June over homelessness concerns, alarming trail users and health experts. 74744236
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 30/06/2026I know I am in the UK, but my view from over here is that the US Dems have completely failed to reckon with the scale of the threat that SCOTUS poses. It has been, in my assessment, the Dems' biggest failing. The level of complacency has been astounding. 1231254
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Profoundly sad (and angry) about today's SCOTUS ruling against transgender athletes. The bigotry and racism of several recent rulings are hard to absorb. My heart goes out to transgender people and their families, especially the parents of transgender kids (I know many). I feel your sadness today. 733172
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Raising the Flag Follow my work and writing on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com 351159595950
Reposted by Jojo 🐻ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Here’s my piece on the “now-completed demolition” of the Voting Rights Act in @thenation.com The VRA is the most important piece of legislation in American history. It more than anything is what ended American-style apartheid. And now Republicans have killed it.thenation.comThe Supreme Court Has Completed Its Quest to Kill the Voting Rights ActIn its 6-3 decision, the court gutted the legislation that ended apartheid in this country—and once again gave white people the ability to suppress Black political power. 8127031353
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 28/04/2026“Have you considered that criticizing Trump is what to led to this assassination attempt?” I’ve considered your opinion, and my considered response is that you can go fuck yourself and I’m gonna keep criticizing Trump. 371217196
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 27/04/2026We did! We passed a bill to fund the Secret Service and TSA and FEMA 100-0. If Speaker Johnson would just call it for a vote, it would pass. That’s the problem. 394143834222
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 26/04/2026A President with his lowest approval ratings ever attends an annual high profile dinner he has boycotted for years where an assassination attempt happens. He is prepared to deliver press comments 30 minutes after the shooting where he speaks of uniting the country. Hmmmm.... 47561501517
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 26/04/2026More dictator shit from Trump. The notion of an "independent board" to advise on expert matters by definition excludes such unilateral removal. Presidential nomination to a position, after Senate approval, simply does not imply unilateral presidential removal: www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026...washingtonpost.comTrump ousts National Science Board membersMembers of the independent board that guides the National Science Foundation said they received a notice from the White House that their position was being terminated. 1265
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Southern Poverty Law Center: “We will not stand for this perversion and misuse of the criminal legal system and will continue to expose hate and defend civil rights as we always have - no matter who tries to stop us.” Go SPLC! 🔥 8758721425
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 24/04/2026"I'm suing that reporter for $250 million!" is the new "Please don't fire me, sir, I want to keep flying in the big plane and hanging out with the big boys!" www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...independent.co.ukAtlantic writer sued by Kash Patel says she’s been ‘inundated’ with new sourcesSarah Fitzpatrick reiterates that she stands by ‘every single word’ of her story and says the people she spoke to were ‘frightened’ by the FBI director’s alleged conduct creating a national security v... 415224
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/04/2026NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health. 'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:thehandbasket.coWhistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new bookRead an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper" 15096044148
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/04/2026NEW: Statement from Swalwell's senior staffers: "We stand with our former colleague and the other women that have come forward. We believe you should stand with them, too." 44366431604
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/04/2026Remove. Him. From. Office. 25450461422
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/04/2026NEW: The republicans wouldn't let democrats introduce a war powers resolution today during a pro forma session, but democrats will be back next week when Congress is back in session to force a vote on the matter. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...nbcnews.comRepublicans block effort to halt Trump's war with Iran after 'civilization' threatHouse Democrats tried to force a vote on a war powers resolution during recess. Senate Democrats will launch a more serious attempt to rein in Trump next week. 671473524
Reposted by Jojo 🐻SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 10/04/2026Oracle lays off 30,000 workers… then turns around and offers a new CFO a pay package worth nearly $30 million. But somehow paying workers a living wage is “too expensive”? Have you no shame. 85626
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 07/04/2026There are a surprising number of people in politics + media who don't understand that nuclear launch authority rests solely with POTUS. Trump doesn't need clearance from Congress or the courts. Even preemptively. All that stands between him and nuclear war are military refusing to follow his orders. 211010317
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/04/2026“‘All I’m going to say is that I stand by my decision,’ she said… “Much of the audience at the board meeting broke into cheers and applause after her statement. Chants of ‘shame’ were heard as board members voted to fire her...” www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...washingtonpost.comTenn. library director fired over refusal to move LGBTQ+ books to adult sectionA county board near Nashville voted to dismiss Luanne James, who said she stands by her decision, in the latest clash in a national debate over access to books. 393144843964
Reposted by Jojo 🐻ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Excuse me, what did you just say? WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY??? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...nytimes.comFederal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Obtain List of Jews From Penn 952044593
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/03/2026According to the Cato Institute, The Trump administration is reportedly receiving millions of immigration applications, pocketing the hefty fees, and never processing the applications. It’s collected over $1 billion in fees so far. Where is the outcry over this fraud and abuse?commondreams.orgTrump State Dept. Accused of ‘Largest Fee Fraud in History’ of US Immigration System | Common DreamsAn immigration researcher at the Cato Institute found that the Trump administration is "raking in billions of dollars in 21446232549
Reposted by Jojo 🐻daryl "rupert pumpkin" b 🏳️⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 19/03/2026reshare for alt text, republicans and rich people who want to privatize mail have been lying about the USPS and trying to push this narrative longer than I've been alive, and imposing massive financial burdens on it to make it "insolvent" 3346653093
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Beachbard @beachbard.bsky.social · 23/03/2026US Government officially insolvent but not yet bankrupt. Trump & Co currently run USG like a business that fell to corporate raiders: fire workers, sell assets, data, & real estate, weigh it down with debt extracted for themselves as profit (move our assets into private hands) & bankrupt US govt. 13512
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 23/03/2026"The U.S. government is insolvent. That’s not hyperbole — it’s the conclusion drawn directly from the Treasury Department’s own consolidated financial statements for fiscal year 2025, released last week to near-total media silence." (fortune.com) #collapse 2213
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/03/2026NEW: "The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it." fortune.com/2026/03/23/u... 72186214720
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22/03/2026I know this has circulated with alacrity recently, so you may have already seen it, but if you haven't... WOW BOY HOWDY it's the most useful thing. Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service: cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...cardcatalogforlife.substack.comGoogle Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It.40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it. 287116684865
Reposted by Jojo 🐻Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 22/03/2026"Accepting the government's position would undermine the central purpose of the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment. For that reason alone, the Trump administration should lose the case, especially from the standpoint of originalism," writes @ilyasomin.bsky.social.lawfaremedia.orgSlavery and Birthright CitizenshipThe administration’s position in the birthright citizenship case contradicts the central purpose of the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause. 212929
Reposted by Jojo 🐻PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Don’t let them trick you. The SAVE Act is not a voter ID bill. It’s a voter SUPPRESSION bill. youtube.com/shorts/ZvYIP...youtube.comRepublicans Can't LoseYouTube video by PoliticsGirl 431208582