Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16hCan't recall ever seeing anything quite like this during a Congressional hearing. And I've been in and around politics for 50 years. 45273961755
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12hTHIS WAS MONEY FOR CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE. A Florida grand jury found $10 MILLION meant to help provide health insurance for poor children was misappropriated for political purposes. Moody & DeSantis took money meant for kids. #GOPWarOnHealthcare 29248222611
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23h“Guard” US election systems? This is not good. 108535220
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 20272322343
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Kimmel to Mamdani: "I live in Los Angeles and that is not the reception our mayor would get" 276130472550
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026this is legitimately very funny 83124451869
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialSydney EV @sydneyev.bsky.social · 28/09/2026we know because data, EV batteries last as long as the car itself. Even with this data and real world evidence. My MiEV is 17 yrs old this yr on its original battery, the stupid myth of EVs needs battery replacement (insert timeframe here) still persist. insideevs.com/news/809604/...insideevs.comThese Battery Cells Were Tested After 14 Years Of Hard Work. They're Good For Another DecadeCATL supplied the cells for the world’s first large-scale battery energy storage project. Fourteen years later, not one of them has been replaced. 34819286
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“.. Surging benchmark rates are starting to bite corporate credit more significantly. Spreads on high-yield bonds have widened 28bp in the past three days, the most since October 2025. While spreads are still relatively low, they've been widening at an accelerating clip.” @bloomberg.com 837387
jpiterak.bsky.social @jpiterak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Another reason we need universal healthcare in the US. Change incentives so the focus is on cures and actually increasing health. Align the incentives of pharma with those of a system incentivized to increase health and reduce costs. 010
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If we want to clean up Trump's mess — and prevent it from happening again — here are 10 reforms every midterm candidate should support. Call them the “10 Commandments for a Better Government.”youtube.comThe 10 Commandments (for Cleaning Up After Trump)How will we clean up Trump's unholy mess?Here are my 10 Commandments for Congress.These are major structural reforms tha 731801817
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 27/09/2026If only there were a more concise word for “an overtly political campaign advertisement paid for by the government.” If only there were a roomful of writers and editors one could consult… 231523256
jpiterak.bsky.social @jpiterak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is a great article…👇 It’s long past time that the media talk in real terms about what’s going on — before it’s too late. This game of mental Weekend at Bernie’s being played by the putative press corps is setting us all up for disaster. 000
jpiterak.bsky.social @jpiterak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Check this out… a graph of all conversations on @bsky.app over the last 7 days… You can see conversations ebb and flow, and zoom in on the most active posts. Very cool… this should be added as a view to the app. 010
jpiterak.bsky.social @jpiterak.bsky.social · 27/09/2026👀😬 We really don’t want lots of avian influenza in mammals with humans nearby. 010
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 27/09/2026he is literally immune from any kind of legal limit, at least when it comes to anything related to his personal actions, thanks to the Supreme Court he installed his administration is constrained on occasion but he personally is not our system of government will not survive if we don’t change this 1157387
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“.. this week felt different — like the political environment was disintegrating in real time ..” @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/09/26/t... 841385254
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026On September 9 or 10, someone staged this protest at the Dallas Fort Worth airport ahead of the GOP midterm convention. Does anyone know which organization was behind it? We would love to speak with them. Please share widely! 512552971
jpiterak.bsky.social @jpiterak.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Well, that’s not encouraging. Whether AI ends up an economy-crushing Ponzi scheme; or the path to Terminator… I have zero trust in the sociopaths in charge. This is not going to end well. 010
jpiterak.bsky.social @jpiterak.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This right here👇 The safest and happiest societies are ones where there is social trust. Right now there are forces that benefit from division and distrust, from the disaffection of whole generations. Tearing apart society for riches has consequences. And no one will be better off for it. 010
jpiterak.bsky.social @jpiterak.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Oh I don’t know… I rather like to hear he’s miserable. And all the more in November. 011
jpiterak.bsky.social @jpiterak.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Still find it amazing that everyone know exactly what this means… 021
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026👇🏽😕 63774192831
jpiterak.bsky.social @jpiterak.bsky.social · 27/09/2026😂🤣🤣😂🤣🤣😂… It’s amazing how a bedbug can get his head this far up MAGAs derrière. 000
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialBryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026750,000 Texas Voters Disenfranchised Up to 750,000 Texans registered through the DPS online portal are missing from County Voting Rolls. Talarico “the government failed to do its job.” Registration deadline: Oct. 5. 🧵 www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comTexas election workers scramble after registration snafu leaves thousands of voters off rolls“I don’t know if they feel confident. Some counties are more confident than others,” Chris McGinn, executive director of the Texas Association of County Elections Officials, said. “Right now what we’r... 21332331980
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialNate 'The Belated' Carney @inapproprinate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“I tried every diet in the book. I tried some that weren’t in the book. I tried eating the book. It tasted better than most of the diets.” - Dolly Parton 252939321
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Cookie!” 🍪 IG: @cookiemonster www.instagram.com/cookiemonste... 773539696
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialLe Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolishedlemonde.frAmnesty International calls for ICE to be abolishedIn a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States. 383198146335
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I don't know anything about this guy, but this is undeniably a clever and fun ad. 34894204
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is an absolute disaster from a national security perspective. Obviously, a lot on F-35s is classified, but a weapons-bay door and a canopy with radar-absorbing material are some of the most sensitive. Hard to describe how bad this is. 1410141165420
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I know we're all* numb to this by now, but it really needs to be said that any one of the batshit insane tyrant tweets from our special little boy would've led to swift efforts to remove any other previous president. 34667521527
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialMayor 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. 211101302128
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over* 775285684853
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵 410113406021
jpiterak.bsky.social @jpiterak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026US Postal Service sending armed security guards to post offices nationwide… just ahead of the midterm elections. 🤔 www.denver7.com/news/local-n...denver7.comUS Postal Inspection Service sends security guards to facilities nationwide, including DenverNew security guards are now at postal facilities across the country, including Denver. The Postal Inspection Service calls it a long-term plan. Colorado officials call the timing suspicious. 011
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere. 720160486051
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialJenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Peter Thiel has the wheel: “US Deputy Secty of Defense Stephen Feinberg has drafted a memo directing Defense Department subordinates to purchase up to $243.9 M in services from…[Thiel’s] Palantir…without a competitive bidding process…The memo’s subject line is called ‘Funding Palantir’.” 8/11/26…1/share.googleGive Palantir up to $244M through 2028, says internal Defense Department memoDraft memo taps AI data analysis biz for help with military production efficiency 10516061064
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Everything the pro-Trump billionaire Ellison family will now own: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central And more... With this comes the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. Shameful. 47371673215
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026New from Lauren Supplee at Can We Still Govern? The US government had gradually become better at producing and using evidence. This evidence-based infrastructure is largely invisible, important, and one more thing gutted by Trump. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-system...donmoynihan.substack.comThe System for Using Evidence to Improve Federal Programs Has Been GuttedHere’s How We Fix It 3468181
Reposted by @jpiterak.bsky.socialJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026What does a sniper position at Memorial Circle actually defend against? Not China. Not a submarine. Not a missile. It overlooks a bridge, a traffic circle, and the front door of the National Mall. Those are places where Americans march. www.jackhopkinsnow.com 1196114654928