Reposted by JuliaCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 02/07/2026My posts most days. I'm sorry. 4745291018
Reposted by JuliaJacob Rubashkin @rubashkin.bsky.social · 29/05/2026New poll from Slingshot Strategies (D) for Texas Public Opinion Research Talarico 47 Paxton 44 Brown (L) 1 w/undecideds pushed Talarico 48 Paxton 45 Brown 2 Talarico 47 fav/40 unfav Paxton 38/57 Trump +10 electorate, R+19 on party ID 1670 LV, 5/27-28 drive.google.com/file/d/1lCia...drive.google.comTPOR_Post_Runoff_Final_Topline_5.29.26.pdf V4.pdf 414925
Reposted by JuliaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/02/2026Neal Katyal: "In America, the chief justice said only Congress can impose taxes on the American people, and that's what tariffs are. Tariffs are taxes." 877213766274
Reposted by JuliaAkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 14/12/2025You know what? I'm willing to empirically test this as many times as it takes to reach statistical certainty about any conclusions we reach 1654215623
Reposted by JuliaKate Messner @katemessner.com · 09/11/2025Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...apnews.comFedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photoFifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist. 275115432992
Reposted by JuliaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/10/2025The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here? 16604373615215
Reposted by JuliaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2025Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds." 82448961722
Reposted by JuliaJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Tried to get my real ID. I had my license, my SS card and my birth certificate. I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man. Never change your last name. 2007256796059
Reposted by JuliaMother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/09/2025@leahlitman.bsky.social said it best: “Political culture imagines that the Supreme Court safeguards the Constitution, when in reality it is chipping away at the constitutional rights of historically marginalized groups."motherjones.comThe Supreme Court is really “just vibes”In a new book, legal podcaster Leah Litman describes how the GOP and its jurists are "just not that into democracy." 28462862103
Reposted by JuliaBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 19/02/2025DOGE says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of thatbloomberg.comDOGE Says It’s Saved $55 Billion, Itemized Data Show Far LessThe federal cost-cutting effort dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that. 10711852532
Reposted by JuliaJames Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 18/02/2025I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes 10196200115001
Reposted by JuliaRandi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 19/02/2025After assisted living blew through my mom's life savings (and then much of mine), Medicaid covered her necessary time in memory care. Magas (even those with decent health coverage) who have aging parents do NOT understand what's about to hit them. I feel NOTHING. 981490278
Reposted by JuliaKolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Today is National Day of Remembrance for the 120,000 Japanese Americans who were put into internment/concentration camps by an Executive Order. This is a very real part of US history, and I can only hope that we never repeat it again, but it feels, more than before, a real possibility again. 4635330
Reposted by JuliaDouglas Rivlin @douglasrivlin.bsky.social · 14/11/2024“That gargantuan shock will cost trillions of dollars in economic growth, eliminating hundreds of thousands of jobs held by U.S. natives,” said Michael Clemens, an economics professor at George Mason University who focuses on migration. Trump’s Immigration Plans www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/b...nytimes.comHow Trump’s Immigration Plans Could Affect the EconomyExpelling noncitizens on a mass scale is likely to raise prices on goods and services and lower employment rates for U.S. workers, many economists say. 1211268