Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialKatie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 33mA sign that people are not being "lifted" off SNAP: they're showing up to wait in the hours-long line at the overwhelmed local food pantry. 045
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026🗣️Ex FTC Chair Lina Khan on A.I. Regulation: “The idea that just because we have new technological capabilities there’s some blanket exemption from the laws on the books is totally laughable.” 352044643
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialBrant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It’s not nearly as advanced as they want you to think…. 19141581287
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialKate Sills @katelynsills.com · 04/10/2026When I lived in the Bay Area, there were streets with a ton of glass on the ground. Those were the streets where you didn't want to park overnight or have anything in the car, because car thieves would break your window. I think most people can see that this is a failed state. This isn't normal. 2186
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026One thing that i don’t see people noting about the Cornell Sun’s reporting on the rape case is that everyone who decided to take the risk and made the core decisions about what would be published is a woman 71078201
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Counterpoint: It would be great if people read some of the things that have been written about AI surveillance of workers! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hilke... www.cambridge.org/core/books/q... www.ucpress.edu/books/uberla... jacobin.com/2026/09/amaz...press.princeton.eduData DrivenA behind-the-scenes look at how digital surveillance is affecting the trucking way of life 433396
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is like accusing someone of robbing a bank because they deposited money and never withdrew it 58982751860
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I think something to consider here is that Collins voted to confirm Russ Vought as OMB Director despite the fact that he said a billion times that he thought Trump had a constitutional right to illegally impound funds, and now she’s doing shocked Pikachu reactions. 11838631020
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026Ossoff: "Sen. John Thune is coming to Georgia to campaign for the congressman. The senator therefore needs to answer whether he will denounce Mike Collins's extensive ties to white nationalism and neo-Nazi ideology." 421927497
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialChris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"Shame on you!" chant breaks out as Roger Marshall makes excuses for his medical debt collection practices experts called "extreme" and "unbelievably aggressive." 53917303
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialReveal @revealnews.org · 06/09/2026The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has slowly tried to reverse the cuts and fill those positions again. We untangle the complicated legacy of this program through the firsthand accounts of first responders on this week’s Reveal.revealnews.orgMore People Have Died From 9/11 Than on 9/11 - RevealA Long Island doctor once treated 9/11 responders who were dying. Now she’s a reporter and trying to figure out why the illnesses haven’t stopped. 210427
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialReveal @revealnews.org · 06/09/2026Do you remember the “dust lady”? After the 9/11 attacks, her photo was circulated everywhere: a young Black woman in business attire, covered head to toe in white dust. She was later identified as Marcy Borders, a 28-year-old Bank of America employee who worked in the North Tower. 🧵 10416130
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The right-wing organizing around the Lindsay Clancy trial is growing and it’s frightening. A lot of people overlook these culture wars revolving around women’s issues, because, well, they’re women’s issues. But the right doesn’t. It’s how they regained such a massive cultural foothold. 6244811091
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I don't want to pick on the two NY Times reporters here, but they are primarily NYC government reporters. This is their beat! If you look at the stories they have been covering, it is mostly about political conflicts in NYC rather than the nuts and bolts of governing. 1253554
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Rough Draft vs Final Draft 254116883321
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 31/07/2026A simple Google search says Jamie Raskin, Richard Blumenthal, & Gary Peters all took oversight actions last year re treatment of Tate brothers. Then Yassamin Ansari wrote a letter on July 23--again more oversight. None of those efforts made Moira Donegan's July 27 column claiming Dems were "silent." 542809834
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialPhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 17/07/2026so he’s saying his and his party’s total control of all branches of government is illegitimate? 944594
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/07/2026Ossoff: "Here's what's going to happen tonight: the world's most famous sore loser will deliver a prime-time presidential sour grapes address to pursue his 6-year-old grievances about the 2020 election, while his war in the Middle East spirals out of control & the cost of living continues to rise.." 10303267110167
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialSharon Parrott @sharonparrott.bsky.social · 03/04/2026A few initial thoughts on the President’s FY27 budget. Big picture: Today’s budget isn’t a serious plan to address real issues facing families and the nation and isn’t worthy of the American people. 22414
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialRachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 29/03/2026After Claudia Goldin became the first woman to win a solo Nobel in economics, she got hundreds of invitations. She accepted three. One was advising WNBA players on a labor deal. She helped players land the biggest % raise in US sports history. www.wsj.com/economy/wnba...wsj.comWNBA Players Had an Ace Up Their Sleeve in Pay Negotiations: A Nobel LaureateHarvard economist Claudia Goldin helped WNBA players win a nearly 400% raise. Starting this season, players’ average salary will top $580,000. 7192512106
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialKatie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 25/03/2026New USDA data show 2.5 million fewer people participated in SNAP in December compared to July, when the Republican megabill (H.R. 1) enacted the deepest SNAP cuts in history. This is only the beginning — even more people will lose SNAP as the full brunt of these cuts take effect. 13838
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialInnsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Democratic consultants: To replicate Mamdani’s success with the young people we must appeal to their short attention spans with memes and TikTok Mamdani (actual quote): In the fifth century in what we now know as Ireland, a British warlord named Coroticus had laid waste to the countryside 280181835
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialGhostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 13/03/2026if the tech bros were a little less delusional, they would be making so much money right now by offering to let us pay for the AI-free version of their programs 19788154
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/03/2026NOEM: I would disagree with the judge CROCKETT: I'm sure you would, but can you tell me whether or not you have a law degree? NOEM: A what? CROCKETT: A law degree NOEM: No I do no- CROCKETT: Okay 1175322768270
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 01/03/2026It’s insane this is legal. People around Trump are profiting off war and death. I’m introducing legislation ASAP to ban this. 457138714402
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialAmanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 22/02/2026This is a huge deal, and the number of people I see pooh-poohing this as just a loss to a supposedly elite group sucks. A) most of the jobs that disappeared were the working-class ones; B) bye bye not just to local coverage but to arts, sports, everything that’s not tech/biz/politics/opinion/advice 17720188
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Not to harp on this, but it's really weird that a company who's offices are being raided in Paris for CSAM and an AI bot that makes said CSAM for the Nazi userbase is considered "public sentiment" by a newspaper who paid reporters to hang out with Epstein. 836593
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Reading people. Body language. Knowing how to connect with people totally unlike you and with different backgrounds and beliefs. Defusing tense situations. Gaining trust. High endurance, pain tolerance, and work ethic. Reaction time. Prioritizing order of execution. Anticipating people’s needs. Tons 280138101620
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/02/2026a guy who claimed to be named John Barron and sounded a lot like Trump called into C-SPAN to complain about the Supreme Court's tariff decision and call Hakeem Jeffries "a dope" (John Barron is a pseudonym Trump has used for himself when talking to journalists) 124689332854
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 13/02/2026My opinion on this editorially is that if your organization is going to act as the fourth estate/a check on an authoritarian president, it is important to get the data on public opinion correct so you don't end up manufacturing consent for the regime's position. NYT should correct... 420836
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialNolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Would someone, please, for the love of God, rescue The Daily News from this strip mining hedge fund. Please. 35821
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/02/2026CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ" 550122965462
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad 9633119013633
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialAll In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 11/02/2026BREAKING: @carolleonnig.bsky.social reports a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C. declined to indict Sens. Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin on charges of seditious conspiracy Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the proceedings. 23177041787
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialJacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 08/02/2026👀 What if I told you there was a hidden art gallery scattered across the country? What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished? What if I told you that I found them? A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):wapo.stThe disappearing art gallery in your post officeThe U.S. Postal Service is home to thousands of historic works of art in post offices nationwide. Hundreds have been lost, sold or destroyed. 361564535
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Wow — Carlos caught DHS/Noem using a guy who never lived in 🇺🇸 to show how many “worst of the worst” they’ve arrested. He was arrested in Colombia in 2019. How many others have they done this with? 🤥 The lies are endless. Nobody should believe a word they say. 371202528
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Homeland Security doesn’t like it when we call ICE and Border Patrol “the Gestapo.” So let’s set the Gestapo aside. Instead I’ll use this thread to compare Trump’s thugs to other secret police and terror squads from different times and places. It’s tyranny, no matter where it comes from. 1/10🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵 40997509
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/01/2026New at Can We Still Govern: Here is one thing I wish more people understood about government. There is a lot of rent-seeking by private vendors in our social safety net. Trump's policies will make this worse. @lukef.bsky.social breaks it down. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-means-...donmoynihan.substack.comThe Means-Testing Industrial ComplexThe vendors getting rich from putting administrative burdens on the poor 10475166
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialkim-mn.bsky.social @kim-mn.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Believe me, I'd rather see all of DHS in the dumpster, BUT, there is a bill ready to codify protecting sensitive spaces-write to your reps to get it done: Senate bill S.455-Protecting Sensitive Locations Act by Sen. Blumenthal, along with H.R.1061, by Rep. Espaillat. PUBLIC LIBRARIES are now in it! 14116
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 27/01/2026To avoid the possibility Holocaust remembrance might lead to empathy for migrants, Trump's antisemitism envoy claims Anne Frank "was in Amsterdam legally." In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally. 13349381687
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026Dana Bash grills Bovino to provide any evidence that Alex Pretti "assaulted law enforcement" and Bovino has absolutely nothing 70166081836
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialMark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 24/01/2026We’re supposed to believe this is a domestic terrorist attacking ICE with a gun 26198863892
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialSen. Catherine Cortez Masto @cortezmasto.senate.gov · 24/01/2026 133529115
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 24/01/2026This. A handful of Americans have the power to stop this NOW, and they are refusing to. 8523371090
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialChuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 24/01/2026That’s their line now — “ICE must leave this one city.” And what, move to the next one? The locusts are done with these crops, now to the next field? Go cause violence elsewhere, there’s been enough done in MN? 8490106
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialProf Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 24/01/2026 12446198
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Trump has been in office for one year. We at @nature.com did a deep dive looking at the administration's disruption of science in numbers. Take a look—the numbers are staggering. By me, @dangaristo.bsky.social, Jeff Tollefson, @kimay.bsky.social, & help from @noamross.net @scott-delaney.bsky.socialnature.comUS science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remainsA series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce. 10503315
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialHester Blum @hesterblum.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Yes in thunder. My syllabus statement: 21969176
Reposted by @karenchatfield.bsky.socialKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health. The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information. They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift. Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr 8056272192
