Reposted by KarHeyMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Before the week begins, I have a specific request: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld 4439161907
Reposted by KarHeyApoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...nytimes.com‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control. 381372569
Reposted by KarHeyMark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Facebook really doesn't want you to see the new documentary exposing Elon Musk Neither do TikTok or Google or the eX social media site. Since they won't accept paid advertising, let's do some free advertising. Go see Musk in theaters October 9 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 201140660
Reposted by KarHeyBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026lol holy shit I wouldn't talk about literally anything else if I was the guy running against him. —"What do you think about trans kids in sp-" —"Did you hear my opponent had his patient, who was 8 months pregnant, arrested in front of her son because she didn't pay a $50 medical bill?" 8189092558
Reposted by KarHeyNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Please don't overreact to the SCOTUS SAVE database decision today Page 6 of the decision makes clear that we are in the 90 day statutory window when mass changes cannot be made to voter lists! Yeah it's a shit decision for the reasons the 3 dissenters say but we can deal with it. More to come...nytimes.comSupreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges. 31144891823
Reposted by KarHeyAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...theatlantic.comWhat the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return RevealsA previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover. 15138461797
Reposted by KarHeyMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I made progress last night but still need another 875 more subscribers this weekend to hit my goal. Democracy Docket is pro-democracy and fiercely independent. Sign-up now to help it grow. demdock.com/4w6emld 211480672
Reposted by KarHeyPolk County Democrats Oregon @polkdems.org · 14/09/2026To check your voter's registration or to register to vote go to: loom.ly/JtNsBh8 How better to support us go to loom.ly/DiSJ4Ik #PolkDems #OR #Oregon #Elections #RegistertoVote 011
Reposted by KarHeyMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I'm still working to add 500 Democracy Docket subscribers this weekend. Democracy Docket will never send you spam or sell your email address. It's not on Substack or ActBlue. Free and premium options available. Link and thanks! demdock.com/4w6emld 281690698
Reposted by KarHeyJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This is the interview Trump’s FCC doesn’t want you to see. We’re not just going up against the most corrupt politician in Texas. We’re going up against this entire corrupt system. 11748881841
Reposted by KarHeyJeff Domingues @jeffdomingues.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If you liked your DOGE refund and your tariff rebate, you’ll love your Trump dividend. 1282940578
Reposted by KarHeyOregon Capital Chronicle @oregoncapitalchronicle.com · 08/09/2026Top Oregon elected officials on Tuesday urged Oregonians to use ballot drop boxes, not mailboxes, to return ballots in November as newly released data showed thousands of Oregonians missed having their May primary votes counted because of postal delays. buff.ly/eOCCvekoregoncapitalchronicle.comOregon officials urge use of ballot boxes while defending mail voting • Oregon Capital ChronicleMore Oregonians had their ballots rejected for late postmarks during the May primary than in any prior election. 43823
Reposted by KarHeyPolk County Democrats Oregon @polkdems.org · 07/09/2026Join us on Sep 8, 2026, at 10:15am watching their live stream in full on the OR SoS YT and oregonlegislature.gov YT: loom.ly/6rna0SU State's page: loom.ly/ng4Y89Y To find out how to better support us in fighting for our democracy, go to loom.ly/DiSJ4Ik #PolkDems #OR #Oregon 021
Reposted by KarHeyMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/09/2026Trump has found so many ways to use the presidency to enrich himself and his family that we had to narrow the list down. Here are 75 of the most staggering examples of Trump corruption in 2026. And yes, there were more. Read Ron Filipkowski’s full breakdown:meidasplus.comThe 75 Most Corrupt Things Trump Did in 2026So far. 19344062227
Reposted by KarHeyBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026No starker example of the media having different rules for each political party. If the press treated Elon Musk like Hasan Piker, every Republican in America would be forced to answer questions about why their party's biggest donor espouses anti-semitic race science. 293212815
Reposted by KarHeyMarch For Our Lives @marchforourlives.bsky.social · 02/09/2026For the second year in a row, Baltimore ranked 2nd in the nation on the Violence Prevention Index, recognized for building public safety around public health, not just policing. Homicides dropped 31% in 2025. Nonfatal shootings fell 24%. And this year, homicides are down 22.9% as of mid-August. 095
Reposted by KarHey404 Media @404media.co · 02/09/2026In a now-deleted webinar hosted for cops on Axon’s official Vimeo page, one asked if Axon would redesign their camera to not look like Flock's. “We are looking at [...] do we change the general shape,” Rick Smith, Axon’s CEO, replied. @josephcox.bsky.social story: www.404media.co/cops-are-ask... 410444
Reposted by KarHeybluestatedon.bsky.social @bluestatedon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026This fact should be on the lips of every Democrat whether they’re running for office or not. For fuck’s sake start tying Musk around the neck of Donald Trump and the GOP. 0313
Reposted by KarHeyRonan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Georgia audited its own data center tax breaks and found that the state gave up $474 million in sales taxes in one year—and got back just $41 million from the industry. At least 38 states have deals like this. #AI #News #US 311432673
Reposted by KarHeyPolk County Democrats Oregon @polkdems.org · 27/08/2026Senator Wyden said experiences point to broader problems with the U.S. health care system and bolster his case for expanding Medicare to cover all Americans. To find out how better to support us go to loom.ly/DiSJ4Ik #PolkDems #OR #Oregon #MedicareforAll #SenatorRonWyden #Wyden 011
Reposted by KarHeyMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/08/2026Norm Eisen of Democracy Defenders Fund: “Please don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot moves They simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule. Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it.” 18966561786
Reposted by KarHeyDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/08/2026I hope everyone caught this Lancet study confirming that Elon Musk & DOGE are responsible for genocidal levels of suffering & death.thelancet.comEvaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysisUSAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a... 5435201808
Reposted by KarHeyNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Trump has destroyed US credibility to the point that no one can make a deal with America even if they think the terms sound good, because they can’t trust the US to honor it. The U.S.-Canada trade arrangement Trump now claims is unacceptable was the one he negotiated and signed in his first term. 22943290
Reposted by KarHeyNicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Lara Korte, who was just fired from Stars & Stripes, has been covering the relocation of personnel from Bahrain for months and did a great piece today on 1,300 Navy family members displaced from Bahrain who are stuck in limbo given the damage to the Bahrain base. www.stripes.com/branches/nav...stripes.comNavy families evacuated from Bahrain face ‘uncharted territory’ amid bureaucratic confusionThe evacuation has left families in limbo and forced military officials to improvise solutions for support programs. 4530201425
Reposted by KarHeyMark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This is part of everything that’s wrong with the way the oligarchs have hijacked Americans and get them to work against their own economic interests. It’s the same with the fossil fuel, health care, our elections. 324275
Reposted by KarHeyRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026According to reporting from Bloomberg, more than 30 corporations have been targeted by lawmakers this year over surveillance pricing. This has led to a big lobbying blitz from corporations like Kroger, Uber, and Walmart. Here's what you need to know about the shady pricing practice.youtube.comThe Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)Should corporations be able to weaponize your personal data to rip you off?Well, they may already be doing that thanks t 8323711206
Reposted by KarHeyMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16/08/2026We are getting close. 48 more to go! demdock.com/4w6emld 323131
Reposted by KarHeyMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I'm trying to add 250 Democracy Docket subscribers this weekend. Democracy Docket will never send you spam or sell your email address. It's not on Substack or ActBlue. Free and premium options available. Link and thanks! demdock.com/4w6emld 562081965
Reposted by KarHeyDavid Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026A declassified Pentagon report confirms the US killed 153 civilians in Yemen last year. Contrary to popular belief, this wasn't a leak, it's the Trump admin’s own accounting. Where's the coverage? 617344
Reposted by KarHeyBrant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Could not say it better than Bruce….. 16577622280
Reposted by KarHeySenator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 10/08/2026Trump is raiding wildfire prevention funding to pay for his vanity projects while over 2.3 million acres burn in Oregon 431200553
Reposted by KarHeyBryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Yikes. Women accounted for all of the job losses and all of the labor force decline in July, according to @nwlc.org 20756442599
Reposted by KarHeyemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Trump endorsed both Ashley Moody and James Uthmeier in advance of the August 18 primary yesterday. Both are implicated in the suspected theft of $10M in Medicaid payments to use for political purposes--basically what Trump is trying to frame Tim Walz for. www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/f... 231081523
Reposted by KarHeyslate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 03/08/2026my neighborhood 7-11 closed a couple years ago and tried to reopen but couldn’t get the permit approved because there’s a preschool next door and 7-11s sell alcohol (the previous permit was grandfathered in). i saw a fence going up around the lot recently and looked up what was moving in: a gun shop 12353581325
Reposted by KarHeykenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 01/08/2026So why isn't Fox news televising interviews of all the happy people who live near data centers so we can hear what a treat it is to live with the constant noise, lights, increased utility costs and non-existent new jobs? 377139103764
Reposted by KarHeyMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/07/2026Could you even imagine? Sounds awful! 1828135803050
Reposted by KarHeyOregon Capital Chronicle @oregoncapitalchronicle.com · 28/07/2026After announcing an investigation into masked armed men allegedly impersonating immigration agents off a highway by one of Oregon’s most immigrant-heavy cities, Oregon State Police offered tips to ensure residents could confirm the identity of law enforcement pulling them over.buff.lyOregon State Police tout state law ICE is ignoring in response to impersonation report • Oregon Capital ChronicleOregon State Police offered advice to confirm the identity of law enforcement pulling them over, but the tips may not all be reliable. 5910
Reposted by KarHeyPolk County Democrats Oregon @polkdems.org · 27/07/2026Reminder of public comment opportunities on the Mill Creek data center! 012
Reposted by KarHeyRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 22/07/2026Tomorrow, the House will vote on the NDAA, which includes a provision to merge parts of our military with the IDF. This amendment is an existential threat to American sovereignty and democracy. Every member of Congress must vote NO. 610191376864
Reposted by KarHeyPolk County Democrats Oregon @polkdems.org · 20/07/2026Keeping our Democratic incumbents in office is a top priority in Polk County; State Senator Deb Patterson and Representative Paul Evans! 011
Reposted by KarHeyMary Shelley’s Fluoxetine @crabapplejones.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Tell Thomson Reuters what you think: reutersagency.com/contact-us/e...reutersagency.comReach out to the Reuters sales team for product inquiries.Submit your details, and our experts will connect with you soon. 0236
Reposted by KarHeyRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Reminder: there's NO legitimate use for crypto. Its only practical uses are tax evasion, money laundering, fraud, specualtion, and crime. No Democrat should vote for the so-called CLARITY Act, a bill backed by the crypto lobby that would make this Ponzi scheme even worse. 18261982170
Reposted by KarHeyRobert F. W. Whitlock he/him ❌👑 🌍 ☮️ 🌏 ☮️ 🌎 ☮️ @rfww.bsky.social · 18/07/2026 514454
Reposted by KarHeyPolk County Democrats Oregon @polkdems.org · 16/07/2026If you like it, share it. 011
Reposted by KarHeyJim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45... 18383674293
Reposted by KarHeyMike Masnick @masnick.com · 14/07/2026Look, Catherine, when you put it that way... it almost sounds bad. 232837
Reposted by KarHeyPolk County Democrats Oregon @polkdems.org · 12/07/2026A law that only Oregon Republicans tried to stop... 021
Reposted by KarHeyElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 11/07/2026It is genuinely heartbreaking to see all of the people losing SNAP benefits. In West Virginia, 14,000 SNAP participants have lost their benefits. In Arizona, it’s 500,000. That’s not a typo. Half a million people in AZ no longer have nutrition assistance. Republicans strike again.westvirginiawatch.com14K West Virginians have lost food assistance because of Big Beautiful Bill changes • West Virginia WatchWith some exceptions, recipients of SNAP have been required to do at least 80 hours per month of work, training or volunteering. 691223599
