Reposted by Keith BolekRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 13/10/2026This is the funniest thing I've seen in a week. 835345848
Reposted by Keith BolekLos Angeles Times @latimes.com · 09/10/2026The hidden cost of farmed fish: Pollution, forced labor and the depletion of wild fishlatimes.comThe hidden cost of farmed fish: Pollution, forced labor and the depletion of wild fishFish farming has been marketed as a sustainable answer to overfishing. But an investigation found that the feed behind much of modern aquaculture is driving ocean depletion, labor abuse and unrest far from the dinner plate. 0118
Reposted by Keith Bolekjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026a livestreamed execution is just a lynching 285103572011
Reposted by Keith BolekKatelyn Oldham *Abolish ICE. Defund DHS.* @katelynstarrpdx.bsky.social · 08/10/2026These are crimes against humanity. 097
Reposted by Keith BolekPortland Press Herald @pressherald.com · 08/10/2026‘Genocide’ or not, US must seek an end to the suffering in Gaza | Douglas Rookspressherald.com‘Genocide’ or not, US must seek an end to the suffering in Gaza | Douglas RooksWe need to stop enabling the excesses of an important ally in the Middle East. 151
Reposted by Keith BolekWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The Hague is far too good for Stephen Miller 501443446
Reposted by Keith BolekMr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comA Reckoning in SpringfieldA truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become. 37353501834
Reposted by Keith BolekKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Fuck that." "I'm Sherrod Brown and I approve of this message." 13449131041
Reposted by Keith Bolekdan sinker @dansinker.com · 21/09/2026The best way to fight back against the Paramount/Warner Brothers merger is to support independent artists, journalists, writers, filmmakers, musicians and everyone else who has been walking a very hard path to putting things out into the world. 131231388
Reposted by Keith BolekAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 19/09/2026'Hands Around the Kennedy Center' rally drew thousands after Trump-backed board votes to close the iconic arts venue.aljazeera.comDemonstrators in US form human chain to protest Kennedy Center closure vote'Hands Around the Kennedy Center' rally drew thousands after Trump-backed board votes to close the iconic arts venue. 216437
Reposted by Keith BolekLaborLab @laborlab.bsky.social · 08/09/2026We have launched two new tools to help workers fight back against union-busting: 🔍 Search consultants, law firms & attorneys hired to crush organizing campaigns (search.laborlab.us) 📊 Calculate the cost of your employer's anti-union campaign (calculator.laborlab.us) laborlab.us/new-union-bu...laborlab.usNew Union-Buster Search Tool and Cost Calculator Offer Organizing Firepower to Workers - LaborLabLaborLab, a workers’ rights watchdog, is launching new tools to give workers a clearer picture of what they’re up against when they organize and shine a brighter light on the $1.7 billion union-avoida... 0128
Reposted by Keith BolekElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026“Bel was a varsity soccer player for Springfield City School District…He was on the National Honor Society and a member of the Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps”. He was a legal immigrant, and MAGA couldn’t tolerate his excellence, so now he’s dead.springfieldnewssun.comSpringfield Haitian student takes his own life after being fitted with ICE ankle monitor, advocates sayA 20-year-old Wright State student took his own life on Interstate 70 out of anguish over a required ICE ankle monitor, according to local community advocates. 991025617
Reposted by Keith BolekSocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 30/08/2026#RIP press freedom "Trump on Sunday said in a post on Truth Social that NBC's Kristen Welker will be reported to the FCC for "rebuke or punishment", after he said she reported the Republican President had mixed results in his endorsement of candidates." www.reuters.com/business/med...reuters.comTrump says NBC's Welker will be reported to FCCU.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said in a post on Truth Social that NBC's Kristen Welker will be reported to the FCC for "rebuke or punishment", after he said she reported the Repu... 64424
Reposted by Keith BolekAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe. But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras. 36099373823
Reposted by Keith BolekJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The grand jury report on the Florida embezzlement scheme is blood-boiling. It's clear beyond serious dispute that the current AG of Florida was part of a shameless, calculated plan to steal public funds from sick children to gift the Republican Party & his own PAC. drive.google.com/file/d/15YSC...drive.google.comGrand_Jury_Report.pdf 6693298
Reposted by Keith Bolek*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 27/08/2026In Maine? He supports tariffs while representing Maine? 95% of the heating oil used by Maine residents comes from Canadian refineries Canada purchases ~40% of all Maine exports 50% of lobsters caught in Maine go to Canadian processing plants to be turned into meat and tails What. A. Moron. 25894167
Reposted by Keith BolekLynn @lynnf.bsky.social · 25/08/2026More Miller. apnews.com/article/immi...apnews.comWife of active-duty Army sergeant is deported to Honduras under Trump's immigration crackdownThe wife of an active-duty U.S. soldier has been deported to her native Honduras in the latest deportation of a spouse or parent of an active-duty U.S. military service member under the Trump administ... 6230110
Reposted by Keith BolekMississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 25/08/2026U.S. immigration officials worked with Iran to deport Iranians in 2025, newly released emails show, revealing a working relationship between the U.S. and Iranian governments despite tensions mounting between the countries. www.mississippifreepress.org/a-quiet-chan...mississippifreepress.orgA Quiet Channel Between ICE and Iran Shaped Deportation Flights, Released Emails ShowU.S. immigration officials worked with Iran to deport Iranians in 2025, newly released emails show, revealing a working relationship even with growing tensions. 0108
Reposted by Keith BolekGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 23/08/2026Fun fact: So convinced were white officials in 1963 that the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on the national mall would bring lawless and violent hordes of Black people that they imposed an emergency ban on alcohol sales in all of DC and neighboring Montgomery and PG counties. 92472584
Reposted by Keith BolekCongressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 20/08/2026ICE just arrested a 5-year-old on his way to a soccer game in Austin. His name is Liam, just like the little boy from Minnesota. He should be in kindergarten this week. Instead he's in a trailer prison in the desert. Release Liam. Release these kids. Close the Dilley children’s prison. 19243662260
Reposted by Keith BolekDavid Michaels @drdavidmichaels.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Why do we permit manufacture of a product we don't need that kills the workers who make it? Nationally, 1000s of workers who fabricate kitchen countertops from engineered stone have silicosis. There is a safe substitute available. Like Australia, we should ban this product. @karenmg.bsky.sociallatimes.comHundreds of California stonecutters fall ill with deadly disease ‘for a product we do not need’Latino men who cut artificial stone countertops in California are falling ill from an incurable and deadly lung disease at an alarming rate, a new study finds. 3179
Reposted by Keith BolekScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Adul El-Sayed was born and raised in Michigan and holds a PhD from Oxford (that's in England, not in Mississippi), where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He's a leading US public health expert. You, Tuberville, are motivated by just one thing: racism. It permeates your innermost self and defines you. 1131538462
Reposted by Keith BolekRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Senator @whitehouse.senate.gov discusses the study we published @justsecurity.org ⤵️ The study tracks scores of (Republican and Democratic-appointed) federal judges who have harshly criticized the Department of Justice for dishonesty and worse. The fall of a 'presumption of regularity.' 1/🧵 10478159
Reposted by Keith BolekThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 07/08/2026Breaking News: U.S. employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs in July, and hiring in previous months was revised down sharply.nyti.msJobs Report Live Updates: Employment Data to Give Latest Look at Slow but Steady MarketBusinesses shed 23,000 jobs in July in the face of renewed tariffs and higher costs driven by war in the Middle East. 4611354
Reposted by Keith BolekAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Well this is true I suppose. trump can’t be bought; he is subscription based. You have to keep bribing him forever www.wsj.com/politics/pol...wsj.comExclusive | ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising OperationMeredith O’Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out the president’s desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects. 441429341
Reposted by Keith BolekTim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Infantino’s FIFA has firmly crossed the threshold from a sports story involving money and power to a money and power story involving sports www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comThe Kushner-backed FIFA takeover tearing the soccer world apartIt’s the story of everything, all over again. 715458
Reposted by Keith BolekArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 27/07/2026Risa Lombardo and Duwayne Collier are racking up apparent Clean Elections violations as critics say they hope to spoil Democratic chances story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.socialazmirror.com‘Sham’ Green Party candidates tied to GOP machine as they funnel cash to a mystery companySham Green Party candidates in Arizona funneled $1.2M in public funds to a Nevada shell tied to the GOP machine 41918
Reposted by Keith BolekBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 27/07/2026If you’re considering whether terms like ethnic cleansing or pogrom might be applicable to impending government action, there could be a problem. 131239369
Reposted by Keith BolekApril Verrett @seiupres.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Every time someone says, "Nobody wants to work anymore..." Remember this: HALF of working people in America earn less than $25 an hour. People are working. The economy just isn't working for them.newrepublic.comWe’re in a Wage Crisis TooAffordability isn’t the only problem. People aren’t making enough money. Here’s what some progressives want to do about it. 0127
Reposted by Keith BolekSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Rubio’s State Department just published a 100-page report identifying Cuba as the locus of Communist infiltration in the US since the 1960s. Absolutely bonkers shit. www.state.gov/wp-content/u... 1432442687
Reposted by Keith BolekCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 20/07/2026This is a very rich and thought-provoking piece and is relevant far beyond France. Can be great start for a discussion about the future of democracy and, particularly, what we can and should do ourselves.socialeurope.euFrance’s Democratic Malaise: Stop Blaming Citizens, Start Reforming InstitutionsWhen eight in ten French citizens feel unrepresented, the problem lies not with democratic fatigue but with a political system that has forgotten how to listen. 05918
Reposted by Keith BolekMen in Blazers Media Network @meninblazers.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Spain’s Nico Williams gave his mother, Maria, his World Cup winner’s medal after Sunday’s final ❤️💛 Nico's parents trekked some 2,000 miles across the Sahara from Ghana to Spain as refugees. Now, their son is a world champion 🥹 212147662740
Reposted by Keith BolekJohnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I want people to understand the full impact of the devastation that First Nations in Canada are facing. It's NOT just that people and wildlife are losing their homes...it's the history that is being lost for generations to come. 3845082169
Reposted by Keith BolekLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 15/07/2026These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244... 16573643925
Keith Bolek @keithbolek.bsky.social · 13/07/2026All in the family, at least in South Carolina.static.klipy.comArchie Bunker Scoffs at NewspaperALT: Archie Bunker Scoffs at Newspaper 000
Reposted by Keith BolekGrace Panetta @gracepanetta.bsky.social · 10/07/2026How Graham Platner's implosion demonstrates that leaning into masculinity doesn't equal electability — and highlights the double standards for which candidates are allowed to be flawed & get second chances: 19thnews.org/2026/07/grah...19thnews.orgDemocrats say they want a fighter. Does it have to be a White man?Democrats went all in on masculinity as a winning strategy. It fell apart in Maine. 34712
Reposted by Keith BolekDavid DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Trump officials came to Ohio in June to highlight investigations of people suspected of cheating Medicaid out of tens of millions, but they didn't mention corporations accused of up-charging the state’s system by a quarter-billion dollars in a single year. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/10/f...ohiocapitaljournal.comFeds, Ohio Republicans focus on individual cases of Medicaid fraud, but what about corporations? • Ohio Capital JournalThe Trump administration and Ohio Republicans say they're fighting Medicaid fraud. But they never mentioned corporate contractors. 7320119
Reposted by Keith BolekNicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Put 3 kids thru college w/ a blue collar job. Worked dawn to dusk, building homes. Loved his wife of 30yrs & John Deere. Lived here longer than I've been alive It doesn't make a life more valuable. But so many immigrants detained, deported, dying bear the trappings of "real America" we mythologize 6799262
Reposted by Keith BolekHeadquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 09/07/2026The son of the man shot and killed by ICE: I am Ronaldo Salgado, the oldest son of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. He should've been picking up the last of his guys before heading to finish up construction. Unbeknownst to all of us, my dad had been shot inside his van by ICE agents in unmarked cars. 11565112722
Reposted by Keith BolekCenter for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 09/07/2026NEW: CAP’s Accessible Democracy Tracker identifies barriers to accessible voting across U.S. states as well as opportunities to strengthen election accessibility for disabled Americans. Explore the tracker ⬇️ www.americanprogress.org/article/ac…americanprogress.orgMapping Disabled Americans’ Access to DemocracyCAP’s Accessible Democracy Tracker identifies barriers to accessible voting across U.S. states as well as opportunities to strengthen election accessibility for disabled Americans. 01612
Reposted by Keith BolekPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 09/07/2026Pretty fitting, though, to center on a Chinese food item that is an American invention based on a misunderstanding of China. 791516224
Reposted by Keith BolekStephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Reminder: we are war crime-ing Cuba right now because Trump and Rubio want to collapse their government. Not a major part of the media discourse but it should be. 3135391395
Reposted by Keith BolekEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 06/07/2026The Trump admin has been deporting huge numbers of kids who came into the country alone. Trump has been doing it at 3x the rate of his first admin. www.propublica.org/article/unac... 8264139
Reposted by Keith BolekUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 06/07/2026This is the exploitative H2A guest worker program that Donald Trump and Members of Congress are seeking to expand further — undercutting every farm worker’s wages and displacing local jobs. 1/2 9365175
Reposted by Keith BolekSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 06/07/2026A broadside assault on truth that must be taken seriously. This administration wants to replace independent scholarship and curation with propaganda and Prager U. drivel. The Kennedy Center was bad enough. This is worse.nytimes.comWhite House Criticizes Smithsonian Museum for ‘Extreme Political Activism’ 442945975
Reposted by Keith BolekSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 06/07/2026This passage from @davidlat.bsky.social perfectly captures the false dichotomy you see so often from the Supreme Court's defenders: The Court is held out as "independent" because it doesn't *always* rule for Trump. That whitewashes (1) how often it *does*; & (2) its bad behavior in non-Trump cases. 441816454