Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026U.S. forces are retreating. That's what this means. "Pulled out and returned to their home stations in the U.S. as potential Iranian threats raise base security concerns" is a fancy way of saying the Iranian military has the U.S. military in retreat. This is unbelievably embarrassing. 253067943
kmbates.bsky.social @kmbates.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Isn’t there an oath that Federal employees take? If they don’t resist enemies of the constitution foreign or domestic - have they not violated their oath and at least become an enabler or coconspiritor? 000
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Justice Kavanaugh, please explain to me — and Christa Pike— how this is an “interim” decision? Justice Barrett, please explain to us how this is merely a “preliminary” ruling? 411355344
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Christa Pike was first sexually abused when she was just two years old. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... 1948372
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialHaydon, frightfully @haydonmp.bsky.social · 04/10/2026We live in a time of parables, and the lesson in this man’s is that the suffering we are responsible for is much closer to us than we would like to believe. And that our obligations to our neighbor must therefore be held even closer. 315339
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialWuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Jack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass 1070243065202
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialJosh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The Senate results rightly got a lot of attention, but these gubernatorial polls from NYT-Siena are just as stark. Hinojosa by 3! Sand by 11!! www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...nytimes.comDemocrats Lead Governor Races Deep in Republican Territory, Polls ShowDemocratic advantages in the races for governor in Texas, Iowa, Ohio and Alaska reflect deep unhappiness with President Trump and the economy. A Republican leads in Kansas. 1528649
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The best cure for ideological bias is find someone on the other side and go to lunch with them. Sometimes we disagree about facts. Sometimes we disagree about values. Figuring out which is which is fun part. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/… 99843762
kmbates.bsky.social @kmbates.bsky.social · 04/10/2026How is this not the equivalent of Hitlers concentration camps? This is being done in our name. Anyone not actively resisting this -speaking out against it -is complicit. The new Congress must allow the ICC to try these crimes to be tried in a court for crimes against humanity. 100
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement. 377120823486
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialDhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.socialwired.comICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir DatabaseDHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say. 12529911782
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialOliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Massive crowd outside Palantir’s HQ in central London. Throw this evil corporation out of our public services." via Global Justice Now 2568121989
kmbates.bsky.social @kmbates.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Hi hair must be a mess or he’s having trouble staying awake. 010
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialSuMo📞Congress 202-224-3121📞CSPAN 202-748-8000 @sumoh7.bsky.social · 02/10/2026TEXAS: Being on a suspense list doesn't mean you can't vote, but it does mean more paperwork. Avoid the hassle by updating your address by OCT. 5 to keep things simple at the polls. It only takes 2 minutes. Spread the word to a friend. ✊ #LetsGetVoteReady 01915
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialandykimnj.bsky.social @andykimnj.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Zack Mullock is a mayor and father of three who cares deeply about the future of South Jersey and will work with me to uplift our communities in this part of the state, and his race was just upgraded to be a “district in play”! (1/2) 22310
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026BREAKING: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has named New York State Attorney General Letitia James to serve as special prosecutor to investigate the Cornell rape case. 451733264
kmbates.bsky.social @kmbates.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The unintended but completely imaginable consequences of an ill advised “excursion” with Iran. 000
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Since Nixon is back in the news: --Congress almost forced gov shutdown to end his illegal bombing of Cambodia --Congress enacted 1973 War Powers Resolution in large part b/c of illegal bombing of Cambodia --One of the proposed articles of impeachment pertained to his illegal bombing of Cambodia 410230
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/10/2026Renée Good’s family filed two federal lawsuits, with one accusing the US of being liable for the actions of federal agents, alleging wrongful death and excessive force. The second alleges a conspiracy to interfere with civil rights, naming ICE agent Jonathan Ross and Greg Bovino among others.motherjones.comThey called her a domestic terrorist. Now Renée Good’s family is suing.The family alleges wrongful death and deprivation of civil rights. 530769
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialAnonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The three banks have paid a combined $512.5 million in settlements with Epstein survivors and the US Virgin Islands. The question remains, what did the Epstein-linked banker tell the FBI, and why wasn’t that interview report in the files released to the public? #OpDeathEaters 1307
kmbates.bsky.social @kmbates.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This woman needs and deserves the support of all of us. Many college women are victims of assaults. It’s a dirty secret that needs daylight! 000
kmbates.bsky.social @kmbates.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hey @abigailspanberger.com let’s do this in Virginia too! 000
kmbates.bsky.social @kmbates.bsky.social · 01/10/2026One would think the God fearing Tennessee Republicans and US Supreme Court Justices would take this as a clear message from God that he is not going to tolerate their evil. 010
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 25/11/2025“General Dostler justified his action by contending that he was merely obeying Hitler’s Commando Order…General Dostler was condemned to death by the U.S. military tribunal in Rome on October 12, 1945.” -Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, p. 1539 112733
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026While I'm enjoying the humiliation justifiably being heaped on Senator Eric Schmitt, I don't don't think enough mockery is being directed at his accomplice, Senator Kennedy, the Cornpone Clown, with this stupidly victorious expression as he smugly holds up the ridiculous "evidence." 93586002353
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026👀 🔥 405149473914
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialKate Hagen's House of Horrors 👻 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 653020989
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence: 2638210045729
kmbates.bsky.social @kmbates.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Cornell may very soon be an all male university. 011
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialAnonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026US Rep AOC: “The culture of rape, sexual assault, and pedophilia is protected in elite institutions across the United States and including Cornell University” #OpDeathEaters 8440161
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Upton Sinclair remains undefeated 6824109
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialNightmarica @n1ghtmarica.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Senator Whitehouse launched ethics complaint against Justice Alito Covered by Lawrence O'Donnell Goes over Alito's recent sketchy shit in detail. Tune in to learn more about Alito's corruption. youtu.be/rt3d9RZtIgw?... 12111
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 29/09/2026Every three months like clockwork, $40 billion rotates between two ETFs in a trade that lets foreign investors dodge US taxesbloom.bgA $40 Billion ETF Shuffle Helps Foreign Investors Dodge US TaxesEvery three months like clockwork, $40 billion rotates between two ETFs in a trade that lets foreign investors dodge US taxes 64527
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialLegal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026ALSO LIVE AT 915 AM ET: Legal AF provides live coverage as the entire D.C. Circuit of Appeals hears En Banc Oral Argument on Trump Administration’s Defiance of court order and CECOT deportations Under Alien Enemies Act. Join Popok for a hearing pregame! 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_fb...youtube.comLIVE: D.C Circuit Hears Major Case on Trump CRIMINAL CONTEMPTYouTube video by Legal AF 33729
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialReuters @reuters.com · 29/09/2026CNN, MS NOW, Politico ask judge to extend block on White House ban reut.rs/47oZHH6reut.rsCNN, MS NOW, Politico ask judge to extend block on White House banCNN, MS NOW and Politico asked a federal judge late on Monday to issue a court order preserving their White House access while they fight US President Donald Trump's move to ban them over coverage he dislikes. 14113
kmbates.bsky.social @kmbates.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I have been laughing so hard my husband took his CPAP off just so he could hear me read this to him. Great point ! And 🤣😂🤣😂 010
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I think we lucked out a bit here in that a lot of what Trump does falls into the bucket of “so jaw-droppingly vulgar or corrupt that it’s not technically illegal because it was inconceivable that someone would attempt it.” Like why restaurants rarely post “no defecating on the tables” signs. 222949
kmbates.bsky.social @kmbates.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Taking the emoluments that were not approved by Congress is not punishment - it is upholding the constitution. 000
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/09/2026ICE IS ABOUT TO MAKE YOUR GROCERY BILL EVEN WORSE Cattle groups in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas say ICE raids are creating a “massive chilling effect” on legal, documented workers, disrupting meatpacking and delaying the processing of thousands of cattle. They’re reporting millions in losses. 51148022521
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialPEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Unsurprisingly, there are almost no Russian-made components in Russia's new Geran-4 drone. While Chinese parts surprise no one, how a Texas Instruments onboard computer got there is a major question. #cdnpoli 18933201667
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Match me? New merch just dropped:store.abdulforsenate.comFor Us (Unisex Black V-Neck Tee)Abdul for US Senate Webstore 371197340
Reposted by @kmbates.bsky.socialJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Lower accountability reads as higher risk. When a town's newspaper closes those local governments end up paying higher interest rates to borrow. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/… 8562179