Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialmolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 3hit’s whatever they’re mad about. always has been. it doesn’t mean anything to them, it’s just a place to store bad feelings. 18830146
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialAlex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 15hReminder that the Vice President of the United States has described Yarvin as an intellectual influence. 128967
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialgeoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 06/10/2026remember when it would have been news that the president published a slur against a tiny minority 1448059
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The saving grace is, in many of these backsliding countries, only a minority want the most fascist parts. Appears to be about 30-something % into it, with another 20-30% that doesn't really object to the fascism (or necessarily care) and will swing to it if, say, prices went up. Which isn't great. 523631
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Fascism, neo- or otherwise, isn't like an oppressive hereditary monarch. We're dealing with a mass movement. Anti-democracy, anti-rights, anti-liberal. In numerous countries, with considerable transnational solidarity. For example, this crowd wasn't reluctantly forced into it. They're ecstatic. 1332668
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"Jailed for violating banking laws", much like Hitler met his end after losing a battle with suicidal ideation. 231180157
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Incredible how the editors at @nytimes.com still don't understand how embarrassing it is to do this, and how it undermines the credibility of the paper and its journalists. It's like a toddler covering their face to play hide and seek. We see you but it's not cute, you look like an asshole. 251328264
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026one thing I remember thinking about during the NYT's wall to wall coverage of Claudine Gay's fake plagiarism scandal is how regularly the NYT denies credit to the work of local, independent, and/or student journalists 8959198
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialMr. 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. 37153211829
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026these fucking ghouls should never know a day of peace for the rest of their lives 223305232
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialroterote @roterote.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I think Greg is correct, but Americans need to be aware that Magyar’s Tisza government is aggressively going after every Fidesz official, removing them, using every lever of the state to yank them out of power. This is far more aggressive and rapid than anything proposed in the US so far. 281275335
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 02/10/2026This Wednesday, Elon Musk called for the death sentence for transgender youth care providers. It was in reply to a post calling for full criminalization of all gender-affirming surgery. Musk is becoming even more radicalized in targeting trans people. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.comElon Musk Calls For “Death Sentence” for GAC ProvidersMusk’s posts are not just inflammatory rhetoric. They have real-life consequences. 1131388454
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialW.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is a guy that the media has promoted a dozen times in the last few years. He was on Bill Maher's show two weeks ago as a reasonable conservative. 351098258
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialJane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026the funniest thing about the "we don't trust the media" people is that they will trust literally anyone else. like, if you have an image and text, they'll buy it. shaking keys at babies type logic. 352340384
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/10/2026not that you should expect anything more than rank idiocy from this pair of racists, but the idea that whiteness means a "high trust" society of "social cohesion" is some of the stupidest shit i have ever heard. these people live in a fantasy land that you could dispel by simply opening a book.talkingpointsmemo.comChris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a ThingTo the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in... 25561411143
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Every single newspaper that reported that Jane Doe “changed her story” should be rushing to publish retractions right now. This case should be a lesson in taking a DA’s victim-blaming statements at face value. Victims do not report to the police because they thought nothing happened to them. 71323303
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Just a reminder that people don’t always realize they were raped in the immediate aftermath. It can take hours, days, months, and even years to realize you were raped, and it doesn’t make it any less true. There are many kinds of responses, including fawning and trying to appease your rapist 8952651023
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"revenge for Nixon" explains a rather significant amount of GOP skulduggery in the 21st century www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...wsj.comExclusive | Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw DealA revisionist historian went to the DOJ headquarters to present his case that the former president and his associates weren’t treated fairly. 21698115
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/10/2026"they really believe it"/"they will try to do it"/"the promises are real" are things that most americans refuse to believe about politicians but if you take them seriously will help you predict political behavior more often than not 602611418
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialUrban Land Rent 🇸🇴🚰 @urbanlandrent.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“No they really believe it” is a way better heuristic for understanding political actors than “they are on the take” 9 times out of 10. Sometimes beliefs are downstream of materialism and political economy. But these relationships are more complicated than “bribes” 1576391
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialEmma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026apnews.comNewsom vetoes measure that would have penalized the use of smart glasses to secretly record peopleCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have penalized people for using smart glasses to record people without their permission in changing rooms, doctor’s offices and other spaces p... 21460135
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialthe abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Israel's horrific, in your face conduct, combined with the suppression of antizionist criticism by pro-Israel political and social elites, has created a kind of cognitive permission structure to deny that Jews face any oppression whatsoever. 10700117
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/10/2026i think cox should spend less time weeping about polarization and more time working to convince his co-partisans not to abandon pluralism and liberal democracy 1593963508
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialSenator Dr. John Brown stan account, Esq., PhD, MD, JD, LCSW @johnbrownstan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I feel like Dem politicians have so thoroughly internalized their inability to connect with "normal" people that they lack confidence in their own political instincts and so put their trust in data guys who know even less. They should stop doing that 0426
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialBrooke from Let’s Not Date @letsnotdate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Right-wing Canadian men have the same access to the history of what was done to Indigenous children as we do, but many refuse to care. I decided to tell them that history as if the children had been white instead. 524939
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 01/10/2026Graham Linehan is calling the people who murdered a trans man in cold blood, heroes. 701296293
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The Supreme Court’s majority gave no reason for its literal life-and-death decision to wipe out an appeals court order issued earlier today and which was, on its face, intended to be temporary in nature. Sotomayor wrote tonight’s dissent. Order and dissent: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p... 21667165
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.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? 411357344
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should. 525101832230
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026this really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient 192036615
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 30/09/2026They're moving on from trans youth towards advocating banning care for trans adults, just like we said they would. 903020816
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/09/2026When Third Way says that Dems should hold off their anti-trans strategies, you know things are changing. The organization tends to be more centrist, and they are noticing the same thing the far-right is... the Republican anti-trans campaign cycle is NOT working this year. 14813180
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/09/2026A new poll from The 19th News shows faltering Republican support for gender-affirming care bans for trans youth. It also shows that anti-trans ads might be backfiring, with respondents increasingly saying Republicans are talking about trans people too much. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.comNew Poll From The 19th News Shows Public Turning Against Republican Anti-Trans Healthcare BansThe poll even shows faltering Republican support for such bans. 24934236
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialRyan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 29/09/2026listen i'm not gonna link to it but "stay at home parents would simply have no use for universal daycare" is some of the most "oh you've never actually talked to anyone" shit i've ever heard 443241413
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialCorinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 30/09/2026the fight for abortion rights is the fight for trans rights is the fight for foundational bodily autonomy for all of us. every issue is a queer issue and if you haven't realized this yet, don't worry. they'll show you. 535798
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026From Josh Helfgott: ICE detained a Los Angeles car washer and father of four for six months. His kids ended up in therapy, his family lost its income, and he is still fighting to stay in the country. José Padilla, 41, was detained by ICE on January 27 while he 532121913
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The main reason you haven’t heard about campus sexual violence in a few years is because Trump and SCOTUS have made it much, much harder for survivors to come forward. You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost. 31878638
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 29/09/2026third way figured out dems should stop attacking trans people? third way?! 422881565
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/09/2026Riley Gaines, famous for turning her 5th place tie with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas into a far-right career agianst transgender people, has officially had her lawsuit against the NCAA thrown out by a judge today. The judge found no evidence for her claims. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.comRiley Gaines' Title IX Lawsuit Against The NCAA Struck Down After Judge Finds "No Evidence" Of Funding ClaimsGaines’ attorneys argued her civil rights were violated because she competed against a transgender athlete. 1475038971
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 29/09/2026there's a thing in moderate democratic politics where it is considered fundamentally illegitimate to deliver results to your own voters; instead, you must propose a better way to implement your adversaries' entire ideological program 441667287
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialKate Burns @katerqburns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As young as 2……….. 517969
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026This is a formal request to SCOTUS to forcefully detransition dozens of incarcerated trans people and to subject them to medical experimentation. That's what this is. 7432172
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialThe Spectre Of Communism 👻 @cyberstalin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026its not simply about boycotting meta. one company has made their products indispensable for communication in the modern world. they blocked lulas electoral ads the week before the election. theyre trying to sway public opinion against the victim of a gangrape. states need to intervene. 21021284
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026You are measuring willingness to respond to a survey, not actual identity. Given the bathroom bans, bans on pride flags, renewed efforts to ban GSAs etc, it's not a surprise some kids prefer to not openly disclose orientation to a federal government survey. 850158
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026They restricted these surveys in multiple states in the last few years. States moved to require opt in with parental consent to administer the surveys. Then the CDC stopped reporting data about gender identity in 2025. Given the broader anti LGBTQ hostility it's not a surprise numbers declined. 37925171
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It's wild to me that people like Rufo and Salam can promote fascistic framing like this and not imagine that it might come for them or their families. But whatever guys...good luck with all of those debates about "the Indian Question" or "the Jewish Question" or "the Thai Question" or whatever. 640647
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Talking about "the Indian Question," like Texas Republican Bo French's racist tweet, is intended to suggest that multi-racial democracy is "a problem," rather than a centerpiece of the post-WWII American political tradition. FWIW, Chris Rufo's wife is an immigrant from Thailand. 1143077
Reposted by @l3lack-beard.bsky.socialI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026It’s been darkly amusing watching people deal with the fact that Trump actually had not imposed a permanent change to our culture and politics that would allow them to be their worst selves without friction. Some are doubling down, hence the neighborhood bar fascination, and others are pivoting hard 7861106
![interest in [her] own life." Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U. S. 1,
9 (1985).
In capital cases, "[a]ppreciation of our own fallibility, and respect for the judgment of an appellate tribunal," demand caution before "acting irretrievably." Bowersox v. Williams,
517 U. S. 345, 347 (1996) (Ginsburg, J., dissenting). Indeed, this Court often states that it is "'a court of review, not of first view?" McLane Co. v. EEOC, 581 U.S. 72, 85 (2017) (quoting Cutter v. Wilkinson, 544 U.S. 709, 718, n. 7
(2005)). Today, the Court, as it has too often lately, chooses to overlook that principle precisely when it matters most.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreic2pj24tnxhjgzvpr7n777r27ac5liklla2vxxbiypqvjaouxvh4q)
