Reposted by Lantern catDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10hThe thing politically active college students are taught is that you can get paid on one side for doing what the other side does out of conviction 25949203
Reposted by Lantern catAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 4h"Remember that I can do anything I like to anyone." - Caligula. Yes, literally the original mad emperor Caligula. 1112839
Reposted by Lantern catAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/10/2026The Dems need to viciously attack every power and money center for the conservative movement. Eliminate car dealership monopolies, enact wealth taxes on billionaires, eliminate citizens United, crack down on crypto, and bring silicon Valley to heel. 19748102
Reposted by Lantern catNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist. 5846831396
Reposted by Lantern catJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Fortunately, people at NYT recognized that this was a historically bad sub-head for a story. It now reads: "is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants." But SOMEONE WROTE THAT ORIGINAL HEADLINE. 1715123
Reposted by Lantern catRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 01/10/2026a righteous act 373694357
Reposted by Lantern catKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A truly heinous man has doxxed the Cornell victim on X and the comments are predictably vile. Based on countless interviews I’ve done with survivors, the trauma they are subjected to for coming forward is oftentimes even worse than the initial trauma they experienced. There is no real justice system 12671791375
Reposted by Lantern catMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.” 44867341842
Reposted by Lantern catshanley @shanley.com · 29/09/2026Shut down all fraternities. That shit should've BEEN over 212314
Reposted by Lantern catAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026MacFarlane: The Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio has got the same issue. Last year, they paid $50,000 for diesel to transport their food. Now, they’re paying $150,000 for the diesel to transport their food. 25490984004
Reposted by Lantern catDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026Justice Jackson’s “bright side” on mass voter purges depends on Republican election officials following federal law, and on the Supreme Court holding firm if election deniers try to purge voters. If the past is prologue, the signs are not hopeful, Marc Elias writes: demdock.com/4xM2nJP 422874
Reposted by Lantern catKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants. 20752451428
Reposted by Lantern catDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026What’s it going to take to stop the media both-sidesing? I would have thought over taxpayer-paid Trumpian propaganda. But WRONG. So I imagined how these guys would cover Trump actually shooting someone on Fifth Avenue. The first 3: presswatchers.org/2026/09/the-... 68328
Reposted by Lantern catBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026You can tell, with all of the explicit ethnic cleansing making everything worse and more expensive, the GOP's next target is just to go all out on gender wars. Everyone on X or Rumble is complaining about nagging women 24/7, with brief respites for holocaust denial. Full 4chan incel GOP incoming. 843523628
Reposted by Lantern catLarry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026In what world is it the purview of the President/Executive branch “to force conservative cultural changes on academia‘? And why end the paragraph without noting that there is no legal justification whatsoever for Trump and his minions to “force cultural change” on institutions of higher education. 7697166
Reposted by Lantern catDefector @defector.com · 25/09/2026This is a cry for help: defector.com/taylor-swift...defector.comThis Is A Cry For Help | DefectorAt midnight, Taylor Swift released a four-song update to her latest album, The Life of a Showgirl, which came out last October and had the cultural impact of a Sketchers sneaker drop. Despite juicing… 5413
Reposted by Lantern catSpooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is Nazi rhetoric. Not similar. Not Nazi-like. It’s straight up lebensraum. 372981916
Reposted by Lantern catRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health OfficeThe cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026. 27674943153
Reposted by Lantern catToby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 23/09/2026the uk has shown were backing off trans rights takes you & it's horrific my latest for new republic newrepublic.com/article/2155...newrepublic.comCentrists Won’t Tell You Where “Moderating” on Trans Rights Ends UpThe recent example of the U.K. Labour Party shows that “compromising” rarely stops at some acceptable midpoint. 17504160
Reposted by Lantern catMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The random civilian who illegally stole everyone's data & dismantled large chunks of the federal government, in an end run around Article I of the Constitution, should be jailed for life & not have large govt contracts, the ability to contribute to political campaigns, or stakes in large media orgs. 8427116
Reposted by Lantern catRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Just a remarkable choice, this headline. No other leader of any other country in the history of the UN would get that headline after giving an address with that quote. 451365337
Reposted by Lantern catMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026ProPublica got the literal check Collins was bribed with. 8443451334
Reposted by Lantern catDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 21/09/2026🚨 BREAKING: In a loss for Missouri voters, the 8th Circuit rules the GOP's congressional gerrymander should be used for the midterms. The ruling puts the federal court in direct conflict with the Missouri Supreme Court. Now SCOTUS must decide for a third time which map will be used in November. 35508240
Reposted by Lantern catKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21/09/2026static.klipy.comRicky Bobby Talladega NightsALT: Ricky Bobby Talladega Nights 451253104
Reposted by Lantern catlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 21/09/2026if you're a moderately competent desktop computer user with the means to buy a few hard drives i think you have a duty to your iphone friends to become "the plex guy" 1284511780
Reposted by Lantern catMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026one common thread (among the horrifying many) between the numerous ICE shootings/murders is that no first aid was administered to the victim. armed combatants of the government shot to kill, and if they didn’t kill right away, they gave time for it to happen anyway. it is absolutely grotesque. 5146061230
Reposted by Lantern catRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 16/09/2026One of the great unappreciated authorial decisions in sci-fi history is when Westwood Games had their Mysterious All-Powerful Alien antagonists be revealed, in their own campaign, as a bunch of hillbilly bluecollar miners working for an exploitative mega corporation and way in over their skis. 1971548
Reposted by Lantern catHaus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Ed Sheeran saying "I'm in love with the shape of you" while looking at a map of Greater Israel 3365241327
Reposted by Lantern catKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 14/09/2026One of the more insidious phrasings I've seen with the Dems/trans rights discourse lately is the idea that trans people are being greedy and demanding a "maximalist" approach to trans rights. No, you cannot call the state of rights American trans people had as recently as 2023 "maximalist," sorry. 323970900
Reposted by Lantern catAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS. 566280948612
Lantern cat @lanterncalico.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Like if a Democrat came out with neo segregationist policies to appease the kkk vote in Texas it would be considered political suicide. No one would be saying black people must vote for the neo segregationist bc the republican will be turbo segregationist. 171
Lantern cat @lanterncalico.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Democrats act like they have no agency and that the base must be shamed into supporting them anyway otherwise it’s the voters’ fault. The politician chose to attack their own constituency to appease republicans who will never vote for them anyway. The blame is on the politician. 191
Reposted by Lantern catSherman Smith, Kansas Reflector editor in chief @journalist-sherman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026On private school vouchers, Masterson says it's not fair to leave kids in position where the only option is a failing public school, where they will learn generational welfare and that crime pays. Holscher: "I don't know what you'd expect. You defunded our schools" #ksleg #ksed 4326
Reposted by Lantern catJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026W/o getting drawn into the "seriously or literally" / "it'll never happen" trap, we need to stomp *hard* on the continuing effort to undermine Article 1 power of the purse by saying that this or that revenue stream makes something outside the normal budget process. 1/ www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...nbcnews.comLutnick says Trump’s $5,000 checks for Americans wouldn’t rely on taxpayer fundsA top White House official suggested Congress would use a budget process to fund them. Vice President JD Vance had said tariff revenues. 1773206927
Reposted by Lantern catAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/09/2026Once again this isn't like gay marriage. We're not asking for something new. We're asking not to lose rights we've had for decades. When Dems say they agree with enacting new restrictions on trans people, that's a betrayal. They are actively going out of their way to harm trans people. 92568333
Reposted by Lantern catKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026(centrist adviser): "Sir, what our voters want most is someone who'll fight! Who'll fight for them and not back down! Who'll fight to defend freedom! And, sir, that's why I'm urging you to make sure you tell everyone that you're willing to sacrifice a trans kid playing soccer." 942273
Reposted by Lantern catKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Dear Democrats, You will never be able to triangulate your way through racism/sexism/transphobia, because pushing a lighter, politer form of bigotry is always a lose-lose proposition. The bigots want the uncut stuff, while normal people aren't drawn to cowards who sell out. Stand your ground. 543757840
Reposted by Lantern catPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 11/09/2026You can become a journalist to be a TV star or to join the elites or to write an American canto or you can become a journalist to challenge power and advocate for the powerless. 1179383
Reposted by Lantern cathelen @homotoptheory.northsky.social · 11/09/2026*texting your ex* so it’s kirkmas, which got me thinking about what YOUR throat can do— 442053
Reposted by Lantern catPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 09/09/2026In what universe would a white Mayor be told he could not attend a commemoration in Oklahoma City because "Timothy McVeigh?" 132225556
Lantern cat @lanterncalico.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The effects of the Great Recession would be from 08 to ‘12 to my knowledge so 00 to 08 would be the prelude to my knowledge. I don’t like many of his ideas but I think this is the time period he’s talking about 100
Reposted by Lantern catMike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026You’ve gotta use AI because it’s the future. But also it’ll take your job. But also it’ll create a paradise on earth and solve most of our problems. But also it’ll end humanity soon. But also you’ll get left behind if you don’t use it right now. 12068201639
Reposted by Lantern catMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026German Chancellor Friedrich Merz: “The word "remigration" is nothing other than a synonym for ethnic cleansing based on origin and skin color.” 6342211021
Lantern cat @lanterncalico.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Maybe I don’t have the right info but people around me usually refer to the Great Recession as 07/08. I was 7/8 so I wasn’t reading the news then 100
Reposted by Lantern catKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Any news outlet that spent even one segment or one article on "Joe Biden is old" in 2024 should be going wall-to-wall with stories about the dementia-ravaged 80-year-old who keeps posting AI garbage and telling insanely obvious lies about himself. And yet 1583456947
