Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 22mThe funniest thing about Hegseth’s maniacal misguided focus on military fitness is how every time he works out with the troops, it demonstrates he’s actually bad at it. 2218048
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 35mHey, here's a random thought: maybe all of us who are Democrats and progressives should pause attacks on each other for the next three weeks and focus on beating Republicans. I promise our arguments will be so much more interesting in January after a blue tsunami. 17532101
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialSam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 4hoh look paid protesters 142289493
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2hHilarious. Mike Rogers is now running against … Donald Trump. 3662635609
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3hBREAKING: ICE over the past year investigated hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. that help people register to vote. The internal documents, obtained by the Democracy Forward, showed that ICE's investigative arm also contemplated sending undercover agents to investigate the organizations.democracydocket.comICE probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them. 851144692
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16hHere's a nearly 10-minute supercut of Troy Jackson taking it to Susan Collins during their debate tonight, including Jackson telling her "you can't eat road salt" and "Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out" 26167371797
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 14h"We Can't Eat Road Salt" should be a whole ad. 813584632
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 18hthe tech industry is about to invent books 539198383902
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialThe Heathen Historian 🔻 @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 21hThe fact that the tree is as old as the United States should not be lost on anyone. What a metaphor. 392368905
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialAmerican Bridge 21st Century @ab21.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“This is a courageous move and one that I would really like to see done thoroughly...” Michele Tafoya can’t run from her own words. She’s spent months as an outspoken supporter of the Iran war and Trump’s extremist agenda, even as fuel prices soared in Minnesota. #MNSen 146
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2026I LOVE how @propublica.org dealt with official comment here, editorially and stylistically. 1335381314
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 21hYeah. He’s real eager to clarify what he really meant. 29887150
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 23hcalendars, how do they work 1844135
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23hKEILAR: Does the president get to take some credit for that? ALSOBROOKS: Oh, absolutely not 11767143
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialLisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 22hHell yeah let’s fucking go 5196680
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialAdam Mockler @adammockler.com · 06/10/2026Trump's own rally footage shows the empty seats 1018147
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialAmanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The TV companies that took our tax money should send it back to the Treasury. It's stolen money. They have no credibility opposing gov't propaganda if they keep it. They should eat their mistake. But the end result here is that Trump still got free-to-him, taxpayer-funded ads. 1216244
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialAndrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat... 8739831590
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Trump says 'Let them take out Los Angeles.' Recall this map: The *entire states* with population smaller than LA County. Among them they have 80+ US Senators. LA is about 1/3 of Calif's population, which has 2. 34468166
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialRex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I don't mean to make waves or anything, but as a journalist, I am definitely opposed to the president talking about arresting journalists. 60173111799
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026An American president is encouraging an enemy to destroy American cities. This is treason, though he will claim we are not at war. 61266012454
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026folks, i can't tell you how many times i've rewatched this ad *that republicans are paying people to see* 1383291582
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026Trump: "Probably the worst governor in history -- Jim Walz" 121791130
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialSen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 06/10/2026You spoke out, and he backed down. Now let’s see the proof this illegal waste of your taxes is over for good. And that he pays the money back. We don’t want the U.S. taxpayers to be the latest contractors to get stiffed. 1571358287
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026Holy shit. 686255008415
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialJay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is a community note for the ages. 6658851167
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.social🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 05/10/2026Yeah, this is a big time impeachment abuse of power. 22822233
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 05/10/2026You can’t make this shit up. Trump spent years telling Republicans that voting by mail was corrupt, rigged, and fraudulent. Now that the bottom has fallen out from Republicans, suddenly he wants them to vote by mail. Reminder: Trump has already been voting by mail. 701090449
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialCJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 05/10/20265 minutes into the preseason and Nikola Jokic is throwing behind the back cross-court passes... I needed the replays too 23589103
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialJohn Hollinger @johnhollinger.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This might be the most utterly insane pass I've ever seen. He had to get it under the rim but out of Nurk's reach, and timed for when a player he could barely see turned his head. 31119
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026De Niro: When that coward, that fucking piece of shit, Donald Trump, tries to take our voice and power away, what do we tell him? Keep your fucking hands off our vote. 10048211295
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialWhey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is a very weird headline because the mob actually very specifically cares that they weren’t charged. 1780892
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Old enough to remember when the media freaked out over Jon Ossoff making a brief mention of Natalie Harp 1642672
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialEugene Freedman @eugenefreedman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It decimated the federal workforce - not overhauled it. The elimination of expertise. The destruction of capacity. It also did NOT slash government spending. Spending is UP. It has been reallocated to the secret police and military. Stop publishing falsehoods. 434879
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Joe Biden was too old to be president. Trump is the same age as Biden was when he was president. And it’s obvious that Trump is less mentally healthy than Biden was. So when will the media report that the president’s brain is broken? If the answer is “never,” that means the media are broken too. 32691171
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026What a lie. Some of these people are being imprisoned indefinitely in squalid condition in African prisons. Others report being beaten and arbitrarily deported in violation of international law back to their home countries, where they face persecution or torture. 761951768
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026Trump: "We've gonna shove it up their ass ... They are a bunch of dumb son of a bitches" Remember when presidents had dignity? Here's a lowlight supercut from Trump's rally tonight in Ohio: 107958931698
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialThe Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026When was the last time the press ran a story about republicans making intemperate remarks about democrats? Fretting about whether republicans are doing enough to be bipartisan, to reach out to the forgotten voters who favor the democrats? 441481289
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Again, <only Republicans> ever get to talk like this. If a single municipal level Democrat ever did, it would be a national outrage &spark a wave of “civility” discourse, & op-eds about how Dems must Respect Real Folkz & talk across difference. Democracy is incompatible with this double standard. 582241582
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I know this isn’t useful but it’s weird how “the president should be coherent” was a Very Important Thing just a few years ago and then suddenly wasn’t. 17058711199
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026But ice cream shops can’t give a free cone to someone with an “I voted” sticker 862236451
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.social Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 03/10/202618 U.S.C. §597 69562103
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 03/10/2026If I ran the Democratic Party ad campaigns, I would just air clips like this superimposed with the words “why does he think he can lie to you?” Or “does he think we believe this?” 1736286
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialElizabeth DeLoria II: THE GHOST DIMENSION @yourdadloves.me · 03/10/2026 173128073007
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialMichael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Republicans eagerly accept money from their largest donor, who generates and distributes nude fakes. He's welcome at the White House and he's welcome to run ads supporting their campaigns 218681
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.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. 281274335
Reposted by @let-there-be-lux.bsky.socialDustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this: 259184484876
