Reposted by Lizard_KingOtto von Biz Markie @donachaidh.bsky.social · 1hThe mere fact that anyone is rich enough to spend that much money to avoid being taxed is maybe the best case that these motherfuckers need to be taxed 59437
Reposted by Lizard_KingPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"For America to right itself, we need changes on the scale of Reconstruction and the New Deal. And I worry that’s not going to happen if Democrats and the broader anti-Trump left are taking their cues about what’s necessary and politically possible from the Times." newrepublic.com/article/2160...newrepublic.comThe Left Must Fight The New York Times’ Monopoly TooThe paper’s editorial vision is out of step with the robust liberalism needed today. 401594415
Reposted by Lizard_Kingjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5hthe idea that rufo has, at any point in his public career, been a sincere advocate for “colorblind meritocracy” is brain dead 753959485
Reposted by Lizard_KingJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 16hI'm not naive enough to actually believe this will happen, but Democrats could be preparing, right now, lists of impeachment charges against (at a bare minimum) Hegseth, Kennedy, Mullin, Patel, Blanche, & Trump, as well as Bondi, Bovino, & Noem (still worth doing!) that rely purely on public facts, 962963594
Reposted by Lizard_KingJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 16hEstablish that violations of the Emoluments Clauses and the Establishment Clause are impeachable. Establish that war crimes are impeachable. None of these require the mens rea questions that so sidetracked the first two Trump impeachments. The facts are the facts. 7814111
Reposted by Lizard_KingLuke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Every time I see a serial killer tv show advertised I think of this 374445578
Reposted by Lizard_KingTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026some descriptive statistics here on the civility industrial complex on college campuses that I haven’t seen analyzed before www.uncivilcollective.org/resources 7919331
Reposted by Lizard_KingOriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 02/10/2026SCOOP: White House officials, led by Susie Wiles, have told DOJ to delay any abortion-related action until after the midterms Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November @washingtonsun.com www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...washingtonsun.comWhite House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the MidtermsAttorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election. 1041183624
Reposted by Lizard_KingMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse. 20162052861
Reposted by Lizard_KingBarb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Part of the post-Trump repairs to democracy must be inspectors general. What if we house them in the legislative branch, where a president cannot fire them? Courts could serve as a check. 68959238
Reposted by Lizard_KingMatt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 02/10/2026hey check out this vision of the future for children 👍 www.cbsnews.com/video/teache...cbsnews.comTeacherless, AI-driven school opens in ChicagoChicago's first AI-driven school, called "Alpha," opened this month. Ash-har Quraishi gets an inside look. 5274
Reposted by Lizard_King"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 01/10/2026One feature of that grappling was that within the 'no war, no peace, only conflict' model, the agrarian ('second system' in my parlance) militaries often ran 'hot and cold' - when political and strategic conditions aligned, they responded at much greater scale than opponents could match. 21264
Reposted by Lizard_KingDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 01/10/2026it's actually quite striking to me how much the illiberals are starting to argue, quite directly, "we want a fragmented chaos on our frontier, so we can dominate it more easily" feels like decadent roman empire frontier management tbh here's one about canada:defenseanalyses.orgThe Centrifugal StrategyFragmentatation as strategy in the northern Monroe Doctrine. 1925346
Reposted by Lizard_KingOlivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This 33-year-old nurse told the FBI she knew she was “going to set him free” after border patrol agents brought in a man whose face was bloodied and seriously injured. She treated him and helped him escape, and she faces charges now. He got away, and they never relocated him. 18181361772
Reposted by Lizard_KingJesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026As an aside, this is such an absurd thing to print with any degree of credulity. Every article I can find about this situation repeats it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... 21117
Reposted by Lizard_KingAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026this Pete Hegseth speech is indistinguishable from parody. words fail to describe the absurdity. here he's talking about governors coming to the Pentagon to grovel to him and Trump so they can be rewarded with a new military base 3672519598
Reposted by Lizard_KingNewsweek @newsweek.com · 30/09/2026A Michigan nurse is accused of helping an injured immigration detainee escape from a hospital while in federal custody.newsweek.comNurse helped injured Mexican escape ICE custody at hospital: Feds 14386199
Reposted by Lizard_KingGregory Hays @aristofontes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026There was no reason to care about this two years ago when we were ranked first, and there was no reason to care about it last year when we were ranked twenty-seventh, and there is no reason to care about it this year when we are ranked ninth. There is no reason to care about it in any way.cavalierdaily.comU.Va. climbs in FIRE free speech rankings, but fails to regain top spotThe Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression released its 2027 college free speech rankings Wednesday. 2131
Reposted by Lizard_KingScott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Alito's holding in Glossip was literally that it is legal for the state to torture people to death in direct violation of the Constitution unless the defendant could identify a more humane execution method. Sadistic and illogical even by his dismal standards, and this is the result 29922
Reposted by Lizard_KingMichael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Absent a major change in policy, none of us will return to the Bureau. If you leave for more than two years, you’re required to redo the Academy. I’m quite sure that my wife, son, and my then-fifty-year-old body will not agree to that. 635556
Reposted by Lizard_KingPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Economic issues not cultural wars' produces a party that both loses elections and abandons moral causes and vulnerable people. That’s not a theoretical argument—it’s the story of the Democratic Party of my entire adulthood." newrepublic.com/article/2159...newrepublic.comWhy Democrats Should Stop Using the Phrase “Culture Wars”Texas’s Gina Hinojosa and others slamming the party for focusing too much on so-called cultural issues are pushing a flawed electoral and policy strategy. 616360
Reposted by Lizard_KingSylvia Chi 齊思涵 @sylviachi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"The reality is that there are no silly culture wars happening in America. There are equality wars and justice wars and fairness wars. Democrats should try to win those wars—and the elections that involve them." 💯 010443
Reposted by Lizard_KingAlaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 30/09/2026Meet Backpack, your 2026 Fat Bear Week champion. Backpack is 20 years old, weighs about 1,000 pounds and got his nickname because, as a cub, he loved riding on his mom's back across the Brooks River.akpub.ioMeet Backpack, Fat Bear Week’s chunky champBackpack went from hitching a ride on his mom’s back to cross the Brooks River to winning the hearts of fat bear fans around the world. 161672588
Reposted by Lizard_KingFoucault's Pudendum @kaitave.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Should we shut down all college football teams too?" buddy, this is what's known as "threatening me with a good time" 238061
Reposted by Lizard_KingLisa Marie @lisamarietea.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Get their asses, Ron Funches. 03616
Reposted by Lizard_KingChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.” 835196106180
Reposted by Lizard_KingAnnie Abrams @annieabrams.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“Right now, to be clear, our curriculum is K-8, Common Core, and then Advanced Placement material at high school...We’re using the same curriculum that’s being taught in a traditional classroom. We’re just doling it out at the right level and pace that makes it most effective for learning.”possible.fmMacKenzie Price on AI-Powered K-12 Schools - Possible 241
Reposted by Lizard_KingSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the third-country removals case; clears way for Trump admin. to continue removing non-citizens without a full chance to litigate the conditions in those countries (while also taking up the full merits appeal). 941241511
Reposted by Lizard_King"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 29/09/2026To my eyes, the current MAGA strategy is to try to defeat this by simply refusing to allow an elite consensus, by refusing the respond 'normally' to political events. If the midterms look anything like the polls, I wonder if they will still consider that strategy wise in December. 11465
Reposted by Lizard_KingProPublica @propublica.org · 28/09/20261/ On @lastweektonight.com, John Oliver cited our reporting w/ @texastribune.org about how Ken Paxton appeared to have violated Texas law. Paxton used an address where his estranged wife said he no longer lived while voting in 6 elections in the past 2 years: www.propublica.org/article/ken-... 9867288
Reposted by Lizard_KingLeah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026NEWS: More than TWO THOUSAND events have been registered so far with No Kings: Vote Early, making it the largest early vote mobilization in history. It's not too late to get your town on the map - submit today: www.nokings.org 13764266
Reposted by Lizard_KingBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Very grateful that the press corps caved on the WH’s pool restrictions. Imagine how uninformed we’d be if we had only a transcript, not a video, of these remarks 211221
Reposted by Lizard_KingDrew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is a revelation to me. Are most history depts not already "service depts"? I assumed they were. In any given year I might teach 500 students, most of them in the intro surveys, and maybe 25 of those 500 are history majors. But it's important to note how admins set these classes up to fail. 957167
Reposted by Lizard_KingNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“The millions of dollars of resources that international students and athletes bring to the NCAA and to universities must be spent on ensuring the safety and status of student athletes.” - Nandita Sharma (@nsharma101.bsky.social) www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/s...theguardian.comICE has abducted a college athlete. What are the NCAA and universities going to do about it?Aminata Seck’s detention shows the bargain facing international college athletes: universities eagerly recruit them, but support can disappear when their immigration status becomes precarious. 1449
Reposted by Lizard_KingNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“Instead of helping with administrative work to renew her student visa, the NCAA and KSU put the onus on her, even as back surgery she needed from playing basketball kept her from doing so on time. Now, as Seck disappears into the ICE detention system, they remain silent.” - @nsharma101.bsky.socialtheguardian.comICE has abducted a college athlete. What are the NCAA and universities going to do about it?Aminata Seck’s detention shows the bargain facing international college athletes: universities eagerly recruit them, but support can disappear when their immigration status becomes precarious. 17226
Reposted by Lizard_KingNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026ICE has abducted Senegalese WBB player Aminata Seck and won't release her. DHS 'policy' is to provide medical care to prisoners at intake, yet they admit to denying her care for an ACL injury for 1.5 months. The NCAA is letting it happen, despite its predatory recruitment of ICAs. We explain.theguardian.comICE has abducted a college athlete. What are the NCAA and universities going to do about it?Aminata Seck’s detention shows the bargain facing international college athletes: universities eagerly recruit them, but support can disappear when their immigration status becomes precarious. 10888513
Reposted by Lizard_KingRachael Hamlet @karmamylanta.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Watch the trailer here:youtu.beMusk | Official Trailer | Bleecker StreetYouTube video by Musk 318352
Reposted by Lizard_KingDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/09/2026Class solidarity.hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 642162613
Reposted by Lizard_KingBradford Vivian @bradvivian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026If this isn’t blatant viewpoint discrimination, then I don’t know what is. “The Office of the Provost rejected 57 of 77 applications from the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis to retain core curriculum status for the 2027-28 academic year . . . 1/2 thedailytexan.com/2026/09/24/u...thedailytexan.comUniversity rejects over 30 courses of a COLA department’s requested core curriculum courses,Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story and headline incorrectly stated the number and percentage of courses of Social and Cultural Analysis that were rejected by the Office of the Provost due... 23417
Reposted by Lizard_KingThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 26/09/2026The Trump administration uses a rare and contested authority to claw back nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress.bit.lyTrump administration uses rare authority to claw back nearly $1B in spending approved by CongressPresident Donald Trump is canceling nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress. The White House announced the move on Friday, using a rare and contested power to axe funding for immigrant services and diversity-focused initiatives. 3313880
Reposted by Lizard_KingJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Glad about the result, but I don’t think it speaks well of us as a country that after two years of human rights violations, war crimes, naked gangster corruption, and contempt for the Constitution, he’s finally unpopular because gas got expensive. 383903763
Reposted by Lizard_KingAnne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Gas prices are the true third rail of US politics, and the GOP and fossil fuel companies made it so by equating cars with freedom, reversing fuel economy standards, and thwarting transportation alternatives. 1215
Reposted by Lizard_KingFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 25/09/2026US Supreme Court lets Trump deploy voter database ahead of midterms ft.trib.al/VCbcpXjft.trib.alUS Supreme Court lets Trump deploy voter database ahead of midtermsRuling boosts the president’s efforts to overhaul election rules before the November vote 3288
Reposted by Lizard_KingSorry Buddy @3cityyimby.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Couple thoughts on your thread here, if I may. 1. Good odds a canuck behind the pseudonym. The specific grievances about indigenous politics hampering oil to tidewater make no sense from a Yankee perspective (US benefits from a large WTI-WCS differential). Those specific complaints are AB or SK. 181
