Reposted by LoraJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026WARNING: The Ellison family is about to own CBS News AND CNN. A judge just cleared the deal. Closing: days away. When one family controls what tens of millions watch, democracy loses a watchdog. Independent media isn't a luxury. It's your last line of defense. 43273362737
Reposted by LoraDaniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 21hComplaints have limited legal value outside their case, but the one suing for the murder of Renee Good is an important cultural document. It tracks a grand opera of horror and hate that culminated in the death of a woman at the hands of her government. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 316756
Reposted by LoraChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 20hI went to the floor yesterday to ask the Senate to pass a simple bill - no ICE arrests at school bus stops. Let’s end this evil practice of purposely traumatizing kids. Republicans blocked the bill. And for insane reasons. Watch. 39615200
Reposted by LoraAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h"He is not here to help. He’s distant, angry, a figure of nothing but venom & vengeance. He walks toward the viewer like a serial killer stalking his prey, his face a mask of contempt & barely-contained rage. His visage in this ad is glowering, almost a parody of a dictator trying to inspire terror"publicnotice.coScenes from a personality cultTrump’s taxpayer-funded agitprop is clearly illegal — and that’s the point. 1501913605
Reposted by LoraPop Base @popbase.tv · 21hRenée Good’s family are suing the U.S. Government and immigration officials for wrongful death and other violations of federal law. (via AP) Renée was fatally shot by ICE agent Jonathan Ross at the beginning of this year. 352045
Reposted by LoraAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president 887251365933
Reposted by Loramaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun. 158172064239
Reposted by LoraCongresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 30/09/2026Salah must be immediately released and returned to his community in Wisconsin! The immigration system and courts are being weaponized to persecute and target those who dare to dissent.wpr.orgJudge rules leader of Wisconsin's largest mosque can be deportedAn immigration judge has ruled that the leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosque can be deported, his legal team announced Wednesday. 571969778
Reposted by LoraProPublica @propublica.org · 23hNEW: Emma Joyce died at 3 years old. The next year, her sister Ava Joan died. Then their brother died from the same complication of untreated diabetes that killed Ava Joan. Later, a fourth sibling died. Their parents believed in prayer, not medicine.propublica.orgFour Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr... 49232231445
Reposted by LoraBill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"That single executive’s salary could fund the hiring of 11 full-time instructors to run 66 classes." www.startribune.com/university-o...startribune.comUniversity of Minnesota faculty and alumni decry ‘administrative bloat’ despite proposed budget cutsThe U’s Board of Regents will vote on the budget on Wednesday, which includes 7% academic budget cuts and 6.5% tuition increases. 820188
Reposted by LoraShelley Stamp @shelleystamp.bsky.social · 21hNo words www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comNew Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in GazaSatellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire 031
Reposted by LoraMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026🚨 BREAKING: Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa has filed an official request to inspect unredacted communications between Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and Elon Musk after roughly 1,400 pages released last year were heavily redacted as “intimate and embarrassing.” 13985882793
Reposted by LoraProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026The VA lost about 700 social workers and 500 psychologists and psychiatrists over the course of 2025 — a significant change for an agency that was adding mental health staffers nearly every month leading up to Trump’s return to office. (Published March)propublica.orgVeterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under TrumpHundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as ... 36952567
Reposted by LoraMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026Trump White House misspells “United” on the official “super intelligence” document with AI executives. Instead of “President of the United States,” it reads: “President of the Unites States.” Nothing says “super intelligence” quite like misspelling the name of the country. 61780672353
Reposted by LoraAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026LMAO Trump's new AI website confirms that he lost in 2020 19466711839
Reposted by LoraRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity. 322171084837
Reposted by LoraMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I think I'm getting the hang of this. 522840815
Reposted by LoraKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age. 15284411506
Reposted by LoraMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury, claiming he had evidence Smith secretly went to an Atlanta Hawks game. Then it all backfired in real-time.meidasnews.comGOP Senator’s Jack Smith ‘Gotcha’ Blows Up in His FaceEric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury over supposed evidence placing him at an Atlanta Hawks game. There was just one problem: It was the Iowa Hawkeyes. 1003118573085
Reposted by LoraGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETaxamericasvoicecnn.substack.comCHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive. 769653319
Reposted by LoraMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026Trump’s new AI website believes he is the “former” president and acknowledges his criminal indictments 671549467
Reposted by LoraGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“The president has repeatedly exhibited bizarre conduct in the public eye. Not only does that include taking naps during public events, but also erratic behavior, slurred speech, appearing lost or disoriented, and sporting mysterious bruises.” newrepublic.com/post/215938/... 919120754043
Reposted by LoraWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We're witnessing the Rapist-to-President and/or Rapist-to-Supreme Court Justice pipeline with this Cornell scandal. 14173021794
Reposted by LoraColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Knowledge is NOT politically neutral. The scientific method is a tool for deriving knowledge. So why then, are we telling the arbiters of the scientific method and developers of knowledge to be politically neutral? Are scientists supposed to forsake knowledge for politics sake? 48230
Reposted by LoraKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you. 768285935966
Reposted by LoraAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power" 343124064609
Reposted by LoraElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This Cornell gang r*ape case has me wanting to burn down everything. An ESSAY?! For drugging and r*aping a woman for SEVEN HOURS and advertising it on the fraternity group chat? And no one stopped it, called security, did a damn thing? ARE YOU FCKING KIDDING ME? 26822160
Reposted by LoraMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 28/09/2026Last month, we refurbished 10 tennis courts in Crotona Park — the only public tennis courts in the Bronx with lights for night play. We stopped by recently to see how things were going. Thank you to NYJTL, USTA and Yonex for helping us deliver high-quality public spaces that New Yorkers deserve. 265139162376
Reposted by LoraKimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026But I need to smile more. 715143536316
Reposted by LoraAxios @axios.com · 25/09/2026Pope Leo XIV today warned about machines "invading and conditioning our daily lives" in a speech to French leaders as he began his visit to the country.axios.comPope: "Paradise of machines" threatens humanityLeo has made addressing the impact of AI a defining theme of his papacy. 1329188
Reposted by LoraRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.theintercept.comDoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam 6574017411811
Reposted by LoraLora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026memories of shitty media men list… yet this feels even worse somehow? 9/24 story icymi — nypost.com/2026/09/24/t...nypost.comSilicon Valley ‘sex assault list’ with ‘over 100’ names circulated, warning female tech workers of predators to avoid“Some of them were very prominent names, you know? People who were famous investors. Businessmen who were in the scene” 18515
Reposted by LoraMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comDHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizensNevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens. 694155506365
Reposted by Lorataylr @taylordahlin.com · 26/09/2026landlords offering free creep glasses, they will never see the light of heaven 1412516
Reposted by LoraAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026MS NOW reports that their White House reproter was denied access to the White House this morning despite a court order demanding she have access 1126131624455
Reposted by LoraMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house. 684249035520
Reposted by LoraDefiance Dispatch @defiancedispatch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026HAPPENING TODAY: In NYC, Elliot Page, Hannah Einbinder, Susan Sarandon and Chelsea Manning are standing in solidarity with hundreds of New Yorkers gathered outside the UN General Assembly, protesting Benjamin Netanyahu's visit today. 17624166
Reposted by LoraAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026OMG -- under questioning from Hassan, Trump's FDA nominee Heidi Overton refuses to acknowledge that Trump can ever be wrong about anything even after she's confronted with a specific example of something Trump is clearly wrong about 59350211758
Reposted by LoraReuters @reuters.com · 24/09/2026The Senate narrowly rejected a Democratic-led resolution aiming to stop the Iran war until hostilities are authorized by Congress reut.rs/4yfwsm4 2610145
Reposted by LoraScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If we had actual journalists in this country, this would have been reported as a story. 22546662406
Reposted by LoraRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like. 537153527215
Reposted by LoraAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It now costs the truck drivers on average $1,200 to fill up a single tank because of the war in Iran. Mike Rogers said it's a win-win-win. Are you winning? 502153574908
Reposted by LoraEthan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The cybersecurity threat from agents is increasingly more likely to come from a massed swarm of AIs whose only goal is to penetrate your system to figure out how much you paid for your company t-shirts as part of a research effort to "find good t-shirt prices" as it is from bad actor attacks. 930843
Reposted by LoraMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 24/09/2026BREAKING: The state of New York is suing Polymarket, claiming the company operates an illegal gambling platform in violation of state gambling laws. 12291971816
Reposted by LoraThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026⚡️JUST NOW: MASS UN WALKOUT ON NETANYAHU 936177993719
Reposted by LoraRay Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Families and Witnesses to Five ICE Killings Testify Before Congress truthout.org/articles/fam...truthout.orgFamilies and Witnesses to Five ICE Killings Testify Before Congress“I don’t think justice can be served until ICE is off our streets,” said Stella Carlson, witness to Alex Pretti’s murder. 512143957
Reposted by LoraTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Most people have no idea how much international students are the lifeblood of higher education. But they’re about to learn. Sigh. 322235587