Reposted by @m-gibbs.bsky.socialdr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 10htheir whole bullying schtick only works when the response is spluttering and harrumphing and well i never-ing. "why did you think anyone here cares what your doughy buckeye ass thinks" just makes him look like the soft handed hedge fund pallid loser he is 132165193
Reposted by @m-gibbs.bsky.socialBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 9hJust a multiyear campaign across multiple presidential terms to strip the citizenship of a political adversary. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...washingtonpost.comTrump officials scrutinized Omar in 2019. They didn’t find citizenship issues.The earlier review of Omar’s immigration records looked at many of the same issues being investigated now. 9409145
Reposted by @m-gibbs.bsky.socialJames Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 10h"Seven years ago, a political appointee in the first Trump administration approached U.S. immigration authorities with a request that alarmed career staffers: Scrub the immigration records of Rep. Ilhan Omar." Officials "ultimately determined there was insufficient evidence of wrongdoing."wapo.stTrump officials scrutinized Omar in 2019. They didn’t find citizenship issues.The earlier review of Omar’s immigration records looked at many of the same issues being investigated now. 5263121
m-gibbs.bsky.social @m-gibbs.bsky.social · 10hTranslation: "I know I'm an unpopular loser and that I don't stand a chance unless I weaponize the government against my political opponents." 102
Reposted by @m-gibbs.bsky.socialSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Five hundred people on hunger strike inside a for-profit ICE concentration camp in Georgia.thecurrentga.orgApproximately 500 participate in hunger strike at Folkston immigration detention center - The CurrentApproximately 500 detainees at a private ICE facility in Folkston, Georgia, launched a hunger strike to protest poor living conditions and alleged asylum protocol violations while awaiting judicial he... 3623131167
Reposted by @m-gibbs.bsky.socialElissa Taub @ejtaub.bsky.social · 15/10/2026This is really beyond the pale and the kind of political persecution that could get someone the protections of asylum elsewhere. Sadly, Omar came to the US with her family to seek that same kind of protection. Now our bigoted government is putting her thru this again. 05114
Reposted by @m-gibbs.bsky.socialJared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 15/10/2026The argument for taxing the rich harder is about paying for social support systems, yes, but its utility in democracy is limiting the amount of power that any one individual can wield over the rest of us 719058
Reposted by @m-gibbs.bsky.socialAnu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 14/10/2026When Jack Smith subpoenaed phone logs, lawmakers cried constitutional crisis. When federal agents raided Ilhan Omar’s home weeks before an election, the outrage evaporated. @lizdye.bsky.social writes on the double standards. Essential piece from @atrupar.com ‘s Public Notice. Read and subscribe. 15946227
m-gibbs.bsky.social @m-gibbs.bsky.social · 14/10/2026"AIs are conscious” is a strong, affirmative claim. It implies a lot of specific things about consciousness. It requires strong evidence. Asking people to be careful in their claims and thinking is completely reasonable. 010
m-gibbs.bsky.social @m-gibbs.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Gen Y is a less common term for millenials. It goes: Boomers, Gen X, Gen Y, Gen Z, Gen Alpha. 100
m-gibbs.bsky.social @m-gibbs.bsky.social · 13/10/2026"Because it's never been millennials that have been called the generation unable to read, that's being thrown at Gen X and Gen Alpha." lol. lmao even 000
m-gibbs.bsky.social @m-gibbs.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Correct, so what example are you referring to here? bsky.app/profile/noad... 100
m-gibbs.bsky.social @m-gibbs.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Millenials were born between 1981 and 1996. The oldest millenials are 45 now. 100
m-gibbs.bsky.social @m-gibbs.bsky.social · 13/10/2026This clown has no idea how anything works. What an embarrassment. 000
Reposted by @m-gibbs.bsky.socialshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 12/10/2026historically high spend and this is how much of his net worth it is 46543161
m-gibbs.bsky.social @m-gibbs.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I just came back to America for a week after a few months abroad and I had diner breakfast three separate times. Glorious 020
Reposted by @m-gibbs.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 12/10/2026This is simply not generating either the volume or tone of scandal coverage that effectively ended Joe Biden's presidency when he was unable to produce a surgically-clean implementation of Donald Trump's totally unplanned & poorly timed withdrawal from Afghanistan: bsky.app/profile/mcop... 24938308
Reposted by @m-gibbs.bsky.socialPatrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026There is absolutely no viable path forward for this country that doesn’t hinge on extreme accountability for everyone involved in this administration. They’re going to whine about politicization and credulous media types will echo them, but the thing is, they’ve committed tons of obvious crimes! 8570601790
Reposted by @m-gibbs.bsky.socialJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Calling my shot: we will see less than half as many pundit-consultant pieces about this Latino realignment as we saw in the other direction 2021-2025, because a Latino blue shift doesn’t fit the Dems-Too-Woke narrative 271376273
Reposted by @m-gibbs.bsky.socialJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854 151151526523
Reposted by @m-gibbs.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country. 2069162685672
m-gibbs.bsky.social @m-gibbs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026TIL North Korea is a majority Muslim country 000
m-gibbs.bsky.social @m-gibbs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"I can do whatever I want, if I want." Spoken like a rapist and a tyrant. 000
Reposted by @m-gibbs.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I don’t think a 21X increase in the cost to get a tanker out of the Persian Gulf with lower total exports than before the war is an achievement. And I think it’s odd that so much of the press has been covering it as if we should see this as positive, with “Better Than You Think”-style “explainers.” 19647209
m-gibbs.bsky.social @m-gibbs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I'm not the one who thinks a person is a pariah for not playing a fantasy sports game. lmao 100
m-gibbs.bsky.social @m-gibbs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Seek other employment immediately =/= just up and leave and expect similarly compensated employment in the same field instantly The former is looking for a new job immediately. The latter is leaving immediately and landing a new one immediately. Not at all the same. Don't be dense. 110
m-gibbs.bsky.social @m-gibbs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I and the other ten people in the imax theater enjoyed it! 000
Reposted by @m-gibbs.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️ 9660913491
m-gibbs.bsky.social @m-gibbs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Yeah, but they get paid. This is voluntary and because people are supposed to like doing it. Isn't that the whole point? To have fun and enjoy doing the activity? 1100
Reposted by @m-gibbs.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. 582242580
Reposted by @m-gibbs.bsky.socialJoshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 03/10/2026It’s weird to see so many higher education leaders beat their chests about “the decline of trust” from the public while refusing to acknowledge the conservative movement organizing to destroy it. Imagine someone stabbing you repeatedly while you complain about not having enough blood to bleed out. 5447133
Reposted by @m-gibbs.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I don't really know what to do with these pieces, because: 1. They refuse to used "illegal" & "unconstitutional" & "corruption" in the heds, deks, ledes, or body text 2. They disappear from the front page/headlines within 36 hours & never become THE NARRATIVE, contra EMAILS & BIDEN IS OLD, etc. 311097365
m-gibbs.bsky.social @m-gibbs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026That was said in the third sentence. That's not exactly burying the lede. 000
m-gibbs.bsky.social @m-gibbs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Eno...!en.wikipedia.orgOld Enough - Wikipedia 000
m-gibbs.bsky.social @m-gibbs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Ah but the trick is that nobody cares about Gen X. 010
m-gibbs.bsky.social @m-gibbs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It happened, is the point. Frame it how you like. thedailyrecord.com/2026/09/09/m...thedailyrecord.comMother charged after 5-year-old walks to pond alone, stirring parenting debateA court case against a mother of five in Virginia has sparked debate over when and where kids can do things on their own, and at what age. 000
m-gibbs.bsky.social @m-gibbs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026www.businessinsider.com/mom-cps-chil...businessinsider.comI let my 5-year-old walk half a mile alone. Four days later, there was a warrant for my arrest.Karyann Parkinson was eight months pregnant when her son's solo walk led to a police and CPS investigation and, later, a criminal charge. 200
m-gibbs.bsky.social @m-gibbs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comWhen Mothers Get Arrested for MotheringRaising independent kids shouldn’t be this hard. 100
m-gibbs.bsky.social @m-gibbs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Okay then. www.aei.org/commentary/i...aei.org 100
m-gibbs.bsky.social @m-gibbs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Children aren't allowed to walk outside anymore. www.cbsnews.com/news/virgini...cbsnews.comMom found guilty of abuse for letting 5-year-old walk outside alone speaks out"We just expected that as soon as this gets in front of a prosecutor actually looking at it and a judge, this is all gonna go away," Karyann Parkinson said. 100
Reposted by @m-gibbs.bsky.socialBellmora ❌👑 @bellmora.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“This unprecedented, budget-crippling surge in diesel is tanking — so to speak — not only Trump’s approval ratings but the chances that many petrified Republicans will survive an already bad midterm cycle.” 842661
Reposted by @m-gibbs.bsky.socialElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Now seems like a good time to say that the more I look at what doge did with USAID the more it looks like a straightforward eugenics project and Elon’s protests that he didnt know anyone might die seem doubly evil 501341419
m-gibbs.bsky.social @m-gibbs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026None of Trump's sycophantic goons are willing to tell him that this is not what 25% approval means. 011