Reposted by Madhouse MuseMoira Birss @moira.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“We hope that other cities will take it as a lesson: We don’t have to bow down [to] the fascist deportation machine. We certainly don’t have to let its perpetrators benefit from our local economies and infrastructure." - Alderman Andre Vasquez 15315
Madhouse Muse @madhousemuse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Amnesty International now officially calls for abolishing ICE. 000
Reposted by Madhouse MuseGreg Palast @gregpalast.bsky.social · 27/09/2026In 2020, Ken Paxton stole Texas for Trump by blocking 2.5 million mail-in ballots in Harris County [Houston]. And he can do it again. The attack on mail-in ballots and drop boxes, unseen by the media, will determine the midterms nationwide. gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/how-paxton...gregpalastinvestigates.substack.comHow Paxton Will Steal TexasThe Senate candidate stole it for Trump, he can do it again. 611884
Madhouse Muse @madhousemuse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026September 26, 2003: The day the world ended on #TheLastOfUs 000
Reposted by Madhouse MuseDJ Maryalee Scarlet @djmaryaleescarlet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026@sarahkendzior.bsky.social warned us all. 28045
Madhouse Muse @madhousemuse.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Disappointing but not surprising that Rob Bonta dropped the lawsuit. He didn't have the support of CA Governor Gavin Newsom, who wants to stay on good terms with media behemoth Paramount so he can get favorable coverage for his 2028 presidential run on CBS (& their other subsidiaries). 010
Reposted by Madhouse MuseYellow Dot Studios @yellowdotstudios.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"Wars and tariffs may get the blame for inflation, but they have a costly accomplice: climate change" Yeah but the climate didn't decide to overheat itself, so let's call this what it is: Big-Oilflation. Pollutionflation. Lies-and-BSflation. Corrupt-lawmakerflation. Exxonflation. Shellflation etcpolitico.comClimate inflation is hereClimate change might be costing you hundreds of dollars a year. 2258
Reposted by Madhouse MuseSludge @sludge.bsky.social · 18/09/2026NEW: One in five members of Congress reports investments in AI developers, chipmakers, cloud infrastructure providers, data center companies, or private AI startups, a Sludge analysis finds. Here Are the Members of Congress Invested in the AI Industry readsludge.com/2026/09/18/h...readsludge.comHere Are the Members of Congress Invested in the AI IndustryOne in five members of Congress reports household investments in AI developers, chipmakers, cloud infrastructure providers, data center companies, or private AI startups, a Sludge analysis finds. 723989
Reposted by Madhouse MusePrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14/09/202680% of Reform’s funding comes from two crypto billionaires. Reform has received £123.6m since 2019. £61m from Christopher Harborne living in Thailand, mentioned several times in Panama Papers. £44m from Ben Delo, recent returnee from Hong Kong, criminal conviction in the US.democracyforsale.substack.comBREAKING: 80% of Reform’s funding comes from two crypto billionaires“If that isn't a massive corruption risk I don't know what is.” 29474272
Reposted by Madhouse MuseRevolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A little-known Pentagon office staffed by Big Tech alums is dismantling safeguards and accelerating AI warfare as their former employers compete for lucrative military contracts.levernews.comThe Big Tech Alums Building Trump’s AI War MachineA little-known Pentagon office staffed by Big Tech alums is dismantling safeguards and accelerating AI warfare as their former employers compete for lucrative military contracts. 095
Reposted by Madhouse MuseAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Equatorial Guinea is a dictatorship run by the same man since 1978, with his children running large portions of the state now. We paid this dictatorship millions of dollars to let us deport random people there. Our money was used for this inhumanity. 191382648
Reposted by Madhouse MuseJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A lot of people have said to me “but why would the government lie about the risks from Covid?” And I’m sorry but the answer is always because capital is valued over lives and they want you to go back to work, it was true in the mines, true on the railroads, true post-9/11, and true now. 5293109
Madhouse Muse @madhousemuse.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"America's worst crises are not born of partisan rancor but of bipartisan collusion." - Sarah Kendzior I've been on a binge-reading spree of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social 's books. I loved Hiding in Plain Sight, They Knew, & The Last American Road Trip. Next up: The View from Flyover Country #Books 48328
Reposted by Madhouse MuseProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026At least 75 career federal officials who’d played important roles in elections have left, been fired or been reassigned. In their place are roughly two dozen people Trump installed in positions that could affect elections. Ten of them actively worked to reverse the 2020 vote. (Published April)propublica.orgInside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm ElectionsWhen Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would l... 10416250
Reposted by Madhouse MuseGreg Proops @gregproops.bsky.social · 03/09/2026“I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.” “Listen, honey, if men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.” “Women have always been an equal part of the past. We just haven’t been a part of history.” -Ms. Gloria Steinem 015451
Reposted by Madhouse MuseIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 03/09/2026Gloria Steinem was a feminist icon and democracy defender who spent her life fighting for human rights. Her memory should inspire us all to do a little, or a lot, each day. Rest in Peace, Gloria Steinem. 💔 14688204
Reposted by Madhouse MuseGeorge Hahn @georgehahn.com · 01/09/2026Such iconic photos.npr.orgA Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who shot an iconic Vietnam War-era photo has diedPulitzer Prize-winning photographer Slava "Sal" Veder died on Saturday, Aug. 22, just 8 days shy of his 100th birthday. 726531
Reposted by Madhouse MuseSarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 24/08/2026On traitors: substack.com/@sarahkendzi...substack.comSarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior)Excerpt from article I wrote on US reps who chose Israel over the US — both GOP and Dem. Hakeem Jeffries is in there. So is his mentor, Pelosi. I published it in 2023, right after joining Substack. Ma... 311552
Reposted by Madhouse MuseDr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 22/08/2026"The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism." Hannah Arendt 16222091101
Reposted by Madhouse MuseMark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026All for a bunch of tax cuts to the richest families and corporations, while sending billions in weapons to apartheid nations to bomb women children and old people. No universal healthcare, nor childcare, skyrocketing living costs and another 100 bil war for Netanyahu. We need a revolution. 1126578
Reposted by Madhouse MusePrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Billionaire Google Co-Founder Pumps $102m To Oppose California Wealth Tax, 5% On Assets Above $1bn. Imagine if they did the same to fight poverty. All over the world, Super-rich buy politicians, collect subsidies, lax laws, dodge taxes, cause most pollution. It is People v the Super-Rich.commondreams.orgBillionaire Google Co-Founder Pumps $102 Million Into Fighting California Wealth Tax | Common Dreams"Sergey Brin would rather spend $100 million to fund a shady opposition campaign than simply pay his fair share in taxes so millions of Californians don’t lose their healthcare." 19352172
Reposted by Madhouse MuseCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/08/2026This puts the current pace of US budget deficits into perspective. @eddyelfenbein.bsky.social 261022376
Reposted by Madhouse MuseYellow Dot Studios @yellowdotstudios.bsky.social · 17/08/2026You might want to hold your breath before reading this headline: The CO2 that Exxon, Chevron, and the rest of Big Oil keeps pumping into the air is now starting to de-calcify our bodies, just like it's doing to the oceans. And... inhale!sciencedaily.comScientists detect a surprising shift in human blood as atmospheric CO2 risesRising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may be leaving a measurable imprint inside the human body. Researchers analyzing more than two decades of U.S. health data found that blood bicarbonate levels h... 510568
Reposted by Madhouse MuseDavid Sirota @davidsirota.com · 17/08/2026🚨NEW: Hakeem Jeffries declared his opposition to Medicare For All 72 hours after a Yale study shows it would save 100,000 lives & $1 trillion. Context: Jeffries raked in $391k from health PACs in 2026 & faced no primary pressure to hold the line on Dem priorities because a primary was blocked.levernews.comHakeem Jeffries’ Betrayal Shows Why Democratic Voters Are So EnragedHouse Dems’ leader declared his opposition to Medicare For All on the same day a new poll shows almost all Democratic voters support it. 1041367565
Reposted by Madhouse MuseJoshua Carns @joshuacarns.bsky.social · 17/08/2026There is one and only one most important issue for every American citizen this election and that is to transform the highly immoral for profit health care system (health for the rich) into a Medicare for all single payer system that covers every man woman and child in the US 04918
Reposted by Madhouse MuseSarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The company that killed bookstores is now killing books, literally. 5879433
Reposted by Madhouse MuseProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 17/08/2026They keep breaking things they can’t unbreak. It’d be nice if Congress gave a shit. 25626
Reposted by Madhouse MuseThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around. 7350462753
Reposted by Madhouse Muse404 Media @404media.co · 15/08/2026Flock told 404 Media in an email it never executed the partnership with Nexar. But the presentation still shows Flock’s ambitious plan to conscript rideshare and delivery drivers to collect license plate data for its network. www.404media.co/flock-pitche...404media.coFlock Pitched a Plan To Turn Uber and Lyft Drivers Into Roaming Surveillance VehiclesA Flock presentation shows the company planned to use around 350,000 Uber, Lyft, and delivery drivers to collect license plate data for its surveillance system. 211158
Reposted by Madhouse MuseAdam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Piece I just wrote for Current Affairs. www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-mas...currentaffairs.orgThe Massive Climate Lie That Will Destroy Human CivilizationThinking we have time left to address climate change, or that “Net Zero by 2050” will save us, is driving us toward full social collapse in ways that become more obvious with every new broken temperat... 501007485
Madhouse Muse @madhousemuse.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Just received my copy of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social 's book _Hiding in Plain Sight_. Was disappointed to receive a new book that had a dirty & stained dust jacket (I'm very OCD about my books), but opened it up and found it to be an autographed copy! What a terrific surprise. #Books #BookSky 080
Reposted by Madhouse MuseThe Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 03/08/2026University of Cambridge historian Ben Zdencanovic explores America's long struggle to build a healthcare safety net.theconversation.comTrump administration is withholding more than $1B in Medicaid funds from California and Minnesota, in latest example of weaponizing real and imagined fraudFor six decades, politicians have blurred the distinction between protecting Medicaid from abuse and using abuse to discredit Medicaid itself. 0108
Reposted by Madhouse MuseJonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Correctsciencebasedmedicine.orgThe Covid Amnesia Project and the Plot to Erase 2020It’s up to those of us who experienced the pandemic in the real-world to make sure that what actually happened in 2020 isn’t deliberately erased by sheltered disinformation agents who experienced 59242
Madhouse Muse @madhousemuse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026No, I absolutely believe it. This shill for corporate interests is lining up capital for his 2028 presidential run. He also needs the media conglomerate on his side so he gets favorable coverage on CBS. This is not out of character; it IS his character. 000
Reposted by Madhouse MuseTim Shorrock @timshorrock.bsky.social · 29/07/2026This is my first article in Truthdig. It describes the late CIA Director R. James Woolsey as the godfather of national security capitalism and reveals how his Paladin Capital and other defense-oriented private equity funds are financed: by America's largest labor unions and their pension funds. 0126
Reposted by Madhouse MuseBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 29/07/2026So, I finally did a TED talk, and it got released today. I seem to have been quite intense, but I'm grateful they left in my Trump joke. www.ted.com/talks/bill_m...ted.comOur last, best chance to cool the EarthWe're living through oil wars, wildfire smoke and extreme weather driven by a warming planet. But environmentalist Bill McKibben says one thing is finally going right: the price of clean energy has pl... 21526222
Reposted by Madhouse MuseJose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I've unearthed the bizarre backstory behind this Kafkaesque secret court that was suddenly awakened by the Trump administration. I talked to the only living judge who first sat on it. He tells me he got the job by playing tennis with the chief justice. @notus.com: www.notus.org/trump-white-...notus.orgA Decades-Old Terrorist Deportation Court Is Being Used for the First TimeJudges on the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, created in 1996, have never heard a case — until now. 410558
Reposted by Madhouse MuseNew York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 24/07/2026We just won a months-long halt to the illegal merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Stopping this merger while our case proceeds is a critical victory in our efforts to uphold the law and protect the film and television industries. 16799221963
Reposted by Madhouse MuseKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Stunning is putting it mildly 43710173
Reposted by Madhouse MuseAdam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 24/07/2026YellowDot released this letter today calling for disaster preparedness for the heat jump this El Niño will bring. It’s signed by scientists, meteorologists, climate writers, concerned citizens & was sent to every Governor, major city Mayor, international Mayors. Sign + share if you can. 916471
Reposted by Madhouse MuseJulia Wick @sherlyholmes.bsky.social · 23/07/2026NEW: As Boyle Heights warehouse fire burned, then-Bass advisor Yusef Robb remained in the mayor's press office's internal WhatsApp groups even after he started doing crisis PR for Lineage. lamaterial.com/p/bass-yusef...lamaterial.comBass Advisor Remained in Private Mayor's Office Chats While Doing P.R. for LineageYusef Robb remained in the mayor’s internal communications channels for a week after beginning crisis PR work for the company that manages the Boyle Heights warehouse. 26827
Reposted by Madhouse MuseMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 22/07/2026A report from 1937 Germany. Seems a lot like ICE in 2026 America. 16601283
Reposted by Madhouse MuseU.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 10/07/2026Investigative producer @dcmonteverde.bsky.social was handcuffed and detained by sheriff’s deputies after a judge barred WWL-TV and other media outlets from covering a court proceeding that revealed the indictment of Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill in New Orleans on July 2.pressfreedomtracker.usProducer detained after judge closes courtroom for grand jury indictmentWWL-TV investigative producer Danny Monteverde was handcuffed and detained by deputies after questioning a judge’s decision to close a court … 22620
Reposted by Madhouse MuseOregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 20/07/2026BREAKING NEWS: We just won a court order temporarily blocking the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. This $110 billion proposed merger would increase costs and decrease options for working families, and harm the small businesses and workers in Oregon’s film and TV industry. 415334
Reposted by Madhouse MuseGreg Palast @gregpalast.bsky.social · 20/07/2026👀 Thom Hartmann, the historian & @hartmannreport.com host, has put on his deerstalker and discovered that the #CitizensUnited decision was based on the fraudulent reporting of a key Supreme Court case way back in 1886. gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/thom-hartm...gregpalastinvestigates.substack.comThom Hartmann, DetectiveThe historian and talk show host puts on his deerstalker and discovers that Citizens United was based on the fraudulent reporting of an 1886 case. 47337
Reposted by Madhouse MuseScott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 20/07/2026For months, Senate Republicans said Jack Smith "spied" on Congress and broke the law. A judge just unsealed the files. Inside: routine phone records—that a call happened, when, how long. No message content at all. They lied. Here's the proof:dworkinsubstack.comWhile Trump Ranted On TV, He Was Losing Everywhere ElseThe courts ruled against him again and again. Here’s the week he didn’t want you to see. 15345921907