Reposted by Martin DevPhoenix New Times @phoenixnewtimes.com · 16hEmbarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congre… 47866334
Reposted by Martin DevDave Infante @dinfontay.com · 12h"[N]otwithstanding the fact that Trump's supporters have already tried to name all sort of things after him, he seems to realize or at least anticipate that all of that will melt away as soon as he and the hammer he can bring down on people are gone." — @joshtpm.bsky.socialtalkingpointsmemo.comTrump Rages, Rages Against the Dying of the LightThis is the weekly, free edition of The Backchannel. If you’d like... 38318
Reposted by Martin DevBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 11hWe’re going to need a new Pulitzer category this year for Best Leaked Audio of a GOP Senate Candidate 1038099
Reposted by Martin DevChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 10hNo AI for kids. Full stop. 1763805637
Reposted by Martin DevDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters. The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets. 7737671084
Reposted by Martin DevSean Morrow @snmrrw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Never forget that David Ellison's Skydance Media was originally created so he could be an actor. Skydance's first film was 'Flyboys' starring James Franco and... David Ellison. David and his daddy invested $60m to make Flyboys. It grossed $17m Here's a bit of David's acting: 2373504904
Reposted by Martin DevChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Something unprecedented happened during my visit to the Gulf. For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders. An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war. 22145382055
Reposted by Martin DevAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026BREAKING: Christa Pike - who survived two botched executions in Tennessee - is AWAKE and able to speak. apnews.com/article/chri...apnews.comChrista Pike is conscious and speaking after Tennessee failed execution, her attorneys sayAttorneys for Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her, say she is awake and speaking as she receives treatment at a hospital. 1661754483
Reposted by Martin DevAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/202699% of rapers are men. 12345771160
Reposted by Martin DevAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026Troy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. 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" 242104642424
Reposted by Martin DevChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/10/2026You cannot convince me that frat brothers organically walked into separate police interviews using the same word, “consensual,” and that it wasn’t coordinated. Especially after a witness told police there was allegedly a fraternity meeting to get everyone “on the same page”. 13031371168
Reposted by Martin DevAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16hTrump wanted to jam more hens into smaller spaces - making it harder for inspectors to access them - and making living conditions for egg laying hens worse. All so businesses could sell cheaper eggs. 14335521168
Reposted by Martin DevAdam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 16hBREAKING A federal judge ordered the Kennedy Center's Trump-installed board to UNSEAL the 163-page report (with redactions) on the $250M+ renovation plan and two year closure. The Board also must unseal a related Powerpoint. Doc buff.ly/E6jyjGl 9645051202
Reposted by Martin DevCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026(Politico) - ABC programs are already tempering their election coverage ahead of the midterms to avoid angering President Donald Trump, a lawyer for the broadcast company told a federal judge on Tuesday .. @politico.com $DIS www.politico.com/news/2026/10... 1151495660
Reposted by Martin DevDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 16hAs always with Rs, the sense is not so much that they deny the physical phenomenon of climate change as the presence or absence of the phenomenon simply never enters their thinking. They interact with it *purely* as a partisan matter, something libs care about. No awareness of a world beyond. 641301242
Reposted by Martin Devsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The photo sits atop a story about how he’s blatantly exploiting his office for personal gain, corrupting the federal government to an unprecedented degree, and no one is even slowing him down anymore. And this is his only response. 21731137
Reposted by Martin Devsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I despise seeing what’s really going on stuffed into a “but critics say” clause. 281435266
Reposted by Martin DevRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.ms.nowOutgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump. 25797223022
Reposted by Martin DevDaniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I am so beyond fucking tired of the insane levels of deference and plausible deniability news media orgs--esp legacy ones like the NYT--afford Trump and the absolute intellectual rot and cravenness that it represents among the ownership & leadership of those orgs 653698
Reposted by Martin DevRyan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 06/10/2026NEW: Olympic canoeist who went through "nightmare" Reflecting Pool case is pushing two government watchdogs to probe "incompetence and wrongdoing."nbcnews.comFormer Olympic canoeist asks government watchdogs to probe ‘nightmare’ Reflecting Pool caseThe Trump administration’s “sprint” to charge Olympic canoeist David “Davey” Hearn, his attorneys wrote, “mirrored the rushed renovation itself.” 3494101
Reposted by Martin DevKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026BREAKING: Trump just caved — claiming online that his super PAC will now pay for those propaganda ads taxpayers had previously been funding. 4252910586
Reposted by Martin DevKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Trump suggested tonight that Iran could "take out" American cities: "It's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe. They can take out a city. Let them take— let it, let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay." 3641509595
Reposted by Martin DevAllison 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. 61366222464
Reposted by Martin DevAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026Letitia James AND Sally Yates??? AMAZING. 357118272453
Reposted by Martin DevAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026NEW: On September 23rd, Cook Political Report shifted the Kansas senate race from "likely republican" to "lean republican." Today, they changed it to "toss up." www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/sen...cookpolitical.comA Senate Majority is Squarely in Democrats’ Sights as Kansas Moves to Toss Up; Two Other Races Shift LeftFour weeks out from Election Day, the Senate map is shifting further in Democrats’ favor — and with it, their odds of winning back the majority.While Republicans continue to have a financial edge in a... 1053755974
Reposted by Martin DevPolitico @politico.com · 06/10/2026Trump approves firing squad execution for Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan politi.co/4dH1nj1politico.comTrump approves firing squad execution for Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan politi.co/4dH1nj1Trump approves firing squad execution for Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan politi.co/4dH1nj1 185119
Reposted by Martin DevThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 06/10/2026Tour guides across D.C. say their business has cratered this year. Adding to the downturn, guides say, is that many tourists are angered by President Trump’s attacks on allies, the imposition of tariffs, and his visa and immigration policies.washingtonpost.comTour guides lose business as D.C.’s reputation and landscape change under TrumpGuides say bookings have plummeted in 2026 amid renovations, closings and a charged political climate. 1721771
Reposted by Martin DevAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Ed Martin says that Tina Peters met with Trump in the Oval Office today to discuss election integrity and “the plans” for the upcoming midterms elections. 1911239487
Reposted by Martin DevJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Gregg Abbott, now in a genuinely competitive race for reelection, will be a no-show at Trump's event this week in Texas, lauds Trump for doing a "good job." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/sign-...talkingpointsmemo.comSign Of The Times … Texas EditionIt’s surprising to see Donald Trump campaigning in Texas a month before... 612527
Reposted by Martin DevJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Susan Collins Voted to Confirm Russ Vought. Is She Having Second Thoughts? talkingpointsmemo.com/news/susan-c...talkingpointsmemo.comSusan Collins Voted to Confirm Russ Vought. Is She Having Second Thoughts?In recent weeks, as the Office of Management and Budget Director Russ... 3313822
Reposted by Martin DevGeoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics. The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027. 382012706
Reposted by Martin DevJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I noticed that a lot of people didn't catch the sarcasm in this hed or read the piece, which is quite good. so we discussed changing the headline. but then I thought, fuck these coked up Bluesky muppets. let's leave it as is. Anyway, give it look. 2944341
Reposted by Martin DevBolts @boltsmag.org · 06/10/2026Republicans in North Dakota and South Dakota have been frustrated by citizen-led initiatives they’ve disagreed with. In both states, they’ve placed measures on the November ballot to raise the threshold for constitutional amendments.boltsmag.org"Disrespectful for Voters": The Dakotas Weigh Raising the Bar for Direct Democracy - BoltsFrustrated that voters are bypassing the legislatures they control, the GOP is pushing two ballot measures this fall in North Dakota and South Dakota to require a supermajority to amend the state constitutions. 1010339
Reposted by Martin DevJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026bezos literally bought the emmys. big oligarchin 1517839
Reposted by Martin DevJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Court Ruling Hobbles Trump DOJ’s Jihad Against Elusive Threat of Noncitizen Voting talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...talkingpointsmemo.comCourt Ruling Hobbles Trump DOJ’s Jihad Against Elusive Threat of Noncitizen VotingJudge Strikes Down Federal Ban on Noncitizen Voting In a potentially very... 115130
Reposted by Martin DevCharlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Putin-Trump was the most successful covert operation in modern history. David Corn on today's "To the Contrary" Podcast. 1925684
Martin Dev @martindev4.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm sorry but the occupant of your White House is not normal. 000
Reposted by Martin Devsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026But that’s—that’s where my family is. 2633235
![ORDERED that Plaintiff’s [74] Motion to Unseal is GRANTED IN PART. The Clerk of the Court shall unseal in full the [65-2] Delta PowerPoint. Defendants shall submit to Plaintiff and the Court any proposals for narrowly tailored redactions to the [65-1] JLL Plan, accompanied by particularized and substantial written justifications, no later than October 14, 2026. Plaintiff shall file any response to the proposed redactions no later than October 19, 2026. The Court will then review the proposals and rule by separate order.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:353gzbhcjbznfxegvayffqek/bafkreigfpxmpkokcoamisifm756idoe4lh5pai7tk3yrqlpkpsmlurijky)
