Reposted by MartinPubMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Pete Hegseth probably thinks it's macho for him to obsess about testosterone levels and order an execution to be livestreamed to the public. But it really screams male insecurity and desperation. He is one sick individual. 53629154
Reposted by MartinPubSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I don't trust polls anymore. Just VOTE. 27581141
Reposted by MartinPubSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 06/10/20263 things can be true at once: 1) He didn't mean to say he *wanted* Iran to nuke San Diego or LA 2) He's so morally lazy he was willing to leave that vile impression 3) He actually wouldn't care if those cities were nuked 106846183
Reposted by MartinPubMother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/10/2026The goal in detaining these children, a former official says, is “to make sure no one ever sends their kids to the US again.” Read @samanthamichaels.bsky.social + @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social report on the administration's new family separation policy that targets children in the nation's interior.motherjones.com“You kidnapped my son”ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.” 88739497
Reposted by MartinPubRoger ZenAF 🖕🐸🖕 @rogerzenaf.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Although it IS a win, framing this as a 'victory for democracy' isn't correct framing. This man was falsely accused of something he did not do in order to soothe the ego of the most incompetent asshole on the planet. It was false and a flaming clownfuck from the get-go. abc7ny.com/story/victor...abc7ny.com'Victory for democracy': Former Olympian David Hearn speaks out after Reflecting Pool vandalism case permanently dismissedFormer U.S. Olympian David Hearn says he is “relieved” after a Washington, D.C. judge permanently dismissed the vandalism case against him. 0208
Reposted by MartinPubThom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 02/10/2026The surest way to escape oil shocks, dictatorial petrostates, and endless energy wars is brutally simple: stop consuming and subsidizing their oil…. hartmannreport.com/p/did-trumps...hartmannreport.comDid Trump’s Iran War Just Blow a Hole in Big Oil’s Future?The surest way to escape oil shocks, dictatorial petrostates, and endless energy wars is brutally simple: stop consuming and subsidizing their oil…. 79146
Reposted by MartinPubJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Here’s what these Republican ass-clowns don't want you to know: the most damaging witnesses against Trump wore RED. Republicans who backed him, worked for him, and rooted for him. Jack Smith was going to put this Trump away…with Trump’s OWN team testifying against him. 251354396
Reposted by MartinPubJack 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. 43674472799
Reposted by MartinPubMother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/09/2026No, our @davidcorn.bsky.social did not say, “Apparently, there’s a fissure somewhere in the US that leads straight to hell." Fake Russian bot accounts impersonating him did. Here's how David got dragged into a Putin disinformation op:motherjones.comHow I got dragged into a Putin disinformation opThis just confirms the warning in my new book. 314741
Reposted by MartinPubSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026BIG TECH: This thing is going to kill everyone TRUMP: I want to be the one to name it 311158226
Reposted by MartinPubNPR @npr.org · 26/09/2026The battle over AI's promise and perils is not a clash between two opposing sides, but a debate among a range of competing voices and ideologies. Here is a guide to who's who in that debate. n.pr/4yZnzwOn.prThe AI safety debate is confusing. Here's our guide to the different factionsThe battle over AI's promise and perils is not a clash between two opposing sides, but a debate among a range of competing voices and ideologies. Here is a guide to who's who in that debate. 179536
Reposted by MartinPubRoger ZenAF 🖕🐸🖕 @rogerzenaf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Techbros who created artificial intelligence telling the world that they've essentially lost control of artificial intelligence and have no way to safely contain it is essentially the beginning of countless really good sci-fi movies and shows. It's also the top tech news for the last two months.🤷♂️static.klipy.comMen in Black: Move AlongALT: Men in Black: Move Along 43310
Reposted by MartinPubKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The contempt order kind of writes itself, no? 371053116
Reposted by MartinPubSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Everyone ready? We only had 10 years of people saying that this was their endgame. If it doesn't happen by November, it'll happen before January 2029. Either way, these creeps have no intention of allowing our democracy to survive or ever leaving power.theatlantic.comThe Supporters Urging Trump to Declare Martial Law for the MidtermsTrump’s advisers have been working for months to move his focus away from baseless theories of election fraud. A group of outsiders is making that difficult. 75804361
Reposted by MartinPubSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Trump is an atheist whose regime has seized control of a) powers assigned to other branches of government, b) significant private corporate assets. He curbs civil liberties and his foreign pals are Communists or ex-KGB. Only one person in DC can be accused of being a Communist. 64796238
Reposted by MartinPubRuth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Democratic notions of the law, and the very notion of “rule of law” and “impartial justice” have no place in authoritarianism. 131252
Reposted by MartinPubSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026All this is rhetorical, of course. I know why we have no such politicians. Because they'd be boring. We got Trump and a collapsing society because we confused politics and entertainment. Politics is supposed to be boring but enormously consequential—the opposite of entertainment. 517144
Reposted by MartinPubMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A message not only for Democrats, but also for all center-left parties across the rich democratic world: 27121
Reposted by MartinPubMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This is an excellent way to put it. 1116137
Reposted by MartinPubThom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 07/09/2026For decades, reporters have treated hours-long voting lines as a “normal” feature of Election Day instead of investigating why some Americans consistently face greater barriers to the ballot… hartmannreport.com/p/has-the-me...hartmannreport.comHas the Media Normalized the GOP’s Voter Suppression Right Before Our Very Eyes?For decades, reporters have treated hours-long voting lines as a “normal” feature of Election Day instead of investigating why some Americans consistently face greater barriers to the ballot… 41078323009
Reposted by MartinPubMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 07/09/2026You can’t write about every other country’s far right party like this, & then continue to not call the Republican Party a far right party & write about them as if they’re the 🇩🇪 Christian Democrats or 🇬🇧 Tories. It’s both factually wrong & bad journalism. And yet, it keeps happening every day. 422548
Reposted by MartinPubThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/09/2026“The idea that we would do this to our friends is just batshit crazy.” @crampell.bsky.social explains to @jvl.bsky.social why European allies are moving billions in gold out of the U.S. amid fears Trump could freeze their reserves and use them as leverage. 36761215
Reposted by MartinPubMother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/09/2026"As Hegseth was bragging about his “kinetic strikes” on narco-terrorist vessels and then launching the attack on Iran, I began to realize that the secretary’s determination to eradicate “woke” from the US military tracks consistently with Doug Wilson’s teaching of a warrior-like Christian faith."motherjones.comPete Hegseth dreams of holy war. Meet his spiritual adviser.Doug Wilson preaches iron discipline and male dominance. One of his disciples runs the Pentagon. 58390208
Reposted by MartinPubMother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/09/2026Just as not all communities are rolling over for data centers, not all newsrooms are sitting back and letting AI steal our content. Some of us are fighting back. Read our CEO @monikab.bsky.social on our lawsuit—and Trump's unusual steps to support OpenAI.motherjones.comChatGPT took our stories. We’re suing.Guess whose side he's on? 419256
Reposted by MartinPubRev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026When you worship power, compassion and mercy will look like sins. When you worship power, harsh treatment towards those you see as "enemies" will look like righteous strength. When you worship power, the value and dignity of others is solely measured by their conformity to you. 316662
Reposted by MartinPubSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Six lawless radicals on the Supreme Court let this happen. And they let it happen because they *wanted* it to happen. They will be damned by history. 19735901387
Reposted by MartinPubSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026They have every intention of rigging this election and trying to steal it And these are the same people who spent a decade falsely claiming elections are rigged It's the biggest, longest con in U.S. political history, and the whole country is its victimcnn.comUSPS whistleblower describes new plans for voting by mail hidden from the public | CNN PoliticsThe US Postal Service effort to develop a sweeping new system for verifying mail ballots has invited a host of IT concerns among agency officials, with some describing the process internally as a “sh*... 46299474584
Reposted by MartinPubMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The rapid way in which this has just become an accepted daily feature of American politics, rather than an immediate presidency-ending scandal, is yet another reminder that @tompepinsky.com was right a decade ago, despite all the people who didn’t want to hear it then & still don’t now.vox.comLife in authoritarian states is mostly boring and tolerableAmericans have an overly dramatic view what the end of democracy looks like. 316474
Reposted by MartinPubZack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 27/08/2026An all-timer post from @tompepinsky.com that was widely misinterpreted by bad-faith idiots at the time 24312
Reposted by MartinPubNPR @npr.org · 26/08/2026Curry will be most remembered for his role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, the tyrannical gender-bending alien scientist in both stage and screen versions of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He was 80. n.pr/3SzX6X8n.prTim Curry, who defined 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' has diedCurry will be most remembered for his role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, the tyrannical gender-bending alien scientist in both stage and screen versions of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He was 80. 1954898
Reposted by MartinPubJen , the MT liberal bird lady @liberal-jen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026If you've not watched this, you should. 312321
Reposted by MartinPubMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Again, incinerating this relationship is not only the single greatest thing 🇺🇸 could do to endanger our national security & so egregious that it should immediately end this presidency, it's also the elevation of the very sexual predation/abuse we see with Trump (& Epstein) to the level of the state. 112424
Reposted by MartinPubKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I have a trade deficit with my beer store. I give them money, they give me beer. 641586218
Reposted by MartinPubKarly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I read an article this morning that said “we are mourning in future tense” and that hit hard. Watching everything happen around us in real time is hard enough, but knowing that it’s going to be a long road to hopefully put it all back together is even harder. 691620304
Reposted by MartinPubKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I said to Janet Yellen once -- this was 2018 -- do you think the president understands macro-economic policy? She didn't miss a beat. "No." 41916142
Reposted by MartinPubKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026So 1. Hrs right. There is nothing magic about $40 trillion. It’s just a number. 2. He’s delusional. He’s paying >5.2% to borrow at 30 years. GDP grew 1.5% in Q2. His math isn’t mathing. 1001442271
Reposted by MartinPubAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/08/2026Worth a listen. “If I was gonna stage a coup in 2028…” 51398134751
Reposted by MartinPubMichael Olesen @molesen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026This is how dumb they sound to an epidemiologist. 40877181092
Reposted by MartinPubOlga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026This is so surreal. There was so much NATO activity around Kaliningrad earlier today and absolutely no US media outlets covered this. Though Russia’s TASS in English published something. If it wasn’t for OSINT accounts we would all be in the dark. Anyways my latestolgalautman.substack.comWhy Was NATO So Active Around Kaliningrad Today?For several weeks, U.S. 618696
Reposted by MartinPubAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/08/2026"This isn’t just meant to stop liberals from engaging in anti-ICE activism. It’s meant to destroy trust among activists, who must now constantly worry about whether HSI has infiltrated them. It’s meant to drive out of public life anyone the administration disfavors." — @snipy.bsky.socialpublicnotice.coDHS's abuse of power in Minnesota was even worse than we knewIt's the stuff of East Germany. 541781746
Reposted by MartinPubTea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Putin is using Iran to deplete America’s military to give him leverage against Ukraine and potentially Eastern Europe. Trump is the fool Putin has dreamed of to restore the power of the former Soviet Union. 45735265
Reposted by MartinPubRoadrunner33 @roadrunner33.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Under George W Bush Obama and Biden we had a clearly defined Axis of Evil Russia North Korea and Iran Nobody argued that and as a country we could all agree Trump helps North Korea weakening support for S Korea Made Iran a serious power player Sided with Russia over a Ukraine 🇺🇦 Why ???? 70366119
Reposted by MartinPubRoger ZenAF 🖕🐸🖕 @rogerzenaf.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Now he's trying to pull us out of our agreements and cooperation with South Korea - JUST like NK's dictator would like. trump is the most manipulatable fucking idiot on the planet - next to all the idiots who still support him. He's a tool for America's enemies. 04115
Reposted by MartinPubEdwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 16/08/2026In America, unlike in Russia, our government cannot just jail us. In America, unlike in Tiananmen Square, our government cannot just shoot us. And yet, in some instances, that is exactly what is happening. My latest: edwineisendrath.substack.com/p/we-now-liv...edwineisendrath.substack.comWe now live in a dual state: rule of law for some, coercion for others, and freedom for noneDonald Trump has created a space in America where the law is no more than the armed weaponization of his desires. 35334
Reposted by MartinPubDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026When Bessent goes on his speaking tours after his time in the Trump admin he will not be asked about any of this. If some stray student manages to get this out at a university event, they will be shuffled out of the room while some Dean apologizes. There is no shame, no accountability. 14737189
Reposted by MartinPubTea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Imagine a president totally owned and managed by a foreign adversary bent on destroying America from within. Now ask yourself this. How is Trump any different? 58920256
Reposted by MartinPubJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 13/08/2026ICE is the symptom. It's the first agency to figure out that under Trump...nobody's coming to stop them. MAGA is the disease. 45941281