Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialAlfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 10/10/2026Californians take note! Vote yes on the Billionaire Tax (Prop 40), and no on 41 & 42 3192108
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Years ago I wrote this essay, and the clamor for compromise and one-sided pandering marches on, and of course David Brooks is a standard-bearer in the parade. As Jamelle Bouie notes, what if they are Nazis?lithub.comRebecca Solnit: On Not Meeting Nazis HalfwayWhen Trump won the 2016 election—while losing the popular vote—the New York Times seemed obsessed with running features about what Trump voters were feeling and thinking. These pieces treated them … 512220529
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic. 455195206917
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This is the correct energy. No respect to Republicans, KKK, or any other hate group. 12905145
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Newsletter time. Alito is on the ballot in the midterms, in case creeping fascism wasn’t enough of a reason to vote. www.thenation.com/article/poli...thenation.comThis November, Vote Like Alito Is on the BallotIn this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent gives Democrats another reason to vote in November. Plus: How Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s Medicaid unmasked the racists. 12733197
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialD. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 09/10/2026📌How can this odious loser be allowed to get away with his relentless lies that he is making America great again, when he is doing everything he possibly can to destroy it? This whole revolting MAGA movement has been born out of complete crap, and built upon mountains of garbage, AND I HAVE HAD IT.dearlstephens.substack.comREPUBLICANS HATE AMERICAThe party has done tremendous damage to our nation, and this is not discussed near enough ... 14299114
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle." 425180854773
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026If you are a member of the republican party who isn’t a Nazi, yes you are. Yes. You are. 649473
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026a livestreamed execution is just a lynching 284103392009
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Good news: in this case the newly elected House can meet at a convenient location of their choosing and vote on whether to expel Johnson as one of its first orders of business 421959339
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialRep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Balloon Fiesta Car shows Greek Fest Ribbon cuttings Bill passings New projects And, every day celebrating the people, places, art, culture, science, technology, innovation, and communities that make New Mexico who we are! So proud and grateful to serve our state every day! ❤️ 1258670
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This line by @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com might be the best short description of "originalism" I've read yet. 26691162
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialLynn @lynnf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026@hcrichardson.bsky.social 9567141
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A young woman bravely reported that she was sexually assaulted in 2024 by seven men at their fraternity. But instead of protecting her, Cornell University protected her abusers, letting them off with a slap on the wrist. 23072871852
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialAlex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released. 7537941265
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialS E Case @secase.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is funny but also why didnt they do this 10 fucking years ago 10709149
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 23/09/2026EIon Musk’s Wealth 2009: $.6B 2026: $984B Jeff Bezos’s Wealth 2009: $6B 2026: $370B Mark Zuckerberg’s Wealth 2009: $.6B 2026: $256B Federal Minimum Wage 2009: $7.25 2023: $7.25 Billionaire tax rate: 8.2% Worker tax rate: 13% Pay workers. Tax & Abolish Billionaires. Save our economy & country. 14249452219
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026How do we make teaching a sustainable career? We need: 🎒Education budget tied to the defense budget 🎒Teacher minimum wage 🎒Strong teacher unions 🎒Investment in the paraprofessionals that a kid needs to be their best learner and so teachers can focus on teaching 18146741343
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026RFK Jr. wants people to get sick. He wants them to get sick and he thinks it is a good thing if they die, since those who live will have "natural immunity" and emerge stronger and fitter. 39867231669
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026THIS 👇 HERE....... 1114206757482
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026He’s got a point! 524183255391
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Trump has inside information on stocks he's moving every day It's unfair to my trading portfolio, & I don't even have one, just a mutual fund 81% of Americans say his corruption is costing them personally. When Trump wins, the people lose @deadlinewh.bsky.social👇 -TN 11594169
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Corporations are not people. Their money is not speech. They should not be able to buy politicians. End Citizens United. 495221245807
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 16/09/2026James Talarico: I wish our government would go after pedophiles like they go after brown men headed to work at 7 a.m. I wish our government would close billionaire tax loopholes like they close our public schools. I wish our government would fund healthcare like they fund forever wars. 481190359
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This is all still true boltsmag.org/mail-voting-... 119446
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026I said it at the time (and before!), but I truly believe that American voters electing Donald Trump for a second term in 2024 was the dumbest and most self-harming choice made by an electorate in the history of humanity 900134882279
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026the truly crazy making part of all of this is that voter fraud EFFECTIVELY DOES NOT EXIST. you have a better chance of finding an actual leprechaun at the end of the rainbow than of finding evidence of voter fraud that influences an election 20178301896
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026If Trump wanted to crown himself emperor in the national cathedral alito and thomas would support it 1093966558
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026if donald trump stole the constitution from the national archives and torched it on the white house lawn those two would say that clearly the president has the authority to do so 874121580
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026manifestly unfit. asking this guy to be president is like asking your toddler to drive you to work. it ain't gonna turn out well. 1802640463
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Mike Rogers helped architect legislation to EXPAND the opioid epidemic. Why? He took money from big pharma. Corporate, captured, and cowardly. 11771542401
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026For the second straight day, the White House's taxpayer-funded incitement account is attacking me and oddly mentioning I'm in my 40s (which I know makes me way too old for the president) When they do this it results in a flood of harassing and threatening messages, which of course is the point 58961271071
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I'm serious when I say I've lost track of all the recent revelations of literal Nazis working in high-level positions in Republican congressional campaigns and I would very much appreciate a journalist who took the time to detail as many of them as can fit into an article. 9768101615
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/09/2026"i will shoot myself in the gut if you do not let me cut off my dick!!!" 24386731395
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/09/2026mackenzie scott really seems like the only billionaire to figure out that you can be a literal hero to millions with a relative pittance 357155512730
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialGod @thegodshow.com · 11/09/2026If anyone should be banned from attending the 9/11 memorial, it’s Giuliani.thegodshow.comDamn Rudy Giuliani For Lying About The Air After 9/11Oh yeah, he's going to Hell. 439137003043
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 12/09/2026Shana Tovah to all those celebrating Rosh Hashanah in NY-14 and across the globe! We are wishing you and your loved ones a new year filled with peace, joy, and sweet blessings! 🍎🍯 757047
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/09/2026BREAKING: Trump’s FCC pushes Talarico Kimmel interview to YouTube, trampling the First Amendment. Sound familiar? It happened with Talarico and Colbert last February, which resulted in $2.5M in donations and millions of views. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/a...nytimes.comJimmy Kimmel to Interview James Talarico ‘Under Unusual Circumstances’A conversation with the Democratic Senate hopeful from Texas will move off air because of what the late night host called F.C.C. “threats” against his show and network. 10729371072
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialChris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 09/09/2026There’s such an easy answer to this “gotcha” question and it’s “Sports are inherently unsafe and unfair and it’s ridiculous to single out trans athletes when we allow 150 pound linebackers to go up against 260 pound linemen in freshman football on a daily basis. Let kids play with their friends.” 12561081620
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialJeff Domingues @jeffdomingues.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If you liked your DOGE refund and your tariff rebate, you’ll love your Trump dividend. 1282941579
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Protect trans kids. 6996891829
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 08/09/2026The biggest political obstacle in Texas is voter apathy. About HALF of voting-age Texans didn’t vote in 2024. Republicans won the votes cast, but they didn’t win a majority of voting-age Texans. Texas is red, but turnout is a HUGE part of that story. So let’s FLIP Texas. 🔥 #8WeeksToABlueWave 1221850817
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialRep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This Labor Day, we want to be clear: WE ARE NOT CHANGING OUR NAME! New Mexico is New Mexico. We are fiercely proud of our name, our people, and our places, including this river. And, we are not changing our name. 741309328
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/09/2026Not BREAKING NEWS because the Trump admin has been deleting and altering federal datasets for over a year. You can argue about policy. But when the government starts eliminating the data we use to determine whether those policies are actually working, that deserves a hell of a lot more attention. 15430911786
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialAFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 07/09/2026The Trump admin has betrayed workers. They’ve done nothing but union-bust, wreck our services, help their billionaire friends, and shrink our paychecks. Workers built this country. It shouldn’t be this hard to survive in this economy. @greenhousenyt.bsky.socialtheguardian.com‘The most anti-union president’: how Trump turned his back on US workersLabor experts stunned at how anti-worker Trump has been with actions since last Labor Day that have hurt unions 47427
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialJohn Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 05/09/2026“I think what we have right now is a level of corporate capture of our politics, in every single part of American society, that is loading more on and running the system in reverse (of the interests of the people).” — Abdul El-Sayed No one is speaking more clearly about the politics of 2026! 👇thenation.comAbdul El-Sayed Diagnoses American PoliticsA conversation with Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee about public health, outside money, and a new kind of politics. 3377101
Reposted by @mcelman.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/09/2026Two-thirds of NYC’s income growth since the pandemic went to the top 1%. The richest 0.001% — about 50 families — saw their average income soar from $315 million in 2019 to nearly $600 million a year. It’s time to build a city that works for everyone. 14799302523
