Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiMichael Planey @airplaney.bsky.social · 3hWell, on one side, you have a candidate who preaches and openly promotes not just the Word of the Lord, but lives his works and actions, too On the other side you have a millionaire doctor who forecloses on poverty-stricken patients who cannot afford to pay Maybe that’s what’s happening in Kansas 061
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiSahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 4hThe Cook Political Report just moved the Kansas Senate race to TOSS UP. Kansas. Which hasn’t elected a Democratic senator since 1932. 🤯 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... 1013536
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiRep. James Walkinshaw @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social · 3hTrump keeps pushing voter fraud conspiracy theories to make you distrust our elections. Chairman McKay broke down the safeguards in place to prevent someone from voting more than once. The facts are clear. Our elections are secure. 062
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 3hOne group was not evacuated out of Kuwait for 10 days after the attack, including Chief Warrant Officer 4 Rodney Bearman, who had shrapnel embedded in his face and legs. trib.al/3kn69B9 57142
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3hUPDATE: Trump just awarded another $3 BILLION military contract to a company backed by his son Don Jr. (and Peter Thiel) — what skilled businessmen these Trumps are! Robbing the American taxpayer in broad daylight. 12317211035
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 3hVideo game store owner: AI data centers are causing chip prices to increase. This has raised the cost for laptops, smartphones, smart TVs, video games, and accessories. 1199
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 3hIt's good to point out these sorts of lame intimidation efforts. But it's also important to put the ineffectiveness in context. If the goal is to promote voting, flagging the structural limitations of federal threats should be part of that process. 112421
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 3hLook, this is bad. Yes. But the Trump admin sent six (6) people to Maricopa and Pima. Where, by my count, there are 404 polling places, spread across 18,000 square miles (each county is ~9k sq mi). What they want is the FEAR to discourage the voting they can't actually prevent. 20816276
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead 10388532767
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiAnn Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 6h...and 35 years ago on Oct 11th the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas hearings began. Nothing has changed. 531488
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10hA few weeks ago, US Citizenship and Immigration Services released quarterly data on the legal immigration system through June. The data presents a stark picture of an agency going through a period of total dysfunction. As of June, net application backlogs have risen by 80% since Trump took office. 18329128
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 9h"Just come here the legal way" was always light years easier said than done; now they aren't even in the same galaxy. 127395
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiProPublica @propublica.org · 11h12/ We spent months compiling every case we could find of immigration agents detaining Americans. We did it because the government hasn't. And now, we're sharing every one of those cases with you. Explore our database: propub.li/4egbSK2 3732319
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiProPublica @propublica.org · 12hThe 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) ⬇️ 8050782980
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12hWhite supremacist cops take a minority citizen, drive him out to the woods as a threat, and leave him there. No, it's not Mississippi in the 1930s, why do you ask? 7732361267
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 10hWe can’t just move past what SCOTUS has permitted this Administration to do to people who have lived and worked in the U.S. for years and even decades. 7700239
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 9h"[W]hen a majority of the justices on our highest court show themselves to be consistently indifferent to the growing chasm between law and justice, it is not 'public rhetoric' that causes Americans to distrust the Court. It is the Court that surrenders its own legitimacy in the eyes of the public." 2402144
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11hTrump's Ohio rally crowd chanted: "Deport! Deport!" But don't overlook this: New NYT poll finds Trump underwater *on immigration* even in Ohio, which he carried by double digits. MAGA sadists are yelling in a shrinking bubble. Check out our exchange on this: newrepublic.com/article/2162... 1639995
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 13hNEW FROM PP The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it 500+ Americans detained 70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied 60+ held after filming 36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer ~12 deported (yes, deported) projects.propublica.org/american-cit....projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati... 19924542
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h“.. San Diego is not collateral damage,” San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria posted. “We are not expendable. And we are never a ‘small price to pay.’ Keep our city out of your reckless war talk.” @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/s... 1381984666
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 23hThe big tech companies want you to believe that their default software offerings are the only option, but spoiler alert, there’s a wide array of fantastic software out there. www.eff.org/pages/i-wan...eff.orgHow to Opt Out of Software Made by Big TechBig tech companies make the devices we use and the operating systems that come on them. They also make the bulk of the default software that comes packed into those operating systems. But spend even 11410204
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiJoaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 23hTexans know Big Bend is one of our greatest natural treasures. And it belongs to all of us. It's great news that a federal judge halted construction of Trump's reckless border wall that would run through it. 11432110
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 05/10/2026U.S. citizens overseas are the latest voters targeted by the Trump administration. The Pentagon changed the form overseas voters use to register and request mail ballots, while removing online resources for checking voter eligibility. Don't miss out. Subscribe today: demdock.com/46JjoJp 616098
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiNicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Paxton is threatening Texas pediatricians who are just trying to do their jobs and keep kids healthy, accusing them of “misleading or deceptive acts regarding incentives associated with the administration of childhood vaccines”nytimes.comTexas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating ChildrenKen Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation. 14015
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In Austin, a 9-year-old watched ICE detain and drive away with his mother, leaving community members to scramble to find him care. Senate Republicans just blocked a bill that would bar ICE from making arrests at school bus stops. Their cruelty is endless.commondreams.org'It Has to Stop': Community Members Condemn ICE Arrests at Bus Stops After GOP Blocks Bill to Protect Kids | Common DreamsRepublicans in the US Senate blocked a bill to protect school bus stops from ICE arrests, leading to outrage in Pennsylv 24054672636
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiGreg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 05/10/2026It's what explains why Musk runs roughshod over environmental or consumer-safety laws, and Meta thumbs its nose at corporate-tax laws: experience has taught them to expect no punishment. It's elite impunity in practice: when you're a star, they let you do it. 219367
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A hallmark of democratic backsliding is government leaders stealing from taxpayers and using public funds to try to get themselves electoral advantages. Backsliding countries keep the form of elections, but corrupt leaders render them no longer free and fair by putting a state thumb on the scale. 7930275
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiKaren Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Investigating pediatricians for following evidence-based best-practices, designed to protect the most vulnerable among us, to score political points with a bunch of grifters and narcissists. Texas folks, today's the last day to register to vote. You know what needs to be done.nytimes.comTexas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children (Gift Article)Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation. 25532
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiElizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026never the wrong time for this classic 54117123463
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiMoms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 05/10/2026We need more lawmakers like Mayor Scott, telling it like it is and working tirelessly to end our gun violence crisis. Twelve-year-old Khloe Ishway should still be here, but when guns are present, everyday disagreements can turn deadly. Our children deserve better. 0174
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiMoms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 05/10/2026“Men turn into stone-cold weak asses and pull out guns and start shooting at each other with a whole bunch of kids around.” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott did not mince words after a 12-year-old girl was shot and killed at a youth football game during a dispute over a parking spot. 34215
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiErik Halvorsen @erikhalvorsen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I give to @abreezeclayton.bsky.social and @ncdp.org with that in mind! I think they’ll need to flip the state Supreme Court too, à la Wisconsin www.ncdp.orgncdp.orgNorth Carolina Democratic PartyNorth Carolina Democrats are building the foundation for a prosperous and inclusive North Carolina, from Murphy to Manteo. 083
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The irony of course is that Originalism’s big selling point was supposed to be constraining the discretion or judges to impose their own political preferences as law. In practice the effect has been very much the reverse: Liberating justices from the constraints of stare decisis. 1125959
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiDave Stevens @noviceanarchist.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I am less than 10 minutes into this interview and the analysis from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app is absolutely razor sharp. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comThere Is No ‘Existential Threat’ From AI Says Timnit GebruPodcast Episode · Uncanny Valley | WIRED · September 29 · 32m 110432
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiInternet Archive @archive.org · 05/10/2026🏛️ Government information belongs to everyone. Government documents help us understand society, investigate the past, and participate in democracy. 📚 Democracy's Library brings government publications together so they're easier to discover. Start with the record. 👇 archive.org/details/demo... 🧵 3307101
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiJesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 05/10/2026‘If you want to know where inflation is heading, look at the price of diesel. Diesel moves the trucks, trains, tractors, and construction equipment that everything else depends on, so its cost works its way into final goods prices across the economy.’ sarmayakar.substack.com/p/rock-and-a... 727693
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiLeah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I am darkly enjoying how the popularization of founder-driven go-direct communications has led to a situation where the public is getting real-time direct exposure to the reality that the major AI actors are led by sociopathic lunatics 715935
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiGil Durán @gilduran.com · 05/10/2026It’s not just one billionaire. It’s a full-blown cult of billionaires who believe dictatorship should replace democracy—and that technology (crypto and AI) will make this inevitable. They say it loud. Some guy just wrote a book about it (That guy is me!) www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...simonandschuster.comThe Nerd ReichNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This transfixing debut from journalist Durán investigates the antidemocratic ideologies espoused by tech billionaires ... 7933236
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Levin: People then said, “Do you think you can take out a fascist just by voting, just by organizing? You think that’s how this works?” Yes, that’s how this works. If they can do it in Hungary, we can do it here. 593046862
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiRep. James Walkinshaw @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026On Kristi Noem’s last day, she approved the purchase of $300 million worth of luxury jets from her political donor's company. One is a $108 million jet with a stand-up bar and marble showers. 33217
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiPacifistCell @peacefulbrevard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is SO COOL! And it's free. Popular Information is releasing PaidForBy.info, a web app that gives you unprecedented insight into who is really sending you mail — and who is paying for it. All you have to do is take a photo of the front and the back of the political mailer and upload it.paidforby.infoWho paid for this?Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads. 2277136
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiSameer Ashar @sameer-ashar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is my nephew, please forward to your networks, esp any University of Maryland students. 2016081554
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiMegan O'Matz @megomatz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026How @propublica.org Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required. / by @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.socialpropublica.orgHow ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 HoursThe reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required. 218358
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiKen Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Texas is in play-and my friend Gina Hinojosa can WIN. She's leading Abbott in the polls. But polls don't win elections. Investment and organizing do! Now's the time to go ALL IN on Gina. Let's give her the resources to finish the job and flip Texas! GIVE HERE: secure.actblue.com/donate/ads_m...secure.actblue.comDonate to Gina HinojosaGina Hinojosa is the Democratic nominee for Governor of Texas to take on Greg Abbott and his corruption. Will you join me today in supporting her campaign? 916957
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiFairfax Democrats @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Calling all former DOJ attorneys - here's a way to use your expertise and take a stand for the rule of law. www.wvtf.org/news/2026-09...wvtf.orgAG Jones seeking out former federal attorneys for his federal overreach unitWhile many attorneys left the Department of Justice in the wake of Trump taking office, a recruiter tells Radio IQ there’s still some left. 065
Reposted by Melissa Jones Pelczynskiex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I kind of love it when military bands are set loose from the constraints of John Philip Sousa. 5613
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiPeggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Today, Anne showed me around her farm and made it clear that Minnesota’s farmers are being hit from all sides right now. Our farmers deserve stability from the federal government — not skyrocketing diesel prices from Trump’s illegal War. 110428
Reposted by Melissa Jones Pelczynskicapitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The Atlantic did not fact-check their main subject though. Maybe it doesn't matter to the point here, but he's not a "lifelong Democrat" and they let him falsely make that claim without checking. Maybe the interesting thing is that people don't want to admit their past votes for Trump. 110118
Reposted by Melissa Jones PelczynskiPeter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The rise in dengue in the US was predicted a quarter century ago by #climate scientists in the first US National Climate Assessment. This article doesn't mention climate change. thehill.com/policy/healt...thehill.comFlorida’s dengue outbreak reportedly largest US has seen in decadesA dengue fever outbreak in the state of Florida appears to have grown to the largest in the continental U.S. in decades, totaling 252 reported cases this year in the Sunshine State according to an … 214881