Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌 1500231146530
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 02/10/2026The rush to accuse, without anything approaching due diligence, artists of using "AI," should be treated with contempt. An artist gets their work *ripped off* to train a plagiarism machine, which then shits out inferior versions of that work, so then you accuse the artist of using "AI"? Fuck you. 251529409
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026We found some more fraud, waste, and abuse. The third government-funded Trump ad has been identified by AdImpact in recent days. The latest ad is nearly identical to a video Trump posted during his 2024 presidential campaign. It shows him walking down a hallway declaring, “This is the final battle.” 771913607
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026He seems nice. 2813047195
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/09/2026Run, don't walk, to vote.nyc/page/register-vote. Register to vote by October 24 so that you can vote on faster, more efficient government.vote.nycRegister to Vote | NYC Board of ElectionsYou can register to vote online, in-person, or by mail. 7358541728
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated. 537202808165
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The plan: Build a 200-room, 300-bathroom data center, 70% subsidized by federal and local governments. Make it accessible to the train. Build a supermarket for the 800 people doing 24/7 on-site maintenance. Call it the future of technology. Make OpenAI pay for the rest. Then let people move in. 542159269
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026These people make Marie Antoinette look connected to the people and empathetic by comparison. They laugh at what their own voters are going through as they continue to mock them as they enrich themselves and have a great time. 1103131664693
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026BREAKING MS NOW: Two veteran FBI counterterrorism supervisors have been removed from their jobs after a disagreement over an investigation involving alleged harassing phone calls made to Katie Miller, the wife of Stephen Miller, multiple people familiar with the matter told MS NOW.ms.nowFBI agents probing threats against Stephen Miller’s wife demoted, sources sayThe counterterrorism agents had questioned a request to conduct a threat assessment on someone accused of harassing Katie Miller, according to sources. 1481613726
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialmigas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The Real Stories - not the GOP’s. 17871991982
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Trump invited his billionaire pals to the state dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping last night. Since he’s been back in office, the wealthiest households have gained 8,000 times more wealth per household than the bottom 50% of households. It’s clear who he governs for. 631666770
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026👇🏽😕 63774282841
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialPam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026www.tiktok.com/t/ZTyrbvHLQ/ THIS is the reason Susan Collins went along with everything the asshole wanted to do. He had kompromat on her and she owed him.tiktok.comThe Susan Collins corruption scandal is bigger than you think. Thanks to @ProPublica’s William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Molly Redden and Kirsten Berg for the incredible reporting! TikTok video by Jess Craven 16334391478
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Today, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow Trump's voter suppression database to move forward. It then ruled 9-0 to reject the GOP's gerrymander scheme in Missouri. I created Democracy Docket for times like this. Help support it by subscribing now. demdock.com/4w6emld 341669466
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialDav Raye @davraye.bsky.social · 26/09/2026That's how this big government bureaucracy is going to keep millions of eligible voters from voting, nearly all because they have foreign or black sounding names. By the time they can prove they are citizens the election will be over. This is all very well planned, no accidents in US politics. 23243421885
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026CARTOON OF THE DAY… 408127225448
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialSenator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 25/09/2026President Xi has been providing weapons and intelligence support to Iran against the U.S. In return, Trump rolls out the red carpet for him and meets him plane-side. Absolutely ridiculous. 1021249524
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.theintercept.comDoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam 6594022111830
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026SCOTUS delenda est. It is democracy, or SCOTUS. They have made it very clear that there is no other choice. Expand it, reverse its worst opinions, and then ruthlessly strip it of jurisdiction. Don't trust an expanded SCOTUS in the long run. 05318
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026they really think we are all idiots 423101652861
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialRavenmark @ravenmark.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A question worth asking: If a president repeatedly violates the Constitution, and enough members of his own party knowingly refuse to use their constitutional powers to restrain him, when does that stop being one president’s failure—and become a crisis of the party’s constitutional legitimacy? 55461261792
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialBiggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Should be reposted every month.... 341110063841
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.social聖☆Alex Degen @adactivity.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Everyday we get a headline like “Supreme Court says it’s fine for President to purge voting rolls however he wants” and then no follow up either from the media or any politician esp the opposition party 611132268
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 25/09/2026UPDATE: Blanche was forced to file his Answer yesterday, which he did. We’re awaiting confirmation that Blanche delivered to Court the unredacted handwritten FBI notes, along with other materials he was ordered to give. Will know shortly. I’ll break it all down on my YouTube channel later today! 348136402858
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2026Please stop overestimating what a democratic Congress can do. The oligarchs are spending money to make you think a Dem Congress can arrest people and hold trials and pass laws without a POTUS signature so that you’ll be disappointed when they don’t do stuff they can’t do. Don’t fall for it. 1024131543814
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026NO FLUID was found in Nolan Wells' lungs or airways, per the autopsy report by the Mississippi State Medical Examiner. How do you die by "accidental drowning" if there is no water in your lungs? 793175665812
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like. 540154407242
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) said Thursday that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco (R) will face “legal consequences” after the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled that his seizure of roughly 650,000 ballots violated state law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comCalifornia Attorney General vows ‘legal consequences’ for GOP sheriff who seized ballotsThe ballot seizure case highlights the risks to democracy when election deniers in positions of authority abuse their power to interfere with vote counting. Bianco seized an estimated 650,000 ballots ... 57992062800
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialMark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted.... History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984 387154455801
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialRESIST | FIGHT™ @resistfight.com · 23/09/2026LAPD cops working for ICE contractors off duty — while the department fights to keep its moonlighting records hidden. That is the accusation now being leveled directly at LAPD leadership after a judge ordered the records turned over. 52394504214
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialMiaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Teach the Facts. 20386012390
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23/09/2026Paxton won’t agree to debate Talarico, and we all know why. He doesn’t want to answer these questions: “Why did you give an Epstein-style sweetheart deal to an admitted child predator? Why were you impeached… by your own party? Why do you own 15 homes on a government salary?” James Talarico 234113393691
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialdarren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 23/09/2026 509201655003
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 23/09/2026About damn time 456123113484
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026Ossoff: "What did they spend the most political capital trying to do over the last 18 months? Cover up the Epstein files. They worked harder to cover up the Epstein files than they ever did to lower grocery prices." 289220316797
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026ProPublica dropped the first story in a new series on corruption in Congress, and it starts with Sen. Susan Collins. A defense contractor illegally funneled $150,000 to a pro-Collins PAC. The company’s CEO later pleaded guilty to unlawful campaign contributions. 15682282695
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Karen Bass’s LAPD is openly defying a judge’s order to hand over moonlighting records, and it's obvious why. They are desperately hiding a shadow workforce where cops moonlight for ICE contractors, creating blatant conflicts of interest. It's time to enforce the subpoena and demand accountability. 16966512313
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026BREAKING: The Venezuelan man shot by an ICE officer in Austin over the weekend was taken to a hospital late Monday after experiencing paralysis on the left side of his body, according to his lawyer.washingtonpost.comMan shot and detained by ICE is hospitalized for partial paralysis, lawyer saysWilber Garcés Pérez has been transferred to a hospital after his condition worsened, according to his attorney. He was shot and wounded by an ICE officer in Texas. 12827481100
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 22/09/2026John Oliver is right: One huge company shouldn’t own your doctor, your insurer, and your pharmacy – AND get to squeeze every penny out of you at each step. 19362152006
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialForbes @forbes.com · 22/09/2026The senator’s office has “vigorously” denied any wrongdoing, while Collins’ opponent Troy Jackson called the report “corruption of the highest order.”forbes.comSusan Collins Bribery Report Throws Wrench Into Razor-Thin Senate BattleThe senator’s office has “vigorously” denied any wrongdoing, while Collins’ opponent Troy Jackson called the report “corruption of the highest order.” 27737371561
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Holy crap. Susan Collins is finished. What a corrupt POS. I hope she goes to prison for this. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-... 706100823685
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Athletes are among the most susceptible to snake oil in my experience. Tom Brady is a prime example in American football.theguardian.com‘It’s bordering on exploitation’: how pseudoscience is duping footballCryotherapy chambers and other practices in the elite game have little evidence behind them, says Dr Claire-Marie Roberts, a top performance director 1432126449
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Perpetually “concerned” Susan Collins should be VERY concerned by the latest reporting from ProPublica, revealing her involvement in an alleged bribery/pay to play scheme of awarding defense contracts to a specific firm right after that company made campaign “donations." youtu.be/f2fFlCPjKnk?...youtu.beGOP Senator CAUGHT RED-HANDED In MASSIVE BRIBERY SCHEME Probe!?!YouTube video by Katie Phang 740155635577
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/09/2026NEWS: Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration has secured a record $131.5 million settlement from DoorDash after a NYC investigation found the company underpaid or failed to properly pay 264,000 delivery workers. 1/ 406171294002
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026DOOR DASH: “WE MESSED UP” 🤔 ZOHRAN: “If they keep trying to rip off New Yorkers, we’ll be happy to make history again.” The problem anti-DSA fearmongerers have is @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social exists — as they attack NYC’s Mayor for being a “SoCiALiSt”, he delivers for NYC workers. 311192283
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🚨BREAKING: A federal appeals court on Monday ordered Missouri to reinstate a gerrymandered map that eliminates a Democratic district in Kansas City, even though the state has already distributed ballots. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comMissouri again ordered to use gerrymandered map for midterms — Supreme Court likely to decideThe circuit court ruling injects even more confusion into a year-long battle over which map the state will use for the general election. 48254282564
Reposted by @michael502.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The billions of dollars we send to a foreign military to drop bombs on somebody else should have been spent to build schools, housing, and to provide healthcare HERE. 366175174628