Reposted by michael carlosTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally. 2821091951
Reposted by michael carlosCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026CNN: “.. Turns out that one of the things it’s reasonably good at is debunking Trump’s own lies.” @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/09/29/p... 48993235
Reposted by michael carlosKrassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 14/01/2025BREAKING: Jack Smith: 32342061164
Reposted by michael carlosJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Ken Paxton keeps dodging debates. So I called his cell to invite him to a debate on Fox News. He didn’t pick up. 579176124496
Reposted by michael carlosMLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Univ of NH just dropped a massive poll with lots of races! Couple of highlights: Pappas +8 in NH Senate Ayotte +4 in NH Gov (!!) Jackson +4 in ME Senate Dunlap +6 in ME-02 (!!!!) Overall, just a fantastic poll for Dems in the Northeast!! 64811
Reposted by michael carlosMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Who Would Jesus Drive Into Bankruptcy? 91238
Reposted by michael carlosAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong. 21188123852
Reposted by michael carlosChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026If you missed the news overnight, we’re back at SCOTUS with the Missouri maps mess that the lower federal courts have kept going this week. Justice Kavanaugh has called for a quick response by 2p today to last night’s request from those seeking to end this and keep the 2022 map in place.lawdork.comBreaking: Missouri maps dispute heads back to SCOTUSEven as the Supreme Court has tried to stop the Missouri maps chaos, it turns out that a lack of concern for precedent, rules, and stability have trickle-down effects. 10423105
Reposted by michael carlosMother Jones @motherjones.com · 18/09/2026I mean, the story writes itself at this point.motherjones.comFirst Cory Mills' career imploded—then his grenade factory explodedNo one was harmed in the massive explosion, which could reportedly be felt for miles. 917056
Reposted by michael carlosAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026Enten: "Trump is breaking records. Yesterday the Marquette Law School poll came out -- Trump's worst net approval rating on inflation. Minus 61! That's the worst Trump has ever polled on inflation, & not only that, it's the worst any president EVER has polled on inflation. Worse than Jimmy Carter!" 21842771170
Reposted by michael carlosCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Like we didn't all watch the old white ladies holding those MASS DEPORTATION signs. Cmon now your constituents aren't nearly as dumb as you wish they were. 619920
Reposted by michael carlosDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 12/09/2026📩 USPS rejected a Florida county’s mail ballot envelope design because two lines of text sat 0.236 inches apart — when there should have been a full quarter-inch between them. The envelope design was accepted on appeal. But here’s what the snafu shows us: demdock.com/4yyzC46 16283130
Reposted by michael carlosCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026When these Army generals and their staff refer to him as "No Tab Pete," they're calling out his performative masculinity. They're saying he's a little bitch. He didn't have the guts to attend these schools. He's weak. He's not a warrior. No Tab Pete. Delicious. 202197276
Reposted by michael carlosAndrew Eisen @andreweisen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026"No reasonable consumer thinks they own a digital game when they go to the PlayStation STORE, select BUY GAMES, put one in a SHOPPING CART, press PURCHASE and get an email that confirms the TRANSACTION with a RECEIPT listing the GAME," disingenuously argued Sony, pretending it's monumentally stupid. 251041199
Reposted by michael carlosVoteHub @votehub.com · 29/08/2026NEWS — Tom Begich suspends his campaign for Alaska Governor and endorses fellow Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins. 24915
michael carlos @michaelcarlos.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Still can’t get a sharp image out of my Canon, but the skies cleared in Central Florida for the lunar eclipse! 010
michael carlos @michaelcarlos.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Hey, I bet no one was looking for a crappy lunar eclipse photo that is wrongly exposed both for the bright edge AND the shadowed surface! Well done, me. 020
Reposted by michael carlosDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/08/2026They keep taking away the wrong 80-year-old. 🥺 725525
Reposted by michael carlosSen. Pumpkin Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 21/08/2026it's a purposeful misunderstanding of what the status quo is and what an injunction is trying to preserve 914611
Reposted by michael carlosMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21/08/2026If you find yourself about to say how sorry you feel for a woman who gets paid six-figures to voluntarily obsess over and shamelessly promote with dishonest propaganda a notorious lying pedophile rapist who calls other women “piggy,” don’t. 651837344
Reposted by michael carlosJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 20/08/2026She “declined?” “Declined”? You can’t just decline to get a security clearance. You either get one or you don’t have a job. So much dysfunction in this White House. When will the GOP have had enough? Why risk the country for this? www.ms.now/news/trump-a...ms.nowTrump aide Natalie Harp worked at the White House without security clearance for a yearThe close aide to the president, known to filter much of the information reaching the commander-in-chief, ultimately relented in recent months after pressure from White House staff. 29848291544
Reposted by michael carlosTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14/08/2026NEW: Kansans rejected a GOP measure last week that would have upended their supreme court & endangered abortion access. But there's more: New appointments by the Dem governor have further frustrated the Kansas right. And: that could matter greatly on voting rights. So I wrote on all this:boltsmag.orgA Ballot Measure’s Defeat, and New Judicial Appointments, Foil Kansas Conservatives - BoltsKansans refuse to shake up their state supreme court, which has protected abortion rights and where a majority more amenable to voting rights cases may be emerging. 3520132
Reposted by michael carlosMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12/08/2026It's so insane that Republicans's solution to tough economic times is always for regular Americans to stop paying for Starbucks instead of corporations start paying their taxes. 291425199
Reposted by michael carlosMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 09/08/2026One America, where the man on the left is so ignorant he had to pay someone else to take the SAT for him. Another America, where the man on the right is a Rhodes Scholar. 770131003300
Reposted by michael carlosACLU @aclu.org · 09/08/2026In the brutal, rushed pursuit of the Trump administration's goal to deport nearly 1/3 of our nation's population, this paramilitary deportation force has fundamentally reshaped American life. We need a new immigration management system built to support our communities and uphold our rights.time.comThe Chaos and Cruelty of ICE“Violent immigration enforcement isn’t just a threat to public safety, it's a threat to the very cornerstone of our democracy,” write Naureen Shah and Denise Bell. 18384147
Reposted by michael carlosSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 09/08/2026 I think Republicans will come to regret trying to make El-Sayed the Democratic face of the midterms because he's so adept at turning the conversation back to the bottomless Trump absurdities. 25718119
Reposted by michael carlosSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I'll bet in El-Sayed's America they know how to use a possessive apostrophe. 418914
michael carlos @michaelcarlos.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I handed out Democratic Party voter guides at the local library today for the upcoming Florida primary. Almost everyone was friendly, but some would do anything to avoid eye contact, even get off the sidewalk and walk in the road. Cowards. 010
Reposted by michael carlosAnn Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I hope every journalist attending that dinner is embarrassed. Because they should be. 1022860365
Reposted by michael carlosMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/07/2026The legacy media sat there while Trump lied about the past elections and "joked" about running again in 2028. They did not boo. They did not walk out. They just sat there and ate their dinner. The journalists in that room will be remembered as the journalists in that room. 488113903203
michael carlos @michaelcarlos.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Pardon me, but is there a stunt double for the decrepit POTUS? Seen on #MSNow this morning. Or is this maybe a new ignominy where a staffer must abase him/herself by mimicking his clothing, hairdo, and posture? WTH?? 000
Reposted by michael carlosSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 18/07/2026A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to! 438249815142
Reposted by michael carlosMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Democratic politicians telling us today how sad they are about Lindsey Graham's death because he purportedly had such a "great sense of humor" are why Democrats are currently struggling with a base angry and resentful at the evil agendas promoted by the likes of vile toadies like Lindsey Graham. 31749031074
Reposted by michael carlosLiz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 09/07/2026No admin stay for you! Pay up, asshole. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 613615
Reposted by michael carlosBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The Democrats are dumping Graham Platner. The Republicans nominated Ken Paxton. 1103454637
michael carlos @michaelcarlos.bsky.social · 06/07/2026A cross-section of the people I saw at the Fourth of July “Watermelon 5K” in Winter Park, Florida this weekend! #running #5K #watermelon5k #canon 0111
Reposted by michael carlosKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 05/07/2026Sometimes if people want to get hit by lightning you just let them 764663570
Reposted by michael carlosACLU @aclu.org · 02/07/2026The death penalty doesn't bring justice — it only perpetuates the cycle of violence. No one should be killed by the state. The time to end the racist, unjust, and cruel death penalty is NOW. 217437
Reposted by michael carlosTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 01/07/2026if you have feelings about SCOTUS after today, and after the last week, and after the last months and years, remember that at least you can vote for state supreme courts in many places this year, and those matter a ton too my state-by-state guide to every state supreme court contest:boltsmag.orgYour State-by-State Guide to the 2026 Supreme Court Elections - BoltsAbortion, redistricting, and ballot access remain heated issues as voters face dozens of supreme court races across 32 states this year. 261507705
Reposted by michael carlosGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I really believe James Talarico and some other Dems, like Jon Ossoff, are developing a new kind of moral language and politics for the era of Late Stage Trumpism. Case made below. (discussing work by @jenszalai.bsky.social) newrepublic.com/article/2125... 16804135
Reposted by michael carlosMark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 29/06/2026I'm not surprised by this outcome, which was telegraphed at oral arguments, but I remain disturbed by Kavanaugh's vote. The legal argument here was pure garbage, lacking any statutory basis or internal coherence. This should've been 9–0. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p... 9709120
Reposted by michael carlosHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Please read and call. Flood the zone. 12941592863
Reposted by michael carlosTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 24/06/2026RESULT: Brad Lander has ousted Rep. Dan Goldman in the Democratic primary in #NY10. The AP called it within minutes of polls closing. 191215170
Reposted by michael carlosThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 22/06/2026We have a new message for Democrats: attack attack attack. Trump is corrupt, he’s butchered the economy, and his DOJ operates like mob lawyers. And every voter knows it. So stop looking backward. Stop with the endless focus groups. This isn't complicated. He’s weak. Finish him. 31651151713
Reposted by michael carlosAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/06/2026Obama shouts out "those ordinary people in the Twin Cities who braved frigid temperatures, risked their own safety, standing shoulder to shoulder to look our for their neighbors and sometimes for strangers because they knew that was the right thing to do" 356237165664
Reposted by michael carlosBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18/06/2026It’s been five years since Alex Jones lost InfoWars to the Sandy Hook families. As the verdict came down, he asked: “Do these people actually believe they’re getting any money?” He hasn't paid them a penny. Well, The Onion is going pay them anyway. The new InfoWars begins July 2nd at 8 p.m. ET.ms.nowThe Onion says it won’t wait for the courts, will launch Infowars to pay Sandy Hook familiesThe Onion’s staff is tired of waiting for the courts to settle its pending takeover of Alex Jones’ brand, so the new Infowars will launch next month. 274225575260
Reposted by michael carlosProPublica @propublica.org · 17/06/2026NEW: Almost a year after Trump’s domestic policy bill passed, at least 770,000 children are no longer receiving SNAP benefits. In Arizona, the number of children receiving SNAP has dropped by more than 200,000 since July 2025 — a 55% decline.propublica.orgMore Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food ProgramRepublican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show ch... 21622921469
Reposted by michael carlosMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I’m sorry, if the position of Republicans is that FISA isn’t important enough to pass unless they also get tons of priorities they can’t otherwise enact, and that DNI is fine in the hands of an unqualified crony, then both should be allowed to die and the consequences are on them. 7639125
Reposted by michael carlosJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Just shameless right-wing hackery in direct violation of a voter-passed law done with no public input www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comFlorida Supreme Court greenlights GOP gerrymander that violates state banThe Florida legislature passed the map — drawn by the governor’s office — at DeSantis’ insistence, disregarding reluctance from within his own party and fierce opposition from Democrats. 23314