Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 11/10/2026A senior CBP official says the agency has spent roughly $19 million on the recently aired pro-Trump ads but that they will be ending Sunday. The official says the ads are for “recruitment” and knows of “no plans” for future buys. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 14393156
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026Trump: “I think it’s time for Ukraine to get a new president” 14691764436
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialAnarcho-Crust Demon Hunter @jamesaskew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is genocidal rhetoric 701941378
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is shameful. It speaks to a character that enjoys turning power into violence. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comFort Hood shooter’s execution will be live-streamed, Defense Dept. says“We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday about the firing squad execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan. 69571117
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialMark Histed @markhisted.org · 03/10/2026Killed. NSF’s SBE was killed, in violation of law. The President does not have the power to choose to kill programs at a whim by defunding them. The imperial presidency was a mistake and we are in a separation of powers constitutional crisis. 151456530
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026BREAKING: A federal judge has ruled for the first time that a Flock search was unconstitutional and violated a woman's Fourth Amendment rights. Oklahoma cop pulled over a woman and searched her in Flock "because he saw her license plate was from California" www.404media.co/federal-judg...404media.coFederal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and UnconstitutionalFlock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote. 141523487
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I for one feel so much safer knowing that the future of the American military will be determined by the reanimated corpse of Henry Ford, Temu Isaac Asimov, and Matt Gaetz’s Hawaiian shirt and flip flop wearing gamer bro brother in law. 1627246
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Pentagon never disclosed that eight US Marines were injured when an Iranian cruise missile hit their vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on September 14, NBC reports. Injuries were eventually added to the casualty record with no announcement ten days later. 501602649
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map. 9653143278
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialHeadquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026FBI Director Kash Patel: We are not a police state. 184015
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialSarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A man commented “F you and your Flock cameras" on a South Carolina police department's Facebook post. And then the police department — reportedly the Police Chief himself — messaged the man threatening to have "U.S. Marshals" arrest him for “unlawful communications.” www.wrdw.com/2026/09/23/r... 1320675
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026More than 4 years on, Russia Today is still busy trying to deny the Bucha massacre, despite multiple investigations by human rights organisations, international bodies, and investigative journalists that showed Russia's responsibilities. 361031358
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialNathan Newman @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I doubt they disclosed that Larry Ellison, de facto owner of CBS, owns Oracle, which is deeply, deeply in debt building AI data centers - and any AI bust will likely bankrupt Ellison. Complete corruption of CBS to become corporate propaganda for its owner. 28470182
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialGarbage Day @garbageday.email · 10/09/2026One year after his death, Charlie Kirk has become the Harambe for Gen Alpha. A meme so strange and hideous that no brand or government can ever co-opt it. And MAGA has never felt older and weaker and more out of touch. www.garbageday.email/p/charlie-ki...garbageday.emailCharlie Kirk is the Harambe of Gen Alpha12 months later, MAGA has never felt older and weaker and more out of touch 29030
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialCourthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Heavy rain can send bursts of microplastics surging through rivers and into the ocean, with developing countries carrying the vast majority of the world’s river-borne pollution, new research suggests. www.courthousenews.com/heavy-rainfa...courthousenews.comHeavy rainfall drives microplastic pollution in riversSoutheast and East Asia accounted for more than half of the estimated global river flow in 2022. 084
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialRep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Trump is so out of touch that he’s telling Americans to suck it up and let data centers pollute their community & increase their energy bills. What’s next? Is he going to start lobbying for flock cameras? 36215
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialConnor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This is a picture of two women from the Vernon Cadet Training Centre, which holds summer programming for 12-18 year olds to develop skills on the way to adulthood. Unlike Secretary Hegseth, they do not deserve contempt or ridicule. 2685695709
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026"I was not shocked that he helped somebody. My shock is that he was murdered. And no one has given us the complete truth or anyone has been held accountable. And it's been 7 months! ... there was more effort in vilifying him than pursuing justice" -- Alex Pretti's parents 474236448093
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialLawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Supreme Court, 6-3, hands a provisional win to Trump over his effort to exert control over mail-in ballots, but lots of questions remain about whether the underlying proposal is lawful, as majority concedes. Plus a nationwide injunction in a different case remains in effect, for now,. 20449131
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 15/08/202683% of Chinese say AI’s benefits outweigh its drawbacks. Just 39% of Americans agree. The gap may have less to do with AI than with how each experienced the last tech revolution.bloom.bgWhy Chinese Citizens Are Far More Optimistic About AI Than AmericansDifferent experiences with technology have shaped radically different expectations of what artificial intelligence will bring. 7183
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu 12543952695
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Oof. @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... 48654541278
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialDhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 03/08/2026NEW: In 2025 ICE obtained DNA from nearly one million people and funneled it into an FBI criminal database. The collection likely included DNA from young children and was backed by the threat of criminal prosecution. The raw genetic material is stored indefinitely. Free to read:wired.comICE Collected Nearly 1 Million People’s DNA Last Year—Including Young ChildrenInternal documents show ICE's DNA collection has skyrocketed in the second Trump administration. Now hundreds of thousands of people never convicted of a crime are in an FBI criminal database forever. 5368269
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/07/2026Breaking News: Ross Douthat, The New York Times opinion columnist, is joining CBS News’s “60 Minutes” in one of the first major hires since Bari Weiss’s takeover.nyti.msRoss Douthat Joins ‘60 Minutes’ as a CorrespondentMr. Douthat, an opinion columnist at The New York Times, will join the CBS News program, along with several other journalists. 28311419
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 28/07/2026My Haitian friend was just fired from his job. "They said I don't have a legal status now." This is likely happening to hundreds of thousands of people across this country today. Sick. 9654771911
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/07/2026"Tonk" is a Border Patrol slur that refers to the sound a metal flashlight makes when used to beat a migrant in the head. And that's the word that Border Patrol agents under the direct command of Greg Bovino were using when bragging about their arrests in Los Angeles last year. 44766913445
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 27/07/2026When Elon Musk says "zero" children died in Africa from his DOGE cuts, he really means zero children died who are *worthy of any concern.* It's vile coded signaling to his global fascist audience. From me and @polphilpod.bsky.social, a deep dive into Musk's fascism: newrepublic.com/article/2135...newrepublic.comThe Real Reason Elon Musk Keeps Insisting DOGE Cuts Killed “Zero” KidsIn his explosive interview with The Economist, the SpaceX billionaire inadvertently revealed something darker about his true vision for the future—and about his affinities with global fascism. 16543151533
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialRick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026"His for-profit company is seeking to wrap itself in the mantle of voting rights to make the case for a gambling activity that states have ample reasons to choose to discourage, while no one’s constitutional rights are being infringed. Freeman is not John Lewis." 433294
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Mike Waltz -- the same guy who accidentally added the editor of the Atlantic to a top secret Signal group chat about US strikes in Yemen -- says that people who expose military secrets need to be in jail. 1213312828
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Musk was humiliated in his interview with The Economist editor Zanny Minton Beddoes. She called him out on his bullshit, pointed out his lies and ignorance and extreme prejudice. We need more interviews like that. This is the response of the world’s thinnest-skinned man. 20138891093
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 22/07/2026This story is indeed insane. They literally *discounted his correct answers* (on questions about the Constitution) so that a Trump supporting girl who wants to go to Hillsdale College could win $25K and be televised meeting Trump. So. Gross. 20563562587
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/07/2026On Rupert Murdoch TV, casual discussion of which war crimes to commit next. 108230
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialAric Toler @aric.bsky.social · 23/07/2026The Pentagon removed the names of 4 servicemembers who died in Jordan from their official list of Iran war casualties. They explain that this is because "their deaths occurred after President Trump declared a cease-fire in the war in April." Free gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u...nytimes.comNumber of U.S. Troop Deaths in Iran War Appears Lower on Pentagon Website (Gift Article)Three military officials and a Pentagon spokesman gave conflicting explanations for why the number of Americans killed in the Iran war had changed. 101572276
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Also, he doesn’t regret it. Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties, & the Nazis who commit unprecedented constitutional crimes for them. 818316
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Regret is fine, but these were unprecedented constitutional crimes & also caused mass death, & he needs to spend the rest of his life in jail, after he personally reimburses the federal government & lawful recipients of Congressionally authorized federal funding for the billions he destroyed. 29660173
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/07/2026Political candidates have long had to worry about their reputations among voters. Now, they have to worry about what A.I. thinks about them, too.nyti.msPoliticians Are Trying to Change What Chatbots Say About ThemPolitical campaigns have something new to worry about these days: unflattering or incomplete information produced by A.I. programs when voters ask questions about candidates. 84520
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialTom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026This is a blatantly unconstitutional threat. The executive branch has zero constitutional power to tell states how to run their elections - zero. Nor does DHS have the constitutional power to threaten state and local officials with jail time if they fail to abide by the executive branch’s demands. 741564537
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialTom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Tim Pool was paid by a Russian front to create content. This is definitely the dumbest timeline… 512246444
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialHenry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Thiel sees tech entrepreneurialism and kingship as intimately bound together: acting outside the rules to build the future that no-one else has the long term vision to grasp. “There have to be CEOs and founders. Those people are expected to wear the crown.” www.programmablemutter.com/p/the-politi...programmablemutter.comThe political economy of billionaire derangementThe passions are devouring the interests 99433
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialDan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 14/07/2026New: RFK Jr is facing a Hatch Act complaint after intervening in congressional races. @wyden.senate.gov has asked the Office of Special Counsel to investigate RFK Jr’s phone calls + offers to third-party candidates, where RFK Jr said he would help them if they dropped out.washingtonpost.comRFK Jr. faces Hatch Act complaint after intervening in congressional racesA top Senate Democrat has requested an investigation into whether the health secretary broke a law that bars political appointees from trying to influence elections. 21735279
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/07/2026Exclusive: Sen. Schiff’s office says newly uncovered documents show even more taxpayer money went toward giant Trump banners on federal buildings in DC.meidasnews.comSchiff Says Newly Uncovered Documents Show Additional Spending on Trump Banners Across WashingtonSenator Adam Schiff's office says newly uncovered government documents reveal additional Trump administration contracts to produce and install large 21829261323
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialCeleste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Related:specialto.thebulwark.comThe Corruption of Lindsey GrahamA case study in the rise of authoritarianism. Sen. Lindsey Graham is a central player in the Republican party’s capitulation to Donald Trump. We can watch the GOP's turn to authoritarianism by review... 14318
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 09/07/2026WaPo: Secretary Rubio, in step with Sebastian Gorka, is tripling down on a bad idea. Trying to enlist foreign states in bogus 'antifa' fight at July 16 ministerial meeting. WaPo: Rubio-Gorka alienating U.S. allies in true counterterrorism efforts. I wrote on threats to American civil liberties⬇️justsecurity.orgBogus “Antifa” Designations and FBI Warrantless Access to Americans’ CommunicationsHow Trump administration's efforts to designate "antifa" as a foreign intelligence threat can abuse national security surveillance powers. 37567255
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/07/2026"the amount of recovery aid the Trump administration has announced is just a fraction of the estimated $8 billion in revenues from oil exports it has taken out of Venezuela since the United States deposed the country’s ruler, Nicolás Maduro, in January" www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/w...nytimes.comWith $8 Billion in Venezuelan Oil Money, U.S. Gives $300 Million in Quake Aid 571146563
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/07/2026People are facing felony prosecutions on the thinnest of claims that they vandalized the Reflecting Pool. 332209528
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialSteven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Last week, Trump’s biggest supporter in Congress called for putting a bed sheet over the Statue of Liberty and replacing her torch with a stop sign. 199045
Reposted by @milieueilim.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/07/2026BASH: There's an olympian - David Hearn - who was indicted. He faces 10 years in prison. He says he didn't do anything other than reach into the reflecting pool. Do you really think he should face a 10 year sentence? BURGUM: Just bc you were a former something doesn't exclude you from the law 6992226482
