Reposted by MelissaJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 9hRepublican states are asking the Supreme Court to let them extradite abortion providers. Here's what we know so farjessica.substack.comBREAKING: Republicans File Supreme Court Suit to End Shield Laws9.30.26 512042
Reposted by MelissaBrooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 5hthinking of women as fully human was too hard for these lazy pieces of shit so they had to create plagiarism machines instead 19922
Reposted by MelissaOlga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 5hSeveral countries, including the UK, France and the Baltic countries did not receive an invite to a planned meeting in Poland that will focus on NATO’s future Trump and his cronies are doing everything to ruin NATO as Russia escalates across Europe. More gifts for Putinpolitico.comPentagon excludes key allies from NATO meetingSome of Europe’s biggest defense spenders — and U.S. allies — were not invited to a Pentagon-led meeting to discuss the alliance. 1819393
Reposted by MelissaJenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 5hI, for one, am *not* convinced that Peter Thiel’s supposed criticism of the second Trump administration is sincere. His fingerprints are all over Trump 2.0, and it’s more than “just” JD Vance. 1/ 13383117
Reposted by MelissaRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 5hHe sure as hell did all he could to keep innocent people in prison, even when the DA offices that won the convictions said they should be released. www.injusticewatch.org/archive/2020...injusticewatch.orgMissouri Attorney General’s Office pushes to keep innocent people in prisonIts decades-long commitment to upholding convictions—even those marred by police or prosecutorial misconduct—has left Missourians languishing in prison for years. 123574
Reposted by MelissaTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 6hWe are ruining our own institutions, which is sad for us and great for our enemies. 321173427
Reposted by MelissaKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10hEvery single member of this administration sees themselves, first and foremost, as a Content Creator™ It's like they staffed an administration with homeschooled aliens who learned about humanity through mainlining TikTok accounts. Just unbelievable levels of sweaty dorkiness. 421054184
Reposted by MelissaCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 7hRepublican AGs from Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas have filed two lawsuits targeting dozens of providers who ship abortion pills, along with blue states (New York, Massachusetts, and California) that protect them. stateline.org/2026/09/30/r...stateline.orgRepublican AGs sue abortion ‘shield law’ states in US Supreme Court • StatelineBATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and the attorneys general in Arkansas and Alabama filed a lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. Supreme Court, suing California, Massachusetts and New Y... 2311749
Reposted by Melissaemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6hReup: Yesterday Chuck Grassley claimed to be outraged that, along with all the other comms Jack Smith obtained when accessing devices of witnesses and criminals, he got journalists' request for comment. Chuck is trying to cover up how Trump defrauded MAGAts. emptywheel.net/2026/09/30/c...emptywheel.netChuck Grassley and Far Right Propagandists Covering Up How Trump Defrauded MAGAts - emptywheelFar right propagandists and Chuck Grassley are outraged that journalists' communications -- communications that showed Trump defrauding MAGAt voters -- were among the things Jack Smith obtained from t... 622581
Reposted by MelissaNoel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 6h‘Policing themselves’ didn’t work out so well when all these tech oligarchs, such as Elon Musk, were availing themselves of the services of Jeffrey Epstein. Ghislaine Maxwell found him a bride so nice he married her twice. 013230
Reposted by MelissaPoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 6hDon’t fall for representatives telling you they’re against centers while they profit from them on the side… youtube.comEff...Data CentersDon’t fall for representatives telling you they’re against centers ... 7295102
Reposted by MelissaTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 6hAnne Applebaum has been right about a lot of things and this is one. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...theatlantic.comMAGA Is Making the World Safe for CorruptionFar-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction. 13775314
Reposted by MelissaTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 6hi've prepared November election guides for a decade—many of you have first followed me for this. the one we are publishing tomorrow? the biggest i've ever done. can't wait to share it, though you might all have to free up your entire October to explore all of it! 849398
Reposted by MelissaBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 7hYou really have to watch this interview. The superintendent says that "concerns were passed on to me about the play." Who passed those concerns on? He won't say! What were the concerns? "You'd have to ask them." But who is them? He won't say! 2621576
Reposted by MelissaHawaiiDelilah™ 🌊 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧 @hawaiidelilah.bsky.social · 8hBut. Her. Emails. Man, I’ll never forgive any of you Hillary haters. Ever. 1119649
Reposted by MelissaElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 7hNow seems like a good time to say that the more I look at what doge did with USAID the more it looks like a straightforward eugenics project and Elon’s protests that he didnt know anyone might die seem doubly evil 33882277
Reposted by MelissaAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics. 314162674562
Reposted by MelissaKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7hThe good people here at Bluesky have corrected me -- that's Sgt. Maj. Sixta, who would've fit right in with this administrationmarinecorpstimes.comSgt. Maj. portrayed in ‘Generation Kill’ sentenced to prison for child sex offenseRetired Sgt. Maj. John Joseph Sixta, portrayed in "Generation Kill," was sentenced to 10 years for a child sex offense. 1229661
Reposted by MelissaChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 7hBREAKING: SCOTUS’s Republican appointees will allow Tennessee to kill Christa Pike tonight, vacating a stay of execution entered by the Sixth Circuit this morning. The three Democratic appointees dissent. 42650254
Reposted by MelissaCheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 7hCan't beat this, @nytpitchbot.bsky.social ! Does it have a red cover? Is it small enough to be carried next to a warrior's heart? So many questions 35414
Reposted by MelissaBrent Terhune @brentterhune.bsky.social · 29/09/2026MAGA is about to lose his farm 3641569329
Reposted by MelissaKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8hGiven that Secretary of Grooming Regs Pete Hegseth trotted out his "no beardos, no fatties" shit again today, I'm going to throw this back onto the timeline. 3272194
Reposted by MelissaPatrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 8hThe answer to the age-old question of what would it be like if Dudley Moore’s character Arthur played George C. Scott’s character Patton. 1427340
Reposted by Melissaemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 8hKind of weird how the guy in charge has suspect loyalties and one of his star whiz kids has ties to criminal hackers and a familial tie to Russia. 24913
Reposted by MelissaPé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 10hIt's weird how the federal government is constantly being hacked after DOGE gutted the government's cybersecurity agencies. 671927726
Reposted by MelissaLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 8hThe political stakes are very high, but the political discourse is so repetitive and stupid that it’s hard to bear. We’ve spent ten years dealing with this firehose of grandiosity and lies. It becomes mind-numbing. 57714
Reposted by Melissacapitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 8hTo repeat: Ethan Harper was president of the FedSoc chapter at Harvard Law. He's just 3 years from graduating: did one clerkship, then a string of political jobs, climbing his way up. He's never tried a case. Never had a bad client. Never experienced the instant feedback of public failure - til now.fedsoc.orgEthan HarperEthan Harper is Chief Counsel to U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt and for the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution. He oversees all legal issues and advises the Senator on his Ju... 1266
Reposted by Melissamtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 8hOnly doing this in states that are on the federally-run exchange also makes this another straight up theft from (mostly) blue states. Intolerable 624563
Reposted by MelissaAustin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 8hICE counts family-unit removals by person, so a family of four adds four. By that count, more than 66,000 family members have been deported since January 20, 2025, on pace for about 185,000 by January 2029. austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-has-de...austinkocher.substack.comICE Has Deported More Than 66,000 Family Members Under Trump Administration, Family Detention Is Back at Dilley and KarnesNew ICE data show more than 66,000 family-unit deportations since January 20, 2025, about one in ten removals, with an August spike above 20 percent, as family detention reopens at Dilley and Karnes. 02819
Reposted by MelissaKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10hWeird how the Nazis don't make his list. Probably just an oversight 1243432
Reposted by MelissaMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 10hThe common thread in Pete Hegseth's rant to the troops, JD Vance suggesting Talarico is a pedophile, Brendan Carr calling the Trump ads aired with tax dollars "normal force PSAs," and Eric Schmitt fabricating a Jack Smith conspiracy is the whole GOP is incentivized to be performatively evil. 351310307
Reposted by MelissaCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 14hThere is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o... 10363021802
Reposted by MelissaChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10hIn the litigation over Trump's effort to fire the head of the Copyright Office, Shira Perlmutter, DOJ filed its brief at the D.C. Circuit today. Perlmutter's brief: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... DOJ brief: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...storage.courtlistener.comAppellee/Respondent Brief Filed – #1208893282 in Shira Perlmutter v. Todd Blanche (D.C. Cir., 25-5285) – CourtListener.comAPPELLEE BRIEF [2195670] filed by Todd Blanche, Executive Office of the President, Sergio Gor, Trent Morse, Paul Perkins and Donald J. Trump [Service Date: 09/30/2026 ] Length of Brief: 10,043 words. ... 27725
Reposted by MelissaJenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 10h“Peter Thiel Is Behind the $130M Purchase of Casa Encantada,” a “Los Angeles estate…” The “deal adds another trophy property to [Thiel’s]…real-estate portfolio, which includes homes in Washington, D.C., Miami, & Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as a compound in Hawaii” & property in NZ. 9/29/26share.googleExclusive | Billionaire Peter Thiel Is Behind the $130 Million Purchase of Casa EncantadaThe winning bidder of the Los Angeles estate was an LLC tied to the Palantir and PayPal co-founder, whose identity remained a secret for months. 218963
Reposted by MelissaJenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 10hopen.substack.com/pub/projects...open.substack.comICE funds tent camp for detained women at BataviaA federal contracting record shows DHS is paying Akima for a "soft-sided tent facility" for detained women, weeks after a New York law barred county jails from holding people for DHS. 085
Reposted by MelissaMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 10hThe kids these days will hardly believe it, but a mere two years ago, the mental & physical (lack of) acuity of Elderly Presidents was the Great Issue of Our Time. Someone should tell Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson, so they can write a book on it. 512233
Reposted by MelissaOlga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 10hAll year, Russia has floated its manufactured narrative that NATO is preparing to blockade Kaliningrad. This week, that propaganda went into overdrive. My latest…olgalautman.substack.comWhy Is Russia Manufacturing a Story About NATO Preparing to Blockade Kaliningrad?Over the past few months, European governments and intelligence agencies have issued multiple warnings that Russia could be preparing to escalate its attacks against NATO. 49241
Reposted by MelissaDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I spent the full hour on NPR/@wbur.org's "On Point" in conversation with Meghna Chakrabarti on this year's very strong El Niño event--which is expected reach record intensity by Nov--and the broader context surrounding it, as well as local-to-global impacts.wbur.orgHow the 'super' El Niño will shape the global climateEl Niño has become an annual global climate phenomenon. But this year, scientists are warning of a record-setting 'super' El Niño. What that could mean for the weather everywhere on planet earth. 717846
Reposted by MelissaJenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 13h😳 On 9/29/26, Argentina’s Supreme cleared the way for President Javier Milei’s administration to scrap historical restrictions on foreign land ownership, opening the door to the likes of Peter Thiel & Sam Altman who have shown great interest in the region … 1/ share.google/t7nTsPAkbpC8...share.googleSupreme Ct clears way for Milei to scrap limits on foreign land purchasesOpposition parties condemn the ruling, question its scope and warn that it leaves the door open to unrestricted foreign ownership of rural land. 35352225
Reposted by MelissaAnnie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 18hNEW: As Trump’s White House and influencers keep touting the unproven benefits of raw milk, hundreds across the country are falling ill from outbreaks. Some people get severe indigestion. And some nearly die. Here's the story of one toddler who drank it. 🧵👇 www.propublica.org/article/cali...propublica.orgA Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But... 40970473
Reposted by MelissaAnnie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 18hWe've been examining the rise of raw milk this year. We have found that despite stringent hygiene efforts, contamination from deadly bacteria like E. coli and salmonella remains an inherent, unavoidable risk in unpasteurized dairy. www.propublica.org/article/mark...propublica.orgHe Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob... 610831
Reposted by MelissaCasey Michel @cjcmichel.bsky.social · 16hHonored to be speaking next week at @amerikahaus.de's "Dialogues on Democracy" series in Munich. If you're around, come listen to a discussion on all the ways corruption destroys democracies—and what can be done. See you there! www.amerikahaus.de/ausstellunge...amerikahaus.deCasey Michel: How Foreign Dictators Interfere in Democratic CountriesOn Wednesday, October 07, 2026, at 7 p.m., Casey Michel, will come to Amerikahaus. In recent years we've seen an explosion of revelations and concerns about how foreign dictatorships use illicit wealt... 184
Reposted by MelissaLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 17hYesterday, Trump’s America dot gov site answered factual questions like “who won the 2020 election” accurately. Today, it no longer does. 13243123
Reposted by MelissaCheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 16hA more general point: The owners of these models fiddle with them constantly to give the answers they want. This is why we need to distinguish among "AI" models and know who is manipulating them. 17018
Reposted by MelissaNoel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 16hDonald Trump’s healthcare plan was to take away your insurance and raise the costs on a bowl of chicken soup while stripping N.I.H. & CDC of their budgets and expertise. He did this to have more money to invest in data centers for the rich assholes who support him. Vote Blue. 022470
Reposted by MelissaSecretary Of Diarrhea @senorgreygoose.bsky.social · 16hOne of the best takedowns of the "rationalists" and Libertarians is in Fargo, season 5: Roy: "I want freedom without arbitrary rules.” Lorraine: "So you want freedom without responsibility? Son, there's only one person on Earth who gets that deal." Roy: "The President?" Lorraine: "A baby.” 427953
Reposted by MelissaDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15h📺 HAPPENING NOW: The Senate will vote on Republicans' latest attempt to sneak a voter ID requirement through the chamber by attaching it to a congressional stock-trading ban. The last-ditch effort comes just as the Senate packs up for the campaign trail. Stream below👇 senate.govU.S. Senate: Floor ProceedingsFloor Activity 16208123
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 26A428
KENNETH NELSEN, WARDEN v. CHRISTA GAIL PIKE
ON APPLICATION TO VACATE STAY
[September 30, 2026]
The application to vacate stay of execution of sentence of death presented to JUSTICE KAVANAUGH and by him referred to the Court is granted. The September 30, 2026 order of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Cir-cuit, case No. 26-5864, granting a stay of execution is vacated.
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and
JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting.
The State of Tennessee is set to execute Christa Pike for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer. Earlier today, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a stay of Pike's execution solely to "adequately address and resolve" the issues presented in Pike's pending application for relief. Order in In re Pike, No. 26-5864, ECF Doc. 10-2, p. 2. Tennessee now asks this Court to vacate that stay and permit it to proceed with Pike's execution today. Stunningly, the Court acquiesces. Because its decision clears the way for the State to execute Pike before her still-pending legal challenges to her conviction can be properly considered, I respectfully dissent.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreibgvwhbb2ltvp3257xdel7sx32h5jde5m5dcw7plkpju4n7ox5hbi)
