Reposted by MKRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h22 California billionaires have spent a combined $150 million so far to defeat Prop 40. By spending their fortunes trying to stop California from taxing billionaires, they're making the argument for a billionaire wealth tax more clearly and articulately than anyone else possibly could. 19466902889
MK @mlkelly.bsky.social · 12hI spent mine buying foodstuffs for my local pantry. Got it yesterday. 031
Reposted by MKSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 09/10/2026🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Two Canadian Scientists Develop an Inhaled Vaccine Mist That Delivers Immunity Directly to the Lungs, Right Where Viruses Enter Two scientists, Fiona Smaill and Zhou Xing, developed AeroVax, an inhaled vaccine mist designed to reach the lungs in just 2 minutes. 772823910
Reposted by MKAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 22hBlue Cross Blue Shield is being sued as a monopoly after the state found it's been in a conspiracy to restrict access to healthcare. Corporations should not have this much power. We need money out of politics, money in our pockets, and Medicare for All.freep.comMichigan attorney general sues Blue Cross, alleging illegal monopolyMichigan Attorney General Dana Nessel sued Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan in "arguably the most consequential antitrust case" of its kind. 13957181910
Reposted by MKCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t... 2731563704
Reposted by MKPBS News @pbsnews.org · 14h"She promised me that she would be my ride or die in the Trump administration, no request too big, too small, as many requests as I wanted," said Eric Deters, the Republican donor who accused Kimberly Guilfoyle of asking for payment in exchange for access to top officials. to.pbs.org/47dJYurto.pbs.org‘It was a definite quid pro quo.’ GOP donor who accused Guilfoyle of corruption speaks outA Republican donor is accusing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle of asking for $100,000 in exchange for access to top Trump administration officials. Amna Nawaz speaks with Eric Deters, a f... 1417458
Reposted by MKDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 14hTrump isn’t good at keeping secrets, Marc Elias says. “Donald Trump usually tells us exactly how he is going to try to subvert democracy.” Your vote is a target. Keep watch: demdock.com/3TOn1e8 10435155
Reposted by MKSen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 16hYesterday in New York, ICE agents shot yet another person. This time, while his on 5-year-old child was in the same car. From coast to coast, ICE's brutality continues to traumatize our communities. This administration is using your tax dollars to implement their violent anti-immigrant agenda. 🧵nbcnews.comICE officer shoots man in New York CityThe 28-year-old man was shot while in a vehicle and was in stable condition, officials said. The DHS said the shooting occurred during a “targeted enforcement operation.” 2228576
Reposted by MKChicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 14hCommentary: Cuts to Medicaid funds will hurt the University of Illinois College of Medicine, where Illinois trains its physicians.chicagotribune.comAlbert D. Sam II: The hospital that trains Chicago’s doctors can’t survive Washington’s Medicaid cuts 077
Reposted by MKPBS News @pbsnews.org · 14hMidterm election season culminates on one important Election Day, but voting is already underway in many states. For the local officials who run elections, the work to prepare voting machines started even earlier. to.pbs.org/4rWE1LXto.pbs.orgHow local officials are testing voting machines to ensure election integrityMidterm election season culminates on one important Election Day, but voting is already underway in many states. For the local officials who run elections, the work started even earlier. Liz Landers r... 05018
Reposted by MKNewsweek @newsweek.com · 14hThe Silver Bulletin's forecast gives the party a 73.9 percent chance of winning the Senate as of Tuesday, up noticeably from 50.6 percent a month prior.newsweek.comNate Silver’s forecast changes for Democrats—seats most likely to flip 2148
Reposted by MKMeduza in English @meduza.io · 16hA week after Putin said lifting sanctions was necessary to ease diesel prices, Trump announced a deal to bring Russian diesel to U.S. and world markets. Washington has temporarily eased diesel sanctions, with no energy ceasefire in Ukraine. meduza.io/en/feature/2...meduza.io‘We’re being used as a front,’ Zelensky says of Trump’s diesel deal with Putin — MeduzaRussia and the U.S. have agreed on a deal to supply Russian diesel fuel to the U.S. and global markets. President Donald Trump announced the agreement on the evening of October 9 after a phone call… 32711
Reposted by MKCNN @cnn.com · 15hCNN's John Miller breaks down new NYPD video of the initial moment federal immigration agents approached a car before they shot and wounded the driver while his 5-year-old child was in the back seat during a targeted enforcement operation in New York City. More details: cnn.it/4B0fE49 156033
Reposted by MKElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 09/10/2026NEW: Big Tech companies reveal to Congress they expect YOU to keep subsidizing their data centers. AND they’ll keep using NDAs to keep the public in the dark. I’m not letting them get away with it. 571774569
Reposted by MKEthan 🦋Proud Blue🦋 @grand-pa-etan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Jon Ossoff’s point on Marco Rubio, stating that his support for Trump ruined his presidential ambitions, while all Trump’s regime cronies remain permanently tainted by this toxic regime led by a fascist and corrupt psychopath. #ProudBlue #DV1 47548
Reposted by MKRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16hPublic executions on tv and in the street is meant to stop a rebellion before it can even start. American techno-fascism has reached its final form. Billionaires and christian nationalist politicians no longer have any consent of the governed. So they will govern solely through force 821357714
Reposted by MKRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19hTrump has denied disaster relief for Illinois following severe storms in August. Trump approved a request from Indiana for damage resulting from the same storms. One is a "blue state." The other is a "red state." No other president has politicized natural disasters the way that Trump has. 19956272599
Reposted by MKDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 17hNauseating. A grotesque betrayal of the US, our values and our allies. The United States has no greater enemy than Donald Trump. 62704247
Reposted by MKD. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 23h📌Greg Abbott received a $7.4 million dollar judgement in 1985 when a tree fell on him putting him in a wheelchair. When he later ran for office, he was instrumental in passing tort reform laws capping insurance payouts for victims of accidents like his at $750,000. Enough of these horrible people. 1141802745
Reposted by MKScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22hJon Ossoff is the most gifted political rhetorician in Washington today. Nobody else even comes close. 416236
Reposted by MKRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21hZelenskyy issues a statement responding to Trump’s deal with Putin to lift sanctions to purchase Russian oil and diesel. 29458372182
Reposted by MKMadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 21hBrenden Cuni, has been identified as one of the ICE agents that was present at the shooting of Oscar Belgal in New York yesterday. He is the same POS agent that dragged a pregnant woman through the snow in Minnesota and caused her to miscarry. Some say he's the shooter. Investigate this!!! 22270208
Reposted by MKNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026STATEMENT OF ABBE LOWELL AND NORM EISEN, COUNSEL FOR FED GOVERNOR LISA COOK, IN RESPONSE TO WHITE HOUSE "HEARING" ANNOUNCEMENT 441705546
Reposted by MKKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 23hJUST UNSEALED: A judge ruled this week that the first Trump admin's "Remain in Mexico" policy illegally subjected thousands of people – many with meritorious asylum claims — to horrifically dangerous and violent conditions and deprived them of access to attorneys. cgrs.uclawsf.edu/en/legal-doc... 392049759
Reposted by MKAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22hPritzker: I’m not going to spend much time at all talking about Trump because it can ruin a perfectly good meal for all of us. But I do need to get something off of my chest… There are too many women in this country who are living under the yoke of tyranny… 463282865
Reposted by MK𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 23hThis is apparently happening in multiple areas in the capital. The DC board of elections has been made aware of it and have been in touch with the National Guard to address it. It’s no accident. 59745402319
Reposted by MKMiles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I spent my career helping to build DHS during the Bush, Obama, and Trump years. We must abolish ICE. It’s lost all public trust. It must be eliminated. We can never again allow an agency to become the president’s “secret police.” 14341125