Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2hMentions on Fox shows of the very newsworthy confrontation between Schmitt and Jack Smith: Ingraham (7-8pm): 0 Watters (8-9): 0 Hannity (9-10): 0 Gutfeld (10-11): 0 Fox & Friends this AM: 0 1571974541
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 5hMike Rogers has the audacity to lie to you about his plan like he didn't vote 4 times to stop you from getting cheaper medication from Canada, take $1M from Big Pharma, and vote 19 times to keep prescription drug prices higher. GTFOH. 15376252774
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialNick Kodama @nickkodama.bsky.social · 4hhey is the strait open yet 34608101
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialLee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 7hU.S. Senate voted 47–51 on Sept. 29, 2026, to block a Democratic-led resolution from Senator Chris Van Hollen that would have required a State Dept report on human rights & violence in the West Bank. Voted Against/To Block the Resolution: Nearly all Republican senators voted no (to block it)…politico.comRepublicans sink measure to spotlight Israeli violence in the West BankThe overwhelming Democratic support for the resolution highlights the party’s increasing frustration with Israel’s government. 1118979
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 5hYesterday, Trump’s America dot gov site answered factual questions like “who won the 2020 election” accurately. Today, it no longer does. 10227113
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialUncle Runt 🔜 🏒 and 🛏️ @tradierunt.bsky.social · 4hTony Kozycki kozyckiforcongress.com/index.htmlkozyckiforcongress.comTony Kozycki for Congress | Georgia's 7th DistrictTony Kozycki is a Democrat running for Congress in Georgia's 7th District. Combat veteran, immigration attorney. Solutions, not politics. 36523
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6hAn entire massive industry that has the potential to cause tremendous damage and destruction by their own admission completely unregulated because they have Trump and the Republican Party in their pocket. bsky.app/profile/atru... 1271183355
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialBlue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 4hCardboard Rob Wittman would, of course, be an INFINITELY better member of Congress than ACTUAL Rob Wittman. At least the cardboard version wouldn't actively do HARM! bluevirginia.us/2026/09/new-... 1123
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4hFetterman is garbage. He betrays the people who fought for him when he was at his lowest point - and that fight is the only reason he’s in the senate. Now he’s actively working to raise money for Republican PACs. 941470484
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialBrian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 7hMy own (probably naive) take is that the immigration views/attacks as envisioned by Trump and far-right diehards have very little resonance beyond the right-wing base. That they are now a layer of our atmosphere reflects the disproportionate power those folks have in politics and media. 724643
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 8hThe most notable thing of the last so hours and the Schmitt-Hawkeye screw up of epic proportions, is how Trumpites are primed to pump out any narrative handed to them without thought or reflection. It’s Putinesque. 35922170
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialSteven L. Taylor @sltaylor.bsky.social · 4hIt is becoming impossible to think of members of SCOTUS as "Justices." outsidethebeltway.com/scotus-cruel...outsidethebeltway.comSCOTUS: Cruelty Without Due Process to ContinueThe shadow docket strikes again, as the NYT reports: Supreme Court Allows Rapid Third-Country Deportations, for Now. The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave President Trump a temporary victory on a centr… 2178
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 3hHear me out but Mark Carney should be given the Times Person Of Year and the Nobel Peace Prize. Also that really tall fella Eby, keep him in office, don’t vote him out, he’s alright. #cdnpoli 1420528
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialJulia Raifman, ScD @juliaraifman.bsky.social · 3hThinking about getting a flu vaccine for yourself or family? ➡️ Now is a good time to schedule Flu season picking up early this year and hitting a bit harder Stay protected 💪 24520
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialCheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 3hLet's not lose sight of this.nytimes.comOpinion | Trump Wants to Get His Hands on the Power of the Purse (Gift Article)The search for fraud in the federal government must always end in the same place. 0234
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialJosh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 4h@ADAMLIPTAK GETS RESULTS: After repeatedly delaying an appeal aimed at releasing Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on Trump's handling of classified docs at Mar-a-Lago, 11th Circuit moves up the arguments from January to Nov. 2 1336087
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialJB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 3hIf you want your rights protected, and your life more affordable, you need to vote for Democrats like your life depends on it. Because it does. 412530
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3hAlso their position is that it is not just ok but *constitutionally required* that the president have the authority to rig DoJ if he wants. bsky.app/profile/dave... 925044
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialBrennan Center @brennancenter.org · 3hThe Trump administration’s illegal cuts to FEMA have undermined the nation’s ability to prepare for and respond to natural disasters. Congress must hold the line against further efforts to weaken FEMA and rebuild the agency’s capacity. bit.ly/4ypsAyPbit.lyAdministration’s Arbitrary, Unlawful Cuts to FEMA Funding and Staff Threaten American CommunitiesGrant cancellations, staff reductions, and other policy changes far overstep the president’s authority while limiting FEMA’s ability to respond to disasters. 13720
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 17hThat's a $96,318 fine for being raped. 201898613
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 3hBill Gates warned AI could lead to 1 billion deaths, Trump dismissed it. Both men are found in the Epstein files btw. 1714748
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialTom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 8hLet’s remember that Sen. Eric Schmitt is a white nationalist who employs other white nationalists while spreading white nationalist/racist conspiracy theories. missouriindependent.com/2025/09/15/m... White supremacists never fail to demonstrate how they’re inferior: 44679214
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialJim Metcalf @thermochronic.bsky.social · 6hThis really summarizes the “I did my own research” dudes 291089171
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialReMarkable @remarkable59.bsky.social · 6hRick Scott CEO…Columbia/HCA pleaded guilty to 14 felonies and paid approximately $1.7 billion in criminal fines, civil penalties and settlements in 2000–2002. At the time, the Justice Department described the case as the largest health-care fraud settlement in U.S. history. 311916
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialElon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 17hThis is a hell of a piece. 07514
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17hDead on balls accurate! 2245789767
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialJim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 22hIf you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway 23839591027
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 29/09/2026If you’d asked me to parody how silly and broken legal journalism is, I genuinely don’t think I could have come up with “so the best-known ‘nonpartisan’ Supreme Court outlet is now run by an ex-Trump DOJ flack who had her longtime personal friend Brett Kavanaugh officiate her wedding”ballsandstrikes.orgThe Conservative Takeover of SCOTUSblog Is Just What the Supreme Court NeededSCOTUSblog used to cover the Supreme Court. Now, it cheers for it. 9573165
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm… 1264185116004
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19hThe White House Accord on AI: • We Do Not Want to Be Regulated • We Will Not Be Regulated • Donald Trump is really, really smart • We promise to pay him in crypto all he wants 715569
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialJoe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 19hThis is really worth a read to better understand how AI chatbots (LLMs) work so that you can dispense with all the ridiculousness about them being sentient, making scientific discoveries, or taking over the world. blog.prompt20.com/posts/how-ai...blog.prompt20.comHow AI Chatbots Actually Work, Without the MathA plain-English guide to how AI chatbots work: what a token is, how they 'know' things, why they make things 085
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19hAgain, gas prices spiked in 2022-23 because Russia invaded Ukraine which caused a major disruption in global supply. Then they came down. Biden didn’t cause it. Gas prices rose in 2026 due solely to the stupidity of Trump who started a war in the Middle East. 1342317612
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 19hI feel like the right side of his face droops more with every passing day (or TIA)— there’s no hiding now that something quite neurologically serious is happening now. 3650388
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 20hThe Democrats can put a rider into the Appropriations Bill that: (a) renames the Office; and (b) defunds its ability to engage in third-party deportations to other countries through defunding airplane contracts. 7493144
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 20hLater in the thread. Two problems: (1) many of these folks are *not* undocumented—they’re just removable; and (2) in any event, whether they received the process that is due before being deported to somewhere they might be tortured is, in fact, much of what’s *actually being litigated.* 326736
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 20hNo one is contesting whether third-country removals are *ever* permitted; the litigation is over whether individuals are entitled to notice & an opportunity to prove that they face torture or other mistreatment in that country before they can be removed. Good luck figuring that out from the tweet. 433436
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 20hThere is a cottage industry on that other site of people in official government legal jobs affirmatively misstating or misrepresenting what rulings are about and then expressing surprise that anyone could possibly disagree. Just the latest example—from the Solicitor General of Iowa: 1046290
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialThe Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Sure folks on Bluesky know this but most normies out there have no idea just how deep their conservative neighbors are into their alternate reality. They do not live here on earth with us at all. 1950689
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialRuben Garcia @gorubenruben.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Republicans partied to Disco Song 🎶Gloria🎶 And hunted Mike Pence on January 6th. This is the most insulting and disgusting video of January 6th! #Midterms #Jan6 #Gloria #USDemocracy #Republicans #Vote #Vota #VotoLatino #Talarico #BlueWave #votematters 021
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialDoremus Schafer @doremus-schafer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026bsky.app/profile/dore... 2742
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort." 682274319354
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22hNEWS: GOP candidate Brandon Herrera defended massive CEO salaries, mocked renters as “bums,” joked about people who don’t “tip their landlords,” then compared being called a “renter” with a hard R to a racial slur.meidasnews.comBrandon Herrera Defended High CEO Salaries, Joined Mocking of RentersGOP candidate: "Did you really call me 'renter' with a hard 'r? It's 'renta' to you." 77879381
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialDr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 29/09/2026 Crimes against humanity. Abhorrent beyond measure. 24254125
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 29/09/2026Some old school Wikipedia here. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Sc... 551084
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Eric Schmitt is on The Charlie Kirk Show (yes it's still called that) -- and believe it or not, hosts are pretending he owned Smith with his embarrassingly botched gotcha "You caught him in this NBA game too in Atlanta" "Yeah," Schmitt says There's no mention that Schmitt had all his facts wrong 3422447552
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026TILLIS: is there anything you would have done differently? JACK: yes. One thing I was taught is you only do your talking in the courtroom. But if you stick to that, people can unfairly malign you and you can’t respond. But there are things being said that are untrue… 1/ 201757385
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 29/09/2026Jack Smith adopting the sort of bewildered deadpan affect of Coach Beard in 'Ted Lasso' throughout this clip might be the comic performance of the year 291057129
Reposted by @mmacon.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yes, Republicans. The entire news cycle on your moronic Jack Smith hearing will now be dominated by Eric Schmitt’s basketball game buffoonery and John ‘Foghorn Leghorn’ Kennedy asking Smith about the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy. Brilliant job, once again by the feckless fools. 982319481
