Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 16/08/2026January 6 was only 5 and a half years ago, and we’ve already cycled through investigation, indictment, conviction, pardon, and now gleeful promises to do it again only with actual hanging rather than just chants about it. Nice job GOP. 26585242475
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/08/2026Trump takes a break from fear-mongering about communism to brag about seizing the means of production: "We had a problem with Intel. And we settled the problem. They gave us 10% of the company. That was worth $12 billion." 42336281163
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 07/08/2026It sometimes feels like we're living in a ridiculously exaggerated folk tale with wildly implausible villains. For example, as the president takes billions for himself and his family and *coats his things in gold,* the soldiers fighting his war can't get toothpaste, hot water, or a clean toilet.ms.nowMoldy showers and no soap: Military families are outraged by conditions on USS LincolnThe aircraft carrier's long deployment in the Iran war is raising concerns that the sailors and Marines on board are facing poor conditions, low supplies and fatigue. 10435701397
nomadmae.bsky.social @nomadmae.bsky.social · 05/08/2026After all the lie peddling Pirro has done as a talking head, she now thinks facts might save her own ass from the dipshit she lies for. Girl. Was there any dignity in that box? 000
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 04/08/2026This is rape culture. 11446211013
nomadmae.bsky.social @nomadmae.bsky.social · 31/07/2026We’re going to have to walk and chew gum at the same time here. Accountability AND affordability. 000
nomadmae.bsky.social @nomadmae.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Once again… www.dailykos.com/stories/2018... www.reddit.com/r/PastorArre... www.reddit.com/r/NotADragQu... www.reddit.com/r/Republican... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016... www.reuters.com/article/idUS... slate.com/news-and-pol...dailykos.comRepublican Sexual Predators, Abusers, and Enablers Pt. 1Uncover comprehensive documentation of sexual misconduct and enabling among Republicans. Click to review names, cases, and sources. 000
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/07/2026The best way to get to the bottom of the McConnell question is for the governor to appoint a replacement. The GOP legislature passed a law stripping him of that power, but it goes against the state constitution. If they refuse to seat the replacement, take them to court. There’s zero downside. 804244766356
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14/07/2026Nicole Wallace ☠️☠️☠️ "Riddle me this: when Obama ran intelligence, the election was secure and Donald Trump won in 2016… But when Donald Trump and all of his boobs were running US national security, it got all effed up. Is that the theory?" 10850161760
nomadmae.bsky.social @nomadmae.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Where was the NG goon squad while this extensive vandalism was taking place? 030
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 12/07/2026A better take than nearly all the takes this morning 113827
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialNathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 12/07/2026It’s unusual to be able to point to one thing & say there’s no Trump II w/o it, but McConnell admitting Trump did all he was charged w/ during the 2nd impeachment for insurrection, then steering Senate Reps to acquit, is 1 of those moments. Trump would’ve been ineligible to run for president. Evil. 545166
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialKevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I do think we should stop using the term "unitary executive" in public discourse and simply call it what it is: dictatorship 251212301
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 07/07/2026NEW: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.” with @texastribune.orgpropublica.orgKen Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law.The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent yo... 1228194698713
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialMatthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 07/07/2026"degeneracy" was the explicit reason given to imprison, sterilize, institutionalize, and murder queer and trans folks in Nazi Germany, as well as burn art, books, and other media. It's not subtle. 17430
nomadmae.bsky.social @nomadmae.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Are we missing an opportunity for an “electrolytes are woke” campaign? 000
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I wrote about the Supreme Court's latest disgusting anti-trans ruling. I wrote about it because I refuse to act like taking away constitutional rights and allowing legal discrimination is okay just because it's happening to people who don't poll well in a diner in Ohio. In @thenation.comthenation.comThe Supreme Court’s Anti-Trans Ruling Goes Well Beyond SportsThe ruling is about whether trans people have the same rights as everybody else—and the Court said they don’t. 5637441239
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialDenny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 30/06/2026the egg price thing under biden was all fake lol 313103093029
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 30/06/2026100%. This session of the Supreme Court was a blow to our democracy (especially the Slaughter decision), and SCOTUS PR chief Roberts is giving us the birthright citizenship ruling last so we'll forget how dangerous this court is. Win the midterms. Expand the court. 521362413
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialKevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 30/06/2026The clear & obvious text of the Constitution wins by the slimmest possible margin at the 'court' that claims to be its most solemn guardian. This means the fascist movement currently in control of the US federal government is just one (1) vote shy of what it needs to fully suspend the Constitution. 6770209
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/06/2026I hope the next dem president uses *all* these new powers 2150566
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialRex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Bold thing to say when your party is in control of literally everything. 30966711501
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 16/06/2026As the government raids “antifa groups” in Minneapolis with the SAME charges levied against myself and the rest of the Broadview Six, we need to be asking how they got this indictment. And as charges (hopefully) get dropped, we must remember the process is the punishment. 310170625145
nomadmae.bsky.social @nomadmae.bsky.social · 12/06/2026But trans folks in the restroom is unnerving and invasive… /s🙄🤦🏻♀️ 000
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11/06/2026This is the hurdle Dems will face. The media is going to frame pro-democracy institutional reforms as "radical stuff," when the historically accurate reality is that we reformed our leg/exec/judicial institutions <constantly> from 1776 to ~1950. We've only decided they were cast in amber since then. 715355
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialSteve Benen @stevebenen.com · 11/06/2026With 21 weeks to go before the midterms, “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation” and “I love the inflation” represent quite a one-two punch. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...ms.now‘I love the inflation’: What makes Trump’s comments on the affordability crisis differentAs the cost of living gets worse, Team Trump doesn’t just have a policy problem. It also has a political problem that the president is making worse. 313350
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11/06/2026Really interesting how the same people who said you can't blame all white people for slavery suddenly want to blame any particular crime on every immigrant. "Individualism for me, collective guilt for thee." 131040201
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialJacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 09/06/2026what is happening in Los Angeles County's ballot processing facility could not be more transparent. 16525172
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/06/2026🚨NEWS: FBI records obtained through a Judicial Watch lawsuit reveal that a Butler County Sheriff’s deputy exchanged two emails with Trump shooter Thomas Crooks before the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt. The records remain heavily redacted, concealing the nature of the communications. 25136901675
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 05/06/2026My opponents are all communists. In unrelated news, my government will be taking ownership of the means of production. 173737888
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/06/2026New in PN: What does government oppression really look like? "Every single action described above has been taken against transgender people in the US & UK. And who are the loudest, most influential voices supporting this oppression? These same Christians who are convinced it's being done to them."publicnotice.coWhat does government oppression really look like?You don't have to look far. 35936289
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/06/2026MMA fighter Sean Strickland posted a video to Instagram of him beating up Dylan Mulvaney. Once again, transphobia is just a socially acceptable way to engage in open misogyny and violence. 1571876284
nomadmae.bsky.social @nomadmae.bsky.social · 04/06/2026It’s almost like good foreign policy IS good domestic policy! 020
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialAleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 03/06/2026Have you ever wanted to know which Democrats have been voting for anti-trans laws? Well, now you can! Introducing the Anti-Trans Democrat Tracker, where I've identified 200 Democrats who are supporting laws targeting trans Americans and listed them on a page dedicated to holding them accountable!transiticsnews.comWhich Democrats are Supporting Anti-Trans Laws?Transitics has identified 200 Democrats who have supported or refused to oppose laws targeting trans Americans. Here are their names. 69851
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialSandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 04/06/2026many know this but just to say it: this shift in public attitudes didn’t just *happen*. the same forces trying to boil our planet are funding tranpshobia … atmos.earth/political-la...atmos.earthFossil Fuel Billionaires Are Bankrolling the Anti-Trans Movement | AtmosAn investigation shared exclusively with Atmos finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding. 0128
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialDanielle Froom 🏳️🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 03/06/202631% of Democrats polled said being transgender is "morally wrong". Five years ago it would have been a fraction of that. The propaganda is working, the silence from Democrats is deafening, & all of this is why every step backward can't go ignored for even a moment. news.gallup.com/poll/710810/...news.gallup.comU.S. Support for LGBTQ+ Issues Remains Down From PeakSince 2021, fewer Americans have said that gay or lesbian relations and changing one's gender are morally acceptable and have favored legal same-sex marriage. 361527549
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialReuters @reuters.com · 04/06/2026British drug-cost watchdog recommends use of AbbVie's ovarian cancer therapy reut.rs/4avd2Q3reut.rsBritish drug-cost watchdog recommends use of AbbVie's ovarian cancer therapyThe UK cost-effectiveness watchdog on Thursday recommended AbbVie's "guided missile" cancer therapy, Elahere, for patients with a hard-to-treat form of ovarian cancer. 0104
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Frankly, I want to divest SCOTUS of jurisdiction to enter *any* orders reversing a lower court without a complete elaboration of the reasons why. They are the least busy judges in America with a self-selected workload. If they can't bother to explain it, they should not do it. 311992453
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialGil Durán @gilduran.com · 03/06/2026What's happening to CBS News is what the tech oligarchs call "parallel" strategy. Buy an existing institution, gut it, and convert it into a right-wing zombie version of itself. They are doing this to media, government, education, biotech, defense tech, etc. Some call it the "Network State." 404130754432
nomadmae.bsky.social @nomadmae.bsky.social · 02/06/2026A digestible and deeply appreciated analysis. 000
nomadmae.bsky.social @nomadmae.bsky.social · 02/06/2026At no point did I correctly assume the next word of this post. 000
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialDr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 01/06/2026The biggest scandal isn’t that Trump lied. It’s that so many journalists pretended the lie was plausible. 631016333
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Happy Pride, Y’all. The DC Circuit has just enjoined Pete Hegseth from enforcing his anti-trans policy. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 522944792
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 30/05/2026To believe in right-wing gender ideology, you have to believe that gender is so completely synonymous with innate biology that trans identities cannot exist, and also that gender is so performative and tenuous that a man can lose manhood for just not being enough of a boorish jerk. 527481
Reposted by @nomadmae.bsky.socialKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 29/05/2026gross simpleton bigotstechdirt.comTrump FCC Proposes Vile New Trans Panic TV WarningsLast month the FCC quietly issued a public notice saying the Brendan Carr run agency was demanding that the TV Oversight Management Board (TVOMB) create new TV ratings to alert viewers to “transgen… 116253
nomadmae.bsky.social @nomadmae.bsky.social · 28/05/2026I feel like he’s asking for the ol’ airplane spoon treatment🤷🏻♀️ 000