Reposted by Steve PottsEdward Hopper @edwardhopper.bsky.social · 21hWestern Motel - 1957 botfrens.com/collections/173/conten… 0927
Reposted by Steve PottsNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 03/10/2026USA Today’s online ethics policy explicitly allows for entirely AI-generated content, as long as a reporter reads it. I don’t trust that any of the reporters who used my interview this way have ever written a single word. 08613
Reposted by Steve PottsJason 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. 141507487
Steve Potts @otispott.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"a restored U.S. democracy will remain unconsolidated until both major parties commit to its defense." 031
Steve Potts @otispott.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Imagine if Trump got his way. He'd slap his name on there and keep it afloat with huge infusions of public cash. It would limp along with rinky dink acts performing infrequently, leaving the place a ghost of its former self. Exactly as he has done with the rest of the US government. 010
Steve Potts @otispott.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This version of SCOTUS is the Confederate wet dream. Or an Orwellian nightmare. For them not discriminating against marginalized and minority groups = discrimination. 💩is upside down. 021
Steve Potts @otispott.bsky.social · 30/09/2026President Johnson spoke about discrimination at the signing of the Civil Rights Act in 1964: “Our Constitution, the foundation of our republic, forbids it. The principles of our freedom forbid it. Morality forbids it. And the law I will sign tonight forbids it.” youtu.be/sQsVVYpY6pIyoutu.bePresident Johnson's Remarks on the Signing of the Civil Rights Bill, 7/2/64YouTube video by TheLBJLibrary 001
Steve Potts @otispott.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Fascists hate the humanities, which makes sense because they hate humans generally. 044
Reposted by Steve PottsLarry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026In what world is it the purview of the President/Executive branch “to force conservative cultural changes on academia‘? And why end the paragraph without noting that there is no legal justification whatsoever for Trump and his minions to “force cultural change” on institutions of higher education. 7696166
Steve Potts @otispott.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A "for-profit humanitarian firm" is an oxymoron. The terms are mutually exclusive. See: the US healthcare system. 000
Reposted by Steve PottsAri Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Thanks to SCOTUS GOP-appointed majority (same ones who attended Trump's state dinner last night), Trump admin will use faulty & inaccurate data to wrongly label eligible voters non-citizens & pressure states to remove them from rolls. Sets a chilling precedent www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comSupreme Court allows Trump to use flawed database to vet voter citizenshipWhile the impact on the midterms might be minimal, Justice Jackson warns some eligible voters could be disenfranchised. 11199122
Steve Potts @otispott.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I watched it 3 times and nearly certain I've been brainwashed.🤖 000
Reposted by Steve PottsYour Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026 918332
Steve Potts @otispott.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Because, as everyone knows, the only way to improve the United States is to endlessly gush false praise over it and never ever offer critique. 021
Reposted by Steve PottsJameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Trump’s resort to “national security” isn't going to save his actions from unconstitutionality. What he's imposed is a prior restraint, and prior restraints are unconstitutional even in the national security context. See Pentagon Papers (1971). www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...washingtonpost.comTrump tells judge media ban is necessary to protect national securityAhead of a court hearing, the administration cited reports about the White House ballroom and the Iran war to defend its ban against CNN, MS NOW and Politico. 13618
Steve Potts @otispott.bsky.social · 21/09/2026If a malignant narcissist runs his mouth incessantly but nobody hears him did he even make a sound? 000
Steve Potts @otispott.bsky.social · 21/09/2026but ... having one's values and understanding of the world challenged is kind of the WHOLE POINT of going to college, no?🤨 120
Steve Potts @otispott.bsky.social · 20/09/2026🤐 Lauren Boebert accused of sex with three staffers in complaint alleging $200K hush payment www.rawstory.com/lauren-boebe...rawstory.comLauren Boebert accused of sex with three staffers in complaint alleging $200K hush paymentAn explosive sworn complaint filed with the House Ethics Committee alleges Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) carried on a sexual relationship with her district director in the office, in a car and in campaig... 010
Steve Potts @otispott.bsky.social · 19/09/2026static.klipy.comSpongebob Penis Check MemeAlt: SpongePete does a penis check 020
Reposted by Steve PottsRuth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026In my latest essay, I write about the deeply dangerous threats being made against U.S. Judges — and how, despite this, U.S. judges are displaying the courage to stand up to authoritarian threats and attacks on Democratic notions of the law. More at my Substack at Lucid.Substack.com.lucid.substack.comLucid | Ruth Ben-Ghiat | SubstackA newsletter for big-picture thinking about autocracy and threats to democracy around the world. Click to read Lucid, by Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscriber... 324685
Steve Potts @otispott.bsky.social · 19/09/2026If AI is “a separate species, a highly autonomous, potentially superintelligent entity” does that mean we have to be nice to it? Would it be immoral to pull the plug? shoot it in the face? throw it off a cliff? 010
Reposted by Steve PottsMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Dog’s reaction when he realizes his sister was adopted into the same home. Original post 262107601187
Reposted by Steve PottsPhil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 08/08/2026Bravo! Be sure to check out this new Bloomberg podcast, “Our Town,” that focuses on the Christian nationalists who moved into Jackson County, Tennessee! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... 28835
Steve Potts @otispott.bsky.social · 16/09/2026That case was such a softball. The Supreme Court could simply have held that any act that is illegal is by definition outside the President's official duties. I defy anyone to provide an example of an illegal act that is or should be part of a President's official duties. 000
Steve Potts @otispott.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Like a domestic abuser or predatory capitalist he will destroy, mostly for personal profit but sometimes just for fun, anything he cannot harness and utterly possess and control. 030
Steve Potts @otispott.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Trump to make pollution great again. www.businessinsider.com/new-york-cit...businessinsider.comVintage photos of New York City before the EPA regulated pollutionPollution regulations began after the Environmental Protection Agency formed in 1970. The Trump administration has recently announced plans to cut back on EPA funding. 000
Steve Potts @otispott.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Johnson: "Thanks for giving me a chance to talk about Trump's absurd proposal for 5K checks and not about the Epstein files, Trump's unconstitutional war, his attacks on democracy and rule of law, inflation, and GOP corruption." 010
Reposted by Steve PottsAlexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The message of the midterm convention? If only Donald Trump were president! www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...theatlantic.comA Recap of a Surreal Midterm ConventionIt isn’t over until the president’s tenor sings. 419031
Steve Potts @otispott.bsky.social · 11/09/2026But notice how the announcement succeeded in changing the media and public focus away from inflation, his attacks on democracy, his unconstitutional failed war, the Epstein files, his dementia, and his general corruption and incompetence, which was likely the whole goal so yeah mission accomplished. 000
Reposted by Steve PottsCraig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Oh my gosh, the best political video on YouTube just got updated after a decade and a half and it's still just perfect! It visualizes something that I've talked about a lot since the first video came out: The real problem is the billionaire class. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gxl...youtube.comWealth Inequality in America (Updated 2026)YouTube video by politizane 5283117
Reposted by Steve PottsMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 09/09/20267 a.m. I wake up and get stabbed. 8 a.m. I go to my corner bodega for a Bacon, Egg, and Cheese. On the way, I get mugged. 9 a.m. I get on the subway and immediately get murdered. buff.ly/puREmHamcsweeneys.netA Day in the Life of a New Yorker, According to My Fox News-Watching Florida Family Members7 a.m. I wake up and get stabbed. 30815137
Steve Potts @otispott.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"Do you mean to tell me, Katie Scarlett O'Hara, that Tara, that land doesn't mean anything to you? Why, land is the only thing in the world worth workin' for, worth fightin' for, worth dyin' for, because it's the only thing that lasts." —Gerald O'Hara 000
Steve Potts @otispott.bsky.social · 10/09/2026September 9, 2026: Trump blindly stumbles into proposing universal basic income (UBI). 010
Steve Potts @otispott.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Confabulation is a sign of brain damage and/or dementia. 000
Reposted by Steve Potts404 Media @404media.co · 09/09/2026After allegedly becoming emotionally reliant on ChatGPT, Austin died at 40 years old, leaving behind family and friends who loved him. Megan wants everyone to know what happened.404media.co'Tell Everyone:' A Man Died by Suicide After Talking to ChatGPT. His Former Partner Wants to Warn the World About AIAfter allegedly becoming emotionally reliant on ChatGPT, Austin died at 40 years old, leaving behind family and friends who loved him. Megan wants everyone to know what happened. 8434160
Steve Potts @otispott.bsky.social · 09/09/2026No one need cry for Maria Bartiromo. She should be fine given "[Foxnews] has paid news anchor Maria Bartiromo a massive $70 million since 2014." www.tvinsider.com/1230455/fox-... 0104
Steve Potts @otispott.bsky.social · 08/09/2026For a deep dive into fascist monuments see this amazing documentary, "Mussolini: Monuments, Modernism and Marble" youtu.be/a0y_zmtquh8?...youtu.beMeades, Ben Building, 2016YouTube video by Godburn 010
Steve Potts @otispott.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This monstrosity should be re-branded as Trump's FAILURE ARCH in view of the dismal result of his illegal war against Iran. 010
Reposted by Steve PottsThomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026There is no common ground to be had with conspiratorial extremists, even if they happen to hate certain things you also dislike. These are not good faith actors. Focus on their actual political project – not on some isolated snippets that make them sound sincere and reasonable. 114239
Steve Potts @otispott.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Imagine if Neville Chamberlain had returned from Munich in 1938 not just with an agreement of appeasement but a plan to actively disarm. 000
Reposted by Steve PottsLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Children in Gaza watch the Lion King 3717192
Reposted by Steve PottsAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 04/09/2026www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comThe MAGA Right Is Only Pretending to Be CensoredThe conspiracy theory that persists even though no evidence supports it 43932335
