Reposted by PeachElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Trump is already planning for the 20*30* Census. This time, not only does he want to stop counting noncitizens, he wants to stop counting race and ethnicity. Can't have an unconstituional racial gerrymander if you pretend not to know where Black people live. My latest in @thenation.comthenation.comThe Trump Plan to Cook the Census BooksFrom adding a citizenship question to not tracking race and ethnicity, the administration wants to minimize Black and brown political power. 431985706
Reposted by PeachMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Today in "SCOTUS reform is the bare minimum table ante now": bsky.app/profile/mcop... 0494
Reposted by PeachProPublica @propublica.org · 17/08/2026Babies were found with dead brain tissue similar to what follows cancer and the kind of bleeding seen after a stroke. Their autopsies all came to the same conclusion: Their deaths could have been prevented with the long-standard vitamin K shot. (Published May)propublica.orgBabies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at BirthA lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement. 19134401741
Reposted by PeachMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17/08/2026He has shown nothing but utter disdain & lack of respect for the troops, dead & alive, since 2016, & this has done absolutely nothing to change how the GOP is treated as the default party of national security. It's the military/foreign policy equivalent of "the GOP is the party of deficit hawks." 324350
Reposted by PeachMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Let me be direct: I don’t believe you want CNN and CBS News to tell it straight down the middle — I believe you would turn them into OANN if that’s what it takes to get the movie studios you covet. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...democracydocket.comMy open letter to David EllisonYou argued that the American people have misjudged you — that they are wrong about what is in your heart and mind. I want to be clear: I don't care what you think or feel. What I care about is your ac... 17571312103
Reposted by Peachdavidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 17/08/2026North Korea is currently rushing ballistic missiles to Russia for use in mass murdering Ukrainians. 33917
Reposted by PeachSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Hearing this, would you give this man an additional $1.5 TRILLION dollars for the war he started in Iran? Senator @ossoff.bsky.social grills the mess out of Defense Secy Pete Hegseth. 581165323
Reposted by PeachAlan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Hello, we’re bringing back Obamacore. We’re cringemaxxing. We’re hope-pilled. www.liberalcurrents.com/cringe-is-go...liberalcurrents.comCringe Is Good, Earnestness Is StrengthOn irony poisoning and the importance of being earnest. 191
Reposted by PeachToby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 22/07/2026the new right makes men *undisguiseably* repellent then frames that as women's fault 481933313
Reposted by PeachToby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 21/07/2026the world's richest man is churning out "we gotta kill them first" posts based on the most batshit logic & polite opinion is still that this is a working class backlash to woke going too far or some such 112314
Reposted by PeachToby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 21/07/2026elites are losing their minds in public 1421233
Reposted by PeachSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 20/07/2026The most frightening and important analysis you’ll read this week, courtesy of @stevevladeck.bsky.social. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...open.substack.com239. The Alien Terrorist Removal CourtThe Trump administration has activated a secret 30-year-old court that's never been used. Here's what we know, and why we should (and shouldn't) be worried. 17664347
Reposted by Peachellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 20/07/2026If you’ve ever been in a social context where people force you to believe certain things to fit in, I promise their friendship is NOT worth it 4577
Reposted by PeachMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 20/07/2026NEW EPISODE: Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin just gave away the game. His 15-word slip exposes the real goal of Trump's voter ID push. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZn4...youtube.comYour Driver's License Won't Pass Trump's Voter ID TestYouTube video by Democracy Docket 431186592
Reposted by PeachMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Since we announced the Democracy Docket subreddit this afternoon, we have gained more than 1000 followers. This is going to be a vibrant, pro-democracy community open to all. Check it out and Join now! www.reddit.com/r/DemocracyD...reddit.comDemocracy DocketThe official Reddit community for Democracy Docket — the leading digital news platform dedicated to information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts. This is a space t... 13992299
Reposted by PeachAmbassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 20/07/2026While Americans are understandably frustrated that the FDA has been unable to pinpoint the cause of the cyclosporiasis outbreak, everyone needs to know that Trump fired 9 of the 11 FDA staff who had been tracking diseases for decades. The leader then resigned in disgust, leaving one person. 4213109
Reposted by PeachEric Segall @espinsegall.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Ok one more for the road and maybe for the last time: The Court is not a court and any possibility of meaningful reform must start from that premise: www.jurist.org/commentary/2...jurist.orgThe Supreme Court Is Not a Court — and Reform Must Start ThereWhether the issue is redistricting, affirmative action, voting rights, abortion, presidential immunity, or any of the other country-defining issues that the Roberts Court has decided over the last two... 12552114
Reposted by PeachProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 19/07/2026The fact that VP JD Vance and Richard Grenell went to Romania—on behalf of the Trump Administration— to advocate for Andrew and Tristan Tate, who by all accounts, were rapists running a coercive sex ring, then permitted them to come to Florida, should be a crazy, crazy scandal. 276161164986
Reposted by PeachGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Yep. @polphilpod.bsky.social and I made this point in this essay on Elon Musk's real fascist worldview, which all of you should read if you haven't yet, because (we immodestly insist) it breaks new ground. Also see the interview with one of the authors of "Muskism." newrepublic.com/article/2119... 441051404
Reposted by PeachMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Memo to people who think expanding the Supreme Court would make it “too political”: THE COURT IS TOO POLITICAL NOW, and it’s badly misaligned with the values and views of the American people. Fight the fascists. Don‘t reward them for hijacking our government. 16388104
Reposted by PeachScott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 19/07/2026No election. No term limit. No one to answer to. Total power for the man rubber-stamping Trump. Demand accountability: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...actionnetwork.orgTell Congress: Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice John RobertsContact Congress today! 1327391
Reposted by PeachMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 18/07/2026👇🎯 There’s an entire platform of institutional reform that needs to get done, starting with SCOTUS, & these people are deeply unserious if this is their list: bsky.app/profile/mcop... 1547
Reposted by PeachMicah @rincewind.run · 18/07/2026I’m sorry anything that doesn’t start with reforming the supreme court is not a serious proposal 301371158
Reposted by PeachMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Donald Trump lied when he said there are 280,000 noncitizens registered to vote in 4 states. He is saying this to threaten states to turn over their voter rolls to the administration and agree to remove the names of people Trump doesn't want to be able to vote. 742548954
Reposted by PeachQuinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 17/07/2026DC statehood, proportional representation/MMD, court reform, national campaign of reconstruction and deterrence to prevent anyone from ever trying this kind of garbage again 621252222
Reposted by PeachMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18/07/2026I feel like some White House reporter needs to ask Trump about the fact that his DOJ has lost 16 straight cases to access state voter rolls and that in 7 of the cases it was before judges he nominated. Oh and point out that I am still not tired of winning. 21094172163
Reposted by PeachAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 17/07/2026My dissent on this, also at @theunpopulist.net. Probably one of the pieces I’ve caught the most flak for from certain quarters, but it’s where I am as a reluctant convert. This Court really is that bad, and it is not an unthinkable apocalypse for Congress to exercise its constitutional check on it.theunpopulist.netThe Unfortunate Necessity of Court Packing to Stop America’s Authoritarian DriftA proposal to add justices without opening a cycle of mutually assured destruction 37748154
Reposted by PeachKristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 17/07/2026"Docs released tonight echo those released already. Trump's speech conveniently left out that the biggest election interference came from Russia and was designed to get him another term. This is from tonight's batch" Sam Stein, Bulwark/MSNBC 12014
Reposted by PeachJon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Tonight, I heard a failed president desperately casting about for excuses to meddle in the upcoming election if he can, or to discredit the result when he loses decisively, as I expect he will. 27887266
Reposted by PeachMatt Baldwin @thisbrokenwheel.bsky.social · 15/07/2026He's right, not only should he say it, *we all* should be saying it. Black voters and Black political power have been the driving force behind every step of social progress this country has made in the last 60 years, and we forget or ignore that at our peril. 0226
Reposted by Peachdavidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 15/07/2026It wasn't "poorly" drafted. It was drafted by a racist and antisemite. 16614
Reposted by PeachSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 16/07/2026So now he wants to obscure the judgment of troops and turn them into hyped-up killers. And what of the women? When is it enough? Generals? Former and current. Will you speak? Military doctors? Former Secys of Defense? Former Commander-in-Chiefs? Mothers of active duty troops? Isn’t it ENOUGH?? 1191175418
Reposted by PeachO'Neill @brianoneill.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Jesus fucking christ. I knew this guy was shit but didn't know the depth of it. 0134
Reposted by PeachDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/07/2026A small thing, in the grand scheme, but intensely satisfying: Trump finally had to pay the woman he raped and slandered.cnbc.comE. Jean Carroll receives $5.6M from Trump in sex abuse, defamation caseA federal judge recently ordered Trump to pay Carroll, rejecting his last-ditch efforts while noting that he "has been stalling this case for years." 217924
Reposted by PeachMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 15/07/2026The suspense over Trump's speech Thursday night doesn't involve whether he will lie. Of course he will. The question is whether major media will be prepared with sharp headlines and detailed fact checks on the election of 2020. It's whether the New York Times' Euphemism Desk will be fully staffed. 24394124
Reposted by PeachChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 16/07/2026RFK Jr. and Elon fighting out to be responsible for more deaths. 1037199
Reposted by PeachEric Lee @ericleeacts.bsky.social · 15/07/2026If Trump wants to make these two the main characters, I’m not opposed. Go ahead, TRY to make these two the bad guys. No really, make THESE TWO the face of the big, bad Democratic Party and our “corruption.” I dare you. 📸: AP Photo/Brynn Anderson 1238
Reposted by PeachAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Ossoff: In my view, he's obsessed with Georgia because he can't get over the fact that it was black voters and black political power who were instrumental to his defeat in Georgia and in a number of crucial battleground states. 224144703685
Reposted by PeachBob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I absolutely love Senator Ossoff's steely resolve in not letting this weasel off the hook. “Isn't it humiliating to be unable to answer this question, to have to indulge the president's delusions?” 32719
Reposted by PeachJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Writing headlines is hard. You have to compress an article into a phrase or two. And you have to fit an exact and usually inconvenient line space. Two images below: What the NYT is running on line. (h/t @jaywillis.net for calling this one out.) And what would fit exactly the same space, by me. 1122757664
Reposted by PeachDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/07/2026Mitch McConnell isn't dead, y'all. It's worse than that. He's alive. 1030421
Reposted by PeachSpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Idaho now joins Texas, Florida, and Kansas as so legally hostile to transgender people that it makes the Do Not Travel list: 65143
Reposted by PeachMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14/07/2026If you want to stop ICE from murdering people in the streets, you need to vote against all Republicans. 6306109
Reposted by PeachThomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 14/07/2026MAGA delivers more evidence every day that the movement exists in a constant state of rampant anxiety and self-victimization even as they control the government. What a bunch of pathetic creeps. Theirs is an empire of white male fear, panic, and desperation. 116848
Reposted by PeachTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 13/07/2026A judge just tossed the settlement between Trump and his IRS, saying the parties were not truly adverse to each other: www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...reuters.comU.S. judge voids Trump's settlement with IRSThe settlement gave Trump sweeping tax protections and initially set up a nearly $1.8 billion government fund to pay victims of so-called government weaponization that was later abandoned. 12753160
Reposted by Peachdavidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 13/07/2026Shapiro has been focused on flipping Republican House seats in PA -- which is far more difficult than targeting other Democrats. If Shapiro and the candidates he's picked win, then the Democratic Party, and the nation, will have won. 2196
Reposted by PeachMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 13/07/2026The MAGA plot to subvert the 2026 midterm elections is coming into focus. 1. Declassify docs to claim 2020 was stolen. 2. Declare a "national emergency" to seize control of the election apparatus. 3. Hope the "national security" predicate keeps courts out. www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...mediamatters.orgMAGA media's laughable propaganda about Trump's popularity is instrumental to the plot to subvert elections 14037211553
Reposted by PeachMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 13/07/2026The New York Times downplayed and normalized the actions of criminal Donald Trump for years. The Times’ reward: Federal agents showing up on reporters’ doorsteps. Which proves once again that you can’t play nice with fascists. My Stop the Presses newsletter.stopthepresses.newsWhen fascists come for the news outlets that enabled themThe NY Times and ABC News find that appeasement doesn’t work 311349445