Reposted by sandyMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6hI think pretty much every woman can understand this impulse right now. 171664136
Reposted by sandyMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 5hreading this, recalling how quickly the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman slipped out of the newsphoenixnewtimes.comCongressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signsEmbarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. 1844641475
Reposted by sandyMicah @rincewind.run · 6hthe supreme court: "stop saying we declared trump a god-king, presidential immunity was a limited and reasonable ruling" trump, constantly: "I am absolutely a god-king and I can do anything I want at any time" 272700615
Reposted by sandySchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 22hThe Federal government is currently staffed like the graveyard shift at a 24 hour grocery store. 21665169
Reposted by sandymtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 21himagine if the mainstream media covered Republicans' number one donor — the biggest political donor in US history! — and his controversial views with as much scrutiny as they covered Hasan Piker's 312165563
Reposted by sandye.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 20hthere's a lot going on right now, but the ability to buy elections in order to stay out of prison is on the ballot whether you realize it or not 151576473
Reposted by sandyjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23hwho knows if jackson can win this thing but i am glad that he is making clear that susan collins's whole scam is to do everything she can to make life worse for mainers and then take credit for mitigating it in the slightest way possible 104101961717
Reposted by sandyNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 23hanti-trust anti-trust Anti-Trust Anti-Trust ANTI-TrUST ANTI-TRUST ANTITRUST ANTITRUST ANTITRUST When the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 banned mergers that threaten to significantly reduce competition, this is the sort of thing they had in mind. 37975321
Reposted by sandyMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026the tech industry is about to invent books 560208954067
Reposted by sandyDana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Thinking back to a year ago, when Ezra Klein did a podcast with Ross Douthat & said that to be competitive Democrats should run anti-abortion candidates in Ohio & Kansas. 36948160
Reposted by sandyJohn Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 06/10/2026It's pretty remarkable that the most famous guy in the world, the richest guy in the world and the most powerful guy in the world are all the exact same kind of pathetic loser 525269
Reposted by sandyThe Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 06/10/2026A former FBI supervisor has come forward to allege that President Donald Trump pushed the bureau to investigate anti-ICE protesters in Los Angeles after agents found no evidence they had committed a crime.washingtonsun.comWhistleblower Alleges the FBI Carried Out an Illegal Probe of ICE ProtestersThe disclosure also alleges that personnel were diverted from investigations involving violent crime, drug trafficking and transnational criminal organizations. 39445
Reposted by sandyMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026can’t think of a better example of AI being mostly a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist also it can’t help when this is your user base 2466321892
Reposted by sandymtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026this is all a joke to them because far-right conservatives think that rape is good, and that high status men should be entitled to rape any women around them who are not also already attached to other high-status men. this is their actual ideology 291263258
Reposted by sandyDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters. The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets. 7737611082
Reposted by sandyProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/20264/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck. After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home. Then they threw his ID out of the truck. 6725231235
Reposted by sandyGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2026I LOVE how @propublica.org dealt with official comment here, editorially and stylistically. 1335531319
Reposted by sandyI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026“A person whose name is redacted in the complaint told Fields that an investigation would be opened because “the President wants this investigation,” Fields’ whistleblower complaint says.” 19941
Reposted by sandymtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Saying he'd be cool with Iran nuking my home city is pretty bad but not quite as bad as when Hillary said some trump supporters were deplorable so I can see why the media turned the latter into a major scandal and not the former 423355711
Reposted by sandyMiranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Every day, there is a development that would end the career of any other politician, but which in 2026 is just another day ending in “y.” 39318
Reposted by sandyDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026One of these was literally a Trump 2024 campaign ad. The only difference is that it now says "paid for by the US government" 50894189
Reposted by sandyGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"De-Trumpification" has to be one of the top agenda items if Dems win power. All the lawlessness and every last one of his efforts to turn DC into an imperial capital should be undone. 1153362694
Reposted by sandySteve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 05/10/2026[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!forbes.comKnobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of ManyAuto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back. 21490951670
Reposted by sandyMike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just saw someone say their AI runs their fantasy football team and I can’t stop laughing. Like, I’m sure everyone’s doing it or something but it’s very funny to me that pretending to be a team manager was so hard that you needed to pretend to pretend to be a team manager 214103781645
Reposted by sandyRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.ms.nowOutgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump. 25797113017
Reposted by sandyElizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026never the wrong time for this classic 56119413540
Reposted by sandyJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead 10893282921
Reposted by sandyHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The amount of money the administration is promising in order to buy votes is significantly less than the amount of money it is taking away in programs and services. And it's OUR money! 731915715
Reposted by sandylauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 05/10/2026you'd like to schedule a doctor's appointment? have you logged into MyHealthChart yet? Remember that MyHealthChart used to be Healbe. If you migrated your chart from Healbe Now or Healbe Epic, you are not eligible to make an account. Please make note Healbe Epic is formerly MyHealthChartRX. 762621314
Reposted by sandyJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I do not mean to single out LeBron James, but it feels completely bizarre to me that an active player is allowed to promote "prediction markets" but would get banned for life for using that service to bet ten dollars on their own team to win a game. 1963660679
Reposted by sandyjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026pedocon theory is a theory like gravity is a theory www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/o...nytimes.comDennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, Dies (Gift Article)The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84. 843479624
Reposted by sandyJill Twiss @jilltwiss.bsky.social · 05/10/2026his answer is essentially, "no no no, not PEOPLE. Just women." 310220
Reposted by sandyJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives 1851821378
Reposted by sandyKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The guy sneering at "your precious liberal arts degree" majored in Philosophy at Harvard 1363524570
Reposted by sandyDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A 10K contribution and a $900 million return. The scale of the graft in Homeland Security is a) off the charts and b) possible because no-one believes they will face any accountability 512310837
Reposted by sandyMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It’s confusing that @theatlantic.com described this man as a “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024” who when these are some of his very easily findable FB posts: 17271901489
Reposted by sandyMicah @rincewind.run · 04/10/2026every election everywhere after one (1) cycle with the fascists out of power: FASCISM NEPOBABY: 50.1% NORMAL POLITICIAN: 49.9% 221155145
Reposted by sandyMicah @rincewind.run · 04/10/2026man I would like one fucking electorate - one! - to remember that fascism is bad for more than five minutes at a time 312706445
Reposted by sandyKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Just a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.rollingstone.comJ.D. Vance Defends False Claims Against Haitians: 'If I Have to Create Stories… That's What I'm Going to Do'J.D. Vance defended his debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio. 10041951467
Reposted by sandyJoshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 04/10/2026Lotta people having this reaction right now 526955
Reposted by sandyMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Whistleblower and former banker Simon Andriesz, 57, has died by suicide, The Banker reports. Andriesz exposed US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s past links to Jeffrey Epstein. 112903414
Reposted by sandythe babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Today, Oct 4, is the feast of St. Francis of Assisi: the day when you can bring your pets to church for a blessing. 481438425
Reposted by sandyMatt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026republicans: we are nazis media: do democrats have a Hasan Piker Bin Laden problem? 263233647
Reposted by sandyMark Histed @markhisted.org · 04/10/2026Hi government employee here, who has visibility into how things worked before 2025 and since: This is correct. Rebuild government, prosecute DOGE and Trump officials, and think about contracting reform later. 6898204
