Reposted by PishbaHeidi Reinberg @heidireinberg.bsky.social · 17hOr, just maybe, they're saying, "I have to get back to the workforce because my 75-year-old self can't afford groceries or gas." 031
Reposted by PishbaRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 18hIt's good news that NY Governor Kathy Hochul has appointed Leticia James special prosecutor in this case, and here remember that Hochul became governor because Governor Andrew Cuomo was forced to resign in disgrace because of his serial sexual harassment... 14865157
Reposted by Pishbajamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20hnot that you should expect anything more than rank idiocy from this pair of racists, but the idea that whiteness means a "high trust" society of "social cohesion" is some of the stupidest shit i have ever heard. these people live in a fantasy land that you could dispel by simply opening a book.talkingpointsmemo.comChris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a ThingTo the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in... 24559351104
Reposted by PishbaJamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 18hI.... have done this. Thanks indeed, FDNY. 56910
Reposted by PishbaDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20hNew from @datahistorian.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern?: The Trump administration's "radical proposal" to alter the Census would add a citizenship question, exclude non-citizens for Congressional calculations, and remove questions about race/ethnicity. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-2030-c...donmoynihan.substack.comThe 2030 Census is in TroubleTrump wants to add a citizenship question and ban questions on race 712864
Reposted by PishbaDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 18hNEW: A new USPS policy will eliminate evening mail pickups from select post offices across the country — a change that will eventually slow pick-up and delivery times for around 70% of zip codes in the U.S. We mapped those zip codes to help you figure out whether your mail ballot could be affected👇democracydocket.comThe Postal Service is slowing delivery. Will your mail ballot be affected?Democracy Docket mapped the affected zip codes. 56459366
Reposted by PishbaSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 21hGarnet is absolutely right here. More than that, #SCOTUS has made it clear, over and over again, that it is not going to let states use its "original" jurisdiction to sue other states in contexts in which the underlying question *can* be litigated in the lower federal courts. This is one of those. 8426111
Reposted by Pishbaemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18hBeen waiting for this lawsuit for a year. 16500122
Reposted by PishbaCiara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 21hThis seems to be based upon a false premise that either SS is making seniors wealthy and/or that there are plenty of jobs just waiting for a 70 year old to show up and get. 3259
Reposted by PishbaOriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 22hSCOOP: White House officials, led by Susie Wiles, have told DOJ to delay any abortion-related action until after the midterms Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November @washingtonsun.com www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...washingtonsun.comWhite House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the MidtermsAttorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election. 1011115588
Reposted by PishbaKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 21h“The Arkansas Department of Education does not regulate private schools once they’re open, and no one from the state inspected the Arkansas Times newsroom, the location we chose for our school. As far as we know, nobody checked our backgrounds, either.” 0197
Reposted by PishbaCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"revenge for Nixon" explains a rather significant amount of GOP skulduggery in the 21st century www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...wsj.comExclusive | Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw DealA revisionist historian went to the DOJ headquarters to present his case that the former president and his associates weren’t treated fairly. 21679113
Reposted by PishbaJeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026News - Trump is set to attend another dinner at his resort for the biggest buyers of his meme coin You can probably get in to see the president for $1 million Trump has pocketed $635 million Investors down +$4 billion on Trump crypto www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/t...washingtonsun.comWant Dinner With the President? Buy His Meme Coin.The $Trump meme coin is offering buyers a new "exclusive" opportunity to meet the president. 915161
Reposted by PishbaPeggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Renee Nicole Good was a mother, a daughter, a wife, a neighbor, and a Minnesotan. Nine months ago, an ICE agent shot her, then allegedly refused a physician's offer of medical aid. Her family deserves accountability and justice. It's long past time. 537292
Reposted by PishbaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026"The idea that the law is optional is a cancer Trump and his allies have injected into the government, and it must be excised." — @paulwaldman.bsky.socialpublicnotice.coScenes from a personality cultTrump’s taxpayer-funded agitprop is clearly illegal — and that’s the point. 371366367
Reposted by PishbaKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026BREAKING WSJ: The Trump Justice Department is reviewing whether the special prosecutor's office that investigated Watergate committed misconduct. A revisionist historian went to DOJ HQ to present his case that Richard Nixon and his associates weren't treated fairly.wsj.comExclusive | Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw DealA revisionist historian went to the DOJ headquarters to present his case that the former president and his associates weren’t treated fairly. 4961477545
Reposted by PishbaGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026FBI Director Kash Patel this week has faced the worst data breach in FBI history, a deputy who quit because Patel was doing too many unconstitutional things, and partied with a suspected double agent. And it's only Tuesday. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-disgra...doomsdayscenario.coThe Disgrace and Danger of Kash Patel, Part IIA quick check-in on the FBI director's latest raft of scandals (including, of course, the bestiality). 341444522
Reposted by PishbaMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026🚨 BREAKING: Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa has filed an official request to inspect unredacted communications between Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and Elon Musk after roughly 1,400 pages released last year were heavily redacted as “intimate and embarrassing.” 13985942797
Reposted by PishbaThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/09/2026In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Trump is leaving America exposed to dangerous viruses: digital, biological and diplomatic,” our columnist @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social says. “Something bad is going to happen to us as a result. We and our children are going to pay for this, and not only at the gas pump.”nyti.msOpinion | Trump Is Going Viral in the Worst WaysOn the technological, diplomatic and biological fronts, Trump is creating a disaster. 2622777
Reposted by PishbaSemafor @semafor.com · 30/09/2026Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2... 62731241104
Reposted by PishbaWaukesha Resist @lizanne4077.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Dems Rebuke Trump's Ultra-Rich Treasury Chief Over $910,000 in Unpaid Medicare Taxes www.commondreams.org/news/scott-b... Senate Dems on Wed. pushed Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent to pay back the nearly $1 million in Medicare payroll taxes that he reportedly owes from his years as a hedge fund managercommondreams.orgDems Rebuke Trump's Ultra-Rich Treasury Chief Over $910,000 in Unpaid Medicare Taxes | Common Dreams"Until he pays what he owes, Secretary Bessent is placing himself above the law," said Sen. Ron Wyden. 01910
Pishba @pishba.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Hero student journalists #Cornell #rape www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...nytimes.comStudents at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years (Gift Article)The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity house since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case. 021
Pishba @pishba.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It’s time to increase the congestion pricing charge to $15 an hour into Manhattan.Traffic is getting nuts again. It’s clearly still too cheap to drive here. And ambulance travel times are increasing. 030
Reposted by PishbaAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/09/2026Part of me secretly hopes that members of the 11th Circuit were cool to have arguments for releasing Volume II of Jack Smith's report in January, but watching Schmitt's colossal fuck up made them move the arguments up to Nov 2. 301764415
Reposted by PishbaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Fetterman 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. 1502461801
Reposted by PishbaBucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 30/09/2026Politico Reveals Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick Using Convicted Felon’s Self-Published Articles for Smear Campaign Against Bob Harvie | Dave Sommers, a long-time supporter who attended Fitzpatrick’s wedding to Fox News journalist Jacqui Heinrich, is penning propaganda for the #PA01 Republican.buckscountybeacon.comPolitico Reveals Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick Using Convicted Felon’s Self-Published Articles for Smear Campaign Against Bob Harvie - Bucks County BeaconDave Sommers, a long-time supporter who attended Fitzpatrick’s wedding to Fox News journalist Jacqui Heinrich, is penning propaganda for the PA-01 Republican. 21812
Reposted by PishbaNolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“It’s just a fuel crisis Michael, what could you possibly expect the federal government to do” 1308
Reposted by PishbaDavid Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 29/09/2026it's evidently too much to ask the rw justices to consider the irreparable harm to individuals treated to such inhumanity. they are complicit in this criminality. shame on all six of them. and shame on us for having a system that allows this illegality. 12413133
Reposted by PishbaDavid Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 29/09/2026reminder that we are talking about this 419455
Reposted by PishbaSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is so important. They’ve broken the economic models that fund journalism is because they recognize the *purpose* of journalism threatens their bullshit-based valuations, ie, the sources of their wealth and power. Yet actual-existing journalists were instead crucial for creating their myths. 4928240
Reposted by PishbaBrandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026youtu.be/9dSLJHS2Uns?...youtu.beMayor Zohran Mamdani on His Relationship with Trump, People in Sewers & New Public RestroomsYouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live 0123
Reposted by PishbaSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21275712502
Reposted by PishbaMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Mike Johnson thinks denying health care to the poor is a "program integrity measure." Kicking Johnson out of the speaker's chair would be my idea of a program integrity measure. 1419151
Reposted by PishbaMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026Today, we opened the Jobs NYC Center at 2 Lafayette Street — a walk-in hub where New Yorkers can find city job opportunities, get application support, and connect with hiring agencies. 8864571333
Reposted by PishbaSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Laser focused on the average American's problems. 915740
Reposted by PishbaScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026THERE IT IS: Group of January 6 riot defendants have filed each filed federal civil lawsuits in DC seeking taxpayer-funded compensatory and punitive damages for alleged violations of their righrs They claim they were "targeted..and punished" for "protected expressive" activity 28621091114
Reposted by PishbaJay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026An important follow up to the original bombshell reporting. Link: buff.ly/UEL8tLM 9527152
Reposted by PishbaMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Before the week begins, I have a specific request: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld 4439271924
Reposted by PishbaEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 27/09/2026What an odd moment in United States history. A U.S. president is running an overtly political camaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government. Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...nytimes.comA Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by the Government (Gift Article)The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran. 4451480494
Reposted by PishbaChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/09/2026Democrats vs. Republicans in a nutshell. This absolutely nails it. 6423571063
Reposted by PishbaDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/09/2026This is the second ruling against the illegal recision of Solar For All money. In a country with rule of law in effect, that would be it -- the money would be restored. But we have to ask ourselves whether Trump will simply ignore the ruling & if so whether there will be any consequences.utilitydive.comFederal judge restores $7B Solar for All program, says EPA illegally axed itA Trump-appointed judge said the One Big Beautiful Bill Act did not convert the funding into “a lump-sum amount subject to EPA’s discretion.” Defendants acted contrary to Congress’ intent and with “no... 6304101
Reposted by PishbaHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026They’ve controlled every branch of government for two years, yet somehow Biden is responsible for their tariffs and the war in Iran they’ve been losing. 83820289
Reposted by PishbaJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Todd Blanche now says "one-sided news" is a national security threat worth barring the press over. That's not a legal standard. It's a viewpoint test. I didn’t go to law school…and didn’t need to, to know that the First Amendment exists to STOP government from judging which coverage is balanced. 438103362848
Reposted by PishbaHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Here’s Susan Collins walking in a parade-style campaign event. She’s concerned and wants to give Maine six more years of MAGA and corruption. Kudos to whoever took this video and captured the gas station sign. 861490515
Reposted by PishbaJesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Most moral scolds are hiding deep dark secrets, so…. 0214
Reposted by PishbaDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Vought is breaking the law but he is not “going rogue.” At his confirmation hearings, Vought told Republicans he would do this and they voted for him anyway. If they want to stop him, they still can via impeachment. They won’t. 7833181108
Reposted by PishbaPatti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 27/09/2026BORN WITH MEASLES (nbcnews) I hate RFKJR DON'T YOU ? We must hold him accountable 22225118
Reposted by PishbaSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026PLEASE SHAREyoutu.beMusk | Official Trailer | Bleecker StreetYouTube video by Musk 40946715
Reposted by PishbaRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health OfficeThe cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026. 27574943148
