Reposted by Plain LincolnCanadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 4hWe are disgusted and disturbed to see a piece run in the National Post that appears to potentially endorse violence against NDP Leader Avi Lewis for his argument that we all bear a collective responsibility to stop the genocide in Palestine. See our joint response: 36830
Reposted by Plain LincolnMarie-Helene @ediblepetals.bsky.social · 43mHis own children will be hearing echoes 001
Reposted by Plain LincolnAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 43mIf you appreciate my coverage on big news days like today, please support what I do by taking advantage of our 5th anniversary special and signing up for Public Notice. As an independent journalist, my work can't happen without paid subscribers, and I think you'll enjoy PN. Thanks!publicnotice.coSubscribe to Public NoticeSign up for independent, incisive coverage of US politics and media, right in your inbox five times a week. Click to read Public Notice, by Aaron Rupar, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousan... 113228
Reposted by Plain LincolnThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10hICYMI — Paxton admitted Trump is a “drag” on Republicans and said the weird Trumpapalooza midterm narcissism convention “dropped our numbers” 👀🤷🏼 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u... 19398106
Reposted by Plain LincolnPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 58mTrump moves 9,000 troops to Middle East after threatening to hit Iran ‘very hard’. Distraction from Trump's economic failures, midterm blues, capitulation to China, court rebukes, tariff and press wars, self-aggrandizement, family fortunes from corruption Why does US Congress not check his abuses?independent.co.ukTrump moves 9,000 troops to Middle East after threatening to hit Iran - latestThe US president said the war will end ‘one way or another’ 43215
Reposted by Plain LincolnMolly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 1hDozens of broke new readers have signed up to get free solidarity copies of HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY. It costs $37 to send a stranger a book and share our buried history www.mollycrabapple.com/shop/p/nnkuy...mollycrabapple.comBuy a Stranger a copy of "Here Where We Live is Our Country" — Molly CrabappleSo many broke young people want copies of HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY . When Molly does signings, there are a lways many trios and quartets of friends pitching in to buy a single copy to... 23619
Reposted by Plain Lincolnbrianloveswords @brianloveswords.com · 4hit's the least mind-boggling thing i've ever heard; it's a connect-the-dots with two dots. 37417
Reposted by Plain LincolnDan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 5hIt's not ideal when your top peace negotiator has a huge interest in Israel’s largest arms manufacturer. edition.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...edition.cnn.comJared Kushner’s company has large stake in firm with Israeli military links | CNNAt the same time Jared Kushner has negotiated in the war in Gaza, his company has held the largest stake in a firm backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns. 34330
Reposted by Plain LincolnAmerica's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“Our dad was not a criminal. He was just a man who loved his family and woke up before the rest of the world did to put an honest day’s work." - Ronaldo Salgado speaking about his father, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo TIME has recognized him and his brother as Latino Leaders 2026. ✍️: @tusk81.bsky.socialamericasvoicecnn.substack.comTIME Names Houston Dad Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s Sons To Latino Leaders 2026 List“Ronaldo and Lorenzo Jr. were born U.S. citizens, and feel a sense of responsibility to use their voices to call for change.” 08524
Reposted by Plain LincolnAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8hThis is the 59th death in ICE detention since Trump took office. 371208646
Reposted by Plain LincolnScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 7hFor profit, the executives of MS-NOW happily implicate themselves in Trump's embezzlement of Treasury funds for a political ad campaign. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...washingtonpost.comTrump buys ads on CNN, MS NOW as he fights to bar them from the White HouseTaxpayer-funded ads denouncing the “deep state” and “globalists” aired locally on the two cable networks Trump has sought to ban from White House grounds. 54726
Reposted by Plain LincolnGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 7hit's fine, it's just a dumb thing for a SoS to be spending time on 3291
Reposted by Plain LincolnThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“It wasn’t a mistake”🤔 “Who knew Jack Smith was a Caitlin Clark fan?” 🤔 @ericschmittmo pathetically attempts to play it off and act like he didn’t publicly humiliate himself in front of the nation today 🤡 104251351229
Reposted by Plain LincolnMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Eric Schmitt: When you're too incompetent to win, but also too dishonest to admit you lost. 2063293
Reposted by Plain LincolnUK Politics News // Papernaut @ukpolitics.papernaut.co · 8hTRIBUNE: Britain is finally naming Israel’s unlawful occupation - but not its own role in building the system of dispossession, emergency rule and legal impunity that helped create it. - by John McDonnelltribunemag.co.ukBritain Has Found its Voice on the Occupation, But Still Can’t Speak About its Own RecordTo play a serious role in resolving the crisis in Palestine, the UK must first admit that we helped to cause it. 022
Reposted by Plain LincolnGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 8hMAGA looks even more stupid right now.comicsands.comVideo Proves Jack Smith Was At Iowa Hawkeyes Game And Not In Atlanta After MAGA Senator's Epic 'Gotcha' Blunder 2355473
Reposted by Plain LincolnMiaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 8hWe see you Oz and RFK jr. We see all of you. Is there ANY Man on the Hill, NOT an Epstein club pedo member? 26640
Reposted by Plain LincolnScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8hThe Vineland facility’s 62 gas-fired generators became public in August after a Floodlight/Guardian visual investigation found them operating without permits. The New Jersey department of environmental protection last week fined the company over the fleet but did not disclose how long the generatorstheguardian.comUS datacenter discharged large amounts of pollution for almost a year with no permitsRecords show Vineland facility in New Jersey emitted health-harming pollution before regulators stepped in 22718
Reposted by Plain LincolnScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8hhad been operating nor how much air pollution they had released into the surrounding community over the past year. "Our best estimate is that the generators emitted about 140 tons of NOx,” said Xiaomeng Jin, an assistant professor at Rutgers department of environmental sciences. 0164
Reposted by Plain LincolnMellowSteadyFlow @mellowsteadyflow.bsky.social · 8hwww.rawstory.com/eric-schmitt...rawstory.comThe slam dunk that sidelined a MAGA senator's careerSen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) was being hoisted as a potential 2028 vice president pick — until this slam-dunk disaster.Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist. 2253
Reposted by Plain Lincolnflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 8hThis is the infuriating thing. We must spend a zillion pounds on missiles and tanks, so we have to slash benefits. Well, couldn’t we just raise taxes on middle class people? Wouldn’t that be much easier? Absolutely not, a totally insane idea, I would rather die. 1101
Reposted by Plain LincolnAtrios @eschatonblog.com · 8hOld people are richer! Can we tax them? No! But we can cut a bit of income the poor ones care about and the rich ones don't 1144
Reposted by Plain Lincolnflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 8hI mean, look: this stuff is the lib equivalent of that “We can’t give aid abroad while our people are hungry/Can I have some food/Fuck off” cartoon. Money cut from pensions will be money cut, it’s not going to a care service or to improve the lot of young people. It’s just cuts, and bullshit. 712336
Reposted by Plain LincolnClaudia Sahm @claudia-sahm.bsky.social · 8hGrowth in FRED users well above 20% *per year* for 30 years. That's impressive! 67210
Reposted by Plain LincolnTomas Hirst @tomashirstecon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Lots of different euphemisms for “I can’t get the price I’m looking for” I guess 24512
Reposted by Plain LincolnTomas Hirst @tomashirstecon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The one-way ratchet structure of US mortgage market has basically removed the forcing mechanism of high rates into price falls via forced sales. So the major impact is basically the marginal demand channel, which is a pea-shooter by comparison. 161
Reposted by Plain LincolnMellowSteadyFlow @mellowsteadyflow.bsky.social · 8hThey will find a way round it. Only #ReNationalisation can stop the rot. inews.co.uk/news/finally...inews.co.ukFinally, sewage-dumping water bosses to lose their bonusesThe move marks a new win for The i Paper’s Save Britain’s Rivers campaign, which has been calling for tougher measures to restrict bonuses at underperforming water firms 002
Reposted by Plain LincolnScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8hIt's heart warming to see Mark Dubowitz's relentless bullshit extrusion machine taken on so vigorously. 0205
Reposted by Plain LincolnChicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 8hRenee Good’s family sues US government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolischicagotribune.comRenee Good’s family sues US government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis 36720
Reposted by Plain LincolnNoah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 9hKnicks owner Jim Dolan built himself a private surveillance state. Now he's spending millions to give New York a governor who supports Flock, ICE, and AI data centers. My latest in @wired.com ... www.wired.com/story/madiso...wired.comMadison Square Garden’s James Dolan Is Spending Big on New York’s Governor RaceJames Dolan has put surveillance at the center of his sports and entertainment empire. Now he’s getting involved in GOP politics by backing a candidate who supports Flock, ICE, and AI data centers. 920190
Reposted by Plain LincolnLibération @liberation.fr · 13hMathilde Mauté était la femme de Paul Verlaine et la mère de son fils. Victime des excès et des coups du poète, elle s’éteint en 1914. Sa biographie historique, signée Hélène Mathieu et Daniel Grandclément, s’attache à la faire sortir de l’oubli. ➡️ l.liberation.fr/Hx2 12317
Reposted by Plain LincolnRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11hCNN and MS NOW are complicit in Trump’s illegal scheme to steal taxpayer money for political ads. Why are they accepting stolen money to run illegal ads? 1061703557
Reposted by Plain LincolnBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 10hAhead of a pivotal midterm election defined by concerns around surging rent and gas prices, student debt is emerging as an affordability issue some voters say is being overlooked.bloom.bgSoaring Student Loan Bills Add to Voters’ Affordability SqueezeMore than 9 million Americans are at least one year behind on their payments. 414972
Reposted by Plain LincolnFreddie_Rose🌹 🇨🇦 ⚕️ (Dr. F. Rogers) @freddierose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Come on Maine...get rid of Susan Collins 👊cbc.caWhy Trump's tariffs could cost Republicans a crucial Senate seat in Maine | CBC NewsThe Canada-U.S. trade war is playing out amid a tight race for U.S. Senate in Maine. The election result will help determine which party controls Congress for the remainder of Donald Trump's term as p... 381022292
Reposted by Plain LincolnRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22hThe midterms are being flooded with dark money & Trump is doing everything he can to suppress the vote. But remember — WE THE PEOPLE outnumber Trump and his billionaire backers. Keep phoning. Keep canvassing. Keep getting out the vote for candidates on the side of working people. It is essential. 662511918
Reposted by Plain LincolnTom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 9hScott The House Bessent call your office 6376
Reposted by Plain LincolnPaste Magazine @pastemagazine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Macklemore's "Free Palestine" tour sells out immediatelypastemagazine.comMacklemore's "Free Palestine" tour sells out immediatelyThe rapper's three-day tour includes stops in Dublin, Paris, and London, all scheduled for the last week of October. 6358261229
Reposted by Plain LincolnOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 10hthe democrats who put themselves in a panic over hasan piker are the same democrats who push the party to be anti trans, and a generation ago were the ones saying we cant oppose the war in iraq these people are never right they doom the party they hurt america stop listening to them 11437113
Reposted by Plain LincolnOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 9hlis smith failed running presidential campaigns for pete buttigieg and martin omalley and then pivoted to becoming andrew cuomo's bag man and the dem establishment and the media still love her. this is the whole fucking problem. 612836
Reposted by Plain LincolnToby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 10h🚨It was only a matter of time before the good people of the BIS got around to looking at AI circular financing www.ft.com/content/8787...ft.comIs circular financing in AI a problem?Only if the wheel stops spinning 15622
Reposted by Plain LincolnBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 9h"It was nice of Trump to throw the glitzy lunch for the AI guys and sign off on their no-safeguards policy. It should make it even easier for Dems to say that Trump and his party are bought and paid for by big AI. The tsunami forecast could turn out to be right." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-ai-b...thebulwark.comTrump + AI = Blue TsunamiIt doesn’t take super intelligence to realize the GOP is screwed. 826056
Reposted by Plain LincolnKrawallier @krawallier.bsky.social · 10hThat was my first thought too, and in fact, for every deceased Remain voter, there are two deceased Leave voters. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ex-pol...huffingtonpost.co.ukPro-Brexit Majority Of 2016 'Has Literally Died Out', Polling Expert RevealsThe founder of YouGov said there is now an 8.1 million majority in favour of rejoining the EU. 001
Reposted by Plain LincolnRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 11hAvg GDP growth 1945-79: 2.8% Since then: 1.6% And this apparently "broken, economically stagnant" basket case kept its AAA status right through the Winter of Discontent We lost it under Cameron, and it fell again under May, then Johnson, and then Truss: i.e. the whole time Clarke was in govt 47579193
Reposted by Plain LincolnDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 11hA lot of independent college daily newspapers show what journalism could be in the absence of corporate control.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. 6627232