Reposted by PoromTom McKay @catturd2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I've helpfully outlined the Pentagon's choice of experts to write a new report on the future of the U.S. military. The Future of War Is These Four Jerks, Apparently: gizmodo.com/the-future-o... 713558
Reposted by PoromMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Climate change is as straightforward as it gets: Democrats vote to address it and Republicans vote not to. There's a weird tic among the pundit class where they think saying "it's more complicated than that" is the intelligent stance on everything but sometimes it's not complicated! 16967118
Reposted by Poromalec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 28/08/2026This is one consequence of the left not being clear about reducing budgets for state repression. Every Democratic Party politician going on about “training” and “body cams” and every Jacobin author vaguely saying the left should not talk about repressive budgets leads to this: 5287115
Reposted by PoromPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026RFK’s cooking show is pretending that 1.5 lbs of wild sockeye salmon costs $8.99 lmao 1221967227
Reposted by PoromChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I’m on vacation but I gotta say, as much fun as it is to debate woke1 and Hasan Piker, the Trump administration is currently engaged in mass murder on the high seas as surely as any serial killer or lynch mob. And viewed from the distance of vacation, The Discourse doesn’t seem to give a shit. 20677961427
Reposted by PoromWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Indiscriminately putting ankle monitors on an entire nationality, thousands upon thousands of people living in a small community, all of whom were living here entirely legally until a few days ago when you revoked their legal status. It’s an authoritarian nightmare. 311554409
Reposted by PoromMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026The excesses of the Woke 1 era mostly amount to cringe public statements, harmless vocabulary updates and loss of prestige for public figures. The backlash to Woke 1, on the other hand, is imprisoning dissidents, dismantling public education and eroding democracy. That's what needs reckoning 242892604
Reposted by Poromalec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 10/08/2026THREAD. You should ask yourself who at the New York Times made the editorial decision to use the term "moderates" to describe a group of people who have some of the most factually indefensible and extreme position in the history of post World War II politics. And then ask why. 323860
Reposted by PoromAlex Parks @parkerbro.bsky.social · 06/08/2026my fav @michaelhobbes.bsky.social hot take that i have now stolen as my own: we need broken windows policing for white collar crime. 20989180
Reposted by PoromChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 02/08/2026The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.futurism.comThe Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced LaborThe lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak. 380112466088
Reposted by PoromBrooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 06/07/2026People are right to be mad about the predictable Platner fiasco, but it's worth remembering that last year a ton of establishment Democrats supported disgraced sexual harasser Andrew Cuomo against clean-as-a-whistle Zohran. Tolerating problem men is an issue across the ideological spectrum. 6351881026
Reposted by PoromDr. Twink, Microplastic Surgeon @subtlebeast.bsky.social · 05/07/2026I hope Mexico beats England today as revenge for Mexico week on the Great British Bake-off 13787631933
Reposted by Poromʜᴇʟʟ-DOPA @bowsnonk.bsky.social · 01/07/2026my response to “I’m gay, not queer” is “ok have fun!” but god forbid they just leave it at that, they gotta be like “no you don’t understand, I’m saying you shouldn’t be allowed to be queer” 121154168
Reposted by PoromCivil Rights Corps @civrightscorps.bsky.social · 10/06/2026More than two-thirds of Oklahoma county jails no longer allow families or friends to visit in-person, making costly phone calls and video messages the only way to stay in touch with detainees. Read more in this new article by @oklahomawatch.bsky.social oklahomawatch.org/2026/06/09/t...oklahomawatch.org"That's Not a Visit": How Pricey Video Calls Replaced Human Contact in Oklahoma Jails - Oklahoma WatchMore than two-thirds of Oklahoma county jails have eliminated in-person visitation, replacing face-to-face visits with costly video calls that generate revenue for counties and private contractors. Ad... 23322
Reposted by PoromRav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 04/06/2026Autonomous robot clown roundhouse kicks a small child 2452652734
Reposted by Porommolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 28/05/2026wrapping up my rumination on the right wing conspiracy theory that the unite the right rally was a hoax, i have some actual receipts that help answer the question of what a nazi rally costs and who pays. spoiler alert: it’s not the southern poverty law center. 13543105
Reposted by PoromMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 24/05/2026The far right is being racist. Here's why it's the left's fault. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... 1194630545
Reposted by PoromMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 16/05/2026One of the primary defenses you hear from Trump voters is “sure he’s extreme, but the democrats are even worse.” Bringing up “radical” left wing beliefs, even to denounce them, only reinforces that view! 343131
Reposted by PoromMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 16/05/2026“The DSA is harmful for the party’s electoral prospects” is the most infuriating way to defend this. Constantly reinforcing Republican messaging about radical unhinged leftists is a lot worse! 27911109
Reposted by PoromJesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 14/05/2026What was a moment in world history where the book burners were the good guys 16863229
Reposted by PoromCrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 10/05/2026On Mother's Day, we mourn Marie Ange Blaise, Renee Nicole Good, and all the other mothers who are no longer with us as a consequence of the cruelty and violence of ICE and Border Patrol. Let's organize rapid response networks to defend our communities: crimethinc.com/MNRapidRespo... 1326102
Reposted by PoromAubrey Gordon @yrfatfriend.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Not enough of us are yelling about how unhinged (and entertaining) the OpenAI trial is. A judge who bars Elon Musk from comparing things to the Terminator? Elon Musk getting combative with his own attorney?? A witness who, instead of saying "I don't recall," says, "it's not in my neurons"??? 12961162
Reposted by PoromAubrey Gordon @yrfatfriend.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Focusing on the pressing public health issues of our day 721419
Reposted by PoromChristopher Bird @mightygodking.com · 21/04/2026we all know I have no life, so: 41594913393
Reposted by PoromRyan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 13/04/2026For more than a week, Amazon has managed to keep a death at its Troutdale, Oregon, facility out of public view. Workers I spoke to are pissed.thewesternedge.media‘Everyone is Replaceable’: Death Rattles Oregon Amazon FacilityA worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away. 10641852037
Reposted by PoromJon "J Onwuka" Wuka @nearzone.bsky.social · 13/04/2026In my opinion, the main task of exploring propaganda is not demonstrating that it works, it's convincing people who are assured of their own intelligence & free will that it could work on people like them 440254
Reposted by PoromAubrey Gordon @yrfatfriend.bsky.social · 02/04/2026In other news, I couldn't remember Anita Bryant's name so I googled "orange juice homophobe" and you know what 1054543
Reposted by PoromCaitie @ghildirthalen.bsky.social · 02/04/2026ARTEMIS FROM SAILOR MOON WAS AT THE ARTEMIS 2 LAUNCH AND IM VERY EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT www.reddit.com/media?url=ht...reddit.comReddit - https://i.redd.it/6wobm5kwotsg1.jpeg 4762822395
Reposted by PoromMatt DeLong @mattdelong.bsky.social · 10/03/2026"Each person plucked from their day-to-day existence left a whole life behind. There are shoes by the front door and an empty bed. There’s a car in the driveway and a job undone. There are pets that need feeding, bills that keep arriving and leases with months left to pay."startribune.comAfter detainments and deportations, the lives left behind in MinnesotaFrom abandoned possessions to unpaid rent, many Minnesotans had to lean on family, friends and community organizations for help with their unfinished business. 4589270
Reposted by PoromRyan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 17/02/2026This estate tax cut just passed 38-11. 1247383
Reposted by Poromalec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 09/02/2026If you see a politician or a pundit or even a "civil rights" leader who is not talking about clawing back this unprecedented funding for surveillance, militarized invasions, and privatized concentration camps, then you know this is not a serious person. It's an easy litmus test. 217677
Reposted by PoromNicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 04/02/2026our government used a Blackhawk helicopter in a major American city, detained children and zip-tied U.S. citizens all to target... squatters and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public." www.propublica.org/article/chic...propublica.orgThe Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment BuildingThe Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille... 3129141215
Reposted by Poromalec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Not only do the Democrats propose abandoning the only remotely workable set of demands to clawback the obscene tripling of ICE budget, but they have removed even the basic suggestions to enable people to more easily sue ICE for constitutional violations. 216232
Reposted by Poromalec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 05/02/2026This document is one of the great political failures of our time. It must be immediately denounced by all people of good will. And it will be a major scandal if any "civil rights" organization gives cover to this capitulation to fascism. 13549215
Reposted by PoromSunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 24/01/2026If you’re an elected official, talking about reforming ICE should be instantly disqualifying. I don’t want to hear one goddam thing about electoral strategy There is no excuse anymore, not that there was before. You don’t reform death squads 1562191
Reposted by Poromalec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Anyone who has read Copaganda knows that we are in the crucial early moments of virality after an extra-judicial police murder. It's extremely important for ICE that the media plays along with the idea that what happened is contested and there are multiple perspectives. 91612546
Reposted by Poromlogan koepke @jlkoepke.bsky.social · 03/01/2026In the last half of 2025, the President of OpenAI donated $25 million to the SuperPAC MAGA, Inc — the single largest contributor 11527171
Reposted by Poromalec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Imagine calling basic constitutional rights like the opportunity to speak in court "cutting corners." Even more alarming, he's saying all this in service of jailing people indiscriminately "by the busload" who are presumed innocent (and only if their families don't have the listed cash payment). 17727
Reposted by PoromGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 22/11/2025How many times exactly does Trump have to hand billions to rich people or destroy the safety net before the media stops calling him a populist? 21988144
Reposted by Poromalec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Instead, the most consequential stories for our safety are largely ignored by mainstream news, appearing every now and then as special investigations rather than daily urgent stories like crimes of the poor. outlets like @levernews.com try to close this gap. www.levernews.com/shutdown-dea...levernews.comShutdown Deal Kills Food Safety RulesAfter lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research. 13611
Reposted by PoromChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 03/10/2025According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...youtube.com‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago buildingYouTube video by MSNBC 1192142197082
Reposted by PoromRebecca Traister @rtraister.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Wrote about the morally vacuous, strategically unsound (and also wrong!) anti-“woke”diagnosis everyone’s still sticking with, even in the midst of civil rights apocalypse.nymag.comWokeness Is Not to Blame for TrumpHow a misdiagnosis of the 2024 election has calcified into self-defeating conventional wisdom. 10840101079
Reposted by PoromAmerican Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 28/01/2025NEW: Take action against the Trump Administration's federal funding freeze by sharing your library story. How would a federal funding pause impact your library & community? Share your story with ALA as we work to inform elected officials & decision-makers on this issue: airtable.com/appTIEEt9RjD... 215882
Reposted by PoromMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 24/10/2024No. Trump is straightforwardly lying and lines like that only 'work' if chickenshit writers refuse to say so. 701790256
Reposted by PoromMicah @rincewind.run · 24/10/2024Donald Trump’s closing argument, by ad spend, is that trans people are bad and he will remove them from public life this is what he thinks will win him the election tell him to go fuck himself - and be ready to protect your trans friends and neighborsthebulwark.comTrump Goes All In on Anti-TransIt’s not clear if the ads will help Trump, hurt Harris—or just scapegoat trans people. 403081947
