Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone.” “Do you think Trump will apologize?” “When pigs fly, maybe.” 🐷 🐖 There were no reflecting pool vandals. Trump’s lies are endless. 572963918
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong. 21088183854
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialAmy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is not deporting people. Literally. Legally. There is a deportation process and this isn't it. This is rendition. This is disappearing people. 172058806
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, the man ICE shot on Sunday, was sent to a detention center *with a bullet still in his back.* He was reportedly given no pain medication and only sent to a hospital after losing feeling in the left side of his body. ICE’s cruelty knows no bounds.nbcnews.comVenezuelan man shot by ICE in Texas says he’s in pain and still has bullet in his backWilber Rafael Garcés Pérez spoke from detention as lawmakers and advocates said he’s the victim of an ICE shooting and i 982040745
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialsarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 17/09/2026a lot freaks me out about AI but 0% of my anxiety is about AGI. i think this is the part that freaks me out the most right now -- the many many indications that no one is at the wheel and no adults are present 322228394
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026You should literally never believe a word Trump says. 57614
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialAna Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 15/09/2026They’d be the first on their knees. 422122
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialThe Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 13/09/2026If you are a fisherman in the Caribbean and are even suspected of having drugs on the boat, the Trump regime claims it has the “right” to automatically kill you. However, if you run one of the biggest drug rings in the US, you get a Trump pardon and then a speech at the GOP convention. 4260139
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialDerek Barker @dwmbarker.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The other irony here is that Vance's right wing Catholicism/Christian Nationalism is much closer to sharia law (and a bigger threat to democracy) than anything in El Sayed's actual affordability platform. "Sharia law" is clearly just race baiting like Vance has a history of doing. 214539
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialPeter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I'm going to KEEP talking about how Senator Rick Scott, the RICHEST man in all of Congress, DEFRAUDED Medicare & is trying to CUT Social Security. Will you join me?🤚 401126515082
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The most dangerous person is the moron who thinks he knows everything with the ability to wreck the fortunes of a country and harm its people. We’ve had many bad presidents, but there was just nobody close to this bad. 1338164134591
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Trump, Miller and the rest simply don’t care about these people. Their only worth, as they see it, are as fodder for their racist and nativistic demagoguery. 17411144
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialCongresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 28/08/2026Incarcerating and deporting children is evil and morally bankrupt. Sending children to a place they don't know, away from their community, inflicting harm and trauma is not making anyone safer.abc7chicago.comChicago immigration judge orders removal of 6 kids as green card applications remain pendingSix children were ordered removed Wednesday by a federal immigration judge in Chicago. 46626
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialDean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 28/08/2026seems that way, even when facing fascism and the end of American democracy their priority is defeating a progressive. It's impossible to have enough contempt for these people. 68825
profdjb.bsky.social @profdjb.bsky.social · 26/08/2026"Trump hates America. He hates the values on which America was built. He hates democracy. He hates rule of law. He hates all of the things that are what we’re supposed to be about as a nation." Der Untergang paulkrugman.substack.com/p/der-unterg...paulkrugman.substack.comDer UntergangHow badly will Trump punish America? 000
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialRuth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Your right to safety should not depend on the accident that is the place of your birth. 05214
profdjb.bsky.social @profdjb.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I have a new post that examines why much traditional Christian interpretation of the Hebrew Bible is wrong. skepticaltheologian.substack.com/p/the-illegi...skepticaltheologian.substack.comThe (Il)Legitimacy of Christian Interpretations of the Hebrew BibleFrom their inception, most Christian movements treated the Hebrew Bible as sacred text and believed that Jesus was the Messiah who fulfilled expectations that had developed through Jewish readings of ... 001
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 19/08/2026for-profit prisons are top 3 most evil things we do in this country and its exciting to see a dem senate candidate take this on. fuck geo group forever 1049296
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Donald Trump is a crook. And he’s trying to steal American taxpayers blind. It will take the overwhelming turnout of American voters—who have eyes to see this theft—to stop this non-stop criminal operation. 851908519
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialCheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I hate that we have let the nastiest racists on earth define and redefine our language. From "woke" to "DEI." Trump's policies are not anti-DEI. They are racist. US firms did not abandon DEI policies. They fired competent black women in droves on the basis of race and sex. 153101831
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Why do the dumbest people on earth conflate the propagation of the species with “everyone was fine and certainly no one never died of easily preventable or treatable diseases.” 3460343
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialDean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Trump's one true area of expertise is cheating zeteo.com/p/cheating-i...zeteo.comCheating Is All Trump KnowsFrom golf to marriage to being the president, Donald Trump cheats in every realm of life and, say the experts, is a 'very ill man.' 1246
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Murdoch media can be counted on for shameless propaganda. 527016
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The American press could probably make better sense of the world if it was not so dedicated to simply moving past the episode where we unilaterally decided to murder all the leaders of a country we were not, until that moment, at war with 435749
profdjb.bsky.social @profdjb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026RFK Jr is an example of someone who is so profoundly and incorrigibly ignorant that he confuses his inability to understand science and data with being smarter than the scientists. He's also addle-brained. The number of people influenced by him is a sad commentary on the gullibility of the public. 000
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Here's how I put it in my piece yesterday. Not even slightly an exaggeration. newrepublic.com/article/2141... 1245390
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 11/08/2026"This is based on what I feel" is the foundation of all 'science' on the right, including when it comes to trans people. 201234242
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Israel has rejected the Trump/“Board of Peace” plan for Gaza. Iran has rebuffed all US demands, and Hormuz remains closed. Can we not fall for “imminent deal!” or “peace plan!” again? Please! And treating the president as a child you overpraise to encourage steps towards good behavior has failed. 631856458
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/08/2026😬 713396799
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/08/2026Trump’s rug looks ridiculous. 7714921812
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Ben Shapiro probably does not know enough history to even know this, but the way he is talking about Muslims as a nation within the nation who can never be integrated is almost verbatim what European nationalists said about Jews in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 36884160
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/08/2026Hearings like this are a reminder that if you work for Donald Trump, you are a person of low character and have no integrity. There are no exceptions. 612240572
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialPatrick McCann @pjmccann3.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Fellow Scientist please consider signing the World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Third Notice here forms.gle/BAfifGWesmoY... @hcrichardson.bsky.social #ScienceSky #TechSky #EngieeringSky #MedSky #MathSky #GreenSky #PhysicsSky #AstronomySky #ChemistrySky #BiologySky #VirologySky #VaccineSky 🧪🦠 412665
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialCroohur @ballaug.bsky.social · 05/08/2026"So facts can't persuade him by definition." That in itself is the definition of MAGA. 412829
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/08/2026the obsession with trans women in sports is, apart from the abject bigotry, a symptom of how we take amateur sports participation way too seriously in this country. 2206549808
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Reminder: Todd Blanche has… -Weaponized the DOJ to persecute Trump’s political foes -Purged hundreds of career DOJ lawyers -Botched the release of the Epstein files and ignored victims’ wishes He can’t be trusted and has no business being Attorney General. The Senate must reject him. 14036601346
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Strongly agree. 933779
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 01/08/2026The claim was a lie. Trump had no evidence of vandals. He makes shit up all the time. That's the big story, the never-ending story, the story that needs to be reported over and over. 871689400
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 01/08/2026Another administration abuse of authority, corruption of law, and waste of resources collapses. Administration corruptly wasted $ on a no-bid contract to a friend, who failed. POTUS deflected prosecuting someone innocent, then folded when court required evidence www.reuters.com/world/us-jus... 2326
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 01/08/2026On thing to keep in mind about this absurd reflecting pool case is the focus on the momentary whims of the president, his angst over bad news cycles. This whole thing was a travesty. Every lawyer involved knew these charges were factually in addition to legally baseless. But there are many more … 151144245
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialDean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Don't leave Todd Blanche out of the picture. He's the boss. 212330
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/07/2026When Justice is blind, bad guys take the fifth. When justice is corrupt, good guys take the fifth. Feel free to share. 337197416804
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialMorgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?" REAL Q: WHO THE FUCK DOES MORENO THINK HE IS???? 4819743
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026This. 1112508868
profdjb.bsky.social @profdjb.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Some serious thoughts about climate change in the face of anti-science and anti-intellectual forces in the US today. We are in a struggle with the dark forces of ignorance and greed. (I would add bigotry to this list.) The Fire This Time open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...open.substack.comThe Fire This TimeThe willful ignorance, it burns 010
Reposted by @profdjb.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Despite the whining about “ historical accuracy,” the racist backlash to the casting in Nolan’s Odyssey is about the right wanting to justify racial hierarchy by projecting it into a past where it did not actually exist. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... 993794805
