Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 7hSo basically Trump has only been slightly less disastrous for international tourism than COVID. 161877466
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 4hMr Feinberg below is one of the agents fired by Kash Patel. Seems like an important point. 1039663
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 9hPete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time." 121557391
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialAdotSad @adotsad.bsky.social · 3hThe guy came out and lied that the Charlie Kirk shooter was "indoctrinated with leftist idealogy" so he could get some play on Fox News. 514426
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2hI've been covering the death penalty in depth for a dozen years now, and few nights have been as disturbing and dispiriting as tonight. This was a moral, ethical, and legal failure on several different fronts from many different actors. It wasn't *just* SCOTUS, though they sure were a key part.lawdork.comAfter SCOTUS allowed Tennessee execution to go ahead, Tennessee botched the executionSCOTUS, over the liberals’ dissent, cleared the way for Tennessee to kill Christa Pike. The alarming order from DC was followed by even more disturbing developments in Tennessee. 5652173
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7hChuck Grassley also did not share the texts with Democratic senators before the hearing, breaking protocol. 1732862879
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 7hJustice Kavanaugh, please explain to me — and Christa Pike— how this is an “interim” decision? Justice Barrett, please explain to us how this is merely a “preliminary” ruling? 361214316
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 5hHoly crap. Can’t make this stuff up 2546666
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 5hSenate Democrats’ attempt to bar President Trump from clawing back $810 million in funding approved by Congress was blocked by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin), meaning the Trump administration will succeed in eliminating the funding it deemed “wasteful.”washingtonpost.comDemocrats fail to stop Trump from canceling $810M in funds approved by CongressSen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) blocked the effort, meaning the Trump administration will succeed in eliminating the funding it deemed “wasteful.” 164434
pyang.bsky.social @pyang.bsky.social · 8hI was told I don’t support law enforcement enough. Does this help? 000
pyang.bsky.social @pyang.bsky.social · 8hPut this dude on a boat and send him straight through the Strait of Hormuz. Make Hegseth do his little exercise dance thing on the deck. All the generals who pushed for this war can join him. 000
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 9hPretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should. 42882781850
pyang.bsky.social @pyang.bsky.social · 8hI was told I don’t support law enforcement enough. Does this help? 000
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialWashington Post Data Team @wpdatateam.bsky.social · 10hA 3-year-old no receipts program allows House members to supplement their $174,000 base salary by expensing food and housing costs while in Washington on official business, no specifics disclosed. House members spent $6.7 million of taxpayer money last year — a 21 percent increase over 2024.washingtonpost.comThe House reimburses lawmakers for D.C. expenses. See who spent the most.Taxpayers spent 21 percent more last year on the program, which helps cover the costs of food and lodging in Washington, a Post analysis found. 53429
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11hJust a reminder that the Secretary of Defense is a dangerous idiot 1544932742
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialRyan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 11hIt should alarm us that the civilian head of the military gathers together troops to give them a political speech in which he calls the free press treasonous. He should be removed from office for doing so. 381714372
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialCarolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 11hBruh, you literally JUST SAID "no fatties" and "no weirdos" 853034475
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10hThis aligns exactly with what we know about noncitizen voting; it is extremely rare (9 noncitizen votes in MN out of 3,253,920 in the 2024 election, or 0.0002%), and when it occurs it’s most often green card holders who were mistakenly told they could vote (none of these people are undocumented). 17595200
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 10hThe common thread in Pete Hegseth's rant to the troops, JD Vance suggesting Talarico is a pedophile, Brendan Carr calling the Trump ads aired with tax dollars "normal force PSAs," and Eric Schmitt fabricating a Jack Smith conspiracy is the whole GOP is incentivized to be performatively evil. 351312307
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 12hIncredible chutzpah from a Congress whose one major legislative act was a budget bill that among other things imposed significant new administrative burdens on Medicaid recipients 4419110
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 12hpoor Mark was just making ends meet and had to do this 519736
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 14hoh man you know a small paper did good when the NYT reports on their reporting rather than ripping them off without credit 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 party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case. 161931472
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialFeral T. Robot, Oil Swamp Utility Bot #7629 @feralrobots.bsky.social · 13hTIL this mundane post - which expresses a basic & uncontroversial truth about technology that many of us have been observing for 40 or more years - is apparently a radical anti-AI screed. 212218
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 14hThere is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o... 10363161807
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14hMentions on Fox shows of the very newsworthy confrontation between Schmitt and Jack Smith: Ingraham (7-8pm): 0 Watters (8-9): 0 Hannity (9-10): 0 Gutfeld (10-11): 0 Fox & Friends this AM: 0 42862081804
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics. 314162684563
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 17hThey quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... 106100102448
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 17hI think a lot about Biden/Garland keeping David Weiss on as US Attorney, because they didn't want to meddle with the Hunter probe. And then Garland elevating Weiss to special counsel so he could convict Hunter. And this having ZERO IMPACT on the GOP certainty that Biden was rigging the DOJ 22882118
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 17halmost as if they are operating on the assumption that everybody else does what they (openly, on live tv, with signing ceremonies) do 22816101
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026That's a $96,318 fine for being raped. 231992646
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 15hAlso their position is that it is not just ok but *constitutionally required* that the president have the authority to rig DoJ if he wants. bsky.app/profile/dave... 928050
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.” 822192966069
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026this really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient 202030614
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 29/09/2026Wrote about the decline and fall of SCOTUSblog, which used to be the single best resource for Supreme Court stuff, and (thanks to some intervening crimes committed by its co-founder) is now a weird platform for conservative pundits to talk about what a good job the conservative justices are doingslate.comIt Was the Essential Home of Supreme Court News. Now It’s a Joke. What Happened?How high-stakes poker brought down a pillar of Supreme Court coverage. 151026259
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A fuckup so dumb even NYT homepage/headline writers have no choice but to describe it accurately 832712421
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialScott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026He had all afternoon and this is the best he could come up with. Great ratio! 1152724245
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialThe Washington Sun @washingtonsun.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A new ethics disclosure shows Karoline Leavitt’s family investments included stock in Trump’s social media company, defense contractors, oil companies and tech giants. www.washingtonsun.com/money/karolin…washingtonsun.comKaroline Leavitt Discloses Family Investments in Trump Media and TeslaAn ethics document shows the former press secretary’s family holdings contain Trump’s social media company, defense contractors, oil companies and tech giants. 12614
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialBUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"were you at a Hawks game" sir that has never happened to anyone 23102352
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialNathaniel William Horadam @horadam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Much like the Iowa steel plant, this is also not getting built 311616
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialOwen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Once again granting a stay with no analysis of the stay factors in a case where the balance of equities is utterly bonkers 312347
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialAnna Kramer @annackramer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026On Sept. 19th, OMB gave Customs and Border Protection $20 million. The next day, CBP awarded an ad company a contract for $20 million for a “national media campaign.” On Sept. 23rd, Trump ads start running on national tv as "paid for by U.S. government."washingtonsun.comCBP Got $20 Million for a ‘Media Campaign.’ Lawmakers Say It Was a Misuse of Funds.The administration started running Trump-focused national ads that have come under ethical scrutiny for using taxpayer funds. 24132
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Scoop — I've ID'd the two men sitting behind Sen. Eric Schmitt during his botched attack on Jack Smith this morning. Ethan Harper (left) is Chief Counsel to Schmitt, and Andrew Ceonzo (right) is Counsel to Schmitt and the Senate Judiciary Committee. 2964528978
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026FWIW my read is that the rw media reaction to the Schmitt-Smith thing is a result of them being lazy and stupid rather than deliberately lying to create a false narrative for their audience -- the hosts here literally don't seem to know what actually happened. bsky.app/profile/atru... 2738655
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Aaron is not underrating this. It's cinema. The sly smirk when Schmitt thinks he's gotten Smith to perjure himself. The hasty vanishing of the sign. Klobuchar getting Kennedy to hold it up. Schmitt getting LOUD and ANGRY when Klobuchar points out he mixed up the Hawks and Hawkeyes. 1262786541
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My favorite part of this is how Jack Smith is so utterly baffled by Schmitt's bonkers conspiracy theory that, when Klobuchar is like "the Iowa Hawkeyes, right?", his response is just "uh, I just wanted to see Caitlin Clark play Maryland." 1025144
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Watching Schmitt in the Senate today, I thought of this speech as well. 2116124
Reposted by @pyang.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/09/2026if the GOP runs a vance/schmitt ticket then they should just give up the pretense and make the party’s slogan the fourteen words www.axios.com/2026/09/29/e...axios.comSen. Eric Schmitt is drawing buzz as a possible Vance VP in 2028Vance views the Missouri senator as trustworthy. 1332315329
