Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialMichael Anderson @michaelander45.bsky.social · 42mWTF IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE !?!? 021
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 32mIncredible 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 221758
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 50mDOJ giving more attention right now to the NYT story about a former Scalia clerk and GWB appointee discussing his court overseeing the horrors the Trump administration has inflicted on Minnesota and the threats the judges faced for doing so is certainly a choice. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u... 29529
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1hIf you actually read some of the madness in here you can sense a theme. AI firms want you to believe their product thinks for themselves because they don't want you to realize you're being fed horseshit. It's like hiring someone from Daily Wire to be your "research assistant" 6748
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17hthis 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 201967590
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialAdam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 13hIn many red states, it's simply a question of whether you can get Trump's endorsement. So we wind up with idiots like Eric Schmitt, Tuberville and Darline Graham, if she wins I mean, Georgia Republicans nominated Herschel Walker because Trump told them to, for G-d's sake. And he almost beat Ossoff 331504265
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialTimothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 19hAmeren Missouri says it urgently needs more power amid data center growth www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...stltoday.comAmeren Missouri says it urgently needs more power amid data center growthThe St. Louis-based utility is also reducing its expectations for renewable and nuclear energy production and increasing its reliance on natural gas power. 041
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialMatt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 17halso not getting enough attention: these texts are between one of the lawyers on Jack Smith's team and a US Marshall tasked with keeping people fueled by Republican conspiracy theories from murdering Jack Smith in public because he tried to prosecute the president for crimes that he did 649698
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yeah, Schmitt is lucky there’s a Speech or Debate Clause. This is inexcusable. Klobuchar focused on the “dirtbag” claim in Schmitt’s conclusion, but Schmitt also said to Smith, “I think you’ve already perjured yourself.” 20556102
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17hThis 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.” 781181215723
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialTrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 18hCome to see Eric Schmitt try to chuckle his way through his obvious humiliation. Stay to watch Amy Klobuchar dunk on Eric Schmitt for a *2nd* time today. 52576113
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialRobyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · 17hAfter being raped by a man on my hall sophomore year, I couldn’t leave my dorm room for weeks and failed several classes. I had to take out student loans so I could retake those credits. We almost never talk about the financial toll of campus sexual assault on survivors. 171505302
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 18hLet this sink in. Cornell University refused to refund Jane Doe's tuition the semester she was raped. Without this money, she could not transfer to another school. Essentially, she was forced to stay on campus where she saw those seven rapists frequently. Eventually she dropped out of college. 511915601
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialJosh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 18hthey DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION????? 1452951405
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialMiranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 18hI think it’s so embarrassing for the institution of the Senate that Dick Durbin characterized this as an error. 1326
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 19hToo young to legally consent to sign a contract. But old enough to consent away where they want to live to be shipped someplace random by a government that hates them. In a just world, Hollad would need to annex half of Belgium to find room for the expanded Hague prison thus all calls for. 111446
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialGreg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 22hTo quote a @chrislhayes.bsky.social jape at the Roberts Court: "They go fast when they want to go fast and slow when they want to go to slow and the decision is *always* an ideological one." 6403102
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 20hWSJ Exclusive: The Trump admin used federal funds from the Department of Homeland Security to finance those controversial pro-Trump ads that started airing on TV. The taxpayer money used to fund the ads came from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.wsj.comExclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television AdsWhite House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law. 771106571
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialSahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Chuck Schumer calls the Jon Husted-led Ratepayer Protection Act “a toothless messaging bill” that Republicans know will fail, telegraphing Dems will block it. He calls it an “ineffectual participation trophy” that makes data center cost policies optional, says Ds want mandatory. 48716
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialGreg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 23hI'm trying to imagine a Democratic president — let's say Al Gore, to give ourselves a giggle — refusing to approve a single highway project for almost two years, and the absolute hellfire that would erupt in response _across_ the political landscape. 26731
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026How clear is it that Trump's taxpayer funded ads are illegal? I explain why it is 10/10 clear. Senate in passing the law: Ban is designed to stop public funds used for "glorification" of an individual official. GAO: funds can not be used for "self-aggrandizement" nor partisan political purposes. 12233481057
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialAnat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The torture and trafficking of immigrant kids continues apace, with plans to remove the 2,500 unaccompanied kids presently held captive. We need a relentless drumbeat: What are they doing to the children? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comTrump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant childrenExclusive: key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist 54650362
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Reminder that the OPM director resigned under bipartisan pressure after the Obama-era OPM hack. 423460
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialhammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026GOP Consultants : what do you mean she just fucking tweeted it out 733496748
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialAviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Why would an aspiring autocrat want to support the cultivation of critical thinking? 1224182
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialJames Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This administration is forcing Americans to buy more gas when gas prices are at historic highs thanks to this administration. 2105
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 28/09/20261. Jay Feely, a former NFL kicker and a GOP candidate for Congress in Arizona, has made “protecting women’s sports” a centerpiece of his election campaign. So I reviewed years of Feely’s podcast appearances to see what he actually thinks about female athletes. 🧵 461539564
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialHistorian Jen @historianjenfl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Andy Beshear has an entire chapter in his new book about backing the LGBTQ community and it's worth a read. He talks about how the anti-trans ads were tested in KY during his election and how vetoing anti-trans legislation didn't hurt his reelection campaign. 4424139
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026For those keeping score, this is the 41st emergency application filed at #SCOTUS by the second Trump administration—matching the (unprecedented) total that the first Trump administration filed across its entire four-year term. 829592
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The main reason you haven’t heard about campus sexual violence in a few years is because Trump and SCOTUS have made it much, much harder for survivors to come forward. You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost. 31795616
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialTrumpWatch @trumpwatch.skyfleet.blue · 28/09/2026Trump Weakens Title IX Rules Amid Cornell Gang Rape Investigation #Trumpnewrepublic.comTrump Weakens Title IX Rules Amid Cornell Gang Rape InvestigationThe Education Department has just weakened protections for sexual assault victims in schools. 66532
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 28/09/2026NEW: In a win for voters, a federal judge ruled FEMA cannot withhold grants aimed at preventing terrorist attacks from states refusing to adopt Trump's anti-voting measures. States would have previously been forced to run their full voter records through a DHS immigration database to receive funds.democracydocket.comJudge strikes down Trump’s bid to cut states’ anti-terror funds unless they impose new voting restrictionsThe judge ruled that FEMA had no “authority to extract unfunded reforms from states in exchange for grants.” 12389174
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 28/09/2026"it certainly sounds like the US government through the DFC is being used leverage a deal for business pals of the Trump family." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/us-ta...talkingpointsmemo.comUS Tax Dollars Now Used to Secure Deals for Trump Family CroniesThis has gotten very little attention, as far as I can tell.... 418190
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialm @keptsimple.bsky.social · 28/09/2026seed oil-free fries are the perfect MAHA food. take something that is extremely unhealthy and claim you've made it healthy by changing something that has zero effect on its healthiness. 1041138
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialVoteHub @votehub.com · 28/09/2026NEWS — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear criticizes fellow Democrats who say transgender athletes should be barred from women’s sports. “That is not the party that we are. We start as a party of compassion and empathy.” 6854991009
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialThe Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026They tell us a million bullshit things we can do to avoid being raped without telling predators to just not rape us. 11929188
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialMike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Just spitballing here but maybe dude checked the temperature among colleagues to find there's a broad consensus to say SCOTUS doesn't (yet) have jurisdiction in the Suncor case, and so his vote for the oil companies on the merits won't matter 6597
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialUnion of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 28/09/2026An unelected political appointee is disobeying the will of Congress & the rule of law by withholding funds for programs approved with bipartisan support. Blatantly unconstitutional. Flagrantly anti-science. The latest example of authoritarianism from the Trump admin.npr.orgWhat to know about the $810 million in spending canceled by President TrumpPresident Trump announced plans to cancel $810 million in Congressionally approved spending, a move that some in his own party are calling illegal. 28463
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 28/09/2026Hundreds of thousands of Texas voters were not properly registered after a major error by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Subscribe to our free Democracy Docket newsletters to stay up to date on the latest voting rights news. 817295
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 28/09/2026@timmiller.bsky.social on DHS announcing a record number of arrests, despite most in Ohio being Haitians who are here legally: “ They came here legally under temporary protected status, and we're treating them as if they're fentanyl dealers…And it's sick.” 19851255
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialBrian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026But there will also be election-theft shenanigans, and Supreme Court shenanigans and impoundment shenanigans, all geared toward stealing as much power for Trump from the new Congress as lastingly as possible. www.offmessage.net/p/donald-tru...offmessage.netPrepare Yourself For A Lame-Duck Session From HellIn defeat, Republicans will try to arrogate as much power to Trump as they can. Democrats can’t play along. 16217
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 28/09/2026The United States is deporting parents without their children, leaving babies behind in America, @caitlindickerson.bsky.social reports. She spoke with the parents who don’t know if they’ll see their kids again, and the caretakers left to watch the children:bit.lyThe Babies Left Behind in AmericaThe United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis. 11167109
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Kash Patel should resign in disgrace. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u... 21920244
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialJustice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Federal workers facing discrimination deserve a fair hearing. The Trump administration wants to strip away that right. In our latest Substack, former EEOC Commissioners Jocelyn Samuels and Chai Feldblum explain this attack on federal workers’ rights: justiceconnection.substack.com/p/the-trump-... 144
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialDan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency 22325841055
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Once again, I gotta say: you cannot treat anything you’re feeding into an AI as anonymous. There are enormous ethics implications for, e.g. referees who are clearly uploading others’ unpublished papers without consent, let alone health care professionals or law enforcement 14750273
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes. 16892833052
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026One reason the far right authoritarian party is s obsessed with voter fraud is because so many of its elected officials do not legally reside where they say they do 221763449
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026Johnson: "When people are promising free things to you, you must ask what the real price is. It's your freedom. It will drive costs up. It will make people more dependent upon govt, & that's the communist's ultimate goal." (Trump literally just proposed giving people $5k if they vote Republican...) 1672190522
Reposted by @rahanks.bsky.socialMurshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“The ledger used by a task force created by President Trump is difficult to verify and includes cases that were identified and went to trial during the Biden administration.” Given their track record why would anyone believe anything from this admin?nytimes.comWhite House Claim of Finding $250 Billion in Fraud Uses Questionable Numbers (Gift Article)The ledger used by a task force created by President Trump is difficult to verify and includes cases that were identified and went to trial during the Biden administration. 1112
![Steve Vladeck, a professor a Georgetown Law, writes up breaking developments from the Supreme Court. The last post in the three-post thread is the kicker, for our purpose here.
"#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the third-country removals case; clears way for Trump admin. to continue removing non-citizens without a full chance to litigate the conditions in those countries (while also taking up the full merits appeal).
"Link: [URL of a supremecourt.gov PDF]
"By my math, the order was filed 11 minutes after the Trump administration's reply brief came in."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:v35s7l2l3nyjyxvqf427r5av/bafkreicppbo3jr5ugrdiyipnhxdav3aojviofdvoq22qulqh3bxlru2pii)
