Reposted by BobTom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I want to make sure everyone in the city is aware that SUNY Downstate operates a large and extremely skilled LGBTQ and gender affirming care clinic, and we have repeatedly reiterated our intention to go to jail before we stop. 3346831900
Reposted by BobM. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 30/08/2026It's really weird how the US building code is this proprietary document that is constantly changed with relatively little public oversight or regular rule making process, with changes variously driven with limited actual study by individual crusaders or rent-seeking industries. 413820
Reposted by Bobutopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 21/08/2026I think it is remarkable to the extent the opposition party is still largely silent about the extrajudicial gulag archipelago that the sitting administration is using to turn innocent immigrants into political prisoners and slaves in third nations 161288380
Reposted by Bobmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Ya there's the philosophical thing but also the kind of prosaic reality that the specific guys running the surveillance state in cities usually live in a suburb called Klansburg and commute by car an hour each way and resent that there's a city in between them and their parking garage 422119
Reposted by BobChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 16/08/2026The Democratic party leadership fighting harder against the DSA than they do against Trump really says something. These people gotta go, man 463474684
Reposted by BobCorey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 05/08/2026In addition to having no experience in immigration, their website shows Ilya Shapiro (!) and disgraced former law prof Joshua Wright (!) as Senior Counsel. I don't think this massive contract was awarded to give immigrant children effective, zealous advocacy. burkegroup.law/our-team/burkegroup.lawOur Team - BURKE LAW GROUP, PLLCOur Team 46910410
Reposted by BobVituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I have to emphasize (this is something Aaron does a consistently good job noting and explaining, follow him!) that the Trump II immigration strategy has been to target people who have some sort of temporary-but-unambiguous legal status and try to transform them into undocumented folks via chicanery 125488
Reposted by BobStan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 20/07/2026A big reason for Democrats to promise prison time for Republicans in power and the use of the state to undermine the Republican Party as an organization is because our former allies need to believe that someday soon, America will cease to be like this. 462871595
Reposted by Bobandré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 14/07/2026[everybody, all at once] we fucking told you 122133597
Reposted by Bobnick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 02/07/2026america has a fun shortage and it's important we talk about it (decline in third spaces, etc etc) 1322572642
Reposted by BobCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Damn. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... 15977663271
Reposted by BobKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 29/06/2026oh. oh ok. as.ft.com/r/a1bfe3af-e...as.ft.comOrbán hid half of Hungary’s budget deficit, new PM saysPéter Magyar says his predecessor ‘lied’ about 2026 shortfall of 8% of GDP 15456118
Reposted by BobMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Alice Speri (@alicesperi.bsky.social) of @theguardian.com once again covering the actual story of what’s happening in HigherEd.theguardian.com‘Dialogue is all the rage’: why is the right pouring millions into ‘civil discourse’ initiatives on US campuses?Universities looking for a fix to relentless controversy are flocking to ‘civility’ initiatives. Critics say these efforts mask a darker project 12227100
Reposted by BobMia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 24/06/2026In the 4 years since Roe v Wade was overturned there have been over 400 pregnancy related prosecutions. Maternal mortality is up 33% nationwide and 50% in some states. We are being criminalized and murdered. That’s the legacy of Dobbs 141730725
Reposted by Bobscarylawyerguy.bsky.social @scarylawyerguy.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Did the New York Times just BOTH SIDES Ken Paxton's sweetheart deal for a child sex predator. Yes, yes it did. 21660811535
Reposted by BobMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 13/06/2026I want to support public broadcasting but NPR plays the "Nice Polite Republicans" bit way too much, they structure everything around it so that readers are led to believe problems caused or made worse by Republicans are acts of god and forces of nature. 602261484
Reposted by BobAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 12/06/2026As the person who called the report "diabolically evil," let me just reiterate: the report is diabolically evil. asheeshksi.substack.com/p/producing-... 425060
Reposted by BobMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The AAUP chapters at Vanderbilt & Wash U have issued a joint statement denouncing the “State of Scholarship” report commissioned by their chancellors. Please, let’s make this as widely read as the gaslighting to which it responds. 5439246
Reposted by BobNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Democrats should also be really thinking now about insane it's going to feel if we win in 2028 and Musk is babbling about the need for a race war and calling the president a satanic pedophile while also being the most important government contractor in the country. 603920880
Reposted by Bobsick public transit, gloria @seung.bsky.social · 08/06/2026"Last year, North Korea built 10,000 new homes in Pyongyang -- more than either Los Angeles or Chicago." www.wsj.com/world/asia/n...wsj.comThe World’s Most Surprising Economic Success Story Is…North KoreaArms sales to Russia and goods from China provide a boost, despite sanctions. “The regime is wealthier than ever.” 4404
Reposted by BobMediaite @mediaite.com · 07/06/2026New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said it is time for the Democrats to ignore party leaders, embrace a “new vision,” and call for the abolishment of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. 474864942
Reposted by BobACLU @aclu.org · 07/06/2026There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports. 86110674466
Reposted by Bobemily blight 🐦⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 07/06/2026i also have very little to add to this other than if you fell for this extremely artificial panic, fucking shame on you, and it got you absolutely nothing and nowhere and now your life is worse too. 11635458
Reposted by BobGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 06/06/2026We quite literally have a whites only refugee program and somehow the media won’t call the Administration white supremacists. 3047191647
Reposted by BobMicah @rincewind.run · 07/06/2026Pelley and 60 minutes really were the gold standard for Serious Journalism and that they already felt the need to “balance” a story about the murder of innocent civilians by federal goons by implying they deserved it is an indictment of the entire industry 253472886
Reposted by BobSteve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 07/06/2026So many people focused on Bari Weiss asking to make protesters look more violent and glossing over Pelley admitting they’d already dug deep for the most violent protester footage they could find. His interview is more of an indictment of corporate media than many want to admit. 441681038
Reposted by BobAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Staggering levels of corruption. They’re using every possible lever of power to enrich themselves and their friends and families. And the “party of fiscal responsibility” simply doesn’t care. 774175237220
Reposted by BobVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Nothing says "intellectual freedom" like forcing students to take mandatory conservative indoctrination classes. Shout-out to all the embarrassing academics who believe any of this was in good faith.chronicle.comA Flagship’s Civics Center Saw Low Enrollment. Now Students Will Be Required to Take Classes There.A provision in the Iowa state budget will require all students at the University of Iowa to complete two classes at the Center for Intellectual Freedom to get their degree. 401397399
Reposted by BobFrank Pasquale @frankpasquale.bsky.social · 04/06/2026They “let children die from malaria for want of $2 mosquito bed nets or from starvation because [they] couldn’t be bothered to provide 50-cent packets of peanut paste. A BU researcher estimates that the aid cuts have already cost more than 750,000 lives worldwide” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/o...nytimes.comOpinion | This Is Why You Don’t Slash Humanitarian Aid 03019
Reposted by BobNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Israel has abducted 20-year-old Palestinian women's national football team player Rand Halawani, abducted former national teamer Natalie Abu Diyeh, and imposed a travel ban on Musab Abu Salem. This is another facet of the ongoing athleticide, likely emboldened by FIFA's refusal to apply sanctions. 7277167
Reposted by BobMore like I-ACK @mumbly-joe.bsky.social · 03/06/2026I want to uplift the "white supremacist" part because we're all in this fight together. Do No Harm, at its founding, was a lobbying group concerned with ensuring there were fewer Black doctors in America and too much being done to prevent Black patients from having worse health outcomes. 324884
Reposted by BobJohn Carpenter’s Halloran @profhalloran.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Any detrumpification effort is going to founder if it isn’t going through an independent court system (which divests the Supreme Court of any review authority). Because the detrumpification commission has got to look at this claim of immunity and say, “LOL, no.” 418145
Reposted by BobBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/06/2026The money was always there for the good things. 170137713886
Reposted by BobM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 31/05/2026The Chief Justice and His Wife Took $20 Million From Firms He Rules On. medium.com/@carmitage/t... Total Disbarment, No Less !medium.comThe Chief Justice and His Wife Took $20 Million From Firms He Rules On.The evidence is public and the statutes are unambiguous. He is breaking the law. 49546287
Reposted by BobJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 29/05/2026"Such intense concentration was not inevitable. It’s a product of decades of failure to enforce anti-merger laws that have been on the books since 1890." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/o...nytimes.comOpinion | This Is Why Your Groceries Are So Expensive 13339105
Reposted by BobFrosted Poptart @toastertrollop.bsky.social · 28/05/2026I think about this a lot. 603178404691
Reposted by BobRoy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 28/05/2026I have seen this point made several times in the past few weeks and I really think it's a solid campaign theme for Democrats. 2399
Reposted by Bobjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/05/2026feels like the actual taboo in democratic policy making circles is to say that sometimes the problem is actually supply-side 521395108
Reposted by BobMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class. 152129805103
Reposted by BobNina Lakhani @ninalakhani.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Britain has created a new breed of political prisoners through the systematic incarceration of people acting to prevent climate breakdown and the annihilation of Gaza, new research has found. www.theguardian.com/law/2026/may...theguardian.comNew breed of political prisoner arises in Britain as anti-protest sentences riseMore people are being jailed in England and Wales as a result of acting to prevent climate breakdown and the war in Gaza, research reveals 36248
Reposted by BobAubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Part of why I'm quite a fan of AOC '28 is that she's actually stepping up to say these proposals are a bad idea.notus.orgDemocrats’ Tax Cut Plans Are Splintering ProgressivesCould new proposals from Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Cory Booker to cut taxes come at the expense of expanding social programs? Progressives don’t agree. 11840111
Reposted by BobSam Fellman @samfellman.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Helluva a scoop @johnphudson.bsky.social The US looks well below the air defense arsenal needed for its one-war standard 14123
Reposted by BobMeredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 21/05/2026Again the lead prosecutor on this case when it was presented to the grand jury currently works for Dick Durbin as counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats. 29975329
Reposted by BobAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 22/05/2026These 8 Democrats voted to pass a national ban on trans teachers and mention of LGBTQ topics. Rep Henry Cuellar (TX) Rep. Don Davis (NC) Rep. Cleo Fields (LA) Rep. Laura Gillen (NY) Rep. Vicente González (TX) Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH) Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA) Rep. Eugene Vindman (VA) 37958512928
