Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialJosh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 4hthey DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION????? 1439971098
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 7h"Hunter Biden was on a board in Ukraine" was enough to whatabout away Trump family corruption And "Twitter made exceptions for Trump but got a request from a Dem they rejected" was enough to "prove" bias *against* the right So "Smith was in Georgia, where Fanny Willis is" should've been enough too 1554058
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 29/09/2026it is crazy that he did a straight-up supervillain monologue about how he had planted this in right-wing media and that the NYT was going to pick it up, right in front of the NYT, and they did 11791132
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants. 20452031402
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 29/09/2026Another fossil fuel con job. Any savings on the front end get eaten up and spat out by excess costs of fuel, which go to — oh, right — Trump’s big corrupt fossil fuel donors. Fuel economy standards have saved drivers hundreds of billions of dollars. www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...washingtonpost.comTrump says new fuel economy rules will cut car prices. Analysts are doubtful.In rolling back fuel efficiency standards, the administration said the average new vehicle price in 2031 should be reduced by $1,300. 1224499
Reposted by @rochesterirish.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 51638349
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One of my goals in writing this book was to get a copy in every college library so that survivors entering the Title IX system would know what they were getting into—and be able to use that knowledge however they wanted. But a lot of schools banned the book. 515574
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It's already estimated that the richest 1% alone evade $163 billion in taxes every year. But Trump gutted the IRS — including the unit tasked with auditing billionaires. The agency's audit revenue fell 35%. Now, Trump's IRS is not publishing data on unpaid taxes. See the problem? 10739501688
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialBlack Lives Matter Every Single Day @fatnewsdaily.bsky.social · 28/09/2026@avindman.bsky.social GET IT TOGETHER we don't have time for this misogynoir bullshit. 17324
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialRoger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026When Trump launched “the largest deportation operation in the history of our country” without ICE facilities to accommodate it, inhumane overcrowding was inevitable. Judge Kaplan’s 9/24 ruling shows the results. Diagrams simulating a NYC holding cell in Aug 2025 look like slave ships. 1/5 14470248
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026In response to our reporting, Susan Collins has mustered a defense that is full of incorrect and misleading claims. We’ve reviewed FBI evidence, examined thousands of pages of records and interviewed dozens of people. Here are the receipts.propublica.orgProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption ProbeProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o... 10738251742
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 26/09/2026One major advantage that the center-right has in shaping the higher ed discussion (besides money) is the complete and total capture of mainstream media. A compliant press happily renders right-wing talking points for the PMC on both its editorial and reporting sides. Exhibit A is the @nytimes.com. 18323
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 26/09/2026If this is what SCOTUS says OMB can do, then not only do we need to completely reform SCOTUS (👇), but we also need to abolish OMB & close every single aircraft carrier-sized loophole in every law allowing the president to invoke magic words like "national security" & act like a dictator. 19112
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We simply are not going to get out of this by just winning the next election & going back to governing. We can't keep doing this total failure of elite accountability. We've been doing it since Iran-Contra, & really since 1865. And we keep not fixing our broken anti-democratic institutions. Enough. 13427111
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Your regular reminder that the media is under absolutely no obligation to use right wing slogans & frames to cover Every. Single. Issue. In. American. Politics. 712731
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se... 3233541237
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Mike Rogers told Michiganders he was an assembly line autoworker who made Chrysler LeBarons. Turns out it was a complete lie. Shameful.michiganadvance.comMike Rogers claims he was an assembly line worker. The UAW said that is stretching the truth. • Michigan AdvanceRogers says he built Chrysler vehicles on an assembly line. Records show his work was at an aftermarket facility that modified vehicles after they left the factory. 43386963373
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialAbu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Iran is probably going to get nukes because of Trump’s failed war, even if they wouldn’t have otherwise. Nobody can trust an American security guarantee or nuclear umbrella anymore. So Saudi is almost definitely going to get nukes after Iran does. 12111
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We’re at the “shipping container courts” stage of ICE’s mass expansion of the enforcement system. 651317718
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialManisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Historian here UT Austin has eliminated courses on slavery, civil rights, the Holocaust and women from its core curriculum. We know the kind of people who have censored history in the past. www.statesman.com/news/educati...statesman.comUT cuts all women and gender classes from core curriculum, drops race classesThe provost’s office also eliminated dozens of courses on race from counting toward the core curriculum. 9312138
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026gavin newsom is a guy who will sell us out in a second propped up by a decent social media team who he doesnt sound anything like in reality 220346
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialI Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026“Since 1973, 27 gangs or subgroups have been identified through lawsuits & reports compiled by the department’s independent oversight bodies. The gangs have operated out of patrol stations & inside the county’s jails, giving themselves names like the “Banditos,” “Regulators,” and “Lynwood Vikings.” 8413152
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Most people have no idea how much international students are the lifeblood of higher education. But they’re about to learn. Sigh. 322235585
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026ANOTHER death in ICE detention which appears likely to be the result of medical neglect. A diabetic who told his family members he wasn't receiving regular insulin shots OR getting diabetic-appropriate meals just died in custody. The U.S. prison-ICE detention-industrial complex kills. 261060578
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialSubscribe to Radio Free America (link in bio) @kleinman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Thought this was newsworthy enough to post a Twitter screenshot 35897183
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialJoe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 22/09/2026should be day 2 stories if Maine/national media pick up on fact Collins' lobbyist husband, Tom Daffron, worked closely - for years - with Scott Reed, a key player in the corruption scandal @andrewperez.bsky.social & @martinpengelly.bsky.social wrote about that in June zeteo.com/p/susan-coll...zeteo.comSusan Collins’s Husband Worked for the Lobbyist Running Her Super PACThe Maine senator's husband apparently consulted last year for the lobbyist leading Pine Tree Results PAC, documents show. 411969707
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialSchrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty. 25768272244
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 22/09/2026NEW AD: Ken Paxton loves to make false claims about James Talarico’s record on China. But he’s been hiding his own. Paxton took an all-expenses-paid trip to China to meet with Communist Party leaders — then took massive donations from China-linked real estate developers. 551747785
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵 410113386022
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.propublica.orgThe FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the WayAfter the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini... 13746312240
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialDr Gul Sen @guel-sen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This is not only a vast register of British slave traders and the trafficking of captive Africans from 1563 to 1807, but also an invaluable database of ships’ voyages. #MaritimeHistory #Ships 11611
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialLauren M @elenem.bsky.social · 22/09/2026People keep asking why Bush isn't saying anything about *all this* and the answer remains 'He was and is a massive piece of shit' 1072547
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The way to look at this is George bush is trying to help Donald trump retain power on the Hill 25153901292
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialKylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I'm not gonna lie, it's deeply blackpilling that this is exactly, in pristine detail, what people said would happen and aside from a couple high-profile cases immediately post-Dobbs it's just become complete background noise 025981
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialNick Field @nickfield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back www.wsj.com/business/med...wsj.comExclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against ParamountThe California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs. 24641321666
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialSenator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 21/09/2026Trump is doing deals with one of Putin’s closest allies just days after signing the Republican Russia sanctions bill into law, which created fake sanctions while simultaneously allowing Trump to do more unilateral tariffs and cut ties with our biggest trading partners. 1522481
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 21/09/2026The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_... 4827851157
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Sad excuse for journalism: Big profile of DOGE lord doesn’t say a word about all the damage he did. And it was not an “ill fated cost-cutting effort.” It was a malignant, catastrophic attack on the government and its workers by arrogant and ignorant assholes. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...washingtonpost.comHe spent 11 months inside DOGE. Now he wants to set the record straight.In his first major interview about his tell-all memoir, Tyler Hassen describes the culture clash surrounding DOGE’s mission and the backlash that followed. 1122788665
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 30/04/2025The architect of #NIH cuts is Russell Vought whose own daughter is alive today because of advances in treating cystic fibrosis, brought to us, to the Vought family, by NIH. 1/ www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comProject 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kidIts architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking. 45988468
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The video shows the agents literally just leaving the guy in the street and driving off. 552596992
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul... 340127454647
rochesterirish.bsky.social @rochesterirish.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This Steelers offensive line is committing elder abuse out there. But I’ll allow it because the Pats needed a good beat down on their record to remind the league who we really are 000
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialPSRA Officials @psraofficials.com · 20/09/2026Our statement regarding MLS NEXT Pro and their handling of a recent disciplinary issue: 1420472
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialThe Anfield Wrap @theanfieldwrap.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Fucking come on Liverpool 4315
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.social🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The sickness of locking thousands of five-year-olds in a concentration camp while screaming about the danger of a 10th-grade trans boy playing lacrosse is an evil that needs to be yeeted into a million burning suns.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 1152054668
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialMary M. Burke @maryburke.bsky.social · 19/09/2026TOO often news outlets who picked up her research are credited. THIS is where the story started: Catherine Corless, ‘The Home’, JOTS [Journal of the Old Tuam Society] 9 (2012), 75–82. 18338
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 19/09/2026👇🎯 This is why the only serious position on DOGE is that Elon Musk needs to go to jail for the rest of his life. Whether you like government program X is completely irrelevant. 115832
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialPhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026So Trump caves after creating a crisis that was massively costly to key US alliances, and will declare victory for, and lie about the scope of, a “deal” that enshrines the status quo ante but leaves what were good faith relations laden with distrust & resentments. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/u...nytimes.comU.S. and Denmark Reach Security Deal on Greenland, Trump SaysThe full contours of the deal were unclear, but Denmark and Greenland both indicated they expected an agreement to be signed soon. 19504144
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialTom McKay @catturd2.bsky.social · 19/09/2026FBI warns ICE agents not to trust any women willing to date them gizmodo.com/fbi-warns-ic... 901932410
Reposted by @rochesterirish.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:thehandbasket.coRepublicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problemA spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same. 10282572699
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