Reposted by Steven NeinerJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 02/03/20261. According to multiple reports both Saudi Arabia and the UAE lobbied Trump to attack Iran. Both countries have increased their influence with Trump by investing billions in projects that personally enrich Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.popular.infoThe money behind the new Iran WarIn private calls over the last several weeks, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman urged President Trump to attack Iran. 12820891158
Reposted by Steven NeinerJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Having literally written the book on the National Prayer Breakfast -- borne of the idea that God cares more for the rich and powerful than everyone else -- I can say this is the rare instance where Trump's grotesqueness is deeply appropriate. 922425654
Reposted by Steven NeinerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/01/2026Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN" 16034382216049
Reposted by Steven NeinerCraig Unger @craigunger.bsky.social · 15/11/2025open.substack.com/pub/craigung...open.substack.comThe Epstein Emails: The Russian ConnectionAccording to Jeffrey Epstein, Russian ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin learned a lot about Trump from their conversations. Then, he died. "Life is short," said the pedophile. "Start with dessert." 35129
Steven Neiner @s9er.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Sacramento estimated 10,000 strong. #NoKings @50501movement.bsky.social 2131
Reposted by Steven NeinerLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 23/09/2025More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...miamiherald.comHundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving siteAs of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald. 11943189219318
Reposted by Steven NeinerAndrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 09/07/2025I wrote more about Florida, how to think about naming, and big-picture strategy for pondering your own interventions to be sand in the gears of the many abominations we'll be faced with in the coming months and years.degenerateart.beehiiv.comWhat's in a name?Defining concentration camps and how to stop them. 7426156
Steven Neiner @s9er.bsky.social · 14/06/2025#NoKings #NoKingsSacramento thousands at the state capitol. Proud of CA for standing up to Trump and his fascist regime 180
Steven Neiner @s9er.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Deep (Russian) State corruption. Now in charge of the FBI. 040
Reposted by Steven NeinerBen Ross @benross.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.” 11016604811333
Reposted by Steven NeinerChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 08/04/2025If you haven’t seen this, you need to! Trump is short-selling America—deliberately tanking the economy so that businesses and entire industries bend the knee and beg him to save them. Thanks, @chrismurphyct.bsky.social, for sounding the alarm. Now, what is Congress going to do about it? 25144392132
Steven Neiner @s9er.bsky.social · 01/04/2025This is fast turning out to be one of the most serious human rights violations in our times. Not just this case, but all of the Venezuelan males, deported for just being Venezuelan and having tattoos. there are plenty of effective legal options for actual gang members. This is just racist. 030
Reposted by Steven NeinerAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 25/03/2025This OPSEC Special Bulletin went out to the Pentagon during the same time period that SECDEF was using an unauthorized Signal chat. You can’t make this shit up. 22863392588
Reposted by Steven NeinerThe Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Saturday, March 15, 2025, may have seemed unremarkable. But history will remember it as Black Saturday—the day the U.S. ceased to function as a constitutional democracy. In this essay, The Intellectualist explores what this means—and what comes next. theintellectualist.com/black-saturd...theintellectualist.comBlack Saturday: The Day the United States Ceased to Be a Constitutional DemocracyBlack Saturday, March 15, 2025, will be remembered as the day the U.S. ceased to function as a constitutional democracy. A sitting president defied a federal court order, proving that judicial authori... 13409199
Steven Neiner @s9er.bsky.social · 27/02/2025File this under great investigative journalism on the long history of Trump corruption - Wayne Barret, David Cay Johnston, Seth Abramson. Looking forward to reading "Gilded Rage". 030
Reposted by Steven NeinerBrad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 24/02/2025From @reuters.com: President Donald Trump's sweeping foreign aid freeze has stalled a United Nations program in Mexico aimed at stopping imported fentanyl chemicals from reaching the country's drug cartels, according to eight people familiar with the situation. www.reuters.com/world/americ... 851902887
Reposted by Steven NeinerThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 24/02/2025There’s no one around to stop Trump from declaring martial law and suspending the Constitution or even an election.newrepublic.comTrump Wants to Be President for Life—and He’s Already Preparing for ItNo, he’s not “joking” when he portrays himself as a king and muses about staying in office past 2028. Just look at everything he’s done this past month. 41303133
Reposted by Steven NeinerDave Troy @davetroy.com · 21/02/2025📄 NEW: "A Constructive Approach to the American Meltdown" We're past the point of warning about impending authoritarianism — it's here. As we cross the event horizon into becoming a failed state, a new kind of citizenship is required. My latest. america2.news/a-constructi...america2.newsA Constructive Approach to the American MeltdownAmerica has been captured by adversarial interests. If we want to change that, we must challenge ourselves to become a new kind of citizen. 0284136
Reposted by Steven NeinerMike Masnick @masnick.com · 01/02/2025Frustrated there's not more I can do directly, but for now I can just try to document reality. Elon is bringing his Twitter destruction playbook to the US government, and it's impossible to explain just how serious and bad this is. www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...techdirt.comElon’s Twitter Destruction Playbook Hits The US Government, And It’s Even More DangerousRemember how Elon Musk destroyed Twitter by ripping apart its infrastructure without understanding it? Now imagine that same playbook applied to the federal government. It’s happening, and th… 832500938
Reposted by Steven NeinerEsther Tseng @estarla.bsky.social · 08/01/2025amid all these socal fires and our ongoing drought, one thing we don't talk enough about is stewart & lynda resnick (via @motherjones.com) www.motherjones.com/environment/... 912428777
