Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 2hMany homes in the northeast & in Alaska are heated with heating oil- basically diesel fuel. Now because of the administration’s war & energy policies, families are going to pay a lot more to heat their homes this winter. Our paper shows how folks heat their homes: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... 1011050
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4hAnd if you say that these are not by "the state" - well what are police? They are the gatekeepers of the state. 2448139
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 3h📬 ICYMI: Republicans are pressing ahead with their effort to block a pro-voting policy in Georgia — just days before early voting begins. The RNC wants to restrict how voters turn in their mail-in ballots. And they want to do it in a county that is a major Democratic stronghold ⬇️democracydocket.comRNC renews bid to restrict mail ballot returns in major Georgia countyRepublicans are pressing ahead with their effort to block the pro-voting policy just five days before early voting begins. 512172
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionProPublica @propublica.org · 2hWe released a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,600 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients. Explore the database:projects.propublica.orgExplore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,600 of His Appointees - ProPublicaUse this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de... 13576334
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2hNotice how Trump did not repeat this lie, one of his favorites, when his boyfriend Xi was here. 251149350
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionForeign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · 2hAs Trump antagonizes Canada and Mexico, he risks “destroying a precious geopolitical asset: a strong continental base from which Washington projects power,” writes Robert Zoellick.foreignaffairs.comTrump Is Gutting America’s Core Geopolitical AdvantageRobert Zoellick, an expert on the global economy who served as U.S. trade representative and World Bank president, makes the authoritative case that President Donald Trump’s antagonism toward Canada a... 58431
Reposted by 📚A Personal Opinionboring-person.bsky.social @boring-person.bsky.social · 2hDo you do any actual reporting, or just reiterating admin propaganda? If you did, you’d realize this is literally a few minutes of diesel. Literally minutes. It will have less than 0.2% impact on global diesel fuel supplies, and no impact on US diesel. It’s purely a way to funnel money to Russia. 011
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 20/08/2025"relief from diesel fuel exhaust systems" 7545087
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Diesel prices have officially hit a record high. 33093432996
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 7hMillions of Americans literally bet their life that RFK Jr, a complete crackpot, knew science better than the CDC and Jonas Salk and just about every living doctor 75701174
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 7hAgain, he <doesn't follow laws or court orders> & there is only one solution to this. Every day, more crimes & constitutional violations requiring the people who swore the oaths to Do The Thing. Yes, it's a Very Bad System. Juan Linz was right about that. He was just wrong about 🇺🇸 exceptionalism. 57718
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 7h(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Trump Unilaterally Ends American Sanctions on Russian Energy Products and Announces That America Will Now Help Finance the Genocide Against Europeans in Ukraine; Russia and America Now Co-Rogue States, with America Funding Two Genocides and Russia One 1481125530
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6hOne of the biggest routine lies by the Trump admin is that if someone in detention gives up, they'll be immediately deported and can leave detention. That is just completely false. 222167
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 6h@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct ErinReed Dem Sherrod Brown ad rebuts Rep Jon Husted's trans-baiting by calling out the real danger to children, tying him to the Epstein Files: “Jon Husted? He protected men who abused young girls by voting in the Senate to block the release of the Epstein files.”erininthemorning.comSherrod Brown Answers Anti-Trans Attack Ads By Tying Jon Husted To The Epstein Files“Jon Husted? He protected men who abused young girls by voting in the Senate to block the release of the Epstein files.” 2418
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren... 8348731776
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026these people would say it was "unclear" why more people in germany didnt openly identify as jewish in 1942 4140721155
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 07/10/2026This is a big f'n deal. 13440225
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionSkredberry @skredberry.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Per Reddit, voters in Ohio who are going in today to vote early have been purged off the BOE site when they were shown as active yesterday. I fully expect more shenanigans. 133
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026WATCH: “You’re a SELLOUT!” Highlights from the MEMPHIS MORATORIUM MELEE last night, where 7 city council members voted to “HOLD” a data center moratorium vote until 10/20 — again without letting the people speak 🤔 9476172
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Pike's lawyer also notes that, to the extent the state is complaining about the scope of the requested preservation, that is largely due to the state's own secrecy provisions regarding executions. 215418
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026LIVE: Christa Pike’s Lawyers Appear Before Tennessee Judge After Failed Execution www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...nytimes.comChrista Pike Live Updates: Judge to Hear From Her Lawyers After Failed Execution (Gift Article)Lawyers for Ms. Pike, a condemned murderer who survived two doses of an execution drug last week, want access to their client and the preservation of evidence. 626773
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionPatric Reynolds @patricjreynolds.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Yeah, why blame the guy currently in office who is directly responsible for all the shitty things happening right now when you can just point the finger at some a guy who hasn't been president since 2016. 072
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionPhiladelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 07/10/2026While the driver was asleep, three men made off with four pallets of ground beef shortly before 3:45 a.m. Tuesday.inquirer.comGround beef worth $40,000 stolen from tractor-trailer in Northeast Philly 7631694
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionAutonomy News @autonomynews.co · 07/10/2026ICYMI: Two groups with anti-abortion ties received almost $9 million in federal family planning grants. Trump admin is “sending every signal that they will select grantees who align with their ideology, rather than highly qualified providers with a proven track record of delivering quality care.”autonomynews.co‘Destructive’: Nearly $9 Million in HHS Grants Go to Groups With Anti-Abortion TiesMillions in family planning funds are earmarked to create training centers, including one dedicated to infertility. The recipients have links to crisis pregnancy centers, the Heritage Foundation, and ... 15730
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionGarnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 06/10/2026Both doctors are advocates of "restorative reproductive medicine" which right-wing and MAHA groups have presented as an alternative to in vitro fertilization, but which major medical societies say is ineffective at best: 1336
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionGarnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 06/10/2026We already had a national family planning training center, which had been run by the University of Missouri since 2006. But the center's funding ran out last week after HHS did not renew its grant. 1377
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionGarnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 06/10/2026Another grant, to establish a national training center for family planning, will go to an organization run by an endometriosis surgeon who has discouraged the use of hormonal birth control. His organization was awarded a total of almost $4.3M, despite having never handled more than $50k in a year. 13710
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionGarnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 06/10/2026SCOOP: Nearly $9 million in federal family planning funds will go to organizations with anti-abortion ties. One org, which received almost $4.3 million, has never taken in more than $50k in a single year. Read more @autonomynews.co:autonomynews.coNearly $9 Million in HHS Grants Go to Groups With Anti-Abortion TiesMillions in family planning funds are earmarked to create training centers, including one dedicated to infertility. The recipients have links to crisis pregnancy centers, the Heritage Foundation, and ... 35807434
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A new statue titled “The Orange Plague”, also known as “King of Injustice”, by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt has been unveiled inside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, where it will remain through 8 October. Remember to stop by for a selfie if you have a chance. 😏📸 20361401969
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026More than 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE, according to ProPublica. 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Trump’s promise to go after the “worst of the worst” was always a lie. It was always a pretext to terrorize Black and brown communities. Remember this.projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more th 12745452309
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionTruthout @truthout.org · 07/10/2026In at least 40 cases, LGBTQ individuals were sent to countries that either criminalize same-sex relations or have been designated as dangerous for LGBTQ people. All of these people were granted legal protection in the U.S. for fleeing persecution for their LGBTQ status in their countries of origin. 05521
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionTruthout @truthout.org · 07/10/2026The Trump administration has reportedly deported dozens of LGBTQ immigrants who sought or were granted asylum for their sexuality and gender to third countries where they face danger of persecution and criminalization, a new report says.buff.lyReport: Trump Admin Is Deporting LGBTQ Asylum Seekers to Hostile Third CountriesOfficials have deported LGBTQ people to Sierra Leone, where they could face life in prison for same-sex activity. 8182125
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 06/10/2026FACT: The federal government can't track the millions of Americans who move every year. That’s why Trump’s proposed state-by-state eligible voter lists are not only unlawful but simply not feasible, pro-voting groups say — and could risk Americans' privacy: demdock.com/4y6DqbY 320593
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionThe Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 07/10/2026President Trump denied $227m in storm aid to Democratic-led states, POLITICO reported, while ABC News said he separately approved more than $846m for nine Republican-leaning states. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/trump-deni... 12213
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Remember: Wealth cannot be separated from power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Taxing the rich isn't just an economic issue, it's a defense of our democracy. 12251692262
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“We are under attack by an enemy in the Oval Office and we can put an end to this expanding emergency…But that depends on enough Americans channeling their fury about Trump’s corruption, crime and indifference to their needs and getting out the vote.” www.americaamerica.news/p/we-are-und...americaamerica.newsWe Are Under Attack From an Enemy WithinBy listening to our founders and refusing to go along with this, we can name and defeat the ongoing danger to our constitutional republic 732096807
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionLisa Gerrish 💙 @gerrishlisa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Alito, a devout Catholic conservative, says in his new book that he believes SCOTUS’ decision allowing same-sex marriage was "perhaps the decisive point in our nation's turn against religious liberty." How does someone else’s marriage affect your religious liberty? 🤬 abcnews.com/Politics/thr...abcnews.comAlito calls same-sex marriage a 'decisive' turn 'against religious liberty' in new bookA new book by Justice Samuel Alito presents his view of the Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the country with a focus on religious freedom. 5199
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionKeri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I’ve covered death row cases for nearly a decade and witnessed several executions. What happened to Christa Pike wasn’t an anomaly. It could happen anywhere. With another execution planned for this week in Texas, let me explain why. THREAD 🧵 17388147
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionKeri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Christa is the first person in the U.S. to survive a lethal injection. The outcome is unprecedented but what went wrong isn’t — and shows how easily another botched execution could occur. www.propublica.org/article/chri...propublica.orgWhy Tennessee’s Botched Death Row Execution Could Happen AnywhereThe complications behind Tennessee’s failed execution of Christa Pike aren’t uncommon — and show how easily another botched execution could occur, even as others are planned soon in Texas and Florida. 822441
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 06/10/2026The shock gloves immigration agents could soon use to control detainees worked so powerfully during a military exercise that participants felt intense pain, stopped fighting and feared additional exposures.bit.lyArmy study found shock gloves purchased by ICE cause pain, compliance and fearThe shock gloves immigration agents could soon use to control detainees worked so powerfully during a military exercise that participants felt intense pain, stopped fighting and feared additional exposures. 4611682
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“.. the latest example of Trump advisers profiting from far-right politicians abroad who have sought favor from the U.S. president ..” @kenvogel.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u... 15376156
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionBolts @boltsmag.org · 06/10/2026Many states require that mail ballots be postmarked by a specific day. But due to a USPS rule announced late last year, voters may need to put their ballot in a mailbox days in advance.boltsmag.orgIn an Intense Election Year, New Post Office Rules Could Trip Up Voter Registration - BoltsA change in how mail is postmarked could lead some voters to miss key deadlines, including voter registration. Advocates worry the people most affected will be those already facing voting barriers. 614480
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionLouisiana Illuminator @lailluminator.com · 06/10/2026"No one should get seriously ill or die from a vaccine-preventable disease." New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declares a measles emergency, and its attorney general joins other Democratic-led states in suing the Trump administration over its changes to the childhood vaccine schedule.lailluminator.comNew York governor declares measles emergency • Louisiana IlluminatorNew York Attorney General Letitia James announced the state would join 15 other Democratic-led states in suing the Trump administration over its decision to scale back the childhood vaccination schedu... 083
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionSenator Chris Larson @senchrislarson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026If we can’t even trust them to tell the truth when U.S. citizens are detained, how can we take them at their word regarding immigrant arrests? Check out this amazing reporting from ProPublica projects.propublica.org/american-cit...projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati... 0124
Reposted by 📚A Personal Opinion🎃 Trick-or-TweetNevets 🍫 @nevetsboy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026So, let me get this straight. Trump "celebrates" America's 250 birthday by *checks notes* getting rid of a 250-year-old tree. Am I getting that right? 0296
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionMáirtín Ó Loċlainn @mr--mo.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026www.kxan.com/border-repor... nothing is safe.kxan.comAncient geoglyph damaged by border wall contractors, archaeologists sayAn ancient geoglyph that the Tohono O’odham tribe considers a sacred site was reportedly damaged by federal contractors building a secondary border wall in southern Arizona. 17219