Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialSecretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Trumps ability to corrupt every institution, virtue, and tradition we supposedly hold dear remains his superpower 391137179
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialPhillip Anderson @phillipanderson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026The President of the United States continuing to bring the full force of the federal government down on a guy *everyone knows is innocent*, just like he did with Kilmar Abrego Garcia and so many others, is absolutely 1,000% impeachable IMHO. This is just straight up tyranny 402797733
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 11/08/2026“The supreme court justice Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from his fossil fuel interests between 2005 and 2024, a new review of financial disclosures shows.”theguardian.comSamuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from oil and gas assets since joining supreme court, analysis showsCritics argue US high court justice should recuse himself from upcoming fossil fuel firms’ climate accountability case 1419579
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 01/08/2026The president took on a vanity project, gave no-bid contracts to contractors who screwed it up, made up a story about vandals to cover it up, and then fomented a felony prosecution against an innocent scapegoat. You could impeach for anything he's done but "This asshole is out of control" is a layup 82630474
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 02/08/2026No one in this entire administration follows laws or court orders, so the solution cannot be more laws or more court orders. We have a bad system, where you can’t remove a lawless executive & stop his underlyings from committing crimes without using a mechanism that has <never> worked in 240 years. 16617
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialBat 🦇 Borus @matthewborus.bsky.social · 10/07/2026When DHS shot Marimar Martinez in Chicago last October, they also claimed she tried to ram agents with her car. She survived, so they even charged her criminally. They lied. She had done no such thing, and the goon who shot her bragged about it in texts. They dropped the charges against her.news.wttw.comFeds Dismiss Charges Against Woman Shot by Border Patrol Agent in Brighton ParkTexts from the Border Patrol agent who fired at Martinez revealed he apparently bragged about the shooting to others, stating in one message that he’d “fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in ... 5294132
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialTom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 09/07/2026We are on the verge of revolutions in solar energy and in mRNA medical research, but the USA won't participate in them because our leaders are retrograde morons who would rather see people burn and die than change. 9885153
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialStacy Mitchell @stacyfmitchell.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Amid all the corruption, this is especially gross: the billions Congress/Biden approved to build fiber internet in places left behind has been redirected to Elon Musk & Jeff Bezos for doing nothing. Musk has pocketed $738 million so far. Places like rural Louisiana were screwed. 7337151
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026The word “monarchy” is literally rule by (“archy”) one (“mon”). Well, “unitary” means one, and in modern parlance “executive” means person in charge. Yes, there are some elements of sophistication to the legal academic version of “unitary executive theory,” but in practice it’s just been pro-king. 514039
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialNBC News @nbcnews.com · 07/07/2026An Afghan national who fought alongside U.S. forces has died from an allergic reaction while in ICE custody, one day after he was detained for deportation proceedings, his death certificate shows. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...nbcnews.comAfghan national who fought with U.S. forces died of allergic reaction in ICE custodyMohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, 41, suffered “an adverse drug reaction” to an unidentified substance, which triggered anaphylaxis and exacerbated his asthma, the death report shows. 961100716080
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Put the names of all US foreign intel targets, spies, and potential recruits in a single file? And do this in the midst of the worst information security crisis in US government history? That strikes me as a bad idea. At least if one were trying to defend rather than attack the US and US interests. 1612335
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialAlex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 30/06/2026To this day, one of the most unbelievable facts we’ve ever published in @boltsmag.org: Over a 40-year period, *80* percent of death row convictions in Louisiana have ended up getting reversed. 6479247
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/06/2026this is absolutely wild. where does roberts think these agencies come from?!? who invested them with authority to act? whose mandate are they designed to execute? the president is the chief EXECUTive. his job is executing the will of Congress as it spells out in its duly-passed laws! 12874991826
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialMark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Slaughter is an earthquake: SCOTUS has overturned a 90-year-old precedent that facilitated much of modern governance by granting many agencies meaningful independence from the president. Now SCOTUS crushes that independence ... for seemingly every agency except the Federal Reserve. 5031201274
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 29/06/2026The notion that the president has absolute power over creations of Congress is already nuts, with no basis in law, but it reaches utterly absurd when it includes an unwritten "but not when some Supreme Court Justices feel like he's messing with the money" exception. 231189340
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Remind me. What did people mean when they used to call East European countries ‘police states’? 78619
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13/06/2026“Who cares?” is the honest default Trumpist position on law. When it benefits us or hurts our enemies, the law, when it doesn’t, who cares? 441305280
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 13/06/2026Imagine if we treated Trump the way we treat people who miss the recertification deadlines for government assistance programs. 202162483
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialJameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026They came here fleeing persecution; rather than give them refuge, Marco Rubio’s state department will send them to die in countries they’ve never been to. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/w...nytimes.comWomen Who Fled Iran Are to Be Deported to Central African Republic, Lawyers Say 16539011906
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialPaul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 09/06/2026"We all know there are witches. So if all we have is spectral evidence, well, that's all we need to execute them." 2265
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialJordan aka Jirdan @slclunk.com · 08/06/2026Looks like New York is ready for some Knicks basketball! 222803411
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialSpooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Periodic reminder that Teapot Dome, the worst scandal in American history prior to Watergate, involved $9 million changing hands. That’s adjusted for inflation. This story by itself is 55500% bigger than Teapot Dome. That’s not a typo. 4842001988
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/06/2026another day, another story about the administration's war on knowledge itself, all in service of allow its corporate patrons free rein to rob us blind and poison our world www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...nytimes.comTrump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System 14457252050
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15/05/2026We've become numb to this stuff, but a president accusing a journalist of treason -- a capital crime -- for reporting on an ongoing war is not normal, and we should never accept it as normal. 26265761934
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialStephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 13/05/2026SCOTUS in 2022: Five months before Election Day is too late for Louisiana to redraw its GOP House map that harms Black voters. It must wait until 2024. SCOTUS in 2026: Louisiana may cancel its imminent primary—where >40,000 already voted—to enact basically the same old map that harms Black voters 561109483
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 28/04/2026by my tally we are now spending ~$2B to companies to NOT build more energy infrastructure. in the middle of an energy crisis 32874322958
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/05/2026Trump: "Thank you Janice. Hi! You look great. That's a beautiful hat -- who lost her son, Marine Captain Jesse Melton. I heard he was an outstanding-- they give me lists and they tell me about people. They said, 'Jesse was outstanding,' Janice. They have the word 'outstanding.'" 264870189
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialW.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Again this should inspire wall-to-wall media coverage for months. The crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement is dead. Black people just lost all of their remaining political power in the South. This is a monumental moment in American history that simply isn't being treated as such. 7089174047
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialKevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 08/05/2026We are living through a Jim Crow-ification moment in Black representation, but it's happening much faster than it took to consolidate actual Jim Crow. For the democratic backsliding observers out there, race was always the beating heart of American authoritarianism—this was always how it'd go here. 9598189
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 01/05/2026In terms of real dollars, I think they’re beating any kleptocratic regime in history. More than Suharto, Marcos, Baby Doc, Milošević, Putin… www.ft.com/content/d99f...ft.comTrump sons to take stake in Kazakh miner that won $1.6bn US backingDonald Jr and Eric have sought to capitalise on sectors supported by father’s presidential administration 23813
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 15/04/2026The individuals referenced here are adjudicated terrorists. They were found guilty of conspiring to use force against their own government to prevent the peaceful transfer of power. A conservative, Trump-appointed judge applied terrorism enhancements to their sentences. 9831771204
samarv.bsky.social @samarv.bsky.social · 08/04/2026This is some of the wildest shit I’ve ever seen 000
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialJackie Flynn Mogensen @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Astronaut Bill Anders took the iconic 1968 photo "Earthrise." “It's really too bad, we're shooting missiles and rockets and whatnot at each other…" Anders later said. "It's the only home in the universe for us humans." Artemis II just recreated the photo: www.scientificamerican.com/article/in-a... 16418
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialRuth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 07/04/2026The president of the United States is now threatening to commit genocide. 1222879
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialAlexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 31/03/2026speak loudly and ask if you can borrow somebody else’s stick 1272926560
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 30/03/2026man I love Alaska 635625
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Only 23% of government workers believe they “can report a suspected violation of a law, rule, or regulation without experiencing retaliation.” That's way down form the share the prior year (72%) who said they could report suspected illegal activity without fear www.thebulwark.com/p/two-more-g... 5724961067
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Defense secretary openly states that a pro-Trump billionaire taking over a news network (following regulatory help from the administration) will result in coverage more favorable for the administration. 13040401322
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Roberts Courts legacy is to make it harder for ordinary people to engage in the most basic form of participation (voting), for that participation to matter (letting gerrymandering stand), while removing any constraints from billionaire influence on politics 8410139
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/03/2026KENNEDY: You said, 'Republicans think can troll their way to ethnic cleansing.' Did I read that correctly? BIER: DHS tweeted for 100m deportations. That would be ethnic cleansing! K: You don't think it's hyperbolic? B: I think advocating 100m deportations is ethnic cleansing. Yes. Your time is up 57570231685
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialJames Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 09/03/2026For the same $6 trillion cost, you could crush child poverty with a child allowance and free childcare, fix unemployment insurance, do paid family, sick & medical leave, massively boost ACA subsidies, and eliminate child uninsurance with Medicare for Kids. 302120446
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Wounded Knee. Tulsa. My Lai. Abu Ghraib And now, Minab We need to talk about the horror when 180 little schoolgirls, boys and teachers were obliterated by U.S. Tomahawk missiles last week. And tell Congress: Not one more dime for these war crimes My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/iran...inquirer.comAI error or not, Iran school bombing is a permanent stain on America’s soul | Will BunchA debate on AI in warfare obscures the truth about an Iran school bombing. U.S. humans are to blame for this war crime. 352019623
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/03/2026This is an example of what happens when an agency faithfully pursues the president's priorities. Costless for Trump, costs borne instead by the legal system clogged with frivolous cases, innocent people victimized by the govt for exercising constitutional rights, and real criminals going unpunished. 7443135
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Reuters Exclusive "U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school." "The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the Middle East."reuters.comExclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources sayMilitary investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu... 61199575223
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialMelody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 05/03/2026PEPFAR, the program to stop hundreds of thousands of children and adults from dying of HIV/AIDS, was $6.5 billion a year. 230171106
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 04/03/2026“Emmanuel Damas, 56, died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, after struggling to receive timely medical care for a worsening toothache, Chandler City Councilwoman Christine Ellis told the Arizona Daily Star Tuesday afternoon." tucson.com/news/local/b...tucson.comFlorence ICE detainee dies after untreated tooth infection, official saysAn ICE detainee, who had been at a Florence detention center for four months, died Monday following an untreated tooth infection. 38675
Reposted by @samarv.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 04/03/2026They didn't care about the Americans killed in the Benghazi attack, they saw those murdered Americans as props, as tools to be used for political attacks against Hillary Clinton and the Democrats. So they have trouble grasping that some Americans really do care about US personnel killed abroad. 521863
