Reposted by scw.fyimtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 7hthey're taking over the country and destroying it as revenge for MeToo 14754161
Reposted by scw.fyiRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12hThe richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?bbc.comParamount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood mergerThe merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition 543117264838
Reposted by scw.fyiNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 4hanti-trust anti-trust Anti-Trust Anti-Trust ANTI-TrUST ANTI-TRUST ANTITRUST ANTITRUST ANTITRUST When the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 banned mergers that threaten to significantly reduce competition, this is the sort of thing they had in mind. 29745241
Reposted by scw.fyiRoger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 5hDOJ hired these prosecutors: -A gambling exec turned conspiracy theorist podcaster -A guy found liable for selling fraudulent insurance leads -A guy who violated attorney-client privilege in a high-profile murder trial -A guy currently facing animal neglect charges www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...nytimes.comJustice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted RanksThe civil rights unit has recruited people whose questionable work histories and dearth of education and experience might have disqualified them in the past, former officials said. 31809316
Reposted by scw.fyiCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h(Politico) - ABC programs are already tempering their election coverage ahead of the midterms to avoid angering President Donald Trump, a lawyer for the broadcast company told a federal judge on Tuesday .. @politico.com $DIS www.politico.com/news/2026/10... 921146484
Reposted by scw.fyijamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5hwho knows if jackson can win this thing but i am glad that he is making clear that susan collins's whole scam is to do everything she can to make life worse for mainers and then take credit for mitigating it in the slightest way possible 8070861185
Reposted by scw.fyionion person @junlper.beer · 11hone of the deepest sicknesses in the world are the people who feel personally attacked over other people getting the same rights as them 6870781406
Reposted by scw.fyijamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8hinteresting that conservatives were militantly “we must reward hustle” when the target was affirmative action at elite universities and now, when faced with the success of south asians and other groups, it is “i think we are too meritocratic” 1756013950
Reposted by scw.fyiRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14hNot that anyone needs a reminder but this man has the nuclear codes. Far too many people will just shrug this off or find some way to justify it. But Trump is unwell, incoherent, and a danger to us all. 42153882024
Reposted by scw.fyisouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 23hI despise seeing what’s really going on stuffed into a “but critics say” clause. 271416262
Reposted by scw.fyiGeoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 19hThe IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics. The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027. 381919679
Reposted by scw.fyiDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 15hI'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters. The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets. 7436601061
Reposted by scw.fyiJon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026DEVELOPING: Marimar Martinez challenges feds' narrative while announcing lawsuit over her shooting by Border Patrol: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...chicago.suntimes.comChicago woman shot by Border Patrol agent challenges feds’ narrative while announcing lawsuitMarimar Martinez was labeled a "domestic terrorist" and hit with criminal charges after she was shot by agent Charles Exum on Oct. 5, 2025. Since she was exonerated, Martinez has advocated against the... 7422115
Reposted by scw.fyiThe A.V. Club @avclub.com · 05/10/2026David Zaslav bids farewell to industry he helped destroyavclub.comDavid Zaslav bids farewell to industry he helped destroyIn a video address to employees on the eve of the Paramount takeover, David Zaslav says it’s been an "honor" to oversee so many HBO name changes. 33875274
Reposted by scw.fyiMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/10/2026Katie Phang: "Todd Blanche wants to continue to hide the Epstein files from the American people. He wants to allow the existing redactions and withholdings to stand as a matter of law. He's saying what he has done is legally sufficient. And I am here to say, hell no, it is not." 25198273139
Reposted by scw.fyiTim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Actually, a Stone Cold stunner on concrete wouldn’t involve forcibly plowing anyone’s head into anything, but rather driving their jaw into someone’s shoulder with such force that they recoiled and fell onto the concrete back-first, as any student of American culture would know. 1956550
Reposted by scw.fyiKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCKK YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUU 1061949201
Reposted by scw.fyiAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I think that @aselrod.bsky.social is right that the attention economy does bad things to our brains, whether or not those things qualify as addiction www.liberalcurrents.com/portraits-of...liberalcurrents.comPortraits of an American Dopamine EaterOur attention economy incentivizes the profane degradations of fame-seeking and celebrity culture. 736763
Reposted by scw.fyiKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026Every day I have a new reason to hate AI, but today’s is that they faked the work of one of my longtime collaborators. 51035325
Reposted by scw.fyiCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026“.. The U.S. is enduring its worst year for measles since 1991 ..” @apnews.com apnews.com/article/meas... 33814310
Reposted by scw.fyiAndrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat... 8438561530
Reposted by scw.fyiKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Goddamn, this point by @anandwrites.bsky.social really needed saying. 843116811
Reposted by scw.fyijamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026in a just world someone would stone cold stun these guys into concrete 1055780480
Reposted by scw.fyiNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist. 5846781396
Reposted by scw.fyiRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 05/10/2026as a journalist and editor who has worked at several large publications, this policy is insane. 985396
Reposted by scw.fyighost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 05/10/20261) this is true of almost every enterprise: doing a thing has both costs and benefits. if we only did costless things we wouldn't do very many things 2) why the fuck would you say it like this tho 7070858
Reposted by scw.fyiRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In Austin, a 9-year-old watched ICE detain and drive away with his mother, leaving community members to scramble to find him care. Senate Republicans just blocked a bill that would bar ICE from making arrests at school bus stops. Their cruelty is endless.commondreams.org'It Has to Stop': Community Members Condemn ICE Arrests at Bus Stops After GOP Blocks Bill to Protect Kids | Common DreamsRepublicans in the US Senate blocked a bill to protect school bus stops from ICE arrests, leading to outrage in Pennsylv 24755812699
Reposted by scw.fyimolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026this is concerning enough that I'm going to ask about this or similar policies/practices before agreeing to speak to ANY journalist on or off the record. if you can't promise me in writing that this isn't happening, that's the end of the conversation. 370896
Reposted by scw.fyiAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 05/10/2026every republican president destroys the economy and starts a war in the middle east 141049234
Reposted by scw.fyiHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The amount of money the administration is promising in order to buy votes is significantly less than the amount of money it is taking away in programs and services. And it's OUR money! 731910713
Reposted by scw.fyi🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 05/10/2026Yeah, this is a big time impeachment abuse of power. 22822233
Reposted by scw.fyijamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026good review and also, there is still something to be written about Sarah Palin as a key figure in creating the political space that trump seized just a few years later. 651190124
Reposted by scw.fyiMichael Froomkin @mfroomkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Relative got a $500 check from US Treasury and a shocking letter full of lies signed by Trump and ending with "May God bless you". Basically a pre-electoral bribe. News reports say they're sending almost a million of these. Full text in alt below. (I told him to cash it quick before it bounces.) 1971859705
Reposted by scw.fyiElizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026never the wrong time for this classic 56118293514
Reposted by scw.fyiJLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Whoa, one of the pedophiles responsible for the GOP's political power just died. No, not that one, the other one. No, not that one, the other one. No, not that one, the other one. No, not that one, the other one. No, not that one, the other one. No, not that one, the other wgntv.com/news/chicago...wgntv.comFormer House Speaker Dennis Hastert dies at 84Former U.S. House Speaker John Hastert has died at the age of 84 from natural causes. 14870223
Reposted by scw.fyiAmelia Malpas @malpas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This enrages me so deeply I don't know what to say. Being able to control your body is *the* most basic freedom, one which is necessary for the exercise of all other freedoms possible in a liberal democratic society 34816195
Reposted by scw.fyimolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026i bet he spent the whole last decade of his life absolutely fuming that he was outed as a pedophile and a sexual predator before it was cool. punished for being a trendsetter! 1057045
Reposted by scw.fyiWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is happening all over rural America. We need to wake up, people. There's no Greg Bovino in his Nazi coat to blow whistles it. It's daily Gestapo-type terror, aided by the banality of evil local cops www.sltrib.com/news/2026/10...sltrib.comICE enforcement in a small Utah town sent a community into fear. Local police played a key role.ICE enforcement in a small central Utah town has residents afraid to leave home, avoiding main roads and keeping their children home from school, one resident said. 14964436
Reposted by scw.fyiDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026The press will do stories on Republican sex creeps, but it will never, ever point out -- much less make an ongoing narrative out of -- the fact that the GOP has been *ridden* with sex creeps for decades. You have to be blind not to see the pattern.nytimes.comDennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, Dies (Gift Article)The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84. 441667496
Reposted by scw.fyijamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026pedocon theory is a theory like gravity is a theory www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/o...nytimes.comDennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, Dies (Gift Article)The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84. 843463618
Reposted by scw.fyiJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I do not mean to single out LeBron James, but it feels completely bizarre to me that an active player is allowed to promote "prediction markets" but would get banned for life for using that service to bet ten dollars on their own team to win a game. 1963657677
Reposted by scw.fyiCBS Philadelphia @cbsphiladelphia.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Dennis Hastert — the former House speaker who was later sentenced to prison time over hush money payments made to cover up sexual abuse of teen boys — has died at age 84.cbsnews.comDennis Hastert, disgraced former House speaker, dies at 84Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, who represented Illinois for two decades in Congress and was later jailed for violating banking laws, has died. 175406118
Reposted by scw.fyiRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Wasn’t there something else that he did which was really, really evil? 1497122092286
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For years, the Biden Administration overcharged you to fund the operation of HealthCare.gov. That money belongs to hard-working Americans, not the Government, and now, I am returning it to you!
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