Reposted by Serious TalkChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 17hPretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should. 45390492005
Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 21hI cared about their lives, families, and businesses, and voted accordingly. They cared about keeping me in my place, and voted accordingly. *Gift article* www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...nytimes.comHispanic Voters on the Texas Border Have Soured on Trump (Gift Article)In 2024, these voters were an essential part of the winning Republican coalition. Now, many feel abandoned and furious, complicating the party’s chances in November. 011
Reposted by Serious TalkKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Enough with the niggers, enough with the jewrats" This important message on X the Everything App has been brought to you by Home Depot, McDonalds and Disney. 35890171
Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026People spent decades feeling good about voting their bigotry, trusting they were safely ensconced in a system in which Democrats, the courts, or both would always save them from the GOP's worst instincts. It worked until it didn't. I voted for them to prosper. They voted for me to fail. Oh, well. 010
Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It looks like "Musk" is only scheduled to play at the most expensive possible theater near me. Oh well, I'll be there. 000
Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It's taken way too long but I'm finally reading "Parable of the Sower." #reading #books #booksky 090
Reposted by Serious TalkRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like. 536153497206
Reposted by Serious TalkKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Communist China’s state-controlled media traipsing around the White House while American media is suing for access 541354408
Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Time to sit back with dinner and a glass of wine and listen to the @propublica.org story on Susan Collins's corruption. 110
Reposted by Serious TalkPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The entire presidential television press pool — Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN — has agreed to suspend coverage in the wake of Trump’s decision to ban CNN, Politico, and MS NOW from the White Housenewrepublic.comMajor TV Networks Band Together in Boycott After Trump’s Ban on CNNThe five major TV networks are joining forces after Trump’s press ban. 971212310
Reposted by Serious TalkScott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 21/09/2026BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said. It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... 805149273701
Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Welp. That finally did it. Walmart has seen me for the last time. For tears, I shopped at Target multiple times a week but haven't been back since January 2025. This will be much easier. 000
Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Every single time a voter cites immigration concerns in places like the U.S. and Germany, all I can do is shake my head. But for immigration, the U.S. wouldn't exist at all or have its celebrated regional differences. And Germany, may have been the 20th century's largest driver of immigration. Wtf? 000
Reposted by Serious Talk"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Higher Education is not just about training workers, but also about training citizen leaders and good citizenship in part means thinking that the details matter, that getting them right matters, because it impacts some of your fellow citizens. "It only matters if job" is poison to citizenship. 6577106
Reposted by Serious TalkNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The White House Press Corps should've walked out as soon as the Trump regime banned the Associated Press for calling the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of Mexico." That was Feb 15, 2025. The first month of Trump Term II. Not surprising that abandoning principles for weak acquiescence led to more abuse. 431530306
Reposted by Serious TalkRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It just never ends. 28250041652
Reposted by Serious TalkGeorge Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Spoiler alert and whatnot. You don't have to completely understand how someone lives their life in order to LET someone live their life. 7651771032
Reposted by Serious TalkNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The US already got a do over. A mulligan. A second chance. Much of the world, especially US allies, were ready to write off Trump’s first term as a fluke. The American people’s choice to put him back in power—as a convicted felon, after an openly bigoted, anti-democracy campaign—showed it was not. 12247251141
Reposted by Serious TalkDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I almost spat out my soda laughing at this. Like rats deserting the sinking MAGA ship. 952000242
Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Whatever horrible thing you can think of, there are currently two votes for it on the Supreme Court. 000
Reposted by Serious TalkDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026For these guys, it was never about illegal immigration, it was never about cultural assimilation. You can be born in America, drinking beer as you cheer on the Longhorns, but its not enough if you are not white. 48787213
Reposted by Serious TalkKylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The entire presentation of conservative masculinity is elaborate fantasies about how you would do Taken if an immigrant/hip-hop thug/antifa sicko touched your daughter and when it actually happens they're like "it's very sad, he should go to the doctor :(" 0965205
Reposted by Serious TalkRex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This is spectacular, folks. We live in a moment in American history when the president and his administration are so racist and dumb that a toy company has to put out a statement saying: "OUR GIANT ROBOT THAT TURNS INTO A TRUCK DENOUNCES RACISM AND HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE CURRENT PRESIDENT." 7991032929
Reposted by Serious TalkJeff Domingues @jeffdomingues.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If you liked your DOGE refund and your tariff rebate, you’ll love your Trump dividend. 1282940578
Reposted by Serious TalkCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi... 46079473375
Reposted by Serious TalkBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Lots of coverage of Trump on renaming New Mexico, New America. But people are too polite to point out Trump has no interest in renaming New England or New Hampshire or New Jersey or New York. It's Mexico and Mexicans and Latinos he wants to taunt. It's childish idiocy, but it's also a dog whistle. 781637342
Reposted by Serious TalkBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Unprecedented corruption www.wsj.com/politics/pol... 692576880
Reposted by Serious TalkAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/09/2026the president is now blacklisting companies by fiat. tell me more about how left-wing communism is the biggest threat to the country. 72678052294
Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Tonight's viewing - Gloria Steinem's Last Words on @netflix.com . 000
Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This is what the GOP thinks of us. And honestly, I don't feel bad about. Byron Donalds knew exactly who he got in bed with and has always been willing to throw Black people overboard for his own personal advancement. 000
Reposted by Serious TalkDavid Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 03/09/2026If the President of Harvard had posted what Elon did, an armed DOJ anti-Semitism strike force would already be on the way to seize the campus If just a random Harvard undergrad had posted it, DOJ would cut off its grants and launch an investigation 401985455
Reposted by Serious TalkChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I don’t think there’s really even a colorable argument that this isn’t mass murder. theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...theintercept.comThe U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders”“The boat strikes are, perhaps, the most stark testament to the lawlessness of the Trump administration.” 22661842177
Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I remember Tupac's shooting and death like it was yesterday. I can't believe it's been 30 years. I never thought I would see this day. Former gang leader Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis found guilty of murder in Tupac Shakur’s death www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...nbcnews.comEx-gang leader found guilty in Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killingJurors heard nearly two weeks of testimony from dozens of former investigators and law enforcement officers involved in solving the 30-year mystery. 010
Reposted by Serious TalkJay Kirell @jasonkirell.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Kurt Schlicter once told a disabled veteran to off himself. I know because I was that veteran. 7934601248
Reposted by Serious Talkshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 30/08/2026“We are losing too many qualified candidates to the rigors of the requirements from yesteryear,” said kash patel in a quote that sounds made-up but i swear is notmediaite.comFBI Reportedly Loosens Hiring Rules So ‘Prostitution and Bestiality’ Are No Longer ‘Automatic Disqualifiers’The FBI has reportedly relaxed hiring standards that previously automatically disqualified applicants who admitted to hiring prostitutes, engaging in bestiality, or stealing from an employer. 1201694427
Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Unimaginable, gratuitous cruelty. Felon & sexual abuser, Trump, can be president. Multi-time felon, Byron Donalds, can run for governor. Abbott protects murderers and shooters in Texas. While immigrants are imprisoned indefinitely without even a hearing. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/m...nytimes.comHe Was Deported to a Country He’d Never Heard Of. He May Never Go Free. 000
Reposted by Serious TalkAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/08/2026What a circus. 🤡 37279322200
Reposted by Serious TalkHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 27/08/2026It’s Lake Ontario. 1907351485587
Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Live your life in such a way that if you pass at 80 people will say, "too soon." 000
Reposted by Serious TalkGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today. 227395177142
Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Someone announced Dolly Parton's passing at an office meeting today. The entire group let out a loud, "Noooo!" To get that kind of reaction at 80 means you lived a good life. #RIP 020
Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026This may sound harsh, but I don't care. For all the dummies who said, "what don't you understand about the word 'illegal'"or "why can't they do it the right way?" You're either a bigot who knew they were lying or an idiot who can't be trusted to govern your own affairs. 010
Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026When I was in 4th grade I had a very well defined career ambition. By 11th grade, it had completely changed. I went to undergrad unsure what I was going to do. My parents then insisted on law school. My side gig is fitness related. McMahon would have had me in a trade. I loathe these people. 001
Reposted by Serious TalkRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 23/08/2026LMAOOOOOOOOOO somebody finally asked the transphobes if they know any WNBA players besides and NOPE 343148233450
Reposted by Serious TalkChase Madar @madar.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Remarkable how little political noise it's made here in the US that a major American naval base in Bahrain was basically destroyed, and that this was kept quiet for five months www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/u...nytimes.comNavy Carrier’s Problems Are Tied to Attacks on U.S. Base Early in WarDiego Garcia, a tiny island 2,200 miles from the Gulf of Oman, took over as the Navy’s logistics hub after Iran damaged a base in Bahrain. 591847758
Reposted by Serious TalkGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Here's the Trump two-step: 1) transfer money from working/middle class consumers to the wealthy by using tariff revenues to fund tax cuts for rich 2) when the tariffs hurt GOP constituencies, transfer our tax dollars to them in form of bailouts, effectively paying them off to keep voting GOP 291289378
Reposted by Serious TalkRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Republican Senator from Montana. Trump constantly hurts farmers and ranchers. Then Republicans make us pay them billions in welfare to bail them out. 2131553434
Reposted by Serious TalkAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This is a TERRIBLE argument. To understand why, think of the word “fire,” which has a secondary definition of “to set on fire.” DOJ’s argument is akin to saying that “an objective viewer” of an Instagram post saying “fire Trump” could read it to mean “set Trump on fire.” 39608113