Reposted by Steven L. TaylorRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 5hThese ads go in the same category as brazen, easily disproven lies after ICE killings. It’s not about persuasion. It’s a display of power. They could have passed them off as PAC-funded. They added “paid for by the U.S. government” because they want us to know they can break the law with impunity. 291425422
Steven L. Taylor @sltaylor.bsky.social · 4hIt is becoming impossible to think of members of SCOTUS as "Justices." outsidethebeltway.com/scotus-cruel...outsidethebeltway.comSCOTUS: Cruelty Without Due Process to ContinueThe shadow docket strikes again, as the NYT reports: Supreme Court Allows Rapid Third-Country Deportations, for Now. The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave President Trump a temporary victory on a centr… 2178
Steven L. Taylor @sltaylor.bsky.social · 5hI guess they don't even use basic AI tools to proof their documents. Or do they? 000
Reposted by Steven L. TaylorStephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 5hIt's important to note that this is a real thing that is actually happening. You are not having a dream or in a coma. 6233
Reposted by Steven L. TaylorChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17hThis is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.” 781180915716
Steven L. Taylor @sltaylor.bsky.social · 18hSenator Schmitt and the absurdity of it all. outsidethebeltway.com/deeply-unser...outsidethebeltway.comDeeply Unserious PeopleSenator Schmitt and the case of the basketball mascots. 46917
Reposted by Steven L. TaylorJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 18hAmazing video of Republican Senator Katie Britt as the Hawks/Hawkeyes mistake is revealed. This should be viewed with Curb Your Enthusiasm music. www.thedailybeast.com/maga-senator...thedailybeast.comMAGA Senator Caught on Camera Watching Colleague Self-CombustNo one appeared more mortified by Sen. Eric Schmitt’s humiliating blunder than Katie Britt. 57311
Reposted by Steven L. TaylorTony W @tonywrocks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Quote of the day - referring to Trump's stupid and illegal TV ads over the weekend: "Leni Riefenstahl must be looking up from Hell and shaking her fists in anger over what she could have done with today’s tech." - @sltaylor.bsky.social 002
Steven L. Taylor @sltaylor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026outsidethebeltway.com/paid-for-by-...outsidethebeltway.comPaid for By the US GovernmentLast week, James Joyner noted that the US government was paying for pro-Trump ads on television, in what is clearly a violation of federal law. Over the weekend, another spot dropped. There have be… 021
Reposted by Steven L. TaylorNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026What's a good way to visualize how the AI boom/bubble is propping up the economy? Ah, thanks. 12706189
Reposted by Steven L. TaylorKenny Smith @kennysmith.org · 26/09/2026The strait is open. We control the strait. They’ve offered a deal to open the strait (which we control and is open). I’m rejecting a deal where they’ve offered to open the straight (which we control and is open.) We have before us a class of people who can’t keep it straight question-to-question. 031
Reposted by Steven L. TaylorJason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 20/09/2026You're in charge of a war that you're losing, the Houthi are on the march to Riyadh, you've run the Navy ragged, you've lost almost all your bases in the Middle East, you're out of missiles (mostly) that you need in case China steals a march on Taiwan...and you're at a fucking football game. 571671422
Reposted by Steven L. TaylorKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/09/2026As an American political historian, I can confirm that this Congress has been "almost unmatched in history" in several categories -- sad abdication of its war powers, craven surrender of the power of the purse, weird refusal to conduct meaningful oversight, and an utter failure to pass actual laws. 29172271876
Reposted by Steven L. TaylorDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 19/09/2026As regular readers will know I am a seasoned Norwood-hater and think nobody should give it free PR but this is hilariously shit 31566110
Reposted by Steven L. Taylorlastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It's genuinely fascinating that the US president keeps announcing that he just flat out doesn't know what trade is, he legit doesn't appreciate the concept of exchange and instead views economic activity through the lens of a dragon attempting to maximise its gold hoard to sit upon. 893853596
Steven L. Taylor @sltaylor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Who could have predicted putting someone with no TV experience in charge would go poorly? It’s baffling!! 010
Steven L. Taylor @sltaylor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I mean, who are you going to believe, the Speaker or your lyin' gasoline and grocery bills? 000
Steven L. Taylor @sltaylor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Crisis averted (for now). outsidethebeltway.com/alito-and-th...outsidethebeltway.comAlito and Thomas are Authoritarian Hacks (and Kavanaugh is Close Behind)Crisis averted (for now). 000
Reposted by Steven L. TaylorAlan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 14/09/2026One reason (among many) to support and subscribe to @liberalcurrents.com is that we are genuinely committed to pluralism. We believe in core liberal rights and values. And we oppose Trump and all other authoritarianism. But within that, we’re made up of a great variety of ideas and orientations. 14511
Reposted by Steven L. TaylorScott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026"It has nothing to do with skin color. We're just saying, uh, that people watching college football is not consistent with the Texan way of life" 625647
Reposted by Steven L. TaylorDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The suspicion that peoples cannot be trusted to follow a set of rules and procedures to manage their own elections without men with guns on hand does not suggest a mindset that is deeply receptive to democracy. 320821
Steven L. Taylor @sltaylor.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Grotesque and authoritarian. outsidethebeltway.com/meanwhile-in...outsidethebeltway.comMeanwhile, in North Korea…Trump’s pledge. 010
Steven L. Taylor @sltaylor.bsky.social · 12/09/2026But just imagine what he could do with his Green Lantern powers on the Emerald Isle! 012
Steven L. Taylor @sltaylor.bsky.social · 12/09/2026When people keep telling you who they are, believe them. outsidethebeltway.com/we-keep-find...outsidethebeltway.comWe Keep Finding People Who Like Nazis in the Grand Old PartyAnother GOP staffer does a Nazi oopsie. 020
Steven L. Taylor @sltaylor.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Lies and narcissism, instead of national unity and commemoration. (Par for the course, sadly). outsidethebeltway.com/trump-and-9-...outsidethebeltway.comTrump and 9/11A clear illustration of how the media treat Trump. 000
Reposted by Steven L. TaylorSeth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I Study Projects that Select on the Dependent Variable. They Have One Habit in Common.nytimes.comOpinion | I Study Successful People. They Have One Habit in Common.Being a successful self-starter doesn’t mean pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. 1782490
Steven L. Taylor @sltaylor.bsky.social · 06/09/2026This is the Empire from Star Wars with a little extra Nazi thrown in. 113
Steven L. Taylor @sltaylor.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The Trump administration's foreign policy reads like the plot of a novel about how we ended up in WWIII. It certainly is an ingredient list for a far more dangerous world order. outsidethebeltway.com/ingredients-...outsidethebeltway.comIngredients for a Dangerous StewTrump’s foreign and national defense choices are making the world less safe. 001
Reposted by Steven L. TaylorKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This Trump administration official is either disqualifyingly ignorant or knowingly lying. You decide. Evergreen post, I know. 981510217
Reposted by Steven L. TaylorKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/09/2026If the media is going to insist that politicians denounce their supporters who make extremist statements, I have a suggestion for someone a bit more important than a Twitch streamer.campaign-trails.ghost.ioDenouncing ExtremistsOne of the media's favorite activities is demanding that Democratic politicians denounce individuals on their side who have made extreme statements. This is a pattern that stretches back to the 1992 ... 7339771015
Reposted by Steven L. TaylorJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death. 5951221739
Reposted by Steven L. TaylorMichael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The Hasan Piker discourse would be a lot different if he was a White South-African billionaire 711120
Reposted by Steven L. TaylorDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026New from me: The academic summer discourse was dominated by the Arday case. Defenders of his accuser cited academic freedom. The Trump administration agreed, even as it and red state governments dismantle academic freedom at home in much more profound ways.🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/which-stor...donmoynihan.substack.comWhich stories about academia matter?The Arday affair got more attention than systematic assaults on academic freedom 4260113
Reposted by Steven L. TaylorNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026JD Vance’s public position, core to his vision for the country, is that JD Vance’s wife and kids aren’t real Americans, that they are by definition lesser than any white “heritage American,” and the govt should treat them and anyone like them as second class. Why wouldn’t that be a campaign issue? 23606151
Reposted by Steven L. TaylorKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 02/09/2026omg someone just sent me this 1632557
Reposted by Steven L. TaylorAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 02/09/2026They are trying to make it so awful for Haitians to be there that enough of them pack up and leave on their own, so no: it’s not an exaggeration to say what occurred was intended policy by the trump administration. It’s just that this particular Haitian left mortally instead of geographically 414528
Reposted by Steven L. TaylorAdam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 02/09/2026The first of the Trump admin's lethal, illegal boat strikes happened 1 year ago today. They're still happening. The death toll has spiraled to at least 227. See WOLA's running tally: www.wola.org/2025/11/us-m... See our July 24 report, "Killing Spree": www.wola.org/analysis/kil... 25630
Steven L. Taylor @sltaylor.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I went back to Umberto Eco's "Ur-Fascism" and its unfortunately apt application to contemporary US politics. outsidethebeltway.com/defining-and...outsidethebeltway.comDefining and Discussing Fascism Part III: Re-reading EcoA continued effort to put our present politics into perspective. 000
Steven L. Taylor @sltaylor.bsky.social · 31/08/2026What does this even mean? Does he understand nothing about basic commerce? (Yes, I know.) 010
Reposted by Steven L. Taylorjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 31/08/2026you see, no one has standing when it comes time to sue the president because he is a very special birthday boy 1375204924