Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialdriftglass @driftglass.bsky.social · 14/10/2026driftglass.blogspot.com/2026/10/prof...driftglass.blogspot.comProfessional Left Podcast Episode 1030: Rolling Out The Trump-Off Machine" Now, the Star-Belly Sneetches had bellies with stars. The Plain-Belly Sneetches had none upon thars. " -- Dr. Seuss ... 02211 22
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Agreed....... 699112664072 11.3K
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.social🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 06/10/2026i don’t really give a shit about straining to interpret trump’s meandering, word salad horseshit, he’s the president of the united states, if he’s being misinterpreted, that’s his problem 371666203 1.7K
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialEddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Today, Cairo’s population is under 1,700 residents. Once majority-White in the 1960s, the town’s demographics inverted following the unrest. Cairo is approximately 75.7% Black and 20.6% White. Racism killed this town.😔 #KeepItWoke #DedicatedToTam✡️🕊 www.abandonedspaces.com/towns/cairo-...abandonedspaces.comCairo, Illinois Suffered Economic and Racial Struggles That Turned It Into a Ghost TownCairo, Illinois, was once a bustling community that thrived thanks to its unique location. Now, it has become an eerie ghost town. 2428584 285
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialJohn Q. Barrett @johnqbarrett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026President Trump is a massive liar. It’s why he’s unfit for office, and for every other decent person role. Thank you for this essay and for all of your work, Daniel Dale. @ddale8.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...cnn.comI started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN PoliticsTen years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ... 614547 145
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.propublica.orgThe FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the WayAfter the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini... 13646372243 4.6K
slugdoug.bsky.social @slugdoug.bsky.social · 20/09/2026c.org/mxXsNJGThyc.orgSign the PetitionHouse Democrats: CHOOSE A NEW SPEAKER 000 0
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Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Billionaires don't use the money they save on taxes to create jobs. That's another myth. They use it to buy back stock, get bigger corporate jets, and build grander yachts. 25167162142 6.7K
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialdriftglass @driftglass.bsky.social · 21/08/2026driftglass.blogspot.com/2026/08/prof... 0147 14
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialMeidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 12/08/2026And FLOCK cameras are making it that much easier! 02515 25
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialKaroli @karoli.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Scammers gotta scam. But this is next-level gaslighting 12311 23
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialRaw Story @rawstory.com · 12/07/2026Astonishing reason behind Trump’s ‘rushed’ DC projects exposed: whistleblowersbit.lyAstonishing reason behind Trump’s ‘rushed’ DC projects exposed: whistleblowersAs revealed in a letter made public this week, multiple whistleblowers accused President Donald Trump of ignoring federal contracting laws regarding his several beautification projects in Washington, D.C., and claimed to know why the president was so "rushed" to see the projects completed.Trump has ... 108839 88
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialNolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 07/06/2026This is the second time this has happened. CBS News's Investigative unit got a retired ICE agent to break down the Good shooting frame-by-frame. On the record, he said the agents were entirely out of line. The piece was only posted online and never broadcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ywL...youtube.comRetired ICE agent breaks down deadly Minneapolis shootingYouTube video by CBS Evening News 2530221194 3K
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 02/06/2026Anthropic and OpenAI are dangerous and unsustainable companies that shouldn’t be taken public. The AI bubble is a con and retail investors are the marks. AI doesn’t have ROI, it’s nothing like AWS or Uber, and it’s got no post-bubble recovery story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbKD...youtube.comAnthopic, OpenAI Should Not Be Allowed to IPO, Says Ed ZitronYouTube video by Bloomberg Podcasts 914073964 4.1K
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialEddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 24/05/2026⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 A White woman's false accusation of rape sparked the Springfield Race Riot of 1908. It led to the start of a multiracial civil rights movement. Pull up a seat.🪑(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory blackpast.org/african-amer...blackpast.orgSpringfield Race Riot, 1908In mid-August 1908, the white population of Springfield, Illinois hastily reacted to reports that a white woman has been assaulted in her home by a black man. Soon afterwards another instance of an as... 22534314 534
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Friends, I’ve been around politics for over 50 years. I’ve never seen anything as brazenly crooked and corrupt as what Trump and his cronies did this week. 622355690 2.4K
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 19/05/2026In case you need any more motivation to hold the most corrupt "president" in U.S. history accountable. #Register&VOTE 🌊 1959263997096 26.4K
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 20/05/2026A story about KY GOP Senate nominee Andy Barr: In 2019 he got mad at AOC and demanded she come to his district to visit a coal mine. She said yes, which he didn't expect, so he withdrew the invitation. Then it turned out there were no working coal mines in his district. Because he's an idiot. 1/3 103131553220 13.2K
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/05/2026BREAKING: The judge in the $1.7B slush fund suit has dismissed the case, but she says THERE IS NO SETTLEMENT OF RECORD. As I said earlier, the media must stop reporting that this slush fund is a settlement. It's just plain THEFT. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 504180107367 18K
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 14/05/2026President Obama: “We pulled it off without firing a missile. We got 97% of their enriched uranium out. There’s no dispute that it worked and we didn’t have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz.” 10633833012747 38.3K
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialOrange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 03/05/2026 516539 165
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 27/04/2026"Small wonder that Clarence Thomas prefers the Gilded Age over the Progressive Era," writes @rbreich.bsky.social. "He’s the living embodiment of the Gilded Age’s public-be-damned excesses."theguardian.comI thought Alito was history’s worst supreme court justice. But Thomas has outdone him | Robert ReichThe supreme court justice recently condemned an entire philosophy of government. How can we believe in his impartiality? 47278432906 7.8K
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 28/04/2026Hasn’t whined about needing a ballroom to feel safe 611291397791 29.1K
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialDigital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Imagine reducing the need for knee replacements by 62%! A groundbreaking injection could rejuvenate your cartilage using your own cells. What if aging joints could be treated without surgery? This research might just change everything. 🦵✨sinapti.caStanford finds the switch for joint aging: an injection could prevent millions of knee replacements - SinapticaA team from Stanford University has identified a key protein that controls the aging of joint cartilage and developed an inhibitor capable of reversing it, open 32760661518 6.1K
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/04/2026CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down. 12247921881 4.8K
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 16/04/2026More insane corruption that no one in this DOJ will do anything about. 14508235 508
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/04/2026Ari Melber's show put together a supercut of an 8-minute Trump rant about snakes that raised concerns about his mental wellbeing 41440291297 4K
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.social🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 14/04/2026It is not a conspiracy anymore. 893162186005 16.2K
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Oh wow. How did I miss this? The SAVE America Act would effectively ban voter registration drives, a mainstay of college campuses and neighborhood events. They really REALLY don't want people voting. www.rawstory.com/trump-267666...rawstory.comTrump’s SAVE America Act would end voter registration drives nationwideBefore Wyoming elections, the state’s League of Women Voters tries to get voter registration information into the hands of residents at events and gatherings. But under state law, League volunteers ca... 491147644 1.1K
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialmayoisspicyy.bsky.social @mayoisspicyy.bsky.social · 04/04/2026BREAKING NEWS: There was some kind of upset at the White House this morning. People are whispering that Trump is at Walter Reed. The president either had another stroke or his vagina neck is dilated ten centimeters and he's having that baby. 3593201561 3.2K
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialalexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 03/04/2026A French general just looked at Trump’s plan to build a runway inside Iran to fly out uranium under active bombing. His response: “American officials should stop snorting cocaine between meetings.” 19357871995 5.8K
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Listened to an interview with Josh Owens, a former contributor to Alex Jones’ Infowars. His assignment was to film someone dressed as a member of ISIS easily crossing the Mexico border. Problem? Border Patrol stopped them. So they filmed at a river not on the border. And got over a million views. 10731071021 3.1K
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 02/04/2026HEADLINE OF THE DAY: 😆 #BuhBYE 1004265695435 26.6K
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 02/04/2026They used your tax money to buy a fuck jet 281002285 1K
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.social🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 31/03/2026The Supreme Court did not strike down conversion therapy bans today. Not nationwide. Not in Colorado. Not anywhere. Here's what actually happened in Chiles v. Salazar—and why the coverage you're seeing serves the conservative legal movement more than it serves you. 13352132909 5.2K
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialRon Sparks @ronsparks.ca · 29/03/2026It's too bad Donald Trump doesn't cheat at golf just a little bit more. Then he could just stay home, SAY he won, and save taxpayers $100 million a year.huffpost.comTaxpayers’ Tab for Donald Trump’s Golf Habit Crosses $100 MillionThis is Trump's 56th visit to his course in West Palm Beach and 110th golf day in just over 14 months in office, keeping him on track to spend $300 million on golf. 1520870 208
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Brilliant. US invaded Iran to replace an old, dying Khameini with a younger, more radical Khameini and to BUY oil from the Islamic Republic and give them MORE money. GENIUS STUFF! www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...washingtonpost.comTrump administration lifts sanctions on millions of barrels of Iranian oilThe Treasury Department’s authorization of the sale of Iranian crude already at sea is likely to provide revenue for Iran’s war effort against the U.S. 1333061869 3.1K
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialScott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 13/03/2026While the headlines are chasing shadows, we have the receipts on the biggest stories today. From impeachment filings to shock election results in Georgia, the tide has turned. Read the full thread for the breakdown: 👇dworkinsubstack.comImpeachment Charges Filed Against Pam Bondi, A Trump Nomination Derailed With One Question, and Dem Stuns In Georgia’s Reddest DistrictPlus, the SAVE Act continues to get crushed in the Senate as Trump sabotages his own agenda 423480 234
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialdriftglass @driftglass.bsky.social · 11/03/2026driftglass.blogspot.com/2026/03/prof...driftglass.blogspot.comProfessional Left Podcast Episode 975: The "C" Word." I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after those eight months as a fireman " -- Carl Sandburg ... 2164 16
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Over 97% of public comments submitted to the commission reviewing Trump's ballroom oppose his White House vanity project. So who is this monstrosity even for? Billionaires and corporate donors seeking to bribe Trump for political favors. Watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbf6BJzpk1Eyoutube.comTrump’s Ballroom Corruption ExposedIs this the most corrupt thing a president has ever done? 922308764 2.3K
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialUS Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Pro-Trump WSJ admits MAGA economy is 'lousy' President Donald Trump’s economy is “lousy” and could be improved if he removes his tariffs, a newspaper that normally supports Trump wrote on Friday.“There’s no denying the February report was lousy,” The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board wrote on Fridalternet.orgPro-Trump WSJ admits MAGA economy is 'lousy'President Donald Trump’s economy is “lousy” and could be improved if he removes his tariffs, a newspaper that normally supports Trump wrote on Friday.“There’s no denying the February report was lousy,” The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board wrote on Friday. “The U.S. shed 92,000 jobs and revised do... 0146 14
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 03/03/2026Free newsletter: The AI bubble's info war demands that we believe in things that aren’t true, like the economic fundamentals of the AI industry are perfectly sound, or that Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are anything other than warmongers. www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-bubble-is-an-information-war/wheresyoured.atThe AI Bubble Is An Information WarEditor's Note: Apologies if you received this email twice - we had an issue with our mail server that meant it was hitting spam in many cases! Hi! If you like this piece and want to support my work, ... 17921214 921
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialMark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 06/03/2026“U.S. military 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.” www.reuters.com/world/middle...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... 43631 36
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Six days on, a New York Times investigation concludes that the US bombed the school. 175 are dead, 150+ of whom are schoolgirls aged 7-12. The My Lai massacre for our generation. The Hague - and Hell - awaits. 12381201 381
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 05/03/2026"Jeff Bezos gets a salary of $82,000, so low that he actually qualified for the child tax credit, which he took." www.instagram.com/reels/DU-_5w... 625799 257
slugdoug.bsky.social @slugdoug.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Historically, from 1990 to 2024, Representative Brad Schneider has received a total of $1,337,139 in contributions from pro-Israel interests. For the 2023–2024 election cycle, he received $392,683 from this sector. 000 0
Reposted by @slugdoug.bsky.socialNPR @npr.org · 28/02/2026In Tehran, panicked residents rushed home to shelter and terrified children poured out of classrooms as U.S. air strikes hit the capitol. n.pr/4l0tKuAn.prPanic, fury, and some hope, in Iran as U.S. launches strikesIn Tehran, panicked residents rushed home to shelter and terrified children poured out of classrooms as U.S. air strikes hit the capitol. 43320151 320
