Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialKath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 1hTbf it also exists to subject men to ritualized abuse in order to irreparably bond them to each other so that they won’t blow the whistle on all the raping 8670127
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.social#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 1hDied laughing at my coworker making the Fetterman graphic. 0601
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialneuse river hag @neuseriverhag.bsky.social · 1hfor Me2.0 we're gonna have to do more of a HimToostatic.klipy.comBrad Pitt in Fury: Hey, Shoot That GuyALT: Brad Pitt in Fury: Hey, Shoot That Guy 0264
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialsarah margaret @sarahmargs.bsky.social · 1hif colleges had to refund the tuition of every student that had been raped during their time there, they would actually fucking give a shit about students getting raped. 113631
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialdaviss @daviss.org · 1hMINNESOTA NICE HAS ITS LIMITS We came across these vote early posters last night 2398
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialNovelty Cistern @noveltycistern.bsky.social · 1hMY BRAIN: hey here's that time you were thoughtlessly rude to a friend. remember that embarrassing gift you gave to your first girlfriend. once you ran into someone ME: please..I am begging you. Can we remember some fucking French. why did I come into this room MY BRAIN: nope. once when you were 4 49620
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.social#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 1hAn even more exciting news item on Palestine policy in Congress coming tomorrow..... 2503
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialEmma the Sewer Socialist @mayorseidel.bsky.social · 1hOne of the many lessons of the Trump era is that rapists are very well-organized and actively work to protect each other. Fraternities serve that function in the open, and so they must be destroyed if we are serious about accountability for rapists. 14210
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 2hSeeing people post about how unfair the “mob justice” against the Cornell rapists is doesn’t really move me when there is no justice for survivors. The system doesn’t work; it enacts further punishment on the victims. Society is even crueler. So spare me the “mob justice” rhetoric about the accused 131677204
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 2hA truly heinous man has doxxed the Cornell victim on X and the comments are predictably vile. Based on countless interviews I’ve done with survivors, the trauma they are subjected to for coming forward is oftentimes even worse than the initial trauma they experienced. There is no real justice system 502978599
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialWaschesalon Grammy Campaign Manager @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 29/09/2026not me using the disc horse bot as a jumping-off point for serious discussion but the fact that someone with the ultra-adjacent politics of Darializa decided to run for Congress about it is sort of the ultimate triumph of DSA electoralism 21158
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.social#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 29/09/2026The absolute worst argument I see is that Trump was impeached for withholding aid to Ukraine. No he was impeached for withholding aid as part of an attempt to extort the Ukrainian government for his sole, exclusively personal benefit. POTUS has wide powers to withhold aid for normal reasons. 110615
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialneuse river hag @neuseriverhag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026everyone reskeet this right now, i need it to go viral enough that we get elissa slotkin or cory booker trying this on a national stage 36310
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialNew Jersey Liberal Premier @njstopwonk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Hamilton really pulled something off here. He’s not only successfully baited Marshall into speaking on this, he’s lucked into Marshall being almost obsessive in trying to defend himself and what he did. Loads of damage to Marshall’s image for free courtesy of the Senator himself 315312
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialWaschesalon Grammy Campaign Manager @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 29/09/2026a bench warrant for defaulting in consumer debt litigation is theoretically procedurally valid. it's just so insane that even the American judicial system generally does not do it. Roger Marshall did it 81 times. 29619
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialWaschesalon Grammy Campaign Manager @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 29/09/2026like, I'm not saying this as a Democrat or as a Roger Marshall hater, I am saying this as someone who was once the free lawyer for people like Meischa Zimmerman: this shit is legitimately insane and unusual. Jesus fucking Christ what do you MEAN you got a bench warrant. 21129
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialWaschesalon Grammy Campaign Manager @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 29/09/2026it occurs to ~everyone other than the people who drive the litigation that being sued for being broke is almost invariably a top 10 worst moment in anybody's life and escalating to the point of arrest is so insane nobody I've worked with has ever seen it across two states and decades of experience 314321
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialWaschesalon Grammy Campaign Manager @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I actually used to have a practiced speech to tell my clients they WOULDN'T be arrested for the summons they got (the NJ standard civil summons is written to scare you into fearing arrest despite that basically never happening in NJ, it sucks.) Roger Marshall actually fucking did it! 81 times! 48015
solomons.bsky.social @solomons.bsky.social · 1h“What do you mean they can deport abandoned children?” “What do you mean you can be refugee for being a persecuted white South African but not a persecuted woman?” “What do you mean being abducted and enslaved by terrorists makes you deportable terrorist?” Immigration law is worse than you think. 0227
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialLani 🏳️⚧️ @laniodeary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I bet people underestimate how far over the line this is. The amount of shocked Pikachu face I get that you can't get rid of student loans in bankruptcy is wild. Almost universally the response is: that cannot be right. Like immigration people assume poverty is a way more rational system than it is 111012
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialWaschesalon Grammy Campaign Manager @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 29/09/2026right, like, I'm probably a bad judge! because I can at least imagine how it happens as a consumer lawyer whereas the average person is like holy shit is that not a crime somehow? 0232
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialrainy jorbo ☔️ @bookenj.bsky.social · 2hmayors and city councils have near-unlimited power to make life miserable for anyone within their sphere of influence. university, corporation, federal government. doesn’t matter. if the mayor wants to fuck up your day, he will. i wish more municipalities were willing to exert that power for good 06217
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialWaschesalon Grammy Campaign Manager @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 2haverage negative Democratic ad this cycle is like, "[Generic Republican] is taking bribes from pedophiles to bulldoze your house for a data center" 416520
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialWaschesalon Grammy Campaign Manager @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 2hpolicy wise there's still a lot of work to be done but at least on a base level most Democrats who aren't sitting senators are operating at "my opponent is the scum of the Earth and I want to hit them where it hurts" 116812
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialWaschesalon Grammy Campaign Manager @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 2hDemocrats haven't openly hated their opposition like this in a while and God it's hot 1030850
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialHyde T. Voltyge @hydevoltyge.bsky.social · 2hyeah I think there's some work left to do considering that fraternities still exist, half the members of Congress belong to the Gang of Pedophiles, there's quite a few civic institutions infested with predators, that college authority figures still operate with impunity, that some men are "back" now 15013
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 4hLet this sink in. Cornell University refused to refund Jane Doe's tuition the semester she was raped. Without this money, she could not transfer to another school. Essentially, she was forced to stay on campus where she saw those seven rapists frequently. Eventually she dropped out of college. 431366460
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialtaylr @taylordahlin.com · 5handers folk is telling minneapolis residents that he is a democrat, but the message he sends suburban residents doesn’t mention any political affiliation the part about ICE is also removed which seems like a misstep. operation metro surge hit the whole state, why not tell all of hennepin county? 55822
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 14hI literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you. 605217534546
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialEHB on BET @ehbforbet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Many people who were critical of MPD cost overruns were denounced as alarmist or anti-police. Now MPD has admitted to the abuse of overtime hours. I am grateful current leadership is cracking down but deeply frustrated by this betrayal of the public trust and the time it took to get answers. 513437
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialEthan Pants (he/him) @ethanpants.northsky.social · 4hUse the budget to house, clothe, and feed every person who lives in our city. 021
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialJosh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 4hNEW: Appeals court rejects bid by Trump & his lawyers to immediately lift sanctions over IRS leak lawsuit that judge found collusive & crafted just as vehicle for settlement. 3-0. Judges Jordan (Obama), Rosenbaum (Obama), Newsom (Trump) www.politico.com/news/2026/09...politico.comAppeals court rejects Trump’s bid to block sanctions over IRS settlement 27024
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 8hWho's funding Question 8, the ballot question to roll back the legalization of marijuana? An out-of-state dark money group founded by George W. Bush speechwriters, alleged to be bankrolled by the liquor industry and the pharmaceutical industry. Vote NO on 8. 18130
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialAustin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 13hNo refugee fleeing religious persecution was resettled in the U.S. in fiscal year 2026 through July, per World Relief and Open Doors US, likely the first such year in at least a quarter century. austinkocher.substack.com/p/this-week-... 0139
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 5hI posted in my newsletter about an incarcerated comrade named Kenneth who is running a mobile library in prison. He needed a new cart and some readers generously donated. Here's the new cart! Thanks to those who supported him. 3591118
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialCan’t Stop Twinkling 💕💚 @proftolson.bsky.social · 8hLetting people get potentially tortured while you decide if it is actual torture is a hell of a position to take. 214754
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialCooper Lund @cooperlund.online · 6hThird Way are weathervanes and this is what it feels like to have the wind at your back again 457169
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialPrism @prismreports.org · 6hVargas Moreno’s family is telling their story for the first time. “The people with the power need to do something so that what happened to Carlos doesn’t happen to anyone else.” prismreports.org/2026/09/29/f...prismreports.orgDespite farmworker death and another disabled by heat stroke, employer keeps sending people to fieldsFlorida Orange Gold has exposed workers on H-2A visas to extreme heat, but continues to bring hundreds of migrants to North Carolina 01910
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialPrism @prismreports.org · 6hIt was 4 p.m. & 90 degrees when farmworker Carlos Vargas Moreno set out to weed a watermelon field in Goldsboro, North Carolina, on July 19, 2022. Just before 6 p.m., he collapsed. He was later diagnosed with heat stroke. Since then, the 38-year-old man is unable to walk or care for himself. 1177
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialPrism @prismreports.org · 6hA farmworker died. Another became disabled by a heat stroke. Their employer, Florida Orange Gold, keeps sending hundreds of migrant farmworkers out to the blistering North Carolina fields, @tinavasquez.bsky.social reports in an investigation with @us.theguardian.com & @enlacelatinonc.bsky.social.prismreports.orgDespite farmworker death and another disabled by heat stroke, employer keeps sending people to fieldsFlorida Orange Gold has exposed workers on H-2A visas to extreme heat, but continues to bring hundreds of migrants to North Carolina 24533
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 7hRiley Gaines, famous for turning her 5th place tie with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas into a far-right career agianst transgender people, has officially had her lawsuit against the NCAA thrown out by a judge today. The judge found no evidence for her claims. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.comRiley Gaines' Title IX Lawsuit Against The NCAA Struck Down After Judge Finds "No Evidence" Of Funding ClaimsGaines’ attorneys argued her civil rights were violated because she competed against a transgender athlete. 1173888769
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 8hstrongly agreed. fines and criminal penalties should not merely communicate a finger wag but actually change the strategic situation of a would-be white collar criminal 15704141
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 6has election season sets in, a reminder: if you've come to rely on our reporting (& our election guides and breakdowns of local elections) we love your support! we have no paywall, but you can set-up a subscription (or a one-time gift) at whatever amount. boltsmag.org/donate 09037
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 7hIf nothing else, watch minutes 4-7. Senator Eric Schmitt, exposed for one of the more embarrassing mistakes I've ever seen in my life, responds by lashing out. 1944181
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 7hit is important to realize that many reporters for mainstream outlets are enthusiastic cogs in this elite-coordinated propaganda machine. don't print lies in the newspaper 18965177
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 8hNEW: We launched this tracker in May, when ICE's detentions had been rejected about 10,000 times by federal courts. It's doubled in less than five months. See and sort the latest numbers, plus read the rulings. www.politico.com/news/2026/05... 3307137
Reposted by @solomons.bsky.socialKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 7hNEW: It's hard these days for members of Congress to transcend the news cycle with viral moments in committee hearings. Sen. Schmitt today raised the bar with an allegation against Jack Smith that imploded in real time. w/ Chris Marquette www.politico.com/news/2026/09...politico.comRepublicans wanted Jack Smith to give them a smoking gun. They got a gaffe instead.The former special counsel’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee was marked by personal insults rather than new revelations. 27907214
