Reposted by So Not A BrickCharlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 3hcharliesykes.substack.com/p/the-gops-s... 59330
Reposted by So Not A BrickRocko’s Modern Basilisk @scratchbomb.bsky.social · 4hthis is how a cartoon dog would stand if it was about to be lifted in the air by the aroma of a delicious pie 601805206
Reposted by So Not A BrickNonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 5h#Flydubai flight to #TelAviv diverted to #SaudiArabia. Israeli sources suspect co-pilot was trying to #hijack plane after stabbing captain. Flight #FZ1073 was scheduled to land in Tel Aviv, but sources say after a "violent incident" between the 2 pilots, it was diverted to Tabuk airport in […]masto.aiOriginal post on masto.ai 146
Reposted by So Not A Brickemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7hIn the "Unites States" of "Super Intelligence," "Issues Are Remediated" emptywheel.net/2026/09/30/i...emptywheel.netIn the "Unites States" of "Super Intelligence," "Issues Are Remediated" - emptywheelOnce you realize Trump's morally binding AI code doesn't even spell "United States" properly, the whole sham looks even more ominous. 58495145
Reposted by So Not A Brick🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 7h"This was elder care masquerading as world-saving policy, stringing together some of Trump’s favorite activities — proximity to power, document signings, and arbitrary renamings — for an entire day." 1223672
Reposted by So Not A Brickemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20hAfter Assaulting David Huerta and Then Lying about It, Ryan Ribner Lied So He Could Spy on SEIU emptywheel.net/2026/09/29/a...emptywheel.netAfter Assaulting David Huerta and Then Lying about It, Ryan Ribner Lied So He Could Spy on SEIU - emptywheelHSI Agent Ryan Ribner has been lying again. 121373
Reposted by So Not A BrickNonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 21hAn embarrassing episode epitomizes the #GOP’s failures to pin down #JackSmith #Republicans have struggled mightily to substantiate Trump’s desire for Smith to be charged criminally. But rarely has it seemed to backfire like it did Tuesday. Sen #EricSchmitt of Missouri crafted an apparent […]masto.aiOriginal post on masto.ai 1111
Reposted by So Not A BrickMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23hA man charged with rape and sexual assault casually joking about consent at an official event with Trump White House officials. 80954344
Reposted by So Not A BrickNonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 22h#SCOTUS lets quick #deportations to third countries resume for now while it weighs #Trump policy #law #immigration #ExtraordinaryRendition #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt […]masto.aiOriginal post on masto.ai 314
Reposted by So Not A BrickMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Tuesday allowed a pro-voting challenge to Louisiana’s proof-of-citizenship voter registration law to move forward, including claims that the law discriminates against voters based on national origin. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comJudge greenlights challenge to Louisiana anti-voting law, citing discrimination claimsThe judge found that the pro-voting plaintiffs had plausibly alleged that officials in Lafayette Parish discriminated against some registration applicants based on national origin. 161796570
Reposted by So Not A BrickMolly Crane-Newman @mollycranenewman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In what I believe is a first for my eyes, Trump withdraws his appeal fighting the payout of $5M in damages to E. Jean Carroll 932969
Reposted by So Not A BrickMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The government's AI chatbot is able to say something that no Trump nominee is allowed to. 593184956
Reposted by So Not A BrickNonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026Former special counsel #JackSmith testifies before #Senate #Judiciary Committee #Trump #NationalSecurity #Jan6 #insurrection #DomesticTerrorism #StateSponsoredTerrorism #PoliticalViolence #SeditiousConspiracy #law #ElectionInterference […]masto.aiOriginal post on masto.ai 123
Reposted by So Not A BrickNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 29/09/20263 little words: cease and desist! The WH is using JMSN’s music in campaign-style ads without permission that they wouldn’t have gotten anyway @democracydefendersaction.org w/Ballard is proud to represent JMSN, demanding immediate end to ads using his music & a written account of every airing -TNdemocracydefendersaction.orgJMSN, "Love Me" Artist, Demands White House Stop Using His Music in Its Political AdsAttorneys for Christian Berishaj, who performs as JMSN, last night sent a cease-and-desist letter to White House Chief o 9507154
Reposted by So Not A BrickJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Last night I wrote about consequences, and what happens when the courts give Trump a pass. I hope you'll take a moment to read it, especially in this moment where we see the Court isn't immune to public pressure—Justice Alito just recused from a case because of it. 18608203
Reposted by So Not A BrickSimon Lester @simonlester.com · 29/09/2026Interesting details on how the Iowa steel deal got done. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u... 4225299
Reposted by So Not A Bricktaber @kvetch.gay · 28/09/2026Here's a map of how iron ore mined in Minnesota moves (the red lines). Note the markers for where steel facilities are located, they're where they are because you have to move the stuff on ships. There are no steel mills in Iowa of any size because you can't get the fucking stuff it's made of there 72564215
Reposted by So Not A BrickScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026NEW: Watchdog group Democracy Forward files federal civil lawsuit against Defense Dept seeking records about Jennifer Hegseth's use of DOD staff, attendance at agency meetings, appearance on official calendars 291257465
Reposted by So Not A BrickFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Where is Ann Wagner? She can't run on her 14 year record. She can't run on the economy. She can't talk about what she has done for the district. All these years she counted on gerrymandering and an R next to her name. Now she is in trouble and all she can do is smear me. It won't work. 21495140
Reposted by So Not A BrickDan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency 22325841055
Reposted by So Not A BrickScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026THERE IT IS: Group of January 6 riot defendants have filed each filed federal civil lawsuits in DC seeking taxpayer-funded compensatory and punitive damages for alleged violations of their righrs They claim they were "targeted..and punished" for "protected expressive" activity 28521031109
Reposted by So Not A BrickTeam Algae @coastalwatch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Another day, another unpredictable atrocity. Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...nytimes.comTrump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It (Gift Article)The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat. 011
Reposted by So Not A BrickNonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026#Trump admin airs 2024 Trump campaign ad in latest #taxpayer funded messaging The 30-second video, which is virtually identical to one that aired in 2024, shows Trump walking down a hallway as his voice can be heard warning of a “final battle” against “globalists” & “warmongers.” It ends with a […]masto.aiOriginal post on masto.ai 014
Reposted by So Not A BrickAndy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A new CNN KFile investigation finds two past accounts from Texas GOP candidate Bo French calling for public executions of government officials, Obama, Adam Schiff, and more. Repeatedly asked Texas GOP, Paxton, Abbott campaigns if they stood by him and got no response. www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...cnn.comKFile: Texas GOP candidate Bo French has a history of calling for public executions | CNN PoliticsBo French, the Republican nominee for one of Texas’ most powerful statewide offices, is facing bipartisan criticism over a racist post about the crowd at a University of Texas football game. 19344147
Reposted by So Not A BrickGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Trump/GOP cratering by many new metrics: *He's hit 35% in at least one polling average *NBC average has Ds +9 *Cook Political Report shifts 15 races toward Dems *House races in Trump +10 districts now toss ups *Senate races in deep red states now toss-ups On today's pod we cover all this data: 426961
Reposted by So Not A BrickSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 27/09/2026Meanwhile it appears DOJ some time ago leaked the 37 pages to a Trump-friendly reporter. I wonder if they disclosed that to the judge. “So secret we can’t show you but we leaked them” is not a good look. meidasnews.com/news/trump-d...meidasnews.comTrump DOJ Claims It Complied With Latest Epstein Order in Katie Phang CaseJudge Emmet Sullivan ordered Attorney General Todd Blanche to submit unredacted FBI notes and support disputed victim redactions, while a temporary appellate pause now blocks foreign-language file rev... 14589223
Reposted by So Not A BrickGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Experienced FBI counterterrorism experts were punished for refusing to investigate something that, at most, warranted the attention of the DC Metro police. 18937321345
Reposted by So Not A Brickemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Again, one thing that's not making much of the coverage on DOJ's move to intervene in Elon Musk's lawsuit against the EU is that it puts DOJ on the side of Elon's ONGOING Blue Check fraud. emptywheel.net/2026/09/27/d...emptywheel.netDOJ Intervenes in EU to Help Elon Musk Defraud Users - emptywheelDOJ is now colluding with Elon Musk in fraud, all to export far right extremism into the EU. 9327130
Reposted by So Not A BrickCharlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A Week of GOP Panic charliesykes.substack.com/p/a-week-of-...charliesykes.substack.comA Week of GOP PanicPerhaps you can detect a theme here: 614129
Reposted by So Not A BrickScott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"Immigration crackdown hits Kansas, disrupts beef processing" www.ksl.com/article/5162... "Immigration enforcement could be the latest to work at cross purposes, causing record-high beef prices to tick up even higher" 13916
Reposted by So Not A BrickAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...wsj.comThe Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across EuropeChristos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece. 33136741878
Reposted by So Not A BrickNonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026#WhiteHouse Blocks #CNN From #AirForceOne CNN won’t be able to join #Trump on a Saturday trip to Tennessee. He had banned CNN & two other news outlets from the White House, but a #CourtOrder on Thursday restored their access. #law #SeparationOfPowers #judiciary #Constitution #FirstAmendment […]masto.aiOriginal post on masto.ai 125
Reposted by So Not A BrickKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026An important note here: 23638180
Reposted by So Not A BrickNonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026#SCOTUS Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of #Midterms The #Trump admin’s system to monitor the #citizenship status of voters raised alarms about #privacy & improper #VoterPurges. SCOTUS ruled Friday the Trump admin can deploy an expansive online system that combines citizenship info […]masto.aiOriginal post on masto.ai 127
Reposted by So Not A Brickemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Be Careful of What You Wish For, Stolen Documents Conspiracy Edition emptywheel.net/2026/09/25/b...emptywheel.netBe Careful of What You Wish For, Stolen Documents Conspiracy Edition - emptywheelIn a filing trying to get Aileen Cannon to write down what her new Cannonball rules are, attorneys for FBI agents involved in the stolen document case point out that Cannon is presiding over an invest... 1827193
Reposted by So Not A BrickNonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026The nation’s #cybersecurity agency Thurs released an #election infrastructure security plan 40 days before Nov’s #midterms, laying out potential threats to election systems & listing services it would offer to election ofcls to protect the #vote. Election ofcls said the plan is both inadequate […]masto.aiOriginal post on masto.ai 2111
Reposted by So Not A BrickNonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026Justice #KetanjiBrownJackson Thurs slammed #SCOTUS’ use of its “emergency docket,” suggesting the court has misused [abused] the process to allow the #Trump admin to move forward with a host of controversial policies while challenges “play out” in lower courts. SCOTUS’ emergency docket has been […]masto.aiOriginal post on masto.ai 0316
Reposted by So Not A BrickJosh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026oh my god is elon trying to get a court of law to rule that it's ok for white people to say the n word 711938
Reposted by So Not A BrickPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The nearly decade-long case of Crystal Mason, who was sentenced to 5 yrs in prison over a voting error, will end with an acquittal The wife of the current district attorney, who fought to keep her conviction in place, asked Crystal if she would consider voting for himtheguardian.comTexas woman triumphs as court upholds acquittal in voting error caseCrystal Mason has spent nearly a decade fighting conviction for casting provisional ballot that ultimately wasn’t counted 9533941071
Reposted by So Not A BrickNonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026The #Senate rejected a resolution Thurs to block #Trump from ordering further strikes on #Iran, as #Republicans voice growing concern about the #war ahead of the #midterms. The measure failed on a 49-50 vote in the Senate after passing the #House in July. Four Republicans—Rand Paul (KY), Susan […]masto.aiOriginal post on masto.ai 1310
Reposted by So Not A BrickChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026BREAKING: Judge Timothy Kelly grants CNN, MS NOW, and Politico’s TRO against the Trump administration, ordering that the reporters affected “immediately” have their White House hard passes reinstated. The TRO is in effect for 14 days. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 241209372
Reposted by So Not A BrickSocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 24/09/2026O Canada! 🇨🇦 "A street in Canada’s capital bearing the name of the current U.S. president will be renamed. Ottawa City Council unanimously agreed to a motion to begin the process of renaming Trump Avenue in Ottawa’s Central Park neighbourhood." www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...ctvnews.caTrump Avenue in Ottawa’s Central Park neighbourhood to be renamedA street in Canada’s capital bearing the name of the current U.S. president will be renamed. 913036
Reposted by So Not A BrickNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My kids have measles, I can't afford gas, my country has been humiliated by Iran, and our senile rapist president is going to allow unregulated AI to destroy our civilization. But a lesbian bar in a town I've never heard of still has a mask mandate. I have never felt more politically homeless. 352566394
Reposted by So Not A BrickRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Or maybe just embarrass yourselves. bsky.app/profile/atru... 821565286
Reposted by So Not A BrickNonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026Stupid is as stupid does #Trump #WhiteHouse banned #Politico, citing anonymous sources. It provided the quotes. The WH told Politico in a letter Tues that it had taken the unusual step of revoking its #press passes last week because the #news org had violated professional standards, including […]masto.aiOriginal post on masto.ai 125
Reposted by So Not A BrickCharlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026 Trumps insisted that the sacred precincts of the Oval Office “should be treated with Decorum, Respect, and Dignity, not defiled by Third Rate Clowns.” Proving once again that Irony has been beaten to death by hammers and buried under 20 leagues of guano. charliesykes.substack.com/p/trumps-att...charliesykes.substack.comTrump’s Attack on the 1st Amendment Isn’t Just About the Press.Plus: The GOP freakout cometh. 916329
Reposted by So Not A BrickNonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026#HarveyWeinstein, the disgraced movie mogul, was sentenced in NYC to 15 years in prison Wednesday for a felony #SexCrime in another #MeToo reckoning. Weinstein’s sentencing for sexually assaulting one-time TV PA Miriam Haley followed a legal odyssey spanning >6 yrs. His 2020 conviction was […]masto.aiOriginal post on masto.ai 1214
Reposted by So Not A Brickkikishelf.bsky.social @kikishelf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...nytimes.comStanford Used A.I. to Swap Black Student for Hispanic Student in a Photo (Gift Article)Universities have been accused of doctoring photos to showcase diversity in the past. In this case, a Black woman replaced a Hispanic young man, who said it was upsetting to be “erased.” 046
Reposted by So Not A BrickThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026🔥 Epic Trolling here — the @cnbctv18.bsky.social feed plays “SEND IN THE CLOWNS” 🤡 right before Trump walks in for this performative face-saving Greenland *treaty* signing ceremony, which repackages rights already held. (It’s real… 21 min mark: www.youtube.com/live/8yQCPyh...) 22650201