Reposted by ☝️SoSayUMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 2hhappy bday poet Wallace Stevens, b.1879, Reading, PA “Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.” “Human nature is like water. It takes the shape of its container.” “Death is the mother of beauty. Only the perishable can be beautiful, which is why we are unmoved by artificial flowers.” 3295
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2hEVERCORE, on POTUS/data centers: “.. if he is not going to send a tougher populist message to the tech community this close to an election, then we do not expect him to change his approach over the next two years, absent some unforeseen crisis.” 88822
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1hGlobal fuel subsidies may top $1 trillion this year — amid $100 crude, elevated borrowing costs and strained budgets. “.. we don’t see a very clear pathway out of the three-pronged crisis,” he said. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 2011836
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUThe Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 1hJared Kushner’s company is profiting from one of the wars Donald Trump has sent him to help mediate.thedailybeast.comKushner Busted as Secret Dealings Come to LightTrump’s son-in-law’s company is profiting from one of the wars the president has sent him to help mediate. 63415
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUAaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 1hA transcript like this underscores how much news outlets -- including print and edited TV news -- routinely clean up his quotes or don't quote the elliptical non sequiturs. Worth comparing to what happens when, for instance, Rep. AOC says "uh" or "um" while discussing foreign policy. 33712
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 1h28. But, as MS Now reported, "Trump appointees have engaged in a highly unusual practice of sharing a broad swath of sensitive material, in this case from the special counsel’s investigation, as Republicans scour files for evidence that Smith and his staff engaged in misconduct." 15610
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 1h18. He "went in with the idea of setting a perjury trap for Jack Smith," Raskin said, but "as ever with maga, we are saved from their absolute malice and evil by their complete incompetence." 412423
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 1h12. (Turns out Smith is a fan of Caitlin Clark, the former star player for the University of Iowa. Amy Klobuchar's quick thinking brought Schmitt's Hawks v Hawkeyes mistake to light.) 1708
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 1h4. According to new reporting last night by MS Now, the text messages from 2024 from Smith's team that Eric Schmitt presented at Tuesday's hearing were provided by the US Department of Justice, which is to say, by US Attorney General Todd Blanche. www.ms.now/news/eric-sc...ms.nowEric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway.As Republicans on Capitol Hill try to figure out how Eric Schmitt’s bombshell fell apart so embarrassingly, it turns out he was warned that the texts were unvetted. 520861
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 1h1. Let's not say goodbye to Eric Schmitt just yet. His story is about more than a power-mad senator falling on his face. It's part of a larger story about the Republicans defending the leader of an insurrection against the United States. 10390136
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1hThe 2020 election has been relentlessly studied by our most experienced experts and by our most craven partisan hacks for 6y now, and every examination has wound up demonstrating the integrity of Biden’s victory in that election and the malignity of Trump’s obsession with undermining it. 940787
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUAFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 1h#BREAKING EU slams threatened US diesel exports ban, says would 'undermine trust' in Washington as reliable partner 12610
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUNBC News @nbcnews.com · 1hIn his first public comments since the Flydubai incident, Capt. Smit Machchhar tells Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi he “could sense that the aircraft was going down” as the plane plunged 14,000 feet in just 29 seconds, according to Flightradar24 data.nbcnews.to‘Couldn’t let all of them die’: Pilot attacked mid-air speaks for first timeCapt. Smit Machchhar told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he had been badly injured during the attack. 2207
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2hNot great that Francis from Stripes is in charge of the military. 1922030
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1hSen. Thom Tillis privately told Trump he wouldn’t tolerate his “bullshit” — and that if Trump had ever directly threatened him with a primary challenge, he’d have “immediately told you to fuck yourself” and announced his retirement. The texts, obtained by Playbook, will appear in his upcoming book. 57396132
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUFaytuks Network @faytuksnetwork.bsky.social · 4hZelensky said Ukrainian intelligence has obtained information that Putin told his military to remove all constraints on their military air campaign. ︀︀“He said there are no rules now.” Zelensky said at a school which had been struck by a Russian drone. -FT 0209
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4hIn a matter of days Ukraine has retaken land on the frontline that it took Russia a year and tens of thousands of lives to occupy. Putin is on the back foot and desperate. Ukrainian intelligence says he’s now removed restrictions on the air campaign so they can target schools and hospitals. 28420144
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 4hSo now there is no accountability whatsoever, and he consistently acts like it. And why wouldn't he? 2679
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 4hThe Republican Senate rationalized their failure to impeach him in 2021 because, they said, he would be accountable to legal prosecution. Then the Republican Supreme Court ruled, no, he's not, the only legal accountability was through impeachment. 17618
Reposted by ☝️SoSayURobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h-Trump Airlines -Trump Beverages -Trump Casinos -Trump Magazine -Trump Mortgage -Trump Steaks -Trump's Travel Site -Trumpnet -Trump Tower Tampa -Trump University -Trump Vodka -Trump Fragrances -Trump Mattress -Trump Mobile All massive financial failures led by Trump. Now this...washingtonpost.comThe Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed.The Post examined 15 years of the institution’s financial records to see why it went south after the president took over 29543661964
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3h“As the US mainland hasn’t been invaded since 1812 and there is no prospect of any country invading such a large land mass with (relatively) friendly neighbours, the only logical conclusion is that the implied threat will come from within.”chadbourn.substack.comThe War At HomeThe Pentagon identifies a new enemy…in America 2217071
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 4h"They're struggling to find a remedy." The remedy is in the Constitution. It's called impeachment. 213331
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 11hLook I don’t *want* to hang out on the site where this sort of thing gets 20k likes, it’s just where the important conversations are happening so I have no choice 06110
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11hDonald Trump is hosting a dinner just for the top buyers of his meme coin. trib.al/11sbHjbtrib.alTrump to Host Dinner Just for Top Buyers of His Crypto CoinDonald Trump is rewarding people who helped make him rich. 135130
Reposted by ☝️SoSayULindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 10hThe only refugees we let in were white South Africans fleeing an imaginary genocide. 19827
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 10hFor instance, we now have three active aircraft carriers assigned to the Middle East and none to the Pacific. 1394
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUdarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 10hdespite this being a permanent dismissal of the algae case something tells me we have not heard the last about the algae 927411
Reposted by ☝️SoSayURyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 10hBravo “New information has raised serious questions about how this case was handled, and I’ve lost faith in the Tompkins County D.A.’s ability to fairly oversee it.” - Governor Hochul in appointing A.G. Letitia James to serve as special prosecutor in Cornell casenytimes.comHochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell CaseGov. Kathy Hochul appointed the state attorney general to investigate a former Cornell University student’s allegation of rape. The woman has sued seven men in connection with the alleged assault. 14544113
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 10hHe calls America a “hell hole.” Fuck Trump. He’s my enemy. He’s America’s enemy. And we must treat him as such.👇 3537994
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 11hYeah, look, people can debate where money should go, but those people, according to the Constitution, are our elected representatives in Congress. They are the ones who get to decide. 37512
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUKevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 11hOh, and this one too, the very next story in the WaPo app 236651
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUKevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 11hLegal folks, how is this "defying Democrats" and not "illegally misappropriating funds"? 652671634
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 11hAmerican voter: I'm concerned about the price of groceries. Trump Admin: Shhh, we're focused on finding out if Nixon was the real victim of Watergate. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...independent.co.ukTrump team is looking to see if DOJ committed misconduct in investigating WatergateA burglary at the Watergate complex in June 1972 would ultimately lead to a corruption scandal in Washington and the resignation of President Richard Nixon 26517
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 11hThis is the thing. How much is it costing the US military to protect every ship going in or out of the Strait, compared to what it cost pre-war (which was zero)? 88720
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 11hYou would think that this level of crazy is a full-time job that leaves little time for public service. 3465
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 11hThe Trump 45 administration was arranged around protecting Trump's ability to do crimes. The Trump 47 administration is much more aggressively committed to delegitimizing the whole *ideas* of crime and corruption for politicians. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...independent.co.ukTrump team is looking to see if DOJ committed misconduct in investigating WatergateA burglary at the Watergate complex in June 1972 would ultimately lead to a corruption scandal in Washington and the resignation of President Richard Nixon 27929
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11hLast year not a single refugee fleeing religious persecution was admitted to the US. 161771620
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11hA federal judge has ruled that Roger Rogoff, the judicially appointed U.S. attorney in Seattle, has been illegally fired by the Trump admin and must be provisionally reinstated by the Justice Department.washingtonpost.comTrump illegally fired Seattle’s U.S. attorney, judge rulesThe ruling is the latest in a string of decisions finding that the administration bent federal law to keep loyalists in key prosecutorial posts. 292103635
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11hTrump and the tech CEOs have a lot in common—not least their sense of total impunity. trib.al/z3HahNctrib.alTrump Just Pledged to Let AI Companies Do Whatever They WantTrump and the tech CEOs have a lot in common—not least their sense of total impunity. 34522
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11hHe’s making poor Ken bleed dignity hard for the support. And the more Trump thinks he’s going to lose the more dignity he’s going to demand 2940859
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 11hNew York State Attorney General Letitia James has been named the special prosecutor by Gov. Kathy Hochul to investigate the Cornell 7. In other words: they are FUCKED fucked. 511723186
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 11hOh it is OVER for both Cornell and those seven rapists. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...nytimes.comHochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case (Gift Article)Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed the New York State attorney general to investigate allegations by a former Cornell University student that several men sexually assaulted her. 1926036
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUCharles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 11hI mean, he promised that he'd seek retribution against the entire nation and he's doing a pretty damned good job of keeping that one, so... 15017
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11hNot her first case against amoral men . . . 943259597
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 11hI guess we’re pretending this absolutely ridiculous notion was an actual MLB plan and not just some random last-brain-cell bullshit that Trump said 932848
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 11hThe aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and three accompanying destroyers left their port in San Diego earlier this week and are expected to arrive in the Middle East by the end of November. ft.trib.al/2gjHODQ 83931
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12hIllinoisans have lost access to food assistance because the President wanted to make himself and his friends at Mar-a-Lago even richer. He made families choose between putting food on the table and paying their bills by driving up costs and cutting SNAP.cbsnews.comMillions of Americans are losing SNAP benefits: "It feels as though people are being punished"More than 5 million Americans have lost food-stamp benefits since 2025. "I have to prove that I'm sick," one SNAP recipient said. 30891277
Reposted by ☝️SoSayUAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12hYeah I don’t think taking their chairs away is going to make TSA agents more “amiable.” 3348469