Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialashley (ravens 2-1) 🌹 @clearlyashley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Andy Beshear forever, man 514459621
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialTom Bonier @tbonier.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Same story in Maine. 110415
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialTom Bonier @tbonier.bsky.social · 24/09/2026In NC, when Trump took office Republicans were actually outregistering Dems among Gen Z voters. Now Dems have built a double digit advantage. 111418
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialTom Bonier @tbonier.bsky.social · 24/09/2026In PA in Jan of 2025, Gen Z new registrants were almost evenly split between Dems and GOPs. Fast forward to now, Dems have approached and exceeded a 40 pt share margin among Gen Z new registrants. 212527
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialTom Bonier @tbonier.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Seeing the Emerson poll this morning that showed Trump's net approval dropping 50 pts among Gen Z since he took office made me curious about voter registration trends among those voters in key states. Starting with PA... 722076
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialTom Bonier @tbonier.bsky.social · 24/09/2026And... wow... Iowa, where Dems were 20 pts underwater among new registrant Gen Z when Trump took office and now are 20 pts up. 522635
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialTom Bonier @tbonier.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I can't say I expected Dems to be outregistering GOPs among Gen Z in Kansas too, but here we are. 450595
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Bloomberg reports that officials directly involved in an internal Pentagon investigation found that Peter Thiel’s Palantir Maven Smart System played a significant role in the February 28 U.S. strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran. 48692364513
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialSimon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026In the past six days six right-aligned pollsters have begun "flooding the zone," releasing eighteen polls in eleven battleground Senate races. While they've done this before the pace and intensity of this effort is unprecedented, a reflection of their desperation. 1/ 5271133
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialSimon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026For a deep dive into the Rs manipulation of polls to shape election narratives head 👇. Lots of data, analysis, and a thoughtful conversation with @tbonier.bsky.social. 3/ www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/fake-polls...hopiumchronicles.comFake Polls, “Demoralization Operations,” And The 2026 Elections - A New Conversation With Tom BonierIn elections across the country Republicans have repeatedly “flooded the zone” with favorable polls. With Trump’s new social media post it appears they are intent to do it again 110144
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialMatt @nosoupforgeorge.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Sophie Cunningham was -9 in 27 minutes for the Fever tonight. Thought I'd share these stats, since she wants us to talk about basketball now. 3399599
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 11/08/2026STUNNING: Trump left the White House press corps in Turkey as a decoy to be attacked by Iran—and instead flew out on a secret plane: wapo.st/4i1OByhwapo.stContradicting public statements, Trump took secret flight from Turkey amid Iranian threatThe White House said the president was aboard Air Force One as he left a NATO summit. Instead, his departure included an elaborate ruse that concealed his travel. 30733951301
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialSunrise Movement @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social · 05/08/2026IT’S OFFICIAL. A Sunrise Movement co-founder is the Democratic nominee for Congress in MI-07. Huge congratulations to @wewill2026.bsky.social on his victory! 624044
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/07/2026🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS Department of Justice Lawsuit to compel New Jersey to provide the DOJ with access to its statewide voter registration data. Another victory for voters DOJ is now 0-18 in these cases. ELG remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-je...democracydocket.com🚨 United States of America v. CaldwellLearn more here. 329157543922
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/07/2026🚨BREAKING: In a voting rights victory, the Kansas Court of Appeals Monday rejected Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s (R) emergency bid to reinstate a rule that could have thrown out lawfully cast mail ballots. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comKansas court rejects last-minute GOP bid to toss late-arriving mail ballotsThe ruling keeps Kansas’ mail ballot grace period in place for the August primary. That means voters’ ballots can still count if they are postmarked by Election Day but received up to three days after... 13491402560
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialRuth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Apparatchiks have their orders: conjure a Communist threat inside America, associating with it the entire Dem Party, to prepare people to accept whatever authoritarian crackdown the administration may be planning to stop elections from handing them a defeat. 28507232
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Reminder: The "Big Beautiful Bill" is the largest transfer of wealth from working people to the rich in modern American history. $ 1 trillion+ handed to the top 1% in tax breaks. $ 1 trillion+ ripped out of Medicaid and food assistance. That’s Trump’s signature policy “win.” 6218108
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialDr Compact Housedwarf @cpthousedwarf.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Some days I really really miss Lawrence. #LFK San Diego is beautiful but it doesn’t have this. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTBXR9nNP/tiktok.comThis is the best of America. This is the best of the World Cup. People of different cultures and walks of life connecting and celebrating the beautiful game. #worldcup #usa #kansas #algeria #soccer TikTok video by kylenmills 231
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialDr Compact Housedwarf @cpthousedwarf.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Lost stuffy, Children’s Park, San Diego, reward 153
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialUnion of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 21/05/2026Rafe Pomerance dedicated his life to calling attention to the climate crisis and urging policymakers to take action to limit the worst impacts. Many of us at UCS had the honor of working with him and are deeply saddened to hear of his death.washingtonpost.comRafe Pomerance, who helped sound the alarm on climate change, dies at 79He pushed for the first congressional hearings on climate change and helped negotiate a landmark U.N. treaty, the Kyoto Protocol. 03812
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Rafe Pomerance, who led the push for the first congressional hearings on global warming and helped negotiate the Kyoto Protocol, died today at 79. RIP. He published this piece last month arguing that Florida should demand an upper limit on sea-level rise.theinvadingsea.comThis Earth Month, Florida should demand a limit on sea-level rise | The Invading SeaAn upper limit would clarify the stakes for Florida, which faces billions of dollars in exposure to rising seas. 411426
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 21/05/2026The Washington Post still has some excellent climate reporters. As an example, this remembrance of Rafe Pomerance is worth reading.wapo.stRafe Pomerance, who helped sound the alarm on climate change, dies at 79He pushed for the first congressional hearings on climate change and helped negotiate a landmark U.N. treaty, the Kyoto Protocol. 012119
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialGary @cytherian.bsky.social · 12/04/2026The real problem with data centers: they inherently create a serious pollution problem. There is no "closed-loop system" cooling those centers. They consume large amounts of water and produce toxic byproducts. Studies are compromised to hide these problems. REJECT! /P.1 #datacenters #pollution 9432781582
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/04/2026And a few hours later, a justice of the peace convicted Meredith in absentia on trumped up charges of lying on a voter registration form, sentencing him to a year in prison. Segregationists weren't subtle about it. Their racist heirs still aren't. 51128146
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/04/2026When Mississippi was trying to keep James Meredith out of Ole Miss despite federal court orders, the state legislature rushed through a bill barring anyone convicted of a crime from attending a state school. They referred to it as "Meredith's Law" in the debate. /2 2846113
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Calvin Duncan, a man imprisoned for 30 years before he was exonerated, won an election in New Orleans promising to fix a judicial system that failed him Now, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and the GOP-controlled Legislature are racing to eliminate his job before he can be sworn inapnews.comLouisiana GOP races to eliminate an elected office won by an exonerated manA New Orleans man exonerated after serving nearly 30 years in prison has a new fight on his hands. Calvin Duncan has been elected as the city's new clerk of criminal court, but now Republican lawmaker... 8128151413
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 27/03/2026ICYMI: Federal air marshals--who are supposed to protect commercial flights--were secretly drafted to replace ICE agents on ICE's charter flights. This had been going on for 9 months, but after I asked about it, internal email suddenly announced it was ending? gillianbrockell.com/extremely-da...gillianbrockell.com‘Extremely dangerous’ reassignment of TSA’s federal air marshals for ICE flights more widespread than previously knownHundreds of air marshals, who are supposed to protect commercial air travel, have replaced ICE agents on deportation flights since last summer. 4618334
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Justice, the poster says. 43833240
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York. 1009389599561
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialJesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 17/03/2026It can’t be reiterated enough: Anne Frank died from typhus she contracted in a concentration camp. 4657268
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 24/02/2026BREAKING: A mitochondrial drug originally developed for rare genetic disorders is now being tested to treat Long COVID fatigue and post-exertional malaise. This could be a major breakthrough for millions still suffering. 423353
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialTom Bonier @tbonier.bsky.social · 09/01/2026In 2020 GOP turnout exceeded Dem by 7.1%, and by 6.4% in 2022 and 2024. Yet in 2025, Dem turnout in PA exceed GOP turnout by 8%. That's a swing of close to 15 pts in favor of Dems, just in turnout. 66414
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Great sitting down with Brian Tyler Cohen to talk about everything from the courage we saw in Minnesota, to how Democrats can be true to our values and get stuff done, to how we’re building a community of changemakers at the Obama Foundation. youtube.com/watch?v=uI-hgSE5QIw 512188854506
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones. Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection. 239134314755
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/02/2026The Democracy Docket growth team tells me we need 700 new subscribers this weekend to hit their next benchmark. If you haven’t already signed up here is your chance to support independent, pro-democracy media. bit.ly/4qmEiFz 24990372
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas confirms Trump prison camp purchase called off, and vows to ensure that no other site in Kansas City gets one either. KCUR story about "Platform Ventures" no sale: www.kcur.org/news/2026-02... Mayor's confirmation from instagram - www.instagram.com/p/DUqpKhwkUJb/ 572647865
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/02/2026In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u... 774152445493
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Look! "News of a potential immigrant detention center in Kansas City sparked fierce public backlash over the past month. At rallies and protests, many people called on Platform Ventures to not sell the building to the federal government..." And now: www.kcur.org/news/2026-02...kcur.orgKansas City developers halt sale of warehouse for ICE detention center as public pressure mountsFederal officials first toured the building in January, sparking speculation over whether the owners had sold the building to the U.S. government. Media reports suggested the sale was part of a push t... 11544261389
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand. 10542876010219
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialAndrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 11/02/2026When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.degenerateart.beehiiv.comBuilding the campsThe warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it. 9154842764
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 11/02/2026So the feds ARE NOT considering an mRNA vaccine for the flu, which could save countless lives, but ARE backing research into whether horse dewormer can cure cancer, because the right views vaccines as elite and ivermectin as populist. Cool. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...washingtonpost.comFDA won’t review Moderna application for first mRNA-based flu vaccineThe decision, which shocked company officials, comes as the FDA says it will take a stricter approach to federal vaccine approvals. 34879913007
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialGovernor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 11/02/2026When people are afraid to go to work, afraid to shop, or afraid to gather in their community, it hurts families, neighborhoods, and our entire economy. If you can, show up for a small business and let’s continue to show the nation what it means to respond with care and decency. 485122853132
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11/02/2026A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years 409253257182
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialChristina Binkley @christinabinkley.bsky.social · 11/02/2026This is so weird. Instagram disabled my account yesterday and I can’t figure out why. Today they notified me that it was permanently disabled and I can’t appeal. My daughter thinks it’s because I reposted a photo from the Epstein files to my story. 🤷♀️ 4141
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialChristina Binkley @christinabinkley.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Context for Instagram permanently deleting my account for posting about the Epstein files: I am a veteran journalist - 25 years with WSJ, I’ve written for The New Yorker, many leading magazines, Guardian, Sunday Times, wrote a NYT bestseller. Shared in a Pulitzer for coverage of 9/11 at the WSJ. 64812
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Rep Bennie Thompson (D-MS) at border security hearing: "News reports show a Border Patrol agent was found passed out, drunk & covered in vomit in a vehicle & ICE personnel apparently stole a child’s phone and sold it for cash. It’s an embarrassment and DHS’s so-called leadership should be ashamed" 351452463
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/02/2026www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...irishtimes.com‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since SeptemberSeamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record 22139461920
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comGladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technologyShe made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman. 192596702
Reposted by @spwoodbury.bsky.socialBen Werdmuller @werd.io · 07/02/2026This isn’t new news as such, but people keep being surprised by it, so it’s worth repeating. Substack hosts, profits from, and promotes explicitly Nazi content, and if you are adding value to that network, you are helping them to do so. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...theguardian.comRevealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newslettersExclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism 05938