Reposted by tbGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 4hPeriodic reminder that the @bostonglobe.com opinion section regularly features pieces from Richard Hanania 115136
Reposted by tbAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1hMy god, SCOTUS acted within hours to clear the way for this execution and Tennessee completely botched it and tortured her. She's still alive. This barbaric practice needs to end. www.tennessean.com/story/news/c...tennessean.comCourt stays Christa Pike execution in Tennessee: UpdatesChrista Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 killing of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. A court stayed her lethal injection that was scheduled for Sept. 30. 24691179
Reposted by tbSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 4hPierre Damas Bel was an honor student & part of his college's ROTC program. He was also a TPS recipient. After Trump's attacks on TPS, he was forced to wear an ankle monitor that isolated and humiliated him. Pierre died in an apparent suicide. He was 20. 13622209
Reposted by tbCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 8hThis is the ugliest person who has ever lived. There's a Mt Rushmore of ugly people and it's Michael Tracey four times 4266150
Reposted by tbAG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 8hNEW: Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas are challenging Massachusetts' Shield Law, asking SCOTUS to let them punish patients and providers of abortion and gender affirming care. My office will vigorously defend the law and our authority to protect the rights and privacy of our residents. 16720
Reposted by tbAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 14hi dont think people deluded themselves really…they were told by republicans that “mass deportation” was criminals and the media didnt fact check and democrats moved right on the issue there was no alternative offered to mass deportation, no one even argued against it 30871162
Reposted by tbLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 16hThis is a pretty stunning thing to admit 222074396
Reposted by tbPeter Abraham @peteabeglobe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Globe Spotlight team uncovers the story behind a New Jersey man buying up nursing homes in Massachusetts and cutting services and staffing, leaving the patients to suffer: apps.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/spot...apps.bostonglobe.comOutside chains like RegalCare transformed Mass. nursing homes. Quality fell.RegalCare and other nursing home chains have rapidly expanded in Massachusetts. The Globe Spotlight Team found widespread problems and little state intervention. 34114
Reposted by tbSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A great deal happened today. But nothing more important than this. SCOTUS allows Trump Administration to continue sending detained migrants to third countries with which the migrants have no prior connection. Just appalling. 781545628
Reposted by tbDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026this really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient 202028613
Reposted by tbThe Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026Heart-Wrenching Movie Scene Immediately Cuts To Liberty Biberty 312179369
Reposted by tbAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is a human rights abuse worthy of prosecution under intentional law. Minimally, they should be impeached and removed for this alone. 15484158
Reposted by tbChris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This child is 13 and was testifying without an attorney present. Monsters. 13431159
Reposted by tbKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Fuck that." "I'm Sherrod Brown and I approve of this message." 13248931035
Reposted by tbGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/09/2026Talking recently to family members of people snatched up and expelled to third countries by ICE, I learned: 1) All of those captured were in 287(g) jurisdictions; 2) None of the family members had known what 287(g) was and had erroneously thought people with no arrests were safe. 5550323
Reposted by tbElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026You have to wait until the sixth paragraph of this piece before you learn, in the New York Times reporting on the murder of THEIR OWN EMPLOYEE, that the victim was a trans man who had been abused for being trans by the in-laws who murdered him. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...nytimes.comCouple Accused of Killing Their Son-in-Law in Bay Area Park (Gift Article)Jonathan McKinsey, an engineer who worked in the games department for The New York Times, was fatally shot Saturday in a San Francisco suburb. The police have accused his parents-in-law, both 76. 281745567
Reposted by tbMike Sutherland and BravehoundGabby @sutherlandweb.co.uk · 29/09/2026Here you go: 14626
Reposted by tbTexas Tribune @texastribune.org · 28/09/2026Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.texastribune.orgICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identifiedThe federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte... 20566323330
Reposted by tbAnna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026Let the history books show that STUDENT reporters brought national attention to unchecked abuse. I hope that their cups and opportunities forever overfloweth.This is courage.abcnews.comDistrict attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity. 31385372
Reposted by tbImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026fucking reallythehill.comEducation Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ studentsThe Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati… 672161714
Reposted by tbJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In 2014, I interviewed a Columbia University student who went from class to class carrying the mattress she was raped on—a protest performance piece to remind college administrators what they put on her shoulders. Twelve years later, we still expect women on college campuses to carry that weight.jessica.substack.comCarrying That Weight—AgainI can’t stop thinking about the Cornell rape case 141117307
Reposted by tbQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman. Yes, that's the point. It's called consent. Welcome to human decency. 297152073567
Reposted by tbMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026i hope that men notice how whenever a rape story gets widespread coverage, women use it as an opportunity to vent about how fucking disgusting we think many of you are and how many have made our lives measurably worse, and take a few moments to deeply process that. 9864621096
Reposted by tbAmi Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 28/09/2026You think we’re just going to move on from the secret police rounding up our neighbors? 24531141
Reposted by tbAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 28/09/2026An urn containing human ashes is displayed in Block 8 of the new main exhibition at the Auschwitz Memorial. It is surrounded by empty frames that symbolize the victims of the camp whose faces we do not know, and whose identities may never be recovered. - Photo: www.instagram.com/inkeddem._ 231880
Reposted by tbThe Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 28/09/2026From @globespotlight.bsky.social: After a New Jersey man bought up nursing homes around Massachusetts, some of the state's best-rated facilities fell to among the worst. Patient care plummeted. Veteran staff fled. And the state kept letting him buy more. trib.al/HKE9scd 13318
Reposted by tbPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"But now Billy was dead, and the state of Connecticut said he owed $232,733 for room and board during his earlier prison stay. Selling the house where DeSenti now lived alone would help satisfy that debt." ctmirror.org/2026/09/27/t...ctmirror.orgThey served their time in prison. Then the bills arrived.Hundreds of CT residents have had money seized through a law that allows the state to charge a fee for every day a person spends in prison. 22493292
Reposted by tbDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Ospreys are disappearing along the US East Coast due to a shortage of Atlantic menhaden, a crucial food source for ospreys. One company alone harvested nearly 300 million pounds of the fish in 2024 but somehow claims they’re not at fault. 🧐wapo.stOspreys are disappearing along the East Coast. Scientists think they know why.At the center of a widening crisis for one of the nation's great wildlife comebacks is a fish most Americans would hardly recognize. 525496
Reposted by tbFiring Line with Margaret Hoover @firinglineshow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026What should the next president do with Trump’s White House ballroom? “Knock it down” says @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu. She argues the ballroom is about more than architecture: “It’s Trump seeking to remake the institution itself.” 31704166
Reposted by tbPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026So what Duckworth actually said was worse than that short clip I saw... www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmYs...youtube.comWhat should Democrats do if they win?YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie 2127786
Reposted by tbProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026NEW: ProPublica’s Jake Pearson lost $10,000 mimicking the betting patterns of a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company’s “responsible gaming” safeguards. One week in, he was invited to become a VIP — and faced little pushback as he spiraled.propublica.orgI Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro... 11838911491
Reposted by tbJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes. 16892853054
Reposted by tbPhilo of Alexan @philoof.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The folk protest music scene is back 281258469
Reposted by tbProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026An $11,000 golf cart. More than $7,000 on TV subscriptions. $1.5 million in office renovations. Those were among the expenses that one sheriff’s office billed to a settlement aimed at rooting out racial profiling in the department. (Published May with @azluminaria.org)propublica.orgThis Sheriff’s Office Says Racial Profiling Reforms Are Too Costly. Auditors Found It Misused $163 Million.Since 2013, Maricopa County officials have approved $226 million in sheriff’s office spending related to a settlement aimed at rooting out racial profiling. Auditors found that more than 70% of it was... 19697308
Reposted by tbMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 26/09/2026What people are starved for is leaders who will stand up to the lawless authoritarianism & unprecedented corruption & demand both accountability & institutional reform so it never happens again 🤷♂️🤦♂️ 1527853
Reposted by tbRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.theintercept.comDoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam 6574015911783
Reposted by tbAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026raise their goddam taxes holy shit 331626277
Reposted by tbKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 25/09/2026tucker carlson is a foppish frozen TV dinner empire heir, a virulent bigot, and a grotesque opportunist/propagandist. it's embarrassing that NPR editors think he needs more attention for his phony-ass pivot away from a nightmare he helped build 50968208
Reposted by tbOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026You’re paying for Trump’s campaign ads—and Fox News is cashing in www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...dailykos.comYou’re paying for Trump’s campaign ads—and Fox News is cashing inPresident Donald Trump is using taxpayer dollars to finance a new ad meant to stop the blue wave that’s barreling toward GOP candidates. 15924
Reposted by tbMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026Last night I planted an olive tree at Gracie Mansion with Palestinian families from Gaza. May peace be our future. 179126822230
Reposted by tbDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Fuck "defies." That sounds almost heroic and ennobled, like some sort of none-shall-pass defense of the realm. In a presumed nation of laws, when you ignore the order of a court, you VIOLATE that order and place yourself outside ot the law and in opposition to the premise of the republic itself. 1834471
Reposted by tbTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I do think you basically charge a few of them with the cybercrimes they're committing and the "alignment" problem does suddenly start to disappear. 261455342
Reposted by tbDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026ICE agents chasing him in a car ran this guy over a week ago, horribly injuring him. Needs some media attention beyond this: www.walb.com/2026/09/23/i...walb.comICE releases statement after man run over in Dougherty County operationImmigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is now releasing more information about an incident that happened in Dougherty County on Sept. 17 when a man was run over by an ICE vehicle. 201223640
Reposted by tbOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is the person NPR is rehabbing 68017
Reposted by tbLindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This guy introduced legislation to designate "Trump derangement syndrome" as a mental illness. 29133
Reposted by tbAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 24/09/2026The roughly 5,000-strong crew on board the Lincoln were at sea for more than nine months with only one brief port stop.aljazeera.comUS Navy confirms ‘eight suicide attempts' on USS Lincoln: What we knowThe roughly 5,000-strong crew on board the Lincoln were at sea for more than nine months with only one brief port stop. 710962
Reposted by tbArieh Kovler @ariehkovler.com · 24/09/2026Via @jimdefede.bsky.social on X: "So I was just watching Fox News and this commercial played during Jesse Watters show. It says “Paid for by the US Government.” This is clearly a campaign ad. And the singers are just singing over and over again, “Love me” - over images of Trump." 2618497
