Reposted by DonnerT. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 7hThis is a bop youtu.be/3TNpOD6bov8?...youtu.beLGTM (Looks Good to Me) - Claude Opus 5.5 music videoYouTube video by Degenerative Pixels 35516
Reposted by DonnerDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3hExcerpts from Michael Lewis on DOGE (Guardian article). 1. Gavin Kliger, white nationalist, refused to shake hands with the Black IRS staffer who briefed him on privacy issues. Or pay attention. Kliger now has a defense start-up valued at 1.4B thanks to DOGE. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... 421892882
Reposted by DonnerKevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · 6hAlso the original claim doesn't really make sense if you think about it. Plenty of social media activity is clearly inauthentic, sure, but people think it's substantially IRA-style ops that are routed solely through some particular Yandex data centers? Or they're AI agents that live in them? 4317
Reposted by DonnerAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6hFinally, Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski sent a statement to Laura Loomer, telling her Ms. Comans was "fired for illegally funding" migrant shelters "in violation of President Trump's Executive Order." Both Lewandowski and Noem, the government now admits, knew this was false. 10730158
Reposted by DonnerAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6hWOW. Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, among others, "chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an impeccable record of public service. ... The attacks against Ms. Comans were based entirely on false information" and many officials "knew [they] were untrue." 10843931822
Reposted by DonnerChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 12/10/2026GOOD NEWS! Phase I clinical trial results show a first-of-its-kind personalized vaccine designed to treat glioblastoma, a deadly and aggressive form of brain cancer, is safe AND elicits robust and broad immune responses that appears to INCREASE recurrence-free survival in patients after surgery. 262298671
Reposted by DonnerJonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 13/10/2026The hepatitis b vaccine has proven itself over 30-40 years and a bajillion doses. We don’t have to pretend we are starting from scratch here. The numbers speak for themselves.childrensmercy.orgVaccine Update: The History of Hepatitis B Vaccines and the Importance of Universal Vaccination in Infancy - Children's Mercy 38429
Reposted by DonnerAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/10/2026LOL Ukraine hit a Russian data center and Russian bot activity immediately dropped to practically zero. Elon is mad hahahahahaha 567131153349
Reposted by DonnerAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12/10/2026There will be a lot of equivocating about all the times search warrants have been executed on members of Congress for corruption investigations and the like, and it can't be stressed enough in how many ways HSI raiding Ilhan Omar is extremely not like that. 3546911537
Reposted by DonnerMelody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 12/10/2026Massive outbreaks and death aren't the only fallout from anti-vaxxers' rhetoric. Now they're going after the doctors who treat measles patients, reporting them to the state medical board. Thrilled to team up with @walkerbragman.bsky.social on this one! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comAnti-vaxxers target Texas measles doctors to cast doubt on deaths amid outbreakChildren’s Health Defense and RFK Jr publicly dispute recent measles deaths to ‘distract’ from damage caused and question vaccines, experts say 615396
Reposted by DonnerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Any Democrat announcing pre-emptively that they won't impeach Trump is not just failing to fulfill their constitutional duties, they're signaling to Trump that he can ramp up the abuses because they're not going to hold him accountable. Nope. 372203449
Reposted by DonnerBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026"For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law" 10699156
Reposted by DonnerMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 12/10/2026We can give exactly zero time to taking the alleged fraud allegations as serious, precisely because you also have eyes & can read & know about Melania Trump, Elon Musk, etc. etc. It's authoritarianism targeting political opponents, plain and simple. We need to stop pretending otherwise.forbes.comWhat Elon Musk Working Illegally Says About The Immigration SystemMedia reports show Elon Musk worked illegally in America early in his career, illustrating some of the challenges in the immigration system. 26722
Reposted by DonnerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Looking forward to the same scrutiny being impartially applied to Elon Musk and Melania Trump, whose immigration documents are much much worse than anything alleged about Omar's father 452870703
Reposted by DonnerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Remember that Republicans believe that the first spike there, caused entirely by Putin's invasion of Ukraine, is actually Joe Biden's fault while the second spike there, caused entirely by Trump's war on Iran, is also Joe Biden's fault. 18995264
Reposted by DonnerAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Judge Reyes' opening statement to the DOJ as the hearing begins: "I am thoroughly unamused right now." 442290665
Reposted by DonnerMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 12/10/2026👇 Again, the media knows exactly how to focus nonstop on things, & to make them scandals, & every time it does not do this it is an active choice to not do it, & vice versa. 213322
Reposted by DonnerJason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 12/10/2026BTW, the reason these guys get so offended when Trump etc is accurately called a racist/rapist/criminal is because they knew all of this and voted for him anyway. They know where the party they spent their lives defending is now and they’re afraid of how it reflects on them. That’s the whole thing. 32685140
Reposted by DonnerGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 12/10/2026Exactly as predicted: Elder abuse. This is from Danny Trejo’s son, Gilbert Trejo. Not only did Ben Shapiro’s camp trick the elder Trejo about what the movie really was, he apparently signed a contract barring him from even putting out a statement about it. 81055407
Reposted by DonnerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/10/2026And that line will continue until it connects with every single person in this country who is not a straight white male conservative Christian 191029214
Reposted by DonnerAkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Simply need to make political donations above the gift-tax exclusion (19K per recipient per year): (1) no longer tax deductible and (2) subject to gift tax. And set the gift tax amount for gifts above 5M to 100% 6539
Reposted by DonnerJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026 It is now one of the biggest facts in the world that the richest man in the world is an overt white supremacist trying to bend politics worldwide in the direction of white supremacy. Twitter isn't the source of his wealth but it is his biggest megaphone. 51844309
Reposted by DonnerAmbassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Immediately after Ukraine took out two of the five data centers run by the Russian tech giant Yandex, pro-Trump and pro-MAGA posts on American social media sites plummeted. The same happened to posts boosting Germany's far-right AfD. Russia is engaged in MASSIVE election interference. 18894414
Reposted by DonnerChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026BREAKING: Federal judge orders Trump administration to stop DHS's pro-Trump propaganda ads immediately, including ordering the canceling of ads set to run as soon as this evening. Background: www.lawdork.com/p/doj-does-n... 11492712169
Reposted by DonnerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Democrats who don't do everything they can to hold Republicans accountable will be driven out of office by the base. Democrats who don't do everything they can to rein in the reckless power of billionaires will likewise be driven out of office by the base. 20935201
Reposted by DonnerJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 11/10/2026No, it isn’t. And this is why percentages can be so dangerous. Total private construction is about $1.6 TRILLION per year. Total data center construction is about $50 BILLION. So data centers are ~3% of all construction. There's no real crowding out here. 4337
Reposted by DonnerGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol. 7176033053
Reposted by DonnerThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/10/2026Trump is sending Americans $500 checks with a letter blaming Biden for supposedly overcharging them for Obamacare. But as @citizencohn.bsky.social explains on MS NOW, there was no overcharge, and Trump is repackaging money meant to help run the ACA as a personal refund. 1119582
Reposted by DonnerThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/10/2026Ossoff: "Mike Collins supports taking your tax dollars and giving it to the people who assaulted police...on January 6...I want to hear if Mike still believes the 2020 election was stolen. What do you say Mike?" Collins: *doesn't respond* 1230086
Reposted by Donner🏃♂️The Runner🏃♂️ @therunnner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Hegseth removed Colin Powell’s name from a list of notable Americans buried at Arlington Cemetery. Hegseth also removed the names of every person of color and every woman on the same list Only white men were left in place. 90427257
Reposted by DonnerProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Honestly, I do think comparisons with the Tuskegee experiment are valid; here, the Danish researchers will knowingly inflict harm on half the babies, & they know that ethicists worldwide have condemned the study yet they have simply dismissed the ethical concerns & want to take RFK Jr’s 💰 & push on 87734
Reposted by DonnerElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It’s simply unimaginable that CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz has just bowed to RFK Jr. and approved funding for an utterly unethical clinical trial that will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine in Guinea Bissau. It is to be conducted by researchers accused of academic misconduct.rollingstone.comCDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study 831470696
Reposted by DonnerElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026When the story first broke on the unethical experiment on infants in Guinea-Bissau, which will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine, a reporter asked me if I thought any IRB would approve it. I said “maybe”, because I feared that embedded racism might lead to an approval. And now it’s back on. 916941
Reposted by DonnerEmily Lakdawalla 🏳️⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026While there is a human pilot onboard, this landing happens too fast for human reflexes. It’s also too perilous for AI. This is an entirely algorithmic sequence, dependent on sensors measuring velocities feeding into a dendritic sequence of coded behavior. 2776
Reposted by DonnerLindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 08/10/2026As an ambassador, you see highly classified intel every day. Guilfoyle should never have been confirmed with her personal finances in this state, but she lied about them and nobody in the GOP majority lifted a finger to expose her. 25610
Reposted by DonnerAdam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 07/10/2026BREAKING A federal judge ordered the Kennedy Center's Trump-installed board to UNSEAL the 163-page report (with redactions) on the $250M+ renovation plan and two year closure. The Board also must unseal a related Powerpoint. Doc buff.ly/E6jyjGl 10549831331
Reposted by DonnerJason Furman @jasonfurman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is what crowd out looks like. 31728250
Reposted by DonnerProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026Regulators have linked Mark McAfee’s raw dairy farm to more than a dozen recalls and outbreaks that left hundreds of people ill. “I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital,” McAfee said. “But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer.” (Published June)propublica.orgHe Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob... 1781207611
Reposted by DonnerJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The US has lost 21,000 manufacturing jobs since Trump took office. But why is bringing them back the goal? Why are we trying to push people into lower paying work? newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…newsletter.platypuseconomics.comManufacturing is What Rich People Think Poor People Want To DoWhat’s really pushing up bond yields, and what has the trade war actually delivered? 39505163
Reposted by DonnerRobert (Bob) Kubinec @rmkubinec.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Agnostics are smarter than atheists, finally we have proof 061
Reposted by DonnerMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 07/10/2026reading this, recalling how quickly the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman slipped out of the newsphoenixnewtimes.comCongressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signsEmbarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. 1959861898
Reposted by DonnerDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Kim Guillyfoyle asking a donor for $100K to cover her credit card debt before starting in her new role as Ambassador to Greece. "Deters didn’t ultimately make the payment, telling Guilfoyle it would cost him his marriage." www.wsj.com/politics/pol... 1141986525
Reposted by DonnerJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Barack Obama is back in his role as Democrats’ closer-in-chief. He just cut ads for 24 Senate & gubernatorial campaigns—targeting races where he can help move persuadable voters. At 57% favorability, Obama is the most popular living president. Expect to see much more of him before Election Day. 💙 495166973570
Reposted by DonnerThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/10/2026@michaeldweiss.bsky.social says accountability can't stop at Kushner, Witkoff, and Trump Jr.: "You can't just blame the public officials here. You have to also blame the foreign countries, and tell them this is going to affect our relationship with them in perpetuity." 414024
Reposted by DonnerCharles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The federal government is lying to you. And we have the receipts. projects.propublica.org/american-cit... 8563227
Reposted by DonnerMax Roser @maxroser.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The share of children who died before they were 5 years old in 1950 and 75 years later. Africa: 33% ↘ 6% Asia: 25% ↘ 2.5% Oceania: 9.3% ↘ 2% Latin America: 21% ↘ 1.5% Northern America: 3.8% ↘ 0.6% Europe: 10.5% ↘ 0.4% Globally: 23% ↘ 3.5% 8419144
Reposted by DonnerMediaite @mediaite.com · 24/09/2026Nevada Says Every Single Voter DHS Flagged as a Noncitizen Is Actually a U.S. Citizendlvr.itNevada Says Every Single Voter DHS Flagged as a Noncitizen Is Actually a U.S. CitizenNevada election officials say all 185 voters whom DHS identified as confirmed noncitizens are actually U.S. citizens, according to The New York Times. The post Nevada Says Every Single Voter DHS Flagged as a Noncitizen Is Actually a U.S. Citizen first appeared on Mediaite. 411474
Reposted by DonnerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026White supremacist cops take a minority citizen, drive him out to the woods as a threat, and leave him there. No, it's not Mississippi in the 1930s, why do you ask? 8536941440
Reposted by DonnerAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This isn’t the Wokest of reactions but I’ve seen these ads roughly a billion times this cycle and a constant instant reaction to this weirdo routinely bothering me in my own home, on my tv, telling me they’re not trans is: are you sure 612114
Reposted by DonnerT. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Pedocon Theory remains undefeated 312724