Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 16hBy my math, the order was filed 11 minutes after the Trump administration's reply brief came in. 36900204
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialTexas 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... 20666213321
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialJon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 27/09/2026just saw a guy walking in the rain with an umbrella. and i’m just like, come on man. that’s cheating. don’t be a dick 472318235
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialWill Harris @sandwichpick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This might be the easiest and most wtf pick six I've ever seen 3131146
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialAaron Greenspan @aarongreenspan.com · 26/09/2026Google still won't let @plainsite.org monetize its YouTube channel because doing FOIA litigation to get videos of billionaires released / posting videos others have litigated for of douchebag DOGE employees isn't original enough for them. Even though there's a public domain exception in their terms. 1124
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵 19595883515
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialThomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026ICYMI over the weekend: I wrote about the emerging far-right international, why the project it is pursuing is best described as a kind of aggrieved revanchism, and what an adequate democratic response might look like.steady.pageA Far-Right International Is Assaulting DemocracyMAGA and the AfD are united in a struggle against democratic pluralism that transcends national borders. It is an alliance of extremists defined by aggrieved revanchism 318258
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026From 16,000 to 185 to Zero. The Trump admin claimed as many as 16,000 noncitizens had been registered to vote in Nevada. Then DHS came back and said the number was actually 185. This week, Nevada told the admin every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.nytimes.com 7528901185
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialutopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 25/09/2026rolled out of my bed this morning and barreled down Linwood for 10 minutes to have the privilege of watching a neighbor get kidnapped with his son in front of a YMCA and high school, busses full of kids watching, while a kcpd officer joyfully cooperated. It was a car crash. How did ICE know? 14898332
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialMatt Baume 🏳️🌈 @mattbaume.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Sometimes I think I understand computers and then I get an error message that a headless Adobe app has seized control of a clown horn somewhere on the machine 141260372
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialdoleful moo of a cow @oulipien.bsky.social · 25/09/2026No one's going to top @leyawn.bsky.social 466660
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialAsh McGonigal @ashmcgonigal.com · 24/09/2026This is a familiar pattern that repeats itself every time Republicans get on this voter fraud kick. Another familiar pattern is Republicans who complain about voter fraud not living where their voter registration says they do. 435884
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.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 @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 23/09/2026are you fucking serious newsom and bonta should be raked over the fucking coals for settling 271834436
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 22/09/2026just coincidentally, the author of this racist screed is also the ex-husband of Pamela Paul, who ran the NY Times book review for almost a decade 1042890
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Just a remarkable choice, this headline. No other leader of any other country in the history of the UN would get that headline after giving an address with that quote. 461367336
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialMolly Redden @mtredden.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“You’ve seen me deliver.” That’s what Collins told Kao, he said, as her staff pressured him to up his donations. Kao wound up giving the Collins super PAC $150,000 in late 2019. Weeks later, according to an email, Collins’ office agreed to support $32m in new Navatek projects. 415746
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 20/09/2026“Jesus doesn’t hear the prayers of those who wage war.” — Pope Leo XIV 874793900
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialAman Batheja @amanbatheja.bsky.social · 22/09/2026In suburban Maryland, where many Salvadorans fear the Trump Administration is about to target them for deportation, an Episcopal priest has pledged to become temporary guardian to 31 kids if their parents are arrested by ICE. “I feel a lot of responsibility, and a very heavy weight."time.comThis Priest Pledges to Care For 31 Kids If ICE Detains Their ParentsA Maryland priest has agreed to become the standby guardian for 31 children whose immigrant parents fear arrest and deportation. 218266
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialHaydon @haydonmp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It’s gotten to the point you can track R messaging to be about a week ahead of public polls which tells me that poll movement is still active and Going Really Well For Them. 1565
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Even if you think you know the whole Kennedy Center story, this is enlightening and enraging. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...nytimes.comHow President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center (Gift Article)Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection. 561808872
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialAndrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A couple went on a Fox News podcast and claimed the state of #Massachusetts took away their teen because they won't help the teen transition. But it's actually because the father was charged with beating and threatening to kill the teen and the mother was charged with witness intimidation.wbur.orgMass. parents' story about child's gender transition complicated by court recordsJoseph Kutzko was charged with assaulting the child in January 2025, not long before the child was removed from the family’s home. Mother Arlene Kutzko was charged with witness intimidation in connect... 10460321974
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is undoubtedly another act of sabotage specifically requested by a foreign adversary in a conservation with a Trump family member about a financial transaction. There's no explanation for this other than "Trump was paid to do it." 523056
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialCat Lady Emily 🐈 ✊🌷 @catlady999.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This has to become a meme. 1978
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.social"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It remains true that if the Russians went home tomorrow, the drone strikes would stop, no Ukrainian would follow them over the border and the war would be over. They can just *go home* and be at peace. The war persists because Putin wants it to. 437352
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialSHOEGAZE COMMANDO @bornwithatail.bsky.social · 19/02/2025thread of anti-klan cartoons from 100+ years ago 16842332
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialPatrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026For example, if the Iran conflict turns into a spectacular symbolic failure, it'll probably be because a major warship gets sunk or a substantial assault is repelled. That would be dramatic. But the actual collapse is the decision-making process that led to that point, not the event itself. 6101678
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialAcademician Prokhor Zakharov @shake1n1bake.bsky.social · 19/09/2026FBI: While it may be detrimental to agency morale the threat facing immigration enforcement is of such a serious nature we must inform you that, yes, you are all unfuckable losers. 15659124
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialTom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The Heritage Foundation is infamous for organizing Project 2025. As I was investigating Heritage, I found that it promotes a network of Christian nationalist schools to parents. That network was founded by Doug Wilson, who is well-known for his extreme views. Read my investigative report here:civildefenseinstitute.orgHow the Heritage Foundation Promotes Christian Nationalist Schooling — Civil DefenseTracing Heritage and Kevin Roberts’s ties to a growing network of classical Christian schools—and the policies steering public money their way. 41996549
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 19/09/2026 455774
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialHeadquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Roger Marshall: I'm sorry gas prices are going up but your national security is more important than your pocketbook 388697201
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026'millions of Americans like me are dissatisfied because they're too busy summering in Greece to vote' is one take 1497165
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible 25150203937
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialAkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026He's underwater WITH REPUBLICANS on this 6598
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026Trump, in North Carolina calls North Carolina "one of the worst" states "in the whole nation" 1391241304
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialBrad @bradburst.bsky.social · 16/09/2026did a double-take when I saw JPM’s mid-terms focused webinar yesterday had the exec editor of Washington Examiner as the sole politics expert 🤦♂️ 4474
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialDoctor Memory @blank.org · 15/09/2026The fact that these people can’t seem to see that they’ve reinvented Christian eschatology by way of the scifi movies they watched as kids is frustrating, but far from unprecedented. 212910
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026HOLY SHIT - Tapper plays Johnson footage of GOP candidate Brandon Herrera describing moms as "cum trophies," mentions he called Nazi machine guns "the original ghetto blasters," & asks Johnson how he can support him. Mike says "he has run a very effective campaign ... that was his persona online" 98362092197
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialPatrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026One of the underrated parts of this election cycle is finding out what huge pieces of shit formerly safe elected officials are because they're finally vulnerable enough to get raked over the coals 382892524
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialFriendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Friday morning, I was gardening when I checked my phone. A request had gone out for help. For 25+ hours, ICE had been laying siege to a quiet neighborhood in Frederick, MD. Community members were afraid, some didn’t want to leave their homes. ICE vehicles seemed to be lurking on every corner. 3520321028
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialOpinion Haver @asinmarx.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I made this chart as a guide for what different generical congressional ballot results would mean. Obviously Republicans are holding up better or worse in some places, but this the average partisanship of district you would expect would flip, given different GCBs/national environments. 1497
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialWaldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 11/09/2026Here’s how the New York Times describes this moment in their coverage: 1082734834
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialJason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I saw a meme today that said that books are proof that strangers can meet across centuries and still understand each other. That really resonated. 17388131434
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialAndrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 03/09/2026NEW: You’ve probably heard of police officers accused of abusing Flock searches to stalk exes and romantic interests. We got the code for Flock’s latest search tool, figured out how it works, and recreated it for all to see. @dell.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social w/ the scoop:wired.comThis Is Flock’s AI Search Tool for CopsWIRED rebuilt Flock’s latest search tool from code the company sends to a police officer’s browser. Its AI can keep watch across multiple cameras for anyone fitting a written description. 1276144
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialDr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 03/09/2026We are in the “you can’t learn that anymore” stage of fascism, for anyone still keeping track. 26994426
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialSecretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Guess the endgame is to just destroy American higher education 1054129
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialrahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Holy shiiiiiiit if you know anyone in North Carolina who may even know anyone who knows anyone who's been to an event by these people, get them to go get the rabies post-exposure prophylaxis shots RIGHT THE FUCK NOW, DO NOT WAIT, YOU CANNOT TREAT IT AFTER SYMPTOMS START 1019611825
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialGabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 01/09/20268th Cir. holds that a 15-year sentence was not substantively unreasonable for an apprentice mortician who sold body parts using Facebook Messenger and also gave a family an urn filled with fake ashes rather than the remains of their baby to cover her tracks. ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/26/09... 9456
Reposted by @thirddudeontheleft.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined. 34995894679
![It makes no difference that another supplier received only 15 months. The district court tailored the sentence to fit what Scott did, which included stealing the body parts herself. Cf. United States v. Dickson, 127 F.4th 722, 730 (8th Cir. 2025) (noting that “relief based on a comparison to co-conspirators is . . . unusual” (citation omitted)); United States v. Granados, 962 F.2d 767, 774 (8th Cir. 1992) (explaining that “disparit[ies] will always exist” because “sentences are based upon the specific facts of each individual defendant’s case”). We accordingly affirm the judgment of the district court and deny Scott’s motion to supplement the briefing.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:24vva42nxim6zbcmnozegoef/bafkreic3kymqp4nsqhouxfqfw5te7y3zjk3jyz436tb3jksish3phaoumm)
