Reposted by tiburkeKamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 06/10/2026Californians' lives are not expendable in Donald Trump's unhinged, reckless war in Iran. This is yet another callous comment from the tyrant in the White House who dragged the American people into a war that we do not want. 961514446
tiburke @thomas.burked.com · 04/10/2026I try to distinguish the joke of a US green party from European Greens, but it's getting hard. 000
Reposted by tiburkeElliott Kay @elliottkaybooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026So yeah, everyone has seen space boot camp. You've seen and read space wars. You have not read "Haunted war hero becomes resident advisor for freshman dorm from hell and makes friends with adorable space capybara." And you should, 'cause the whole thing is a lot of fun. 0121
Reposted by tiburkeSenator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes! 2526253766284
Reposted by tiburkeVal @yogival.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Heading to Barcelona next month for Mozfest to host the 2026 Winners Showcase - Protopian Prize Fiction Contest 🔮🕊️ @r-emrys.bsky.social @lizbarry.bsky.social @glichfield.bsky.social Lmk if you'll be there! 😍 @mozilla.org @metagov.bsky.social events.mozillafoundation.org/e/mozilla-fe... 253
tiburke @thomas.burked.com · 24/09/2026The DNC is not mentioned. During the biggest Democratic opportunity in 50 years the DNC is broke and not a factor. 000
tiburke @thomas.burked.com · 23/09/2026Pope Leo XIV made the strong version of this argument. This is an example of why I don't take libertarians seriously, they avoid the religious implications of their arguments & don't engage with the post-modern alternatives. www.vatican.va/content/leo-...vatican.vaEncyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)ENCYCLICAL LETTER MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [ Multimedia ] ___________________________ 010
Reposted by tiburkeHeadquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026VP Kamala Harris: I'm here to support Dr. El-Sayed because I know he will be a champion on this subject. We have one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the world, so it raises the issue of hypocrisy when there are leaders who walk around every day talking about family values. 111248
tiburke @thomas.burked.com · 18/09/2026Musk being treated with kid gloves by national media has utility to Democratic campaigns. He's a big villain in campaign ads but the GOP can't reject his poison. 000
Reposted by tiburkeKamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 15/09/2026Consider this your assignment for National Voter Registration Day. Head to IWillVote.com and check your voter registration status. Then send this to the group chat and make sure they check theirs, too. We all need to turn out this November and be too big to rig. 14128191165
tiburke @thomas.burked.com · 14/09/2026Economic pressure is far more effective at promoting clean energy than political pressure. 000
Reposted by tiburkeDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below. 145136924891
Reposted by tiburkeHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026In my decades of public service, I have rarely been as angry as I was the day the damning inspector general’s report was released about the EPA's response to the World Trade Center collapse. Read my new piece on the lessons of 9/11 at @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... 15362181888
Reposted by tiburkeKatherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 09/09/2026When I pitched a review of Anton Jäger's Hyperpolitics, I wanted to read it against Fukuyama's End of History and the Last Man because both books tackle similar themes in radically different ways. The result is a double-helix of an essay that is one of the best things I've ever written for LC.liberalcurrents.comThe End of History and the Final GirlAnton Jäger’s "Hyperpolitics" is, at its best, late marginalia for "The End of History and the Last Man." At its worst, Jäger, like Fukuyama, is a prisoner of his political pieties. 815544
Reposted by tiburkeDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 09/09/2026"Those foes of liberal democracy are fighting the spectre that still haunts our world: feminism." terrific stuff from @quinnae.com on fukuyama, hyperpolitics, and how to survive the end of historyliberalcurrents.comThe End of History and the Final GirlAnton Jäger’s "Hyperpolitics" is, at its best, late marginalia for "The End of History and the Last Man." At its worst, Jäger, like Fukuyama, is a prisoner of his political pieties. 18925
Reposted by tiburkeDante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This is a common refrain, so let's go through it for those who don't know what I'm talking about by many on the left actually encouraging Ukrainian genocide. This will be a partial list of prominent people, organizations and advocates. Strap in. 2123
tiburke @thomas.burked.com · 06/09/2026@govwesmoore.bsky.social what can you do to protect the people of Maryland from this dangerous & illegal ICE behavior? 000
Reposted by tiburkeFriendly 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. 3520331028
tiburke @thomas.burked.com · 06/09/2026It's no longer surprising to see our online left recapitulate the reactionary trajectory of the US New Left. 071
Reposted by tiburkeHeadquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Left: Willow trees at the Kennedy Center before the Trump administration Right: Willow tree stumps at the Kennedy Center after the Trump administration 1410257
Reposted by tiburkeWuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Just when you think you couldn’t love David Byrne more he goes to the Hollywood Bowl playing "Life During Wartime" projecting ICE raids 🔥 261177495792
Reposted by tiburkeKamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 27/08/2026This week’s Supreme Court decision is another reminder of what we are up against heading into November. They can put more obstacles in our way, but they cannot take away our power. Our answer is to show up, make our voices heard, and turn out in numbers that are too big to rig. 892413794
Reposted by tiburkeVaquera Elisa @boxelderdust.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The basic assumption happening in opposition to it is that humanity’s natural state is one of Edenic innocence and bounty, where no one suffered and no one felt urges toward the capital sins until Rome or Thomas Hobbes or the Jews corrupted the world by inventing capitalism and imperialism 110516
Reposted by tiburkeChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 25/08/2026“People always come before borders, before definitions, and before institutions. “This realization stands at the center of Christianity. “Evil is not fought with evil. It is time to oppose the false realism that rearms minds, words, and nations with the realism of mercy.” — Pope Leo XIV 219266
tiburke @thomas.burked.com · 25/08/2026@bretdevereaux.bsky.social says empire is expensive, I would say ruinous under capitalism. Josh describes the costs of misunderstanding US power as imperial. 000
Reposted by tiburke"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Since I am being called "so fucking dangerous" let's walk through what my argument and its evidence actually is. First, I am not saying fascism, the ideology, is ancient (it isn't) but that the emotions which fuel it are: fascism is ancient (pre-historic!) emotions colliding with modern society. 41944104
tiburke @thomas.burked.com · 24/08/2026Carcinization or inherent contradictions that become reactionary. 020
Reposted by tiburkeJon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 19/08/2026He's like a scandal piñata. Every time you shake him, more misdeeds fall out… 772113694
Reposted by tiburkeDecoding the Gurus @guruspod.bsky.social · 17/08/2026It was great discussing the scientific research on COVID origins and where the evidence stands in 2026 with @kgandersen.bsky.social, @worobey.bsky.social, and @eddieholmes.bsky.social. Less fun to discuss the political persecution of scientists, but also important. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od9c...youtube.comLab Leak and Covid Origins in 2026: An Interview with Holmes, Andersen, & WorobeyYouTube video by Decoding the Gurus 14515
tiburke @thomas.burked.com · 19/08/2026Pete Hegseth betrayed the US & our Navy, then tried to cover up his treachery. www.ms.now/money-power-...ms.nowUSS Lincoln wasn't resupplied because Hegseth 'hid' that Iran destroyed main U.S. base: RohdePresident Trump continues to say that Iran wants to make a deal to end the war and that the U.S. has control over the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, the president downplayed concerns about the condition... 000
Reposted by tiburkeDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 17/08/2026It's grand and a long time coming. Two operant changes: Current state's attorney doubled the number of successful prosecutions for violence and guns in three years. Safe Streets undertaking community-based interventions in vulnerable cohort. Both should be credited and continued. 942269
Reposted by tiburkeHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The president is making US policy friendlier to North Korea and Russia than Canada and Oman. Are you kidding me? 1586274007387
Reposted by tiburkeJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I'll never steal your pen. 267127882543
Reposted by tiburkeLauren Underwood @laurenunderwood.bsky.social · 10/08/202619 pieces of legislation and counting. Some Members of Congress measure their term in years served and viral moments, but I measure mine in legislation signed and dollars delivered to my community. 33469196
Reposted by tiburkeGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 09/08/2026credit where it's due, he tries to dodge it with the billionaire answer at first, but acknowledging that taxes would go up for everyone (at least a little) is the first step toward having an actual grown-up realistic conversation about universal health care in this country 1012509314
Reposted by tiburkeHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Local man suggests jailing own boss. 406124783569
Reposted by tiburkeNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026NEW BLOG POST! Some thoughts on Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey, the historical context of the Bronze Age Collapse, the Sea Peoples, and the legends of the Trojan War, and whether Nolan's movie is "historically accurate" or not, and what that even means.nathangoldwag.wordpress.comDid Odysseus Cause the Bronze Age Collapse?We were all set for The Odyssey to be our summer discourse. Battle lines had been drawn, takes had been prepared. Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s 8th century BCE epic poem was… 1423562
Reposted by tiburkeDean Haddix @doctoreon.bsky.social · 28/07/2026The UAE is the biggest financial back of the RSF in Sudan. Though less reported on, it is the largest humanitarian disaster and genocide on Earth right now. 155
Reposted by tiburkeHen Mazzig @henmazzig.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Can't stop watching this video because it's just perfect. Progressive political creator Kaitlyn Hennessy, tearing apart the New York Times for their blatant political campaign for a certain sect of the Democratic Party. 35023
Reposted by tiburkeAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/07/2026Talarico: "It's funny because I'm the eighth-generation Texan in the race. I think California transplants like Ken Paxton can become Texans. That's what great about our state." 267106412431
Reposted by tiburkeHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 16/07/2026"Isn't it humiliating to be unable to answer this question?" This exchange between Sen. Ossoff and Trump nominee Jay Clayton—about who won the 2020 election—is well worth watching. 1582790798
Reposted by tiburkekottke.org @kottke.org · 15/07/2026Contender for the most remarkably bonkers sports photo of all time: a 20-year-old Lionel Messi bathing a five-month-old Lamine Yamal (taken in 2007 for a UNICEF fundraiser). [kottke.org]kottke.orgLionel Messi Bathing a Baby Lamine YamalThese have to be some of the most remarkable sports photos of all time: a 20-year-old Lionel Messi bathing a five-month-old Lamine Yamal. Two of the best football players in the world, one a Barcelona lege 19522173
Reposted by tiburkePete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 14/07/2026A lot of us know people - good people - who may have believed the promises they were told about "draining the swamp" or "no new wars." Now is the time to reach out to them. Not to say, "I told you so," but to say, "He doesn't deserve you." 1572558514
Reposted by tiburkeAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/07/2026Ossoff: "We understand the president may be threatening to declare sitting senators illegitimate. If that's the course of action he pursues, he's calling GA voters illegitimate...he was humiliated as a committed lifelong racist that it was Black voters in Georgia who were instrumental in his defeat" 22489222593
Reposted by tiburkeMiss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 13/07/2026🧵👀Heads up y’all… A few of y’all have asked me about my aunt who is running for election in TX...technically she’s running again but that’s a long story. Here is the information to support her candidacy through Act Blue. Some of you that followed me on the old secure.actblue.com/donate/winwi...secure.actblue.comDonate to Carolyn GuidryShow your support with a contribution. 15193117
Reposted by tiburkeKim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Fuck Hasan Piker. 1913246
Reposted by tiburkeKamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 10/07/2026The news cycle has moved on since the Louisiana v. Callais decision on April 29, but we cannot. My thoughts on our continued fight for voting rights:kamalaharris.linkWe need to keep talking about voting rights.The news cycle has moved on, but we will not. 711809655
tiburke @thomas.burked.com · 10/07/2026After O'Donnell blasted him for jumping into this tarpit, Hayes is reduced to whataboutism. 070