Reposted by Thomas BloomDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17hOver the last decade, there were two hypotheses: H1: the political right genuinely cared about threats to speech from the left. H2: they were using campus speech wars to impose their values and silence dissent. Today, the answer is clear, but I can't find any of the H1 people admitting their error. 441862528
Reposted by Thomas BloomAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 18hAfter years of championing "free speech," Texas lawmakers have enabled a dramatic rise of censorship in Texas universities, banning concepts, canceling courses and closing departments seen as "woke," and even using AI bots as censors. All in the name of freedom. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1... 6029371026
Reposted by Thomas BloomAndy Rose @andyrose12.bsky.social · 10/10/2026“Kennedy would never be able to do the trial in the US because of its significant ethical concerns, Offit added. “He’s taking advantage of a developing country … Is it because children in Africa are more expendable than children here?” 001
Reposted by Thomas BloomDemocracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I don’t know any parent who’s gonna react to an attempted carjacking with their kid in the car in any other way. 08121
Reposted by Thomas BloomSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Thanks be to God that we no longer have to live under the tyrannical yoke of the woke radical left language police. 20464107
Reposted by Thomas BloomAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026"You hired half the Third Reich to staff your office ... If John Lewis were marching today, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club" -- here's a supercut of Jon Ossoff SMASHING Mike Collins during tonight's debate 27386402114
Reposted by Thomas BloomAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is petty and least important aspect of this but: I reported on this years ago and the trump campaign falsely denied the reporting, and now via Hegseth they’re just doing it. Monstrous 281713477
Reposted by Thomas BloomAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club" 511153403419
Reposted by Thomas BloomAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren... 8751191856
Reposted by Thomas BloomBrad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The president of the United States is inciting a fucking pogrom. 39834220
Reposted by Thomas BloomTom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026So the Department of Defense is openly promoting QAnon symbolism: 74833
Reposted by Thomas BloomMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026While there’s no shortage of rank hypocrisy among the MAGA elite, it’s nonetheless rare to see a pundit condemn their own future behavior in such stark terms. www.mediamatters.org/kimberly-gui...mediamatters.orgFLASHBACK: At Fox, U.S. Ambassador Guilfoyle endorsed criminal investigation into Clinton “pay-for-play” claims 1322847
Reposted by Thomas BloomMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Guilfoyle, in her prior role as a Fox News host, endorsed the criminal investigation of Hillary Clinton for “racketeering” and “corruption” because Clinton was supposedly “willing to sell access” through the Clinton Foundation in a “pay-for-play” scheme. www.mediamatters.org/kimberly-gui...mediamatters.orgFLASHBACK: At Fox, U.S. Ambassador Guilfoyle endorsed criminal investigation into Clinton “pay-for-play” claims 21547167
Reposted by Thomas BloomNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 08/10/2026If you are arguing that there is no innocent [person of any nationality whatsoever] then you are making the case for genocide 161582197
Reposted by Thomas Bloomjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026the funny thing about this of course is that "athenian democracy" was a cautionary tale to the framers, who saw it as unstable and prone to demagogues and tyrants like the one rubio works for 1505666881
Reposted by Thomas BloomJonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Trump is basically claiming that he pardoned a crook who didn't deserve it for purely political resasons. This alone is worthy of impeachment and removal; overall, Trump's abuse of power pardons are easy calls for legitimate impeachment and removal. Whether he brags about it or not. 323870
Reposted by Thomas BloomCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026the Vice President of the United States has gone on record citing this man as one of his biggest intellectual influences if you didn't know this, it's probably because for some reason literally no mainstream political media outlets think it's worth mentioning 8140291017
Reposted by Thomas BloomBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Is there one person in this administration—say, the person who changes the urinal cakes in the Agriculture Department men’s room—who is not shamelessly using their position to grift every dollar they can? Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...wsj.comExclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex AccountText messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece. 35557144
Thomas Bloom @thomasjbloom.com · 07/10/2026Horrifying.phoenixnewtimes.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. 000
Reposted by Thomas BloomMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Horrifying: Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by a man after he knocked her out. Another man approached her to do the same. “She began swinging her foot at him. ‘Not even worth it,’ she heard the man say as he moved away.”phoenixnewtimes.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. 17342781626
Reposted by Thomas BloomDeidre Eversull @thorsmom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The Brits have released some of the evidence they have against the Tate brothers. Here is an excerpt where Andrew Tate admits he’s aware that a child is working for him, creating porn videos. Members of the Trump administration went to bat for these pedos. 095
Reposted by Thomas Bloomelias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 07/10/2026it's not even fair to say this is peasant-brained. peasant-brain would be to say "jesus gives me the right to till whatever land i want without paying taxes." this isn't that. this is child-brained. "jesus is my muscle-bound daddy who will beat your daddy if youre mean to me" 4768
Reposted by Thomas BloomLaw360 @law360.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A former FBI agent has come forward with a claim that when U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove was at the U.S. Department of Justice, he directed the Los Angeles field office to illegally investigate protesters. www.law360.com/artic... 331159440
Reposted by Thomas Bloomjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026interesting that conservatives were militantly “we must reward hustle” when the target was affirmative action at elite universities and now, when faced with the success of south asians and other groups, it is “i think we are too meritocratic” 19370401104
Reposted by Thomas BloomBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026ah more of those harmless "brief investigative stops" Kavanaugh told us about ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...ballsandstrikes.orgBrett Kavanaugh’s Imaginary Immigration Stops Opinion Gets More Embarrassing Every DayThe fact that ICE officers do not allow wrongfully detained people to “promptly go free” is a surprise to only one man in America. 212750
Reposted by Thomas BloomJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 06/10/2026Uh, whoa. But if you're curious as to WHY the Kansas Senate race — which features Methodist megapastor Rev. Adam Hamilton as the Democratic nominee — is suddenly a toss up, I went down and spoke to and members of his church last month. What I found was striking: religionnews.com/2026/09/23/h...religionnews.comHow megapastor Adam Hamilton could break the GOP's hold on KansasLEAWOOD, Kansas (RNS) — While Democrats have long been considered a longshot for statewide races in Kansas, the Rev. Adam Hamilton's candidacy has proven unexpectedly competitive. 816657
Reposted by Thomas BloomBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Bro you should read about laws there’s all sorts of them 411261174
Reposted by Thomas BloomJoe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It's true. Every word: “She thinks we’re stupid. I mean, that’s really what it comes down to. She thinks that we don’t understand the process, that she didn’t know what he was going to do. And everyone in the country knew exactly what she was going to do. It’s not us that were stupid. It’s her.” 1249
Reposted by Thomas Bloommtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026one of the ways the media shows which side they prefer, is which politicians they quote uncharitably out-of-context and which they clean up for even when what they actually say and do is offensive (the Biden story ran on the front page less than a week before the 24 election) 412728722
Reposted by Thomas Bloomjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026i also read his op ed on originalism in the WSJ and i would love to know how presidential criminal immunity emerges from the structure of the constitution, especially when the literal authors of that constitution insisted that a president could he tried and even straight up executed 482229296
Reposted by Thomas Bloomjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026one funny thing about Alito is he is constantly fuming over his critics. just a big blubbering baby. 875012665
Reposted by Thomas BloomProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/20268/ Amanda Trebach, a nurse and member of an immigrant advocacy group, was detained in California while filming and protesting immigration enforcement operations. Trebach says she was held for almost 36 hours without access to a phone call or a lawyer. 4749226
Reposted by Thomas BloomAlex Awoos @alex-awoos-backup.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I feel like more people should be talking about this part 3850402099
Reposted by Thomas BloomNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026India is one of the major cases of democratic backsliding. The Modi government is abusing state power to give itself advantages in elections, purging voter rolls—with a flimsy pretext—in ways that target Indians Modi doesn’t like, in particular Muslims, the minority he’s been violently repressing. 48334
Reposted by Thomas BloomProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/20264/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck. After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home. Then they threw his ID out of the truck. 6625721254
Reposted by Thomas BloomProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️ 9660413456
Reposted by Thomas BloomSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Justice Alito devotes an entire chapter of his new book to the emergency docket—and to responding to people like me (“the most prolific academic critic of the emergency docket”). As I explain over at “One First,” it … didn’t go well: www.stevevladeck.com/p/256-so-une... 1133733758
Reposted by Thomas BloomIan Bennett @ianbennett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is sobering. This is also negligence. apnews.com/article/iran...apnews.comSoldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed themSome U.S. soldiers gravely wounded in the deadliest Iran strike on American troops say the military medical system failed them. 612052
Reposted by Thomas BloomRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.ms.nowOutgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump. 25797733047
Reposted by Thomas BloomGloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Our country is swimming in guns, with few guardrails. This is how corrupting it's become. "The teenagers said ...they buy firearms legally once they turn 18, while others recruit friends who can." 1/2 #FreedomFromGunViolencenytimes.comWhat We Learned About American Teenagers Supplying Guns to CartelsOur reporting revealed how Mexican criminal groups are relying on teenagers and young adults in border states like Arizona to help supply their weapons. 32218
Reposted by Thomas BloomJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The irony of course is that Originalism’s big selling point was supposed to be constraining the discretion or judges to impose their own political preferences as law. In practice the effect has been very much the reverse: Liberating justices from the constraints of stare decisis. 1129569
Reposted by Thomas Bloom@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"Missouri will not use optional federal exemptions designed to help low-income people keep Medicaid coverage when they are hospitalized, travel for medical care or live in areas affected by disasters or high unemployment." #ProLifeMyAss 198
Reposted by Thomas BloomNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Americans picked Trump II, and their biggest objection is high prices. Hungary chose Orban, and their eventual big objection was corruption. Erdogan and Modi won multiple terms. Brazilians about to go Bolsonaro again. Not always free and fair, but yeah, millions want it. Wouldn’t work otherwise. 31705141
Reposted by Thomas BloomAmy Littlefield @amylittlefield.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I wrote a whole book about the complexity of the motives behind the overturn of Roe and how misogyny wasn’t the only factor but moments like this make clear IT SURE WAS A BIG ONE 315047
Reposted by Thomas BloomZack Ford @zackford.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If Alito sees reforming the Court as "intimidating," it's because he thinks he has something to lose from those reforms. He does; that's the point. 041
Reposted by Thomas BloomIan Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is a powerful article. Infuriating how every time the trucker was trying to find empathy for Pierre and Haitians in general, his girlfriend and mom kept intervening with some racist logic or conspiracy. 9625137
Reposted by Thomas BloomMr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comA Reckoning in SpringfieldA truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become. 37353501838