Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.) 9853372187
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialMychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026New bro code: "Protect women. Respect women. Believe women." The code is accountability, human decency, human kindness, respect. It has to be. 442477498
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialJJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026🧊 Thursday ICECAST – 10 Sep 26 ✈️ 8am — Houston 9am — Denver, Bakersfield 10am – Detroit/Willow Run, Memphis, Richmond, Fort Worth 11am – Seattle/Boeing, St George UT 12pm – Victorville CA 1pm — Twin Falls ID Outbound 🇲🇽🇸🇻🇬🇹🇭🇳🇪🇨🇩🇴 37057
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialYours in negritude, Ryan K. Smith @mewefree.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Lethal Shooter has Ms. Rachel on fire. 513051509
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialChris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 09/09/2026There’s such an easy answer to this “gotcha” question and it’s “Sports are inherently unsafe and unfair and it’s ridiculous to single out trans athletes when we allow 150 pound linebackers to go up against 260 pound linemen in freshman football on a daily basis. Let kids play with their friends.” 12561111622
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/09/2026Didn’t take long, unfortunately. Ahmed Soliman’s attorneys tell me EG police are confiscating phones again and they have lost contact with him. 114178
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 09/09/2026This: “I have largely stayed out of the debates about Steinem and her legacy because I do not find it useful to pick fights with friends and co-strugglers who are grieving.” 07114
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialNational Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 09/09/2026"No amount of time in detention is safe for a child" - American Academy of Pediatrics 22311
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/09/2026Fox News is giving wall to wall coverage to a bunch of New Yorkers who are demanding Mayor Mamdani skip 9/11 memories because ... reasons 2011160188
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialThat Preppy Black Girl @tmwillia828.blacksky.app · 04/09/2026We’re STILL not letting Nolan go #JusticeforNolanWells 04427
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialMegan Piontkowski Illustration @meganpiont.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I teamed up with Generation Vote, the largest youth led voter protection organization in the country, to make a new zine! "Election Protection 101" is available for free download! (Yes it is a youth org, but the info is pertinent to all voters!) www.meganpiontkowski-illustration.com/zines 65840
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialKayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I want to see midterm campaign ads that are just loud ass data center nosies for 30 seconds straight. 1033279704
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/09/2026Even 25 years after 9/11, the people who worked in the rescue and recovery, along with those who lived and worked in the vicinity of Ground Zero, are getting sick. motherjones.comThe Other 9/11 MemorialOne man's fight to commemorate the 9/11 health disasters that, for many responders, have never ended. 312133
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/08/202671 years ago white supremacists kidnapped, tortured, and murdered a 14-year-old Black child named Emmett Till. Some still haven't heard his story. But in the wake of Nolan Wells and Tamir Rice, a reminder that these atrocities continue—& we must not become numb to them. Here's to remembering Emmett.qasimrashid.comToday Is the Anniversary of Emmett Till’s Murder—We Were Just There71 years later, his accuser died free. The warrant for her arrest was never executed. This is not ancient history. 6326135
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Nor will it end at ethnic cleansing. A machine built to eat people will keep eating people. Those who run it will always find a new category of unwanted humans. 5129831157
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 27/08/2026So embarrassing that Lake America is the smallest of the Great Lakes. One more Trump failure. 30732112
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialAlexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026the year is 2027. gas costs $83 and lettuce is at war with us. however every location on every map now says AMERICA 227147282820
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 27/08/2026A mother and daughter were nearly killed when their car was struck and flipped four times. ICE arrested them at the hospital. No criminal history or removal orders for either. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comICE arrests mother and daughter at Florida hospital after car crashAgents arrest women who ‘almost died’ after they were hit by vehicle and their car flipped over four times, family say 36762437
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialSouth Florida Sun Sentinel @sun-sentinel.com · 27/08/2026DEVELOPING STORY: A Florida grand jury investigating the Hope Florida scandal found that key members of the DeSantis administration engaged in a “sophisticated scheme” to divert $10 million of a Medicaid settlement into a political activities and the Republican Party of Florida.sun-sentinel.comHope Florida grand jury describes public money ‘misused for political purposes’The not-yet released reported was obtained by CBS News Miami and detailed wrongdoing but also an inability to bring criminal charges. 67811349
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/08/2026Genuinely abundant, cheap, accessible energy has vastly more liberatory potential than AI, for vastly more people -- especially more poor people. Which, I guess, is your answer. 171796474
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I wrote about Dolly Parton in my latest @nytopinion.nytimes.com column. Thank you. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Greatest Story Dolly Parton Ever Wrote Was Herself (Gift Article)She didn’t see herself as a saint; she identified as something we needed even more: a writer. 662583649
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialThat Preppy Black Girl @tmwillia828.blacksky.app · 22/08/2026We keep telling you leftists/progressives how to win elections and you all refuse to listen. I’m beginning to think “winning” is not the point. 3019878
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialSteven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026$40T in debt, rising interest rates & an aging population while we’re kicking out millions of young workers who are paying into Social Security, increasing Defense spending to $1.5T and cutting taxes. 1328685
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialDefiance Dispatch @defiancedispatch.bsky.social · 19/08/2026A Family of four with a 1 month old child was detained at gunpoint by police officers, for a suspected “stolen plate”. The license plate was read incorrectly by #flock cameras and the #officers decided to pull out their guns and detain this family without verifying anything. Credit @perfectunion 21214
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialProject Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 19/08/2026🚨 Big changes to the PSB Tracker! Instead of focusing solely on warehouses, we pivoted to track ICE's unprecedented buy-up of private prison space, too. This new tool focuses on all jail space ICE has bought, for how much, and from whom. Old data is still available from the dropdown.tracker.projectsaltbox.comICE Warehouse TrackerData Studio turns your data into informative dashboards and reports that are easy to read, easy to share, and fully customizable. 17945544
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 19/08/2026Glad to see some reporting on this. When I first posted on July 17 about these incidents where an airline worker is asked or tricked into helping ICE, person who told me was too afraid of being identifiable for me to report it out. Bottom line: If you are not a citizen, do not use US air travel rn. 61291698
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17/08/2026Seriously. 😳 Holy shit! Rainbow Falls is looking more like Niagara Falls right now. 721877549
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialRamin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 12/08/2026If you missed the solar eclipse, this is what it looked like: 93142903816
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialJon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Legal documents released today show federal law enforcement officials extensively surveilled public meetings and activists during the ICE surge, and created dossiers on political enemies. I've been busy, but will post some takeaways on this thread soon: (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...mprnews.orgAttorney: Homeland Security spied on Minnesotans who spoke out against ICEDefense attorney Kevin Riach alleges that just four days after Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal agents, that Homeland Security Investigations launched Operation Puppet Master. The agency cou... 231179596
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialWind, Click, Snap 🇺🇸 🍻 🎞 🪚 🖌 @windclicksnap.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Looks like I'm voting for Crowley in November. I voted for Hong yesterday, but I'll be there for Crowley just the same. Actually, scratch that. I'll be there, and vote for Crowley, for my rights, my family's rights, and my neighbors' rights just the same. 36813
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 07/08/2026If you exclude one specific scene, Mrs. Lincoln actually enjoyed the Ford's Theatre production of "Our American Cousin" 2043984818
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Suggested reading. www.wired.com/story/how-da...wired.comHow Data Centers Broke American PoliticsWhat the Unabomber, Steve Bannon’s tech guy, and Bernie Sanders taught me about the great data center backlash of 2026. 011929
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialCongresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Today is Voting Rights Day. 61 years ago, this country was made to write down that Black people could vote, and to enforce it. My mother was born under Jim Crow, before the law existed. Racial disenfranchisement is not ancient history. It is family history. 1269
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026"The Dem Establishment Kicked Me Out. Now They're Losing" David Hogg, the former DNC vice chair, writes for Zeteo that the victories of Abdul El-Sayed and other progressives show Democrats didn't lose young voters – they just needed candidates to vote for.zeteo.comThe Dem Establishment Kicked Me Out. Now They're LosingDavid Hogg, the former DNC vice chair, writes for Zeteo that the victories of Abdul El-Sayed and other progressives show Democrats didn't lose young voters – they just needed candidates to vote for. 511209219
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 04/08/2026The founders are calling. They suggest you read the damn Constitution. 52680362096
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/08/2026“Women just hate me. Idk what to do about it…What’s the point in living." The accused FSU mass shooter fantasized about brutally violent sex—a scenario ChatGPT scripted for him in detail. AI chatbots fueling violent thinking and planning among troubled people is an urgent problem, experts warn.motherjones.comInside a mass shooter’s harrowing history with ChatGPTA year of chats reveals glaring red flags—and disturbing ChatGPT replies—from long before a rampage at Florida State University. 616365
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/08/2026"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —Martin Luther King, Jr. 289161553988
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialPM Press @pmpress.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Happy Birthday to James Baldwin! 073
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 02/08/2026At your next meal, take a second to think about the people working long hours in HOT 100° temps to put food on your table. They're not just statistics. They're real people who can't avoid the heat in an air conditioned house or office. #WeFeedYou 452070677
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialDave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Per the police shooting in Madison, WI today, this bears repeating: ICE, CBP, local cops; their violence is all connected. ICE represents an escalation of that violence to be sure. But we wouldn't be here here without years and years of collectively tolerating "regular" cops killing people. 019485
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Just pointing out that amidst all the ludicrous screaming and yelling by Trumpists about communism, the Trump administration had and has in senior positions individuals who are genuine and unabashed fascists. 462576576
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialKen Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 20/07/2026New State Department report on foreign "subversion" is a virtual government blacklist that names 43 Americans + domestic orgs, including: - Mamdani - DSA - Hasan Piker - Amy Goodman Full list: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/after-poli...kenklippenstein.comAfter "Political Terrorism" Event, U.S. Names 43 Americans + GroupsRubio report on Cuban "subversion" names Zohran Mamdani, Hasan Piker, Ben Cohen + orgs like DSA and Amazon Labor Union 1191356510
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialWhitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Holy shit. An incredible result for activists, who have tirelessly protested Citizens Financial Group for funding Geo Group and CoreCivic.bloomberg.comCitizens to Exit Credit Facilities to Two Private-Prison FirmsCitizens Financial Group Inc. said it will exit its credit facilities to Geo Group Inc. and CoreCivic Inc., firms that help operate detention centers for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 320470
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Trump's embarrassing rant last night about an election he lost six years ago made two things very clear: 1. He's not focused on making life better for Americans. Not even close. 2. We should act now to counteract any efforts to undermine our elections. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...mobilize.usHands Off Our Vote in 2026! · Indivisible**We know that Trump and his Big Lie cronies are plotting to do everything they can to undermine our elections in 2026.** Whether it’s trying to end mail-in voting, targeting registration programs, bl... 13352971657
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 17/07/2026A reminder that Trump shut down not one but two of his own voter fraud commissions because they found no evidence of fraud, and that he filed 61 lawsuits after 2020 and lost all 61 because he could offer no evidence of fraud. 25th Amendment NOW. 2/2 322252
Reposted by @tilyons.bsky.socialAlison Preston @alisonserene.bsky.social · 16/07/2026"Normal, healthy, ordered living." This is so fucking dark. 1577