Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 11/10/2026“That's just not what we do here in this country." Translation: I’ve been politely pretending not to notice my racist, fascist political allies for my whole career, and I fucking expect you to do likewise. 181166155 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 11/10/2026A good summation of David Brooks and "civility" politics generally: no one on the right-wing can ever be described honestly, while everyone who isn't on the right-wing is always portrayed as a radical breaking cherished norms. 702082456 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Don’t throw trans people under the bus. It’s not hard. It’s also such a clear litmus test. 929662 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 10/10/2026Oklahoma had approved the well, which injected toxic oil field wastewater underground, without first ensuring it would not pollute the city of Enid’s groundwater. The well then repeatedly failed structural integrity tests. with @readfrontier.bsky.socialpropublica.orgOklahoma Oil Company Plugs Disposal Well That Posed Threat to City’s Drinking WaterThe Frontier and ProPublica revealed that state regulators had approved the well in Enid, Oklahoma, in violation of rules meant to protect municipal groundwater. Now the well is permanently shut down. 17539267 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Man, when BMW says "that's too fascist for us" 404207765 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Will anyone ask Trump or @MarshaBlackburn or @BrentTaylorTN about this today? Seems like a clarksville type Q 🤷🏼 11434101225 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialAltBiker @altbiker.altgov.info · 09/10/2026I see we've moved to the public executions part of the program. Early but not unexpected. Surely publicly shooting a wheelchair bound Muslim in front of the whole world won't have any negative effects. /s 44810 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialgeoffrey 💀 (scary now) @parsnip.bsky.social · 09/10/2026dc statehood is non-negotiable after trump's actions in his second term. republicans despise the people of the city that hosts them, and there is little reason to think that, now that the seal is broken on treating them as an occupied population, a next republican president will be more restrained 232419457 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialCannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dave @davebrowne.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The entire apparatus of the US government being used to pursue the president's petty grudges. This is Watergatemogging and that doesn't even count all the other illegal, immoral, and cunty shit he and the admin are doing. 39412 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialbetterdz.bsky.social @betterdz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026From the article, ' “A woman winning the Nobel prize for the same work Penn called ‘not faculty quality’ & Penn CLAIMING CREDIT is exactly how misogyny in academia works,” Stevenson University assistant professor Kerry Pray posted.' 1586 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialAltFDA @altfda.altgov.info · 09/10/2026I can tell you right now, that they will be locking it down under regulations meant to make it almost impossible to dispense. Because the data says it’s safe and they can’t get past that. 35830 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026All the "how could anyone manage this without AI" stuff just cements the idea that no one can remember anything that happened before covid 19315 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026There is nothing more Donald Trump than using the opportunity to meet with grieving families as an excuse to talk about himself and all the tacky crap he is building to glorify himself. 121038115 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"Yeah, sorry your kid died or whatever. What do you think about my chandeliers?" 23556871299 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point? 1349201877095 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Here’s @votegloriaj.bsky.social reminding us @GovBillLee brought in Strada knowing he had a history of botched executions in Arizona The cruelty is the point 23821313 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I watched this ad and it’s amazing. Doesn’t even use his name. The very clear almost explicit subtext is: my dudes, if I can suck it up and vote for this lying sack of shit, you can too, okay? 711078197 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialWhey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The DA should resign. Despite his attempts to hide it, this actually comes through even in his bullshit summary when you read it critically. 29524 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social 178125282684 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026the future tech bros are dreaming of 4750541382 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026this is actually the dumbest idea anyone has ever fucking conceived of, the only thing that makes any sense is theyre running out of ideas to confuse the tech illiterate dementia patient politicians that keep showering them with taxpayer money 1438740 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialGaius (from Tribunate) @gaius.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I will never understand the Democratic desire to placate companies that donate 90% to Republicans and then throw them a pittance. Absolutely humiliating 512610 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is peak Free Press. You can have a quality education and read literary fiction and still think national purification through mass violence is cool. It’s like a New Yorker article abt loving street hotdogs. Only less moral. 2221749 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Marco Rubio: “Iranians are radical religious lunatics.” Also: Have you met Paula White, the White House faith advisor? 2525181015935 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"Bro, Democrats want to trans your kids. I just want to drug and rape them in Orlando motels." —Matt Gaetz 932255488 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/09/2026We are at the break glass moment on the Democratic Party and its treatment of transgender people, and it is my opinion that if we don’t act now and loudly demand to be heard, we will suffer the consequences of their shift. 753773740 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialAltFDA @altfda.altgov.info · 24/09/2026While we all listen to this Science Turd talk about “conserative science” and “True Facts” let me tell you how the FDA rank and file view her. 🧵🧵🧵 Also read this quoted thread. 4248 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Chinese media allowed at WH. American media banned in defiance of a court order. 45292493264 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like. 540155187284 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is an absolute disaster from a national security perspective. Obviously, a lot on F-35s is classified, but a weapons-bay door and a canopy with radar-absorbing material are some of the most sensitive. Hard to describe how bad this is. 1412141465436 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialToby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 23/09/2026the uk has shown were backing off trans rights takes you & it's horrific my latest for new republic newrepublic.com/article/2155...newrepublic.comCentrists Won’t Tell You Where “Moderating” on Trans Rights Ends UpThe recent example of the U.K. Labour Party shows that “compromising” rarely stops at some acceptable midpoint. 17504160 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026“My nightmare is that we have bots on Emory Healthcare’s side, bots on Cigna’s side that keep talking to each other,” said Dr. Joon S. Lee, the chief executive of Emory Healthcare. “A whole data center could be occupied just doing that.”nytimes.comBattle of Hospital A.I. vs. Insurer A.I. Is Pushing Medical Costs HigherThe use of artificial intelligence by hospitals and health insurers is escalating their longstanding feud over paying for medical care. 115069 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialMissing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The only thing holding the Trump Administration together at this point is the promise of future pardons. 37715 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 24/09/2026genuinely wondering how long the heritage foundation is going to leave up the “our best days are before us” banner 362664 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 23/09/2026the fact that so many of these people never had to campaign except on trump's coattails just becoming more apparent every day too 168360 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialSchrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty. 25768212247 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.propublica.orgThe FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the WayAfter the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini... 13646382243 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialSilly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Democratic consultants: massive victories will be a sign that the voters want and will reward ideological moderation and a return to normalcy Actually Democratic voters: BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD 510323 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialJosh | Still Loading Podcast @stillloadingpodcast.com · 21/09/2026What the fuck is this shit? www.tomshardware.com/video-games/...tomshardware.comMicrosoft patents system to freeze games and inject ads during downtimes — watching commercials earns ad-free playtime creditsIs this patent a sign of things to come? 3729483 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Trump saying "I've called for it too," as if we've finally encountered the one and only thing where he must obtain Congressional approval: a diesel export ban. Not closing multiple federal agencies, tearing down the White House, or starting a war. Those are executive decisions. Diesel, however... 411212 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 22/09/20262 things, in ascending order of importance: 1) Polls are Possibility but they don't vote; don't stop working. 2) El-Sayed has Massive support in a mid-west rust-belt state while vocally supporting transgender kids & adults/directly Dismissing claims that trans people are "dangerous." Learn from that 4543184 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialNora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Happening within the same 72 hours that Trump banned media from the White House — alarm bells as we hurl towards the midterms with near-daily reminders that the group of men controlling our govt & media & tech grows smaller as they glom onto power & wield increasingly authoritarian tactics. 522892 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Someone tell Trump that the teens are in reach, he'll be so excited! 662063255 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialPierce Presley @piercepresley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026You cannot successfully negotiate in good faith with people who operate in bad faith. Also, when they show you who they are, believe them. 0356 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Actually, the Democratic mayor of NYC meeting with the Republican President of the United States is *not* remotely comparable to the Democratic House Minority Leader meeting with the unelected, unappointed, unofficial grifting son-in-law of the president. 463113390 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialDevin Nunes' Alt-Mom @nunesalt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Who gets to decide how Mitch McConnell votes? 1924753 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Harvard, a Dumb College for Dumb People 733028 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialKarl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Such awful reporting--the Smithsonian charter, which dates to the 1840s, is designed to prevent the sort of political meddling that Trump is now attempting. 161240302 0
Reposted by @torsomu.bsky.socialA.J. Wilden🏳️⚧️ @wcwit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"They're not misunderstanding the film; they're co-opting a message" 52144955761 0
