Reposted by VioAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026Trump: "We've gonna shove it up their ass ... They are a bunch of dumb son of a bitches" Remember when presidents had dignity? Here's a lowlight supercut from Trump's rally tonight in Ohio: 106758171664
Reposted by VioLe Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 03/10/2026Tennessee prison chief who oversaw Christina Pike's failed execution resignslemonde.frTennessee prison chief who oversaw Christina Pike's failed execution resignsPike, 50, survived two injections of the normally lethal substance pentobarbital. 831247428
Reposted by VioNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist. 5441671274
Reposted by VioKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026BREAKING: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has named New York State Attorney General Letitia James to serve as special prosecutor to investigate the Cornell rape case. 431730264
Reposted by VioAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence: 2634209935726
Reposted by VioAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026TILLIS: can the classified documents case be brought again in the future? JACK: we dismissed it without prejudice YESSSSS 270135682852
Reposted by VioAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power" 344124634625
Reposted by VioRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Two Schmitt staffers realizing this might be their last day. 1546181133459
Reposted by VioChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.” 835196246182
Reposted by VioScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers” 299213965936
Reposted by VioJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 28/09/20261. Jay Feely, a former NFL kicker and a GOP candidate for Congress in Arizona, has made “protecting women’s sports” a centerpiece of his election campaign. So I reviewed years of Feely’s podcast appearances to see what he actually thinks about female athletes. 🧵 461545567
Reposted by VioThe Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 29/09/2026So Jimmy Kimmel had his wife parody Natalie Harp on his show. She played his unhinged assistant. It was as ridiculously funny as you might imagine.😅 28989512424
Reposted by VioSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'm thrilled to share that my new book about #SCOTUS, "The Court We Need: What's Really Wrong With the Supreme Court—and How to Fix It," is now available for pre-orders: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/812983... The book is set to be published by @vikingbooks.bsky.social on May 4, 2027.penguinrandomhouse.comThe Court We Need by Stephen Vladeck: 9798217061815 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: BooksA brilliant and bracing account of the Supreme Court’s rise, its unraveling, and what it will take to save it, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Shadow Docket Richard Nixon turned... 341100279
Reposted by Vioemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Cannonball: Aileen Cannon Wears Two Hats! emptywheel.net/2026/09/27/c...emptywheel.netCannonball: Aileen Cannon Wears Two Hats! - emptywheelIn this dummies version of my post explaining what some lawyers for FBI personnel tried to do in Trump's stolen documents docket, I explain why Aileen Cannon has too many hats. 1022782
Reposted by VioMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 27/09/2026Beyond the fact that it’s incredibly illegal and corrupt to use taxpayer dollars to run political ads on television, there’s another problem with re-running old ads like this: the messaging only reminds everyone what a fraud you are. 77386742464
Reposted by VioAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026absolutely demented. like a scene from a horror movie 3196123962637
Reposted by VioDan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life. 14195342206
Reposted by VioPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026i really can’t bring myself to care about AI anthropomorphism debates. “is AI thinking?” i don’t know. is a calculator calculating? questions for the philosophers. what’s important is that we put sam altman in prison. 7979041406
Reposted by VioHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026He’s an absolute disgrace. 136360301528
Reposted by VioScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.nytimes.comF.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan CollinsThe inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials. 24982253351
Reposted by VioProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵 412113796071
Reposted by VioCaroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🧵Lauren Boebert had sex with three of her staffers. Two of them were women. Her sex partners were Clarisse Navarro, Jeffrey Small and Raven Finnegan. Navarro's husband Jace Ratzlaff: "I assumed this would eventually surface. I’ll have no further comment on this topic.” 23745621213
Reposted by VioPolling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Texas - SD-09 Polling: Senate: 🔵Talarico: 52% 🔴Paxton: 41% Governor: 🔵Hinojosa: 49% 🔴Abbott: 40%* State Senate: 🔵Rehmet: 53%* 🔴Wambsganss: 39% Republican Internal / Sept 15, 2026 (Trump +17 District) 83755155
Reposted by VioDave Krantz @weskrantz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I must apologise - earlier I said Finn was almost 3, but in fact he is almost 4 - he showed up xmas eve 2022 50148565
Reposted by VioThe Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 19/09/2026The Kennedy Center crowd is singing America The Beautiful. This is what democracy looks like. 453244616018
Reposted by VioD. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 17/09/2026📌“He was quickly over run and the elephants trampled him into the earth and all that we found was basically a very large blood stain around the clothing he was in.” Good news is hard to find these days, friends. Enjoy!dailystar.co.ukPoacher tried to shoot rhinos but was trampled to death by elephants insteadAn armed rhino poacher in South Africa’s Kruger National Park was trampled to death when a herd of elephants charged as he lined up a shot for the animals’ lucrative horns 2693738944
Reposted by Vioderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 18/09/2026My cat has been sick, which has made me feel so terrible and anxious, I can hardly function. She's 19.5 years old and has been with me forever. I fear we're nearing the end and I love her so much. If you have a pet, please give them a kiss for me. Take them out for a walk tomorrow; give them a treat 1535291521001
Reposted by VioKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026One of the coolest things about people who don't have a lot of power taking a principled stand is it lays bare the complete cowardice of the ones who actually *do* have power when they fail to do even a fraction as much. 7684771567
Reposted by VioDavid 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. 145136924892
Reposted by VioAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026If you appreciate my work more than Steven Cheung does and would like to buy me a coffee, it’d be appreciatedbuymeacoffee.comAaron RuparIndependent journalist and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter. Your support makes my work possible, including all the clipping I do across my social media channels. 1192985644
Reposted by VioAlan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I wrote about Trump’s Wednesday night speech in Dallas. My main takeaway: this is a man who doesn’t want his followers or the country to outlive him. www.liberalcurrents.com/donald-trump...liberalcurrents.comDonald Trump Wants to Bury America With HimHis speech at the GOP's midterm convention came off like a Jim Jones sermon. 41745252
Reposted by VioAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/09/2026time to adjust your math about how many seats Dems need to win to take the Senate -- here's John Fetterman video message to Trumpapalooza in which he pledges to work with President Trump 102441921216
Reposted by VioJ.H. Siegal @joshuasiegal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026yes....YESSS.....techspot.comCD and vinyl sales are surging as frustration with digital media keeps growingNews of the latest increase in physical media sales comes from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It revealed that recorded music revenues for H1 2026... 20052831222
Reposted by VioDevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 08/09/2026RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period. 18283168
Reposted by VioAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026BREAKING: The House REJECTS a constitutional amendment to keep the Supreme Court locked at 9 justices. Mwuhahahaha www.cbsnews.com/news/house-s...cbsnews.comHouse rejects GOP constitutional amendment to limit Supreme Court to 9 justicesA GOP-proposed constitutional amendment to limit the Supreme Court to nine justices failed in the House, coming up well short of the two-thirds majority needed. 620184254244
Reposted by VioKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026These people are weird and creepy and Democrats need to say it more 1412985737
Reposted by VioProPublica @propublica.org · 01/09/2026Among the first agencies President Donald Trump gutted after taking office for his second term was a Department of Homeland Security team that had repeatedly disproved his stolen election claims.propublica.org8 Things You Should Know About Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm ElectionsFrom dismantling guardrails that upheld the integrity of past elections to gutting federal agencies and installing allies who supported Trump’s claim that the 2020 vote was stolen, here are the key ta... 14636341
Reposted by VioAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/08/2026Trump goes out of his way this morning to remind us all that the president is a crazy person 2611773398
Reposted by VioJoel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry. 7243894611287
Reposted by VioMo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸 1188852402
Reposted by VioMichael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Just remember, THEY are not this stupid. But they believe their voters are. 95354321593
Reposted by VioNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Please don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot moves They simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule👇 Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it. I'm as confident in our arguments here as in any of our cases! 1027181845681
Reposted by VioUSA TODAY Opinion @usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 24/08/2026"All the folks who filled the airwaves with concerns about former President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline are notably silent while this disaster unfolds around us," writes columnist @rexhuppke.bsky.social. bit.ly/4guXz4N 📸: Ken Cedeno/Reuters 18676166
Reposted by VioNatalie Alms @almsnatalie.bsky.social · 21/08/2026You may remember that Trump fired nearly 20 inspectors general last year after he took office. The transformation of the system of watchdogs has continued since. They're "scared to do anything," one senior OIG official told us of those who are left. www.notus.org/agencies/tru...notus.orgFrom Watchdogs to ‘Lapdogs’: Inside the Trumpification of Agencies’ Inspectors GeneralBetween canceled reports, deleted pages and mass firings, the government is getting less oversight. 515384
Reposted by Viomtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 20/08/2026i think one of the hidden keys to politics right now is "how can our side make sure that the 'trump is gonna kill a bunch of beautiful wild horses' story gets in front of the millions of otherwise apolitical consumers of social media horse-related content" 411760540
Reposted by VioAndrea Mann @andreamann.bsky.social · 19/08/2026"By writing, you are literally firing up your brain and therefore stirring up your conscious thoughts and something new emerges. You are not, or at least not always, transcribing something already present in your conscious thoughts.“ LOVE this piece. www.historians.org/perspectives...historians.orgHow Writing Leads to Thinking (and Not the Other Way Around) – AHAWriting is stressful. Sitting in my computer chair my neck and shoulder muscles almost immediately tense up as I dig around in my brain for the best phrase or even any coherent string of words. 181039336
Reposted by Viothe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The thing people should know about ZZ Top is that those early records, like Tres Hombres for example, are the gold standard for how rock records should sound. Immaculately recorded records, true auteur stuff, albums that set out to be exactly what they are 562126210
Reposted by VioJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 19/08/2026According to CNN, Natalie Harp once jumped into the trunk of an SUV after getting into a screaming match with other Trump staffers after being denied a seat in the motorcade heading to a Trump trial appearance. www.cnn.com/2026/08/18/p...cnn.comMeet Natalie Harp, the aide so close to Trump she once rode in an SUV trunk to accompany him | CNN PoliticsNatalie Harp has become a main conduit between President Donald Trump and the outside world, sources say. 63937351054