Reposted by ZajenChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 07/10/2026How do I know Hegseth’s order to deny access to bases to members of Congress is about a cover up, not about safety? Because I asked for a military briefing at the embassy as a substitute and was told the policy prohibited military leaders in the region from even talking to me. 10332561185
Reposted by ZajenMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It’s confusing that @theatlantic.com described this man as a “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024” who when these are some of his very easily findable FB posts: 17273061512
Reposted by ZajenJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I'm not naive enough to actually believe this will happen, but Democrats could be preparing, right now, lists of impeachment charges against (at a bare minimum) Hegseth, Kennedy, Mullin, Patel, Blanche, & Trump, as well as Bondi, Bovino, & Noem (still worth doing!) that rely purely on public facts, 1013158644
Reposted by Zajenunstuck in time @billypilgrim26.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We're basically trafficking children. 24417
Reposted by Zajenutopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 27/09/2026Worth noting he will be making millions while on vacation to treat his cancer, a routine and vital medical treatment that CoreCivic has regularly denied to dozens of its own immigrant detainees. 411636
Reposted by ZajenAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 24/09/2026Contact info for the Equality Caucus chair, Mark Takano. Melt the phone lines. DC (202) 225-2305 Local office (951) 222-0203 14673307
Reposted by ZajenLuke BOO 👻 ber @coolhand.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It’s never just “they lied when confronted,” it’s always “they lied and it’s worse”theguardian.comEight USS Lincoln personnel have attempted suicide, US navy confirmsHung Cao, acting US navy secretary, answered questions from US senator Kirsten Gillibrand in a letter 171147380
Reposted by ZajenBrandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Get in, folks: a new Russian disinfo campaign is targeting the midterms, specifically Democrats, in what seems to be the first attempt by the Kremlin-backed op to meddle in this year’s U.S. elections. They're faking celebrity videos attacking Dems and are...very stupid. www.ms.now/news/russia-...ms.nowA Russian disinformation campaign is doctoring celebrity videos to meddle in the midtermsThe Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party and vote Republican. 8824631552
Reposted by Zajenantibot4navalny | bot blocker | блокировщик ботов @antibot4navalny.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Matryoshka, a Russian-state bot network, just started targeting the US midterms with [#]AllDemocratsAreCriminals hashtag. For the day one, they chose the laziest format known for 🪆: repurposed Cameo videos. As always with Matryoshka, assume reach averaging hundreds of views (not Ks!) per video. 19348
Reposted by ZajenGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 08/09/2026Anyone who has issues with Mamdani attending the commemoration is a bigot, Islamophobe, and/or racist. That's it. 161012162
Reposted by Zajenmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The Supreme Court blocked the student loan forgiveness despite there being explicit statutory authority for Biden to do it and allowed the Iran War despite an explicit Constitutional prohibition on anyone besides Congress declaring a war. 5037221069
Reposted by ZajenElizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Instead of doing something about climate change, Americans are just going to bet on it:wsj.comExclusive | Kalshi and the Weather Co. Join Forces on Climate TradesThe trading platform is now getting input from experts that operate a leading weather app to verify popular climate-prediction markets. 1114742
Reposted by ZajenSammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Climate change is sapping Western snowpack and river flow. Nearly half of those declines have been caused by 122 of the world's largest fossil fuel and cement companies, a new study finds: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @ianjames.bsky.sociallatimes.comBig oil and gas companies are partly responsible for California’s water woes, study findsScientists have found that climate pollution from the fossil fuel industry is significantly worsening the water crisis in California and the western United States. 06523
Reposted by ZajenSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026When America is gone, remember NYT headlines like this and never again ask what role corporate media played in normalizing the most dangerous man on Earth 48494262979
Reposted by ZajenCapital B @capitalb.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Gary residents have been without power for nearly two weeks following a massive storm. Saturated soil contributed to trees falling and taking out power lines, but there’s more to why Gary’s outage has lasted so long. bit.ly/4gLMIEQgary.capitalbnews.orgWhy the Power Outage in Gary Has Lasted So Long - Capital B GarySaturated soil contributed to trees falling and taking out power lines, but there's more to why Gary’s outage has lasted so long. 05345
Reposted by ZajenSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 22/08/2026I see a lot of my Republican colleagues are pretending to be alarmed by the national debt. Give me a break. Those concerns would have been useful before they voted for a bloated defense budget, blank checks for a lawless ICE operation, and tax breaks for the richest of the rich. 18582162
Reposted by ZajenShabazz Stuart @shabazzstuart.bsky.social · 22/08/2026If three NYers were shot up by strangers that got away it would be on CNN and NYT/WSJ above fold. If three subway riders died after being pushed on 🚇tracks by strangers it would be on CNN and NYT/WSJ above fold. Three NYers were killed by hit-run drivers and nary a peep? 322464
Zajen @zajen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Naked corruption so the blessedly not naked Trump (shudder) can spend $1 BILLION on a ballroom — fuck you John 000
Reposted by Zajen🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 21/08/2026We do not have a republic if the executive can just have a free pass on breaking the law until the supreme court "gets around to it" 24111
Reposted by Zajenkelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Y'all, pay attention. This is happening right now in Texas. Threatening libraries and schools and professional associations. They're never "banning books." They're just "taking them out of schools." 28354
Reposted by ZajenAaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 18/08/2026We have a major Democratic law firm, two major party committees, and two media outlets dead to rights suppressing research into how digital fundraising firms scam seniors and barely a peep from the national press corps or elected officials. A goddamn shame. 271651510
Reposted by ZajenHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19/08/2026On the left: Oliver North, convicted for his role in illegally selling missiles to Iran during the Reagan administration. On the right: Fox News “military analyst” Oliver North, who thinks Iran shouldn’t have missiles. Same guy. Same Oliver North. 783137335238
Reposted by ZajenMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 18/08/2026"You were riding in the morning, or at night, or on a quiet road, or a main road. The only time and place to ride a bike is a time beyond time and a place beyond place, where the space-time continuum is bent so strangely that you are both everywhere and nowhere." buff.ly/bSa1Wm5mcsweeneys.netYou’re a Cyclist Who Was Just Struck by a Car Driver. Here’s Why It Was Your FaultYou were riding during rush hour Why were you riding then? There are way too many cars on the road. If you were commuting, you should have contacted your bos... 24850282
Reposted by ZajenJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026It's only fraud when other people do it. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...politico.comTrump votes by mail again in his home state of FloridaVoting records from Palm Beach County show the president requested his ballot in late July and it was returned on Aug. 13. 08424
Reposted by ZajenMaria BOO!stillos @mariabustillos.com · 17/08/20265. Big, famous loudly self-congratulatory law firm throwing its weight around to protect Democratic Party swindlers 0183
Reposted by ZajenAdam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 16/08/2026There are four overlapping scandals here: 1. Fundraising spam tactics are hallmarks of elder financial exploitation 2. The Dem establishment is in on it 3. Most of what is raised goes to fundraising consultants 4. Capitulation to legal threats by NYT and The Bulwark on a fully vetted story 🧵👇data4democracy.substack.comHook and SqueezeHow Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations. 22871346
Zajen @zajen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Thanks for confirming I made the right choice when I cancelled my subscription, you’ve sold your credibility for access 010
Reposted by ZajenKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/08/2026The president is refusing to spend taxpayer money assisting Americans suffering from natural disasters solely because their states didn't vote for him. I know there are a thousand scandals at the moment, but this one deserves some more oxygen at every level. 17962962421
Reposted by ZajenOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Third Way is a right wing op and you should shun any Dem affiliated with it 825876
Reposted by Zajenmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I do not believe this is an unintended consequence. I think ebikes are a potentially revolutionary transportation improvement (especially for teens) and the people opposed to them hate them for exactly that reason 551677275
Reposted by ZajenThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/08/2026This is how you know we need a wealth tax 1297198746615
Reposted by ZajenAaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie. 1814214058942
Reposted by ZajenSam @samd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I fucking hate republicans so fucking much man. this shit will literally kill thousands and thousands of infants 317618
Reposted by ZajenJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 11/08/2026It's not just that this is, of course, an insane lie—it's that *just thinking about it for ten seconds*, without looking anything up, should make it screamingly obvious that the claim couldn't possibly be remotely close to true. You have to actively shut your brain off to say stuff like this. 273263718
Reposted by ZajenAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 11/08/2026these guys need to go to jail for this, theres no coming back from this without it 18465011363
Reposted by ZajenWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 11/08/2026So Trump used a bunch of journalists and even some of his own staff as human decoys to possibly get murdered in mid-air so he could live on and make more money 14033621024
Reposted by ZajenShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 10/08/2026People have been taking off their shoes at airport security for 20 years because one guy brought some liquid gel aboard. Not a thing can be done about car & driver. There, here. 328661
Zajen @zajen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Absolutely true, I’ve had to ask people to do this in incredibly obvious scenarios, eg a packed 7 train en route to Citi 010
Reposted by ZajenBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Highly usable post from last year 140138753853
Reposted by ZajenGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 08/08/2026Hard to look at the stupid “USAID invented hiphop to dumb down middle America” and not see Henry Ford’s “the international Jew invented jazz to destroy traditional values.” At the racist root is the denial Black independence and brilliance. blavity.com/usaid-didnt-...blavity.comNo, USAID Didn't Fund Rap Music — Despite What This Viral Right-Wing Theory Claims About Its Chart Decline - BlavityA bizarre conspiracy theory circulating online has combined two popular targets of right-wing hatred: rap music and the U.S. Agency for International Development. The wild theory accuses the US govern... 61177339
Reposted by ZajenCity Atlas @cityatlas.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Jeff Bezos, founder of the www.bezosearthfund.org The lies are coming so fast and at such scale they've reached escape velocity from our language and logic. We won't have factories on the moon, but our lies are going at warp speedbezosearthfund.orgBezos Earth FundThe Bezos Earth Fund is a $10bn commitment to protect and restore the natural world through innovative projects across the planet. 1198
Reposted by ZajenJustin @justinlawguy.bsky.social · 08/08/2026My wife, a fed, can't allow a contractor that she works with pick up lunch for her at Chipotle. 17821173
Reposted by ZajenJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 08/08/2026WaPo making same claim that’s been disproven again & again. Who do they imagine these people are, willing to pay the price of abandoning home, friends, lives they’ve built. “Sorry, kids, we’re leaving the only home you’ve ever known & all our friends to pay 7% state tax instead of 8%.” 2124756732
Reposted by ZajenDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 07/08/2026The pointless National Guard deployment in Washington DC until January 2029 will cost approximately $1.4 billion. This amount could have funded the National Endowment for the Arts or the National Endowment for the Humanities for almost 7 years.civilbeat.orgGuard Deployment To Washington Into 2029 Will Cost Roughly $1.4BHawai‘i will bring home its 27 members later this month after the Freedom 250 Grand Prix. 9763294
Zajen @zajen.bsky.social · 04/08/2026“There is a cost to asking them” — I think you mean price, aka whatever trifling amount your soul was worth 000
Reposted by ZajenArbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media 763602901
Reposted by ZajenDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I wrote about this NYC congestion pricing study earlier this year, noting that most driving time savings accrues to people who never venture into the zone at all (i.e., driving within Queens or Long Island). IOW some of the most vociferous critics of CP are among its biggest beneficiaries.bloomberg.comCongestion Pricing’s Unexpected Winners: Suburban DriversNYC’s controversial toll program hasn’t just sped up trips inside Manhattan, a new paper finds. It’s easing traffic in outer boroughs and neighboring counties. 18319
