arrectorpili.bsky.social

arrectorpili.bsky.social

@arrectorpili.bsky.social

Hopefulness…is adversarial. It is the warrior emotion that can lay waste to cynicism. -Nick Cave

3.5K followers4.2K following1.4K posts

Pinned

I realize this is not a very powerful threat bc I don't get a ton of engagement here, but if I see anyone posting things that will divide us in this upcoming election, they will be blocked. Same goes for any comments to people that I follow. China & Iran are very busy with AI & so will I be. Vote 💙

arrectorpili.bsky.social reposted

Feels like a metaphor for Elon Musk

the beggars out of here getter@milesklee.bsky.social

In July, an incensed Elon Musk vowed that Grok Imagine would produce a "full-length" and "historically accurate" adaptation of Homer's Odyssey to put Christopher Nolan's woke version to shame. Three months later, we got seven minutes of slop that Grok itself admits is not historically accurate.

arrectorpili.bsky.social reposted

Off the charts Trump family corruption. Kushner got Billions of foreign funds, while spearheading foreign policy. And the Hunter Biden hunters are silent. @MarshaBlackburn

#VoteBlue

tmel1219.bsky.social@tmel1219.bsky.social

When someone who normally avoids online politics posts a tearful plea saying "It IS a fascist government", listen! Molly Ringwald called out ICE brutality and warned against becoming a collaborator in history's eyes. Rise up, protest, and vote for humanity! #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory

arrectorpili.bsky.social reposted

Big Brother is watching, but now we can watch Big Brother right back. I love that MapQuest is flipping the script. Apple Maps, where you at?!

arrectorpili.bsky.social reposted

Encouraging sign that Democrats will play hardball if they win the midterms.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social

NEWS --> Dems are planning novel ways to wield power of the purse against Trump's corrupt prosecutions of critics like Ilhan Omar if they win House. Reps Pramila Jayapal and Jamie Raskin tell me a range of aggressive tactics will be deployed. Details in my new piece: newrepublic.com/article/2171...

C'mon white allies! Vote him out!

ProPublica@propublica.org

NEW: Brent Taylor is the front-runner for one of Memphis’ congressional districts, recently redrawn from majority Black to majority white. As state senator, he repeatedly used his power to supersede local officials — and the will of the city’s voters. with @mlk50.com

arrectorpili.bsky.social reposted

Hate crimes have a further reach than many other crimes. They leave both physical and emotional scars & can affect families, communities, and more. #HateCrimesAwarenessMonth Learn more about reporting hate crimes and see resources for understanding them 🔗: https://bit.ly/3HrS7SW

arrectorpili.bsky.social reposted

Replying to @jeffrgq.bsky.social

…” farmer” as a category does so much legwork and propping up our class system. Idealized as the true salt of the earth, these are business owners. they are overwhelmingly extremely reactionary. There aren’t many of them, and fewer all the time. despite how much attention they get in the media.

arrectorpili.bsky.social reposted

The corruption we know of is already staggering. Imagine the corruption we don't know about.

ProPublica@propublica.org

NEW: The Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view. The exact details of the agreement over oil fields had remained unclear — until now.

Good! He deserves those flashbacks.

Francesca D'Annunzio@francescadnunz.bsky.social

But the weight of what Alexander was doing started to settle on him late last year. He said he gets flashbacks about a specific traffic stop, when he handed ICE the husband of a woman he knew. It was between Christmas and New Year’s. She was less than 2 weeks postpartum.

arrectorpili.bsky.social reposted

Replying to @francescadnunz.bsky.social

This is a town of three stoplights, five gas stations, five Mexican restaurants, and five churches. It is — or was — 45% Latino. Yet within a year of the flood, the town’s tiny PD had delivered the equivalent of 10% of Ingram to ICE.

arrectorpili.bsky.social reposted

Oh my goodness -- for nearly 3 minutes, Mike Rogers refuses to answer Kristen Welker's repeated questions about if he considers himself to be "a MAGA Republican"

arrectorpili.bsky.social reposted

I have almost zero reach on socials so if you have any, please please remind people that when the polls close on election day, if they are in line at that time and don't get off the line no matter what, they are entitled to vote no matter what time it is!

arrectorpili.bsky.social reposted

When you say something President Trump and his allies don't like, they run a play to intimidate you and to get you to shut up. It's not going to work. We can't let it.

arrectorpili.bsky.social reposted

El-Sayed: "We had a little debate. Or I had a debate and he just pointed at me and said, 'He's Muslim.'"

Tarrant County, TX: carpool to help your neighbors, friends and family get to the polls to get their ballot counted. I would go there to drive people but I live in California and need to keep working.

Scott Dworkin@dworkin.bsky.social

Tarrant County, Texas just closed 92 Election Day polling places. Before 2013, Texas needed federal sign-off to change how its people vote. John Roberts wrote the ruling that ended that. That’s his fingerprint on every closed door.

arrectorpili.bsky.social reposted

Trump: "If you don't want communists controlling the US Senate, which is between JAIIIIIIT"

arrectorpili.bsky.social reposted

Trump on the Iowa Senate race: "I don't even understand why they are having the election, to be honest with you"

arrectorpili.bsky.social reposted

Your future is too important to leave in someone else's hands. Make sure you have a plan to vote. Voting is how we hold the people in power to account. This year, keep yourself safe, make your plan to vote and let your voice be heard. #WeDecide https://bit.ly/4f0QrOC

arrectorpili.bsky.social reposted

Q: Do you support the deal with Russia to buy diesel? ROGER MARSHALL: If this brings Russia to the bargaining table and ends the war, then I'm all for it ADAM HAMILTON: What you said just now is you're gonna sell out our friends in Ukraine. That's not okay. It's indecent