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Good lord. Read this whole thread. This administration has just built a corruption pipeline. What a fucking mess.
Musk would do this through those f*cking Trump Accounts they opened in every child's name without parental consent. I HATE these SO much. Parents cannot close the accounts. Parents cannot reject donations to the accounts. And we must hold on to donations for at least 5 years. I'm a state lawmaker.
When I can’t reply, but must repost just to support the point made here. I completely agree with this take. The replies represent aggregated attempts to attach “abolish” to Peggy’s posts when her ads strategically avoided doing so. Algos have warped our society, amplifying mob behavior.
Peggy Flanagan runs the kind of ad that every user on this website has been demanding Democrats run for years and the replies are just people getting mad that she didn’t use the exact words that they wanted. This website is addicted to getting mad and should knock it off. It’s embarrassing.
A mirror held up to our reality tv society where our collective obsession with observing the warped ID of others makes me realize I’ve lived the modern experience of the downfall of the Roman Empire.
A remarkable essay by Lauren Greenfield on how her film "The Queen of Versailles" ended up being a forewarning of all of this. www.ft.com/content/a028...
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This is a better epilogue to my January story about the private equity firm profiting off of ICE's cruelest flights than I could have ever possibly hoped for. CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from torture. Take a bow. prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...
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This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.
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good morning, you have no idea how much it's been killing me not to be able to tell you this but we made it and wow I can't wait to dive in: blockclubchicago.org/2026/09/11/l...
Hey @kaine.senate.gov - your support for Trump cabinet members caused today’s unhinged Trump post to go ignored by his cabinet. The 25th Amendment only works if YOU only approve cabinet members who would use it. You approved Trump sycophants that won’t consider it. Thus, this failure is on YOU.
WELKER: You've voted yes on some of Trump's nominees. Are you open to voting yes on his next AG pick? KAINE: I never start off as an automatic no. If you're elected POTUS, that carries a mandate to put in an executive team. If somebody's not qualified or has lack of character, I'll vote no, but...
hi @mcuban.bsky.social - you’ve done a lot to raise up your alma mater. Given MLK Day is the day your school plays for a championship, you should also support another part of IU that has steadfastly been there. Help the IU Black Student Union to put their event back on!
The Kavanaugh Stop. This thread shows the three-month evolution of it. Repeated unjustified arrests, no crime. Today an ICE agent reached into a vehicle to remove an observer blocking them. She tried to leave quickly, turning away from another agent in front. He murdered her. Nice stop, Brett.
“If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.” -Brett Kavanaugh bsky.app/profile/thei...
I align with this insidious view. By the end of this, your insight into the unchecked evangelical tech power of DOGE should make you angry. For most Americans, they’ll have no clue the billionaires could control all gov spend - and send most of it to themselves. Will anything stop it?
I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired. It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
There’s maybe one bit of resistance left in this place. As usual these days, it’s a woman willing to put it all on the line, to prevent history from repeating itself. I’m so disappointed in white men… www.linkedin.com/posts/rachel...
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Umm, @petersagal.bsky.social speaking of awesome fish tanks at outdoor sporting goods stores… t.co/zY6OLRLh6p
BTW the fish tanks were awesome.
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