Jenny Hunter

This NYT article is short, but the statement that the House Dems report on Trump "largely cites allegations that have already been public" is false, unless "largely" means "with the exception of a new rape allegation." Does NYT just find rape allegations against the president to be meh?

The NYT story does not even include the word rape. Not once.

The only reason I can think of for this news not being absolutely everywhere is that large media orgs don’t want to be seen as putting their thumbs on the scales a week before election day. And that’s cowardly as shit.

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

NEW: Omar Muñoz, a 72-year-old LA grandfather, was dragged out of his home by DHS agents and paraded in front of cameras for Trump's "voter fraud" crackdown. The DOJ used footage of his arrest for a promotional video. Omar is a green card holder in the US for 50+ yrs W @samrlevine.bsky.social

Deeply genius thread

Armed agents at your door asking if you’re registered to vote? That’s not fighting election fraud. That’s intimidation, plain and simple. www.cbsnews.com/news/federal...

“Anyone wanting to lead the [Democratic] party is going to have to be willing to take on this court and rebalance the scales. If they don’t, their constituents won’t stand for it.” @paulwaldman.bsky.social

They're scared to have real people from the working class in Washington because they know we'll challenge the status quo at every turn. The government we have now doesn't work for everyday people. It works fine for the wealthy. They're scared of losing that.

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

“A gaping wound of earth” 🌎 😕 Google illegally knocked down 250,000 trees in Finland to build a data center. @nonewdatacenters (From the Guardian)

Absolute monster

🚨🚨🚨 Q: Is there any scenario in which DOJ would try to block states from certifying the election? AG TODD BLANCHE: Yes, of course. It is not DOJ's intention to improperly interfere with elections or the state certification process, but ...

Dictator Move of the Day.

Everything these guys do to avoid the billionaire’s’ tax is going to radicalize people to vote for it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/t...

Since January 2025, the U.S. Justice Department has dismissed 57 desegregation orders, 45 of them in the South. Without these orders, there is no guaranteed equal funding or access to advanced courses. Brown v. Board must be enforced, not erased.

Expanding the Court is the moderate position

We speak with three union workers who are among the “Minnesota 15” defendants the Trump administration is targeting for organizing to defend their Minneapolis communities from ICE earlier this year. In collaboration with @workdaymagazine.bsky.social

The word “tips” in any headline means “there’s a vast systemic problem, here’s how you, an individual, can try unsuccessfully to fix it just for yourself”

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

The word “tips” in any headline means “there’s a vast systemic problem, here’s how you, an individual, can try unsuccessfully to fix it just for yourself”

The 56-year-old Mexican man who died Saturday while in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody was a lawful permanent resident in the country, the agency said in a statement. ICE added he was detained because officers believed he obtained his legal status in the U.S. fraudulently.

Hi @metrobusinfo.bsky.social and @metrobusinfo.bsky.social, buseta.wmata.com/ no longer lets you search for an address and shows a map of nearby bus routes w lines showing where they go. Now it makes you pick a specific bus stop. Please restore this functionality and add it to Metro Pulse too!

Say it louder for the folks in the back: IT’S BETTER IN A UNION. 🗣️✊🏿 When workers organize, they raise the standard for EVERYBODY. My sisters @lizshuler.bsky.social and @hshierholz.bsky.social are bringing the receipts.

Looking forward to the Chief Justice of the United States once again saying and doing absolutely nothing about the President once again going after an individual federal judge for applying the law when the President deliberately breaks it.

New from @thelisagraves.bsky.social: a reminder that the MAGA justices were partisan hacks long before Trump came down the escalator

Ossoff: "It's the most corrupt administration of all time & everybody knows it. While the crook president & his crook family rake in billions from all over the world, you pay more for everything... they lied us into war & spent most of the last year covering up for the world's most famous pedophile"

California’s billionaires have a combined net worth of $2.4 trillion. Under Prop 40, their net worth would fall to…just under $2.3 trillion. What amounts to a rounding error for them would allow millions of their fellow Californians to afford healthcare. Vote yes on Prop 40.

"The US conservative movement is engaged in a nationwide effort to reverse child-labor laws and reinstitute child labor" sounds like a crazy leftie conspiracy theory, but ... yeah. It's real.

will try to answer these in a piece next week but for now i will say that part of the *point* of court expansion, in my mind, is to create a disequilibrium — a potential race to the bottom — that will force a truce.

I am SO PSYCHED to be the first guest on Swamp Person, the new spinoff of Text Me Back podcast from @importantmeagan.bsky.social and Lindy West! It's about politics so we talked about the labor movement, the Supreme Court (UGH), & TV. Special guest star: my cat Smokey

Oh just a little SLDP talk on Lindy West's podcast, with @jennyhunter.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkEO...

I am SO PSYCHED to be the first guest on Swamp Person, the new spinoff of Text Me Back podcast from @importantmeagan.bsky.social and Lindy West! It's about politics so we talked about the labor movement, the Supreme Court (UGH), & TV. Special guest star: my cat Smokey

The charges Trump's DOJ brought against me are baseless and dangerous—not just to me, but to anyone who dares to speak out against this admin’s lies. I’m in Congress to serve my district and home. I will not be intimidated out of doing the work my constituents trusted me to do.

🧵2 Federal law prohibits federal officials from ordering, bringing, or keeping troops at election sites, except to repel armed enemies of the United States. 18 U.S.C. § 592 carries up to five years in prison. Contact your MoCs & state attorneys general. Demand safeguards against voter intimidation

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

Promises made promises kept

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Expand the Court

Death of a handyman: ICE cited “convictions for driving with expired vehicle registration” and an unspecified judgment against him in favor of the Maryland comptroller. The 47-year-old Curo-Churata "had volunteered to leave the country on his own, but a judge denied the request."

Ten years ago today, we heard the most damning recording in modern politics—and then quickly discovered that "damning" no longer meant "disqualifying." Read @ilyseh.bsky.social on the legacy of the 'Access Hollywood' tape. www.thebulwark.com/p/access-hol...