"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"
~Isaac Asimov
🔥 “Answer the question, Tommy — I think you’re the one who needs to read the constitution, not me.”
@abdulelsayed.bsky.social skillfully handles a bigoted Islamophobic heckler and exposes him as the true religious zealot in the room.
🔥 “Answer the question, Tommy — I think you’re the one who needs to read the constitution, not me.”
@abdulelsayed.bsky.social skillfully handles a bigoted Islamophobic heckler and exposes him as the true religious zealot in the room.
Ossoff: "Tech titans dig bunkers while warning us the AI they're creating risks human extinction. Meanwhile, our Congress debates youth sports and the president builds a ballroom ... I refuse to leave my girls a world as dark and dangerous and cruel as this one threatens to become"
Protesters in Ocean Beach, San Fransisco made a human banner on No Kings Day today to encourage people to vote early for the most consequential midterm elections in US history. Beautiful.
Today we got access to a smoking gun document from ICE that shows how it is weaponized against progressive groups registering voters while building a voter suppression database.
"No Jewish person in NYC is responsible for actions of Israel... critique of genocide is not antisemitic... we need a politics of humanity, not just at home but for people we're bombing."
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social tells Theo Von the genocide must stop & Bibi should be arrested
WARNING: The Ellison family is about to own CBS News AND CNN.
A judge just cleared the deal. Closing: days away.
When one family controls what tens of millions watch, democracy loses a watchdog. Independent media isn't a luxury.
It's your last line of defense.
Seattle just became the first city in America to ban grocery stores from engaging in surveillance pricing.
This is a huge win for consumers against companies that abuse their personal data to rip them off.
Watch former FTC Chair Lina Khan explain.
This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it.
It was effectively banned as it never aired again.
I wonder why.
MEDIA-OPOLY
Five corporations control 90% of the US media.
Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
A CNN investigation reveals Russia likely provided crucial satellite information about U.S. bases, giving Tehran a major advantage in the war. And not a word from Senile Satan.
How not surprising that a president who acts like a petty mob boss is holding one of our nation’s treasured institutions hostage until we meet his conditions—that is, putting his stupid name on the building. I say we just put it in mothballs until he is gone.
This morning, more than 1,000 New Yorkers came together for the first City-sponsored Remembrance Ruck, walking from Brooklyn to Manhattan to honor our veterans.
It was an experience I will carry with me forever.
The NFL kicks off tonight with the Seahawks taking on the Patriots.
The Seahawks just became the latest team to take on private equity investment.
But private equity isn't just sinking its teeth into the NFL — it's investing in other sports leagues and countless other industries.
Be warned.
My concern is that while Trump has us chasing the latest shiny object—the outrage du jour—he’s quietly working on disenfranchising millions of voters:
NYT: Trump Administration Begins Blitz to Find Elusive Voter Fraud Ahead of Midterms
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/u...
Marc Elias Re: Voting data
The number of people in the Guard/Reserve that have reached out to me have grown quickly after this article was published. Our strategic reserve is going to have a major retention problem and is being burned down.
www.adamkinzinger.com/p/special-re...