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Robert L. Tsai @robertltsai.bsky.social · 13h

@mgraber1.bsky.social reviews Justice Barrett’s book:
“By presenting judging as a realm of pure law, insulated from politics, the justices offer a picture so implausible that it makes the opposite claim—that judging is nothing but politics—more credible.”

Justice Barrett’s Campaign Biography

Amy Coney Barrett’s book, "Listening to the Law," claims the Supreme Court is above politics. Its very existence proves otherwise.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h

no evidence whatsoever that mike johnson knows a single thing youtu.be/YR2WiILR6XE

Does Mike Johnson Know...Anything? Anything At All?

YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

The USDA is the fail safe for SNAP.

They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown.

They’re refusing.

Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop.

Starvation as a policy choice.

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Olayemi Olurin-Boleware @olurinatti.bsky.social · 7h

It’s disheartening to see Teen Vogue dissolved into Vogue and its political team let go. For years, it was one of the few mainstream spaces that made room for honest, radical commentary on justice, inequality & the world we actually live in. I’m grateful it gave me a home for so many of my op-eds

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12h

you don't have to put on blackface to get social media attention. you can simply develop mild depression, join a menswear forum, spend the next 15 years arguing about pants, and then weaponize the knowledge against your enemies on social media.

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Christian Dimmer @remmid.bsky.social · 8h

If the democratic (small 'd') opposition ever returns to power in the U.S., a huge task awaits: rebuilding the institutions and laws. It cannot be that a House Speaker shuts down the people’s house indefinitely or refuses to swear in the duly elected representatives. #RuleOfLaw

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10h

This is seriously one of those things that probably blows the minds of most people outside of the United States.

A “swearing in” should obviously be completely ceremonial, and should have no legal weight at all.

THE ELECTION GIVES THE WINNER THE ROLE, not the Speaker.

It really makes no sense.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 18d

Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that.

No phones, no staff, nothing.

I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!

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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 10h

This is genuinely terrible news. The politics section of Teen Vogue has been a bright spot in this dark time for journalism and politics. Ty for all your work @leximcmenamin.com

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 16h

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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Josh Westerling @joshwesterling.bsky.social · 2h

What's missed in analysis of effective politicians in the new media environment is that they tend to have a stronger social basis than more establishment politicians. It's the digital + social roots + listening that's compelling - away from politics by diktat, in tune w. who you want to represent.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1h

"It's becoming increasingly better not to ask, because it's becoming increasingly better not to know. If you know, then you have to do something about it. Thus not knowing has become a virtue among people who would rather not give a shit. Shame dies by atrophy." www.the-reframe.com/the-death-of...

The Death of Shame

Modern Nazis, careless people, and the offensive necessity of caring in a shameful age.

www.the-reframe.com

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Capitalist Oppressor @capopp.bsky.social · 10h

If you want new media you need to build it, and people need to subscribe.

If Ellison and Musk want to spend hundreds of billions on legacy media and social networking sites we will need to build alternatives and turn those into bad investments.

AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 13h

Not even close to joking when I say this is the absolute highlight of my 20+ year career in journalism. I'm so gd proud. I'm so gd proud of our cofounders, and I'm so gd proud of our Flytrap community. Today, in this moment, we needed good news and good journalism more than ever and we're doing it.

AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 13h

WE DID IT

THE FLYTRAP MET OUR ANNUAL SUBSCRIBER GOAL

WE CAN PAY OUR FOUNDERS THIS YEAR

WE CAN FUND FREELANCERS NEXT YEAR

MORE MOTHERFUCKIN' WORKER-OWNED CRUNCHY QUEER FEMINIST JOURNALISM FOR AND BY THE PEOPLE

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 15h

good time to respectfully tap the "please support worker-led, billionaire-free, independent news" sign

Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 16h

For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate.

Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 16h

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 15h

Some of the very best and most important political journalism of late has come from Lex and the team at Teen Vogue. Follow them all wherever they go.

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 16h

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 22h

The description could apply much better to Cuomo, who was a literal nepotism case and spent his career tearing down the postwar liberalism that made the US a superpower and that his father championed.

Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 22h

Another abominable editorial from the Wash Post

Wash post on Mamdani: The young politician wa born into a life of wealth and privilege, and from tht perch he adopted a worldview centered around destroying the economic system that made his adopted country thrive.

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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 23h

Everyone involved in this, including Trump, should be prosecuted for murder under the next administration.

Let him defend it with presidential immunity, and then take it back to SCOTUS after packing the court back into a real judicial body.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3d

Awful: Pentagon officials told lawmakers Trump now claims authority to bomb people merely “affiliated” with “narco-terrorist" groups, Rep Adam Smith tells me. But under questioning, they wouldn't say what “affiliated” even means!

Lots of fresh info in my new piece:

newrepublic.com/article/2025...

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 22h

Somewhere a long the way we are going to have to strengthen and enshrine sec §1983 / Bivens actions for everywhere and also kill or cripple QI.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 23h

NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability

The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.

www.chicagotribune.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

genuinely crazy-making how much the national press is indifferent to the verifiable fact that jd vance is buddy buddy with internet nazis, and the degree to which this is almost certainly a form of solidarity among people with a similar institution pedigree

Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 2d

mainstream media report on jd vance’s twitter mutuals, challenge level: impossible

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2d

He has already chosen, what the fuck are we doing here
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Tyler @electriceden92.bsky.social · 2d

The reason it was considered an 'ideological referendum' after the fact was because the media had decided beforehand that enough was enough, if he won this time he's won everything forever - not just because they support them, although much/most of them do, but because they wanted to End The Debate

Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 2d

Douthat writes that 2024, when Harris lost by 1.5% of the popular vote, was "an ideological referendum and progressivism lost." I wonder why he didn't view the 2020 election, when Trump lost by 4.5% of the popular vote, as a far more significant loss for conservatism.
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 10d

Comparing the relation between the presidential election results in 2020 and 2024 with the post-election commentary is a fascinating exercise.

2020
Biden 81,283,501 popular votes, 51.3%
Trump 74,223,975 popular votes 46.8%

2024
Trump 77,302,580 49.8%
Harris 75,017,613. 48.3%

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2d

Again, this precise use case is why these systems exist-to proliferate people’s racist (transphobic, misogynistic…) imaginary at scale. This should not be seen as a “misuse” but rather the product being used exactly as intended.

Racist Influencers Using OpenAI's Sora to Make it Look Like Poor People Are Selling Food Stamps for Cash

Folks looking for evidence of SNAP recipients as welfare queens have no shortage of AI generated schlock to use as justification.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Xander Lenc @xlenc.bsky.social · 1d

NYC is going to have the world's biggest media-manufactured crime panic in history the second Mamdani is elected. They aren't even going to wait until he is inaugurated. Whether or not you like the guy, you need to start preparing now for the fire hose of disinformation that is about to activate.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

It's cute the way the article never considers taxing the hell out of billionaires, instituting universal health care, and eliminating student loan debt as ways to, I dunno, make having kids AFFORDABLE.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

Family size around the world is dropping. That choice by couples is triggering a population shift that's sending shock waves through economies.

People are having fewer kids. Their choice is transforming the world's economy

Family size around the world is dropping. That choice by couples is triggering a population shift that's sending shock waves through economies.

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 1d

Recently my brother in law explained what gerrymandering was to a coworker and they didn’t believe him because if that were really happening there would be riots in the street

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 1d

This week I had someone tell me they're not worried about SNAP being cut off because "that's illegal, so it's impossible Trump could do that, so obviously it's just media sensationalism." Another person told me they weren't worried about ICE because "they can't detain you if you're legally here."

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 5d

Coda: it’s the information environment. prospect.org/2025/10/29/v...

Voters Did Not Understand the Stakes in 2024 - The American Prospect

A large majority of American voters are greatly dissatisfied with the state of things, most especially the economy. It turns out that median voters were catastrophically misled about the stakes of the...

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 2d

In any previous era, INCLUDING TRUMP’S FIRST TERM, this kind of overt corruption would have likely led to Patel being shown the door. But in Trump 2.0, the media and our institutions have decided none of this matters, so Trump and his friends have formed a pact for mutual plunder.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 2d

This might be the one that breaks me. Every federal agency reduced to banana-republic personal fiefdoms where criminal Trump allies loot the public and fire vastly more qualified people for daring to do their jobs. It’s unthinkable. It’s obscene.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2d

Kash Patel was angry about his publicly-available jet logs indicating he’d flown to see his musician girlfriend perform so he forced out a senior FBI official overseeing aviation, Bloomberg reports

news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

The FBI forced out a senior official overseeing aviation shortly after Director Kash Patel grew outraged about revelations of his publicly-available jet logs indicating he’d flown to see his musician girlfriend perform, said three people familiar with the situation.

Steven Palmer, a 27-year veteran of the FBI, became the third head of the critical incident response group—which includes FBI pilots—to be fired or removed in Patel’s short regime, adding to a year filled with retributive terminations.

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