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Jackelope
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robinkelly.house.gov
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.

She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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davekarpf.bsky.social
I wrote a bit about this terrible anniversary, and what happens when we fail to hold power to account.

open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
The Long Shadow of January 6th
On the failure to hold power to account.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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duckvalentine.bsky.social
like whatever you think about what democrats should be doing or not doing right now I feel like maybe we can agree that actively and openly helping the opposition achieve its goals easily is not the play.
fascistdemtracker.bsky.social Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 5d
On the first day back following the kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro & first lady Cilia Flores, 6 Senate Democrats vote yea to confirm Keith Bass as an Assistant Secretary of Defense by a vote of 50-35.
Floor of the US Senate Chyron: Nomination of Keith Bass, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense
January 6, 2026 at 3:22 AM
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andrew-oneill.bsky.social
Gallego is right, and the weak-ass Schumer/Jeffries demands for briefings are inadequate. Sure, ask for a briefing from the crew launching military strikes from a Mar A Lago ballroom while scrolling twitter, whatever.

But what is needed is action. Vote to stop the war. Do it this week.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d
FOX NEWS: What are your expectations when you get briefings from senior Trump administration officials in the coming days?

GALLEGO: Well, they're just gonna lie
January 3, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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parkermolloy.com
I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story

www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
Grok Can't Apologize. Grok Isn't Sentient. So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been “undressing” women and children in public. Journalists are letting xAI off the hook by pretending the bot is responsible.
www.readtpa.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
jackelope.bsky.social
Nothing more satisfying than listening to a playlist I put together and thinking “wow, this one is a banger too!” with every song
January 2, 2026 at 9:10 PM
jackelope.bsky.social
SPS has (finally) hired a serious person for superintendent
A Conversation with Incoming SPS Superintendent Ben Shuldiner
The new leader is guided by Jewish values of education, responsibility, and action.
thecholent.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
jackelope.bsky.social
Appreciate this clear and thoughtful stance against AI art in games from @meeplemountain.com
Is This Really What We Want? – AI Art in Board Games – Meeple...
AI generated imagery and text are a threat to what makes board games worthwhile. In this piece, Andrew explains Meeple Mountain’s policy.
www.meeplemountain.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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drewmagary.bsky.social
Roth. Click.
December 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.

I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
II. Credibility The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6] Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage. [FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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sbworkersunited.org
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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gordonofseattle.bsky.social
Shocked, SHOCKED that Tom Graf who penned “The zesty, bustling jumble of vendors, pedestrians, slow moving cars and delivery vehicles is what makes the Market unique and genuine” opposes bollards
Authenticity is key to the Market’s remarkable success. It is not a Disney version of a market, but an actual working farmers market, where the concept of “Meet the Producer” is not just a slogan. The zesty, bustling jumble of vendors, pedestrians, slow moving cars and delivery vehicles is what makes the Market unique and genuine. Pedestrians have the same right to be on Pike Place as the truck delivery vehicle, the rideshare drop off, the restaurateurs picking up supplies, and the van dropping off Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or elderly passengers. In fact, pedestrians dominate the street during the busiest times of the year, and there is a sense of safety in numbers over cars. This circulation and access are critical to the health and vitality of a public market. In fact, it is part of the Market’s historic character. The flow of trucks and people keep the Market lively during the day and still active at night. Furthermore, as we emerge from the pandemic — with retail recovery still fragile — this is not the time to experiment with limiting access to vendors. https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/keep-pike-place-market-open-to-traffic/
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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katie-drummond.bsky.social
I absolutely love this story from Evan Ratliff, a @wired.com all-time great writer, about building his own company that employs exclusively AI agents.
All of My Employees Are AI Agents, and So Are My Executives
Sam Altman says the one-person billion-dollar company is coming. Maybe I could be that person—if only I could get my colleagues to shut up and stop lying.
www.wired.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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samtlevin.bsky.social
NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.

José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:

“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’
Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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drewmagary.bsky.social
If you’re looking for some quality Election Day writing, this from @dennycarter.bsky.social is really good. badfaithtimes.com/vibes-arent-...
Vibes Aren’t Everything. They Are the Only Thing.
To survive in this political environment, Democrats must stop thinking and start feeling.
badfaithtimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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ericacbarnett.bsky.social
God damn, we need criticism. I loved reading this review (almost) as much as I would love overpaying for this stunt-cast version of Godot and forming my own opinions.

4columns.org/krasinski-je...
Waiting for Godot
4columns.org
October 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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sethabramson.bsky.social
It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.
October 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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gregggonsalves.bsky.social
Ta-Nehisi Coates has written the best yet commentary on last week's events, while pundits, politicians and others have disgraced themselves in their whitewashing of of this man's legacy. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...
September 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
jackelope.bsky.social
Attended PAX West for the first time since the pandemic, and had been exhibiting for years prior to that. I forgot how much fun it is to just attend a convention. Will definitely be back next year! #paxwest
September 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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volts.wtf
I really enjoyed this @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social pod about Covid & MAHA, but one thing it repeatedly revealed is a habit of liberals that drives me crazy. A short 🧵.
MAHA Is a Bad Answer to a Good Question
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 08/22/2025 · 1h 22m
podcasts.apple.com
August 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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jamellebouie.net
new piece from on the 60th anniversary of the voting rights act, and what the law has meant for american democracy www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...
Opinion | Donald Trump and John Roberts Have a Lot in Common
www.nytimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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adambonica.bsky.social
The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:

$678M raised through those spam tactics

$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.

$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)

The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.
open.substack.com
August 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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hannahkrieg.bsky.social
NEW: Another new PAC for the Jewish community targets a Jewish candidate with pro-Palestine beliefs, this time dumping an enormous $10k into a Seattle School Board race www.theburnerseattle.com/post/new-sea...
New Seattle PAC Advocating Against Antisemitism Spends $10,000 To Keep Jewish Woman Off School Board
A new Seattle-focused PAC advocating against antisemitism, “illiberalism,” and “radical voices,” called The Kids Table (TKT) just spent on their first race. Their first fight in the electoral arena? K...
www.theburnerseattle.com
July 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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parkermolloy.com
These three paragraphs are so spot on
The trajectory of all this is well rehearsed at this point. Progressive posters register their genuine outrage. Reactionaries respond in kind by cataloging that outrage and using it to portray their ideological opponents as hysterical, overreactive, and out of touch. Then savvy content creators glom on to the trending discourse and surf the algorithmic waves on TikTok, X, and every other platform. Yet another faction emerges: People who agree politically with those who are outraged about Sydney Sweeney but wish they would instead channel their anger toward actual Nazis. All the while, media outlets survey the landscape and attempt to round up these conversations into clickable content-search Google's "News" tab for Sydney Sweeney, and you'll get the gist. (Even this article, which presents individual posts as evidence of broader outrage, unavoidably plays into the cycle.) Although the Sweeney controversy is predictable, it also shows how the internet has completely disordered political and cultural discourse. Even that word, discourse—a shorthand for the way that a particular topic gets put through the internet's meat grinder—is a misnomer, because none of the participants is really talking to the others. Instead, every participant-be they bloggers, randos on X, or people leaving Instagram comments—are issuing statements, not unlike public figures. Each of these statements becomes fodder for somebody else's statement. People are not quite talking past one another, but clearly nobody's listening to anyone else. Our information ecosystem collects these statements, stripping them of their original context while adding on the context of everything else that is happening in the world: political anxieties, cultural frustrations, fandoms, niche beefs between different posters, current events, celebrity gossip, beauty standards, rampant conspiracism. No post exists on an island. They are all surrounded and colored by an infinite array of other content targeted to the tastes of individual social-media users. What can start out as a legitimate grievance becomes something else altogether-an internet event, an attention spectacle. This is not a process for sense-making; it is a process for making people feel upset at scale.
July 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM