Joe Orenstein
@jnojag.bsky.social
The depth of ignorance and callousness on display here by the DHS representative is breathtaking. It's what you get when you think you know everything and there is is nothing else to learn. Such a level of unearned confidence fosters hate & cruelty because it so easily validates stupid ideas.
BERMAN: How many of the 40,000 people born in Somalia living in Minnesota do you consider to be garbage?
McLAUGHLIN: We're really looking at the data
BERMAN: All of them?
McLAUGHLIN: This is not about politics. This is about public safety. We saw the terrorist attack against us last week.
McLAUGHLIN: We're really looking at the data
BERMAN: All of them?
McLAUGHLIN: This is not about politics. This is about public safety. We saw the terrorist attack against us last week.
December 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The depth of ignorance and callousness on display here by the DHS representative is breathtaking. It's what you get when you think you know everything and there is is nothing else to learn. Such a level of unearned confidence fosters hate & cruelty because it so easily validates stupid ideas.
They’re not even hiding it anymore
NEW: Indiana Republicans are trying to make sure no judge can stop their new gerrymander, adding provisions in their bill to ban temporary blocks, bypass lower courts and force every challenge straight to the conservative-majority state Supreme Court.
Indiana Republicans Aim to Sideline Courts to Protect their Gerrymander
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
They’re not even hiding it anymore
President Archie Bunker
Trump: When they come from hell and they complain and do nothing but bitch—we don’t want them in our country. Let them go back to where they came from
December 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
President Archie Bunker
Reposted by Joe Orenstein
Hoo boy that’s a big fucking bus, Admiral Bradley.
December 2, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Hoo boy that’s a big fucking bus, Admiral Bradley.
Reposted by Joe Orenstein
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
Reposted by Joe Orenstein
Just so we’re ALL clear: the President of the United States made death threats toward sitting Democratic members of Congress.
But they’re always claiming Democrats are the dangerous ones, right?
(1/2)
But they’re always claiming Democrats are the dangerous ones, right?
(1/2)
November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Just so we’re ALL clear: the President of the United States made death threats toward sitting Democratic members of Congress.
But they’re always claiming Democrats are the dangerous ones, right?
(1/2)
But they’re always claiming Democrats are the dangerous ones, right?
(1/2)
Reposted by Joe Orenstein
FFS!!!
Oh come on
FOX NEWS: Do you believe that the number of people who came into the country illegally is one of the major factors that drove up housing prices?
FED GOV STEPHAN MIRAN: I absolutely believe that's the case
FED GOV STEPHAN MIRAN: I absolutely believe that's the case
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
FFS!!!
Reposted by Joe Orenstein
Reposted by Joe Orenstein
NEW: A Pentagon intelligence report raises concerns that China could acquire F-35 jet technology if the US sells the planes to Saudi Arabia. Trump and MBS could finalize the deal next week in DC. China and Saudi Arabia cooperate on missiles. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
U.S. Officials Raise Concerns About Saudi Arabia’s Bid for F-35 Jets
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
NEW: A Pentagon intelligence report raises concerns that China could acquire F-35 jet technology if the US sells the planes to Saudi Arabia. Trump and MBS could finalize the deal next week in DC. China and Saudi Arabia cooperate on missiles. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
November 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Reposted by Joe Orenstein
@timmiller.bsky.social: "You know what would be a better message than what Angus King is saying out there? What Tim Dillon, the MAGA podcaster is saying: literally going on TV and being like, nobody's life is better [since Trump took office]... and maybe we should focus on helping people."
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
@timmiller.bsky.social: "You know what would be a better message than what Angus King is saying out there? What Tim Dillon, the MAGA podcaster is saying: literally going on TV and being like, nobody's life is better [since Trump took office]... and maybe we should focus on helping people."
Reposted by Joe Orenstein
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Reposted by Joe Orenstein
Not a political consultant but I’m not sure “standing up to trump doesn’t work” is the best midterm message, even if if accurately represents senate dems position. Not much point in putting you in power then bsky.app/profile/atru...
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Not a political consultant but I’m not sure “standing up to trump doesn’t work” is the best midterm message, even if if accurately represents senate dems position. Not much point in putting you in power then bsky.app/profile/atru...
These guys are the Eyelid Caucus because they freaking blinked first!
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
These guys are the Eyelid Caucus because they freaking blinked first!
I really have no more energy for these Dems who don’t have the heart to fight back. They need to get out of the way
NEW: It appears Senate Dems have enough votes for cloture with Jacky Rosen flipping to a yes vote. Rand Paul voted no. Kaine, Rosen, Fetterman, Shaheen, Hassen, King, Durbin, Cortez-Masto are the dems yes votes.
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I really have no more energy for these Dems who don’t have the heart to fight back. They need to get out of the way
The SCOTUS majority is not just making bad decisions, the way they are doing so greatly hurts the credibility of the courts. If precedent, or even the actual facts of a particular case, don't matter, what are we even doing?
Even though it mustered only 356 words to justify putting Trump's spiteful anti-trans passport policy back into effect, #SCOTUS managed to show us two of the flawed analytical moves it keeps making *only* in Trump cases to provide cover for granting emergency relief.
My latest, via "One First":
My latest, via "One First":
189. The Breezy Inequity of Trump v. Orr
The Supreme Court's latest grant of emergency relief to the Trump administration illustrates in technicolor the direct (and ugly) consequences of the two different ways it keeps messing up "equity."
www.stevevladeck.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The SCOTUS majority is not just making bad decisions, the way they are doing so greatly hurts the credibility of the courts. If precedent, or even the actual facts of a particular case, don't matter, what are we even doing?
This is truly fascinating
A man collapsed in the Oval Office yesterday. The internet got the story wrong.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
A man collapsed in the Oval Office. The internet got the story wrong.
A case study in how bad information can spread — and how hard it is to correct it.
dandiamond.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This is truly fascinating
There is NO master plan. This guy doesn't understand and doesn't care. And he doesn't care that he doesn't understand
Trump: "I don't want to hear about the affordability, because right now we're much less. If you look at energy, we're getting close to $2 a gallon gasoline."
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
There is NO master plan. This guy doesn't understand and doesn't care. And he doesn't care that he doesn't understand
Reposted by Joe Orenstein
Oh we will not forget who bent the knee.
Democrats won big. If it holds through 2028, it's going to be interesting to watch all the tech giants pretend they're not a bunch of MAGA fascists.
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Oh we will not forget who bent the knee.
Reposted by Joe Orenstein
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Reposted by Joe Orenstein
Sen. Tina Smith: “Donald Trump clearly has the authority to keep SNAP funding during this shutdown. He is just refusing to do it…Americans should not be forced by this President to choose between health care and food.”
October 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Sen. Tina Smith: “Donald Trump clearly has the authority to keep SNAP funding during this shutdown. He is just refusing to do it…Americans should not be forced by this President to choose between health care and food.”
Reposted by Joe Orenstein
A Homeland Security Investigations agent shot at an unarmed Black man during a traffic stop on Oct. 17. But a @dcpolicedept.bsky.social officer omitted any mention of the shooting from his reports, apparently under instruction from a "team leader."
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7732...
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7732...
A Federal Agent Shot at a Driver in D.C. An MPD Officer Was Told To Omit the Shooting from His Report.
An HSI agent fired three times into a vehicle police claimed was trying to flee. The charges were dismissed during a preliminary hearing.
washingtoncitypaper.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
A Homeland Security Investigations agent shot at an unarmed Black man during a traffic stop on Oct. 17. But a @dcpolicedept.bsky.social officer omitted any mention of the shooting from his reports, apparently under instruction from a "team leader."
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7732...
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7732...
Reposted by Joe Orenstein
In response to "A House of Dynamite," the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency sent around an internal memo with the talking point that US defenses are *100% accurate*. No system is 100% accurate. And under Hegseth, the Pentagon is about propaganda, not responsible information.
The Military’s Missile Defense System Cannot Be as Good as It Says
Kathryn Bigelow’s new movie, A House of Dynamite, is more accurate on this point than the Defense Department itself.
www.theatlantic.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
In response to "A House of Dynamite," the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency sent around an internal memo with the talking point that US defenses are *100% accurate*. No system is 100% accurate. And under Hegseth, the Pentagon is about propaganda, not responsible information.
Reposted by Joe Orenstein
When did making kids go hungry become a Christian value?
October 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
When did making kids go hungry become a Christian value?