A federal judge refused today to block the Pentagon from firing three Stars and Stripes staff members who claim they were illegally disciplined for speaking out about the military news outlet's need to maintain its editorial independence. apnews.com/article/stars-stri…
— Steve Herman (@newsguy.bsky.social) 2026-09-05T01:43:48.423Z
Category: Fascists
Russia, Russia, Russia
Has Witkoff finally made it to Ukraine? No, he's with his friends at the Kremlin, with Jared.
Imaginary problems
BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday that it reached an “agreement” with Mount Sinai Health System in which it will “cease providing” gender-affirming medical care to minors and dedicate $2 million to providing care to those “suffering harmful consequences” of such care.
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2026-09-04T18:11:22.019Z
Brewing
Article discussing antisemitism and Heinrich Heine, a 19th century German writer whose prescient analysis of the collective psychosis that was brewing in Europe is disturbingly still relevant todaywww.compactmag.com/article/hein…#Antisemitism #Racism #Sociology #Psychology #Antizionism
— The Rational Dispatch (@rationaldispatch.bsky.social) 2026-09-01T20:50:36.524Z
Without a hint of irony
Mike Johnson on Iranians: "It's apparently part of their religion that they can just lie to someone they disagree with"
Imagine how bad it must be
Facebook owner Meta agreed to pay nearly $18 billion to an array of U.S. states over claims its platforms intentionally addicted teens.via @stateline.org www.newsfromthestates.com/article/meta…
— States Newsroom (@statesnewsroom.com) 2026-08-26T18:25:07.467Z
Same old B.S.
The US experiment in Venezuela is basically resurrecting an oligarch it used to shun – WaPo reports that US officials lobbied to help Alejandro Betancourt, a fixer going back to the Chavez era, with a Swiss arrest warrant, as he helps the US with oil deals. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0…
— Joseph Cotterill (@jsphctrl.ft.com) 2026-08-27T11:50:19.283Z
SCOTUS sucks
6-3 ruling through the shadow docket. The conservatives of SCOTUS have once again proven their utter contempt for democracy. This decision opens up the door for further provocations. If an executive order can give him control over mail-in voting, what else can it do? www.cnn.com/2026/08/24/p…
— Michael (@michaelnaphys.bsky.social) 2026-08-24T21:43:26.669Z
Please don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot movesThey simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule👇Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it. I'm as confident in our arguments here as in any of our cases!
— Norm Eisen (@normeisen.bsky.social) 2026-08-24T21:59:31.575Z
We didn’t need our kids, anyway
"TikTok on Friday reached a $400 million settlement in a lawsuit brought by the Justice Department that accused the company of illegally gathering children’s information." [Gift link]
— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix.bsky.social) 2026-08-22T02:37:25.487Z
Of course
(CNN) – The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during .. Pearl Harbor …. there have been internal conversation about renaming it to honor Trump.”@halbritz.bsky.socialwww.cnn.com/2026/08/20/p…
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) 2026-08-20T21:12:40.685Z