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Deeply disheartening to see what appears to be a deliberate effort to suppress the votes. Hope they pay the consequences.

men have always been pretty questionable but imo not enough people have really wrapped their heads around how thoroughly the internet has cooked men's brains over the last ~15 years.

I haven’t slept a full night in three weeks ahead of the polls opening in Brazil today. I might be shouting into a void here, but if you can spare a few seconds to send good energy towards our elections today and for the largest country in South America to beat fascism, please do so. 🇧🇷

nightmare in Brazil but this in Serbia

It never gets through to them that they throw trans people under the bus seeking the support of voters who will never vote for them anyhow. All they are doing is depressing their own base.

Democrats stop throwing trans people under the bus challenge (impossible).

This ad is pathetic, and it’s a more extreme position than even some Republicans have. To what end? You win no one. You lose a bunch of voters. And you look like a desperate, hateful douchebag.

This is garbage. It's very easy to say: "My opponent is a creep who wants to inspect your children's genitalia. I think government should mind its own fucking business." Makes me sick that Turek doesn't have the guts or the interest in fighting for the underdogs here.

Two activists with New York Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression (@nyaarpr) were arrested at their homes in the early hours on Oct. 20. Activists were unclear of what happened. I did some digging, and this looks to be a case of NYPD abuse of authority and political intimidation. 🧵

“I should only pay taxes for things I use” is a fun precept to adopt after you’ve stopped using services that were funded by the full tax base — you would have needed to pay much much more when your kids were in school if seniors hadn’t been pitching in with property taxes back then!

Note: TikTok - 15% owned by Musk pal Larry Ellison - permanently banned our "Musk" the movie account on the platform. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...

Right-wing billionaires now own the Washington Post, the LA Times, CNN, CBS News, virtually every local TV station, virtually every news radio station, most local newspapers, X, Facebook, Threads, and TikTok. (Did I miss any?) They own almost the entire information environment.

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

Thank you to everyone who showed up today, and to South Bay Takes a Stand and Indivisible South Bay LA for organizing the No Kings rallies! You can return your ballot now! Don't wait until November 3!

🚨🚨🚨 Meta just took down the No Kings instagram page with 3000 events happening around the country today

Account now restored but 90 min of censorship, & who knows how much algorithmic suppression, is proof positive that letting a few billionaires control what we see/say/know is - perhaps - not the best plan. California - these fuckers are trying to keep you from passing Prop 40 & tanking 41 & 42.

The history nerd in me sincerely wonders if Trump just crossed a metaphorical Rubicon in raiding Rep. Omar's home. If you are not outraged you should be. If you are outraged you're probably not outraged enough. This does not happen in a functional democracy. This is death of the Republic type stuff.

The way to look at this is George bush is trying to help Donald trump retain power on the Hill

Dems: It’s always stronger to stand up for your beliefs than to modulate to appease an audience. People like strong in politics. Even if they disagree with you, they’ll respect you more for being forthright. The best approach is to acknowledge areas of disagreement and pivot to areas of overlap.

Signaling to your base that you're more worried about their base is not a mistake Republicans ever make!

In my opinion Democrats get nothing nothing NOTHING by betraying trans people. They hurt themselves with a good deal of their committed voter base, and still don’t get the Republican votes they are so fucking obsessed with winning over. Lose-lose! People hate voting for squishy moral cowards!!

This is an extremely troubling development. It’s so disappointing and dangerous. The attacks on transgender Americans are an urgent threat to our freedom.

The USPS is intentionally disenfranchising WA voters by delaying postmarks on mail-in ballots, resulting in a 32% increase in ballots invalidated as late in the 2026 primary compared to 2024. “In some rural areas of the state, up to 5% of the ballots were postmarked late.”

Getting ready for a Labor Day BBQ? Make sure it’s union-made with this helpful guide from @aflcio.org 🌭🌽🍔 aflcio.org/barbecue

Trump says 18 Americans dying fighting Iran is “small potatoes”

"Don’t Be Fooled By the UK’s Tough Talk on Israeli Settlements" Andy Burnham’s response to genocide does not go nearly far enough. He must target the Israeli state itself by imposing an arms embargo and sweeping sanctions, says @owenjones.bsky.social for Zeteo UK.

Of course Councilmembers Imelda Padilla and Traci Park want LA's Capital Infrastructure Program to be restructured so they can retain local control over the projects that get prioritized in their districts 🤦🏼‍♀️

Just a thought: Maybe the collective freak-out about El-Sayed and the punditry that he is going to lose because he's too progressive, based on one single poll of the race, was a bit premature ?? www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-08-18...

Petty fascist DA Hochman is charging an LAPD officer with 16 felonies for blowing the whistle on virulent racism in the department. He’s sending a message about what sort of department he wants to see. www.latimes.com/california/s...

FLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"

When right-wingers say, "I don't care if you're gay, just don't rub it in my face," this is what they mean: second class status. You can't be open, much less celebrate your relationships. In exchange for silence, they'll leave you alone. (Except for occasional sodomy arrests.)

Yep.

*Ahem*.

Two Utah nonprofits and their founders have sued Fox and celebrity investor Kevin O'Leary — alleging they were defamed when O'Leary repeatedly claimed on the network that they were operating on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party.

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

The Democratic Party's approval rating is in the toilet, and the main reason is voters see Dem leaders and prominent members acting like things are basically okay instead of fighting like there's an emergency. Slot "my friend Lindsey Graham, so funny, how great to work with him" comments into that.

California’s sanctuary laws mostly prohibit local law enforcement from assisting with immigration enforcement, but they allow county sheriffs to transfer detained immigrants to ICE custody in some cases. In San Diego, those transfers spiked last year.

Some timely Steve Earle youtu.be/BkRthP-A_ds

Many people with serious mental illness who are waiting in jail to get a bed in a state hospital can be held in solitary confinement. Research shows that isolation can worsen one’s mental health. Our story with Boulder Reporting Lab:

I'm not criticizing these responses to dunk on Dems. I'm saying that powerful people utterly misunderstand the moment and are missing a critical opportunity to make the case for SCOTUS reform. I even wonder whether they understand the need for it.

Statements from Dems like this one make it harder to press for Supreme Court reform. This ruling was a near-disaster and shows how unhinged SCOTUS has become—now just one vote away from overturning the 14th Amendment. But a sitting senator says they "applaud" the ruling.

Sen Warren is right that the fight is not over - she at least recognizes that unlike the reactions we have seen from other Dem leaders. But, she fails to convey the urgency that four Republican operatives in #SCOTUS robes don't appear to believe in the 14th amendment.

I really believe James Talarico and some other Dems, like Jon Ossoff, are developing a new kind of moral language and politics for the era of Late Stage Trumpism. Case made below. (discussing work by @jenszalai.bsky.social) newrepublic.com/article/2125...

Just let kids play games. All kids. I don't feel like the Supreme Court should be deciding whether kids CAN PLAY GAMES.

SCOTUS reform won't just simply happen if Dems take Congress & the White House. A case has to be made for it—to a skeptical public, to reluctant politicians, to a hostile media. The blowback from the right will be intense and terrify a lot of weak-willed pols. The case has to be made starting *now*