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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 11h

I seem to recall that it was the biggest 1st Amendment attack in American history when the Biden admin alerted social media companies to some content and said "hey does this violate your policies?" Will Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger and (lol) CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss call this out?

Tweet from Pam Bondi:

Today following outreach from
@thejusticedept
, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target
@ICEgov
agents in Chicago.

The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 1d

We are living through the most consequential shift in the constitutional government of the United States in over a hundred and fifty years and nobody seems to have even noticed yet.

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 1d

Congress no longer holds the power of the purse, the executive can just do whatever they want with federal monies

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

So much of the reaction to the latest Gaza deal acts as if Trump took office amidst a raging war, which simply isn't true.

There's a tendency in US media to praise Trump whenever the opportunity arises, as if they need to make up for all the factually accurate reporting that makes him look awful.

Opinion | Trump’s Nobel peace prize campaign is the least important part of the Gaza deal

If the ceasefire holds, the administration deserves much credit. But the fixation on Trump getting a prize distracts from things that actually matter.

www.msnbc.com

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 1d

And yet the entire Supreme Court emergency motions practice that's evolved in the last like, five, six years is itself bizarre beyond comprehension, and involves doing systematic violence to the concept of "irreparable harm." All of which leads inexorably to the conclusion that it's pure hackery

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HudsonRiverCroc @hudsonrivercroc.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, look at this

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marjtroyer.bsky.social @marjtroyer.bsky.social · 2d

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
"
Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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eggnog slut @deus01.bsky.social · 1d

postmodern finance theory

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XaiaX (spooky ̆̈) @xaiax.net · 1d

Undefeated

XaiaX (spooky ̆̈) @xaiax.net · Jul 21

Stealing this from bird site.

Four corner political compass meme.
Left authoritarian: free insulin.
Right authoritarian: insulin should cost $5000 a month.
Left Libertarian: free insulin.
Right Libertarian: it’s ephebophilia, actually.

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Matt McManus @mattpolprof.bsky.social · 2d

"Mamdani is bad for being a Muslim and hating trans people, who I also hate..." is reaching Aaron Sorkin levels of Republican

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 1d

not enough of you are appreciating what a groundbreaking moment in English rhetoric it is that Sean Duffy said "It begs the question who is funding it"

Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 1d

THIS IS A HISTORIC MOMENT

SEAN DUFFY HAS MANAGED TO ILLUSTRATE THE FALLACY OF BEGGING THE QUESTION

BY MISUSING THE PHRASE "BEGS THE QUESTION"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Esau @gesau.bsky.social · 1d

The words are laudatory, but trump is a visual guy, and there is no way he’s going to be happy with this picture.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie

Time magazine cover featuring a photo of Trump from a dramatically low angle

HIS
TRIUMPH
by ERIC CORTELLESSA
THE LEADER ISRAEL NEEDED
by EHUD BARAK
HOW GAZA HEALS

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Esau @gesau.bsky.social · 1d

Strategic goals that bibi needed a year to achieve. So it’s not like trump would have gotten him to stop in 2024 either (nor would trump have wanted to even try). Which is why i think talk of individual “strength” sort of misses all the relevant context.

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Esau @gesau.bsky.social · 1d

Could biden have done it after the election when sentiment, esp among dems, shifted strongly against israel’s war? We’ll never know. The reality is, bibi feels he’s now achieved IL’s strategic goals, and is happy to give trump credit because they are otherwise aligned.

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Esau @gesau.bsky.social · 1d

I think personal “weakness” is the wrong framework. Biden couldnt do it because there was an election months away and bibi wanted trump to win because it guaranteed an unfettered hand and continued support, which was less certain under a second biden term.

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JB stan account @johnbrownstan.bsky.social · 1d

There's no world where Netanyahu ends the war for Biden before the election because he wanted Biden to lose.

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Esau @gesau.bsky.social · 1d

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Esau @gesau.bsky.social · 1d

Also, the war went on for another year. Presumably IL achieved various strategic goals in terms of hamas’ capacity, control etc. Do the material facts on the ground not matter to the analysis? Seems like the intervening period was at least somewhat relevant.

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Esau @gesau.bsky.social · 1d

But isnt that just to say bibi crossed an unrelated line in bombing a US ally? How was biden supposed to leverage that future mistake?

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Esau @gesau.bsky.social · 2d

Ok, im out. Be well.

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Esau @gesau.bsky.social · 2d

Prices almost never fall, deflation is usually a sign things are going very badly. Seems like a resonable stmt. Inflation was decreasing significantly most of this term. Look, they lost. Maybe better messaging would have helped. I guess that’s your take.

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Esau @gesau.bsky.social · 2d

Inflation had been falling for the past three years by the election. And they passed something called the Inflation Reduction Act. Incomes were going up, particularly at the lower end.

So biden prob felt like he was doing well coming out of a pandemic. Seems weird to read active hostility into it.

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Esau @gesau.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, incumbent politicians tend to emphasize to the positive aspects of their management of the economy in the lead up to an election. Some certainly feel he should have spoken more to the issue of inflation. I dont think that qualifies as “denigration” of anyone or insisting it was imaginary.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 2d

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2d

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

trib.al

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