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Press/Editorial: AFJustice Formerly: ThinkProgress (RIP). Queer/cis, atheist, SJW, pianist, gaymer, IC alumni, union member. https://linktr.ee/zackford Opinions my own. (He/Him) πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ––

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Head unbowed and baseball cap in white. Total disrespect

07.03.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 741 πŸ” 237 πŸ’¬ 134 πŸ“Œ 37
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Joe Rogan admits straight men are the real danger to women β€” then blames trans women anyway As Steve-O spoke about compassion for transgender people, the podcaster returned to familiar anti-trans attacks, even while acknowledging that men are the real problem.

He was so close.

You could almost see the smoke coming from Joe Rogan's ears as the wheels were turning.

www.advocate.com/news/joe-rog...

07.03.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

This is who we are. We have to root all of this evil out of DHS.

🧾 www.bbc.com/news/article...

πŸ“Ί bsky.app/profile/davi...

07.03.2026 04:47 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 6

Poor Zoey Bartlet!

04.03.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kristi Noem Won't Admit Renee Good, Alex Pretti Were Not β€˜Domestic Terrorists’ β€œYou told a lie about them!” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) fumed at the Homeland Security secretary about the American citizens killed by her agents.

Today, Kristi Noem refused 6 times to apologize or admit she was wrong when she publicly cast Renee Good and Alex Pretti -- both fatally shot by her DHS agents -- as "domestic terrorists."

β€œYou told a lie about them!” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) fumed.
www.huffpost.com/entry/kristi...

04.03.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 115 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2
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Alex Aronson: The Reality of Trump’s Rigged Courts Can we count on the judiciary to save us? Here's what the data says

"The U.S. Supreme Court is no longer functioning as a neutral constitutional arbiter or a functional check on President Trump’s dangerous Project 2025 agenda. Instead, it is operating as his enabler-in-chiefβ€”and a structural veto on democratic governance."

couriernewsroom.com/news/alex-ar...

04.03.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

ACCOUNTABILITY. Let's make sure we seek it!

04.03.2026 19:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
04.03.2026 15:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Attorney General James Urges Congress to Pass Senate’s Kids Online Safety Act NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan coalition of 39 other attorneys general today called on Congress to pass the Senate version

WTAF are β€œprogressive β€œ state AGs like @newyorkstateag.bsky.social and @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov doing endorsing KOSA, which a lead sponsor has said will be used to drive info about trans people and abortion access off the internet?
Check out badinternetbills.com or just write them with your thoughts

04.03.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

By the way, Democrats have now flipped 27 legislative seats in Trump 2.0.

Republicans are still stuck at zero.

Even in 2017-18, the GOP managed to flip a few. This time, just a goose egg, despite several good chances.

04.03.2026 03:50 πŸ‘ 1875 πŸ” 656 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 29
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Supreme Court orders Dallas to "separate" certain votes Dallas and Williamson counties closed centralized voting centers, which had become a common practice, at the request of local Republicans.

It's as if every time things aren't going smoothly at polling locations it's so easily traced back to Republican-instituted voter suppression efforts... πŸ€”

www.texastribune.org/2026/03/03/j...

04.03.2026 04:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Buhbye!

04.03.2026 03:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

would be cool if this was the average demeanor of a democratic senator while talking to gop flunkies instead of a gop senator on his way out the door

03.03.2026 18:56 πŸ‘ 1162 πŸ” 264 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 5
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214. The Court's (Selective) Impatience is a Vice The only theme uniting Monday night's twin grants of emergency relief is the Republican appointees' willingness to upend long-settled limits on the Court's power when, but only when, they *want* to.

I wrote last night about #SCOTUS's grants of emergency relief in the California transgender student and New York redistricting cases, and how the only thing uniting them (beyond the fact that they were issued simultaneously) is the Republican appointees' wholly unprincipledβ€”and selectiveβ€”impatience:

03.03.2026 13:21 πŸ‘ 211 πŸ” 68 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4

I do think the pollening is under way, not counting today's snow.

03.03.2026 01:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Something else about Vanderbilt's capitulation: VUMC said it would only offer β€œnonsurgical gender-affirming care for adults 19 years and older.” But 18-year-olds are adults. Tennessee law bans this care for people *under* 18, so VUMC is once again overcomplying

03.03.2026 00:12 πŸ‘ 459 πŸ” 139 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 6
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What can you even say? These people deserve their inevitable humiliation and the nation deserves journalists with more self-respect.

03.03.2026 00:16 πŸ‘ 11065 πŸ” 2248 πŸ’¬ 1384 πŸ“Œ 428

I'm pretty sure most of us realize it. We're not subtle about it.

Men will be rejected from dates for decades to come when asked who they voted for in these elections.

02.03.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Big "You're not firing me, I quit!" energy.

02.03.2026 22:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE
KAGAN would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari.
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE JACKSON joins,
dissenting from denial of certiorari.
This case asks whether federal law prohibits the poorest
prisoners from splitting the $350 fee required to file a federal lawsuit when it allows everyone else to do so. The answer statutorily appears to be no. Because the decision below held otherwise and deepened a split among the Courts
of Appeals, the Court should grant the petition for a writ of
certiorari.

The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE KAGAN would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari. JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE JACKSON joins, dissenting from denial of certiorari. This case asks whether federal law prohibits the poorest prisoners from splitting the $350 fee required to file a federal lawsuit when it allows everyone else to do so. The answer statutorily appears to be no. Because the decision below held otherwise and deepened a split among the Courts of Appeals, the Court should grant the petition for a writ of certiorari.

Petitioners Topaz Johnson and Ian Henderson were incarcerated at High Desert State Prison in California when
they filed this lawsuit in federal court. According to their
complaint, corrections officers forced them and a third prisoner to stand in filthy cages that reeked of urine and measured 2.5 feet by 2.5 feet. They alleged that the officers
forced them to stand in those cages for nearly nine hours
with their hands cuffed behind their backs.

Petitioners Topaz Johnson and Ian Henderson were incarcerated at High Desert State Prison in California when they filed this lawsuit in federal court. According to their complaint, corrections officers forced them and a third prisoner to stand in filthy cages that reeked of urine and measured 2.5 feet by 2.5 feet. They alleged that the officers forced them to stand in those cages for nearly nine hours with their hands cuffed behind their backs.

By a 6–3 vote, SCOTUS refuses to review a judge-made rule that bars indigent prisoners from splitting the filing fee among themselves when filing a federal suitβ€”even though everyone else is allowed to split that fee. These defendants were allegedly tortured. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

02.03.2026 14:35 πŸ‘ 1669 πŸ” 685 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 53
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Federal judges who've ruled against Trump administration denounce threats against themselves, their families Federal judges say criticism from President Trump can put their safety at risk. The White House says the president "understands the dangers of political violence."

"The president has frequently railed against judges when they rule against him. What often happens next is a barrage of violent threats from his followers against those judges. We spoke with 26 federal judges– 9 Democratic appointees, 17 Republican, both sitting and retired."

@60minutes.bsky.social

02.03.2026 00:16 πŸ‘ 936 πŸ” 370 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 14

Key word: Perform.

02.03.2026 01:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How naive do you have to be to be a Democrat in 2026 and think an explanation for Trump's unlawful behavior means anything? I can't fathom a strategy for a comeback of "explain yourself!" in the face of all the authoritarianism we've already seen.

02.03.2026 01:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And this war requires just as much gaslighting as all the other bullshit. It's all one in the same as part of flooding the zone. It means we need to keep talking about Epstein.

02.03.2026 01:17 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

there is no metric by which this is true. even 2028 primary polling (which is meaningless in general but seems like a fair yardstick here) doesn’t have him on top.

just a brazen attempt to impose him on us by the rich and the commentariat.

01.03.2026 22:12 πŸ‘ 2525 πŸ” 492 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 11

She has two official accounts, no?

01.03.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I guess I'm "sign as witness for your friend's will" years old.

01.03.2026 17:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Catherine Beecher is the perfect choice to juxtapose with Charlie Kirk. In the era when American women began advocating for suffrage, Beecher was a prominent anti-suffragist.

01.03.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 982 πŸ” 329 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 16
Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN
I hope you aren't drunk and took your staff's advice, Rashida and I don't know this man and feel confident he didn't care about us. Please restrain from drinking too much as you have been warned from your staff and stay off social media when you are drunk. I pray in his holy month you find peace and respect for your self,

Replying to: 

Rep. Nancy Mace
@RepNancyMace β€’ 6h
My heart goes out to Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib tonight. Sending them thoughts and prayers. (Announcement of the ayatollah’s death)

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN I hope you aren't drunk and took your staff's advice, Rashida and I don't know this man and feel confident he didn't care about us. Please restrain from drinking too much as you have been warned from your staff and stay off social media when you are drunk. I pray in his holy month you find peace and respect for your self, Replying to: Rep. Nancy Mace @RepNancyMace β€’ 6h My heart goes out to Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib tonight. Sending them thoughts and prayers. (Announcement of the ayatollah’s death)

β€œI pray in his holy month you find peace and respect for your self” is some God-tier Minnesotan passive aggression, could not be prouder of my former congresswoman.

01.03.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 908 πŸ” 142 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 10
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Two women arrested in Uganda for allegedly kissing in public could face life in prison ➑️ https://bit.ly/4s6Bwpk

πŸ“· Getty

01.03.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1