Russ Walker @russwalker.bsky.social

15 hours ago

If you are steeped in the arcana of 2020 election denialism, then the name Heather Honey should be familiar to you. She's responsible for the false claim about more votes than voters in PA in 2020, which continues to be passed off as fact by plenty in the MAGA movement.

Lancaster Watchdog @lancasterwatchdog.bsky.social

15 hours ago

www.witf.org/2025/08/25/p...

Pa. election conspiracy activist appointed to election integrity role at Department of Homeland Security | WITF

A Pennsylvania-based activist tied to President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election is now overseeing election security matters […]

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social

10 hours ago

The Framers made arguably one major mistake: They believed the legislative branch would jealously guard its power. They could not have fathomed that the legislative branch (Out of laziness, raw partisanship and a desire to keep their sinecures) would willingly surrender its power.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net

11 hours ago

one sign that the “unitary executive” is less the restoration of an older constitutional order and more the imposition of a radical new one is that allowing the president to act untethered from most legal or congressional limits has largely just served to plunge the country into disorder

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social

10 hours ago

I find it exhausting how SO MANY pundits seemed to take the right-wing "free speech" arguments at face value despite how NAKEDLY insincere they were.

But what I find truly exhausting is that none of the pundits will face any consequences for their disingenuity or foolishness. Like, none at all.

States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com

10 hours ago

Ohio college students are navigating the ramifications of the state’s new higher education law that bans diversity efforts, prohibits faculty strikes, and regulates classroom discussion.

via @ohiocapitaljournal.com

‘It feels like a betrayal.’ Ohio college students experiencing effects of new higher education law

Ohio college students are navigating the ramifications of the state’s new higher education law that bans diversity efforts, prohibits faculty strikes, and regulates classroom discussion.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social

6 days ago

One trademark of an authoritarian regime is the use of the legal system to target political opponents. Bill Pulte, a Trump appointee who leads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has been using his position to concoct accusations of mortgage fraud against Letitia James, Adam Schiff and now Cook.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social

6 days ago

New, from me: A Trump official is concocting mortgage fraud claims to target opposition. It's a classic authoritarian trick.

Now they are doing it to Lisa Cook, the first Black female member of the Federal Reserve to push her to resign. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-uses...

Trump Uses Legal Threats to Push Federal Reserve Member To Resign

Trump administration's weaponization of the DOJ part of an authoritarian pattern

Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net

10 hours ago

Fundamentally, Trump was explicitly and repeatedly promising the end of modern society. That’s literally what “make America great again” means. They can’t all be surprised that he actually delivered

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social

12 hours ago

i do not think the average american voter realizes the privileges that they had as as citizens of a deeply integrated world hegemon are slowly vanishing one by one

Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net

11 hours ago

Modern life is basically dependent on nerds you will never meet building software & spreadsheets you will never see

What the Trump admin dares to ask is: what if we just shoved as many of those folks as we could find into a locker.

Jeff @blueberrywerewolf.bsky.social

10 hours ago

i can't help but think the greatest trick was getting people to believe the New York Times is a reputable newspaper simply because it is housed in NYC