Gulf allies (rightly) claim that the U.S. failed to adequately warn or protect them from eminently predictable waves of Iranian drone attacks.
Hegseth’s new Muscular Manly Murder Drone Strategy sure seems to be spectacularly imploding right now.
Tweets by Brian Goldstone dated 25 July 2025 read: “A reminder: framing homelessness as a problem of mental illness or addiction has been politically manufactured to divert attention from its *actual* causes-skyrocketing rents, poverty wages, gutted social supports-and to justify the removal of homeless people from public space.” “What CAUSES homelessness is the lack of safe, dignified affordable housing-full stop. To be clear: mental illness or substance use no more cause homelessness than a fever causes the flu.”
“[Framing] homelessness as a problem of mental illness or addiction has been politically manufactured to divert attention from its *actual* causes—skyrocketing rents, poverty wages, gutted social supports—& to justify the removal of homeless people from public space.”
— @brian-goldstone.bsky.social
Don't shun people just because they have different beliefs about blotting out the sun to usher in a new age of eternal darkness. We have to find an answer in the middle.
Probably could get trains AND healthcare.
Imagine all the cool, fast trains we could have with the billions we spend on bombs.
We have the data. My longest columns have more readers, who read longer, and who share them the most.
Remarkable: With support for the Iran war tanking, Trump is now throwing away the GOP's advantage on three core issues: Economy, immigration, national security.
A year ago it looked like he might be popular on all three. He lit it all on fire. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2074...
ICE has spun a massive surveillance web. We talked to people caught in it
DHS claimed "an ICE agent had fired 'defensive shots' into Martinez's vehicle after Martinez 'intentionally ran over' another agent."
But body cam video now "shows that Martinez's vehicle, a blue Ford Fusion, was stationary or going at a very low rate of speed when he was fatally shot."
He's yelling at the dumbass Fox News guy. Definitely starting to feel the heat. Will it matter? Who knows, but he's not comfy right now and that makes me feel good.
He got a Nazi tattoo, he frequents anti-Semitic podcasts and posters, he says racist and misogynistic and homophobic shit on reddit...reality called, he's a wannabe Nazi. And, as I frequently point out he's also not equipped to lead anything. You could spin in a circle and point and do better
SCOOP — Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.
My report:
Why didn’t you know this? Platner lies in reporters’ faces but no one fact-checks him. When his Nazi tattoo was first reported, he ran to Tommy Vietor’s podcast for damage control. He told his false leaving-the-Marines story; Vietor laughed with him. No hard questions for your buddies. 6/
Let’s talk about Graham Platner’s Big Lie, finally. In 2009, at the height of the Gulf War, the Marines barred him from active duty. Platner claims it was his forearm tattoos. But his one forbidden tattoo was the Nazi symbol on his chest. He knew - and he left the Marines rather than give it up. 1/
CAN WE STOP FUCKING TALKING ABOUT THIS NOW (rhetorical because some of you just hate Jews)
Maybe I’m too demanding but I’d really like a definitive answer on why the United States started a war in Iran and what we are trying to accomplish.
People are missing the point in replying to this. Shes not a billionaire because she gives her money away to charity and help people ten times over.
But think about all the money she gives away TO help. She should have been one waaaaay before now
She is quite literally the billionaire that ISNT.
We may be “witnessing the fullest expression of the most inhumane weapons of the twenty-first century: autonomous bombs and missiles. Their “autonomy” refers to the fact that humans need not be “in the loop” in any meaningful way when deciding where to target or whether to launch such weapons.“
DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate — and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August.
He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA.
The grift continues.
The red "wasted" visual in the White House video game graphic is just beyond vile. This involves real human beings. They know civilians are being killed. They're reveling in it.
Every bsky staff member keeps talking about how the goal is Nice Social Media but then the second they're even remotely pushed back against for something shitty, and they immediately crash out for multiple days crying about their subhuman userbase.
can these people at least keep it in the work slack where we don't have to see it
Harper to the judge: "Your driver's license doesn't list your height and weight at birth. It doesn't list where you used to live. It identifies who you are now."
I think this is a great argument, beautifully constructed
Lying liars and the liar who hires and then fires them
In every Republican presidency of my lifetime there's been a recession and a new war in the Middle East.
As Rachel points out on her Instagram, notice that the guy at the front has a Totenkopf on his quarter zip.
That's why Maine Democrats should not let anyone displaying Nazi symbols near the United States Senate
Breaking news: The U.S. labor market lost 92,000 jobs in February, a striking loss signaling a warning flag for the economy.
First reported by @decaturish.bsky.social, GA State Sen. Elena Parent will not seek reelection.
In 2025, Parent, who represents one of the most progressive districts in the South, east of Atlanta, dared a trans parent to find someone to challenge her for reelection in a recorded anti-trans screed:
