This Kind of Thing Must Be Banned…
Peter Thiel dumped $7M into Virginia’s redistricting vote and sent outright lying mailers claiming Obama opposed it. Turns out Virginia voters were smarter than his money.
Greg Sargent notes that the NY Times accepts the bogus "everyone loves their own gerrymandering" idea when Democrats have tried for years to end *all* gerrymandering. Republicans have blocked reform, leaving Dems with the options of gerrymandering or unilaterally disarming, i.e surrendering.
Isn’t that the truth.
Virginia AG Jay Jones speaking to an audience with an American flag behind him.
Virginia AG Jay Jones: “My office will immediately file an appeal in the Court of Appeals. As I said last night, Virginia voters have spoken, & an activist judge should not have veto power over the People's vote. We look forward to defending the outcome of last night's election in court”
Burchett is right: the most DC thing ever *is* a member of Congress blaming the city for something he and his colleagues did themselves.
There seems to be a dispute on this.
Journalists who attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner to party with Trump, Hegseth, Carr etc. are telling the regime that it's perfectly OK if they sic the FBI on them for doing their jobs.
Looking forward to stopping by @colbertlateshow.bsky.social one last time. Tune in tonight!
PabloReports: What do you make of Stephen Miller and Tom Homan asking for all this money but then refusing to show up to the hearing today?
Frost: That’s what happens when you have a lapdog as speaker.
BREAKING: A GOP-appointed Virginia judge has struck down the Democratic-backed redistricting amendment in full, ruling it unconstitutional and “void from the start.”
AG Jay Jones says he will immediately file an appeal.
Three-byline alert: 🚨
“.. an assessment that means the conflict’s economic impact could extend late into this year or beyond.”
@danlamothe.bsky.social
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Reports indicate Elon Musk controls a secretive network of over 90 companies and entities so he can hide how he spends his money.
No wonder he wanted the Trump admin to “look into” the Corporate Transparency Act, which would have regulated those companies.
This piece is an extended bit surgically designed to be Bluesky bait, & it worked.
Watch the video! Piker’s just shooting the shit about the Louvre heist, but publishing it as Opinion changes the context considerably.
Rest assured, anyone who could be convinced to “microloot” doesn’t read the NYT
Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan is out. He’s not a woman, Black, or LGBT, so that’s not the reason this time.
Frustrated with failing/lacking Iran strategy?
Told to do war crimes and said no?
Defended a Black or female officer’s promotion?
The White House’s behavior invites this speculation.
Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia—
AOC: Wah wah wah.
We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no.
What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over.
🚨BREAKING: Arizona Court of Appeals AFFIRMS dismissal of rightwing lawsuit challenging election administration practices in several Arizona counties. Another big win for the ELG team and our clients! www.democracydocket.com/cases/arizon...
Any "extraordinarily brilliant person" would know his presidency is in free-fall after his disastrous decision to enter another endless war-of-choice in the Middle East & that on November 3rd accountability is coming for the most corrupt criminal Administration in U.S. History.
tick...tick...tick
He is so predictable.
What do Levi’s, Hanes, and Chewy have in common?
California AG Rob Bonta just revealed evidence alleging that Amazon used its power to pressure them, and countless other brands, to inflate prices of listings on rival online marketplaces as part of wide-ranging price-fixing scheme.
The message of the Right reacting to Virginia is the same as the message of "2020 was rigged": no victory by anyone but us is ever legitimate. We are the only ones allowed to win.
These people are cartoon villains entitled to no respect and no trust. Rabid dogs.
Don’t start no shit. Won’t be no shit.
A Bald Eagle swoops on birds on a lake
Happy #EarthDay 2026!
Bald Eagle swooping on birds, Lake Washington, Seattle
📸Don Clapp
Driving through Berkeley on the way to the city. Just passed an overpass and the great big sign on it said only, “SHE WAS 13.“
Oh, my, the next overpass had the same sign.
Bless the resistance and everybody who works in it.
An agribusiness in North Carolina confiscated immigrant workers’ passports and visa documents with the explicit goal of trapping them in their jobs, according to a class action lawsuit filed Friday. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social reports.
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The most accurate indicator that something bad is about to happen.
Yep.
That’s one of the reasons Trump is so hesitant to resume the war, aside from the crippling unpopularity.
Iran has had two weeks to prepare, and the assessment is that Israel and the Gulf States would likely be facing large retaliatory salvos.
Democracy Docket’s coverage of Virginia has taken a different approach — making clear from the start the obvious and crucial point that the redraw is an effort to level the national playing field in response to Trump’s scheme.
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I think I’m right
