The Intellectualist
theintellectualist.bsky.socialGhislaine Maxwell offers to testify before Congress about Jeffrey Epsteinâs sex trafficking network, challenging the DOJâs findings and raising fresh questions about accountability and justice for survivors.
Anne Applebaum
anneapplebaum.bsky.social"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it" @hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
Hana Kiros
hana-kiros.bsky.socialThe administration will incinerate enough food to feed 1.5 million children for a week. When it burns, its label will read: THIS PRODUCT IS A GIFT FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 500 tons, from us, to no one.
Patrick Hickey, MD
pwhickey.bsky.socialThese are part of the emergency rations used to save displaced people facing starvation. This is a horrific and cruel waste.
Jon Cooper
joncooper-us.bsky.socialSadly, you have to be crazy to want to visit the US these days: Irish tourist jailed by ICE for more than three months after overstaying US visit by three days: âNobody is safeâ Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation.
Mark Chadbourn
chadbourn.bsky.socialMore than three months in prison in harsh conditions. Why would anyone travel to the US?
Sam Levin
samtlevin.bsky.socialAn Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care. âNobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
Jon Cooper
joncooper-us.bsky.socialThat Jeffrey Epstein evidence isn't missing â there's more than you can imagine.
Joyce White Vance
joycewhitevance.bsky.socialThere is no reason to do this *unless* you donât want advice about ethics
Ben Penn
benjaminpenn.bsky.socialScoop: Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired her personal ethics chief, Joseph Tirrell. Without explanation, she removes DOJ's career ethics office director who advised the most senior political appointees (such as Todd Blanche, Kash Patel) on conflicts.
The Tennessee Holler
thetnholler.bsky.socialCanât be having those pesky âethicsâ people around trying to be all ethics-y when youâre trying to do hardcore anti-constitutional authoritarianism
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett
repjasmine.bsky.socialThis ainât about abortion, itâs about punishing folks who canât afford private care and women who dare to demand control over their own bodies. Shutting down clinics means more undiagnosed cancer, more untreated STIs, and more folks left out here with nowhere to turn.
Mark Joseph Stern
mjsdc.bsky.socialThe Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. From Sotomayor's dissent:
Christopher Webb
cwebbonline.comThat motherf*cker kept the trophy for himself. Un freaking believable.
Nathan Kalman-Lamb ("Marxist-Islamist")
nkalamb.bsky.socialIn a timeline defined by absurd headlines, this one might actually take the cake.
Keith Olbermann
olbermann.bsky.socialSo add kleptomania to all his other mental illnesses #TrumpIsNuts
Mother Jones
motherjones.comâThere is no clear precedent for what DeSantis and the president are doing." Experts question the legality of deploying National Guard officials as immigration judges.
Jacob Rosenberg
jacobrosenberg.bsky.social"the use of military courts to hear civilian cases is the essential component of martial law.â
Samantha Michaels
samanthamichaels.bsky.socialTrump said he approves of a plan to use National Guard officers as immigration judges in Florida. But former military lawyers told me they don't think that's legal.
Last updated Jul 15, 2025 at 3:42PM (EDT)