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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

submitted 17 hours ago • 1822 comments

Gov. Mills showed precisely the sort of integrity in the face of political pressure that the majority of the party currently lacks. More importantly, she did so extemporaneously and without hesitation from a purple state where this isn't a universally popular position. www.maine.gov/governor/mil...

submitted 1 day ago • 50 comments

New piece by me and @leahgreenberg.bsky.social in the Nation this morning. Let me know what you think! www.thenation.com/article/poli...

submitted 3 days ago • 15 comments

For those of you in CA-16, a tele town hall.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

I want to hear from you – mark your calendars for my telephone town hall on 2/25 @ 6 PM PT. Dial 833-998-0865 to join – see you there!

submitted 3 days ago • 8 comments

As a political scientist who studies countries that managed to stop the slide into authoritarianism, I can assure you that refraining from provoking the authoritarian is not how it works. Without further ado, I will now go tear out another chunk of hair.

submitted 6 days ago • 275 comments

All my life I have studied democratization and autocratization. My 1st field trip was to newly democratic Argentina. I then added autocracies to my portfolio: Cuba, Ven, etc. I think I can recognize the stages of transition to authoritarianism. Here are the boxes Trump has already checked off.

submitted 7 days ago • 60 comments

I have been talking to the media, Time, Fortune, NBC, etc., to explain how the onslaught on science and NIH will impact the health of all Americans. Everyone knows someone who has cancer, heart disease, or depression. Spread the word about how cutting science impacts all. time.com/7216299/nih-...

submitted 7 days ago • 47 comments

This could be devastating for public lands and wildfire prevention and response. So shortsighted. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.

submitted 9 days ago • 231 comments

There is going to come a time in the very near future where the only way to resolve this is for every non-MAGA media company to band together and simply refuse to walk into the presser or attend the event. Because he wants the coverage more than anything else. Divided you fall.

submitted 11 days ago • 555 comments

The "Gulf of America" thing is ridiculous, but if the press gives in on this, the administration will just keep pushing - maybe conditioning access on deadnaming people, saying Trump won the 2020 election, you name it. Draw a line in the sand now, while the stakes seem small.

submitted 11 days ago • 57 comments

Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone Call it a Day Of Transparency

submitted 11 days ago • 3884 comments

@sundancefest.bsky.social hope you will post updates to BlueSky this year!!

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

submitted 32 days ago • 942 comments

DHS has terminated the memberships of everyone on its advisory committees. This includes several cyber committees, like CISA's advisory panel and the Cyber Safety Review Board, which was investigating Salt Typhoon. That review is "dead," person familiar says. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

submitted 32 days ago • 59 comments

More hikes in #Tahoe with #dogsofbluesky Cooper and Archie. Another beautiful sunny day

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

What a world

submitted 34 days ago • 3 comments

The OWASP Project has published its Top 10 ranking of risks associated with non-human identities (NHIs) for application developers. The organization listed Improper Offboarding as the top risk. owasp.org/www-project-...

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Hike in the snow to Scott’s Lake. Dogs are in heaven again! #Tahoe #dogsofbluesky

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

The CIA built an AI chat bot to imitate what world leaders think. Inside the drive to bring Silicon Valley to Langley. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/u...

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

Citizen Wade: The secret and remarkable life of a legendary hacker who received a rare presidential pardon www.semafor.com/article/01/1...

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Videos from #shmoocon 2025. The next best thing to being there. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

#CIA director nominee John Ratcliffe said during testimony on Capitol Hill that if confirmed, he hopes to develop offensive #cyber #tools and supports the creation of a cyber-specific deterrence strategy. via @timstarks.bsky.social cyberscoop.com/cia-nominee-...

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

New: Trump is zeroing in Sean Plankey as CISA director and Nick Andersen as deputy CISA director, two people familiar with the matter tell me (confirming Politico's Plankey scoop earlier 🥰) www.axios.com/2025/01/15/t...

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Salt Typhoon's wide-ranging intrusion into telecommunications providers in the U.S. and abroad was first detected on government systems, outgoing CISA chief Jen Easterly said Wednesday. Via my colleague Edward Graham --> www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Lots of cyber news today cyberscoop.com/cia-nominee-...

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Sobering read on the threats posed by the PRC to US critical infrastructure penned by outgoing CISA Director Jen Easterly www.cisa.gov/news-events/...

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

NEW: The U.S., Greece, Poland, and other governments called for regulating and controlling proliferation of spyware at a United Nations Security Council meeting on Tuesday. This is first time commercial spyware is discussed at the UN Security Council.

submitted 38 days ago • 2 comments

How is BlueSky for tracking the fires in So Cal? I see hashtags and updates from Cal Fire - will it live up to Twitter?

submitted 46 days ago • 2 comments

Pentagon to blacklist China’s largest EV battery and tech firms www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment