How America Chose Not to Hold the Powerful to Account
Our national project of elite impunity
After the arrests of powerful men across the world, you might be asking why the US has so much trouble holding its leaders accountable for lawbreaking. Since Nixon, all three branches of government have worked hard to ensure they can break the law with impunity www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
26.02.2026 13:28
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Wow.
17.02.2026 03:59
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16.02.2026 03:58
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βIβve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.β ππΊπΈπ
(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
15.02.2026 00:45
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Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.
12.02.2026 21:02
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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientistβbecause the person felt she did didnβt deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
06.02.2026 09:09
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Understatement of the century
05.02.2026 17:16
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Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.
02.02.2026 13:21
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When anyone from SCTV dies itβs like 30 people have died. Every character they created was as alive as anyone else youβve ever met.
31.01.2026 17:58
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Movie of the Week: Gangway for Miracles - 1981
YouTube video by Sonic More Music
I will NEVER forget this SCTV parody of The Miracle Worker. youtu.be/TKozxduv0io?...
31.01.2026 19:13
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29.01.2026 18:04
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This lawless administration is now operating under the βwhat are you gonna do about itβ doctrine. A John Roberts creation.
25.01.2026 17:00
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Protesters in Los Angeles projected an anti-ICE video onto the Twin Towers, an ICE-linked detention facility where the Los Angeles Sheriffβs Department actively collaborates with ICE for deportation screenings.
25.01.2026 14:33
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A reminder to the news media: βconflicting accountsβ is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
25.01.2026 12:28
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@markfiore.bsky.social on SUBSTACK
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19.01.2026 17:17
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PSA: If Bill Kristol can say this dems should be able to say it
18.01.2026 17:53
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It's about time the ICE goons are afraid of what's next.
This not an America I want to be a part of.
09.01.2026 00:28
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05.01.2026 05:11
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Sending three ghosts tonight to fuck up Stephen Miller.
25.12.2025 03:48
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Todayβs sunrise. #BlueSkyArtShow
20.12.2025 20:33
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Today, we're learning why DOJ didn't release the redacted files last March. Because the multitude of redactions exposes how much they're covering up.
19.12.2025 23:35
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This is what Working the refs looks like
05.12.2025 13:11
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Thou shalt not pretend that you're at war with drug traffickers while pardoning drug traffickers.
30.11.2025 15:51
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Vermont Sunset.during stick seaaon.
πΈAdam Silverman
29.11.2025 16:48
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For an ever so brief moment, distant icebergs and mountain ranges in Greenland's awe inspiring Scoresby Sund fjord are dressed in some of the most beautiful pastel colors I have seen.
#bluesky #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #nature #sunset #greenland
29.11.2025 13:44
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No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
26.11.2025 01:13
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Are those "MANY GREAT LEGAL SCHOLARS" in the room with you right now, Piggy?
23.11.2025 20:03
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02.11.2025 15:12
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