So let me get this straight: Jack Smith investigates a guy who tried to overturn an election and incited an insurrection… and he’s the one being investigated?We’re not a serious country. We’re a banana republic with better branding…but that’s going to shit, too.

— Adam Parkhomenko (@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social) 2025-08-02T18:38:07.040Z

A university scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in a lake in southeastern Louisiana was abruptly removed from her research position this week without explanation

— Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) 2025-08-02T16:55:27.877Z

“It’s just one glaring example from a week that bore many authoritarian hallmarks — purging dissenters, rewriting history, criminalizing opposition and demanding total institutional loyalty.”www.axios.com/2025/08/02/t…

— Charlie Sykes (@sykescharlie.bsky.social) 2025-08-02T22:17:55.235Z

Imagine getting fired because math hurt a man’s feelings. We’re being governed by a walking Yelp review.

— Adam Parkhomenko (@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social) 2025-08-02T21:50:51.697Z

NEW: Arkansas AG Tim Griffin sent a cease and desist letter to @plancpills.bsky.social for merely telling people where to find abortion pills—the site doesn’t prescribe them. The letter was buried amid news that 16 GOP AGs asked Congress to override abortion shield laws. Me in @autonomynews.co:

— Susan Rinkunas (@susanrinkunas.com) 2025-08-02T18:08:56.758Z

“A hunger strike at a South Florida immigration detention center state officials have named “Alligator Alcatraz” has entered its tenth day, as detainees protest what they call inhumane and dangerous living conditions.”

— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) 2025-08-02T15:23:41.003Z

— Will McKinley (@willmckinley.bsky.social) 2025-08-02T22:02:03.133Z