REP. @brotherjones.bsky.social: “People want to give thoughts and prayers after a shooting, but it’s a form of theological malpractice when you pray for something you have the power to change.”
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REP. @brotherjones.bsky.social: “People want to give thoughts and prayers after a shooting, but it’s a form of theological malpractice when you pray for something you have the power to change.”
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Before this post, I guess I forgot that Netflix is my favorite streaming service!! 😹😹😹😹 Thank you, @reedhastings.bsky.social ! Loved The Butterfly
The damage this man has done is incalculable.
Hi, immunologist here: (a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes) RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can “see in kids faces that they have inflammation” That’s NOT how immunology works. He is an anti-science profiteer. Start calling him such.
Step back for a bit, do some self care & come back to the fight when you’re ready. We won’t let democracy die on our watch. 🤗
Shuler is either dishonest or oblivious. Kamala was offering positive change, building on the progress made under Biden.
part of the reason i beat up so hard on democratic weakness is we need people who are tough on the monsters that continue to allow childrens brains to be splattered on the walls by gunshots. i dont want to make nice with these people. they're not "good friends" and "colleagues" on the other side.
Lol, she could buy & sell the entire right wing manosphere & barely put a dent in her fortune. Clearly Travis isn’t scared of successful, ambitious women, unlike Charlie & friends.
No need to be sorry, you’re absolutely right. I’m American, btw.
Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"
Platitudes aren’t helpful. What’s your plan to fight those policies?
Ossoff: "Let me just say this about Vance, bc he was supposed to be this avatar of a new GOP that was for working class people. His legacy forever now is casting the decisive vote to throw millions off healthcare, throw seniors out of nursing home beds all to serve the wealthiest ppl in the country"
I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market."
“The White House: Come for the lack of diplomacy, stay for the crass old man droning about nonsense while hawking cheap ball caps that say stupid things.”
Truth 💥
Idk what newsom’s press office has been cooking for the past couple days but please keep cooking
There are sane Americans (& crazy ones) in all 50 states. We see you & we hear you, in spite of your crappy leaders’ cowardly efforts to erase you.
NEW: 50 years ago this month, Bruce Springsteen released “Born To Run,” at a time when American cynicism and unease was on the rise, and this album launched the Springsteen Generation. What’s the Springsteen generation? I explain in my OUR LAND newsletter. link.motherjones.com/public/41160...
🏆 because this will drive Trump bonkers.
In the time when we all lived in caves, half of everyone born was dead by age 30. By 1840, half of everyone born was dead by 35. ( despite organic foods, clean air & water (etc) Today’s much long life expectancy is due to science - the meds, the vaccines etc Do not listen to RFK Jr
No sympathy for her but sad for the animals.
Big thank you to Gov @gavinnewsom.bsky.social for separating himself and meeting the moment by being forceful, strong and compelling. Now’s not the time to speak in muted, measured tones. He’s doing a heck of a job.
He’s going to be a 2028 front runner. Don’t bother to “California” me. California is the strongest state in the nation and I say that with Aloha in my heart.
I’ve been paying into Social Security since I was 17. It was not a donation, so when the time comes — b*tch better have my money. #HandsOffOurSocialSecurity Don’t let anyone fool you into thinking the only fix is making it harder to get. Lift the cap, and it stays solvent.
Very disturbing...
I am incredibly proud to announce my candidacy for President of my union. We are living in an extraordinary moment in history, and it would be the honor of a lifetime to help lead us through! Visit thecoalition2025.org to see our Mission Statement, our Platform, our bios, and more.
It’ll happen, but not in the US.
Every one of these guys represents more than $100k a year. All wasted doing this because they aren't street cops and they aren't trained to be. Why? Trump is in the Epstein files and failing as a fucking President. He needs this pretend bullshit to distract the dumbest among us, AKA MAGA.
This is so cool! Ordinary old potatoes are actually very special! I feel like planning a celebratory meal, of potato dishes!
I’m working on my playlist but I bet a lot of people finished theirs a long time ago.
A man of the people, down to earth & unassuming.
However, white collar crime has spiked in the 1600 block of Pennsylvania Avenue since January of this year. Analysts believe it will continue until a blue wave or a massive cardiac event occurs.
Days after he called for Intel's CEO to resign, Lip-Bu Tan is meeting with Taco in the Oval. If he can beat Tim Apple's bribe he might not only keep his job but probably get a nice tariff reach around too. My government is for sale. 🤬 finance.yahoo.com/news/intel-s...
Stale soft pretzels in Philly because why waste a delicious cheesesteak? And Wawa coffee, scalding hot.
No, JD, belonging in America does not depend on how many generations of your family have lived here. The values of this country matter - deeply - to who we are and what it means to be American.
The hero we need-🥖
"Demand" He can fk all the way off. I demand his resignation and arrest. I demand full adherence to the US constitution. I demand impeachment of his incompetent cabinet, all sitting republicans involved in this farce, taking bribes and viting under duress. And im the people with power to "demand"
They will do anything to keep people from talking about Trump being in The Epstein Files.
For those who were hopeful that Trump “pivoted” on Ukraine, the meeting in Alaska will sell Ukraine down the river. Trump is scared to death of Putin. Taco
Priorities.
Deranged chaos agent RFK Jr is now canceling $500M in contracts for vaccine development and research regarding dangerous diseases such as the bird flu. I’ll say it over and over again, this is murder.
🚨 DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS MAN? He allegedly assaulted a woman at a Greenville, SC rally, then fled before police arrived. We won’t let him disappear into the crowd. 🛑 Help bring accountability. Contact Greenville Police if #GreenvilleSC #JusticeForHer #StopTheViolence #AccountabilityNow
Unshaded concrete, in DC, in the summer. So inviting.
Trump hates: -the U.S. Constitution -Americans -freedom -accountability -reality -the rule of law -truth in journalism -THE TRUTH -women -anyone not like him and who doesn’t worship him -when people think he’s stupid (well, he is) He’s a thin-skinned, power hungry, lunatic and a loser. (End)
Say what you will, but Republicans are pretty consistent in their attitude that children should be treated as consenting adults.
Republicans complain about Texas Democrats “fleeing”—yet just days ago, they themselves fled D.C. to avoid voting on the Epstein files. Why? To protect a convicted felon sitting in the Oval Office. One side dodges accountability. The other fights for democracy. Repost @djmelodie
Trump’s narcissistic self, and his fragile ego, have to be in your face everyday or he feels empty and worthless. Deep complete narcissism. His brokenness and unresolved issues with his daddy creates all this insanity. Hurt people hurt people. Just a thought
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No one gave a shit if a gay man was lonely navigating a homophobic society. No one gave a shit if a woman was lonely in an abusive marriage. No one ever gave a shit if the Black kid in a white school was lonely. But we all need to care about straight white men being lonely. Miss me with this bs.
Don’t let them forget, ever, and don’t be distracted: EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN Infinity
One more time!!!
Rising unemployment, rising prices, rising hate, rising attacks on the rule of law. Great job, Donnie.
And we're officially at the end of being able to trust the jobs numbers in this country ever again.
Exactly what authoritarians do!
Anyone up late watching Colbert, if you’re sane you’re thinking [and not for the first time] damn, this country missed out, big time.
Big week in publishing news, with revelations that Joe Manchin and John Fetterman are *both* publishing books you could not pay me to read.
Some generations were asked to storm beaches. Ours is being asked to stay engaged. That’s not too much to ask. I wrote this piece not just as a veteran or former congressman but as a dad. We are not the generation that lets this flame die. Not on my watch adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/we-are-not...
“I’m 300, I’m 300,” Yana shouted to her comrades, using the code for battlefield injuries.
Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands. During wartime, plastic surgery is not a luxury but a necessity. After being injured in service, Yana underwent about 10 surgeries and then returned to the army, learning to live with her new body.
Surprised it took him this long, Trump apologists were “forgiving” him for screwing underage girls weeks ago. Because any man would screw underage girls given the opportunity. This is part of his appeal, horrible people fell validated by him.
I used to have special late night chats with that guy everyone accused me of having an inappropriate relationship with, about how silly that was!
Whiny, needy & self pitying, yet his cult sees him as a tough guy. I’ll never understand it.
Pedophile sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell will no doubt claim she found God and redemption in prison, right before Trump pardons her.… and right before she lies to Congress that Trump was never involved with Jeffrey Epstein.
Endless grift with a side of cruelty @jojofromjerz.bsky.social
A fucker of the highest order.
$4 trillion.
Page One in Scotland.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
They just approved $2 billion to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison—while slashing Medicaid and leaving veterans to sleep on the streets. That’s not policy. That’s diabolical.
This can’t be shared enough! 🤬
$2 billion to reopen Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary while taking away Medicaid and vets sleep on streets is diabolical
This 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾💯 #MarkCarney #Canada
@prosselizabeth.bsky.social thank you for sharing this.
I’ll watch Stephen Colbert wherever he lands.
This has always been the GOP's strategy: 1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode deficits 3) Use the debt as an excuse to demand cuts to vital programs that help millions. 4) Repeat.
🔥 Rosie O’Donnell, an American, responds to Trump threatening to revoke her citizenship — showing he is coming for anyone who opposes him eventually: “You are everything that is wrong with 🇺🇸… King Joffrey with a tangerine spray tan. I’m not yours to silence. I never was.”
I just spent the afternoon at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. I'm happy to report that we still have a 14th Amendment. Please make sure to tell SCOTUS (this shouldn't even need to be said).
Conservatives say they want non-ideological research. That describes 95% of us empirical political scientists. But they're establishing conservative centers that intentionally privilege conservative, ideologically-driven scholars in the humanities while eschewing the empirical social sciences.
I am a product of American politics of the mid 90s to the present. The “high road” is a mythological construct.
"While the wildfires were raging in California, Ben and Ted Cruz had a podcast where they just attacked Governor Newsom and Karen Bass—that was while the fires were still raging. So spare us the grandstanding and virtue signaling about how this stuff shouldn't be partisan."
We need Congressional hearings now on why the Secret Service physically and electronically tracked James Comey: www.msnbc.com/chris-jansin...
Prostitutes.
Kristi Noem’s priorities.
😂🤣😂🤣 Who created this? Great billboard. Taco will be mad 😂🤣😂🤣 #notofascism
Stop pretending. The so-called ICE agents creeping around LA aren’t chasing violent criminals. If you don’t see the racial profiling, you’re either in denial or fine with it. And since they’re incognito, no one can give a straight answer on how we’re supposed to know they’re even legit.
We can deliver affordability and fight authoritarianism at the same time. I am eager to partner with state and federal leaders to do exactly that.