Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
Pretty sure that’s a crime.
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Pretty sure that’s a crime.
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
Epstein survivors say they’re compiling their own client list. “We know who abused us. We saw who came and went. This list will be survivor-led—for survivors”
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
"Stay tuned for more details" -- Epstein survivor announces that survivors are creating their own list of Epstein-related abusers
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
😆
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes, this!
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
You might be on to something. He does like roadkill.
ᑕᕼᗴᖇYᒪ (@cheryl2877.bsky.social) reposted
Response to trump’s threat to send National Guard troops to Chicago. He is wrong on every level. #Pinks #ProudBlue
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social)
Such a good quote!
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
My guess is that they apply the concealer in the morning with his hands on a table and then his hands change color as the day goes on with his arms hanging at his sides. Just like the swollen ankles. He has circulation issues. Otherwise his makeup person either sucks or hates him.
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
I think it’s great! (Hmmm. I kinda wanna make one.)
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
I shouldn’t laugh but … 😆
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m sure there are people happy that Gaza divided the Democratic Party. Do we know if that was a motivating factor in the folks that caused the current troubles between Israel and Gaza?
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you!
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
Enjoy! Have fun! Stay safe!
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
At least somebody’s doing it.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
That looks horrible!
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
Crap. They’d probably try to bring back leaded gasoline if it could make them money, wouldn’t they?
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
Good gravy
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
Bibi knows how to work him. it’s this easy.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
NEW: There is a hearing right now concerning Mr Abrego’s amended complaint in which he details his torture at CECOT prison in El Salvador. You can read his account here, but CONTENT WARNING. open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
FEMA will no longer to door-to-door to assist you in a disaster, but ICE will go door-to-door to kidnap you and turn your life into a disaster. America has its priorities, y'all!
NS Alpaca 🇨🇦 (@ns-alpaca.bsky.social) reposted
Definitely what I see
Jessi 💫 (@jessigrace.bsky.social) reposted
When you really want your ball, but you're afraid of ocean 💙 📸hudsonbegood #dogs
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s hilarious and soooo cute! 💕
Simon Rosenberg (@simonwdc.bsky.social) reposted
Might be a good idea for Dem controlled state and local governments to hold hearings now about what the big, ugly bill and cuts to FEMA, NOAA, HHS/NIH, etc are going to do to their communities. Our electeds have a responsibility to inform the public about what is coming now. Particularly 👇
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
Just wow! Can we appreciate the fact that a team from Mexico is in Texas helping with the search and rescue. 👏🏽
Paul Byrne (@theplanetaryguy.bsky.social) reposted
Whoa. That's a sprite, an elusive, high-altitude electrical discharge from a thundercloud photographed by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers from the ISS earlier today. With reported sightings going back more than a century, this phenomenon was first photographed in 1989.
Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social) reposted
Mamdani is a naturalized citizen. Denaturalization has been used rare until now, but as I explained in my newsletter last night, DOJ is prioritizing it now. If your response is, that exceeds what the law allows, when has that ever stopped Trump? open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather.bsky.social) reposted
⚡ Direct hit on the Washington Monument! ⚡ Happens with some frequency but not often caught on camera. Details and video at cwg.live.
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
Still great shots!
ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected (@adelpreore.bsky.social) reposted
How many ounces of Kool-aid does it take to reach this level of uncritical thinking?
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social)
F
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
🙄 It wasn’t even remotely pre-nuclear. And the weapons of mass destruction they suspected them of having were chemical and biological, not nuclear anyway.
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
I am going to be so pissed if life as we know it ends because of Donald Trump.
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
Good gravy!
Olga Nesterova (@onestpress.onestnetwork.com) reposted
m.economictimes.com/news/interna...
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
We have an Army soldier on the moon?
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social)
Betcha they never had any doubt who Alex Padilla was. This is probably one of their ways of intimidating anyone who questions the administration. Literally. And apparently those tactics must work on NBC News too.
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
Betcha they never had any doubt who Alex Padilla was. This is one of their ways of intimidating anyone who questions this administration. Literally. And apparently those tactics are working on NBC News too.
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
Tiny man now. Tiny man then. But with more hair.
Anonymous (@youranonjd.bsky.social) reposted
Pam Bondi faces a Florida Bar complaint from nearly 70 legal scholars and former judges alleging grave ethical misconduct. As Attorney General, she is accused of turning the DOJ into a political weapon, forcing attorneys to obey power over law, and dismantling the rule of justice. 🧵1/4
Digital Brain (@yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social) reposted
The hummingbird weaves its nest with moss and spider silk, forming a small, adaptable structure. Its eggs, only 1 cm long, are incredibly light. This design allows the nest to expand, protecting the chicks as they grow.
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
😂💕
Olga Nesterova (@onestpress.onestnetwork.com) reposted
Scott Pelley—American author and reporter for CBS News for more than 31 years, did not hold back
midnightsun49.bsky.social (@midnightsun49.bsky.social) reposted
This 👇
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
MAKE NOISE ON THIS ONE‼️ They didn’t just deport him—they sent him to CECOT in El Salvador. Agelviz came here legally through the refugee resettlement program—fully vetted. But when he landed in Houston, CBP snatched him over a tattoo: a clock and a rose. No charges. No record. Just a suspicion.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
Republicans are taking marching orders from a rambling, delusional fraud, and reporters still pretend he’s a serious policymaker. Trump just said they’re not cutting “anything meaningful.” That’s rich—unless you rely on Medicaid, food assistance, or public schools.
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
Wow
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus? NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country HASSAN: That's incorrect
New Popular Front ❌👑 (@ouaisouaisdubuffet.bsky.social) reposted
If you know someone who doesn’t understand this, make them understand.
Jim Acosta (@jimacosta.bsky.social) reposted
I took this pic of then Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office back in September 2015. I’ll never forget how, during the 2020 campaign, he would make a point of saying the press is NOT the enemy of the people. Thinking of President Biden as he takes on this next battle. Godspeed Mr. President.
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
There are rare forms of prostate cancer that may spread before diagnosis.
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social)
Wishing him a strong fight and recovery.
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
He did the meme again.
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
Obama turned down a *book* to comply with ethics rules surrounding gifts. Trump is accepting a jet. That’s the difference.
Mark Joseph Stern (@mjsdc.bsky.social) reposted
The Trump administration has settled on One Weird Trick to avoid judicial review: Kill nationwide injunctions, refuse to respect lower court rulings, and keep cases away from the Supreme Court indefinitely. Oddly, it was Kagan and BARRETT who hammered this yesterday. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Mark Joseph Stern (@mjsdc.bsky.social) reposted
BREAKING: The Supreme Court holds that the Trump administration violated the due process rights of Venezuelan migrants last month in its rushed effort to expel them to El Salvador in the middle of the night (which SCOTUS blocked). Alito and Thomas dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
🤣😂
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
OMG, this is great! “She couldn’t speak English being from Texas.” Switching glasses. Doggy!
Mikie Sherrill (@mikiesherrill.bsky.social) reposted
I visited Delaney Hall this morning and I want to tell you about where we stand, why this moment is so dangerous, and why I’m so strongly opposed to private, for-profit prisons and detention centers. 1/
Rachel Maddow (@maddow.msnbc.com) reposted
"Under the annual appropriations act, lawmakers are permitted to enter 'any facility operated by or for DHS used to detain or otherwise house aliens.' The law is clear that members of Congress are not required 'to provide prior notice of intent to enter a facility'..." www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/p...
Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) reposted
We are not under invasion. There is no justification for suspending our constitutional rights. Every single American should speak out against this, loudly and forcefully.
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
And they’ve already shown a lack of respect for cyber security. Troublesome.
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
It’s really depressing how absolutely shit Twitter is for breaking news now. India and Pakistan are actively attacking each other, and the feeds are all clogged by a bunch of blue check jackasses farming engagement with old footage and video game clips.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
What happened before Mayor Baraka’s arrest needs daylight. Did masked ICE agents let him in just so they could arrest and perp walk him to send a message of fear. Because that’s what it looks like. We’re sliding into fascism—and fast. And if we don’t stop it now, we may not get another chance.
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I would say unbelievable, but it’s completely believable. According to Trump, January 2024--when Biden was in office—was Trump’s market. Meanwhile, April 2025—while Trump is in office—that’s Biden’s stock market. Some idiot is going to say this makes sense, too.
Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@artcandee.bsky.social) reposted
Alcatraz brings in between $20 million and $34 million a year in tourism revenue for the National Park Service alone. The cost to renovate Alcatraz could be as high as $350 million to house 300 prisoners. In 1959, it cost over 3x more to house inmates there vs. another prison... 🧵
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah. That’s what I was wondering. How would he tariff a movie? What decides its value for the calculation?
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
And the staff and budgets of those labs has been cut tremendously. Do we really know how secure it is?
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s like you can hear him chocking on this lie in real time.
Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) (@bestonetx.bsky.social) reposted
This is bizarre, even for Trump.
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
This never would have happened if Donald Trump were Presi Oh.
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
Trump made Canada great again. The Liberals were projected to get thrashed until he started talking about making Canada a state.
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
To be clear, the White House is calling Amazon being transparent and showing American shoppers WHY their stuff is more expensive a “hostile and political act” Maybe don’t implement policies that make shit more expensive?
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social)
Gah Also 😆 www.instagram.com/reel/DJBXYkj...
Tuck The Frumpers (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) reposted
Florida Man Loses Canadian Election https://twp.ai/4iluCW
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
After Abrego Garcia was deported, the administration initially scrambled to try to figure out how to bring him home, admitting that his alleged gang ties were tenuous, at best. Then the negative coverage started and they decided the fight would be a political win. Disgusting.
Crunchewy (@crunchewy.bsky.social) reposted
The Onion is the one thing that will survive this administration. They are the nuclear annihilation cockroach of political humor. They flourish best when the situation is worst. theonion.com/pete-hegseth...
Martha (@marthaier.bsky.social) reposted
I hope all that are able to go to a protest have a peaceful, productive and safe day! www.npr.org/2025/04/19/n...
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Zero. Zero days before he exempted phones, chips, computers and other tech.
Tuck The Frumpers (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) reposted
On This Day: The Apollo 13 Launch https://twp.ai/4imhS9
Democrats (@democrats.org) reposted
Trump is forcing Americans who are seeking their earned benefits to sign up for Elon Musk's app. Pure corruption.
omgpodcast22 (@omgpodcast22.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Stand up and be heard before you are no longer allowed to.🫂❤️🔥🌏😇
Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) reposted
🎯 🎯 🎯 graphic courtesy @pleightx.bsky.social
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
So very petty. The most petty. Pettiness nobody has ever seen before.
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
Say WHAT?!? Not.
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
Seriously
Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) reposted
BREAKING: The Supreme Court, on a 5-4 vote, ends the TROs in the Alien Enemies Act litigation, holding challenges must be brought in habeas and in the jurisdiction in which detainees are held. The court also holds that notice and an actual opportunity to bring a habeas case must be given.
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes, this.
Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 (@lesleyabravanel.bsky.social) reposted
This is what Democracy looks like. This is why Republicans are terrified right now. Let's keep this energy going, because we are the TRUE patriots of this country.
ray 鄺羡華 (@raykwong.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Thank you, Beth! 💙 @a-climate-refugee.bsky.social @jonsowler.bsky.social @syh1310syh.bsky.social @coloradobskysocial.bsky.social @afirefly.bsky.social @helenakarter.bsky.social @sodonewiththis.bsky.social @calliesue.bsky.social @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social @raykwong.bsky.social
Deb (@afirefly.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you! 💙