MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Who voted for war with Venezuela?
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view profile on Bluesky MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Who voted for war with Venezuela?
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
Still 243 lbs?
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD (@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social) reposted
Iāve heard from a couple of messaging strategists now that people shouldnāt post so much about COVID19 vaccines because itās ādivisiveā. I am here to say that I do not give a damn what is popular. I will never ignore scientific evidence for the sake of expediency, and neither should anyone else.
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
Wowwwww wtf go have a different day and toss your beef elsewhere.
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
I include the 90 million eligible non-voters. Combined with the 77 million who showed up to vote for that shitbag. If they gave a fuck about kids they wouldnāt sit it out. In my opinion.
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
Half the country is deliberately indifferent to childrenās suffering and their death.
Governor JB Pritzker (@govpritzker.illinois.gov) reposted
Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals ā Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
Al Jazeera English (@aljazeera.com) reposted
Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the āassassinationā of its Gaza correspondents and photographers by Israeli forces. š: aje.io/eeht0q | #JournalismIsNotACrime
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
The 53% are why heās trying to deflect and gerrymander the gerrymander at a rapid pace.
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
Or a concern
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
Because itās the NYT
NPR (@npr.org) reposted
The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Article I Sections 9 & 10 of the U.S. Constitutionāwhich limit presidential power over tariffs and protect habeas corpusāhave disappeared from Congressās website. They claim a coding error is to blame.
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social)
We are only 7 months in.
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
fucking sick of these idiots and their feigned outrage.
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
Fuckinfools. And they think they are āsafeā by giving in 𤯠once he knows people will cave there will always be another threat.
The Briefing with Jen Psaki (@briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social) reposted
"This is a nail in the coffin." Fmr. FBI General Counsel Andrew Weissman describes what Emil Bove's confirmation to the Third Circuit says about the United States' system of checks and balances. "The amount of proof as to why he is unfit is sort of overwhelming."
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
WATCH ā @anakasparian.bsky.social unleashes on Shabbos Kestenbaum: āNo, Iām gonna let you filibuster, b*tch⦠I canāt stand it. Itās unbearable.ā
Mark Cuban (@mcuban.bsky.social) reposted
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Indivisible āš (@indivisible.org) reposted
Want to join our fight but not sure where to start? Weāve got a new program designed to break down that barrier. Join our upcoming training for new tools to help get your friends and family off the sidelines.
Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) reposted
No one will be fooled by this. People are asking for the release of the evidence from the Epstein investigation. The grand jury transcripts are something else entirely and would exclude almost all evidence.
Jose Pagliery (@josepagliery.bsky.social) reposted
I'm sorry, nine HUNDRED former DOJ lawyers all signed this letter opposing Emil Bove's nomination to be an appellate federal judge? 900?!
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Meiselas: Mar-A-Lago was used as the grounds in cases to sex traffic underage girls. And this isn't me being conspiratorial... it's documented.
End Citizens United (@endcitizensunited.bsky.social) reposted
Corporations arenāt people, money isnāt free speech, and we need to End Citizens United. Repost if you agree.
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
What the fuck?
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
Such a great interview with his family.
LorennaCleary.bsky.social (@lorennacleary.bsky.social) reposted
Happening now, theyāre blaring this mix at ICE in LA. I added captions.
Al Jazeera English (@aljazeera.com) reposted
Two Palestinian journalists were killed in Israeli airstrikes today, bringing the number of media workers killed since the war on Gaza began to over 230. š“ LIVE updates: aje.io/nr2igp
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh noooooooo. Never in Elmoās world would this happen.
Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) reposted
BREAKING: Federal judge denies DOJ's request to allow the State Department to enforce Sec. Rubio's anti-trans/anti-nonbinary passport policy. Judge Kobick previously granted classwide relief blocking the policy. After Skrmetti, DOJ argued that should change the outcome. Kobick said no.
Maxwell Frost (@maxwellfrost.bsky.social) reposted
I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, Iām not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
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?
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
I donāt think people care who grows and harvests their food from California either. They might even we have fallow fields of rotten produce and empty shelves.
Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) reposted
You can say Abolish ICE, Democrats. Trust me, the water is warm here. They will get worse and be more loathed by Americans.
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Trump says heās punishing Brazil with 50% tariffs in retaliation for its prosecution of Jair Bolsonaro over his attempted coup
Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) reposted
ALERT: Attorney General Pam Bondi is apparently threatening some of those providing medical care to their minor transgender patients. If you receive one of these subpoenas, please reach out, have your lawyer do so, or send me a copy. My email is in bio, as is my Signal.
Mr Halloween (@jarjarfan69.bsky.social) reposted
Texas can't adequately warn people about deadly floods, but it can immediately let me know that a cop got hurt 250 miles away from me.
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
Too bad no one will stop him
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
LA: āYour children will one day grow up and know their fathers or mothers were kidnappers against our own people.ā
Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social) reposted
With the updated RCV totals just released by the Board of Elections, our campaign has officially earned the most total votes in a primary in New York City history.
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
āI feel like this is not a moment to walk away. When youāre in the middle of a fight you gotta finish the fight. You gotta stand up, and I have to protect the people of my state the best I can,ā Pritzker told Elias. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
A huge tax break snuck into Trump & the GOP's big ugly bill would allow private jet owners to write off the full cost of their planes in the first year of purchase. Meanwhile, the law will cause millions to lose food assistance and healthcare. "Party of the working class."
Mel Buer (@melbuer.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Border patrol walking McArthur park here in LA
Mel Buer (@melbuer.bsky.social) reposted
Iām here in MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, where military style vehicles have pulled up down Wilshire and Alvarado, amid rumors of an ICE raid in the park have proliferated since last night
Havoc (@havoc147.bsky.social) reposted
So Ghislaine Maxwell is serving 20 years for trafficking girls to nobody?!?!
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
Weāre calling for a Florida boycott over the inhumane āAlligator Alcatrazā detention site. Cancel your family vacation and choose a different destination this summer.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@aoc.bsky.social) reposted
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. Iām sorry we have to live through this.
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
Some days????
George Conway ššŗšøš„ (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
The number of manifestly psychologically unwell people in the highest levels of this administration should be unsettling to the world.
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
Huh. When the Washington Times doesnāt sound so favorable to him.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
Folks can argue about the relevancy of the āDemocratic socialistā label all day. But if thatās what youāre hung up on, youāre missing the larger point. People arenāt chasing labels. Theyāre chasing change. Real, structural, unapologetic change. š§µ
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
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Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog.xyz) reposted
"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"
Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) reposted
Truly horrified by this order in way that is deeper and darker than I have felt over many truly awful merits decisions.
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
Despicable inhumanity.
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
Nope. They need to clean up their own houses and they are a business. They either want to profit on money or recruiting. They have played THE pivotal role in all this mess. Religion canāt be trusted. Dems need to stop supporting a church is state government.
Prem Thakker ć (@premthakker.bsky.social) reposted
Wow: ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens
Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social) reposted
Worse approval ratings than chlamydia, letās see if anything matters.
Kumail Nanjiani (@kumail.bsky.social) reposted
A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and itās already out of the news.
Allison Chapman (@alli.gay) reposted
šØ ALL OUT FOR TRANS YOUTH! Join us in front of the Supreme Court tomorrow, June 20th, at 11am! See you there! @genderlib.com
Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) reposted
For the night crew, here is my Law Dork report on todayās SCOTUS ruling upholding Tennesseeās ban on gender-affirming medical care for trans minors: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-s...
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you from Tennessee!!
Kumail Nanjiani (@kumail.bsky.social) reposted
I did an event in DC & there was a party for donors etc after. Was talking to 2 ppl & I said "Things are so bad." They said "No this is how it is. Things swing one way, then another. It's normal." That's when I realized why Dems are toothless. They have no idea what this is. Frogs boiling in water.
Burgess Everett (@burgessev.bsky.social) reposted
A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Leeās top staffers on Monday about āhow much additional pain youāve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekendā Full emails below
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
And a Reagan appointee no less!
Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) reposted
I wrote at Law Dork about the Supreme Court's unanimous decisions. Check it out for free ā and subscribe now: www.lawdork.com/p/about-the-...
Amanda Wong (@amandawtwong.bsky.social) reposted
There's a thread on AskReddit asking, "People who have had to drain their lifeās savings on a single event, what happened?" 99% of the answers are depressing American stories about medical bills, 1% is an Australian who found a wombat burrowing under their house.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
i'm surprised by how low energy and farcical that whole military parade situation was. I was expecting Moscow 1945 and we got Spirit Halloween instead.
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
Helllyessss
Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) reposted
Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Weingarten: Their attacks on public education are relentless and why? Because they fear knowledge. Why do they fear teachers? They fear us because we teach critical thinking⦠their brand of greed, power, and privilege cannot survive in a democracy of diverse educated citizens
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh come the fuck on WaPo.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
The L.A. protesters have really gone too far this time⦠š¼
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
āWhat Senator Alex Padilla did today was political theater.ā --Kristi Noem, the Head of Costuming, Hair, and Makeup at Political Theater
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
WATCH: āHoly f*ck ā They literally just shot her point blank⦠I live hereā¦ā @lapdhq shoot a woman trying to get to her apartment at point blank range with a rubber bullet. Alexandriaās page (the woman who helps her): www.tiktok.com/@labyrinthlo...
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
ICE crossed a line in LA
Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social) reposted
No words www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/h...
greg (@mistergeezy.bsky.social) reposted
I love Pedro. Period.
Dinner is 6 pm (@internethippo.bsky.social) reposted
I don't know if there's ever been a culture more in love with charlatans than ours. "Success" defined entirely by how good you are at tricking people into giving you money. An entire country of aspiring slop merchants
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah and NOT ENOUGH ALL CAPS
Chris Kluwe (@chriswarcraft.bsky.social) reposted
There is no hell deep enough to contain the people involved with this
Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.substack.com) reposted
Just FYI because evidently Fox or OAN or whatever is pushing the lie that America accepted the Statue of Liberty and thatās equivalent to the plane. Congress VOTED to approve receiving the statue. So congress should vote on the jet
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
How many dolls can one purchase for $400,000,000?
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
šŗšø āRolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.ā www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
Donāt worry. The tech bruhs will manage it.
ProPublica (@propublica.org) reposted
Cutbacks have gutted the staff at NOAAās Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, who work to protect the public from toxic algal blooms. Severe spending limits have made it difficult to purchase ordinary equipment for processing samples, such as filters and containers.
ProPublica (@propublica.org) reposted
NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patientsā conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
Bean Chapman (@beanychapman.bsky.social) reply parent
Imagine, this status because they are for the public benefit.