Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
BumblingBard42 (@bumblingbard42.bsky.social) reposted
This hits harder than when I saw this movie the first time. #CaptainAmerica
Andy Craig (@andycraig.bsky.social) reposted
That Pritzker press conference was... surreal, and I think marks a significant moment of escalation in the constitutional omni-crisis. This was the governor of a state saying plainly the Union itself is being torn apart and his state is being militarily invaded by an authoritarian regime.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
REP. MCGOVERN: “What’s going on is Republicans are terrified — And I think we all know why. The president doesn’t want to release all the files.”
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Pritzker: "It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try to disrupt community picnics and peaceful parades. Let's be clear -- the terror and cruelty is the point, not the safety of anybody living here."
brendonk1.bsky.social (@brendonk1.bsky.social)
Now spinning, I Don't Want to See You in Heaven by The Callous Daoboys. #vinyl
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
No matter what @MarshaBlackburn keeps saying, it’s not criminals they’re targeting. www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/u...
brendonk1.bsky.social (@brendonk1.bsky.social) reply parent
I also leave the TV and music on for them.
Mark Hamill (@markhamillofficial.bsky.social) reposted
The fun would be watching Chump's reaction to it. 🤯 #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
Don’t look away
Barack Obama (@barackobama.bsky.social) reposted
This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve on the Minnesota shooting: "The sad thing is we can't sit here and tell them that help is on the way. Because we're not going to do a damn thing about it."
Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist (@drandrealove.bsky.social) reposted
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.
brendonk1.bsky.social (@brendonk1.bsky.social) reply parent
Follow up.... Please detail the actions you are going to take, aside from praying.
Mr. James (@thatcheesyjames.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
BREAKING: Massive outrage from Conservative Right demanding change following deadly school shooting. Just kidding. It was over a restaurant logo.
NY Times Pitchbot (@nytpitchbot.bsky.social) reposted
Our country has descended into fascism. Some critics think that that’s unfortunate.
saintmaker.bsky.social (@saintmaker.bsky.social) reposted
The most important thing about the Cracker Barrel logo is the Epstein Files.
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
You're not going to believe this but Susan Collins is "extremely alarmed"
Jeremy Faust, MD (@jeremyfaust.bsky.social) reposted
Massive walkout underway at CDC. RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
Brendan Nyhan (@brendannyhan.bsky.social) reposted
Authoritarian-style propaganda (images via Gemini)
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
Brutal. A humiliation ritual.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.
John Scalzi (@scalzi.com) reposted
FUCK YEAH SCIENCE arstechnica.com/science/2025...
leon17328.bsky.social (@leon17328.bsky.social) reposted
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
We saw all your comments yesterday on our post about celebrity chef and D.C. icon José Andrés, and we agree with you he truly deserves the Nobel Peace Prize! 💚
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
AMERICA: “It’s a mental health issue.” REST OF THE WORLD: “We have those. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA: “It’s video games.” WORLD: “We have those too. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA B: “It’s cause they took Jesus out of the classroom.” WORLD: “God, you’re stupid.”
GoBlue (@blu2b4u.bsky.social) reposted
Oct 25 2024–Kamala Harris: “Donald Trump’s name appears at least 300 times in Project 2025, and it is a blueprint, a detailed blueprint that is about the danger and the detail of what Donald Trump and his allies plan if he is in the White House again.” 👇
Pestilence (@pestilence4all.bsky.social) reposted
Let’s stop calling them ‘medical miracles’, let’s instead call them, SCIENCE. Keep your miracles for your books of fantasy and fairy tales.
Mr. Bea Arthur, Dead Inside™️ (@steamymac.bsky.social) reposted
He keeps talking about being a dictator. If that were my country, I’d be doing something, and I’m a fuckin idiot.
PERFECTLY NORMAL (@nzpom.com) reposted
Wind turbines don't kill whales or birds, they kill Oil company profits
brendonk1.bsky.social (@brendonk1.bsky.social)
I am a patient boy I wait I wait I wait My time is water down the drain Everybody's moving Everybody's moving Everybody's moving moving moving moving Please don't leave me to remain In the waiting room
Sarah Longwell (@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social) reposted
Oh, so that’s the problem. He doesn’t know what capitalism is.
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
Trump: “I have the right to do anything I want to do. I’m the president of the United States. If I think our country is in danger, and it is in danger in these cities, I can do it.”
brendonk1.bsky.social (@brendonk1.bsky.social)
www.yahoo.com/news/article... Oh those poor piece of shit human beings.
Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.substack.com) reposted
Let’s all take a moment to reflect on how this just absolute alpha male sprayed on his hair for TV
Greg Proops (@gregproops.bsky.social) reposted
White people voted for a white ethnostate.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
We are very far off the cliff here folks. 🇺🇸
2strong2silence.bsky.social (@2strong2silence.bsky.social) reposted
Take a bow white voters. While you blame everyone but yourselves.
Joe Walsh (@walshfreedom.bsky.social) reposted
Really well put.👇
Jessica Tarlov (@jessicatarlov.bsky.social) reposted
I don’t want to hear a single word about Democrats and socialism ever again. EVER.
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
Our constitutional republic does not have any provision which allows a president to enact a criminal statute by executive order that would put people in prison. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted
President threatens punitive investigation against a critic. Nation yawns.
brendonk1.bsky.social (@brendonk1.bsky.social) reply parent
Julie Christmas! Fuck yeah!
A.R. Moxon (@juliusgoat.bsky.social) reposted
So shines a good deed in a weary world.
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
brendonk1.bsky.social (@brendonk1.bsky.social) reply parent
Call me a Newsie, I'm all in for this ERRA.
Governor Gavin Newsom (@governor.ca.gov) reposted
I just signed the Election Rigging Response Act to put Proposition 50 up for a vote on November 4th. The people of California will have the power to push back against Texas and any other state that obeys Donald Trump's demand to rig the next election.
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Petition to refresh the Cracker Barrel logo—restoring its old glory with a proper, updated flair!
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
🔥 WATCH: @adammockler.com dunks on smug Scott Jennings
brendonk1.bsky.social (@brendonk1.bsky.social)
New (to me) vinyl today. Now spinning - Elementary by The End
Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) reposted
Tina Peters was convicted of multiple felonies, including election tampering, and sentenced to nine years in prison. Now Trump is threatening the state of Colorado with “harsh measures” if she’s not released from jail. This is straight out of a banana republic.
Tim Hannan (@timhannan.bsky.social) reposted
Conservative commentator admits they really are just sheep.
Texas Democrats (@texasdemocrats.bsky.social) reposted
Under this map, a Hispanic Texan’s vote counts about one-third, and a Black Texan’s just one-fifth, compared to a white Texan’s. #txlege
brendonk1.bsky.social (@brendonk1.bsky.social) reply parent
Fuck
Just Jack (@just-jack-1.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Don’t just find 5 seats to offset the authoritarian power grab in Texas. Find every seat you can. The response to their constant fuckery has to be disproportional. Otherwise they’ll never stop until our democracy is dead and buried.
brendonk1.bsky.social (@brendonk1.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm looking forward to the Newsom King James Bible that he'll be putting out with LeBron James.
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
Russian state media posts the Vance clip because what he is saying is exactly what they want Americans to hear.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Ossoff: "There is at some point is going to be a reckoning for all of this. These folks who are working at these private prison companies who are on Kristi Noem's staff right now, they are at some point going to have to testify under oath about what is happening in the facilities they're running."
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
The numbers are in. The new maps republicans just passed in Texas reduce Hispanic Texans to one-third of a white person and Black Texans to one-fifth of a white person.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
NEW REPUBLIC: “Donald Trump’s energy policy is already raising prices for consumers—and his administration is desperate for someone to blame.” The Trump tax on Americans is taking many forms. newrepublic.com/post/199346/...
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
Absolutely disgraceful and despicable. If you are a partner at Paul Weiss or Kirkland & Ellis you should be ashamed of yourself -- that is, if you had any shame left.
Breadthieves (@breadthieves.bsky.social) reposted
LOVE THIS! I don't care who the messenger is, this is what needed to happen a long time ago!
Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) reposted
California didn't start the redistricting fight. But we're going to win it.
Sam Wang (@samwang.bsky.social) reposted
I threw the sandwich but I did not kill the deputy
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
Remember when Russian state media called her “our girl Tulsi”?
Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) reposted
What blue state is stepping up next? Who’s gonna meet this moment with the urgency it deserves? Who wants to be able to tell their kids and grandkids that when everything was on the line, they didn’t just SAY the right things, but DID the right thing with the power they had?
Rockin’ Robin 🎶 🐦🪺 🎼 (@rjow.bsky.social) reposted
Molly Jong-Fast (@mollyjongfast.bsky.social) reposted
Like a well oiled machine www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...
nobody (@petbugs13.bsky.social) reposted
opsec is 100% clean 👊🔥🇺🇸 www.404media.co/ice-adds-ran...
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
People who want to protect "The Sanctity of Marriage" are always people who voted for a man who raped his first wife, deserted his family of three young children to run off with one of his mistresses, deserted her and their child for another mistress, and then cheated on her with a porn actress. 🤔
brendonk1.bsky.social (@brendonk1.bsky.social) reply parent
Purchased
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
You can’t assert the former without the latter also being true.
The Lincoln Project (@lincolnproject.us) reposted
Don't let the GOP rhetoric fool you. One side is trying to rig the game and the other side is not.
Kye (@gxldsociety.bsky.social) reposted
Epstein was the supplier. The most dangerous people in the world were his customers. Donald Trump was a repeat guest. The government’s silence isn’t just suspicious — it’s a confession.
Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) reposted
Thank you.
brendonk1.bsky.social (@brendonk1.bsky.social) reply parent
Just to prove he didn't misspeak Trump will give Alaska to Russia in exchange for their making the Epstein files disappear
Joey Politano🏳️🌈 (@josephpolitano.bsky.social) reposted
An "economist" so dumb I had to explain to him how the import price index works last month will now lead the BLS, kill me
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
Below are the 30 U.S. cities with at least 100,000 residents that had the highest number of crimes against people, per 100,000, according to the latest FBI data report. Goodness, Washington, D.C., forgot to be included! JD Vance & Jim Jordon's Ohio makes a stellar showing. Heck of a job on crime!
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
Soooo… How long til Trump takes over Dallas/OKC? Or do facts not actually matter? 🤷🏼♂️
Denver Riggleman (@denverr.bsky.social) reposted
National Guard deployed to protect the Epstein Files.
Mark Hamill (@markhamillofficial.bsky.social) reposted
Are you still talking about the BIGGEST political scandal of all-time EPSTEIN & how the president of the United States is connected to the most notorious child-sex-trafficker ever AND is covering up his own involvement???!!! Good. #RememberTheUnderageVICTIMS 💔
Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) reposted
Trump deployed the National Guard to D.C. and seized control of its police, claiming “complete and total lawlessness.” He’s lying. Violent crime in D.C. is at a six-year low. This is about targeting political enemies and suppressing protests against his corrupt regime
Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social) reposted
it's pretty frustrating how republicans can just spew endless lies about city life with zero repercussions but the moment a dem disparages a pickup truck it's open season
Mark Jacob (@markjacob.bsky.social) reposted
As Trump calls the National Guard into DC for a fake emergency, let's remember that he waited 187 minutes to do it when there was a real emergency.
brendonk1.bsky.social (@brendonk1.bsky.social)
Now spinning Crack the Skye by Mastodon. Just because Brann and Troy's vocals are sooooo good.
brendonk1.bsky.social (@brendonk1.bsky.social) reply parent
At some point he’s just going to scream out "I have dementia!" to try to distract from his Epstein files.
brendonk1.bsky.social (@brendonk1.bsky.social) reply parent
What the fuck is he talking about
Peter (@notalawyer.bsky.social) reposted
usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville”