Bill Kristol (@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social) reposted
I’ve seen enough. Impeach Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Bill Kristol (@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social) reposted
I’ve seen enough. Impeach Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
WARNER: Do you accept the fact that 1 million Americans died from covid? RFK Jr: I don't know how many died W: You're the secretary of health and human services. You don't have any idea how many Americans died from covid? RFK Jr: I don't think anybody knows that W: How can you be that ignorant?
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
RFK Jr: It's gonna be the biggest infusion of federal dollar into rural healthcare in American history BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.
Harlow’s Musings (@harlowsmusings.bsky.social) reposted
“I miss when Disney didn’t push an agenda!” 😁 Disney in 1943: GET VACCINATED!
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
AOC: If anybody says “this isn’t fair, I'm gonna have to divest all my stocks if I run for congress” maybe you should stay home.
FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social) reposted
Host: There are new calls this morning for RFK Jr.'s resignation, and those calls coming from inside HHS itself. More than 1,000 current and former HHS workers are making this demand in a letter released this morning. They say his leadership has "put the health of all Americans at risk"
MoonCoder (@mooncoder.bsky.social) reposted
Protest in Studio City, CA, it was hot, but nothing will deter people from defending our democracy. #Indivisible
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social)
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The Associated Press (@apnews.com) reposted
Pope Leo XIV met with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church. The Rev. James Martin said Leo told him that he intended to continue Pope Francis’ policy of LGBTQ+ acceptance in the church and encouraged him to keep up his advocacy.
Atul Gawande (@agawande.bsky.social) reposted
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Kyle Whitmire (@warondumb.bsky.social) reposted
Will the 2nd Amendment protect us? Don’t be silly. But the 6th might. Let’s discuss.
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social) reply parent
Has this person been to a grocery store lately?
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
“ILLEGALS” MY ASS! Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store. He’s a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
"There would be a special appointee that would focus on sexual assault in the military. How's that fucking going? Have we seen that? Or have we actually just seen women get purged from the military?" @timmiller.bsky.social and @radiofreetom.bsky.social on Joni Ernst's "promise" from Pete Hegseth:
CBS News (@cbsnews.com) reposted
BREAKING: Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa won't seek reelection to Senate in 2026, sources say.
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Hello, everyone. Today, thanks to @sbg1.bsky.social and @newyorker.com, I learned a new word. The word is: "butt-snorkeler."
Governor JB Pritzker (@govpritzker.illinois.gov) reposted
70 years ago today, Emmett Till was lynched by white supremacists. Here in Illinois, we promise to never hide from our history — no matter how painful the chapter. We honor his memory and his brave mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, by continuing the fight for civil rights and justice.
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social) reply parent
JD loves the Newsom troll.
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social) reply parent
It was not legal he issued license anyway he took a big risk, and it was a great thing.
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social) reply parent
He started the ball rolling towards legalizing gay marriage www.latimes.com/politics/la-...
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social) reply parent
You are assuming that you agree with him that n what is healthy.
dlgarbern.bsky.social (@dlgarbern.bsky.social) reposted
Stuart Stevens: "In my first race, I had stumbled onto a truth as basic and immutable as the fact that water freezes below 32 degrees Fahrenheit: Race was the key in which much of American politics and certainly all of Southern politics was played."
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social)
👏👏👏
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social)
Not one alpha male in the room
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
So when we first showed up at the Union Station today, we ran ICE off as soon as we got here.
Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted
".. unless Pulte somehow had particular knowledge about issues with Cook's application, which is unlikely, then one has conclude that Pulte handed Fannie and Freddie a list of political enemies and asked for their loan files for review."
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
"For those people out there who ... say, 'Well, I just don't like those people either' ... You could be next. ... This is not about any one individual, this is about our rights as Americans, and our right to have a justice system where choices about prosecuting are made without fear or favor."
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social) reply parent
When I saw her photo it all made sense.
Tom Nichols (@radiofreetom.bsky.social) reposted
gosh, why would Trump focus on her
The Guardian (@theguardian.com) reposted
Postal services around the world suspend deliveries to US: how will it affect you?
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.
Clay Nobles (@claynobles.bsky.social) reposted
My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country. I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.
Steve Herman (@newsguy.bsky.social) reposted
A man, near the White House, who describes himself as a "retired disabled combat veteran," after burning an American flag tells bystanders "I am being detained because I expressed my First Amendment rights."
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung: “I look forward to your meeting with the chairman Kim Jong-un and construction of a Trump Tower in North Korea and playing golf at that place.”
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Ian Bassin (@ianbassin.bsky.social) reposted
If a president wanted to become effectively a dictator, he’d likely: 1. Purge govt of non loyalists 2. Weaponize law against opponents 3. Use military to police opposition strongholds 4. Threaten media, schools, businesses w penalties to get them to heel 5. Change election rules in his favor.
Marco Foster (@marcofoster.bsky.social) reposted
Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell: “I have spent the last 17 years in my own prison for what she, Jeffrey, and all the co-conspirators did to me. I was raped three times a day. Ghislaine must die in prison.”
Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) reposted
Virginia Giuffre's family: "The content of these transcripts is in direct contradiction with felon Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction for child sex trafficking. During DAG Todd Blanche's bizarre interview, she is never challenged about her court-proven lies, providing her a platform to rewrite history."
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social)
How embarrassing for Clemens.
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social) reply parent
What an honor!
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
New in PN: Trump’s targeting of Black communities is not a coincidence "Trump has never even pretended he’s the president for the entire United States. He’s the ruler of an overwhelmingly white sub-nation that seeks to subdue the country’s racially diverse urban centers."
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
🚨BREAKING: Hours after Texas passed its new map, my law firm has challenged it in federal court. In addition to violating the VRA, HB 4 violates the 14th Amendment because it unjustifiably considers race and partisanship as part of a voluntary, mid-cycle redistricting. @redistrictfdn.bsky.social
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social) reply parent
If you think someone’s rights depends on if you like them or not, that’s exactly what Trump is doing.
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social) reply parent
Anyone saying Bolton deserves it because they dont like him are no better than the MAGA cult.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Conway: I think she had every reason to downplay any involvement that Donald Trump had in anything she was involved with.. I think the real question is, what's in the documents that they haven't produced?
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social)
Right on Joe!
Marco Foster (@marcofoster.bsky.social) reposted
Gavin Newsom: “What more evidence of authoritarianism do you need? These guys aren’t screwing around. We can no longer screw around. It’s all at stake. People need to wake up. We can’t continue to play by the old set of rules.“
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social)
💯
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social) reply parent
Why do we have to keep saying, I don’t agree with so and so but? It doesn’t matter if you like someone we all have the same rights.
Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.substack.com) reposted
If Trump pardons convicted child rapist Gislane Maxwell, they will absolutely officially be the pedophile defender party. The fact that this is even being considered is sickening. She also has been moved to a nice min security prison, a club Fed, ALREADY
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social) reply parent
Seriously, this is what you’re going with?
Kurt Andersen (@kurtandersen.bsky.social) reposted
“Only on day one” turns out to have been another Big Lie. This morning’s headlines here on day 214.
Tom Nichols (@radiofreetom.bsky.social) reposted
On the way. Using the FBI to raid the homes of your critics? Authoritiarian. ✔️
Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24.bsky.social) reposted
You do not have to like John Bolton to see this for what it is.
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
I urge all Californians to vote to redistrict our maps in response.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
“THIS IS ABOUT RACISM. If you can’t hear it from them, hear it from me.” 🔥 Texas Rep. @voteannjohnson.bsky.social didn’t hold back about the racist Trump/Republican election-stealing maps.
Mina Kimes (@minakimes.bsky.social) reposted
They say phones only make us miserable but I just got this news alert and laughed for a solid minute so who is to say
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social)
And his ankles are normal unlike Trumps gross swollen ankles.
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.
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
When people ask me what gives me hope, my answer is simple: you do. Every person who refuses to look away. Every lawyer who files a brief. Every protester who shows up. Every voter who refuses to surrender their rights. You give me hope—not because victory is certain but precisely because it is not.
Joe Walsh (@walshfreedom.bsky.social) reposted
Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad.
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social) reply parent
Of course not, Texas loves losers.
tal boger (@talboger.bsky.social) reposted
On the left is a rabbit. On the right is an elephant. But guess what: They’re the *same image*, rotated 90°! In @currentbiology.bsky.social, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I show how these images—known as “visual anagrams”—can help solve a longstanding problem in cognitive science. bit.ly/45BVnCZ
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social)
Why is any reputable news organization or journalist still on X?
Kevin M. Levin (@civilwarmemory.bsky.social) reposted
Thank you, Boston Globe. This is how it's done.
Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) reposted
Republican Gov. Phil Scott has "politely declined" a federal request to deploy Vermont National Guard soldiers to D.C. "The governor just does not support utilizing the guard for this purpose, and does not view the enforcement of domestic law as a proper use of the National Guard."
Joe Walsh (@walshfreedom.bsky.social) reposted
All these European leaders came to DC today to stand up for Zelensky & Ukraine. They came to DC today because they don’t trust Trump. They came to DC today because they know Trump is on Putin’s side. Shame on us America. Shame on us for putting a traitor in the White House.
NBC News (@nbcnews.com) reposted
Demonstrators gather around Washington, D.C.'s to protest the federal government's takeover.
Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted
GOLDMAN: “.. the revised payroll trajectory now constitutes .. the ‘downside labor market risks’ cited by Chair Powell .. investors should take the weak signal seriously. And while the unemployment rate has moved up only very slowly .., a further rise may re-awaken ‘Sahm rule’-type recession fears.”
Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted
BOOCKVAR: “.. those who think lower mortgage rates are the magic wand .. need to look at the experience of the past 20+ years where juicing the demand side without a coincident increase in supply only gooses home prices that offsets the benefits ..” open.substack.com/pub/peterboo...
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social) reply parent
I use it to post anti Trump stuff and for buy nothing group. That’s it, never click on a ad or post anything personal.
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social) reply parent
What is he running for?
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social) reply parent
I tried to post this to facebook and it blocked it calling it abusive bot, wtf?
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social) reply parent
Is this your show tonight? The National Guard is in DC, wtf? Do your job before you become irrelevant. Or maybe you already are.
Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.substack.com) reposted
Seems like the new MAGA brain implant chip is to say the whole red carpet soldiers in their knees thing is because it was a military base. This is completely false. It’s a choice. Also Zelensky will be landing at Andrews. A military base. Let’s see if they do this for him.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Crow: "Look at what happened. US military personnel in uniform literally were on hands & knees rolling out a red carpet for the most murderous dictator of the 21st century...we keep on acting like Putin deserves to be brought out in open like any of head of state. This is a historic embarrassment."
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social)
Lol
Jesse Dollemore (@dollemore.com) reposted
FREE DC - END TRUMP’S MILITARY OCCUPATION I joined thousands of people in a march from Dupont Circle to the White House to protest Donald Trump’s fascist power grab!
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social)
Sounds right
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
“He’s been here 25 years cutting the state’s grass, paying his taxes — never even had a ticket… we got a felon in the White House but these are the people they got in there. Without immigrants this country is gonna go down.” 🇺🇸
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social) reply parent
This is a shitty headline, you should include how many cities have higher crime rates than DC.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Blumenthal: "My stomach turned when I heard the president of the United States characterize Vladimir Putin as his fabulously good friend. Vladimir Putin is a war criminal."
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social)
Disgusting
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social) reply parent
He had a huge part in legalizing gay marriage.
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social) reply parent
He’s been a great governor.
Joe Walsh (@walshfreedom.bsky.social) reposted
I’ve always been a big 2nd Amendment guy bcuz I fear government tyranny. I fear masked & armed government agents taking to our streets against the people. So how come all my fellow 2nd Amendment guys, who said they too feared government tyranny, are now happily on the side of the government tyranny?
Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) reposted
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "I think he should start with Shreveport, Louisiana, and Speaker Johnson's district that has 6x the per capita murder rate of Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco. What about the carnage, Mr. President, in Shreveport? Why aren't you protecting the folks there? What bullshit."
Chris C (@chrisleno.bsky.social) reply parent
One day the Smithsonian will have a display showing how Trump censored the content in the museum.