Donna Sparklies
@donnasparklees.bsky.social
Dachsund mom who believes in human rights. Longhorn fan refugee from the other place. Book Lover. ⚜️🤘🏻🚫 DMs🚫Porn
created November 10, 2024
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Donna Sparklies (@donnasparklees.bsky.social) reply parent
Abbott sent them to the border where by law they weren’t allowed to do anything but twiddle their thumbs. He kept them there for years. I’m sure many have quit bec this must be hard on families
GOLIKEHELLMACHINE (@golikehellmachine.com) reposted
tx national guard has to be one of the worst guards in the country to join at this point, right? abbott is ready and willing to send you on the worst, most pointless assignments any time he wants, regardless of whether you should be there or not, often in incredibly shitty conditions
Kara Swisher (@karaswisher.bsky.social) reposted
No notes
Politico (@politico.com) reposted
U.S. officials of both parties spent years struggling to develop homegrown alternatives to China’s telecom giants. The GOP abruptly defunded its biggest tool.
Kendall Dix (@kendalldix.bsky.social) reposted
This is the secretary of energy and also why climate advocates almost universally feel like jumping into a volcano.
Thom Hartmann (@hartmannreport.com) reposted
Sure looks to me like Confederate states’ militias are preparing to invade Union states on behalf of our traitor-loving president…
Politico (@politico.com) reposted
The House just released the first tranche of documents in its Epstein investigation. But the materials likely won't satisfy those clamoring for more info about the case. Most of what was released in the first batch of files is already publicly available.
Donna Sparklies (@donnasparklees.bsky.social) reply parent
Start a movement in the city. No one sells anything to them. No coffee, no hot dogs, no pizza, no Italian beef nothing
KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 (@mary1kathy.bsky.social) reposted
Winner, winner, Big Mac dinner!!
Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein.bsky.social) reposted
BREAKING: DC Circuit, 2-1, reinstates Biden appointee Rebecca Slaughter to FTC despite Trump attempt to fire her without cited cause. Majority: Millett (Obama), Pillard (Obama). Dissent: Rao (Trump) www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
SEASONAL VEGAN (@hbender55.bsky.social) reposted
THE BASTARD THAT WAS DROPPED AS A BABY AND DOESN’T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS FROM WRONG SHIT MIKE JOHNSON DOES DAILY 🤬
David Darmofal (@daviddarmofal.bsky.social) reposted
Cities in Texas with higher violent crime rates last year than Chicago. Houston Corpus Christi Lubbock Amarillo Dallas San Antonio Pasadena This isn't about crime. It's never been about crime.
jen 🌻 (@bunnibytz.bsky.social) reposted
KASIE HUNT: Over the summer you said, “There’s no vaccine that’s safe and effective”. Do you still believe that? RFK JR: “I never said that.” KASIE HUNT: “Play the clip.” RFK JR (clip): “There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective.” (March 2024) ht: @cwebbonline.com
The New York Times (@nytimes.com) reposted
President Trump, speaking at a news conference, said he was planning to send the National Guard to Chicago. Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois said the state was ready to fight the Trump administration’s plan in court. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/u...
Donna Sparklies (@donnasparklees.bsky.social) reply parent
Not all people at the bottom are the same and neither is everyone at the top of the economic scale. I like Gov Pritzker too
eliko thalia (@museinrevolt.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
this was the clip that won me over. I think the fact that he has the money to fight against other billionaires makes him an unstoppable force for good.
Elizabeth Warren (@warren.senate.gov) reposted
It’s corruption, plain and simple.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
See through it.
Donna Sparklies (@donnasparklees.bsky.social) reply parent
Queue up the lawsuits & file immediately
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
"He is focused on looting and self-aggrandizement. He has discovered what the presidency is worth: Not millions of dollars, but forking billions. Why would the Trump family let go of this asset?"
Jim Saranteas (@jimsaranteas.bsky.social) reposted
Blood on GOP hands. #NorthCarolina #SNAP #ncpol #ncga
🦋 Carmen G., PhD (🪖"Prima" to One)🌻 (@tcrg2012.bsky.social) reposted
#WomensRights ✊🏾 #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory
Heather Cherone (@heathercherone.bsky.social) reposted
BREAKING: Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump administration has sent the Texas National Guard to Great Lakes Naval Base outside Chicago, awaiting orders to deploy to Chicago. Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social
DianaResists (@dianaresists.bsky.social) reposted
Lisa Cook’s Lawyers Fire Back at Trump’s Claim of Vast Powers to Oust Fed Officials. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/b...
Tom Booker (@tbooker1.bsky.social) reposted
StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 (@strictlychristo.bsky.social) reposted
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie files discharge petition to force House vote on releasing Epstein files www.cbsnews.com/news/thomas-...
Chris Kluwe (@chriswarcraft.bsky.social) reposted
Glad to see Pritzker standing up forcefully against the current tyrant in chief. Needless to say, none of this is normal, and every day it’s pushing us closer and closer to an outright shooting war. If you’re a member of the military, remember you swore an oath to the Constitution above all else.
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie filed a discharge petition today to force the disclosure of Justice Department investigative files related to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Working with Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, Massie now needs to persuade 216 additional House members to sign it.
rain-singer.bsky.social (@rain-singer.bsky.social) reposted
Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted
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The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
Democrats "have to give up on the idea that they're a governing party. They have to give up on the idea that the Republican party is a traditional political party of which you can have some sort of meeting of the minds." @stuartpstevens.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social:
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted reply parent
Full show: Substack: www.thebulwark.com/p/stuart-ste... YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt-7... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3tH3...
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
“We used to say you can't negotiate with terrorist organizations for a reason. The Republican Party is an extremist movement. You can't negotiate with them.” @stuartpstevens.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social on The Bulwark Podcast:
Thomas Zimmer (@thomaszimmer.bsky.social) reposted
This guy gets it. This is the way.
linlukey.bsky.social (@linlukey.bsky.social) reposted
Emmanuel Macron: I just spoke with the NATO Secretary General to prepare the meeting of the Coalition of the Willing, which will take place this Thursday in Paris. Together with our partners, and in coordination with NATO, we will work to define robust security guarantees for Ukraine.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Governor JB Pritzker (@govpritzker.illinois.gov) reposted
I'm aware that the President likes to go on television and beg me to call him to ask for troops. I find it strange, as Chicago doesn't want troops. I also have experience asking him for assistance – just to have the rug pulled up from underneath me when execution meets reality.
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.
KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 (@mary1kathy.bsky.social) reposted
Duh, Der, duh, the Gulf of water?!?! 🤣🤣🤣
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
"The mood in Hungary is palpably different than it was a year ago. Not only is everyone talking about Péter Magyar, but people are also more comfortable criticizing Orbán in public." Orbán likes illiberal democracy; but the democracy part might still work.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Pritzker: Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: Once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next
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."
Jorj, Interim DEITY🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦💪🏽 (@just-jorj.bsky.social) reposted
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... “Another stress factor for more senior officials is the perpetual threat of being removed for failure to produce arrests, underscored by multiple changes of leadership at ICE since Trump took office in January, five of the ICE officials said.” Aw, poor ICE agents.
Mozelle Victory (@godswrath699.bsky.social) reposted
youtube.com/watch?v=f5nF... Trump is just a nothing
AsylumHouse (@asylum.bsky.social) reposted
Terrific read. Frumpy cheats at everything
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Pritzker: "He has no idea what's he's talking about. There is no emergency that warrants deployment of troops. He is insulting the people of Chicago by calling our home a hellhole, and anyone that takes his word at face value is insulting Chicagoans too."
Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd.bsky.social) reposted
again i will say this today, the greatest threat to democracy, individual freedoms, and most citizens personal safety is not islam, socialism or wokeism, or someone's sex or sexuality. The greatest threat today is "christian" nationalism.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yasharali.bsky.social) reposted
Senator Cory Booker has announced that he is engaged to his girlfriend, Alexis Lewis.
✨ Clyde ✨ (@clydepowell.bsky.social) reposted
Fuck the Mentally Declining #Trump and Cronies in #ICE 8647 Hear and protect the 1000+ victims, and release all the files as unredacted as possible. Let the chips fall where they may. #GOODTROUBLE #Resist #VoteBlue #EpsteinFiles www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted
“Rather than defending civil liberties and civil protections, you’re turned inward to potentially hinder [them].” In June, we sat down with a veteran and military law expert to discuss “being used against your neighbor” as a soldier.
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
Those pupils. In a bright ass room.
Hunter Walker (@hunterw.bsky.social) reposted
The secret Facebook page that seems to belong to Kristi Noem used a thinly veiled alias. It shared Christian content, typos, and a copypasta hoax. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dhs-sec...
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
The largest SNAP cuts in history went into effect yesterday, eliminating or drastically cutting food assistance for millions of Americans. And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich. Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.
Ryan (@mediumboi.bsky.social) reposted
I’m sure the people working at the Space Command want to pick up their nice Iives in Colorado and move to Alabama.😑🙄
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
Political theater.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (@whitehouse.senate.gov) reposted
There’s some language! Candidates for position “whose only merit … is ‘of being in some way or other personally allied to him, or of possessing the necessary insignificance and pliancy to render them the obsequious instruments of his pleasure.’”
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Trump on moving Space Force base from Colorado: "The problem I have with Colorado -- they do mail in voting. They went to all mail in voting, so they have automatically crooked elections. And we can't have that."
Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.substack.com) reposted
The truth? Trump is once again tacoing because he is so weak youtu.be/y69NXtzTfV4?...
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
Release the Epstein files.
Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) reposted
It's all projection. He said Alabama is getting it. Huntsville now known as Rocket City, and then says it isnt because he won it by 47 points.. And then throws in billions and billions USA will make somehow... Nothing about Epstein files or the failing economy.
Sandieglo (@sandieglo.bsky.social) reposted
The Intellectualist (@theintellectualist.bsky.social) reposted
🚨 Trump’s Pentagon leaked classified Yemen strike plans when a “SECRET/NOFORN” email was copied into Pete Hegseth’s Signal chat, shared with a journalist, denied for months, and now confirmed by investigators in a growing security scandal. open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
FOX BUSINESS: “My goodness. $5 BILLION. Eye-popping numbers… crypto-friendly legislation coming from the president who is in turn cashing in on crypto. A conflict of interest.” Even Fox sees how insanely corrupt Trump’s crypto grift is. (H/T @ab21.bsky.social )
Pikabata~♪ 🌙【ピカバタ】 (@pikabata.bsky.social) reposted
people complaining about how "woke" has taken over the film industry, meanwhile bugs bunny has been kissing men since 1940
PacifiCali 🟦🟧🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇸 (@paccali68.bsky.social) reposted
Gavin Newsom mocking Karoline Leavitt as Effie Trinket from the Hunger Games 👏🏼🤣🏆
Hedy Lamarr (@chudonew.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Meanwhile...crooked Trump votes by mail Trump, While Attacking Mail Voting, Casts Mail Ballot Again 2020 Trump cast a vote-by-mail ballot in Florida this week after months of questioning the security of the method of voting, www.npr.org/2020/08/19/9...
klard.bsky.social (@klard.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Donna Sparklies (@donnasparklees.bsky.social) reply parent
Relocation will cost $Millions. Trump just flushing more taxpayers money when unnecessary.
Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) reposted
Trump begins Festivus now and attacks Newsom and Prtizker. Talks about crime in blue cities but no mention of murder rates in Louisiana and Tennessee etc. Calls Chicago and Baltimore a "hell hole." Says there are "bullet fires" in LA. What is that? Who knows.
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Donna Sparklies (@donnasparklees.bsky.social) reply parent
One of the biggest Medicaid fraudsters is Sen Rick Scott R-FL. He was CEO of a company that was found guilty of $Billions in fraud charging Gov for tests never done. Corp paid a fine Scott allowed to resign with a $100 Million + severance pkg
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
ICE is on track to gain access to controversial spyware designed to hack phones and read private messages after the Trump administration jettisoned a Biden-era order.
therealfinancecharg 🏳️🌈✊🏿🇺🇦🇻🇪🇨🇺 (@financecharg.bsky.social) reposted
Trump is gonna hear from some very fine people.
Carter P. Hayes (@allchronology.com) reposted
Netflix is putting its money where its mouth is: 💰 $2M to back Newsom in the redistricting fight 📺 A deal for Sesame Street — new episodes and the full archive free to watch. That’s how you pick a side.
Santiago Mayer (@santiagomayer.com) reposted
Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, what’s the timeline for the book on how the President went missing like a week after he had weird bruising on his hands?
Raywat Deonandan (@deonandan.bsky.social) reposted
Countries on track to eliminate cervical cancer: -Australia by 2028 -Sweden by 2027 -Rwanda by 2030 -UK by 2040 -Indonesia by 2030 -Bhutan 2030 -El Salvador by 2030 -Canada by 2040 How? HPV vaccine. Same one RFK Jr is trying to ban. You will note USA is not on this list.
🦋 Carmen G., PhD (🪖"Prima" to One)🌻 (@tcrg2012.bsky.social) reposted
📢 GOTV #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory 👇🏾CANNOT
Christina🌊🌊 (@sassycc.bsky.social) reposted
Bob Lawrence 💙 (@trumpluvsobama.bsky.social) reposted
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💯 www.rawstory.com/trump-sick-r...
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
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AllenBarkus1102 (@allenbarkus1102.bsky.social) reposted
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
ᑕ ᕼ ᓰ ᗷ 〇 ᒪ 乇 (@chibole.bsky.social) reposted
Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET (@patti3333.bsky.social) reposted
www.newsweek.com/economy-brin... Red flags showing from housing to employment to consumer prices Are we great yet?
Politico (@politico.com) reposted
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie has filed a discharge petition to force the disclosure of Justice Department investigative files related to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Boricuabc2 (@boricuabc2.bsky.social) reposted
MSNBC just cut away./ Its apace command moving to ALABAMA. Complete nothing burger just like him. What a waste. They will go back if he takes questions.
Graham Platner for Senate (@grahamformaine.bsky.social) reposted
Together with the labor movement of Maine, together with Bernie Sanders — We will defeat the oligarchy, and we will defeat Susan Collins.
Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET (@patti3333.bsky.social) reposted
Here you can listen to Putin He is playing trump
Mark Jacob (@markjacob.bsky.social) reposted
Maria Bartiromo thinks we're making a big mistake by thinking the wind will blow and the sun will shine in the future.
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
That’s because former Fox host Jeanine Pirro was unable to get the grand jury to indict her, which is conveniently left out here.
Wordstock (@wordstock.bsky.social) reposted
#EpsteinFiles
Donna Sparklies (@donnasparklees.bsky.social) reply parent
My favorite news today is a British member of Parliament just nominated Joe Biden for Nobel Peace Prize. Fabulous!
Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) reposted
BREAKING: The Pentagon has authorized up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges. This is a blatant expansion of military power into a civilian judicial process, a dangerous erosion of the separation between the two. Every day, we inch closer to fascism.
Mike Meadway 🇪🇺 🇩🇰 🇬🇧 🏴 (@mmeadway.bsky.social) reposted
www.cnbc.com/2025/09/02/t...
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
THE UNITED STATES WILL DECLARE WAR ON NORWAY IF THIS ABOMINATION OCCURS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
Mark Joseph Stern (@mjsdc.bsky.social) reposted
The next Democratic president should declare that the National Emergencies Act and Article II of the Constitution allow him to: •admit D.C. and Puerto Rico as states •abolish ICE •grant citizenship to any immigrant •disband the 5th Circuit •expand the Supreme Court Seriously: Why the hell not?
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
Epstein Survivors Press Conference Sept 3rd, 10:30 a.m. ET Tune in to support them.