Andrea Junker (@strandjunker.com) reposted
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell could not have sold children for sex without rich perverts buying children for sex. I feel like more people should mention that.
Andrea Junker (@strandjunker.com) reposted
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell could not have sold children for sex without rich perverts buying children for sex. I feel like more people should mention that.
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
Today is the day of the special election to fill the seat of former MN State Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot by a right-wing extremist.
emerald53.bsky.social (@emerald53.bsky.social) reply parent
Every one of these frivolous lawsuits meant to silence critics should be countered with a responding lawsuit for damages and legal fees.
Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755.bsky.social) reposted
They don’t have the power to do what they’re threatening on a grand scale. But they want us to think they do.
Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) reposted
Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this. You're welcome
Joshua Basseches (@joshuabasseches.bsky.social) reposted
China's vision of "energy dominance" includes solar. Ours should too.
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
What an evil and dangerous (and completely false) thing for a Vice President of the United States to say. How dare he.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
👀
emerald53.bsky.social (@emerald53.bsky.social) reply parent
I take some comfort in the fact that these numbskulls are so totally incompetent.
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
Something people aren't talking about enough is how often Charlie Kirk invoked the Fifth Amendment when testifying before Congress about the domestic terrorists he provided buses to get to Washington on January 6, 2021.
emerald53.bsky.social (@emerald53.bsky.social) reply parent
And so what is he saying about people who like him?
James Talarico (@jamestalarico.bsky.social) reposted
I’m tired of being pitted against my neighbor. I’m tired of being told to hate my neighbor. People across the political spectrum are hungry for a new kind of politics.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
They’re having a hard time coping because the killer was white and Christian, but statistically that’s the profile for political violence. And that profile gets the benefit of the doubt. If he were Black, she’d be foaming at the mouth. “What happened to him?” -Megyn Kelly Nick Fuentes happened!
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
"Let's put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, okay? Let's see how she feels about it, you know, when the guns are trained on her face." — Donald Trump, October 31, 2024 ( ht: @luiszanger.bsky.social )
Mack Butterfield (@mack2114.bsky.social) reposted
Charlie Kirk isn’t a martyr. He’s a casualty of the violence he incited.
emerald53.bsky.social (@emerald53.bsky.social) reply parent
Illustrative of how stupid it is to think you are safe if you arm yourself. Lots of ways to kill people that a gun cannot stop. The element of surprise always wins. We need everyone to reject bloodshed. But the fantasy is imprinted with video games, entertainment & 1A-protected hate speech
E. Rosalie (@erosalie.infoepi.com) reposted
Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:
emerald53.bsky.social (@emerald53.bsky.social) reply parent
Aren’t Mormons Christians? IDK.
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
So Kilmeade issues a weak apology about giving homeless people lethal injections and Fox just moves on with zero consequences. As usual.
Harry Turtledove (@hntdove.bsky.social) reposted
Worked like a charm when the Black Panthers did it. We got gun control FAST! Even the NRA backed it.
Asha Rangappa (@asharangappa.bsky.social) reposted
People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
Momma Scott 💙🏳️🌈💙 (@farmmomma.bsky.social) reposted
Matthew Dowd only stated what any breathing, able brained person already knew. Charlie Kirk peddled hate, racism, and sexism. @msnbc.com you made a mistake with this one. Your viewership is going to take a hit. As it should. Stand by your people. Defend their right to tell the truth. Do better.
𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 (@sundaedivine.bsky.social) reposted
Charlie Kirk treated gratitude like it’s a hate crime.
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
JESUS: "Feed, clothe, and provide shelter to the homeless." CHRISTIANS: "Nah, let's just KILL them instead. Glory!"
Keith Olbermann (@olbermann.bsky.social) reposted
Regarding the Fox News crisis in which its morning show host Brian Kilmeade called for mass murder of the homeless This was early Wednesday morning. This PRECEDED the Utah shooting. This preceded the orgy on the right claiming the left is violent www.mediamatters.org/fox-friends/...
Carter P. Hayes (@allchronology.com) reposted
Fox News: “Kill the homeless with lethal injections.” No problem. MSNBC: “Charlie Kirk is divisive.” Fired on the spot. Welcome to America 2025.
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
It’s almost like there’s a pattern we should watch for more carefully.
America's Lounge Singer (@krang.bsky.social) reposted
no no no you misunderstood. I said “fuck YOUR feelings”. MY feelings are very important and must be handled gently, like a tiny baby hummingbird
Lindsay Ballant (@lballant.bsky.social) reposted
We’ve been living through 72 nonstop hours of this exact tweet
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Brian Kilmeade wants to murder unhoused Veterans then?
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
Yes, Fox News Host Brian Kilmeade really said this about homeless people: “Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill 'em."
Andrea Junker (@strandjunker.com) reposted
The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
Steven Beschloss (@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social) reposted
In a sane world, Fox host Brian Kilmeade would be fired and shunned for his depraved comments that homeless people should be euthanized. That’s sick (and deeply ignorant), but sicker still is that it’s tolerated.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
Nancy Pelosi’s husband was brutally attacked in an act of political violence. She never called for revenge. The left didn’t seek violence against the right. She’s urging the opposite: calm the rhetoric, listen to our better angels, and stop the slide into chaos.
Olivia of Troye (@oliviaoftroye.com) reposted
This was a hard week, no way around it. America feels broken. But paying attention matters. Congratulations to Brazil for showing the world what accountability looks like. Here are 5 headlines I don’t want you to miss & music for inspiration.
Mark Jacob (@markjacob.bsky.social) reposted
MSNBC fired Matthew Dowd for linking Charlie Kirk's murder to Kirk's hateful rhetoric, even though Dowd later apologized. Fox has taken no public action against Brian Kilmeade, who said mentally ill people who commit crimes should be killed by lethal injection – "Just kill them." No apology either.
Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) reposted
Hi @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social, we're friendly, we've been on each other's shows. We both agree Kirk's murder is horrific. Q: was Kirk "practicing politics in exactly the right way" when he called for me to be deported because he didn't like my Covid views on MSNBC? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
Democracy Docket (@democracydocket.com) reposted
NEW: Missouri voters have sued to stop Gov. Kehoe’s Trump-ordered gerrymander. The lawsuit says Republicans rushed through an ‘unconstitutional’ mid-decade map to dismantle Kansas City’s 5th district and silence Black voters.
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
The MAGA star Ken Paxton is back in the news again.
Kara Swisher (@karaswisher.bsky.social) reposted
Pro tip to Laura Loomer who deleted this: The Internet is written in indelible ink.
Donna Cameron (@donnacameron.bsky.social) reposted
“Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.” ~Albert Schweitzer #Kindness #ChooseKindness #flowers #bloomscrolling #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK
emerald53.bsky.social (@emerald53.bsky.social) reply parent
He knows his followers see his silence on violence against Democrats as approval. He is encouraging more of it.
A.R. Moxon (@juliusgoat.bsky.social) reposted
Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.
Just Jack (@just-jack-1.bsky.social) reposted
Look, a Supreme Court out there that works…
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
Congress passed a bipartisan law long ago mandating that a plaque honoring the officers who defended Capitol on J6 be displayed in the building. Mike Johnson has ignored that law and refuses to do it.
Heartland Signal (@heartlandsignal.bsky.social) reposted
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on the shooting of Charlie Kirk: "Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
Both of the co-founders of Turning Point USA died from things that were preventable, but which they mocked and urged this nation to ignore. Bill Montgomery was killed in 2020 by COVID and Charlie Kirk was killed in 2025 by gun violence.
CNN (@cnn.com) reposted
A majority of Brazil's Supreme Court judges have voted to convict former President Jair Bolsonaro of plotting to overturn the 2022 election. https://cnn.it/3VIY1Cn
Bradley P. Moss (@bradmossesq.bsky.social) reposted
The president went on TV to attack political opponents and blame them for the killing of Charlie Kirk, even though we don’t know who shot him. If there is anything this man can do to worsen the situation, he will do it. Despicable.
Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) reposted
Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported. Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad. We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
Aaron Weiss (@aweiss.bsky.social) reposted
Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment. Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona.bsky.social) reposted
So MSNBC reportedly fired Matthew Dowd tonight just hours after Jesse Watters called for his "immediate" termination over his Charlie Kirk shooting comments. Meanwhile, Watters said he's going to "avenge" Kirk's death because "they are at war with us" -- and he'll face no repercussions from Fox.
Nell Scovell (@nellscovell.bsky.social) reposted
This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Spencer Cox: "Our nation is broken. We had political assassinations recently in Minnesota. We had an attempted assassination on the gov of Pennsylvania. And we had an attempted assassination on a president. Nothing I say can unite us as a country. Nothing I can say right now can fix what is broken"
Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox.bsky.social) reposted
No elected official Democratic party will be as cruel about Kirk's death as Mike Lee was about the death of Melissa Hortman. wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/17/s...
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
The White House Press Secretary, the official spokesperson for the Trump administration, told reporters in an official briefing that the president wants to invade "every Democrat-run city" with troops. Any media still pretending that this is about "crime" is making a conscious choice to lie to you.
emerald53.bsky.social (@emerald53.bsky.social) reply parent
Did he order a cheeseburger?
emerald53.bsky.social (@emerald53.bsky.social) reply parent
The fact that they are denying this reflects the significant damage if true.
Scott MacFarlane (@macfarlanenews.bsky.social) reposted
ALERT: Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego seeks to block Ashli Babbitt from military funeral honors www.cbsnews.com/news/democra...
Joe Walsh (@walshfreedom.bsky.social) reposted
Trump is the absolute worst of us. You’d never work for him. You’d never do business with him. You’d never be friends with him. You’d never trust your wife with him. You’d never trust your 14yr old daughter with him. Yet you voted for him. That says more about you than him.
Stand With Chicago Hat (@kenwhite.bsky.social) reposted
This formulation is popular: contrasting SCOTUS' intolerance of race as an admissions factor with SCOTUS' tolerance of race as a detention factor. There are, in fact, doctrinal, historical, and logical distinctions between the positions, that one could use to dismiss this comparison. But... /1
Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) reposted
CNN has a panel talking about Epstein and the host just mentioned (almost as an aside!) that one of the guys is a lawyer defending Ghislaine Maxwell. And rather than being a guest who's grilled about the case, he's treated like any other panelist who just happens to be minimizing the crimes.
emerald53.bsky.social (@emerald53.bsky.social) reply parent
And this guy Trump pardoned on Day 2: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/t...
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
REPUBLICAN REP. MASSIE: “I don’t know if Speaker Johnson misspoke when he said Trump was an ‘informant’ for the FBI — but if it’s a hoax, why was Trump an informant for a hoax?” 🤔 🎯 #TrumpEpsteinFilesCoverUp
Łink. (@spacelawshitpost.me) reposted
The the United States Department of Energy does not understand renewable energy or how batteries work.
emerald53.bsky.social (@emerald53.bsky.social) reply parent
Also a Constitutional Amendment banning gerrymandering nationally And protecting mail-in voting.
emerald53.bsky.social (@emerald53.bsky.social) reply parent
They could kick off a campaign for a Constitutional Amendment limiting terms for Congress AND SCOTUS.
emerald53.bsky.social (@emerald53.bsky.social) reply parent
This is why the authoritarians will eliminate all choice, including birth control, in our future.
emerald53.bsky.social (@emerald53.bsky.social) reply parent
He also cites low folate in pregnancy linked to autism. Don’t most pregnant women take this in prenatal vitamins? That should be easy to study.
emerald53.bsky.social (@emerald53.bsky.social) reply parent
Well it won’t be long now.
emerald53.bsky.social (@emerald53.bsky.social) reply parent
Unfortunately, it will take martyred children to turn this around. When the first polio cases take hold, most of those MAHA parents will be back in line for vaccines.
emerald53.bsky.social (@emerald53.bsky.social) reply parent
He didn’t just sit in the Oval Office. He ordered a military fly over to drown out the voices of the victims.
emerald53.bsky.social (@emerald53.bsky.social) reply parent
The mammogram saved my life.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
RFK JR: You’re just making stuff up Hassan: Sometimes when you make an accusation, it’s kind of a confession
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.
JB Pritzker (@jbpritzker.bsky.social) reposted
And I would never want to get between Ted and a trip to Cancun when there’s an emergency in Texas
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
How much did that flyover today cost the taxpayers?