Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
NC sucks for voting and representation. Thinking of moving. People who choose to stay here are either going to wake up or be complicit to losing democracy.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
NC sucks for voting and representation. Thinking of moving. People who choose to stay here are either going to wake up or be complicit to losing democracy.
WatchYourRepsSC (@watchyourrepssc.bsky.social) reposted
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Nick Knudsen (@nickknudsenus.bsky.social) reposted
There are some big elections coming up this fall! We've included a bunch of shareable election-related videos in today's edition of the Digital Drumbeat. Please read, subscribe & share!! Pass it on.
JoeinNJfightsfordemocracy (@progavalanche.bsky.social) reposted
It’s National Voter Registration Day! The stakes are high for those of us in New Jersey & Virginia. The PA Supreme Court is on the line. Yes on 50 in California has implications for us all. We need to be heard locally everywhere! Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
What an idiot! But even a broken clock………
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
Tattletale Trumpie!
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
CK was a peddler of hate speech.
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
Sen. Blumenthal to Kash Patel: "You lied to us."
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
If we had a President, that is where it would start.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
Nice!
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
A British TV station will air a special cataloguing over 100 of Trump’s lies and falsehoods, with “brief text-based fact-checks, offering viewers the truth behind the tweets, speeches and soundbites.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
Congratulations!
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
The crappy conditions within the hospitals ARE real. You are spot on. Qualified medical personnel are leaving the crappy rural for profit hospitals. This is going to be a problem.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
Great! I don't care.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
Kinda like the Epstein files. So much winning here!
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
You can do better than the WP! Speak Truth! We are listening!
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
I use Duck Duck Go.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
I am For whatever makes you happy. Make up never makes me happy
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
I don’t give a 🐀’s ass! If Those of us that know better have to suffer, the morons should too!
Bill Kristol (@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social) reposted
It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
I live in the middle of his dumb supporters.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
Truth!
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
Who decides what unlawful orders are. I was raised in the military. This is scary.
Jack Hopkins-The Original (@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social) reposted
COVID keeps mutating. Measles is roaring back. One scientist refuses to quit: Dr. Peter Hotez.🔥👇 www.jackhopkinsnow.com
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
About Damn Time!
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
Heck, I live here and would like to avoid it.
hokusai 🌊🌊🌊 (@thebluenami.is.democrat) reposted
fewer foreign travelers coming to the US only 1 person responsible for it...🍊 #DONold www.axios.com/2025/09/13/t...
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
I need more of a plan than VOTE. So far that hasn’t been working out so well.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
Absolutely! I thought COVID was worth a bender but 3.5 more years of this shit? Maybe we should stay drunk and stoned.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
This is so dark.
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
If you have 30 minutes, I recommend watching this video. I explain what Trump has in store for 2026 and how we can fight back. If you find it helpful, please share it with others. youtu.be/7PXQfDHr9Aw
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
Preferably in Florida
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
Is this real?
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
Seriously, are the Epstein files connected to this PUTIN relationship? With, 47, it is always about the money.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
And what do you think is going to start happening now? Some idiot out here heard those comments. At one point in my life, this would all have been sci-fi.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
But what do we do when our neighbors hate us?
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes. For the right wing who loves throwing biblical verses around, he lived by the sword and died by it. That said, we cannot go around shooting people for their stupid opinions. Kirk was nothing to me. I fight him and his like with positive action. The right is beginning to eat their own tail.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
Excellent!
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.
Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) reposted
I hadn’t seen this. Kirk, the moderate free speech guy who did politics the right way per some liberals (!), called for Biden to be executed. Meanwhile Joe Biden put out a very strong statement condemning Kirk’s killing. Both sides!
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
They also sacked Dowd. So, you tell me, on which side does MSNBC stand?
Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) reposted
An Iowa official defied the governor’s orders to fly flags at half-staff for Charlie Kirk, writing he wouldn't honor a man who "did so much harm"
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
But Dowd gets sacked?
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Presidents? SCOTUS grants them immunity. Corporations? SCOTUS makes it easier for them to pollute. Billionaires? SCOTUS says they can buy elections. But if you look Latino, speak Spanish, or work at a low wage job, SCOTUS says you can be abducted by masked agents. Hello?
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
This admin is one distraction after another. I still have a tiny bit of hope.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
And he was so broken, he thought to film it in his moment of grief??? yeah….
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
So cute! I am teaching myself to knit. I am in awe!
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
THIS! THIS IS THE TRAGEDY WE SHOULD FOCUS ON!
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
If the governor meant that he was a human who had rights, I agree. The problem is that Kirk did not believe others had the same rights as white males. It does not mean he should have been murdered but I refuse to sanitize and mourn.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
You are going to be just fine. I hope you will keep speaking up. We need you out here! Digest, Process, Rest. Take your 15 minutes and get back in there! Be well!
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
I do feel sad about it. I was a teacher for over 30 years. I look into the faces of these boys that kill and I see kids I knew. I just want to understand. Is hate that powerful? He obviously thought about this. Why didn’t he have a moment of clarity? Are they all mentally ill? Is it the internet???
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
Nice to know he can keep it together.
Sunsong23 (@sunsong23.bsky.social) reposted
I stand with Matthew Dowd.
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
"Mamdani isn’t a Communist. He’s a democratic socialist. He wants rent control, free childcare, and tax hikes on the rich. These ideas, whatever their merits, are familiar in democracies." Trump's policies? Less so. www.thebulwark.com/p/no-zohran-...
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
You can carry a gun on campus and have it in your dorm room. That’s why Kirk was there.
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
"I was struck yesterday by the sight of Republican policymakers holding Kirk up as a champion of free speech while at the same time using his death to call for state crackdowns on the speech of others." www.thebulwark.com/p/kirk-killi...
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
I want this!
@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social (@boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social) reposted
Here’s a ‘funny but true’ for a Friday night…😂
Peter (@notalawyer.bsky.social) reposted
there's a weird feedback loop where the media's reaction to kirk's death pushes you to speak more ill of the dead than you otherwise would because it's the only reasonable response to the simpering praise they're heaping on him
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
Listen to what he says first. He is a good guy. He disagreed with Kirk. I have listened to several I yet interviews with him and he makes compelling points. I am not religious but this guy is genuine.
Peter Morley ♿️ (@petermorley.bsky.social) reposted
🚨REMINDER: Open Enrollment for Medicare is October 15 - December 7 for 2026. I would encourage those on Medicare (non MA), to research their supplemental/Medigap premiums. Also, please review your Part D RX plan as well. For 2026 you will enter catastrophic care for OOP RX at $2100. PLEASE REPOST 🙏🙏
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
I actually think it is the only look he’s got.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
So…. We hold up mirrors.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
I want to know what happens in a young man’s brain to make this an option. There are no winners in this.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
I actually live where they made the movie!🤣
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
Geez
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
"'My son, his dad, is a Republican for Trump …. Most of my family members are Republican. I don’t know any single one who’s a Democrat.'"
Fight For A Union (@fightforaunion.bsky.social) reposted
Oh wait tariffs are a tax on consumers? Huh. Wish somebody had told us. 🫤
Donna Stern (@dvsmemphis.bsky.social) reposted
Every registration is a voice added to the chorus calling for fair representation, equal rights, a future that reflects our values. Ready to be part of the movement? Go to Voterizer & register! Make every voice heard this #NationalVoterRegistrationDay. #Voterizer social.fieldteam6.org/s/LcJihP5h
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
Be careful out there!
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes. I have switched to BBC.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
I am fine with paying for it if he becomes the project manager and stays the hell out of government.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
I was teaching middle school in NC when Katrina hit. People were displaced to our state and others. It was messy. People do not realize the tentacles of these events are not straight or finite. There are lasting consequences.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
I fear you are right.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
And, let’s go to Memphis.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
Total waste.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe if the Dem party would listen to teachers, nurses, cashiers, nurses, service industry employees, maintenance workers, etc., we would gain ground. Stop thinking in the old box. We are real people out here. Even my MAGA neighbors have taken down their signs. I see an opening. Just saying.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
I keep thinking how sweet it would be if Dems and Indy Candidates and voters actually participate to turn the tables on the gerrymandering. As a teacher, I know that information delivered in a simple digestible and repetitive manner can take hold and change thinking.
Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted
Kirk’s advocacy of vigorous debate ought not be separated from what he said while jousting in the public square.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
They will absolutely find away to gently move the needle it by bit. Let’s send troops to Memphis. They are creepers.
Prisonculture (@prisonculture.bsky.social) reposted
You can sense the deflation of the fascists now that this guy has been identified as the shooter.
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
NEW: Missouri voters filed a lawsuit Friday that challenges the GOP’s new congressional map, calling it an unconstitutional gerrymander that dismantles Kansas City’s Black Democratic representation and rigs the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social) reposted
Incredible. Trump drags the reputation of a highly regarded economist, first Black woman to be a Fed gov, thru the mud claiming she committed mortgage fraud. But the documents his appointee to run Fannie & Freddie got for him & that he said showed fraud don’t actually say that.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
Light reading for the weekend?
Kara Swisher (@karaswisher.bsky.social) reposted
Pro tip to Laura Loomer who deleted this: The Internet is written in indelible ink.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
No
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
Have stopped watching MSNBC. You and Mehdi speak truth. Keep it up!
Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd.bsky.social) reposted
Despite the fiction that Comcast and MSNBC execs are pushing, here is actually what happened prior to my termination at MSNBC: open.substack.com/pub/matthewd...
Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH (@geauxgabrielle.bsky.social) reposted
Notice how not a SINGLE CLIP of Charlie Kirk is being shown on TV as the news organizations try to eulogize him kindly. Even Fox News. You cannot show a SINGLE THING he ever said that wasnt spewing HATE and violence. What a legacy.
Pam Brodbeck (@f84spike.bsky.social) reply parent
They are sanitizing him and it is gross and offensive.