The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
ICYMI — “LA wouldn’t be standing today” This is a real thing @Sec_Noem said on tv, with a straight face
Tired of the chaos. Let's grab a shovel and clean up this mess! Reclaiming my time and my country🇺🇲. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ welcome here.
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view profile on Bluesky The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
ICYMI — “LA wouldn’t be standing today” This is a real thing @Sec_Noem said on tv, with a straight face
Black Aziz Anansi (@blackazizanansi.blacksky.app) reposted
Lmao wtf
ToWhom ItMayConcern (@grbbngtheshovel.bsky.social) reply parent
More lies, of course.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, former chief economist to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) & director of budget and spending policy for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign👇🏽
Joyful Trouble (@mini-marshmallows.bsky.social) reposted
Kamala Harris would not be secretly trying to deport innocent children to Guatemala if she was our president instead right now.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
Today we celebrate the strength and resilience of working people everywhere. Nearly 300,000 federal employees have lost their jobs this year not because of necessity, but because of a political agenda. And while people’s lives were destroyed in the name of “saving money,”
ToWhom ItMayConcern (@grbbngtheshovel.bsky.social)
😂
Hillary Rodham Clinton (@hillaryclinton.bsky.social) reposted
If you enjoy… Weekends Safe working conditions Retirement benefits Paid vacations Breaks at work Sick leave Paid holidays … then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
ToWhom ItMayConcern (@grbbngtheshovel.bsky.social) reply parent
Full Handmaid's Tale
𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 (@sundaedivine.bsky.social) reposted
If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 28, the number is 100%. Happy Labor Day.
Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 (@lesleyabravanel.bsky.social) reposted
In a world first, over 250 media black out their front pages and broadcasting programmes to protest the killing of journalists in Gaza Lhttps://rsf.org/en/world-first-over-250-media-black-out-their-front-pages-and-broadcasting-programmes-protest-killing
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
“Jobs disappear and the markets cheer.” On Labor Day 30 years ago, I issued a warning the growing divide between workers and the super-rich. Watch. youtu.be/8rW1kkAV-gw
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Trump's dodging the cameras as much as he's been dodging the Epstein files
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
Why is the Draft Dodger-in-Chief trying to drag us into a war with Venezuela? The claim is that drug cartels are so out of control they’ve been designated an international terrorist organization, so we need to send warships. But we’re denying Venezuelan’s asylum claims who fled for their lives. 🤔
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
So the photos we get of the “golf outing” today is a pale and feeble looking one of him getting to a car at the WH and this one of him returning. Nothing from the course.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
RADDATZ: You talk about what can be done. After shootings in Buffalo & Uvalde, Congress passed a bipartisan Safer Communities Act. It provided hundreds of millions for schools to expand mental health services. You didn't vote for it. Why? TOM EMMER: I don't remember the reasons I didn't vote for it
Pam Keith (@pamkeithdc.bsky.social) reposted
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6GvjPcr/ How in the HELL does any government lawfully deport 600 unaccompanied minors? Who does that? Who the fuck are we? What are we? What have we become?
ToWhom ItMayConcern (@grbbngtheshovel.bsky.social) reply parent
He did not write that.
judyds.bsky.social (@judyds.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
NATIONWIDE PROTESTS tomorrow, September 1st. Find a protest near you by clicking this link findaprotest.info
ingemarknows.bsky.social (@ingemarknows.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
ToWhom ItMayConcern (@grbbngtheshovel.bsky.social) reply parent
6:54pm????? 😂🤣 Only someone really old and sick goes to bed at 6:54pm.
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
The six reliably pro-Trump justices are "racking up a rap sheet of constitutional abuses of staggering import." ICYMI Philip Allen Lacovara on the coming judgment of history:
LorennaCleary.bsky.social (@lorennacleary.bsky.social) reposted
He put chalk on his shoes then walked on the Pulse Memorial crosswalk. Police arrested him. But the court said they had no cause and he was released. The man arrested is now considering suing the state of Florida citing first amendment right violations.
Timothy McBride (@mcbridetd.bsky.social) reposted
Absurd and outrageous map would lead to a 7-1 GOP margin in a state that is often split about 60-40 GOP by creating an absurd district 5 that spans about two thirds of the way across the state, 200 miles from West to East Oppose this.
ToWhom ItMayConcern (@grbbngtheshovel.bsky.social)
What are we doing?
Suri Crowe 🥷7️⃣ (@suricrowe.bsky.social) reposted
“in six months sec. kennedy has undermined 60 years of vaccine preventable diseases in this country.” dr. tom frieden frmr dir of CDC let that sink in-the damage this regime has inflicted on us.
ToWhom ItMayConcern (@grbbngtheshovel.bsky.social) reply parent
It literally took the time once to remind me of my mother's funeral. 😂 Yeah, that was a super fun memory. Thanks, Google! 🙄😬 (Yes, I did laugh, because it was so ridiculous.)
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reposted
It's been over 10 years since we had actual weekends without having to think about the horrid political situation in America. This situation will continue to infuriate me.
tamrakat (@tamrakat.bsky.social) reposted
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
WELKER: Do you have 100% confidence in Secretary Kennedy? LANKFORD: I believe he's who the president picked. He's challenging some of the assumption - what is it about autism? He seems to be following the science WELKER: The science has debunked links between autism & vaccines for more than 20 yrs
God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted
Thou shalt not end vaccines. God will not save you from plague. The Middle Ages should’ve made that very clear.
Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine (@papootx.bsky.social) reposted
Texas AG Partizan Attack On Beto Ken Paxton threatens to arrest Beto O'Rourke for fighting the illegal gerrymander of five congressional seats. Speech is no longer Free in Texas! open.substack.com/pub/betoorou...
Freedom Writers Collaborative (@fwcollaborative.bsky.social) reposted
Parents want their kids to receive a good education, but the White House is labeling science and critical thinking as 'radical.' Who benefits from a less informed public? We must protect our children's right to learn! #TruthBrigade
Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) reposted
Imagine being this hateful. Florida should spend more money on its education system and less on trying to marginalize those who are marginalized.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
Trump says museums focus too much on the “negative aspects” of American history, like “how bad slavery was.” And plans to purge cultural institutions. But be clear: he’s not talking about alternately uplifting Black inventors, builders, and leaders we were never taught about…
ToWhom ItMayConcern (@grbbngtheshovel.bsky.social) reply parent
Anyone seriously considering him as a viable candidate for prez really needs to consider stuff like this.
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Who voted for war with Venezuela?
Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran.com) reposted
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
Molly Jong-Fast (@mollyjongfast.bsky.social) reposted
This is the way
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare. Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed. Getting big money out of politics. Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages. If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) reposted
Useful frame for understanding Trumpism from @aselrod.bsky.social: "It’s not merely rule by the worst but an active assault on virtue wherever it exists. Trump/MAGA have turned the country over to the cruelest, most rapacious, and least honorable among us." www.liberalcurrents.com/let-it-burn-...
ToWhom ItMayConcern (@grbbngtheshovel.bsky.social)
Explicit that he DOESN'T have authority over elections it should say. And also, someone tell Bozo that mail-in ballots ARE paper ballots?? #Idiocracy
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted
not just that he has no constitutional authority, there isn't even any particular legal or institutional mechanism by which the president can make anyone treat this as anything other than a weird advisory opinion.
Stardust 🌏🎬 (@stardustbluepr.com) reposted
Netflix co-founder and Democratic megadonor Reed Hastings has given $2 million to help California redraw its House maps in the latest indication of the campaign’s outsize stakes.
ToWhom ItMayConcern (@grbbngtheshovel.bsky.social)
I dearly hope she wins.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
GORKA: Instead of blaming an inanimate object, which is the weapon, how about addressing the human being instead? KEILAR: DHS cut funding in July to the Minnesota Dept of Safety and the Hennepin Country Sheriff's Office in July that is the kind of funding used to assess mass violence threats
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Jones: I want to bring theology into this because you have all these people that want to give thoughts and prayers. But I was a minister, and that is a form of theological malpractice—when you pray for something you have the power to change.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
RADDATZ: One of the things they are trying to do in DC with the National Guard is have them back up local law enforcement WES MOORE: They are picking up trash
United Farm Workers (@ufw.bsky.social) reposted
“Tomas” was tilling the soil in this vegetable field near Bakersfield CA. By 11am it was 97° on this day and Tomas was thankful for the little protection the tractor cab offered from the sun and blowing dust. #WeFeedYou #Calor
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
The Social Security Administration official who exposed that the Department of Government Efficiency had left millions of Americans’ personal data vulnerable says he has been forced to resign due to retaliation. Charles Borges, who served as the SSA’s chief data officer, told
ToWhom ItMayConcern (@grbbngtheshovel.bsky.social) reply parent
What exactly does she claim was happening there, then? There were no riots. LYING. Every single day, just LYING. And the FauxNews crowd laps it up.
tweety (@bluskypolitics.bsky.social) reposted
🔴 Need a laugh , today ? 🤭🤣🙃🤭 #Dogsky #Dogs 🐥
Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist (@drandrealove.bsky.social) reposted
RFK Jr cut half a billion dollars in research funding for mRNA vaccines. He & Marty Makary claim mRNA vaccines are “risky” so they’ll shift to “traditional, older” vaccine tech that’s “safer.” Guess what? We used to immunize people by blowing powdered smallpox scabs up their noses. 1/
Timothy McBride (@mcbridetd.bsky.social) reposted
The CDC is falling deeper into crisis. What it means for the nation’s health www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
"If you don’t want to tear it down and start from scratch, you’re part of the problem. If you *do* want to tear it down and start from scratch, congratulations, you’re hired." Not much more to it than that.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Pritzker: "We don't want troops on the streets of American cities. That's un-American and frankly the president ought to know better. This one doesn't seem to. He hasn't read any books. He doesn't seem to understand the Constitution or the laws."
Mississippi Free Press (@mississippifreepress.org) reposted
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Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Jones: We have a presidential administration that has more outrage about the changing of the cracker barrel logo than they do about changing the policies that allow our children to be gunned down in school…
Steve Saideman (@smsaideman.bsky.social) reposted
Wait, Paxton thought he was above the law? Where did he get that idea?
Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted
Reminder: Most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender men.
Yung En Chee (@yungenchee.bsky.social) reposted
Don't miss @roycerk2.bsky.social's devastating longread for @drilledmedia.bsky.social "Now the bloom is underway, there is nothing that can be done to stop it. What was once considered a distant or theoretical impact of climate change is real and being felt."
The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast.bsky.social) reposted
Network numbers wizard Harry Enten says the president is getting slaughtered on one of his administration’s signature issues.
ToWhom ItMayConcern (@grbbngtheshovel.bsky.social)
Abolish ICE. Abolish CBP. Start over, and hire human beings this time to handle immigration.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
He won’t let the press anywhere near him. This is getting weirder and weirder.
ToWhom ItMayConcern (@grbbngtheshovel.bsky.social)
More Christo-fascist bull crap. They don't even pretend it is about religion unless it's their version of religion.
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.
Malcolm P. Johnson (@admiralmpj.bsky.social) reposted
Are you trying to tell me that having loads of troops in the streets ISN'T working the way Donald Trump says it is? www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Catfish (@stlcatfishmike.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Actually when it comes to shifting the earths balance around this is bigger than dams also earthquakes and a negative feedback loop www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
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...
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD (@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social) reposted
New Mexico is overriding the federal government on the topic of COVID19 vaccines to ensure their residents can access them. States hold a tremendous amount of public health power. They should use it.
ToWhom ItMayConcern (@grbbngtheshovel.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, I got a DM from someone I know on Facebook about a few weeks ago with some BS like this. She is way down the Q rabbit hole, so I'm gonna guess it is something with the Q crowd. 'Those not walking in the light will panic to their core', we're all watching a movie, all will be revealed, etc. 🙄
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
If you aren’t completely loyal to the regime or dare to voice dissent, you risk being removed. Time and again, anyone who stands up is pushed out. Most recently, the Environmental Protection Agency dismissed eight employees after they
Mama Murphy☘️ (@mamamurphy.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Tens of thousands of federal employees were pushed out for just doing our jobs. Won’t matter if you speak out or not, they’ll eventually get around to you. So MAKE SOME NOISE and tell the truth about what’s happening.
ToWhom ItMayConcern (@grbbngtheshovel.bsky.social) reply parent
Disgusting. 🤮
ToWhom ItMayConcern (@grbbngtheshovel.bsky.social) reply parent
😂🤣😂🤣😂
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits
ToWhom ItMayConcern (@grbbngtheshovel.bsky.social) reply parent
It's a much more beautiful place. but Alberta is the Texas of Canada.