nancabell.bsky.social (@nancabell.bsky.social) reposted
Kentucky… seriously 😡 GET RID of him😡👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
M Meerkat (@kackbro.bsky.social) reposted
Chump will Fall for Anything that Obama Does Better than Him....🙏
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 )
Asha Rangappa (@asharangappa.bsky.social) reposted
The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction for disputes between states (meaning they can actually file the lawsuit there, rather than have it go up on appeal). This would be a good time for Illinois to utilize it.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Under Dr. Oz, Medicare is launching a pilot program that will use AI to determine whether patients would be covered for certain procedures. Companies running the program will be paid a share of the savings from rejecting claims. Who in their right mind voted for this? No one.
Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted
“The Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building stands visible as protesters dressed as handmaids from The Handmaid's Tale march on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.” @gettyimages.com
Dr. Jack Brown (@drjackbrown.bsky.social) reposted
“Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
Jeffrey Epstein survivors say they haven't had any contact with the DOJ
Mike Innocenzi (@pantagrapher.bsky.social) reposted
Texas loaded busses with desperate migrants and dropped them off in Chicago like trash in the middle of winter. We welcomed them into our communities. Now Texas is sending its National Guard to terrorize them on our streets. In our neighborhoods. What the fuck.
Maggie Tokuda-Hall (@maggietokudahall.bsky.social) reposted
death is a kinky bitch, just edging a whole nation
hebelkins.bsky.social (@hebelkins.bsky.social) reply parent
The abused become the abuser, welcome to Boston. Don’t be fooled by the blue, the Irish catholic roots of racism run deep here. White entitlement is vile.
GodlessPrimate (@godlessprimate.bsky.social) reposted
He's looking to unseat Susan Collins in Maine. If you live in Maine, check this guy out.
Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com) reposted
So lovely! pomological.art
Kat Abughazaleh (@katmabu.bsky.social) reposted
If you hear about a Mexican Independence Day celebration in your area, go. There is strength in numbers and — especially if you’re white — you can protect your community just by being there and not flinching if ICE shows up. These goons are cowards. Don’t be one.
Michael (@fleerultra.bsky.social) reposted
don’t love shooting a missile at a boat that appears to be just chugging along harming nobody (and, if it contained drugs, could’ve easily been interdicted). really don’t love posting satellite snuff footage of it on social media.
David Simon (@audacityofdespair.bsky.social) reposted
So the U.S. military just blew up 11 people on the open sea in an extrajudicial massacre, saying they were dangerous drug traffickers but offering no court prior evidence to claim such. And other military units are patrolling U.S. cities with guns and no training in criminal procedure. Cool, cool.
Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com) reposted
Background from @lawfaremedia.org on the limits of Title 32, Section 502(f): "If a ... president were to ... ask governors to send unfederalized Guard personnel into a nonconsenting state—as opposed to a non-state jurisdiction like D.C.—that deployment would violate the Constitution."
Sam Youngman (@samyoungman.bsky.social) reposted
To be a political reporter in 2025, you have to be gullible enough to believe that a convicted felon who launched a violent coup attempt is worried about crime. Or you just have to be willing to pretend you’re that gullible. Either way, we deserve better.
Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social) reposted
Now THAT's an advertisement.
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
So they re-released most of the same shit they gave the GOP binder crew in February? Color me shocked. Never thought I’d say this, but I’m with Massie. Release the rest of the damn Epstein files, not this cherry-picked bullshit.
Carter P. Hayes (@allchronology.com) reposted
✂️ A Louisiana prison shaved a Rastafarian inmate’s dreadlocks—handcuffing him to a chair and cutting off the core of his faith. Now the Supreme Court is being asked: can prisoners ever hold officials accountable when their religion is trampled? ⚖️🕊️
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Senate Democrats: DO NOT FUND the government when the current continuing resolution expires at the end of the month. SHUT IT DOWN unless DC is funded, the troops are withdrawn from our cities, elections are protected, the Epstein files are released in full... SHUT IT DOWN.
hebelkins.bsky.social (@hebelkins.bsky.social) reply parent
bsky.app/profile/scho...
muscular baby jeb lund (@mobute.bsky.social) reposted
you'd think the governor of illinois basically going "we're being invaded by an authoritarian" would be something you'd see real easy on the front page of most everything an hour later
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Pritzker: "We have reason to believe that the Trump administration has already begun staging the Texas National Guard for deployment in Illinois."
hebelkins.bsky.social (@hebelkins.bsky.social) reply parent
Wrong question, is there a Burger Queen?
DaAngryPacifist (@daangrypacifist.bsky.social) reposted
Disturbing video shows lawmaker stuffing ballots in swing state that Trump only won by 80,000 votes localstories247.com/lawmaker-cau...
The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) reposted
Breaking news: The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has released 33,295 pages of documents related to convicted sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein in what is expected to be the first in a series of documents made public.
hebelkins.bsky.social (@hebelkins.bsky.social) reply parent
Is it named ‘big balls’? Small excuses seem to be on brand.
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
Dave Levitan (@davelevitan.bsky.social) reposted
I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable
ACLU (@aclu.org) reposted
President Trump deployed military troops and federal agents to DC and LA to respond to made-up emergencies, and is now threatening to do the same in other cities across the country.
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
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
BREAKING: Mayor Muriel Bowser ALLOWS federal law enforcement INDEFINITELY in DC. Gift article: wapo.st/3VyXMcY
Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) reposted
Lutnick Family Angling To Make Astronomical Sums Off Court Nixing Tariffs talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/lutni...
hebelkins.bsky.social (@hebelkins.bsky.social)
So Colorado was a distraction from this.
hebelkins.bsky.social (@hebelkins.bsky.social) reply parent
Just Dance is foaming at the mouth waiting for him to die, that swarmy smirk is ghastly.
hebelkins.bsky.social (@hebelkins.bsky.social) reply parent
Is it still happening?? Ugh. Maybe he’ll talk himself to death with all the stimulants they must have him on.
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.
hebelkins.bsky.social (@hebelkins.bsky.social) reply parent
This is reckless and extremely dangerous. What the actual fuck… bsky.app/profile/char...
A smile 4 U :) (@a-smile-4u.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Yep....(Please end every post with #EpsteinFiles don't let them distract us). Pass it on.
hebelkins.bsky.social (@hebelkins.bsky.social)
They are really trying all the stupid tricks.
Dr. Jen Gunter (@drjengunter.bsky.social) reposted
I used to read books like Lord of the Rings or watch movies like Star Wars and think the villains were unbelievable. And of course, now watching the tech oligarchs (who could not spend all their money if they tried) destroy civilization for power, I’m like, guess I was wrong. People are that awful.
hebelkins.bsky.social (@hebelkins.bsky.social)
Please read. This is so dangerous, especially considering how Putin, Xi and Kim Jong Un are meeting right now. apple.news/A6zUj4YdPRsa...
Robert Garcia (@robertgarcia.bsky.social) reposted
This week, Oversight Committee Dems are meeting with many of the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. We will listen to their stories and continue our work to seek justice against anyone responsible for these horrific crimes.
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.
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.
Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein.bsky.social) reposted
OVER THE WEEKEND: Wisconsin liberal activist and brewer Kirk Bangstad files class-action lawsuit in federal court in Madison, WI over masking of ICE agents. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal.bsky.social) reposted
Evergreen, yo
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.
hebelkins.bsky.social (@hebelkins.bsky.social) reply parent
This is a pre-civil war type maneuver. I wish it was just stupid.
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted
Vance follows a coterie of online Nazis on X, has described Curtis Yarvin as a major intellectual influence, and openly attacks immigrants in blood and soil terms. The response of most of the political press? "Doesn't look like anything to me."
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.
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
Pretty damn good campaign launch video from Paige Cognetti.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
“LIKE A BROKEN RECORD” Now that the @nytimes is reporting Modi and Trump had a falling out over Trump’s lie that he deserves credit for the India-Pakistan ceasefire, we re-submit to you this clip of an Indian anchor calling him out months ago — even as 🇺🇸 media wouldn’t.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
Man, I feel this. 🙏🏽😭
AltUSCustoms (@altuscustoms.altgov.info) reposted
🚨🚨🚨If you live anywhere in the greater Chicago area…ICE will start using Great Lakes Naval Station as a command center for their “enforcement” operations across Chicago on Sept 5. The base isn’t in the city or Cook County. It’s north, in Lake County. Expect raids across entire the metropolitan area.
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?
Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social) reposted
Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
something something two weeks tremendous never seen anything like it huge many people saying
Silverwynde #8647 (@silverwynde.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Oh, it gets worse: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
This should be getting far more attention from the media, and it should be investigated as a hate crime. A 14-year-old Black teen was targeted, beaten, and dehumanized with racial slurs by white teens while people stood around cheering. 1/4
Jess Piper (@piperformissouri.bsky.social) reposted
I don’t know if you all remember, but Sharice Davids was reelected in Kansas even after the GOP gerrymandered her district…
Al Jazeera English (@aljazeera.com) reposted
Videos show the moment two pro-Palestinian protesters threw red paint at Israeli singer David D’Or and disrupted his concert at the Warsaw Festival in Poland. Following the incident, the singer said he was "proud to be Israeli".
Susie Dent (@susiedent.com) reposted
An ‘ultracrepidarian’ (19th century) is one who loves to give their opinion, at length, on matters they know nothing about.
hebelkins.bsky.social (@hebelkins.bsky.social) reply parent
THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hebelkins.bsky.social (@hebelkins.bsky.social) reply parent
Purchased at hobby lobby for sure.
hebelkins.bsky.social (@hebelkins.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m thinking Vance is behind these posts, I mean one about woody Allen and Giuliani in the same day? Right before the Epstein hearing?
hebelkins.bsky.social (@hebelkins.bsky.social) reply parent
There is punctuation being used correctly, totally sus.
hebelkins.bsky.social (@hebelkins.bsky.social) reply parent
Excellent point. Maybe a reverse stroke where he starts speaking in coherent sentences?
dewbubu (@dewbert.social) reposted
Got a jarring reminder of the situation in DC just as soon as we turned on to Eastern Avenue (which serves as the MD/DC border)… MPD assisting with what looked like an ICE operation. MPD officer wearing a full face garter, just like the mayor said they weren’t supposed to. 😡
hebelkins.bsky.social (@hebelkins.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, I didn’t get that far.
hebelkins.bsky.social (@hebelkins.bsky.social) reply parent
This podcast made me want to die. Are you sure jvl isn’t working for maga? He sure as hell knows how to demoralize the resistance. I will make sure to avoid his appearances in the future. Tim, you can stay in the rotation.
hebelkins.bsky.social (@hebelkins.bsky.social) reply parent
So he didn’t write this. Punctuation is actually present. This is setting the stage for him being ousted after the sept 3rd hearing, if he is actually still alive. Just Dance and Nazi Miller are chomping at the bit to turbo charge this authoritarian take over. Of course, just my take.
hebelkins.bsky.social (@hebelkins.bsky.social) reply parent
1000%!!!
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
Portland, Maine crowd as Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner takes the stage today.
hebelkins.bsky.social (@hebelkins.bsky.social) reply parent
Is Illuminati the new word for each section of a long post? If so, then yes, I was also didn’t make it past the second Illuminati.
hebelkins.bsky.social (@hebelkins.bsky.social) reply parent
MAGA with an accent.
hebelkins.bsky.social (@hebelkins.bsky.social) reply parent
No, that’s an Arby’s sandwich in my pocket.
hebelkins.bsky.social (@hebelkins.bsky.social) reply parent
So Giuliani has the Epstein files?🙄
Kat Abughazaleh (@katmabu.bsky.social) reposted
Revoking an entire nationality’s visas is collective punishment and never acceptable — especially in this moment when millions of Palestinians lack equal rights, basic healthcare, and so much more at home, forcing them out of the US is unfathomably cruel. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
I Post Animal Vids... 😊 (@realjfairclough.bsky.social) reposted
Difference between a husky and border collie... 👀😅🤣 #dog #dogday #bluesky
Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social) reposted
1/ If you are feeling overwhelmed by the fast paced of legal news, remember that it’s deliberate. It’s a strategy Trump uses, flooding the zone in hopes that people will tune out. Read what you need to know here to get ready for the week: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
Luba Howard (@marynlm.bsky.social) reposted
apnews.com/article/trum... plans a hefty tax on imported drugs, risking higher prices and shortages
Jonathan Slater (@jonathanslater.bsky.social) reposted
Their County is changing up automatic trash bins. But this kindness is still what matters
Greed Apocalypse (@juanmunoz.bsky.social) reposted
flip.it/a.bdRg
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
AP: “When Trump awarded a contract for $1.2 billion for 🇺🇸’s largest immigration detention complex, it handed it to Acquisition Logistics LLC, a small biz with no experience… its address a modest home in suburban Virginia.”🤔 Golden Age of Corruption. apnews.com/article/trum...
darren32359.bsky.social (@darren32359.bsky.social) reposted
Daniel A. Hoyt (@danhoyt.bsky.social) reposted
RFK Jr., driving away with Rudy Guliani tied to the roof of his car
Helen Kennedy (@helenkennedy.bsky.social) reposted
The police version of the crash, as relayed by a local Manchester reporter, is unsurprisingly quite different from what Giuliani's spokesman says. The whole thing is even more murky now, however. manchester.inklink.news/rudy-giulian...
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) reposted
I’ve heard wall streeters are buying up the tariff refund rights from importers as speculative investments.
Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com) reposted
NEW: Judge Sooknanan now orders the govt to explain why it has failed to meet her 4 p.m. ET deadline to give a status update on the Guatemalan children who are supposed to be removed from planes and returned to Office of Refugee Resettlement custody.