Nancy Levine Stearns š (@nancylevinestearns.bsky.social) reposted
Trump, today: āThe violence comes largely from the left.ā The Heritage Foundation, authors of Project 2025, a blueprint for Trumpās presidency, tweeted on July 3, 2024:
Logic refugee drifting upon a sea of nonsense We rarely have the power to make things better. We always have the power to make things worse. Words of Wisdom: If you can't remember whether you washed your butt while in the shower, wash it again.
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Trump, today: āThe violence comes largely from the left.ā The Heritage Foundation, authors of Project 2025, a blueprint for Trumpās presidency, tweeted on July 3, 2024:
Andy Craig (@andycraig.bsky.social) reposted
A bit underplayed that the Homan sting didn't reportedly come out of a public corruption investigation, it was a counter-intelligence one. Which means they somehow made the not-very-far leap to him from initially targeting a foreign and almost certainly state actor.
š šø Allie-froglegs šøš (@allie-froglegs.bsky.social) reposted
Itāll be interesting to see how he weasels out of this one, apologies to all weasels for the slight. ššøš¦ www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Adam Schwarz (@adamjschwarz.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Charlie Kirk's grieving widow had just left the stage moments before the fireworks for Trump kicked off. Just so wildly and blatantly inappropriate for a memorial service for someone else. Fucking nuts.
hippothoughtamus.bsky.social (@hippothoughtamus.bsky.social) reply parent
Their trailers can only fit so much.
hippothoughtamus.bsky.social (@hippothoughtamus.bsky.social) reply parent
He's a fascist that is against the very foundation of the "West", which is liberal democracy. How can he "save" it when his dogmatism is the very thing it was created to overcome?
David Corn (@davidcorn.bsky.social) reposted
Donald Trump: Charlie Kirk "did not hate his opponents. He wanted the best for them. That's where I disagree with Charlie. I hate my opponent, and I don't want the best for them." In 2023, Kirk called for the execution of Joe Biden.
Clara Jeffery (@clarajeffery.bsky.social) reposted
Superstitions of all kinds is part of the reason why we are here
Auntiefa (@auntiefax4.bsky.social) reposted
www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/a...
George Mellie (@mellieman.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Yes indeed⦠also worth pointing out that Bob Maxwell fraudulently plundered the Mirror Group Newspapers pension fund, stealing hundreds of millions of pounds from the company's staff. So thereās no love lost between the paper/staff and the Maxwell family, but the headline is on point.
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
Why does it take a BRITISH newspaper to break a story like this? Where the hell is the American media? š¤Ø
Michael E. Mann (@michaelemann.bsky.social) reposted
"Some say we can āsolar-engineerā ourselves out of the climate crisis. Donāt buy it" [even if it's being sold by the #NewYorkTimes] | My evergreen @theguardian.com commentary with Ray Pierrehumbert: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
BASH: Trump is redefining free speech as speech that's only favorable to him. I can't imagine you're ok w/ that as somebody who swore an oath to the Constitution MULLIN: He didn't say free speech. He said cheating & what he was referring to are elections B: No. That's not what he was talking about
Mary šØš¦ (@marythemuser.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
1/2 Canadian government doesnāt sell arms to Israel, nor does it provide funding. We have an arms embargo. If youāre referring to the report published a couple weeks ago, it was that some āprivateā companies have used the licenses issued by the government to sell bullets, which
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Raskin: "He wants to condition the public to the idea that it's completely legitimate for the president not only to be ordering prosecutions of particular people over the objections of prosecutors, but he wants to condition the public to accepting the idea he can do that in public, openly."
Eric Johnson (@erictjohnson.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Does this make the pilots complicit...
Cathy Gellis (@cathygellis.bsky.social) reposted
Congrats to the Democrats in Congress who voted to honor this.
Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) reposted
Trump suggested people shouldnāt feel sorry for Biden over his cancer diagnosis: āBiden was always a stupid guy. A mean SOB.. Not working out too well for him right now. So, when you start feeling sorry for him, remember heās a bad guyā
Aaron Sojourner (@aaronsojourner.org) reposted
If you're too cowardly to speak up individually, organize in one of your many groups (Chamber of Commerce, Business Roundtable, NFIB, NAM...) to speak together.
hippothoughtamus.bsky.social (@hippothoughtamus.bsky.social) reply parent
Clearly not professional law enforcement. They must be convinced they're part of something bigger, without the awareness that they will be tossed in the trash when they're deemed no longer necessary and a liability.
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
A woman protesting outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, was brutally assaulted by goons who used mace and sting balls on her.
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slund (@andersaslund.bsky.social) reposted
Why is Trump demanding that the Taliban gives the Bagram Airbase to Russia. Isn't that too blatantly pro-Putin even for Trump?
hippothoughtamus.bsky.social (@hippothoughtamus.bsky.social) reply parent
It takes a village of villains.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
The secretary of lying thinks we are all morons and acts like we didnāt all see Brendan Carr with our own eyes
The New Republic (@newrepublic.com) reposted
This could be āthe largest public corruption scandal in the history of the United States"āamounting to a $2B bribe from an Emirati royal and the sale of the worldās most valuable artificial intelligence chips to the UAE, despite national security concern. trib.al/iZEOnGq
Rachel Maddow (@maddow.msnbc.com) reposted
this is⦠not how it works. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social) reposted
Another thing about Lindsey Halligan is that she has never prosecuted a case
Mark Jacob (@markjacob.bsky.social) reposted
Oklahoma is not OK.
Andrew Levesque (@andrewlevesque.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Kirk was obscenely hateful. Of this, there can be no doubt. He is no hero, or whatever maga is trying to designate him within its cult...
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
Mike Johnson said this kind of rhetoric is highly inflammatory and incites people.
David Corn (@davidcorn.bsky.social) reposted
Thatās quite the attitude for a journalist. But then she campaigned for Trump, soā¦.
Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) reposted
Guys like this are almost always crooks in addition to be degenerates and abusers. Yet another reason for the opposition to remind everyone. No one stays in power forever. The time will come.
hippothoughtamus.bsky.social (@hippothoughtamus.bsky.social) reply parent
"Everybody was better off nine months ago, including Canada." Sums things up perfectly right there.
Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social) reposted
lol. Emil Bove intervened. The guy that Senate Republicans just confirmed for a lifetime position on the federal bench. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
MSNBC (@msnbc.com) reposted
EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
hippothoughtamus.bsky.social (@hippothoughtamus.bsky.social) reply parent
Almost feels as if the walls are closing in...
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. Itās like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Letās get a grip on whatās happening here.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
New in PN: Kash Patel makes a mockery of Congress "Patelās apparent lack of concern about lying to Congress is just the latest example of the Trump administrationās complete disregard for checks and balances and the rule of law."
Nicholas Grossman (@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social) reposted
A lot of American elites in business, media, politics, etc. use their Twitter feeds to gauge what the public thinks. Yes, still. It's all-too plausible that execs at Disney and some other companies really did believe The People loved Charlie Kirk and demand censorship of anyone saying otherwise.
Thomas Zimmer (@thomaszimmer.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Vought is singularly focused on bending the entire government machine to Trumpās will. He believes that any check on the power of Donald Trump, who Vought literally describes as a āgift of God,ā is illegitimate. There is no line he doesnāt feel justified to cross.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Trump on sending the troops into American cities: "It's sort of like war. I hate to tell you."
Truth Social(ist) (@twitterrefugeeog.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
This mf talking about illegal pardons
Joel on Politics (@joelonpolitics.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
You pardoned J6 criminals, fucker. You can shut all the way the fuck up.
Pete Buttigieg (@petebuttigieg.bsky.social) reposted
Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe. And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) reposted
Trump mustāve heard that Letterman called him an authoritarian criminal
Brian Finucane (@bcfinucane.bsky.social) reposted
This appears to be the 3rd lethal US strike in the Caribbean. Once again, the specific "terrorist" entity targeted is not identified. No legal justification is offered for this premeditated killing. President Trump is asserting a license to kill outside of the law. 1/n
LongTimeš¤FirstTimešØāš» (@longtimehistory.bsky.social) reposted
Chicago mother tries to deliver medicine to ICE processing facilityāagent shoots "less than lethal" bullet directly into her neck. She called ahead and was given permissionābut they refused to let her in. "Give them the medicine for the person inside," she yells to agent. Broadview, Illinois
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Trump: "When 97% of the stories are bad about a person, that's no longer free speech."
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Murphy: "These things work in tandem. The Trump administration offers something to these big companies that will make their owners billionaires then in turn the big companies repress political speech or serve as Trump's propaganda machine. It's a quid pro quo that seems to be happening in open view"
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
š„š§āš¾ MISSOURI FARMER to @RepMarkAlford: āTrump is not helping the farmer. When are you gonna stand up for us instead of kissing his ass?ā cc: @GovBillLee @RepChrisTodd @rustygrills @CSexton25 @RepFaison @WilliamLamberth @SenBrentTaylor @MarshaBlackburn @AndyOgles @RepTimBurchett
Rachel Maddow (@maddow.msnbc.com) reposted
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Jennifer Ouellette (@jenlucpiquant.bsky.social) reposted
Government Threats Against Jimmy Kimmel Are āTruly Emptyā, Democratic FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez Says deadline.com/2025/09/gove...
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
Reporter: āYou said earlier this week that the womenā¦who were protesting when you were at Joe's Stone Crab, should be in jail? Do you actually think that is an offense that deserves jail time?ā Trump: āI don't know how they got in thereā¦Yeah, I think they were a threat.ā
Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) reposted
Trump is about to fire a U.S. attorney because he couldnāt fabricate charges against Letitia James. Pure corruption. Are Republicans fine with this?
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Dr Oz on Newsmax: "On average, the able-bodied individual on Medicaid watches 6.1 hours of television -- that's a lot of your show -- plus they sit around."
Hagen Patrick (@hagen-patrick.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
The able-bodied Medicaid recipient myth is back!
shawn (@mulchy.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
at least twice now, this federal agent has come out of the broadview ice facility with his sidearm drawn. last friday, an ice agent shot and killed a man during a traffic stop nearby in franklin park, illinois.
Kat Abughazaleh (@katmabu.bsky.social) reposted
They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.
Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted
āWith an autocrat, you cannot give an inch,ā Colbert said. āIf ABC thinks that this is going to satisfy the regime, they are woefully naive.ā @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
Late night hosts criticizing the president isnāt new. Having a thin-skinned dictator wannabe who canāt take it is.
Melissa Nadia Viviana (@resistrebelrevolt.net) reposted
š„šÆ Jon Stewart's prophecy from 2022: "When a democracy is under threat: comedians are the ones who get sent away first. Authoritarians are the threat to comedy, to art, to music, to thought, to progress. It ain't the pronoun police, it's the Secret Police. It always has been & it always will be."
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Sheinbaum: I didnāt say this in the meeting, Prime Minister Carney, but Iām saying it right now. We celebrate the constant growth of Canadian tourism in Mexico. We truly celebrate it because we have an increasingly growing number of families and visitors choosing Mexico as their tourist destination.
John Collins (@logicallyjc.bsky.social) reposted
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Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
FCC Chair Brendan Carr says Sinclair has "every right" to demand that Jimmy Kimmel to donate to Turning Point USA
Barack Obama (@barackobama.bsky.social) reposted
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesnāt like.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
New in PN: Dems need get serious about DC statehood. For real. "Republicans act like DC residents need to earn their political rights, something they supposedly have not yet done. But consider this: If DC were populated by white Republicans, would it have statehood by now? We all know the answer."
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
Right-wing Sinclair Broadcasting owns all these local media stations and many others all across America. This is not journalism, it is scripted propaganda.
Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social) reposted
It's not just the authoritarianism ā it's how shameless, how *gleeful* this administration is about it
StrictlyChristo š¦šŗš¦š»āš (@strictlychristo.bsky.social) reposted
Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk Go turn yourself in. theonion.com/report-you-t...
hippothoughtamus.bsky.social (@hippothoughtamus.bsky.social) reply parent
What style of tattoo are they going to assign this group I wonder?
hippothoughtamus.bsky.social (@hippothoughtamus.bsky.social) reply parent
Or they're just like everyone else, just sort of waiting for, well... you know...
Danielle Froom š³ļøāš (@danifroom.bsky.social) reposted
The thing with designating a group that doesn't actually exist as a terrorist organization is that they can then say anyone they want is a part of that group.
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
What happens when comedians are held to stricter standards than vice presidents? An emergency Triad from JVL: www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...
onion person (@junlper.beer) reposted
it looks like the only way to have honest media is directly support them. i currently subscribe to WIRED and rolling stone, and about to subscribe to 404 media. any other WOKE and antifa media orgs i should support?
hippothoughtamus.bsky.social (@hippothoughtamus.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe time for the world to get back to the matter at hand.
Bloomberg News (@bloomberg.com) reposted
Many businesses are overlooking the full extent of their climate risk, even after theyāve experienced the impacts of more extreme weather first-hand, a new survey finds
Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social) reposted
Itās Constitution Day. So, of course, Jimmy Kimmelās show got canceled over comments he made that the administration didnāt like. And DHS Secāy Noem went on an ICE raid where American citizens were detained. Read on for the update you need tonight: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
max tani (@maxtani.bsky.social) reposted
The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmelās band releases a statement calling the FCCās pressure on Disney āstate censorship.ā
Bodhi420 (@bodhi420.bsky.social) reposted
Well, he was friends with Epstein so you do the mathš¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Vance on Trump's strikes on boats: "I wouldn't go fishing right now in that area of the world."
hippothoughtamus.bsky.social (@hippothoughtamus.bsky.social) reply parent
The house of cards will eventually fall.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted reply parent
Cassidy is fed up with Markwayne Mullin's antics
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Wow- Cassidy says that "I understand that Sen Mullin implied there was a recording of the meeting between Dr Monarez and Sec Kennedy. I will note that if materials have been provided to Mullin, they are official committee records...if it does not exist, I ask Mullin to retract his line of questions"
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
SWALWELL: Did you ever tell the AG that Trump's name is in the Epstein files PATEL: The AG and I have had numerous discussions about the entirety of the Epstein files S: Did you tell AG that Trump's name is in the files? P: *crashes out* S: We'll take your evasiveness as consciousness of guilt
ChrisāļøJustice (@chrisjustice01.bsky.social) reposted
Rep Troy Nehls praising Patel is corrupt to the core
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Nehls to Kash Patel: "I would say if Charlie Kirk lived in Biblical times, he'd have been the 13th disciple."
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Jayapal to Patel: "Are you going to continue to coverup for the rich and powerful men including those that might be on this committee or are you going to allow them to testify?!?!"
PBS News (@pbsnews.org) reposted
Sen. Bill Cassidy: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. expected you to change the childhood vaccine schedule, despite a lack of science or data to support that move? Former CDC Director Susan Monarez: "Correct."
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reposted
More Republican pedophilia. This Trump-loving judge bought child sexual abuse material from the UK. They found a flash drive containing videos and images depicting child sexual abuse, including videos and images of minors, infants and toddlers engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
hippothoughtamus.bsky.social (@hippothoughtamus.bsky.social) reply parent
It's what despots do.
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
The chief executive repeatedly threatening reporters with retribution to go after their employer with government power and lawsuits every time they ask a question he doesnāt like is what autocrats do. So much of what Trump does every single day is what autocrats do.
hippothoughtamus.bsky.social (@hippothoughtamus.bsky.social) reply parent
Does the entire admin practice the smarmy villain face in the mirror? If they even have reflections that is.
Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) reposted
Lavrov: The Russian army never strikes at civil society and the civilian population. Liar. Warmonger. Criminal.
Muriel (@murielseabright.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Someone should ask Pam Bondi about the campus shooting at FSU in April that killed 2 and injured 7. The shooter was a Trump fan and active in the local TPUSA chapter.
Sen. Adam Schiff (@schiff.senate.gov) reposted
Kash Patelās desperate audition to keep his job must have been deeply disturbing to the professionals at the FBI who deserve a real Director, not a troll.
Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) reposted
according to an immigration attorney representing several arrested workers, ICE agents chose to arrest the Korean workers to fulfill the quota of 3,000 daily immigrant arrests set by Stephen Miller www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Tim Walz: "I've been telling people since January it's going to get worse before it gets better, but it is going to come to an end. History is not going to be kind to these people. History is going to remember them for what they're trying to do. It's not what they're going to get done."
hippothoughtamus.bsky.social (@hippothoughtamus.bsky.social) reply parent
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...