Philip Morton
@hopeaintlost.bsky.social
Screenwriter & archived @HuffPost. Views expressed r my own except all others I like! #NoDemUnder1K #Resist #FBR #Biden #feminism #Vote #Blue 💙 http://mortonphilm.com
created December 3, 2023
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Pete Quily (@pqpolitics.bsky.social) reposted
At the time, it appeared (serial adulterer #RFKjr) had a woman in almost every city, including at least five in Toronto; one in Paris; others in Palm Beach and Pensacola, Fla.; Alaska; Aspen, Colo.; Miami; Montreal, and Cleveland. #sexaddict nypost.com/2024/09/21/u...
KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 (@kojamf.bsky.social) reposted
𝑱𝒐𝒆𝒚 𝑷𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒚 "Hold The Line - Toto did a mixture of the original solo, Steve Lukather’s Live solo version and my own improvisation… hope you guys like it"
𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭 🩷 (@jastuart68.bsky.social) reposted
The state of America: Cyndi Lauper changes the lyrics to Girls Just Want to Have Fun to Girls Just Want Fundamental Rights.....
Tania J. Spencer (@taniaspencer.bsky.social) reposted
Tackling government manufactured #Stigma around #LongCOVID is the cornerstone of raising awareness about the need to count/treat/fund/prevent Long COVID. But governments won't address/mention Long COVID because it undermines their weak fiction that the pandemic is over. It very much isn't -
Ian Scott (@polpo.org) reposted
Yesterday we visited Green Mountain Falls, CO to visit the kinetic sculpture Off the Beaten Path by Patrick Shearn. I wasn’t ready for just how dynamic it was even in the slightest breeze. Reminds me of a murmuration of starlings. Incredible artwork. It’ll only be up through October 19th.
WuTangIsForTheChildren (@wutangforchildren.bsky.social) reposted
Some new street art spotted in DC 🤣
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.
Ron Sexsmith (@ronsexsmith.bsky.social) reposted
Sad to hear of Graham Greene's passing... Such a wonderful actor and a very nice man I got to meet him on a few occasions as we both lived here in Stratford and even got to sing for him once at his "Walk Of Fame" ceremony. Huge loss RS
Philip Morton (@hopeaintlost.bsky.social) reply parent
Also theorized as why there is life on Earth!
Philip Morton (@hopeaintlost.bsky.social) reply parent
And why is the press complacent and acting like it’s normal?
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"
I Post Animal Vids... 😊 (@realjfairclough.bsky.social) reposted
Having a bad day?? Here's a pick me up... 😊 #bluesky #nature #animals
Fighting Liberal Texas Dem🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 (@fightingliberal.bsky.social) reposted
Turns out Trump can’t turn active-duty troops into police officers https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/9/2/2341474/-Turns-out-Trump-can-t-turn-active-duty-troops-into-police-officers?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Lori Chavez-DeRemer: "I was elected as the Labor Secretary for all Americans" (She was not elected)
Philip Morton (@hopeaintlost.bsky.social) reply parent
😂😂😂
tweety (@bluskypolitics.bsky.social) reposted
🔴 Need a laugh , today ? 🤭🤣🙃🤭 #Dogsky #Dogs 🐥
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
NEW: Jeanine Pirro and the Trump DOJ suffered MASSIVE embarrassment this past week as they keep failing to get federal grand juries to indict dissidents. Andy McCabe and I discuss on today's UnJustified. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Mike Black (@mikeblack114.bsky.social) reposted
lol if I still talked to any of my family I could get some galaxy brained takes on how good of an idea this obviously is
Philip Morton (@hopeaintlost.bsky.social) reply parent
This is literally his argument? What does he do when he gets sick? Go to his neighbors?
Zach Wahls (@zachwahls.bsky.social) reposted
Iowans want a fighter, not a follower, in the Senate. At age 19, I fought against corrupt politicians to protect my family. As a State Senator, I stood up to leaders of both parties who were screwing Iowa families. And in the U.S. Senate, I'll never back down.
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
He’s providing them with valuable mulching experience though.
James Hughes (@dystopian-fashion.bsky.social) reposted
Television legend Stephen Colbert has just signed a $13.5 million deal with Netflix for a 7-episode series.
Philip Morton (@hopeaintlost.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s all rework for the 2026 election. Have troops in every major democratic city to chill the vote.
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.
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
Mark Hamill (@markhamillofficial.bsky.social) reposted
The fun would be watching Chump's reaction to it. 🤯 #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is. This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
Philip Morton (@hopeaintlost.bsky.social) reply parent
And…?
Philip Morton (@hopeaintlost.bsky.social) reply parent
The swollen ankles imply circulation weakness, The drop/dragging left leg implies neurological issues, The bruising on hand could be daily Iv to sustain health, The increased babbling, loss of focus, confusion implies early onset dementia, Some say it all implies congestive heart failure.
Philip Morton (@hopeaintlost.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m sure they get at least 12/mpg!
Robert Loerzel (@robertloerzel.bsky.social) reposted
Today on “The Daily” podcast, an alarming interview with the doctor who just quit as C.D.C.’s vaccine chief www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/p...
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
Kellogg was sidelined specifically because he’s a better negotiator. They aren’t actually trying to end this war.
Philip Morton (@hopeaintlost.bsky.social) reply parent
How bad are the Epstein files that 1000 fbi agents working to white wash Trump out of it, couldn’t?
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Mike Johnson makes clear that when Congress returns next week he's going to work tirelessly to cover up the Epstein files
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
RULE ABOUT AMERICAN FLAGS: If you burn the fabric part, you're looking at jail. But it you use the pole part to assault a police officer, you get a presidential pardon, praise, and some cash.
Philip Morton (@hopeaintlost.bsky.social)
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Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) reposted
This administration of extremists, quacks, and grifters continues to endanger the lives and health of millions
NotreDale (@notredale.bsky.social) reposted
BlueSky brace for Dad joke overload. All servers to full power to process “turns out you can’t indict a hand sandwich afterall” DOS attack. We will need auxiliary power for “sub-par” and “my hero” comments.
AFL-CIO (@aflcio.org) reposted
Something is wrong with a system where 76% of workers say they’re worried to make ends meet, while greedy corporate CEOs make 285x what the median worker does. Working people don’t have to accept this. A union contract is how we fight back.
US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal Democrat (@us-political-news.bsky.social) reposted
Chilling Report Shows How Trump Has Decimated Federal Workforce... newrepublic.com/post/199692/...
Fred Guttenberg (@fredguttenberg.bsky.social) reposted
Philip Morton (@hopeaintlost.bsky.social) reply parent
His strength...may just be his strength, which he's used well to excel himself and his team. She's not looking for another writer. Maybe she found a good team mate.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Frey: I think the impetus has to be on all of us to recognize that we've got more guns in this country than we have people, and it's on all of us to recognize the truth and the reality that we can't just say that this shouldn't happen again, and then allow it to happen again and again
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Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
This is very bad news. Louisiana won't even defend its own map in SCOTUS. It abandoned its own Black voters. Those of us committed to defending the VRA are now entirely on our own. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Welch: He claims that he's the law and order president. But we all know that's a lie because he's a convicted felon. He pardons convicted felons, he surrounds himself with obsequious people that kiss his all day, every day
Street Art Utopia (@streetartutopia.com) reposted
"A mural of the Statue of Liberty in shame" by JDL Street Ar in Lille , Roubaix France 🇫🇷
The New York Times (@nytimes.com) reposted
“Give your kids an extra hug and kiss today.” Jesse Merkel spoke at a news conference outside Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, where his 8-year-old son, Fletcher, was one of two children fatally shot at a back-to-school Mass on Wednesday. Read more: nyti.ms/45HBSKN
David Combest (@decombest.bsky.social) reposted
Chicago keeping art alive:
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
TheCatMan (@bigbrohem.bsky.social) reposted
Mike Luckovich (@mluckovich.bsky.social) reposted
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
NEW: A federal grand jury has REFUSED to indict sandwich guy! I imagine the DoJ will keep trying. They have two weeks, at which point they’ll have to drop the charges or reduce it to a misdemeanor. 🥪 www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Kelcie Moseley-Morris (@kelciemmorris.bsky.social) reposted
I visited the last Planned Parenthood clinic in Idaho today and spoke with two women in their 40s who were there for appointments. Both were absolutely bursting at the seams with anger over the political situation. I work from home so much now that it was intense to witness in person.
Raw Story (@rawstory.com) reposted
A former CNN anchor issued a dire warning on Wednesday about the "intentions" of the Trump administration.
God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted
Those who have the power to stop mass shootings can go to hell with their "thoughts and prayers." Do something about it, you evil bastards.
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
AMERICA: “It’s a mental health issue.” REST OF THE WORLD: “We have those. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA: “It’s video games.” WORLD: “We have those too. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA B: “It’s cause they took Jesus out of the classroom.” WORLD: “God, you’re stupid.”
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.
Rex Huppke (@rexhuppke.bsky.social) reposted
It’s almost as if appointing an anti-vax lunatic with zero qualifications to oversee America’s health was a numbskull idea and everybody with a functioning brain knew it.
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
CHAOS ERUPTS AT CDC CDC Director Susan Monarez has been ousted after RFK Jr. demanded she change her policy on the COVID vaccine. Top officials from the Vaccine Unit, Zoonotic Division, and the Chief Medical Officer are resigning, per reports. Horrifying news for public health.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.
Larry Hochman (@larryhochman.bsky.social) reposted
EPSTEIN Epstein Epstein Epstein Government buying stake in private companies: socialism Epstein Epstein Epstein President having stakes in those companies: corruption Epstein Epstein Epstein Worrying about Cracker Barrel logo instead of governing Epstein Epstein Epstein EPSTEIN
Tina Smith (@smith.senate.gov) reposted
Please send all of your prayers and strength to the doctors, nurses and hospital staff caring for these children and the families in those waiting rooms. All of Minnesota is with you ❤️
Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) reposted
"Is Trump Embracing Socialism With His Intel Deal?" This is a huge opportunity for the left, writes @graceblakeley.substack.com for Zeteo. Because the question is not now 'big government or free markets?' It's 'who controls the economy – the elites or the people?' Must-read:
Mark Harris (@markharris.bsky.social) reposted
"Which side was the killer on?" The side of killing. Now ask which "side" wants everyone in America to have easy access to guns.
Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch.bsky.social) reposted
To the Canadians who follow here, pay attention: apnews.com/article/denm...
Philip Morton (@hopeaintlost.bsky.social) reply parent
I did! And all done on film back then (and transferred to VT) if you can imagine. I'd source from news companies massive stock footage libraries, though radar art done by brilliant Bob Pook graphic artist from first day of SNL (and later for David Letterman and others)
Philip Morton (@hopeaintlost.bsky.social)
Some grandmas knit... www.reddit.com/r/MxRMods/co...
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Psaki: I felt a mixture of anger—a lot of anger—and emotional exhaustion about this today, as I’m sure many of you have, because we have been here so many times. And yet again, like clockwork, half the politicians in our country have little more to offer than thoughts and prayers.
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
Philip Morton (@hopeaintlost.bsky.social)
Philip Morton (@hopeaintlost.bsky.social) reply parent
If Biden said it FoxNews would melt down 24/7 for five weeks about FEDERAL OVER REACH! THE PRESIDENT'S A TYRANT! etc. They can't do that here because it would be the truth, which goes against their mission statement.
John Collins (@logicallyjc.bsky.social) reposted
DJT: “I have the right to do anything I want to do. I’m the President of the United States.” This would have been considered a pretty shocking statement under any other circumstances.
Philip Morton (@hopeaintlost.bsky.social) reply parent
Imagine the folks picking them up in carpool at school. Quite the moment.
Anthony Michael Kreis (@anthonymkreis.bsky.social) reposted
GRAND JURY NULLIFICATION! Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Glitter Jedi Fellina (@glitterjedi.bsky.social) reposted
I Post Animal Vids... 😊 (@realjfairclough.bsky.social) reposted
This argument is an Absolute Cinema... 👀😅🤣 #cat #catday #bluesky #animals
poolside424.bsky.social (@poolside424.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Philip Morton (@hopeaintlost.bsky.social) reply parent
if Biden said this, FoxNews would report the PRESIDENT HAS COGNITIVE DECLINE 24/7 for 3 weeks.
Acid Rain (@bearysweet.bsky.social) reposted
Fancy an all-you-can-eat salmon buffet? Then head on over to Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. It's the salmon run season right now, and the waterfall is absolutely swarming with bears. They've all gotten so chubby from feasting. 🐻🧸 Yummy.. #nationalpark #bears #salmon #wildlife
Ray McKigney (@raymckigney.bsky.social) reposted
I wish I had come up with this term. All the President’s ‘Butt Snorkelers’
I Post Animal Vids... 😊 (@realjfairclough.bsky.social) reposted
“You’re not a cow!” 👀😅🤣 #dog #dogday #bluesky
I Post Animal Vids... 😊 (@realjfairclough.bsky.social) reposted
Sheep dog puppy's first day on the job... 🐑 #dog #dogday #bluesky
Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social) reposted
I’ve said it before but reading all the medieval history books I’ve been reading lately has been so comforting. Makes you realize that there have always been mad and incompetent kings and they almost always die in ignominy and everyone piles shit on them for centuries after they’re gone.
Philip Morton (@hopeaintlost.bsky.social) reply parent
😂😂 As a hobbyist of Roman history what you're saying is so true. The sequence of competence, followed by incompetent loons, followed by competence, followed by insane incompetent whack jobs, followed by competence is staggering. And the minting/destroying of coins/statues was big repeat business!
John Scalzi (@scalzi.com) reposted
FUCK YEAH SCIENCE arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) reposted
here's today's post: "suck-ups and flunkies agree: Dear Leader is the bestest fuckwit ever" — scenes from a batshit cabinet meeting. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
Philip Morton (@hopeaintlost.bsky.social)
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
Philip Morton (@hopeaintlost.bsky.social)
MAGA freaks out when a logo is changed, outraged, furious, hysteria! When there's a school shooting? Outrage over lax gun laws? Crickets. Celebration because shooter was marginalized, vulnerable, recently stripped of rights and protection? They're thrilled.
Billy Hanlon (@bhanlon15.bsky.social) reposted
Mother Jones: “RFK Jr. Is Getting Personal Authority Over Who to Kick Off Medicaid” “The reality is that more and more people are becoming chronically ill through Long Covid and other health conditions…Around half…fit the criteria of ME/CFS..” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Sloan Ashton (@ashton7sloan.bsky.social) reposted
Two children were killed and seventeen people were injured in a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School. A Cracker Barrel logo change received far more scrutiny and attention than any fight against the epidemic of gun violence in this country. Our priorities remain idiotic.
Governor Tim Walz (@governorwalz.mn.gov) reposted
Minnesota is heartbroken. From the officers responding, to the clergy and teachers providing comfort, to the hospital staff saving lives, we will get through this together. Hug your kids close.
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
It just gets dumber every fucking day.
Philip Morton (@hopeaintlost.bsky.social)
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Philip Morton (@hopeaintlost.bsky.social) reply parent
What’s the gain - is the question? Trump had to offset budget allocations to pass his tax cuts, period. The accusations of waste - a lie. Accusations of DEI abuse - a lie.
Timothy Caulfield (@caulfieldtim.bsky.social) reposted
“In a scientific sense, this is a total loss.” US Supreme Court allows NIH to cut $2 billion in research grants www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Philip Morton (@hopeaintlost.bsky.social)
Yes, but it’s the machine he’s installed, Vought who penned project 2025 now dir of the OMB, no doubt sending a daily memo of actions of destruction to Democracy Trump blindly executes, and his cabinet of cronies and the GOP just nod and laugh.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Never before in our history has one man exercised such unbridled discretion affecting the lives of so many of us, while simultaneously preventing others — Congress, the courts, the American people — from having a say or even knowing what he’s going to do next. This is what dictatorship looks like.