Debi
@hopefuloptimist.bsky.social
#Kindness #Truth #Justice ⚖️ #Ukraine #Womens Rights #Voting Rights #Equality #Democracy 🇺🇦 ❤️💙🇺🇸🗽❤️🌎 🚫DM’s ⛔️porn I will not bend the knee; I have granddaughters to protect. Why is LOVE so difficult and HATE so easy?
created November 12, 2024
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zbr13.bsky.social (@zbr13.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Please post everywhere Rep. Ro Khanna On September 3rd at 10:30am ET, Rep. Massie and I are hosting a press conference joined by survivors of Epstein and Maxwell's abuse — several of whom will be speaking out for the first time. The survivors deserve justice and the public deserves transparency.
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
Epstein Survivors Press Conference Sept 3rd, 10:30 a.m. ET Tune in to support them.
Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 (@liz.sheshed.rocks) reposted
Comedian and political commentator, @johnfugelsang.bsky.social, is imploring Democrats to fight harder against Donald Trump’s agenda! He hopes to see Dem leaders hit the streets, and be a bigger part of the resistance!! Thank you for being vocal!! 💙 I second this!!
Debi (@hopefuloptimist.bsky.social) reply parent
💯 agree 👍🏻 I was once fired for speaking that truth to a Director of a huge company- fine with me I didn’t want to be associated with such demeaning unappreciating a-holes.
Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 (@liz.sheshed.rocks) reposted
Holographic images of Trump have gone up in Los Angeles and it’s pretty cool.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social) reposted
One week ago, thousands of New Yorkers tried something new. They heard about it last minute. They didn’t know where it would take them or who they would meet. It was free, earnest, even educational. It was the #ZcavengerHunt and it was a thing of beauty.
Debi (@hopefuloptimist.bsky.social)
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Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) reposted
This is good: With Trump/RFK destroying CDC, JB Pritzker's officials are exploring the possibility of buying Covid vaccines from manufacturers and distributing them in-state themselves, source tells me. Dem govs must step up and fill the void. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1998...
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
If you are a wealthy criminal defendant, it makes sense under this administration to hire the AG’s brother to represent you.
Debi (@hopefuloptimist.bsky.social) reply parent
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Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
I wonder why Bill Pulte didn’t send this case over to DOJ with a criminal referral along with his selective targeting of Adam Schiff and Lisa Cook? apnews.com/article/paxt...
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
This is 100% correct.
Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.substack.com) reposted
The second amendment guarantees the right to a militia to guard against federal tyranny. But if a president can use that force against its own state, against the wishes of that state, then it is no militia at all and a clear violation of the second amendment.
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected (@adelpreore.bsky.social) reposted
What if this was your wife? Or daughter? Sister or mother? Stay mad as hell, my friends. www.masslive.com/news/2025/08...
Debi (@hopefuloptimist.bsky.social) reply parent
I will not vote for the same ole same ole and I am encouraging my friends and family members to do the same.
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
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Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) reposted
BREAKING: Former inmate, Kathryn Comolli, who knew Ghislaine Maxwell in prison just said that Maxwell offered evidence to the Biden White House showing that Trump engaged in illegal activity but Biden turned it down
Marco Foster (@marcofoster.bsky.social) reposted
Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell: “I have spent the last 17 years in my own prison for what she, Jeffrey, and all the co-conspirators did to me. I was raped three times a day. Ghislaine must die in prison.”
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
“I was r*ped sometimes 3 times a day on that island… and I was not the only girl on that island… Ghislaine must die in prison, because I’ve been in hell and back for the last 17 years.” Listen to the survivors.
JoeinNJfightsfordemocracy (@progavalanche.bsky.social) reposted
We can come up with: $2MIL to turn the Rose Garden into a Fuddruckers. $200MIL for a ballroom. $1BIL to upgrade an airplane Quatar couldn’t sell. $450MIL (so far) for golf trips. $2BIL to paint a few 100 miles of border wall. Yet kids with cancer must stop being so needy.
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Pam Keith (@pamkeithdc.bsky.social) reposted
Did you know there’s a special election THIS Tuesday in Iowa that could break the GOP super majority in the Iowa state senate? I had no idea. Just saw it on Tik Tok. Now…just out of curiosity, do you think the DNC should have rallied national Dems to support this election?
Honest and Unfiltered (@momazonrises.bsky.social) reposted
#ProudBlue I love this so much. Way to go Mexico! ☀️🫶☀️🫶☀️🫶 Keep it up.
💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 (@northjules.bsky.social) reposted
This doesn’t surprise you does it?🤨 #Pinks #ProudBlue #ResitanceUnited
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) reposted
Virginia Giuffre's family: "The content of these transcripts is in direct contradiction with felon Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction for child sex trafficking. During DAG Todd Blanche's bizarre interview, she is never challenged about her court-proven lies, providing her a platform to rewrite history."
Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) reposted
Remembering today when pro-GOP media erupted with outrage over Kamala Harris' warning that Trump had plans to militarize the national guard and deploy them on the streets of US cities. Indeed, he had such plans. And now he's implementing them.
Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) reposted
NUTSO NANCY MACE, A WEIRD PANTY-SNIFFER WHO "NO ONE" LIKES, HAD TO CANCEL A RALLY WHEN ONLY EIGHT PEOPLE SHOWED UP (SAD! BUT HILARIOUS!). MANY ARE SAYING THANK YOU JEFF TIEDRICH (ME, YOUR FAVORITE WRITER!) FOR MY ATTENTION TO WRITING ABOUT THIS MATTER IN THE POST WHO'S LINK IS HERE: bit.ly/4fQ5Tvn
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
Lavrov’s response 3 times is to insist that Russia has “never, ever targeted civilian sites.” So the apartment buildings and hospitals we see in flames every day and bodies of civilians is all made up apparently. This is who they are - liars and barbarians.
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
No lies told here.
Fred Guttenberg (@fredguttenberg.bsky.social) reposted
Hey @thehill.com, any update on this headline? Perhaps an apology to @kamalaharris.com is in order and perhaps it is time for you to honestly cover the Dump Administration.
🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 (@msgrumpybunny.bsky.social) reposted
23 of Epstein’s victims have testified in court. In an August 2019 hearing, 22 women spoke about the abuses committed by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. 4 women testified at Ghislaine’s trial. Investigative reporting has identified roughly 80 survivors in total. 🖕🏼👇🏼 www.justice.gov/maxwell-inte...
Mark Hamill (@markhamillofficial.bsky.social) reposted
It was funnier when he claimed he didn't know Ghislaine Maxwell had been transferred to a minimum-security prison. 🤣
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
See how this works?
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
This is so important… Sharon has been tracking license plates on cars driven by ICE agents, and she’s finding they don’t match the vehicles. In other words, ICE is using secret, illegal tactics—just like we suspected. REMINDER: the DMV is not a federal agency. @governor.ca.gov 🧵
Isabel Santos (@isabelsantos.bsky.social) reposted
😆😝 “South Park” season 27, episode 3 mocked Trump, showing leaders like Tim Cook and Qatar’s Emir giving gifts while praising him absurdly. The episode also parodied his D.C. takeover, highlighting military presence and exaggerating flattery surrounding his administration youtube.com/watch?v=Qmc_...
LA Blue Dot in GA (@namwella1961.bsky.social) reposted
Jaime Raskin: GREAT WORK, DONALD TRUMP, RAISING PRICES FOR ALL AMERICANS & MAKING GOODS & SERVICES MORE EXPENSIVE! IF NOT FOR YOUR NEGOTIATING SKILLS AND MANY BANKRUPTCIES, HOW WOULD WE ALL MANAGE?! THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK INCREASING THE COST OF LIVING SIR! #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 (@liz.sheshed.rocks) reposted
Representative Ann Johnson calls out Texas Republicans for their blatant racism against minority communities in Texas. She is seething, and we can feel her anger through our devices on this video.
Captain Mark Kelly (@captmarkkelly.bsky.social) reposted
This is your reminder that no one in Congress should be trading stocks. Who’s with me?
Brian Cardone (@cardonebrian.bsky.social) reposted
🚨🚨Holy Shit!! You have got to see this new ad!! MAGA Republicans in Congress are doing everything in their power to protect the Pedo-President. They need to #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles and stop protecting pedophiles. Share this everywhere.💥🔥💥
Katie Phang (@katiephang.bsky.social) reposted
Refusing to sign away her dignity, TX Rep. Nicole Collier spent her second night on the TX House floor. My take on Collier’s lawsuit attacking Republicans’ attempts to force her to sign a “permission slip” to leave the Capitol & why it’s always about control for the GOP. youtu.be/k-sljGcl-DY?...
Democracy Now! (@democracynow.org) reposted
"There's nothing like this before." Donald Trump and his family have made at least $3.4 billion from the presidency, according to New Yorker staff writer David Kirkpatrick. https://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/20/trump_profit
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) reposted
Here is an image of the crowd of people that chased a dozen ICE agents out of Columbia Heights yesterday. I don’t see one “elderly white hippie” there. I do see a wide variety of ages, genders, and races; DC residents united in disgust at what Miller is cheering on.
Debi (@hopefuloptimist.bsky.social)
Why is Senator Chuck Schumer's phone at his DC office not functioning? You know what office answered the phone today? Senator Thom Tillis’s. I haven't attempted Speaker Jeffries' office yet, but I intend to. We should be burning up our Dem representatives phones telling them we don't hear them 🤬
Ashley Kuckelman (@ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social) reposted
Someone posted this on another site and I had to share. Powerful words to describe our so-called president. It’s almost impossible to believe that this is America in 2025.
Debi (@hopefuloptimist.bsky.social) reply parent
Lol - shall we ask ALL OF THEIR VICTIMS THIS EFFING QUESTION? Cowards, the entire GOP is nothing but cowards, liars, and thieves—every damn one of them.
Debi (@hopefuloptimist.bsky.social) reply parent
Lol - just like all those whispers of love from democrats towards dear leader 🙄
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
DEAR MEN, YES YOU. LET THIS SINK IN Love this guy 👏
ProPublica (@propublica.org) reposted
See the man circled here? That's E.J. Antoni, Trump's Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee, walking through a crowd of Capitol rioters. #ICYMI, we've got an archive of 500+ Parler videos taken during Jan. 6. You can spot Antoni starting at around 1:41 here: projects.propublica.org/parler-capit...
rusty54.bsky.social (@rusty54.bsky.social) reposted
💋SassyAss💋Sister🔥🔱ValkyrieQueen🔱❤️🔥🥷Resistance Fighter👊 📎 (@sassysister27.bsky.social) reposted
❤️ Meet Sweet little Forest Fairy ‼️She’s on death row and will soon be killed without your help! We need Reposts to help find her a foster on the east coast…Before it’s too late…Don’t let them take her out in a trash bag! Your Reposts help spread the word ❤️🙏 Repost for this tiny girl!
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
People in Los Angeles have been protesting 24 hours for 2 weeks straight and no news outlet is covering it! 8/8/25
Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.substack.com) reposted
A man who screamed “Kill ’em!” at police during the January 6 riot now works for the Department of Justice. And the DOJ says they “appreciate his contributions.” If you’re not chilled by that, you’re not paying attention. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/the-doj-ju...
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted reply parent
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
Odd, how Oversight Chair James Comer left the two best witnesses about Jeffrey Epstein off his subpoena list: Jeffrey Epstein's best friend and his partner in crime. Must be that Comer's distraction is only looking for a certain *type* of evidence, the type that doesn't make Trump look bad.
Hunter Walker (@hunterw.bsky.social) reposted
I have spent multiple weeks working on this story. We are not dropping it. I hope you will give this a read.
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
This is called a confession. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
Jack Hopkins-The Original (@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social) reposted
Spread this far and wide. If you go back on my timeline shortly after Trump won in 2024…and said this is exactly what would happen. I did. Well…it is. Soon enough? We’ll see.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Let it be known that the Trump regime is fine with you being ripped off or swindled by financial scammers.
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
Dems should fight on every front. If Texas steals 5 seats, Dem states should redistrict 30 GOP members out of their districts. We should insist DOJ release the entire Epstein File. Not only shouldn't we bring knives to a gun fight, if they bring pistols, we should bring machine guns.
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
You know who needs to hear this? Jeffrey Epstein's many victims.
Lah tee da (@lateedah6065.bsky.social) reposted
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
Sounds about right.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
WATCH: “Trump created this problem, and now Republicans have to live with it. The American public has a right to know — were you lying the whole time? Or are you covering up for your friends? You don’t just get to walk away.” Senator @rubengallegoaz.bsky.social on Trump’s Epstein cover-up.
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones ejected from Homeland Security Secretary's event in Nashville.
Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) reposted
In the Epstein Case, Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden says: Follow the money. Wyden has found that four banks waited until Epstein's arrest on federal charges to flag $1.5 billion in suspicious transactions. He wants the documents made public. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b...
emptywheel (@emptywheel.bsky.social) reposted
Bondi reportedly put 1,000 people in 24-hour shifts for two weeks in March to review the Epstein files. She made them flag mentions of Trump. And then ... She decided she couldn't release anything. 😯
JoeinNJfightsfordemocracy (@progavalanche.bsky.social) reposted
“They ended my ability to even apply to med school. Everything I worked for is gone.” Trump’s cuts are slamming doors on future doctors—forcing students out of medicine and into debt they can’t escape. This is how we lose the next generation of healers. #ClassroomsNotCuts
Michael (@dsamichael.bsky.social) reposted
BeSeriousUSA 🐝 (@beserioususa.bsky.social) reposted
🤯 CBS canceled COLBERT to APPEASE DONALD TRUMP WE can CANCEL CBS 💣
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Neguse: Only in Washington, D.C. could politicians come to the floor and brag about cutting $9 billion from rural radio stations while two weeks ago they voted to increase the deficit by $4 trillion. Spare us these lectures.
Debi (@hopefuloptimist.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you for sharing this sweet memory 🥺 TG was a rare soul that brought light, love, and unity no matter the darkness we were swimming in. ❤️💐
Morgan J Freeman (@mjfree.bsky.social) reposted
I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared.
Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) reposted
Nobody’s buying Trump’s lies. Nobody. I guess this is just another reason he’s desperate to fire Fed Chair Powell. Anything to distract.
ProPublica (@propublica.org) reposted
NEW: The FDA found that Sun Pharma, which produces generic drugs for U.S. consumers, failed to investigate the source of bacteria found in test vials or promptly deal with damaged equipment that had caused drugs to be contaminated with metal particles.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
“When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary’s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it.” -Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Jack Hopkins-The Original (@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social) reposted
July, 2023….Donald Trump.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) reposted
WOW. A lawyer told @miamiherald.com that a Florida Highway Patrol agent told her that they are calling Border Patrol to investigate anyone who "appears Hispanic" that they pull over. That is direct evidence of racial profiling — said over the phone to a lawyer! They aren't even hiding it!
WIRED (@wired.com) reposted
NEW: Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
Republicans Vote to Hide Epstein Files From American Voters. For some reason …
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
ProPublica (@propublica.org) reposted
The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%. (Published May)
David Bier (@davidjbier.bsky.social) reposted
Another ICE "assault" case unravels. Border Patrol and ICE are arresting US citizens and then after they find out that they are US citizens, they are charging them with "assault" to justify their actions. This is clearly DHS policy at this point. We've seen it repeatedly now.
Debi (@hopefuloptimist.bsky.social) reply parent
That thought runs through my mind at least once a week 😡🤬
Debi (@hopefuloptimist.bsky.social) reply parent
This administration's MAGA cabinet of clowns has got to be the most thin-skinned, paranoid, petty, & fearful group we’ve ever had the displeasure of dealing w/ in my lifetime. Their acts and dubbing it Justice are windows into where their corruption exists. Every reversal is a story of guilt.
Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social) reposted
Loyalty purges are the opposite of doing justice
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
We are waiting for Texas to file its response today explaining the discrepancy between what it told the court and what Gov. Abbott said publicly in justifying a special session about the use of race to draw the state's congressional map. Once it is filed, Democracy Docket will it post here.
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Are we still talking about J̷e̷f̷f̷r̷e̷y̷ ̷E̷p̷s̷t̷e̷i̷n̷ the fact that the president of the United States is a serial (and adjudicated) sexual abuser?
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) reposted
This is scandalous. The El Paso SPC is one of the few ICE detention centers owned by ICE itself. Members of Congress cannot legally be turned away from ICE facilities when conducting oversight. Yet these emails say Noem herself is deciding when and how Members can conduct oversight.
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
I asked AI how closely Stephen Miller’s post today aligns with Nazi ideology in 1930s Germany. This is what I got.
Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET (@patti3333.bsky.social) reposted
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES (sound up) DAY 2 JULY 2025 THE BIG BAD UGLY BILL Now in the House They don't have the votes AND YOUR VOICE MATTERS YOUR PHONE CALLS ARE SO IMPORTANT Especially YOU, THEIR CONSTITUENT TELL THEM VOTE NO Please Call You know what is at stake Call 202 224-3121
Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) reposted
NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia offered his first account of the “severe beatings” and other abuses he says he suffered while jailed in El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison. He says in a court filing that he lost 31 lbs in two weeks. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
Senator Bernie Sanders (@sanders.senate.gov) reposted
Weird priorities. President Trump is illegally withholding $7 billion Congress appropriated for afterschool and summer programs, teacher training and other educational needs. Meanwhile, he’s demanding a trillion in tax breaks for the 1%. That's not what the American people want.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (@raskin.house.gov) reposted
Marylanders sent us to Congress to fight for our people, not to sabotage their health care.
Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) reposted
I’ve been strongly criticizing the capitulating law firms, I’m sure as hell not OK with Paramount doing so.