josh houtz (@takeittothehoutz.bsky.social) reposted
I just saw someone refer to rfk jr as microwaved mel gibson & i can’t unsee it.
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view profile on Bluesky josh houtz (@takeittothehoutz.bsky.social) reposted
I just saw someone refer to rfk jr as microwaved mel gibson & i can’t unsee it.
Bill Kristol (@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social) reposted
Powerful piece by @markhertling.bsky.social. “I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.” www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
ProPublica (@propublica.org) reposted
Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past two decades studying the environmental causes of autism. Under the leadership of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has promised to find a cause for the condition, her entire division was cut.
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
You're not going to believe this but Susan Collins is "extremely alarmed"
Thee NYC angry black latina mom! ♉️🇩🇴🗽 🐝💛 (@urbanmodernism.bsky.social) reposted
Y’all worried about Gavin Newsom running for president—if we don’t win the midterms there won’t be any presidential run to argue about. People need to start understanding we don’t have a fictional federal government. We’re running on residue from the past, only protected by city & state. #Pinks
AVM (@skyeangelwillow.bsky.social) reposted
Traitors are running our government into the ground NEVER FORGET WHAT THEY DID adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/revisiting...
AVM (@skyeangelwillow.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
People are going to die because of this conspiracy theorist. He is unqualified for this job. There are no adult in the white house only traitors who lick the boots of the pedo cult leader.
badjellystudios.bsky.social (@badjellystudios.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
What a bloody nut bag he is,I feel sorry for America and its people.
Jake (@my2bits4u.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
You are wrong . We are numb. We call it Wednesday. Nothing ever happens and it's all starts with education. Almost half this country is fucking stupid . Maybe fix that as at this point this country is too stupid to fix itself
inthegarden10.bsky.social (@inthegarden10.bsky.social)
No shit! And guess what, the big money in this country is not going to change a thing. Soft gentle heartfelt hugs to those parents missing a child tonight. A different kind of revolution needs to happen!
inthegarden10.bsky.social (@inthegarden10.bsky.social)
But they won't! They're never going to! What is the plan?
inthegarden10.bsky.social (@inthegarden10.bsky.social)
No shit! Enough already! In a school..guns more easily attained than getting healthcare..there we have it. Our truth in 2025
Lilithfair (@iamlilithfair.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Yeah.... Fuck Bed Bath and Beyond.
Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24.bsky.social) reposted
You do not have to like John Bolton to see this for what it is.
Jess Piper (@piperformissouri.bsky.social) reposted
America: Universal healthcare creates wait times for healthcare. Also America: waits six months for a neurosurgeon consult and a year to get into a dermatologist…
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy. When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice. The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
inthegarden10.bsky.social (@inthegarden10.bsky.social)
It should have been, what a bunch of pompous BS. Putin wants the land and 47 wants his butt lickers. And Putin is coming to Washington, great. That these 2 dictators are not including Ukraine and NATO is extremely ignorant and they want it that way!
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) (@hcrichardson.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I’m so tired of these bozos just making shit up as they go along.
Andrea Junker (@strandjunker.com) reposted
Just for those who may be a little confused: This is how an American president should treat Putin.
Dr. Jack Brown (@drjackbrown.bsky.social) reposted
Anyone who accepts a Kennedy Center Honor in 2025 would have been a 'Good German' in 1939.
inthegarden10.bsky.social (@inthegarden10.bsky.social)
Yes, this looks normal for 47, and the repubs just don't care. Will they ever care? Maybe that's what's so bothersome. Horrendous stupid irresponsible hateful illegal things are going on and on and repubs laugh. Respect, dignity, intelligence, trust are gone. Someone tell me something positive!
Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.substack.com) reposted
Every activated Guardsman has a family, a job, school, or something that they are leaving to do their duty. It’s one thing when it’s a war… or a real mass civil disturbance, which those only last a few days. But to rip these people from their lives for a show… is awful.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted reply parent
Yes I know. I’m the person who broke that story.
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Jordy: Not to put on my conspiratorial hat here, but you don’t just build a $200 million ballroom if you’re planning on moving out of the White House in three years.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Senator Whitehouse asked the BOP for Ghislaine Maxwells sex offender waiver, custody level, transfer code, and security point score. I have them. She's also been granted the ability to leave the facility for work assignments. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Brett Meiselas: The tone is set from the top. And now, we have a president of the United States infecting the population. There has never been a more divisive, more corrupt individual in the presidency...trickle-down economics may not work, but trickle-down assholery? That’s absolutely a thing.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
this Village People tribute band stinks
Clarissa O. Clemens (@clarissaclemens.bsky.social) reposted
I constantly wonder with each authoritarian move what it’s going to take for a full revolt The taking over of the DC police by force citing some incongruent reason to support this illegal action is abhorrent Data collection shows a decrease in crime to its lowest in 30 years! Epstein distraction!
Scott MacFarlane (@macfarlanenews.bsky.social) reposted
Former US Homeland Security official warns of impact of Trump deploying federal agents on neighborhood streets in DC: "Taking FBI agents off of organized crime cases, terrorism & other kinds of cases to do street patrols? That's not the best use of a highly trained FBI agent"
inthegarden10.bsky.social (@inthegarden10.bsky.social)
Perfect!
inthegarden10.bsky.social (@inthegarden10.bsky.social)
Best post!
Bill Kristol (@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social) reposted
“You do not reward a child sex trafficker with a chaise lounge and optional tennis. You don’t let the most notorious predator concierge in American history dictate the terms of her own punishment—unless you’re shaking in your loafers about what she might let slip.” open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
inthegarden10.bsky.social (@inthegarden10.bsky.social)
This is great!
Anonymous ⩜ (@youranona.bsky.social) reposted
The Epstein files hit version 2.01, lingering in beta limbo until the FBI's final polish renders a flawlessly sanitized edition for public consumption. #EpsteinFiles
inthegarden10.bsky.social (@inthegarden10.bsky.social)
There needs to be backlash for this! Loud and unrelenting backlash! Where are our elected officials? Both sides should be speaking out!
inthegarden10.bsky.social (@inthegarden10.bsky.social)
"Not" scientists making decisions for public health, a path to destroy the weakest and poorest who already have difficulty with access to proper health care. Hospitals will be dealing with the results while they are already stressed to the max! Everyone will pay in one way or another.
Sack Of Water (@sackofwater.bsky.social) reposted
💧💧💧💧💧 #Ballroom Nothing says "Let them eat cake" like adding a 2.O7 acre ballroom to the White House. Trump did not drain the swamp, he piped in raw sewage, and is now building a playroom for his billionaire fellow rats!
inthegarden10.bsky.social (@inthegarden10.bsky.social)
This! Democratic states need to do what they can, how else will the GOP be held in check? The last 6 months have been so insane!
Dr. Jack Brown (@drjackbrown.bsky.social) reposted
“We take vaccines so for granted in the United States” ...“Women in the developing world know the power of [vaccines]. They will walk 10 kilometers in the heat with their child and line up to get a vaccine because they have seen death.” Melinda Gates
My America 🇺🇸 (@oldamerica.bsky.social) reposted
Jack Smith isn’t a federal employee, so the Hatch Act doesn’t apply—full stop. The Office of Special Counsel has no authority here. This isn’t about ethics. It’s political theater—retaliation meant to scare prosecutors and weaken the rule of law. It’s authoritarianism, dressed up as due process.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants. Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this. Do not.
lindaspike.bsky.social (@lindaspike.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
A slight reprieve from the Hell we’ve been living in with Donald and Doge. Thanks!
inthegarden10.bsky.social (@inthegarden10.bsky.social)
How can anyone at this point not be interested in what the people that control everything are doing?
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
NEWS: The U.S. added just 73,000 jobs in July—far below expectations—while the unemployment rate rose to 4.2%. May and June payrolls were revised down by a collective 258K, painting a trouble picture for the economy.
Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) reposted
Weakest 3 months of job growth since 2020.
Patches🇺🇦🍁🇨🇦 (@patcheso.bsky.social) reposted
Absolutely! Any time.
CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@cajunblue.bsky.social) reposted
The reason why sexual assault/abuse/exploitation is not reported: 📌 People do not believe the victim 📌 The perp has connections with local LE 📌 Reporting it ends up in victim blaming 📌 Reporting an assault has more risks than benefits
inthegarden10.bsky.social (@inthegarden10.bsky.social)
Yes, he and his spawn should pay it back! 47 is playing it up as business because he's meeting leaders at his golf courses..that whole selfish family are vile grifters with snot for manners and brains!
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
Texas gerrymandering is about racism. Fewer districts for Black and Brown communities. More power for white Texans. It’s voter suppression by design, and it fuels voter apathy by making people feel like their voices don’t matter. That’s the point.
inthegarden10.bsky.social (@inthegarden10.bsky.social)
I love this!
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
A reminder: The perpetrators in the Epstein files are Oligarchs, and so are the ones protecting them.
inthegarden10.bsky.social (@inthegarden10.bsky.social)
Love this guy!
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
Jeff Daniels speaks out.. He's everything that's wrong. We’re supposed to elect the best of us, not the worst of us.
Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) reposted
pro tip: innocent people don't generally suppress the files that prove their innocence
Politico (@politico.com) reposted
Trump is trying to make Democrats own the handling of the Epstein case. Sen. Klobuchar is not having it. “The president blaming Democrats for this disaster,” said Klobuchar. “Is like that CEO that got caught on camera blaming Coldplay.”
CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@cajunblue.bsky.social) reposted
Maybe you have seen this, but I had not seen this angle. I hope faces of these monsters can be identified. Beating the shit out of peaceful protesters sends a message. The police are the enemy. Peaceful protesters no longer have the right to protest. Well, fuck this.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
ATTN: If you’re one of the 1,000 FBI agents who reviewed the Epstein files, feel free to reach out to me via signal (in my bio). I’ll keep you anonymous- as I have the thousands of current and former federal workers who have sent me tips. Please share this widely. 🙏🏻
Good Trouble (@lebergerdavid.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Get Obama’s name out of your Russian fed mouth Bartiromova.
goodvibes24.bsky.social (@goodvibes24.bsky.social) reposted
There is a quote by Alicia Menendez that has stuck with me, and sums up where we are headed, "America first to America alone to America last."
inthegarden10.bsky.social (@inthegarden10.bsky.social)
Agreed! I have seen this idea out there, it is so needed! I just hope some damage can be slowed or reversed if Republicans lose enough seats in the midterms.
inthegarden10.bsky.social (@inthegarden10.bsky.social)
You are not alone! However absolutely nothing is going to stick to the demented, heart failing, sickly, orange blubbering buffoon. He and his minions are all in it together.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
Next up: sue this administration! A disabled vet says he was wrongfully detained in last week’s Camarillo raid, despite being a U.S. citizen. • Reporting for his security job at Glass House Farms • Told them he was a citizen • No charges. No phone call. No lawyer. • No care after chemical exposure
Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) reposted
pretty weird how there's always billion dollars just lying around whenever ICE needs concentration camps but there's never any money when children need healthcare or a simple school lunch. oh well just one of those things I guess
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
The US is experiencing its worst measles outbreak in over 30 years, with 1,288 cases reported just six months into the year. The vaccine-preventable disease has led to three deaths, two children in Texas and an adult in New Mexico, and dozens of hospitalizations.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Reporter: Yesterday you said you weren't sure who ordered the munitions halted to Ukraine—have you since been able to figure that out? Trump: I have not thought about it. Reporter: What does it say that such a big decision could be made inside your government without you knowing?
Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET (@patti3333.bsky.social) reposted
Of course They won't let State Representatives in Alligator Alcatraz Inhumane conditions Mosquitoes infested Flooding and more Did YOU know this will cost Florida taxpayers $450 million annually Now let's see over 4 million people in Florida on Medicaid 2.7 million on SNAP
Tristan Snell (@tristansnell.bsky.social) reposted
“No collusion” “I won the election” “She wasn’t my type” “I never slept with her” “It was a perfect phone call” “We didn’t commit any fraud” “I never paid her any hush money” “There are no classified records here” “There is no Epstein client list”
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
A gentle reminder that the VA getting rid of 30,000 people instead of 80,000 people isn’t a win.
Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) reposted
This is Macarthur Park in Los Angeles. Republicans have turned the United States in a military police state. I could not even imagine what Fox and Republicans would be saying if Biden or Obama sent the US military to terrorize communities in Texas.
Liberal Dido💙🇨🇦🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@dougmaine.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Sounds like Navarro doesn't understand anything more than being a sniveling sycophant!! Trumpnomics; the belief that an economy based on slavery, no income tax, no labor or health & safety or environmental laws, and government revenue from trade tariffs for military and law enforcement is the answer
inthegarden10.bsky.social (@inthegarden10.bsky.social) reply parent
I was thinking the same thing!
el-jefe-buffalo.bsky.social (@el-jefe-buffalo.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Yeah…I try and make it a point not to take financial advice from federal felons…but, that’s just me.
inthegarden10.bsky.social (@inthegarden10.bsky.social)
Here's some facts for you. This is tragic!
inthegarden10.bsky.social (@inthegarden10.bsky.social)
Haha! Look who's boss!
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
NEW: Federal agents rolled into MacArthur Park in LA in an unmarked armored vehicle. My source tells me Mayor Bass showed up with LAPD—and the so-called “agents” got the hell out. Shady AF! (Just west of DTLA)
Sal The Human (@salthehuman.bsky.social) reposted
It's pretty weird how when you defund all the safety regulation, people start to die. Almost as if there is some sort of correlation. 🤔
God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted
The thing I love most about Zohran Mamdani are his ideas for how to make working people’s lives better. I also love how those same ideas make the most greedy people alive utterly furious.
inthegarden10.bsky.social (@inthegarden10.bsky.social)
Truth in this!
The Morrigan (@faefromthefield.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Joe Rogan is one of the nasty bigots who built this movement.
inthegarden10.bsky.social (@inthegarden10.bsky.social)
It's going to get worse, 47 and his goons have 3 1/2 years to continue their cruelty..many that voted for him will be blindsided
Max Berger (@maxberger.bsky.social) reposted
The President—who uses antisemitic slurs—is building concentration camps and an enormous secret police force. Ya know, maybe this is just because I’m Jewish, but I wish the political opposition and the media made a bigger deal about it!
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
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