Lady of the Lake
@jagb75.bsky.social
Bleeding heart liberal from the womb. Lover of humanity, history, and believer in social justice. A proud Italian, 2nd generation Californian, raising a neurospicy gem of a human being with all the hope my cynical broken heart can muster.
created November 12, 2024
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John Fugelsang (@johnfugelsang.bsky.social) reposted
If you're fighting for the next unstable 20something mass shooter to have easy access to AR-15s, bc "personal freedom" means more to you than the bodies of dead American children, then maybe the problem is *your* mental illness.
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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET (@patti3333.bsky.social) reposted
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES DAY 29 AUGUST 2025 THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES TONIGHT I Honor my HOMETOWN, CHICAGO Trump insults our city But WITH A HEART OF GOLD We don't need the National Guard WE ARE THE HOME OF SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE WE ARE DIVERSITY, EQUITY INCLUSION WE ARE WOKE Ask the Pope
Lady of the Lake (@jagb75.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh yeah!!!!
God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted
Everyone at the CDC is getting fired or resigning. RFK Jr. wants to ban all vaccines. His idiocy will get millions of people killed.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
Anything but calling for an assault weapons ban. I can’t with this man.
Scott MacFarlane (@macfarlanenews.bsky.social) reposted
Sen Patty Murray (D-WA): “If there are any adults left in the White House, it’s well past time they face reality… We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what’s left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the ground—he must be fired.”
Lady of the Lake (@jagb75.bsky.social) reply parent
This shit is not normal. There is such deep rot in the country. Well never get it out.
Jeremy Gibson Brown PhD (@jeremygibsonbrown.bsky.social) reposted
Dr. Jack Brown (@drjackbrown.bsky.social) reposted
“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.” Hannah Arendt
Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) reposted
Last week Trump said he likes the idea of starting a war so he can declare “no more elections” and stay in office forever. Today he just said “a lot of people” want “a dictator.” See where this is going?
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
ᴋʟᴀᵾs (@tinyklaus.com) reposted
Pritzker and other blue state governors need to start directly addressing the US military in their statements. @govpritzker.illinois.gov
Lukács Doncic (@weirdalf.bsky.social) reposted
The solution to that is just to talk more about Pritzker. Every leftist I follow has 50 Newsom posts for every 1 Pritzker post. Be the change you wanna see
Cat Butler Sr. (@catbutlersr.bsky.social) reposted
- Appreciate Newsom Fighting Fire w/ Fire - Appreciate Pritzker Standing Up for Texas Dems - Appreciate Mamdani Bringing Fresh Hope to the Party - Appreciate AOC and Bernie Taking On the Oligarchs We need ALL of these voices now! Let's worry about 2028 after we secure OUR VOTE and DEMOCRACY.
Nomadic Warriors for Pritzker (@nomads.bsky.social) reposted
YOU 🫵 Post about Pritzker RIGHT NOW🐴🏹
JMay (@bubbles9333.bsky.social) reposted
Hey Russia, if you are listening.....
Peter Sterne (@petersterne.com) reposted
Andrew Cuomo going on Fox News to accuse Zohran Mamdani of caring about “woke issues” and talk about how much he’s scared of the subway seems like a pretty clear sign that he has abandoned the Democratic Party.
The Democratic Coalition (@thedemcoalition.bsky.social) reposted
That's a great point. There's no need to overthink this. Tell Congress to fully investigate the Epstein case here: https://bit.ly/40ZeC86 #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
FrancesSierra (@francessierra.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
If FIFA allows World Cup matches to take place in the USA it will essentially be condoning the abhorrent human rights' violations the regime is carrying out. Matches should only take place in Canada and Mexico. Respectfully, it's also important for Players to raise their voices at this critical 1/
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Abby Normal (@abbynormal58.bsky.social) reposted
“We need to stand up, all of us at this moment. Less judgment, more fortitude. Meet this moment, not for ourselves, but for each other, for this country.” — Governor Gavin Newsom #Resist
sitasiva.bsky.social (@sitasiva.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Bill Kristol (@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social) reposted
Bolton’s home raided, Gen. Kruse fired, Epstein coverup proceeds, seizure of 10% of Intel another step towards state capitalism. Just one day in the somewhat chaotic but directionally purposeful march towards…despotism. Does anyone think they’re doing all this so they can hand over power in 2028?
Jen Taub (@jennifertaub.com) reposted
🚨Exactly! Wondering if Schumer is going to roll over and play dead passing the continuing resolution to fund the budget or if someone could actually grow a fucking spine and shut this fascist government down. Then people could hit the streets until impeachment, conviction and removal
Ethan Embry (@ethanembry.bsky.social) reposted
Wait. One. Second. Government owning business, nationalizing huge corporations, THATS FUCKING SOCIALISM BRAH these fucking idiot cunts are driving me fucking crazy
TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈⬛🇺🇦 (@tommasinaresist.bsky.social) reposted
Democracy is a founding principle of our republic: Government by majority, by representative democracy. NOT of the rich,by the rich,for the rich. They fought against what the GOP is now trying to install. It's an all-out assault on our nation. WHERE ARE OUR LAWMAKERS? #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
tmel1219.bsky.social (@tmel1219.bsky.social) reposted
#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory Infuriating! Maxwell is lying through her teeth. How stupid do they think that we are? What she says is meaningless
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
The Lincoln Project (@lincolnproject.us) reposted
There is only one way to respond to this GOP gerrymandering power-grab: hit them back harder. Newsom has shown what we can do when we’re not afraid to play their game. Time for other Dems to follow suit.
Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) reposted
Democratic governors and leaders, fight while you can, as hard as you can. Trump and MAGA are going full fascist. They're coming after all of us, including you. You can't make "deals" with fascists. You have to FIGHT them. FIGHT, finally, please.
Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) reposted
BREAKING: NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been freed from a Tennessee jail so he can rejoin his family in Maryland while awaiting trial.
Khashoggi's Ghost (@urocklive1.bsky.social) reposted
"Exhaustion is a strategy. Distraction is a strategy. Confusion is a strategy. And while we’ve been caught up in the noise, Trump has been moving forward with something far more dangerous than the daily scandals: a long-term plan to rig the system so he never loses power again.”
Jennifer ✨Get In Good Trouble (@thejenniwren.teamlh.social) reposted
Vance really needs a crash course in reality. Undocumented immigrants don’t get “free healthcare.” They get ER bills that bankrupt families. Meanwhile, he’s selling lies to pit people against each other instead of fixing the broken system. Dude’s not preserving healthcare—he’s preserving ignorance.
Harry Litman (@harrylitman.bsky.social) reposted
Wow. Chief Judge of the District of New Jersey holds in long methodical opinion based on statutory scheme for US Attorney vacancies that Alina Habba's appointment as US Attorney is invalid and she is out. Quite a slap in the face for the Admin, which will certainly fight it hard & immediately
RescueJen (@rescuejen.bsky.social) reposted
Exactly
Daniel M. Deilgat (@danielmdeilgat.bsky.social) reposted
DC by far surpasses the murder rate of any state. It was the murder capital of the US in 1994, and it still is. We need to understand why DC has almost triple the amount of homicides of most states. People need to be able to make a living, have dignity and respect laws.
Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 (@olgalautman.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
And that is just a small sample of what Putin has done. He continues to rewrite history, textbooks, etc. Every move Trump makes echoes what Putin & other thug dictators did in Russia. Why isn’t everyone sounding the alarm? Unless they want to live under a repressive, cruel police, surveillance state
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
Yes. Yes, it does.
SpudWebKam O_G_ (@jagarvaken.bsky.social) reposted
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu: “Silence in the face of oppression is not an option. The U.S. Attorney General asked for a response by today. So here it is…Stop attacking our cities to hide your administration's failures.”
Bruce Wilson (@brucewilson.bsky.social) reposted
Yikes.
Sir Chumlee (@chummychumlee.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
He is SO far out of his depth. I am so embarrassed to be an American right now.
Lady of the Lake (@jagb75.bsky.social) reply parent
The moron is strong with this one.
Lady of the Lake (@jagb75.bsky.social) reply parent
This is such small dick energy right now. If you got it, you don’t need to prove it. If you don’t, you can’t stop yourself.
Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) reposted
i don't often listen to him live because it's such obvious mush, but, my god, he's a brain-damaged fool
The Contrarian (@contrariannews.org) reposted
Alaskans stand with Ukraine. #democracymovement
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Putin told him to do this. That’s a very important piece of the story. Im not kidding. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
JoeinNJfightsfordemocracy (@progavalanche.bsky.social) reposted
If you haven’t seen this, it’s about time you did. Sound up!
Free Agent Fly On The Wall (@flyonsomewall.bsky.social) reposted
Yeah, here it comes By this time next year, most of the US economy is going to revolve around the mass arrest, transportation, incarceration, management, indentured labor and deportation of humans What is your line? What will you do, when your company starts cashing in? bsky.app/profile/flyo...
Congressman Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL 01) (@jonathanjackson.house.gov) reposted
Sixty years ago, the #VotingRightsAct secured the ballot for millions of Americans. Now, with the President attacking our fundamental right to vote, we must stay vigilant. We won’t turn back. We’ll honor our ancestors by defending and advancing the right to vote for all.
Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) reposted
Putin is a war criminal. Ukraine is a sovereign nation. Remember that tomorrow.
Salute Gesundheit (@meltedplasticman.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I think of it as the President of the United States has declared war against the people of the United States by using its armed forces against the American people.
🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 (@msgrumpybunny.bsky.social) reposted
Good lord. Tell me this isn’t authoritarianism and a fascist state. Californians — when the special election hits and it’s time to vote on the constitutional amendment, the Election Rigging Response Act, to protect our democracy — YOU MUST VOTE! Our freedoms are teetering on extinction.
John Fugelsang (@johnfugelsang.bsky.social) reposted
The only way it's possible to follow both Donald Trump and Jesus is if you've never read either of their books.
Morgan J Freeman (@mjfree.bsky.social) reposted
Don’t let this sick fuck wrap our country around the tree! There’s still time to stop the insanity and save our country! 🚨🚨🚨 EPSTEIN SCANDAL // REMOVE TRUMP FROM POWER 🚨🚨🚨 - Sign the Petition!
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
They get to endure what we’ve had to for ten years.
Margaret Judge (@margej826.bsky.social) reposted
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Gracie Perez (@gracieperez1996.bsky.social) reposted
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SayItToMyFace🚫👑 (@sayittomyface.bsky.social) reposted
Time for a new logo for the Democrats!
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Kat (@phoebe11.bsky.social) reposted
John Fugelsang (@johnfugelsang.bsky.social) reposted
Chris Kluwe (@chriswarcraft.bsky.social) reposted
While I have plenty of beef with other stuff Newsom has done, this is exactly what we need right now
Maxine Kaplan (@maxinegkaplan.bsky.social) reposted
There’s a political project to kill the humanities. People who don’t know how to read don’t know how to ask questions, or imagine and communicate new ideas, or evaluate anything without a yes/no answer. It’s that simple.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?
Lady of the Lake (@jagb75.bsky.social) reply parent
I like them all and I believe they can be agents of great change but these people are talking, holding press conferences, rallies and the such. And I don’t claim to know what needs doing but it seems to me this isn’t it. The president is moving with terrible speed and we are not.
Karl Bode (@karlbode.com) reposted
If this stuff doesn't end with prison sentences this country might as well stop pretending it functions
dollyz.bsky.social (@dollyz.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Lady of the Lake (@jagb75.bsky.social) reply parent
“I had a couple of wokesters.” Good Lord the sheer ridiculousness of this moron. Have you ever heard a more stupid human being?The idiot in chief. Making America stupid as dirt again. MASADA!
Lady of the Lake (@jagb75.bsky.social) reply parent
I can completely relate. Only because I am a woman it was hysterics and lack of political savvy. 🤦♀️
Lady of the Lake (@jagb75.bsky.social) reply parent
I am sorry on a variety of levels.
David Slack (@slack2thefuture.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
It’s not about crime and it never was. It’s not about jobs and it never was. It’s not about border security and it never was. It’s about racism and white supremacy and always has been from the moment Trump came down the escalator.
cmm912.bsky.social (@cmm912.bsky.social) reposted
Dear @jenpsaki.msnbc.com, this Purple Heart recipient, who has lived in USA for 48 yrs, deserves to have his story elevated. I hope you will consider it. Thank you. www.thedailybeast.com/purple-heart...
David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf.bsky.social) reposted
Trump and the billionaires understand how to seize and hold power. And there's only one way to defeat them as they seek to do so. (Hint: It's up to us. No one is going to ride in to our rescue.) My latest. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
Lady of the Lake (@jagb75.bsky.social) reply parent
Because we are fools who truly believed the bulwarks would hold. Who believed that we would never do the same idiocy twice. Who believed there were more of us than them. And then there were people like myself who was pulling the panic button and consistently told I was over reacting was hysterical.
Daniel Goldman (@danielsgoldman.dg4ny.co) reposted
For months, DHS repeatedly denied inhumane conditions at 26 Fed while illegally blocking me from inspecting it. Now, in court, they admit to the horrific conditions they've been subjecting law-abiding immigrants to. This administration is lying to you over and over. They cannot be trusted.
Lady of the Lake (@jagb75.bsky.social) reply parent
While we know it we see no one stepping up. Democrat, independent, old school republican…no one. How is it that we were so completely unprepared for this scenario? Our complacency is our undoing. I weep for my child and all who are coming after us. What pathetic wretches we are to have allowed it.
God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted
He’s using the military against US citizens while gerrymandering democrats out of existence. The time to fight is now.
fakeviews.bsky.social (@fakeviews.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
The End of the World Party, PhD (@endoftheworldparty.bsky.social) reposted
Mexican media is doing good coverage too, si tu hablas espanol.
Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@qasimrashid.com) reposted
If you’re more outraged at CBS cancelling Colbert than at Netanyahu killing 232 journalists in Gaza while enforcing an international media blackout then it isn’t freedom of press you’re defending it’s your personal comfort TV program.
The Salt Lake Tribune (@sltrib.com) reposted
Letter: Refugees seeking safe haven are in the crosshairs of unjust actors. Our silence is complicity.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
Every news broadcast should run the facts split-screen in real time while Trump spews his lies. Nice work, @msnbc.com — every network had time to prepare because they knew what was coming.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
So, no national guard on January 6th, but definitely on August 11th. Makes total sense.
Lady of the Lake (@jagb75.bsky.social) reply parent
He’s not petty. That’s not what it is. It erasure. He is wants to be the one and only ruler of the kingdom that he has turned to shit. It’s a reminder that any remnant of the life we thought we knew is well and truly gone. It’s statement of our new world order. He took a wrecking ball to it all.
Al Cappuccino…☕️🇮🇹 (@alcappuccinoit.bsky.social) reposted
What’s the point of requiring that politicians take an oath of office if they can just violate it with impunity? It’s not worth a damn.
Max Berger (@maxberger.bsky.social) reposted
Tomorrow, the President is going to order the national guard to militarize the nation's capital (despite crime being at a 30 year low) after sending Congress home to prevent them from investigating evidence he committed sex crimes against children. The Congressional GOP is unified behind him. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
The Last Mile with USAID (@thelastmileusaid.bsky.social) reposted
🇺🇸 NO WARRANT, NO BOARDING. Greyhound now refuses immigration checks on buses and in nonpublic areas without a warrant. Thank them, then tag two carriers you use and ask for the same rule. Simple, public, repeatable. Turn one company’s stand into the standard.
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
Note to Kristi Noem: It is far better to be mocked in a cartoon for how you look than to be shoved into the back of a U-Haul and kidnapped for how you look.
Lady of the Lake (@jagb75.bsky.social)
So much this.
Lady of the Lake (@jagb75.bsky.social) reply parent
Yuck
Lady of the Lake (@jagb75.bsky.social) reply parent
There is no floor for these thugs. They are heinous, godless, feckless enemies of the state and they need to put in the jails they so love to send people to.
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.
Steve Schmidt (@thewarningses.bsky.social) reposted
No one wants war in America, yet we have an enemy on the inside.
🦋Fiona McGee🦋🚫👑 (@judymccarthy.bsky.social) reposted
₦ØLØNGɆⱤ°SΔI∩TS (@sleepingsaints.bsky.social) reposted
Happy Birthday to a real President! @barackobama.bsky.social
Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755.bsky.social) reposted
Important thread. If they can deny due process to some people, they can deny it to us all. Which means we will have no way to prove our innocence or take legal action if captured.