jd8799.bsky.social
@jd8799.bsky.social
created November 11, 2024
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) (@axidentaliberal.bsky.social) reposted
Not content with having a total abortion ban and a law that lets citizens sue providers The Texas legislature today passed a bill banning outside sources from mailing abortion medication to its citizens The next Democratic president MUST declare a national emergency and restore reproductive rights
Scott Dworkin (@dworkin.bsky.social) reposted
You're either on the side of Epstein, Maxwell, and Donald Trump, along with lies, cover-ups, sex traffickers, and abusers. OR You back survivors, truth, accountability, and WANT TO RELEASE ALL OF THE EPSTEIN FILES. This isn't hard. It's one or the other. You cannot be both.
Atul Gawande (@agawande.bsky.social) reposted
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Pierre Polyester (@canadian-critic.bsky.social) reposted
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Who voted for war with Venezuela?
Just Jack (@just-jack-1.bsky.social) reposted
He can pretend to be dead all he wants. I still want the Epstein files released.
Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) reposted
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Welch: As someone who lives in a red state, let me just tell you what MAGA supermajorities get you. We're 50th in education. The worst in the whole country for women to live. We're poorer, worst health care. And if you look at the bottom ten states, they are all MAGA supermajorities.
jd8799.bsky.social (@jd8799.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s about time Oklahoma! Hold these grifters accountable
jd8799.bsky.social (@jd8799.bsky.social) reply parent
Guess he saw Idiocracy
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
The CDC is gutting a program that monitors foodborne illnesses. The program will now only track infections caused by two pathogens, rather than eight. Hello? How does this “Make America Healthy Again”?
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
We want to apologize if it feels like we’ve been venting a lot lately. It’s just hard to ignore that nearly every move from this administration seems to be illegal, unlawful, or outright unconstitutional and yet nothing happens.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) reposted
I've kept saying one of the most dangerous MAGA Horsemen is RFK JR due to the damage he will do to America's public health infrastructure and his promotion of reckless, baseless, and destructive anti-vaxx conspiracies. You're seeing it play out now, folks. Should be bigger news.
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.
jd8799.bsky.social (@jd8799.bsky.social)
This is wrong on every human level. Why are Americans tolerating this?
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
Pay attention. Your family’s safety is on the line.
Richard Blumenthal (@blumenthal.senate.gov) reposted
Sec. Kennedy’s warped political agenda is corrupting our protection against disease. His destructive discharges of CDC leaders are yet another attempt to replace science with zealotry.
jd8799.bsky.social (@jd8799.bsky.social) reply parent
Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) reposted
BREAKING: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey JUST CALLED FOR a statewide and federal ban on assault weapons. Who’s with him?
Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist (@drandrealove.bsky.social) reposted
Hi, immunologist here: (a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes) RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can “see in kids faces that they have inflammation” That’s NOT how immunology works. He is an anti-science profiteer. Start calling him such.
jd8799.bsky.social (@jd8799.bsky.social)
This is unAmerican
Richard Blumenthal (@blumenthal.senate.gov) reposted
Remember the Boars Head listeria outbreak that killed 10 people & made 60+ ill? Well a key CDC program will no longer be monitoring for listeria & other foodborne illnesses. Without early detection & intervention—more people will get seriously sick & die.
Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@qasimrashid.com) reposted
GOP: We are the pro-life party! So—free pre-natal care? GOP: No Extend child tax credit? GOP: No Paid family leave? GOP: No Universal pre-K? GOP: No Gun reform to stop school shootings? GOP: No So...HOW Exactly are you pro-life?🤔 GOP: We force 11-yr-old rape victims to give birth
Nathan Chomilo, MD FAAP FACP (@chomilomd.bsky.social) reposted
At some point folks will realize this *Christian* nation & its leaders treat children as dispensable It doesn't care if gun violence is the leading cause of their death It no longer cares if they're protected from preventable diseases or if they're cured from cancer
jd8799.bsky.social (@jd8799.bsky.social) reply parent
WTAF
Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🏳️🌈 🇲🇽 🇨🇦 👩🏽⚕️ 👊🏼 (@nurseteria.bsky.social) reposted
After the Wednesday massacre at the CDC, Senator Patty Murray calls for the immediate firing of RFK Jr, a public health terrorist. Enough is enough! We agree. Please sign this petition and share it. www.change.org/p/rfk-jr-mus...
jd8799.bsky.social (@jd8799.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s what they want. Stay strong!
Aaron Fritschner (@fritschner.bsky.social) reposted
It won’t fit in screen shots but linking here the full letter of resignation posted by one of the departing CDC officials, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who ran the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and led efforts to fight COVID, monkeypox, and bird flu x.com/dr_demetre/s...
Steven Beschloss (@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social) reposted
This is good, very, very good.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Gupta: Here’s why this matters: 1. Because the FDA indications have changed, if I prescribe it to you, I’m opening myself up to a lawsuit. He directly signals that… 2. A pharmacist is no longer able to prescribe and administer a COVID-19 booster that doesn’t meet indications.
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.
altNOAA 🇺🇸 (@altnoaa.bsky.social) reposted
None of this is true. There is not one single piece of evidence that shows wind turbine or its construction has killed any whales. And... fish are attracted to underwater objects, including wind turbine bases. They become underwater reefs and actually increase fish populations.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
I asked for the latest COVID vaccine this week at my VA clinic and they didn't have any. They said they are "out" but maybe more is on the way. The don't have an ETA.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
Federal Emergency Management Agency suspended over 30 employees after they wrote to Congress warning that the Trump administration had severely weakened the nation’s ability to respond to hurricanes, floods,
Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social) reposted
I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees. No refugee underfunded a school. No refugee closed a hospital. No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled. We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
jd8799.bsky.social (@jd8799.bsky.social) reply parent
And yet there is no consequence. How many laws can he ignore before Congress wakes up?
Dr. Jack Brown (@drjackbrown.bsky.social) reposted
"By moving convicted felon Maxwell to a minimum security, country club prison, the DOJ sends a disturbing message that child sex trafficking is acceptable and will be rewarded." The family of Virginia Giuffre
Morgan J Freeman (@mjfree.bsky.social) reposted
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
Well, this has certainly escalated quickly. National Guard units patrolling the nation’s capital under Trump’s orders are now carrying firearms. The moment our military turns its weapons on American citizens will mark a point of no return.
jd8799.bsky.social (@jd8799.bsky.social)
Idiocracy on full display
Molly Jo (@molly1jo.bsky.social) reposted
"Four dead in Ohio." Four unarmed protesters killed, nine injured. #KentStateMassacre #NationalGuardClusterFck #F47 #FascismIsHere
altNOAA 🇺🇸 (@altnoaa.bsky.social) reposted
7 people. One Mexican would have it done already.
alexjungle.bsky.social (@alexjungle.bsky.social) reposted
In Germany, scientists have made a breakthrough in treating Parkinson’s by implanting a chip in the brain that sends precise signals to restore movement. A stunning leap in neuroscience—witness the power of innovation and the beauty of science in action. Powerfull content
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Paul (@fucktheracists.bsky.social) reposted
Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris indicted on charges of lewd acts with a child. share.google/wybaGmyXovpE...
Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.substack.com) reposted
The Bolton raid should chill you: my emergency video (full video linked) adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-...
Erick Fernandez (@erickfernandez.bsky.social) reposted
Famine has been officially confirmed in the Gaza City region and is projected to spread within weeks to two more population centers in the wider Gaza Strip, the global authority on hunger said Friday
Dr. Jack Brown (@drjackbrown.bsky.social) reposted
Greed destroys everything. Always has. Always will.
jd8799.bsky.social (@jd8799.bsky.social)
Thank you for your contribution to stop Trump from rigging the 2026 election act.gavinnewsom.com/signup/ab-ty...
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
👇👇
Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@qasimrashid.com) reposted
During Antebellum America, enslaving states used Slave Patrols to capture & enslave Black people. Those Slave Patrols then became the Police Force. Now Texas MAGAs are forcing a Black State Rep. named Nicole Collier to accept a police patrol to monitor her every move. State backed fascism thriving
jd8799.bsky.social (@jd8799.bsky.social) reply parent
So Melania is responsible for not stopping her husband for his inappropriate and imbecile social media posts. 🤔
jd8799.bsky.social (@jd8799.bsky.social) reply parent
What a f^€king embarrassment- he is an unserious person and not worthy of the office.
Charlie Sykes (@sykescharlie.bsky.social) reposted
So this is a genuinely vertiginous moment. The President of the United States was once the leader of the free world. But now the free world is rallying to protect itself against an America that seems ready to switch sides in the great historical struggle. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
jd8799.bsky.social (@jd8799.bsky.social) reply parent
Hopefully it can all be removed promptly when he is no longer in office
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Collier: I refused to sign and so I was told that I was gonna have to stay here on the floor. They have locked the doors. The sergeants have been instructed not to allow me to leave until I have a permission slip.
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (@crockett.house.gov) reposted
As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous. Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
Laura Chapin (@laurachapin.bsky.social) reposted
White Texas Republicans are literally holding a Black woman, Rep Nicole Collier, hostage until she obeys them but tell me again how Kamala Harris' loss wasn't attributable to racism.
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Gary Andover (@garyandover.bsky.social) reposted
Ricky Davila (@therickydavila.bsky.social) reposted
For the idiots who said the orange felon would never be allowed to become a Dictator in the US, take a look at him literally seizing total control of Washington DC despite no legitimate reason other than to consolidate power and militarize the area he’s in just because he can.
Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) reposted
Ok this is my laugh for the night.
the Mountain Goats (@themountaingoats.bsky.social) reposted
the intensity of my anger at those who would criminalize the homeless — a population literally created by the greed and callousness of the ruling class — is very hard to contain. it was you who dismantled the safety net. if you don’t like the results, put it back
jd8799.bsky.social (@jd8799.bsky.social) reply parent
Is he giving Alaska to Putin?
Moe Davis (@moedavis.bsky.social) reposted
The Big Beautiful Bill is great for farmers … if they’re massive corporate farms growing 1 of 22 specific crops. It’s not good for the 5,000 farmers in Western North Carolina who it hurts more than it helps. Chuck Edwards and his rich donors are getting richer on the backs of working class families.
💙💙🤔CJ🤨🤣🧐💙💙🇺🇸 (@cnice59.bsky.social) reposted
Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) reposted
Heinous.
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Jordy Meiselas: ICE didn't just lower the age requirement—they removed the age requirement. Now, at any age—you can go and join. They've riled up their base and have given them one lane to occupy: take out your anger, become an ICE agent, and chase down migrants. They are preying on people's hate.
Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) (@axidentaliberal.bsky.social) reposted
For 18 years they served Honorably and dutifully Not for glory Nor fame Nor riches Maybe they were patriots Maybe this was their calling Maybe they just sought a greater purpose But now Trump and Pete Hegseth are throwing them away-like trash And stealing their retirement benefits to boot
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
NEWS: Annie Farmer, an Epstein survivor who testified against Ghislaine Maxwell, just revealed on CNN that she wrote a letter with her concerns to Deputy AG Blanche — and received no response. She says neither she nor other survivors have heard a word from the DOJ.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
Significant portions of Article I of the U.S. Constitution were removed from the version published on Congress’ official Constitution website. Large parts of Section 8(which outlines the powers of Congress) were deleted, and Sections 9 and 10,
Andrew Weinstein (@andrewjweinstein.com) reposted
A core economic truth getting lost in Trump's noise: tariffs are a tax on the country that imposes them. When the U.S. puts a tariff on a product, a U.S. importer pays the bill. And that cost doesn't just disappear—it shows up in the prices we all pay. It’s Donald Trump’s tax on American families.
Red Painter (@redpainter1.bsky.social) reposted
Let me get this straight. The Vice President of the United States of America and numerous administration officials are meeting this evening for a private meeting to discuss how to protect the President from accusations regarding sex trafficking and abuse of children. Did I get that right?
Laurence H. Tribe (@tribelaw.bsky.social) reposted
Andy Borowitz on Donald Trump quoting Molly Ivins on Dan Quayle: “If you put that man’s brain in a bumblebee, 🐝 it would fly backwards.” But with Trump, the bee would fly upside down and zigzag erratically, vindictively stinging everything in sight and shitting on everyone it deemed disloyal 😵💫!!
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
I enjoyed chatting with Stephen Colbert on "The Late Show." My thoughts on how we save our democracy are the same today as when we last spoke on "The Colbert Report" in 2010. We must get big money out of politics.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Pure Americana.
jd8799.bsky.social (@jd8799.bsky.social) reply parent
He already knows who the perpetrators are. We all see through the “we can’t Epstein her so we have to make a deal so she withholds trump’s name”.
Pierre Polyester (@canadian-critic.bsky.social) reposted
Ron Hacker (@ronhacker.bsky.social) reposted
This about covers it.
jd8799.bsky.social (@jd8799.bsky.social) reply parent
Same can be said for Okla ‘s new license plates. Top 10 my a$$.
𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 (@sundaedivine.bsky.social) reposted
A friend of mine who lives in Austin saw this at a bar and said she had never been so offended by something she 100% agreed with.
CAKE (@thebandcake.bsky.social) reposted
Chris Kluwe (@chriswarcraft.bsky.social) reposted
Oh look, imma tikkin and a tokkin with some help from @aclusocal.bsky.social
💙💙🤔CJ🤨🤣🧐💙💙🇺🇸 (@cnice59.bsky.social) reposted
I Second This Statement…. Looking guilty as hell! 🔥🔥
jd8799.bsky.social (@jd8799.bsky.social) reply parent
And yet there’s money to pave over the rose garden and spend millions on a gaudy gold ballroom for someone who will only be there 3.5 more years.
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
The man who just fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because their numbers supposedly weren’t accurate just claimed that he lowered drug prices in America by 1500%.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
“Both of them.”
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Wow
Jack Hopkins-The Original (@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social) reposted
This should be a Five Alarm Fire on every G'ddamned media outlet in the world. I very rarely post a link to someone else's newsletter...as I have my own. This, however...is a MUST see. open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
None of the Epstein/Maxwell survivors were notified of Maxwell’s transfer to the minimum security facility.
Alex Cole (@realalexcole.bsky.social) reposted
It seems as if Mar-a-Lago's spa and Epstein Island were competitors.
Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yasharali.bsky.social) reposted
NEWS Senator Josh Hawley’s bill to ban stock trading for members of Congress, the President, and Vice President has passed out of committee. The vote was 8–7, with Hawley being the only GOP to join Dems. White House had lobbied against the bill since it includes the President and Vice President.
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Based on what we have learned, this does seem like a fair name for the files
rusty54.bsky.social (@rusty54.bsky.social) reposted
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
An 18-year-old U.S. citizen was violently detained by Border Patrol and told he had no rights here. He happened to record the encounter, which captured immigration agents joking about using stun guns and getting bonuses. It was always about cruelty. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...