Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) reposted
More framing like this, please www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
🇺🇸 Remember when: Liberty and Justice for all was our pledge and a More Perfect Union was our goal?
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view profile on Bluesky Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) reposted
More framing like this, please www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
Simply Me (@simplyme0612.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
A Senator who votes for Huckabee, Bondi and Noem, to name a few, has some serious anti-democracy issues… www.govtrack.us/congress/mem...
Santiago Mayer (@santiagomayer.com) reposted
Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, what’s the timeline for the book on how the President went missing like a week after he had weird bruising on his hands?
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social) reposted
2025 🇺🇸 “If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.” -Lyndon B. Johnson
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
🧾 📈 💰 Aug. 9, 2024 “Starting on day one, we will end inflation and make America affordable again, to bring down the prices of all goods.” - Donald Trump
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
Dr. Jack Brown (@drjackbrown.bsky.social) reposted
Hey Congress – make Alex Acosta's testimony public and televised. There's absolutely no ethical reason for it to be private and transcribed. Nefarious AF. We need to hear your questions. We want to see him squirm. We need to see him squirm. Yet another sign of a cover-up.
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
🇺🇸 History Sep 01, 1884 San Francisco Public Schools Deny Admission to Chinese American Children This incident took place in the midst of extensive discriminatory treatment of Chinese American children in California's public schools. calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
Dutch Panderin (@dutchpanderin.bsky.social) reposted
Michelle Obama: kids should have healthier school lunches RFK Jr: maybe if we let the plague run wild we can build a master race Media: wow these are the same thing
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social) reposted
When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion. Eric Hoffer
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
2025 🇺🇸 you were warned, you just didn’t want to listen. “Then I have an Article II, where I have the right to do whatever I want as president.” msnbc Donald Trump 2019 “I (have) the right to do anything that I want to do. I’m the president of the United States.” cnn Donald Trump 2025
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
2025 🇺🇸 “You can't handle the truth!" -Colonel Nathan R. Jessep A Few Good Men (1992) The statement resonated with Americans for a reason.
Jess Piper (@piperformissouri.bsky.social) reposted
MO Gov Mike Kehoe is calling a special session to gerrymander the 5th District which encompasses Kansas City. He is specifically violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which bans any voting practice that denies or weakens the power of a racial minority to elect its preferred candidates.
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JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
@washingtonpost January 24, 2021 Trump’s false or misleading claims total 30,573 over 4 years By the end of his term, Trump had accumulated 30,573 untruths during his presidency — averaging about 21 erroneous claims a day. If lying works for you, why change?
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion. Eric Hoffer
Saint Sherman - The Ultimate Patriot (@claypotter.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Millions will die.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
WELKER: Do you have 100% confidence in Secretary Kennedy? LANKFORD: I believe he's who the president picked. He's challenging some of the assumption - what is it about autism? He seems to be following the science WELKER: The science has debunked links between autism & vaccines for more than 20 yrs
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
It’s not DEI it’s AWM Another White Male
Roman Piso (@romanpiso.bsky.social) reposted
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Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) reposted
"Nobody wants to be a cop [in DC]. They were abused. They were spit on." "When you when you say they were abused and spit on, I'm assuming you're talking about January 6th, correct?" "All you guys want to do was bring up J6 about the answer to everything."
🦋Keisha Resister🦋 (@keishmomx3.bsky.social) reposted
I will post this everyday to remind us she was always right.
Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) reposted
Black women have every right to be furious. The irresponsible choices of white voters has for many of us, taken our livelihood with consequences for our homes, the education of our children, our ability to care for parents. It’s unconscionable. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
Dutchy Patrick (@dutchiepatrick.bsky.social) reposted
Robert Kennedy Jr. is a fucking lunatic. Period.
John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton.bsky.social) reposted
NEW: Analysis finds UK's age verification rollout is producing exactly the opposite of the desired effect: Driving traffic non-compliant adult sites. Which punishes compliant ones. Entirely predictable. That's not the worst part 1/ By @drewharwell.com www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
🧾 📈 💰 Aug. 9, 2024 “Starting on day one, we will end inflation and make America affordable again, to bring down the prices of all goods.” - Donald Trump
Ms Thurmond (@shiveringlizard.bsky.social) reposted
Having masked men carrying weapons around schools should make no one feel safe. Remember these ICE agents love controlling the helpless.
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
Instagram influencer Adventorin goes viral after demonstrating how simple it is to climb over the U.S. Border Wall.
Laurence H. Tribe (@tribelaw.bsky.social) reposted
In recent public remarks about deploying the National Guard to Chicago, Donald Trump said: “I have the right to do ANYTHING I want to do. I’m the president of the United States.” Not even a King has that right. Certainly no president. Who knew a non-drinker could be so drunk with power?
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
2025 🇺🇸 “I have the right to do ANYTHING I want to do. I’m the president of the United States.” 🤴
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist (@drandrealove.bsky.social) reposted
RFK Jr cut half a billion dollars in research funding for mRNA vaccines. He & Marty Makary claim mRNA vaccines are “risky” so they’ll shift to “traditional, older” vaccine tech that’s “safer.” Guess what? We used to immunize people by blowing powdered smallpox scabs up their noses. 1/
Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET (@patti3333.bsky.social) reposted
One of the best signs I've ever seen Enjoy your Labor Day Weekend
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
Trump is again threatening Chicago with a takeover on social media. We will again say those who trade liberty for the illusion of temporary safety deserve neither. We are not, and will not become, a military state. Remember freedom is something they can never take away, no matter what they tell you!
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
Americans are in the process of learning what it’s like to be a Black American. What it’s like to be told that parts of the constitution do not apply to you. To know government services paid by your taxes are not available to you. To fear your government won’t protect you. To know benign neglect.
The Lincoln Project (@lincolnproject.us) reposted
Stuart Stevens on National Guard deployment: "The murder rate of Jackson, Mississippi is 3 times that of D.C.... the whole thing is complete fraud"
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
🇺🇸 History Aug 30, 1956 On August 30, 1956, the first day of school, mobs of white pro-segregationists guarded Mansfield High School and patrolled the streets threatening to use guns and other weapons to prevent Black children from registering. calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
Susan Steele, FL, USA (@publickspace.bsky.social) reposted
On Veshi @normornstein.bsky.social called out the practical failure of Dem leaders not using institutional tools to reclaim the public's much needed ATTENTION: 1. Publicized impeachments of Trump's crank cabinet such as Kennedy. 2. DAILY pressers explaining today's clear & present danger.
Jess Piper (@piperformissouri.bsky.social) reposted
If you’re interested in finding out what we can do to fight back against the gerrymandering in Missouri, I hope you’ll join this call. I will be speaking on the call. www.mobilize.us/indivisiblek...
Dayna Delmonico (@ddelmoni.bsky.social) reposted
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social if Trump doesn't fire Kennedy, start impeachment proceedings Tuesday morning. Republicans can't stop you. Force them to vote! @normornstein.bsky.social
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
“We will go down in history either as the world's greatest statesmen or its worst villains.” Hermann Goring (1937)
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @kenmartin.bsky.social @jasmineforus.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @petebuttigieg.bsky.social @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social @schiff.senate.gov @jimacosta.bsky.social.
stuartpstevens.bsky.social (@stuartpstevens.bsky.social) reposted
Mass shootings are an American nightmare. But RFK Jr will kill more Americans than all the mass shooters combined. And Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. let it happen. It’s the greatest case of medical malpractice in history.
Blacklace63 (@blacklace63.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Untill Trump speaks in front of a camera, and we actually see his face and hear his voice, I don't believe it's him. If he feels good enough to golf, why is somebody posting for him on TS and why hasn't he given any impromptu pressers? A lot going on and he has nothing to say in public???
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @kenmartin.bsky.social @jasmineforus.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @petebuttigieg.bsky.social @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social @schiff.senate.gov @jimacosta.bsky.social
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
2025 🇺🇸 “If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.” -Lyndon B. Johnson
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Now this is the attitude ALL district attorneys need to take when it comes to dealing with Trump.
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social) reply parent
What would you say is the most urgent thing Democrats should be doing right now?
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Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
Petty Trump cancels Kamala Harris's Secret Service protection just as she is about to embark on a national book tour. She will be more likely to cross paths with unhinged MAGA lunatics than at any time after leaving office. Trump is an evil clown. edition.cnn.com/2025/08/29/p...
Mozelle Victory (@godswrath699.bsky.social) reposted
youtube.com/watch?v=cu1U... Rebel HQ
BadRobotLinda (@lms2025.bsky.social) reposted
Chief Justice John Roberts is the one most responsible for the demise of democracy in America. He blames our youth for a lack of civics education, meanwhile the one who has zero civics knowledge is the man who thanked him over and over at the SOTU. What did Trump promise you John? #ProudBlue
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
“And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.” -Donald Trump Americans have a history of moving on. Trump 2.0
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social) reply parent
Elections have real consequences. He’s doing what he was elected to do. 😖 If we get to vote again, everyone should remember this.
Al Czarnecki (@alczarnecki.bsky.social) reposted
Drivers side near windshield - a pocket flashlight can sidelight the TXT for clarity. Try it on your car.
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @kenmartin.bsky.social @jasmineforus.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @petebuttigieg.bsky.social @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social @schiff.senate.gov @jimacosta.bsky.social
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
😑 Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures People enrolled in traditional Medicare who live in Arizona, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas and Washington State will be included in the experiment, which is expected to start in January and last for six years. New York Times
Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com) reposted
What a cursed sentence (gift link) “The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.”
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side. But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony. Luke 16:23,25
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
🇺🇸 “The circus is in town The circus is the town and you never get out of town” Gylan Kain 1968 The American Republican Party 🎈
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
2025🇺🇸 People of color can help, but it really is up to white Americans to decide if they want to keep this democracy or give it to Donald Trump.
Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social) reposted
There is no possible legitimate reason to do this. It’s what despots do. It’s petty. It’s dangerous. It’s unAmerican. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social) reposted
lex talionis : law of retribution in kind : an eye for an eye share.google/ER2bBZqayxw6...
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social) reply parent
When someone hates you, they find ways to show you large and small. They hate us. Trump 2.0 😣
Steve Marmel (@marmel.bsky.social) reposted
are you under the impression they wouldn't use Red State thugs to invade blue states? National strike is needed.
Zach Everson (@zacheverson.com) reposted
"Pediatric Brain Cancer Trial Group to Be Phased Out" "A network of hospitals and cancer centers dedicated to early phase trials of novel treatments will no longer receive federal funding." 🎁🔗 Nina Agrawal for @nytimes.com
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
Sean P Duffy serves as the 20th United States Secretary of Transportation. 😑
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social) reply parent
We need to push to get IDs for those who don’t have one and an additional push to get everyone registered as soon as they can be, with regular follow ups and voter education.
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
🇺🇸 History Aug 28, 1955 The men then drove Emmett to the edge of the Tallahatchie River, ordered him to remove his clothes, and shot him in the head. Once the child was dead, Bryant and Milam chained the fan to his corpse and rolled it into the river. 14 years old 😫 calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
When someone hates you, they find ways to show you large and small. They hate us. Trump 2.0 😣
WIRED (@wired.com) reposted
If the US wants to compete with China, it needs to focus more on engineering and less on litigating, Dan Wang tells @zeyiyang.bsky.social in our latest Made in China newsletter. "Engineers are much more focused on doing very rational things, like figuring out how to build a great subway system."
BladeoftheSun (@bladeofthes.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
It's a reality people in the USA don't want to accept, 10,000 dead kids, 100,000 dead kids. They just don't care.
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
2025 🇺🇸 Psalm 52:1-3 Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero? Why do you boast all day long, you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God? You who practice deceit, your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor. You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth.
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
At The Mercy of Monsters They deny that they are monsters, yet they always do monstrous things & behave in monstrous ways. They think monstrous thoughts, and they raise monstrous offspring. Their genealogy is replete with monsters. When dealing with them one has to wonder, “am I in a horror movie?”
Michael Clemens (@mclem.org) reposted
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social) reply parent
At The Mercy of Monsters They deny that they are monsters, yet they always do monstrous things & behave in monstrous ways. They think monstrous thoughts, and they raise monstrous offspring. Their genealogy is replete with monsters. When dealing with them one has to wonder, “am I in a horror movie?”
Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) reposted
70 years ago, on this date, Emmett Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered by white men. His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
March 25, 2023 “And before I even arrive at the Oval Office, shortly after I win the presidency, I will have the disastrous war between Russia and Ukraine settled.” Donald Trump 😑
andykimnj.bsky.social (@andykimnj.bsky.social) reposted
The CDC was known as the “gold standard” that set the mark for the rest of the world. Lives are being put at risk and our global leadership in shambles from what Trump and Kennedy have done.
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
Curious what the reasoning for this could possibly be. My first thought it that it was a Putin request
JonSmyth (@jonsmyth.bsky.social)
🇺🇸👨🏻🦳👵🏻 The goods these prisoners produce wind up in the supply chains of a dizzying array of products found in most American kitchens, from Frosted Flakes cereal and Ball Park hot dogs to Gold Medal flour, Coca-Cola… Kroger, Target, Aldi and Whole Foods @ap www.hubcityspokes.com/prisoners-us...