Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
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view profile on Bluesky Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
Mass shootings stem from a nation built on violence. The U.S. was founded on the genocide of its Indigenous population, land appropriation. Its history includes the enslavement of African Americans, forced religious assimilation, discriminatory laws, and numerous acts of oppression.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
fair enough…he tried. Must suck to have that job now.
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
A mom who is a legal US citizen gets separated from her family by ICE GOONS after getting back home from a family vacation.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Same. Such a twisted white girl take.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
TY!
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Like this:
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
NYT wiggle room as usual…they’re afraid to be straight with the American ppl who still subscribe.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Catch some peaceful guy sitting on a bench?
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Welker’s equivalent over on CBS. No reportage skills whatsoever. These people are program hosts not JOURNALIST. Too bad MAGA doesn’t understand that.
GeeGee405 (@geegee405.bsky.social) reposted
After Rep Ty Burns pleaded guilty to domestic abuse, injuring his wife & assaulting his teenage daughter, it's unclear whether OK GOP & House Speaker Kyle Hilbert will take action. They even kept the case against Burns secret until Thursday, Aug. 28. THIS IS WHAT THEY DO & THIS IS WHO THEY ARE!
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Right on! 100%
Marty Taylor (@realmartyt7.bsky.social) reposted
Not only is the National Guard doing menial tasks like picking up garbage in DC Trump and Hegseth are screwing them out of their housing allowance and health insurance by putting them on 29 day orders They need 30 days for benefits Trump always screws people over. Even the military #ProudBlue
Maple Mama (@maplemama20.bsky.social) reposted
@jollygoodginger.bsky.social is in DC with other vets right now standing up for democracy. He's playing General Milleys speech on repeat for them today 💜 #LoveTheVets!
Gary R Simonds (@garys79.bsky.social) reposted
Is anyone at all shocked by this level of supreme arrogance and disingenuousness? #nokings #nopedophiles #nonazis #defenddemocracy
Gary R Simonds (@garys79.bsky.social) reposted
Indeed #nokings #nopedophiles #nonazis #defenddemocracy
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Something compassionate fulfilled people don’t strive for and do not need.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Conservative democrat my ass. MAGAbot is more like it.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Hard to believe you actually walked the Camino by that remark. No self-awareness, just self-deception and unfiltered thoughts typed.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Long as someone makes it easy to then impeach Vance.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
And Face the Nation flacks rarely EVER pushback.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
And zero pushback on Face the Nation as usual. Why even amplify this traitor?
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
And it means MORE mining. Have we not yet learned?
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Lithium is NOT a renewable resource.
EDEN GATEKEEPER (@edengk.bsky.social) reposted
FIRST TRUMP BLATANTLY LIED ABOUT HOW BIDEN CAPPED INSULIN PRICES THEN TRUMP RUSHED TO UNCAP THEM FOR HIS BILLIONAIRE PHARMACEUTICAL PALS BILLIONAIRES ARE WILDING VIA TRUMP GAY TECH BILLIONAIRES BOUGHT AND OWN TRUMP ANEW CC THE APARTHEID BILLIONAIRE JIGSAW CREEP STATE CC GENOCIDE
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social)
WORD
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
all of the news we once trusted from @CBSnews.com to @nbcnews.com from the @nytimes.com to @washingpost.com have sold out to the wanna be king/dictator. They just don’t matter anymore.
Shooti (@bambooshooti.bsky.social) reposted
#ResistanceEarth #BlueEarth In Iowa, you can face serious jail time for poisoning a well. Yet the state allows agribusiness to poison its water supplies, and is trying to prevent the public from seeing a report linking high cancer rates to agricultural runoff. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social)
Time for the 25th Amendment AGAIN
Aaron Parnas (@aaronparnas.bsky.social) reposted
I will be there and you should come too. We cannot let the Epstein story die.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
MSM Is simply a too-easy euphemism for unskilled corporate hacks. Let’s call these “reporters” what they are: corporate hacks.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
This is how independent journalists do it.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Keep poking the bear. That’s the only way to get ppl to wake up.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh he definitely does that!
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
“Just don’t stay silent.” I just really don’t have anything to add. You did a great job of connecting the dots.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
I had a 18-yo Lakota Sioux friend who vanished from the face of the earth when I was 18. We shared birthdays/year. The horror has never left my heart. NO ONE in LE ever looked for her.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
TY!
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes! she was so much better in Russian Doll than Orange is the new Black. Piper Chapman was a wasted storyline.
Terri Resists (@terriresists.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Hey sis! Thank you 💕💕💕💕 I’m so tired of not being able to follow back. Fuck the mods. @galfox.bsky.social @tropicaldreamer.bsky.social @joostgarden.bsky.social @pamspaulding.bsky.social @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social @angelfrmcanada.bsky.social @krassotkin.bsky.social
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Because at this juncture in history with all the gerrymandering and the harsh and tragic treatment of women and their bodies, among other atrocities inflicted on Texas, I hardly see his point.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Truth. Far more Texans are registered Dems than GOP. Gerrymandering makes it difficult to make a diff.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Fact!
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank YOU and yes I am!
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Bright Lights….oooh that is another fur sure.
Robin Burks (@robinburks.bsky.social) reposted
Just another reason to keep giving Netflix my money.
Only One Glove 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦 (@onlyoneglove.bsky.social) reposted
This is straight up fraud, corruption, and greed. This is not part of presidential duties and should be prosecuted. www.nbcnews.com/business/mar...
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Sure. Now we can turn the airways into crowded freeways. Real smart. When Big Tech and their Technology First crowd gets to live out their ego-driven fantasies.
The Horseshoe Party UK 🦄🧲🥳🇬🇧🇮🇪🏳️🌈🗺️🇵🇸🇺🇦☯️ (@horseshoepartyuk.bsky.social) reposted
It's crazy and yet seemingly literally true… www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
he blames childhood vaccines for giving him wobbly voice when in reality it was countless heroin injections.
Ricky Davila (@therickydavila.bsky.social) reposted
I repeat once again, bribe for hire Pam Bondi is a criminal who was hired to cover up the Epstein files. She was never going to release anything to the public because her job was to hide serious crimes committed by the piece of shit who she takes illegal bribes from.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
I have another perspective. The regime is pushing him to vaca so he stays out of their way and keeps his foot out of his mouth. Planned obsolescence. He was a Peter Thiel bought prop. Meanwhile they both secretly fantasize of Trump dying, making him president. So he just bides his time.
Sharon Mills-Besheer (@hayleymarie1.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Senator Ron Wyden (@wyden.senate.gov) reposted
NEW: my office has received disturbing whistleblower reports that the Trump administration plans to separate 700 children from their families, lawyers, and support systems. Disappearing vulnerable children beyond the reach of American law and oversight is beyond depravity.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
And then we will see who really owns our failing Democracy…Trump or the Rightwing of the SCOTUS.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
OMG this was one of my favorite songs of hers after Seventeen! TY for the reminder.
Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted
DEERE: “.. Due to decreased demand and lower order volumes, the following factories will be implementing workforce reductions in the coming weeks. Affected employees were informed today.” @kwqc.com #Iowa $DE www.kwqc.com/2025/08/28/o...
Sister of Wendy Swiftie #EndICE (@sisterswendy.bsky.social) reposted
Fascist Trump wants gun violence, mass murder and chaos. It does nothing but benefit him in his goal to consolidate power. 🤬
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
They want us to look away…friends don’t let friends capitulate in fear.
Democracy Docket (@democracydocket.com) reposted
NEW: Trump’s unprecedented weaponization of National Guard troops in recent months raises alarming concern that the administration might be laying the groundwork to deploy troops to the polls. And @pgeddington.com thinks it may just start with Virginia’s fast-approaching gubernatorial election.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s OK, healthy people don’t go to Cracker Barrel. Only fatass MAGA.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
YAY! Finally good news out of Iowa: I Owe the World an Apology!
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
My brother is gay; other one’s house did burn down, my son’s bf is transgendered, other family is from Lebanon, my water has to be filtered, my ‘hood is at wildfire risk, I need medical care, one of my bf’s was a professor murdered by a gulf war vet in her classroom, I survived a sexual assault.
Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️🌈🍉 (@pguist.bsky.social) reposted
It’s the GUNS
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
JFC, That photo doesn’t EVEN look like him. AI generated?
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social)
If I wasn’t an agnostic, I would say I hope this guy burns in hell someday. Since I am, I will say “Pox on the House of Vought.”
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social)
Welcome to the Fourth Reich.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
He’s good but no, texas and democrats do not belong in the same sentence let alone breath.
Lloyd Christmas 🇺🇸 (@genxforged.bsky.social) reposted
So why aren't red states lowering costs?
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social)
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social)
This is where we are at now. A new approach to news reporting that works!
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Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
The NRA will. They dream of everyone owning a gun one day—even kids…for the Great American Shootout at the Trump Corral.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social)
Hmmmm💣 And corporate media? 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social)
@garys79.bsky.social
Jessica Tarlov (@jessicatarlov.bsky.social) reposted
Trump would rather we kick and scream over deploying the National Guard vs talk about the Jeffrey Epstein files or his falling approval ratings. He’s playing games with the National Guard and distracting his supporters while doing so.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
You did it! Thank you for voting. Democrat Catelin Drey has flipped an open Iowa state Senate seat, raise a glass! This victory means Republicans no longer hold a supermajority in Iowa.
Martina Firefly (@martina22.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Action of the day:
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
and other extreme weather disasters. Of the 182 FEMA employees who signed the letter, 36 publicly attached their names, while the others withheld their identities out of fear of retaliation.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Monarez was pressured by Kennedy to endorse controversial vaccine policy changes, including dismantling the CDC’s long-standing vaccine advisory committee and revising guidance on COVID-19 shots. When she resisted, Kennedy reportedly gave her an ultimatum: resign or be fired.
L.A. TACO (@lataco.bsky.social) reposted
L.A. TACO is committed to staying on the front lines, exposing the truths they are trying to cover up and amplifying the voices of those who need it most. But we can’t do it alone—we still urgently need your help to keep covering this evolving crisis. givebutter.com/LA_TACO_TMC
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social)
How rich. Laura CHAVEZ the Reemer is siccing Trump on Portland. The fake Labor Sec, who lived in Happy Valley Oregon where she served as a much-hated mayor before licking Trump’s cajones, married into money but comes from an illegally immigrated family no less, is a pathetic traitor.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social)
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
But trust is so low in this regime that the only way you can respond to the survey is with a deep web VPN that can’t be traced back to you.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, it’s also relieving a lot of other people of their jobs too—like this 100 year old furniture company in Michigan:
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes. Kamprad’s German father and grandmother were both confirmed Nazi’s and he himself was a member of the most extreme Nazi Party that existed in Sweden. He was also lifelong friends with Per Engdahl, one of the most prominent fascists in the world post WW2. His mother, Berta, was Swedish.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social)
Just a city boy, born and raised in Southwest Detroit He took the midnight train going anywhere
Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) reposted
DOGE put the personal data of hundreds of millions of Americans at risk by uploading it to a vulnerable cloud server, according to a whistleblower complaint -NYT
Quinta Jurecic (@qjurecic.bsky.social) reposted
Initially there was a lot of public conversation around how the DOGE team's actions could expose them to individual legal liability. That kind of faded (for reasons I don't fully understand) but I do wonder whether at some point it will resurface
Doug Bock Clark (@dougbockclark.bsky.social) reposted
1/ A high-profile rightwing activist, who pushed to overturn Trump’s loss in 2020, has been appointed to a top position in the Department of Homeland Security helping oversee U.S. election security, I reported for @propublica.org. 🧵👇 www.propublica.org/article/heat...
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
You can always tell when MAGA is afoot…everything looks like food to them.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Where I live in Oregon, just 20 min from downtown Portland, the Kaiser Perm staff were and are largely anti-mask MAGA.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Also highly condemned and banished by the Catholic Church for identifying as a woman.
Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 (@eugenemcparland.bsky.social) reposted
Sanctioned tankers continue to exploit Arctic route to sustain russian oil exports to China At least five sanctioned ‘shadow fleet’ tankers used the Arctic route this summer to deliver russian oil to China www.lloydslist.com/LL1154621/Sa...
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Fuck, you’re awfully judgy.
Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social (@joostgarden.bsky.social) reply parent
Singing to the BlueSKY choir.