Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social)
one word to describe Democrats? LEADERLESS It's past time for generational/attitude change. Step aside Chuck and Hakeem. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int... @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @kenmartin.bsky.social
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
OMG!! Do you mean to say JD Vance was lying?
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump’s insurance policy
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
We can't even play basketball 🏀 🤬
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
gee. i wonder what she would have to say if babbitt had been black and the cop white??
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
"Petty Little Man-Child" should be the title of trump's biography #trump
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
What percentage of American voters do you think consume “media” or read ANYTHING?
The Onion (@theonion.com) reposted
The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Andrew Cuomo https://theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-interview-with-andrew-cuomo/
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social)
#FireRFK
Olivia of Troye (@oliviaoftroye.com) reposted
I warned this wasn’t a joke. Now, Trump loyalists are running covert ops to destabilize Greenland & rattle Denmark. It sounds like a bad Hollywood movie...but it’s apparently U.S. policy, straight from the Oval Office.
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
“if a tree falls in the woods and there’s no one around to hear it, did it make any noise?” Same applies to @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social No one watches
Hillary Rodham Clinton (@hillaryclinton.bsky.social) reposted
It shouldn't be up to American children to save each other from getting shot. It's the job of American adults to stop shootings from happening in the first place. Ban assault weapons again now.
The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) reposted
⚡️Ukraine hits Russian cruise missile carrier near occupied Crimea, intelligence claims. Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) hit a Russian Buyan-M-class small missile ship, a carrier of Kalibr cruise missiles, near Russian-occupied Crimea in the Azov Sea on Aug. 28, HUR reported.
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
Chinese officials "were saying, it's very interesting to watch President Trump because we've had a long-term strategy to basically try to weaken and divide America's alliances....President Trump is just doing it for us." Jake Sullivan joins @timmiller.bsky.social on the latest Bulwark Podcast:
Steven Beschloss (@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social) reposted
This is good, very, very good.
Charlie Sykes (@sykescharlie.bsky.social) reposted
This is precisely what Donald J. Trump wanted and this is what we have: a cabinet thoroughly engorged with men and women of the" necessary insignificance and pliancy to render them the obsequious instruments of his pleasure." open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s time for a national #NoDictators day of action. Things are beyond ridiculous. #NoKings #Fed #Trump #markets
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
he's a walking crime spree
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
His every act reeks of corruptions. It’s his calling card.
Alvaro M. Bedoya (@bedoyausa.bsky.social) reposted
Dear journalists: The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her. Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
it's those voices in his head...
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) (@hcrichardson.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Aside from anything else, it is a national emergency that the president of the United States has lost his mind.
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social)
@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @kenmartin.bsky.social
Dean Obeidallah (@deanobeidallah.bsky.social) reposted
I spoke to Ali Velshi on his MSNBC show today about how the Democratic base does NOT have an identity crisis. We have a leadership crisis. Yes we do have some great Democratic fighters but they are the exception. We need more fighters given the stakes!
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
My name is Captain Dylan Blaha, and this message is for members of the National Guard across the USA. I've served in the Illinois Army National Guard for over 12 years, including a deployment to Afghanistan and three years on active duty in Europe. What's going on right now is not normal.
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie (@audrelawdamercy.bsky.social) reposted
Justice Jackson is basically reporting live from inside a garbage fire www.ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/nih-c...
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social)
#RepublicanCowards #EpsteinFiles #Trump #Autocracy #Corruption #EnemiesList
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social)
@kenmartin.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social take note
Governor Gavin Newsom (@governor.ca.gov) reposted
I just signed the Election Rigging Response Act to put Proposition 50 up for a vote on November 4th. The people of California will have the power to push back against Texas and any other state that obeys Donald Trump's demand to rig the next election.
VoteVets (@votevets.org) reposted
🚨$1,000,000/day That’s what Trump’s militarization of DC is costing taxpayers. All while he slashes Veterans’ benefits, healthcare, housing, and food aid. His police state comes with a hefty bill, and YOU'RE paying it. MORE: theintercept.com/2025/08/20/t...
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
Democrats need to hire a PR firm (not political consultants) because it's clear they have no idea of how to brand themselves, how to set the narrtive on republicans, how to do politics in general in this new era. @kenmartin.bsky.social , @schumer.senate.gov , @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social- get a clue
Corey O'Neill (@coreyoneill.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
Or crypto
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social)
The Art of the Shakedown www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...
Andrew Weissmann (@weissmann.substack.com) reposted
Worth a read. 🔽 Given that the Supreme Court has ruled 9-0 that the Trump Administration has denied immigrants their constitutional due process right, one would think that would be good and sufficient reason for local city & state governments not to assist in that endeavor, no?
Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 (@mayorwu.boston.gov) reposted
Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations. The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
just ask the older republicans in south florida
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
it's a real stretch to call him a businessman. he ran a small, family real estate company. now if you said he is a wannabe mob boss, you would be on to something...
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
he loves people who have something to give him personally
Olga Nesterova (@onestpress.onestnetwork.com) reposted
Kharkiv right now. Moscovia bombs sleeping families. 4 victims including kids. Don’t tell me about peace that Putin wants. Do not dare.
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social)
Ahem @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Leadership please
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, you never know when you’ll need to shoot someone who throws a sandwich at you.
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
Does this mean no Nobel Peace Prize?
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
it's rent stabilized - big difference also, why/how is it a big issue??
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
Somebody is getting primaried and will likely lose his bid for re-election
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.
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
They are out of touch with reality. Many people are voting for Mamdani as a rejection of those smug assholes and the big money in politics. Party “leadership” should get a clue.
PBS News (@pbsnews.org) reposted
District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb said in a new lawsuit that President Donald Trump is going far beyond his power under the law. https://to.pbs.org/3HDnoCh
Sen. Adam Schiff (@schiff.senate.gov) reposted reply parent
We know Putin has no interest in peace. The only question is whether Trump will sell out or democratic ally — and force Ukraine to give up its land — in the vain hope of getting a peace prize for doing so.
The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) reposted
⚡️Update: 'Target hit' — Ukraine confirms strikes on oil refinery in Russia's Samara Oblast, command post in Donetsk Oblast. "The target was hit, with fire and explosions recorded," the Ukrainian military said.
Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
SUPPORT THE CALIFORNIA REDRAW: secure.actblue.com/donate/erra-... Watch the full interview with @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and subscribe to support independent media: youtu.be/aRcYyARu16o
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
It's easy to get things wrong on live television, and you often don't realize your mistakes until afterwards. Tony Soprano was far more honest, trustworthy, decent, honorable, moral, and intelligent than Trump. My sincerest apologies to Carmela, Meadow, and A.J. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) reposted
Out of the blue, Trump called the Norwegian finance minister to ask when he would get the Nobel prize suggesting he would impose tariffs if he did not www.dn.no/politikk/fre...
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
Retire
BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan.bsky.social) reposted
Raise your hand if you're THRILLED to see Gov. Gavin Newsom standing up against trump's fascist bullshit!🤚
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Newsom: "I was with a 12-year-old boy born in Oxnard, California, whose mother & father were disappeared. 20 years going to the same packing facility every single day. No brothers or sisters. He's not disappeared in an attempt to find his parents. That's Trump's America. That's the moment we're in"
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
100% chaos agent this approach distracts from his wrong doings
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
something else to take the light away from epstein files
Kat Abughazaleh (@katmabu.bsky.social) reposted
This Sunday, we’re hosting a back to school drive in Evanston with 500 free backpacks, all-day free haircuts, and free food by two of the best restaurants in Evanston! Drop by the Fleetwood-Jourdain Center this Sunday afternoon to start the school year with everything you need!
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
Yep. And no one is talking about the Epstein files anymore.
Senator Patty Murray (@murray.senate.gov) reposted
Trump's tariffs are a tax—they are a tax on just about everything you are purchasing. You will have less money in your pockets by the end of this year, specifically because of Donald Trump. But here’s the thing: Republicans could vote with Democrats to stop these tariffs in an instant.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Zelenskyy: "I told President Trump and all our European allies that Putin is bluffing. He's trying to push before the Alaska meeting on all directions of the front. Russia wants to occupy the whole of Ukraine. This is his wish ... he does not want peace."
Katie Phang (@katiephang.bsky.social) reposted
We gotta celebrate the wins and this one is a big one. A federal appeals court upholds @ejeancarroll.bsky.social’s $83.3 million verdict against Donald Trump & slams Trump and the DOJ for trying to insert an argument on appeal that they both waived. youtu.be/zYGTLiBdfOw?...
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
Judge BoxedWine is at it again
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Trump's BLS pick EJ Antoni has said that Social Security, America's greatest anti-poverty program, is a "Ponzi scheme" that needs to be sunset. Reminder that BLS data is what determines annual cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security benefits. This is a five-alarm fire.
Jay Lee (@jayleec.bsky.social) reposted
#SlavaUkraini
Norm Eisen (@normeisen.bsky.social) reposted
BREAKING: we just defeated the Trump administration's attempt to stop our class action to hold accountable those responsible for the unconstitutional destruction of USAID! We are going take discovery, try the case & win Kudos @democracydefendersfund.org team & our great partners at the MSG firm!
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social)
Take note @kenmartin.bsky.social
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social)
Anonymous (@youranonjd.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
This is how authoritarian governments work. Kill independent data replace it with numbers that make you look good and punish anyone who says otherwise. Once they own the stats they own the story. And when they own the story reality itself becomes whatever they say it is.
Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social) reposted
I grew up in Washington DC and it has never felt safer or cleaner. Trump's "emergency" is fake, straight out of the authoritarian playbook
Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social) reposted
"There really is one crucial, unbridgeable difference between Washingtonians and other Americans: You have more power than we do—a lot more power" Statehood for DC! www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
It was most dangerous on January 6th
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Raskin: In any event, if he really cared about public safety in DC… he would not have pardoned 1600 insurrectionists and violent cop beaters on his first day in office.
Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) reposted
Stop what you're doing and listen to this warning from @marcelias.bsky.social about the real reason for Trump's National Guard deployment in DC.
sarahbee3.bsky.social (@sarahbee3.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
MSNBC absolutely DRAGGING Trump in real time, bringing the stats.
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
another attempt to deflect from #Epstein and create a false narrative
Robert Garcia (@robertgarcia.bsky.social) reposted
Donald Trump is the most corrupt President in American history.
whattheactualf.bsky.social (@whattheactualf.bsky.social) reposted
😂😂😂👏👏👏👏
Charlotte Clymer (@charlotteclymer.bsky.social) reposted
Democratic politicians everywhere need to understand something: the massive support you're seeing right now for Texas House Democrats would be the support you'd easily get, too, if you were willing to fight back aggressively instead of navel-gazing and talking about "norms."
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
Well edited no doubt
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social) reply parent
this calls for boycotts of any streaming service that carries the ads
Knickfan (@knickfan.bsky.social)
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