yourfriendlylurker.bsky.social (@yourfriendlylurker.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Im going with invading Venezuela
yourfriendlylurker.bsky.social (@yourfriendlylurker.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Im going with invading Venezuela
Rotn Lord DJ (@lordrot.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
We are going at it with Valenzuela. Maduro has been mobilizing.
Bradley P. Moss (@bradmossesq.bsky.social) reposted
Ugh, here comes the military invasion. Again.
A Time for Poetry (@lkhblue.bsky.social) reply parent
I assumed that a long time ago. (I know what you mean.)
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Until Trump speaks publicly, I’m going to assume he’s incapable.
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
White House releases new photo of Trump golfing today Your move, shitlibs
Steven Beschloss (@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social) reposted
I don’t know what did or didn’t happen to Trump, but what I do know is the country has the right to know the truth.
A Time for Poetry (@lkhblue.bsky.social) reply parent
Covid vaccines allowed the pandemic emergency to end.
McG (@majormcg.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Cut him off, no vaccine for him. None of the other drugs they gave him to keep him alive when he got it.
Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted
The ethos behind Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again movement blames individual people for their chronic diseases and links Medicaid users’ value to their economic productivity.
Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) reposted
Christ.
Schooley (@schooley.bsky.social) reposted
Have the people who put pads on their ear at the convention tattooed a big bruise on the back of their hand yet?
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Dems. Wanna get your polling out of the gutter? Stop talking about redrawing house maps in blue states and do it. Go big. Don't match them seat for seat. Blow them out of the water. Then endorse Mamdani. You're welcome. Love, Allison
Schooley (@schooley.bsky.social) reposted
I’m sure if Trump is at all impaired by a health issue people will be very understanding.
Jenny Cohn (@jennycohn.bsky.social) reposted
“The obscure Trump official behind Lisa Cook’s firing *** If Trump doesn’t like you, Bill Pulte may be looking into your mortgage soon.” 8/26/25 … 1/ www.vox.com/politics/421...
Andrea Junker (@strandjunker.com) reposted
On this Labor Day, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
If that Trump Truth Social account posts an apology to someone, admits making a mistake, or accepts responsibility for something, then we will know something is definitely up.
John Nichols (@nicholsuprising.bsky.social) reposted
DC Statehood! Now, more than ever! The denial of full representation and governing rights to Washington DC residents has allowed for too many abuses — most recently by Trump. Democrats must make DC Statehood a priority of their next administration and Congress!
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
He’s providing them with valuable mulching experience though.
Hyperlexic (@hyperlexic.bsky.social) reposted
They’re doing all this to prevent people from MEMORIALIZING A MASS SHOOTING
Taniel (@taniel.bsky.social) reposted
Trump said tonight he is going to issue an executive order purporting to require enforcement of voter ID rules: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u... The president has no such authority to order how elections are conducted.
Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) reposted
So was Trump actually golfing today?
Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew.bsky.social) reposted
“bluesky has no pull” we had the world thinking the president was dead, we’re becoming more powerful than they could ever imagine
Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew.bsky.social) reposted
remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
jael holzman (@jael.bsky.social) reposted
you’re posting about random BS, i’m checking the apps to find out if i have to go through checkpoints to go home. we are not the same, but one day soon we will be. free dc.
Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org) reposted
It’s time folks for some #SidewalkChalk civil disobedience. Grab some chalk, go outside with your kids, and draw, write, sketch, vent, play hopscotch. This shit has gone too far. #ChalkCrime
Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) reposted
HERE IS ANOTHER EXCERPT FROM THE POST THAT PEOPLE ARE LITERALLY LOSING THEIR MINDS OVER BECAUSE OF HOW BRILLIANT A WRITER JEFF TIEDRICH (ME!) IS. MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING "SIR! SIR! HOW DO YOU PUT ALL THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER? SIR!" READ MY POST AND FIND OUT, THANK YOU: bit.ly/4lVkU0h
WatchYourRepsSC (@watchyourrepssc.bsky.social) reposted
It is time for tougher gun laws to protect our children!
Schooley (@schooley.bsky.social) reposted
What do you call mass hysteria but that is the opposite of panicking? Mass wishteria?
Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) reposted
it shouldn't be easier to get a gun in America than the covid vaccine
Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) reposted
Correct and important distinction - us harmless cranks do not want to be associated with this guy
Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) reposted
This is good: With Trump/RFK destroying CDC, JB Pritzker's officials are exploring the possibility of buying Covid vaccines from manufacturers and distributing them in-state themselves, source tells me. Dem govs must step up and fill the void. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1998...
Mark Cuban (@mcuban.bsky.social) reposted
Hey Mark- Told one of my chiropractic patients about Cost Plus Drugs last week and your mission after he complained a skin cancer medicine was going to cost him $1700- He found it on your website for under $20- for real. Best project ever. @costplusdrugs.com
Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
this is a scene straight out of a war zone. the president has declared war on his own country.
Andrea Junker (@strandjunker.com) reposted
Voting should be easier than buying guns.
darth™️ (@darthbluesky.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
man remember when our biggest concern was whether we should get the flu shot in the same arm as the covid shot or should we alternate arms i miss those days tbh
Jameel Jaffer (@jameeljaffer.bsky.social) reposted
I know that “this should be the top story” discourse is tired but “Trump Says Americans Want a Dictator, Not Democracy” really should be the top story.
Denver Riggleman (@denverr.bsky.social) reposted
Before you know it, there will be black market COVID shots. And polio. MMR. Flu. Back alleys with kids lined up, sleeves rolled up, real quiet like. Parents hoping the masked sky wizard homeopathy police don’t come by & take them to Alligator Alcatraz for breaking the “only ivermectin for all” law
Clara Jeffery (@clarajeffery.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
also, this: bsky.app/profile/cher...
Constantine (@ajaxsinger.bsky.social) reposted
ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?
Nick Fleisher (@nickfleisher.bsky.social) reposted
It has been wild to see what were always the two most paranoid pro-Second Amendment scenarios—the government snatching people away and sending occupying armies into communities—literally happen this year, to the delight of conservatives
Just Jack (@just-jack-1.bsky.social) reposted
Republicans: Mass shootings: “it’s the price of freedom. Send thoughts and prayers” Homelessness: “Deploy the National Guard”
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
RULE ABOUT AMERICAN FLAGS: If you burn the fabric part, you're looking at jail. But it you use the pole part to assault a police officer, you get a presidential pardon, praise, and some cash.
Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) reposted
Target cities should hold military takeover referendums. Get the population on record on whether this is what they want. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/think...
Joe Walsh (@walshfreedom.bsky.social) reposted
Trump enacts a military takeover of DC, unleashing a serious threat to the city’s government, devastating DC restaurants & businesses, but DC’s 88yr old Delegate to the House of Representatives, a Democrat, is nowhere to be found. Come on my fellow Dems, we gotta do better.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Constituent: You need to take your head out of Trump’s ass.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Walz says Harris "would have been a fantastic president... we wouldn't wake up every day to a bunch of shit on TV. We would wake up to an adult w/ compassion & dignity doing the work, not a manchild crying about whatever is wrong with him. May his fat ankles find something today. Petty as hell."
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Indeed. But in the end, few recall precisely the days January 30 (when Hitler became Chancellor), February 27 (Reichstag fire), March 22 (Dachau opened), March 23 (Enabling Act passed)—they just remember 1933. Likewise, everyone will remember 2025.
Kimberly Atkins Stohr (@kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social) reposted
Overheard at a pharmacy: “I guess I should fill it before they outlaw it.” Don’t know what the customer’s rx was but I can think of many
Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger.bsky.social) reposted
A lot of people are dreaming of an artery exploding.
ACLU (@aclu.org) reposted
Tanks on our streets put everyone in danger. National Guard troops have no reason to roam our communities in mine-resistant vehicles meant for war zones.
Santiago Mayer (@santiagomayer.com) reposted
Jake Tapper saw Trump’s bruised hands and immediately started writing another book on how Joe Biden was old.
Schooley (@schooley.bsky.social) reposted
Look, this administration just has a zero tolerance policy for improper handling of classified materials. Bolton should have known that.
Santiago Mayer (@santiagomayer.com) reposted
I’m old enough to remember when Zohran Mamdani wanting city-run grocery stores was the 2nd coming of Mao
Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath.bsky.social) reposted
I kind of thought I was calm, but I think maybe I’m actually numb.
Molly Jong-Fast (@mollyjongfast.bsky.social) reposted
Two things can be true, Bolton sucks and the FBI should not target the president’s enemies
PolitiFact (@politifact.bsky.social) reposted
President Donald Trump attacked the Smithsonian Institution for being “woke” and giving no attention to “success,” “brightness” and the “future.” Visiting several of the most popular museums, we found numerous exhibits that contradict him.
Jonathan V. Last (@jvl.bsky.social) reposted
The thing about John Bolton is that you ought to respect his courage, even if it was imperfect. Even if you don't like him. People forget that "solidarity" isn't always fun. www.thebulwark.com/p/about-cour...
Bob Cesca (@bobcesca.bsky.social) reposted
Two of the most prominent Democrats, Barack Obama and Eric Holder, have been actively trying to ban gerrymandering for the last 10 years. Zero Republicans are doing the same. Kasich is a hack.
Mark Jacob (@markjacob.bsky.social) reposted
I’ve been critical of Gavin Newsom in the past, but what he’s doing now sure beats a strongly written letter from Chuck Schumer.
Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger.bsky.social) reposted
Can we please stop saying "wanna be" in front of dictator and "heading toward" in front of fascism now?
Rachel Maddow (@maddow.msnbc.com) reposted
"Crime is lower in D.C. than it is in the Republican-led states these National Guard troops are leaving..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
Martin Luther King Jr once said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” While that is reassuring, I think the United States is currently testing the tensile strength of that arc with all the injustice, hatred, and corruption it is piling on.
Nick Knudsen (@nickknudsenus.bsky.social) reposted
JFC
Andrea Junker (@strandjunker.com) reposted
1. History isn’t there to be liked or disliked. 2. History is there to be learned from. 3. History offends you? Even better. Then you’re less likely to repeat it. It’s that simple.
Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted
“You’re saying to Texas voters: you don’t get to pick who represents you. Donald Trump picks who represents you.”
Maya Wiley (@maya4rights.bsky.social) reposted
A Black women, elected by her constituents is literally being held hostage for refusing to be policed by an opponents. Let that sink in. @angelarye.bsky.social interview with Rep Collier: m.youtube.com/watch?v=hFrD...
Santiago Mayer (@santiagomayer.com) reposted
It’s not lost on me that the people celebrating masked agents enforcing curfews and checkpoints were the same people losing their shit when they were asked to stay home and wear a mask for their own safety
National Security Counselors 🕵 (@nationalsecuritylaw.org) reposted
Truly a visionary
Mark Jacob (@markjacob.bsky.social) reposted
Top journalists at major media outlets are smart people. They know Trump's actions are leading in a clear direction: to a dictatorship. Their unwillingness to warn the public directly and loudly is a shameful dereliction of duty.
A Time for Poetry (@lkhblue.bsky.social) reply parent
Where can I sign up?
Joe Walsh (@walshfreedom.bsky.social) reposted
I’ve always been a big 2nd Amendment guy bcuz I fear government tyranny. I fear masked & armed government agents taking to our streets against the people. So how come all my fellow 2nd Amendment guys, who said they too feared government tyranny, are now happily on the side of the government tyranny?
Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) reposted
Breaking on MSNBC: President Obama and former attorney general Eric Holder held a virtual call with Texas Democrats today, thanking them for blocking state Republicans' gerrymandering efforts.
The Dangerous Ones (@thedangerousones.com) reposted
🚨The Trojan Horse is already inside the gates, the only question now is whether we’ll call it out before the city burns. Excellent new article from @pdxeleven.bsky.social READ NOW: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Schooley (@schooley.bsky.social) reposted
Still incredible that the guy who was elected to lower prices immediately set about to raise prices.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
How long til he fires whoever measures inflation and we stop measuring it?
Mia Farrow (@miafarrow.bsky.social) reposted
In the time when we all lived in caves, half of everyone born was dead by age 30. By 1840, half of everyone born was dead by 35. ( despite organic foods, clean air & water (etc) Today’s much long life expectancy is due to science - the meds, the vaccines etc Do not listen to RFK Jr
Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) reposted
Trying to think how many long features and book deals would be signed off on if Biden had rambled like this about… grass.
Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social) reposted
💯
Alexander S. Vindman (@avindman.bsky.social) reposted
This week, @realDonaldTrump referred to Alaska being Russian, twice. Today, he called St. Petersburg Leningrad. If this were the “Manchurian Candidate”, the President would be exposed as a Russian agent.
Bill Kristol (@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social) reposted
"That’s how Trump thinks about consent: Even if you don’t grant it, he presumes it. He has talked this way about women, countries he tariffed, and foreign populations whose lands he tried to annex...When you're president of the United States, they let you do it." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-mess...
A Time for Poetry (@lkhblue.bsky.social) reply parent
So disgusting.
Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) reposted
Trump: Since 1978 the Kennedy Center honors have been amongst the most prestigious awards. I wanted one, never able to get one. I waited and waited. I said to hell with it, I'll become chairman. I will give myself an honor. Next year we'll honor Trump, ok?
Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) reposted
What an absolute disgrace. The desire of this man to denigrate, to drag through the mud everything that is respected or respectable. The project of degradation is really something else.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
The woman petitioning SCOTUS to overturn marriage equality in the name of the sanctity of marriage is on her fourth husband.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
The reason Trump has slapped tariffs on the entire world is not to protect American workers. What Trump cares about is being able to get concessions out of other countries and corporations that seek exemptions. It's all about his ability to hand out punishments and rewards.
Schooley (@schooley.bsky.social) reposted
It may be Russia by the time he’s done dealing.
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
Washington, DC is so lawless, just the other day I saw a pedophile, rapist, white collar criminal wandering around on the roof of the White House. Get him, National Guard!
Sandi Bachom 📹🎥🎬 (@sandibachom.bsky.social) reposted
Trump refused to call the National Guard on January 6 and lied about it under oath. In DC there are only two people who can deploy the guard, the president and the secretary of defense. These are the 14 times they denied the guard on January 6.
Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) reposted
Don’t let this die. Keep elevating this.