permiejerome.bsky.social (@permiejerome.bsky.social) reposted
This is abhorrent. @washingtonpost.com deserves a complete boycott.
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view profile on Bluesky permiejerome.bsky.social (@permiejerome.bsky.social) reposted
This is abhorrent. @washingtonpost.com deserves a complete boycott.
Molly Jong-Fast (@mollyjongfast.bsky.social) reposted
Troops in the streets and he thinks he’s going to get a Nobel, peace begins at home
A Major Turbonerd (@moist.dad) reposted
Grandma wanted lemon lavender shortbread cookies badly enough to ship a package of lavender to my house for the weekend visit, so, grandma gets lemon lavender shortbread cookies
Governor Gavin Newsom (@governor.ca.gov) reposted
Happy Labor Day! California is proud to be ranked the #1 state for workers. We’re leading the nation with strong wage standards, worker protections, and labor rights that make our communities, businesses, and families stronger.
Renée D. (@reneed7.bsky.social) reposted
Welcome September! ☀️🍂🍁
llang49.bsky.social (@llang49.bsky.social) reply parent
Trust the crackpots?
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
👀 apnews.com/article/paxt...
Tee Vixen Sutton (@vixenbite.bsky.social) reposted
Medicare will begin denying claims utilizing A.I. companies that get paid depending on how many claims they reject * Medicare For All
John McGowan (@jmc223.bsky.social) reposted
Blue Tit in the garden - Birmingham UK - 29-08-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (@cleaver.house.gov) reposted
As the president sends American troops into American cities based on concocted “crises”, his administration is also purging senior military leadership and installing loyalists. It undermines our civil liberties and weakens our national security. taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-fi...
Democrat Cats (@democratcats.bsky.social) reposted
The happiest donkey in the world
Lie Swatter (@lieswatter.bsky.social) reposted
It’s mind numbing to watch as we allow the world’s most miserable individual to systematically destroy what it took 12 generations of Americans to build.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
Having Hakeem Jeffries in a position of leadership in this moment is like intentionally having an alarm clock that doesn’t actually wake you up.
John Sipher (@johnsipher.bsky.social) reposted
Name one.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
It isn’t normal for a president to repeatedly threaten the use of military force against American citizens. Treating the National Guard as a political pawn disrespects those who serve and undermines public trust in our military.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
ZOHRAN: “People have asked me - to be the mayor comes with a spotlight, what will you shine it on? And I say: The workers of this city.”
Paul Z. Walker (@pzwalker.bsky.social) reposted
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. - Abraham Lincoln Good morning.
llang49.bsky.social (@llang49.bsky.social) reply parent
Texas Exceptionalism is American Exceptionalism on steroids.
llang49.bsky.social (@llang49.bsky.social) reply parent
llang49.bsky.social (@llang49.bsky.social) reply parent
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Terry Buckalew (@terrybuckalew.bsky.social) reposted
“A Face in the Crowd” on TCM again tonight. Classic film partially set in & filmed in Arkansas. Featuring sensational newcomer Andy Griffith! youtu.be/9lrmxkF-UKM?...
llang49.bsky.social (@llang49.bsky.social) reply parent
Kelly Girls is hiring.
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
It is not the job of federal judges to "respect the president." Good luck with the job hunt, Alina.
llang49.bsky.social (@llang49.bsky.social) reply parent
Don't ever call this unskilled labor.
Just my thoughts 🇨🇦 (@bc60.bsky.social) reposted
No criminals, just the hardest working people you’ll ever see, trying to make a better life for there families
Mrs.Pop or Judith (@mrspop.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
And where are they
Ms. Ivette 🕯☽ ⛤ 🔮🖤 (@bunnylove403.bsky.social) reposted
Being poor shouldn't be a crime! The clearing of homeless people off the streets of Washington D.C, as part of the president's marshaling of federal forces on the nation's capital, is cruel and inhumane! It's unclear how many of the over 5,600 homeless D.C residents have been affected.
B. Roo Sweinberger (@bruceweinberger.bsky.social) reposted
Required corporations to have a fiduciary responsibility to employees and customers, not just shareholders
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
Yayyyyyyyy!!!! A federal judge has blocked the transfer of any additional immigrant detainees to a detention site in the Florida Everglades and ordered much of the facility to be torn down.
𝕋𝕒𝕪𝕝𝕠𝕣 ℂ𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕤 (@taylorcollins.bsky.social) reposted
Early morning fisherman…part 1 #delaware #firststate #greatblueheron
llang49.bsky.social (@llang49.bsky.social) reply parent
But are they gluten-free?
Ian Lahey (@ilahey.com) reposted
Age 60 might be the new 40, but 9:00 is still the new midnight. #Sleepy
llang49.bsky.social (@llang49.bsky.social) reply parent
My grandparents at least stayed up for the 10 p.m. news and weather. They were tougher than I am.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
The lack of self-awareness @gavinnewsom.bsky.social has baited them into is incredible. This is easily the funniest thing Hannity has ever said.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (@cleaver.house.gov) reposted
It was an honor to join Kanbe's Markets to celebrate the 100thhealthy corner store location! In too many neighborhoods, families have had to choose between what’s close and what’s healthy.
llang49.bsky.social (@llang49.bsky.social) reply parent
We all saw her not get the joke. Somebody explained it to her and now she's embarrassed.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
WPLN: “Bitcoin is dead in the city limits” How MOUNTAIN CITY, TN stood up to a Clean Spark Bitcoin Mine that seemed to come out of nowhere— and commissioners with undisclosed conflicts — and won💪🏽 wpln.org/post/how-one...
llang49.bsky.social (@llang49.bsky.social) reply parent
Didn't recognize the name. Whenever I hear someone bemoaning the violence in punk or rock or metal music, I wish they would listen to Henry Lee or The Fatal Flower Garden.
llang49.bsky.social (@llang49.bsky.social) reply parent
The Anthology of American Folk Music by same is also wonderful.
llang49.bsky.social (@llang49.bsky.social) reply parent
"Will the Circle be Unbroken" by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and just about every great country artist who was alive in 1970. "Canta en Espanol" by Eydie Gormet and the Trio Los Panchos.
llang49.bsky.social (@llang49.bsky.social) reply parent
Just heard Tony read us the statute. These permission slips are bogus. If your signature is required to make these conditions enforceable, then they are not enforceable if you don't sign. Right? I'm confused.
🇨 🇭 🇪 🇷 🇾 🇱 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🩵 💙 🌊 (@confettimother.is.democrat) reposted
Protests ERUPT At Capitol after Lawmaker FORCED To Stay in Building Really American host Tony Hinderman breaks down Texas State Rep Nicole Collier forced to stay in House Chamber over night after refusing to sign permission slip allowing Police to follow her around! Support the Really American ch
llang49.bsky.social (@llang49.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump is so smitten that his body chemistry changes in Putin's presence, and Vlad is just not that interested. Sad.
Paul (@paulhaidle.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Where are her damn colleagues?!
Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) reposted
Stand strong Rep. Collier.
llang49.bsky.social (@llang49.bsky.social) reply parent
The Dems who signed the agreement should be a little ashamed, too. They should be right there with Collier.
llang49.bsky.social (@llang49.bsky.social) reply parent
Can't believe she is the only one who didn't sign. Everyone should have refused. They were talking so tough last week and now they're all sheepish again.
studio528.bsky.social (@studio528.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
If only Texas would have put this much effort into putting warning alarms in “flash flood alley” many young children would be alive today. Seems Nicole Collier and redistricting is Abbott’s shinny object.
Eyes of Texas ❌👑 (@twaaustin.bsky.social) reposted
Support TX state Rep Nicole Collier. Rapid Response protest at the Capitol until they release her from this hostage situation. If you can’t attend, please call: Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows(512)463-0542 and/or Chairman House Admin Charlie Green (512)463-0610 #ReleaseNocoleCollier
llang49.bsky.social (@llang49.bsky.social) reply parent
She did not lock herself in, and she is not refusing to leave. She is being held prisoner and hopefully will be pressing charges against whoever caused this to happen.
llang49.bsky.social (@llang49.bsky.social) reply parent
Chunky and beer are not a good association.
llang49.bsky.social (@llang49.bsky.social) reply parent
The only way I can get through these sessions is by imagining what the butt-kissers are really thinking.
Suri Crowe 🥷7️⃣ (@suricrowe.bsky.social) reposted
it absolutely pains me to see world leaders coddling this blob of illiterate gas 💨 while he blathers on about imaginary “the six wars i’ve settled” how debasing this charade is. that they have to kiss this narcissist’s fat ass to attempt to save democracy is rly sad to me. :-(
llang49.bsky.social (@llang49.bsky.social) reply parent
Nobel Prize!
KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 (@kojamf.bsky.social) reposted
Mercia Maas "For Some reason this affected me so much and I’ve been crying all day, their intelligence and curiosity is something so rare and I wish I could do more to protect them and the ocean #oceanconservatio"
llang49.bsky.social (@llang49.bsky.social) reply parent
This picture is more realistic than those tv ads that show a lone driver zooming down an empty highway at 120 mph.
Andrew Curry (@spoke32.bsky.social) reposted
This Car & Driver cover is a little too on the nose. When cars are imagined as instruments of violence rather than transportation it's no wonder people drive them that way. #waroncars
KWilde (@flowerchildob1.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Does this mean they are isolating Zelenskyy again for a gang-bang? He should just go back home and keep fighting. No subjecting himself to the bully again.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
No one can convince me these masked “federal agents” aren’t white supremacists having a field day.
Joseph Finder (@josephfinderbooks.bsky.social) reposted
My friend Greg Iles was a terrific writer and a really good person. I will miss him. www.natchezdemocrat.com/2025/08/15/n...
Matt Rhodes (@revepiscodad.bsky.social) reposted
Sad that Greg Iles has died. Once I was in a Natchez bookshop buying some of his books & asked the clerk, “Does he ever come in to do signings?” She smiled & said, “You can ask him yourself. He’s standing right over there.” Very nice & gracious & in reply to my question he did do a signing. #booksky
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (@cleaver.house.gov) reposted
It turns out that mass firing civil servants across the government leads to worse service for American veterans and hardworking families. Rather than slashing staff at the VA, the administration should be investing in additional care for those who served. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Anthony Michael Kreis (@anthonymkreis.bsky.social) reposted
The President cannot commandeer any local law enforcement. The President does not run the Smithsonian. The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law. Release the Epstein files. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Cats of Yore (@catsofyore.bsky.social) reposted
Look at these cuties. 💕 Photo from my collection, no date but the back says “Tiger and I on porch at home.”
Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) reposted
@genefortexas.bsky.social: "We've filed a response to Governor Abbott's filing in the Texas Supreme Court. Our response is basically: 'You are stupid. You filed this in the wrong court. You are not the right person to file it. And you filed it in the wrong way.'"
David Leavitt (@davidleavitt.bsky.social) reposted
Jess Piper (@piperformissouri.bsky.social) reposted
School vouchers are a scam to send taxpayer money to private religious schools. Vouchers are also a violation of church and state.
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
Note to Kristi Noem: It is far better to be mocked in a cartoon for how you look than to be shoved into the back of a U-Haul and kidnapped for how you look.
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
Odd, how South Park is covering Kristi Noem and her ICE hooligans more accurately than The New York Times.
Terry Buckalew (@terrybuckalew.bsky.social) reposted
“Brian got sick.” youtu.be/9KWXFqTgXf0?...
Terry Buckalew (@terrybuckalew.bsky.social) reposted
Glen Campbell died August 8, 2017. Biographical entry I wrote years ago for the Encyclopedia of Arkansas. encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/glen...
llang49.bsky.social (@llang49.bsky.social) reply parent
When the Beach Boys played my hometown, I didn't go to see them because Brian was being replaced by some guy named Glen Campbell. Sure would like a do-over on that.
My America 🇺🇸 (@oldamerica.bsky.social) reposted
Just In: India has halted plans to buy new U.S. weapons after Trump imposed 50% tariffs on all Indian goods, according to Reuters. A planned visit by its defense minister to Washington has been cancelled. Under Trump, the U.S. is alienating our allies and partners, playing right into China’s hands.
llang49.bsky.social (@llang49.bsky.social) reply parent
Mixed feelings. It is good to have structure, but the most important thing is to convey your feelings. Some of the most fascinating documents I have read for genealogy and history were full of grammatical errors.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Parts of the Constitution were erased from the Library of Congress website, including the section featuring the foreign emoluments clause. The removal was blamed on a "coding error." Here's a reminder of what the clause says, just in case Congress ever decides to enforce it...
llang49.bsky.social (@llang49.bsky.social) reply parent
Small talk makes the world go round.
llang49.bsky.social (@llang49.bsky.social) reply parent
He is obsessed with usurping the Kennedy legacy. He will want it to be called President Trump's Physical Fitness Test.
llang49.bsky.social (@llang49.bsky.social) reply parent
Loved when Hank asked Bill, who hasn't left his house since 2020, what he was doing in there and Bill says, "Strreaming." That's so relatable.
✨Cramer©️ (@cramer-1.bsky.social) reposted
United Airlines grounds flights nationwide over tech issue. Meanwhile, reality star turned Transportation Secretary, Sean Duffy promises a brighter future in air travel relying on drones to deliver your twelve dollar cup of coffee. ☕️ ✈️
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
The Constitution dictates that the census is a count "all persons" conducted every "ten years." Donald Trump has no power to alter either the timing or who is counted.
Just call me T~ (@tls71.bsky.social) reposted
So Penske is allowing ICE to use its trucks to conduct raids and kidnap people off the streets. People, you know what to do. #boycottPenske #FuckICE #fucktrump
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
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,
Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) reposted
BREAKING: The US government has just removed sections 9 and 10 of Article I of the US Constitution from their website. Note that sections 9 and 10 deal with: - Writ of Habeas Corpus - Congresses ability to control tariffs. See screenshot below: Notice that 9 and 10 are gone.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
“Are you abandoning your jobs?” 🔥 🔥 TEXAS DEM REP. ANN JOHNSON: “Yeah no — abandoning your job is going to Cancun in the middle of a deadly freeze…” A+ answer from Rep. Johnson here. @texasdemocrats.bsky.social
Mark Jacob (@markjacob.bsky.social) reposted
Just in case it’s not already clear that ICE is a white supremacist thug army, Homeland Security is recruiting with a “defend your culture” slogan.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
Thank you to Friends of the Everglades for standing up against “Alligator Alcatraz.”
Daniel A. Horwitz (@danielahorwitz.bsky.social) reposted
What happened here is almost unimaginably grotesque. www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...