lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Don't get too excited. The BP use pretty appalling tactics in general, though.
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Don't get too excited. The BP use pretty appalling tactics in general, though.
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Some pics and contacts were legit on one side and were both Epstein's cover and access to clients of all kinds.
The New York Times (@nytimes.com) reposted
A senior State Department official who was fired as a White House speechwriter during the first Trump administration for attending a gathering of white supremacists has been appointed acting president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, according to the State Department.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (@whitehouse.senate.gov) reposted
Oh my God. “Even as Texas rescue crews raced to save lives, Noem didn’t authorize FEMA’s deployment of Search and Rescue teams until more than 72 hours after the flooding began.”
Bec (@becny.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
What choice do we have? It’s either Zohran or a pervert, a fraudster, or a guy who hasn’t changed his clothes in 40 years and has 20 cats in a studio apartment.
Pam Keith (@pamkeithdc.bsky.social) reposted
Mayor Brandon Scott has reduced crime in Baltimore by 62%, and now has the lowest homicide rate in Baltimore history. How did he do it? NOT be spending more on police. He did it by MAJOR investment in afterschool and literacy programs. Socialism works
Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) reposted
If you’re an elected Democrat (rightly) complaining about the GOP kicking 17 million people off of Medicaid, now is a good and credible time to critique the entire broken work-based non-universal US healthcare system. Now is the time to call for universal healthcare, for Medicare for All.
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Best way to celebrate the 4th. Good for you.
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Tough run. Sorry you're facing this.
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Pick any two GOP senators. Same.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
This should go well for him.
Noah Shachtman (@noahshachtman.bsky.social) reposted
"Also at the rally was former state Sen. Malcolm Smith, a Democrat who served seven years in prison for trying to bribe his way onto the Republican line for mayor in 2013." gothamist.com/news/flanked...
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Cuomo's ego won't let this go and I think he's brazen enough to stay in the race.
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
The DNC broke their own rules and got called on it by the women candidates.
doomandgloom 💙📚🚀🌈🌴🌺🌞🏖🏝🎶🌹🐈⬛🌹💐🦋 🌻🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (@doomandgloom1951.bsky.social) reposted
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf.bsky.social) reposted
Correct.
Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) reposted
A lot of you on here love this guy even though he voted with Trump more than 90% of the time and continues to have a war boner against Muslims. DNC would rather invite him to speak than a single Palestinian. None of this is lost on the rest of us.
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Wasn't my post, but Israel was not centered in this discussion.
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Concern for one set of people doesn't necessarily eliminate concern for another.
Jay (@pescado70.bsky.social) reposted
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
He got a preview in Canada and couldn't scram fast enough. He's weak enough to pull a similar stunt here
Baltimore Banner (@thebaltimorebanner.com) reposted
‘We see you’: Canton engraves names of enslaved people on new historical marker
The Japan Times (@japantimes.co.jp) reposted
Hygiene product maker Unicharm and trading house Toyota Tsusho will set up a joint venture in Kenya that will make and sell sanitary goods: "We hope to contribute to the advancement of women in society."
Senator Scott Wiener (@scottwiener.bsky.social) reposted
Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium. ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
Adam Gurri (@adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com) reposted
Every time! There is zero benefit to caving, every time!
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Right. Melania dug up Jackie's garden for the convention. Still new.
Every Bite Counts (@sandybeach805.bsky.social) reposted
The ladies have hit the runway at the Kennedy Center. FOTUS must be pissed! It’s Le Miserable time 🤗
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
FIFI deserves a comeuppance but who thought we'd provide it?
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Albany, NY Dem here, and I couldn't agree more. Cuomo more than anyone is a step backwards for us.
Trixie 🌸🇨🇦 (@trixie57.bsky.social) reposted
The LA Unified School District will now be setting up perimeters around schools during graduations and other events, to prevent ICE from kidnapping people and traumatizing children during the ceremonies and celebrations. How fucking sad is that? All this because of a reality TV show conman.
Lisa Reyna Loe (@lisaloe.bsky.social) reposted
Los Angeles population is roughly 4M+ people. It’s a massive city, folks. The combined 4700 National Guard and Marines have been sent to about a 3-block area to aggressively eat lunch and watch peaceful protestors sing and dance. 👇🏽 💃🏽🎶🕺🏼 So now you know. Keep lifting the veil, LA fam!
The New York Times (@nytimes.com) reposted
The New York City Council requested that the city watchdog open an inquiry into how the NYPD under Mayor Eric Adams is sharing information with federal authorities amid President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (@whitehouse.senate.gov) reposted
Zelenskyy cleverly and very successfully attacked Russian military airbases with drones; Putin bombs a Ukrainian maternity hospital; Trump can’t figure out who the bad guy is. Trump/Russia is real.
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Ridiculous posturing against US citizens.
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Have you seen the BBB? The GOP have no intentions of doing that anyway.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people." - Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Agree. She's too savvy to use this unironically. Even I got this one.
Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) reposted
Trump has revoked guidance that directed hospitals to provide emergency abortions to women when necessary to stabilize their medical condition — eg when women are experiencing medical emergencies and need abortion to prevent organ loss or severe hemorrhaging, among other serious complications
NOH8 Campaign (@noh8campaign.bsky.social) reposted
Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court authorizes nonbinary identifier on birth certificates in landmark decision #NOH8
Drew Webb Free @Azbrittney and @Donkoclock (@archeryfan93.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
I think under DHS rules they didn't need a warrant.
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
I meant the majority of Catholics.
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you.
Nowhere 🏳️🌈 (@nowhere.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Gift link, if anyone needs it www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
What would Lego JJ do? Sorry, sounds like a rough morning.
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
I'd love to agree but I need more.
Kye (@gxldsociety.bsky.social) reposted
MUST WATCH: ICE kidnapped a disabled American citizen. Her name is Alma Bowman. Born in the Philippines while her dad served in the U.S. Navy. She’s lived here 48 years. They crashed her wheelchair, denied meds, cut her off from her lawyer—and jailed her. She. Is. A. Citizen.
Annie Andrews, MD (@drannieandrews.com) reposted
I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t. Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Yet Jake Tapper...
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
They are currently under investigation by the FL AG, citing 'credible concerns', which means something happened which couldn't be ignored.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
BREAKING: The Tate brothers have been charged in the UK with rape, bodily harm, human trafficking, & controlling prostitution for gain. A European arrest warrant was issued for the two last year and Romanian courts have issued an order to extradite the two to the U.K. apnews.com/article/tate...
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
"sex pestilential" That's amazing. True too.
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Snoopervising 😂
The New Republic (@newrepublic.com) reposted
A legal resident of New Hampshire was “violently interrogated” for hours, stripped naked, and forced into a cold shower. Given little food or water and prevented from taking medication, he collapsed and was hospitalized.
Charlotte Clymer (@charlotteclymer.bsky.social) reposted
More than two years ago, Utah Republicans commissioned a study on gender-affirming care for youth. It just came back, and the conclusion is unambiguous: full recommendation in support of gender-affirming care. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
What a sweet gift to share this cutie with us. Thank you.
Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) reposted
The number of people killed by the police has risen every year since the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis officer in 2020. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...
🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@militarynewsua.bsky.social) reposted
❗️When the whole world calls for an end to the killings, Putin gives orders for more strikes, attacks, and the killing of children, - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Sybiha
NY Times Pitchbot (@nytpitchbot.bsky.social) reposted
The Ethicist | We pretended to be foreign to game our son's way into Harvard. How do we reveal that we're American so he can stay enrolled?
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
You rock! Congratulations!🎈
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
If it was a “personal” and not a “presidential” meeting, why the presidential seal?
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Someone has to be in the bottom of the heap somewhere.
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes, but when is 'un oeuf'?
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
I came to the US because of the brain drain (my father). Now my grands are planning to reverse the process.
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
International relations and business? Semester abroad should do.
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Hope we make it to the midterms and take back Congress. GOTV. That starts now
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Tragic.
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
That we elected Trump again.
Carl T. Bergstrom (@carlbergstrom.com) reposted
This is absolutely terrible news. With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately. h/t @merz.bsky.social
Frank Figliuzzi (@frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social) reposted
Please, tell me more about “weaponization of government”: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
TrumpsTaxes (@trumpstaxes.com) reposted
The Medicaid cuts are rightfully getting the most attention in the GOP's cruel bill, but let's not forget that SNAP food benefits are being cut as well. Here are some of the local headlines from around the country about the impacts on food banks. In Ohio: www.publicnewsservice.org/2025-05-21/b...
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Yet another perfect phone call.
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
The Republican base mistakenly thinks this wins an argument or discussion. Optics is the goal.
The New York Times (@nytimes.com) reposted
Joe Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis has baffled some Americans, who wonder why it wasn’t caught sooner. Guidelines advise no screening after age 70, and doctors say that even men who test diligently may develop an aggressive cancer after none was found at a checkup.
The Lincoln Project (@lincolnproject.us) reposted
The Rules Committee meets at 1 AM on Tuesday night/ Wednesday morning to ram through this disastrous bill. Why? Because they don't want you to see them ripping healthcare from millions of Americans. You do not hold a hearing for a bill at 1 AM unless you're completely ashamed of it.
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
New post at CAMPAIGN TRAILS about the real litmus test of the 2028 Democratic presidential primary campaign. campaign-trails.ghost.io/cloud-yells-...
Rachel Maddow (@maddow.msnbc.com) reposted
"The report in question was neither peer-reviewed nor published in a medical journal..." www.nbcnews.com/health/women...
The New York Times (@nytimes.com) reposted
Breaking News: Wendy McMahon, the president of CBS News, said she would resign. McMahon had allied herself with Bill Owens, the “60 Minutes” executive producer who recently resigned. It’s the latest in a showdown between the news division and President Trump.
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Couldn't win on his handling of this one. Ukraine, Gaza, this, Hunter. Had a few problems thrown his way.
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
They get a maths whiz and we got someone afraid to release his transcript.
Joe Dudek (@joedudekjd.bsky.social) reposted
Here is Marco Rubio personally arguing that if he tells the court about what the government is doing to get Kilmar Abrego Garcia back, then El Salvador might be less willing to indefinitely detain people we send them by accident. The horror! storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Machine Pun Kelly (@kellyscaletta.bsky.social) reposted
Did you know that when your local rural hospital shuts down because of the Medicaid cuts, the 75-mile drive to the nearest one that isn't shut down is still 75 miles no matter how good your insurance is?
Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD (@arghavansallesmd.medsky.social) reposted
So, uh, Kevin Spacey is getting a lifetime achievement award at Cannes…in case you were concerned about how #MeToo is ruining abusive people’s lives.
Amy Diehl, Ph.D. (@amydiehl.bsky.social) reposted
Study begun pre-COVID finds remote work increased sleep by 1/2 hr/night, decreased commute by 4.5 hr/week replaced with work, family & leisure and led to healthier eating. Remote and hybrid employees report higher job satisfaction and well-being. farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/16/s...
Frank Figliuzzi (@frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social) reposted
Watch the number of deaths per shooting incident rise under Trump: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) reposted
This is genocide. My God.
Michael Jay McClure (@mjmimages.bsky.social) reposted
Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 63 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Beautiful! Congratulations on your work, welcome to the babe.
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Not us newbies. Melania, Musk and me, we would have papers. 🙄😂
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Family 'firms' screw up production once every generation.
lolaraybee.bsky.social (@lolaraybee.bsky.social) reply parent
Mike Walz has it, and can sound like Pete too.
Congressman Eugene Vindman (@repvindman.bsky.social) reposted
Food assistance recipients get 6 bucks a day. This is what 6 bucks a day looks like. To my Republican colleagues: Really? You want kids to live on less and give tax breaks to billionaires? This is inhumane.