Bestemor (@susabelle84.bsky.social) reposted
VACCINES SAVES LIVES!!!!👍🇺🇸🥳
A long-time liberal. Worked for Adlai Stevenson campaign at 11. Love cats, especially black ones. Proud grandma of two.
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view profile on Bluesky Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social) reposted
1/ If you are feeling overwhelmed by the fast paced of legal news, remember that it’s deliberate. It’s a strategy Trump uses, flooding the zone in hopes that people will tune out. Read what you need to know here to get ready for the week: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
lynne41.bsky.social (@lynne41.bsky.social) reply parent
Such a sad story. The adults in her life betrayed her!!
lynne41.bsky.social (@lynne41.bsky.social) reply parent
Why do people think they have any right to dictate other people’s beliefs?!
Evergreen Resistance 50501 (@evrgrn-resistance.bsky.social) reposted
This was spotted on a protest sign today and is too good not to share. It is spot-on.
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Fifty-one of the 85 Federalist papers were written by a guy born in Nevis.
We the North (@toguy99.bsky.social) reposted
I guess in trumpworld getting disbarred and having multi-million dollar judgements against one makes you a great American. Trump says he's awarding former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom
lynne41.bsky.social (@lynne41.bsky.social) reply parent
There are probably people less deserving of this award than Giuliani but I can’t think of one off hand. Closer to 9-11, yes. Today, just no!!
Tigernan Pournelle, Furious Irish🏳️🌈 (@tigerpournelle.bsky.social) reposted
I'm glad he got to see how happy we're going to be when he dies.
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
The White House posts that the US has now taken in $8 Trillion in tariff revenue so far. Preposterous insane lies on an hourly basis.
THE GOOSE GIRL (@sylviasmothersaid.bsky.social) reposted
SHAY D. DANCE BETTER TIPTOE PAST NEWSOM'S TWO LIPS!
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
Today we celebrate the strength and resilience of working people everywhere. Nearly 300,000 federal employees have lost their jobs this year not because of necessity, but because of a political agenda. And while people’s lives were destroyed in the name of “saving money,”
Hillary Rodham Clinton (@hillaryclinton.bsky.social) reposted
If you enjoy… Weekends Safe working conditions Retirement benefits Paid vacations Breaks at work Sick leave Paid holidays … then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
lynne41.bsky.social (@lynne41.bsky.social) reply parent
Thanks for doing what you can!!
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
As we begin a new month, my law firm is litigation 51 voting and election cases in 25 states. 6 in Arizona 6 in Georgia 4 in Florida 4 in North Carolina 8 involve redistricting
lynne41.bsky.social (@lynne41.bsky.social) reply parent
And this was posted by Elon Musk?!
𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 (@sundaedivine.bsky.social) reposted
If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 28, the number is 100%. Happy Labor Day.
Greg Jenner (@gregjenner.bsky.social) reposted
French conservators are aghast at the proposed loan of the Bayeux Tapestry, warning its much too fragile to be moved www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Damon Butler (@damondaemon.bsky.social) reposted
If we have to become an authoritarian state, can we at least get eco-cities, bullet trains, and renewable energy?
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Pritzker: "We don't want troops on the streets of American cities. That's un-American and frankly the president ought to know better. This one doesn't seem to. He hasn't read any books. He doesn't seem to understand the Constitution or the laws."
lynne41.bsky.social (@lynne41.bsky.social) reply parent
Seems like instead of saying Hell, no you ought to say Hell yes!! Heavens no. Hell yes.
lynne41.bsky.social (@lynne41.bsky.social) reply parent
Fortunately he already knows how to drive a golf cart. An electric scooter—gold-plated of course—would be easy peasy.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Jones: We have a presidential administration that has more outrage about the changing of the cracker barrel logo than they do about changing the policies that allow our children to be gunned down in school…
lynne41.bsky.social (@lynne41.bsky.social) reply parent
Every city and state should do this. There is absolutely no reason for federal agents to wear masks and unidentifiable uniforms. It should be against the law!!
lynne41.bsky.social (@lynne41.bsky.social) reply parent
Ah but RFK Jr has super powers from his dead brain worm. X-ray vision, so to speak. We are so lucky that Trump had the foresight to choose him to run our country’s medical care. Run it into the ground, that is!
lynne41.bsky.social (@lynne41.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s not so much that eyes are glazing over. It’s more that people feel helpless. There is so much going on you don’t know where to start. And wherever you might start, there’s something even worse that you should take on. And then there’s the numbness factor. You can only take so much outrage!!
lynne41.bsky.social (@lynne41.bsky.social) reply parent
Do as I say!! Republicans are above the law. They believe that the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity applies to all republicans.
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
AnnieOakleyinGA (@annie1x.bsky.social) reposted
#Pinks #ProudBlue RFK Jr.’s idea to let bird flu run unchecked through chickens isn’t only cruel and inhumane, it could cause a new variant to jump to humans, which is probably what he wants. Stop this murdering psychopath. www.factcheck.org/2025/03/rfk-...
Carter P. Hayes (@allchronology.com) reposted
The same people who villainize Dr. Anthony Fauci, an actual doctor with a speciality in immunology and research in virology, are praising RFK Jr who has never seen the inside of a lab.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
lynne41.bsky.social (@lynne41.bsky.social) reply parent
But costs have gone up. And tariffs on yachts are indecent. Why shouldn’t they earn more?
litahart72🌎🏳️🌈 (@litahart72.bsky.social) reposted
Threatens to shoot a black man in the head.
lynne41.bsky.social (@lynne41.bsky.social)
Clutching her pearls, no doubt!!
RAOK (@evolvingempathy.bsky.social) reposted
Preach Brother!👇🏼 👊🏻👏🏼👏🏼💙🇺🇸💙
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Psaki: I felt a mixture of anger—a lot of anger—and emotional exhaustion about this today, as I’m sure many of you have, because we have been here so many times. And yet again, like clockwork, half the politicians in our country have little more to offer than thoughts and prayers.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
We’re going to go on a rant for a minute, and yes we’re bringing some history with us. Back in 1755, Benjamin Franklin wrote words that still echo today: “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
lynne41.bsky.social (@lynne41.bsky.social) reply parent
I do. Especially if I am going to be gone for awhile. They are always waiting for me by the front door.
lynne41.bsky.social (@lynne41.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m so happy to have you fighting for our country, Marc. Thank you!❤️
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
🚨BREAKING: Arizona Court of Appeals REJECTS right wing challenge to Arizona's signature matching process. Another VICTORY for my law firm's clients and the voters of Arizona. www.democracydocket.com/cases/arizon...
Tuck The Frumpers (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) reposted
'Chaotic federal interference': 19 governors denounce Trump's 'alarming abuse of power'
Everytown for Gun Safety (@everytown.bsky.social) reposted
The shooter at Annunciation Catholic School used an assault weapon to fire dozens of rounds through the stained glass windows of the school’s church—killing two children and wounding 17 others, including 14 children.
ShantyMinister (@shantyminister.bsky.social) reposted
Well isn’t this lovely. Opera star sings Habanera (from Carmen) in the airport (?) What a terrific voice. #opera I don’t care if they’re staged, we need more profl free public #music and #art.
lynne41.bsky.social (@lynne41.bsky.social)
The kids at Annunciation School in Minneapolis deserved better from us www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Keith Olbermann (@olbermann.bsky.social) reposted
It's time to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr from government before he kills us all
Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social) reposted
I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees. No refugee underfunded a school. No refugee closed a hospital. No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled. We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Never before in our history has one man exercised such unbridled discretion affecting the lives of so many of us, while simultaneously preventing others — Congress, the courts, the American people — from having a say or even knowing what he’s going to do next. This is what dictatorship looks like.
Ashley Kuckelman (@ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social) reposted
RELEASE the TRUMP-EPSTEIN FILES! #Pinks #TrumpEpstein
Barack Obama (@barackobama.bsky.social) reposted
We can't allow ourselves to become numb to mass shootings. What happened today in Minneapolis is heartbreaking, and Michelle and I are praying for the parents who have lost a child or will be sitting at their hospital bedside after yet another act of unspeakable, unnecessary violence.
Cameron (@cameroncorduroy.bsky.social) reposted
it's hysterical that millions of dumbass Americans voted this guy in because they were mad about inflation and then literally all of his economic policy is solely dedicated to doing more inflation
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Moore: "The thing that gets me most about this is how deeply disrespectful this is to members of the National Guard who signed up for this job as I did when I deployed overseas & led paratroopers in combat where we signed up w/the expectation the commander in chief was actually taking it seriously"
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.
SlavaUkraini033 (@slavaukraini033.bsky.social) reposted
@tatarigami.bsky.social So far, Ukraine’s stabilization measures around Pokrovsk look broadly promising. While many speculated that Kyiv might strike elsewhere, Ukrainian forces have instead pushed back Russian troops in an area where Moscow’s leadership had placed its biggest bet. 🧵Thread:
lynne41.bsky.social (@lynne41.bsky.social) reply parent
Voters need to send her a sternly worded letter.
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
🚨BREAKING: In a landmark victory for voters, a Utah judge struck down the state Legislature’s gerrymandered congressional map and reinstated the citizen-led redistricting reforms voters approved in 2018. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
lynne41.bsky.social (@lynne41.bsky.social) reply parent
My thought exactly! How do we do that? It shouldn’t be hard.
lynne41.bsky.social (@lynne41.bsky.social) reply parent
I wonder if we could get The Art of The Deal banned from Florida libraries! You don’t have to give a good reason, do you? Just that you find it offensive.
lynne41.bsky.social (@lynne41.bsky.social) reply parent
Do you suppose Trump is going to have a gold-plated coffin? Is it already picked out? Will he be buried at the Bedminster cemetery with Ivana? Or is he planning on Arlington?
derek guy (@dieworkwear.bsky.social) reposted
Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.
Master Elrond [he/him] (@inuyasha1953.bsky.social) reposted
other98 A study in Denmark tracked over a million children for 21 years and found no link between vaccines and autism, but RFK, Jr. watched a couple of podcasts so he knows better?
lynne41.bsky.social (@lynne41.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s his whole approach to governing. We’re just going to do it and Congress will go along with it. Nice doggie. Here’s a bone.
lynne41.bsky.social (@lynne41.bsky.social) reply parent
Exactly! I was just thinking that it’s only been 7 months and it feels like years. Is this another way we get worn down?
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
I hope they get a TRO to stop DHS from sending him to Uganda
Melanie D’Arrigo (@darrigomelanie.bsky.social) reposted
Immigrants aren’t stealing your jobs. But employers are stealing $50 billion in wages from workers each year.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Welker to Lavrov: "Here are the facts. Close to 50,000 civilians have either been killed or injured in this war. Russia has hit maternity wards, churches, schools, hospitals, a kindergarten just this week. So either the Russian military has terrible aim or you are targeting civilians. Which is it?"
Techweenie (@techweenie.bsky.social) reposted
I imagine someone will run the numbers on the occupation of LA and DC. I know in LA, it was reported 160 "rioters" were arrested, but all had charges dismissed. So I guess the return on investment was 0. The question is how many millions of taxpayer dollars were burned in this Tyranny Theater.
Trish Anderton (@trishanderton.bsky.social) reposted
They say if you freeze the rent for four years there won't be any money for building maintenance. All I know is my rent-stabilized bathroom ceiling is leaking, it's been leaking on and off for years, and my landlord lives in a $25 million mansion in the Hamptons 🤷♀️
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lynne41.bsky.social (@lynne41.bsky.social) reply parent
Every outrageous thing that people said Trump would do has come true. It’s like he kept a list of them so he could implement any that he hadn’t thought of.
Casey (@mamasissiesays.bsky.social) reposted
I was so excited for Kilmar Abrego Garcia & his family. Then discovered the Trump administration demanded Abrego Garcia plead guilty to trafficking or they will deport him to Uganda. Enjoy some extortion with your morning coffee! Republicans are such killjoys. They ruin everything 🙄
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Republicans had a choice: expose child s*x traffickers or protect Trump. They chose Trump. They chose traffickers. They are the party of child s*x trafficking.
lynne41.bsky.social (@lynne41.bsky.social) reply parent
In only one week, all murders and crime have stopped in DC?! Yeah, right. Maybe the statistics that said crime was decreasing in DC were true. Fortunately for Trump, no one is tracking the crime statistics in the White House. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Tuck The Frumpers (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) reposted
Trump Rages at Maryland Gov. Wes Moore — Threatens to ‘Rethink’ Funding to Rebuild Collapsed Bridge
lynne41.bsky.social (@lynne41.bsky.social) reply parent
You got it!! It’s really important that Trump get a Nobel Peace Prize. Can’t let Obama outdo him. It’s ok to give away another country to get that result. Especially if he can give it to Vlad the Impaler.
paulpro (@mariopro.bsky.social) reposted
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Ole Vet USAF (@olevetusaf.bsky.social) reposted
www.rawstory.com/ceo-compensa... More reasons to elect a CEO as President is that they can run the country like a business is the dumbest statement ever! They will make us all employees, rather than citizens.
Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted
“Are we such weak, fragile people that we can’t view the full length and breadth of our history?” National Park visitors are not keen on Donald Trump's effort to sanitize history.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Newsom: We got here because the President is struggling. We got here because the President is one of the most unpopular presidents in U.S. history. We got here because he recognizes that he will lose the election.
lynne41.bsky.social (@lynne41.bsky.social) reply parent
Because states rights?
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Mockler: They say that they oppose it at a 79% rate, 61% of them feel less safe… So the question that I then want to ask is, why don't we mobilize the National Guard to the eight out of ten red states that are the highest homicide states?
ACLU (@aclu.org) reposted
BREAKING: We're filing a petition for the immediate release of Mario Guevara, a journalist who is being detained by ICE because of his reporting on law enforcement activity. The First Amendment is clear: Journalists cannot be detained for doing their jobs.