modifiedrisk.bsky.social (@modifiedrisk.bsky.social) reply parent
He’s a US senator. Maybe he should try to do something about it
modifiedrisk.bsky.social (@modifiedrisk.bsky.social) reply parent
He’s a US senator. Maybe he should try to do something about it
modifiedrisk.bsky.social (@modifiedrisk.bsky.social) reply parent
They are pathetic cowards
modifiedrisk.bsky.social (@modifiedrisk.bsky.social) reply parent
He forgot landscaping and garbage removal
Mark Joseph Stern (@mjsdc.bsky.social) reposted
The next Democratic president should declare that the National Emergencies Act and Article II of the Constitution allow him to: •admit D.C. and Puerto Rico as states •abolish ICE •grant citizenship to any immigrant •disband the 5th Circuit •expand the Supreme Court Seriously: Why the hell not?
modifiedrisk.bsky.social (@modifiedrisk.bsky.social) reply parent
Neither care if poor people die. Thanks
modifiedrisk.bsky.social (@modifiedrisk.bsky.social) reply parent
They also say Trump is healthy as a horse lol
Drew Harwell (@drewharwell.com) reposted
Yes but who do you trust more: The nation’s largest nurses professional organization or the people who love raw milk www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nation...
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
Where is the mainsteam media? Anyone out there? Can you hear me???
modifiedrisk.bsky.social (@modifiedrisk.bsky.social) reply parent
Why are you involved with the dark money to creators mess?
modifiedrisk.bsky.social (@modifiedrisk.bsky.social) reply parent
She found the courage to ask a follow up today. Congrats
Daniel Carlson (@danielwcarlson.bsky.social) reposted
We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris.bsky.social) reposted
“When I call Kennedy a ‘dangerous crank,’ I'm not saying that as an insult or as hyperbole, but honestly as the most economical way of describing the man's views,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on RFK Jr.
Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix.bsky.social) reposted
WSJ: ChatGPT fueled a 56-year-old tech industry veteran’s paranoia, encouraging his suspicions that his mother was plotting against him.... On Aug. 5, Greenwich police discovered that Soelberg killed his mother and himself in the $2.7 million Dutch colonial-style home where they lived together.
modifiedrisk.bsky.social (@modifiedrisk.bsky.social) reply parent
But she gets voted back in. Get what you vote for
modifiedrisk.bsky.social (@modifiedrisk.bsky.social) reply parent
Why, it’s a Trump tax
modifiedrisk.bsky.social (@modifiedrisk.bsky.social) reply parent
Cowards. Call them Trump tariffs
Erin Fogg (@criminalerin.bsky.social) reposted
So, not only is my kid's healthcare illegal for doctors to provide him in the state we live in, he can no longer be treated out of state and risks losing access to the evidence backed peer reviewed medication that has changed his life for the better because we are ruled by monsters and cowards
Lindsey Boylan (@lindseyboylan.bsky.social) reposted
I was this man’s business staffer. He knows nothing about business and he’s actually rather stupid about the private sector altogether. All he knows is how to curry favor with private sector leaders to fund his campaigns. By “pro-corporate” he means pro grift.
Oliver Willis (@owillis.bsky.social) reposted
17 democratic senators voted to confirm this woman as labor secretary
Governor JB Pritzker (@govpritzker.illinois.gov) reposted
To Donald Trump and his administration: If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me — not time or political circumstance — from making sure you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.
Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News (@froomkin.bsky.social) reposted
The top story of the moment is the one story that our most influential newsrooms won’t touch: That the United State has become an authoritarian state. presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...
modifiedrisk.bsky.social (@modifiedrisk.bsky.social) reply parent
I got murdered in DC recently
Michael Yarbrough (he/him) (@mwyarbrough.bsky.social) reposted
The scavenger hunt is using NYC mayoral history to paint Mamdani as firmly within the mainstream of that history. On age. On DSA membership. On public transportation policy. It's such a smart way to launch the general election campaign.
Joshua Erlich (@joshuaerlich.bsky.social) reposted
putting aside the trans rights issues specifically (lol), I think part of what has me so frustrated with the Newsom thing is that Pritzker, Walz, and Zohran are putting on clinics for a popular, progressive politics and we’re wasting time talking about this used car salesman ass goblin.
Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka.lpm.org) reposted
That is not, in fact, how WWII ended
Andy Kaczynski (@kfile.bsky.social) reposted
Exclusive: Ghislaine Maxwell was honored at a prestigious Clinton event years after sexual misconduct allegations surfaced www.cnn.com/2025/08/24/p...
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
“I was r*ped sometimes 3 times a day on that island… and I was not the only girl on that island… Ghislaine must die in prison, because I’ve been in hell and back for the last 17 years.” Listen to the survivors.
Laura Bassett (@lebassett.bsky.social) reposted
Republicans: disappear people off the streets and rendition them to El Salvador, crash the economy, build concentration camp in the Everglades, declare martial law in DC, eliminate cancer and vaccine research, align with Russia, disenfranchise Black people, tank in the polls Political pundits:
Blue Georgia (@bluegeorgia.bsky.social) reposted
Erick Erickson: "The US government would become the largest shareholder of Intel. This is actual socialism happening by a Republican administration. This is a horrible precedent... All of you people were freaked out about Mamdani in New York City... That's what Howard Lutnick is doing."
modifiedrisk.bsky.social (@modifiedrisk.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s been 10 min. Isn’t it time you ask people to give you money?
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.
Nicholas Grossman (@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social) reposted
I don't think US military personnel stationed overseas should be banned from voting. Serving the country should not make an American forfeit their right to vote, that would be wrong. Sorry to get so partisan, but that's how I feel.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Hill: Trump asserted in his Fox interview there were no countries in the world that allow mail-in voting. Well, Russia allows mail-in voting.
modifiedrisk.bsky.social (@modifiedrisk.bsky.social) reply parent
I don’t have a humiliation kink like you. Nor am I a moron like you
modifiedrisk.bsky.social (@modifiedrisk.bsky.social) reply parent
THE QUEEN!
The New York Times (@nytimes.com) reposted
SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket company, has most likely paid little to no federal income taxes since its founding in 2002, even as it’s received billions of dollars in federal contracts, according to internal company documents reviewed by The New York Times. nyti.ms/45wGKkn
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
REPORTER: President Putin, will you stop killing civilians? PUTIN: *taps ear*
Beks (@antifaoperative.bsky.social) reposted
There were 34 church leaders & christian school employees who were arrested, pled guilty and/or were sentenced to prison for child sex crimes in the month of July.
Joshua Erlich (@joshuaerlich.bsky.social) reposted
this person should get a lawyer, and, if they don't have a lawyer, my number is easy to find
Aaron Fritschner (@fritschner.bsky.social) reposted
Video of EJ Antoni, Trump's nominee to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics, at the Capitol on January 6th, via Pro Publica: projects.propublica.org/parler-capit... He's in the middle of the frame in a red Penn jacket with the number 40
Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) reposted
Trump's pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics was at the Jan. 6 insurrection www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social) reposted
seems fine
Grudgie the Whale (@grudgie.bsky.social) reposted
Hahahaha he said he’d do sanctions in 10 days without a ceasefire three weeks ago
Josh Turek (@joshturek4iowa.bsky.social) reposted
I’m personally asking you to become a founding donor of my campaign. Experts are calling this seat one of the most likely to flip. Joni Ernst is backed by billionaires. I’m backed by folks like you. If you can spare a couple bucks, I’ll put it to work:
Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social) reposted
#ReleaseTheCuomoList
Joey Politano🏳️🌈 (@josephpolitano.bsky.social) reposted
An "economist" so dumb I had to explain to him how the import price index works last month will now lead the BLS, kill me
Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) reposted
The man who attacked the CDC fired more than 180 shots into the campus
Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social) reposted
Someone forgot to take down this webpage: www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...
Lindsey Boylan (@lindseyboylan.bsky.social) reposted
This day in history, an abuser resigned in disgrace. He will never hold such power again. We won’t let him.
Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24.bsky.social) reposted
the only sentence I keep coming back to when thinking about the current state of the Democratic Party elite
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
"So the tariff is paid in this country by the importer, is that right?" -- Eugene Robinson guides Scott Bessent into acknowledging that tariffs are in fact paid in the United States, not by foreign governments
Ari Drennen (@aridrennen.bsky.social) reposted
Dan Crenshaw is one of the most anti trans legislators in Congress but he listens to music by Kim Petras, who was able to get sex change surgery at 16. Typical.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Trump on Epstein island: "I never had the privilege of going to his island."
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Trump: It looks like it’s about $3.1 billion Powell: I’m not aware of that. Trump: It just came out Powell: You just added in a third building Trump: It’s a building that’s being built Powell: It was built five years ago.
Current Affairs (@currentaffairs.bsky.social) reposted
Hakeem Jeffries is fundamentally conservative and up to his neck in corporate money. His power depends on disempowering the left. Mamdani’s win is a threat, and he knows it.
Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted
“.. The video was released last week as part of the Trump administration’s commitment to fully investigate Epstein’s 2019 death but instead has raised new questions about how the footage was edited and assembled.” @wired.com www.wired.com/story/the-fb...
modifiedrisk.bsky.social (@modifiedrisk.bsky.social) reply parent
Mother of pop music
Coach Finstock (@coachfinstock.bsky.social) reposted
Anthony Michael Kreis (@anthonymkreis.bsky.social) reposted
The Supreme Court should preserve the status quo until legal questions are resolved and explain the disposition of cases for the public. They are abdicating basic principles of equity and failing to fulfill their institutional role. They aren’t pretending to try. There isn’t even the veneer of law.
Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24.bsky.social) reposted
😡 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... 🖕 🖕
Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24.bsky.social) reposted
We intentionally did not put Rosie in the headline because this is not about Rosie O’Donnell it’s about everyone
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) reposted
Again, his wife was undocumented. What are we doing here.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social) reposted
With the updated RCV totals just released by the Board of Elections, our campaign has officially earned the most total votes in a primary in New York City history.
ElieNYC (@elienyc.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I write a lot. It’s never *decisive.* It’s never the argument that changes the minds of the powerful. Nothing I write changes any outcome. I do it anyway. Because it adds pebbles. If enough people add enough pebbles, then you’ve helped build a mountain. And that’s enough. It has to be.
Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) (@brainnotonyet.bsky.social) reposted
there is a massive recuperative effort going on right now, both on social media and across traditional media to paint any true pushback to fascism as radical leftist propaganda corporate/establishment Democrats cannot actually fight fascism because if they do, it will curtail their own power.
Grudgie the Whale (@grudgie.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
There’s no universe where JD Vance’s vetting materials are not newsworthy but a fucking college application is.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) reposted
With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.
Little Lobbyists (@littlelobbyists.com) reposted
🚨 URGENT 🚨 The U.S. House of Representatives may vote on gutting #Medicaid soon. We need you to call your Representative now! ☎️ (202) 224-3121 "Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME], I'm a constituent from [ZIP CODE], I'm calling to tell the Representative VOTE NO on any cuts to Medicaid!" PLEASE SHARE
Sean Morrow (@snmrrw.bsky.social) reposted
The Senators that voted 'yes' on this disastrous bill represent more than 30 million FEWER Americans than the Senators that voted 'no.'
Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social) reposted
MSNBC is doing a disservice to American Jews by allowing Jonathan Greenblatt to continually appear on Morning Joe and pretend he speaks for us when he’s nothing more than a MAGA suit.
Tim O’Brien (@timobrien.bsky.social) reposted
“For a country supposedly locked in an existential competition with China, it is bizarre to eviscerate the fastest growing source of energy supposedly to save money while simultaneously providing tax breaks to, of all things, metallurgical coal miners.” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Ned Resnikoff (@resnikoff.bsky.social) reposted
To be clear, this is what actual antisemitism looks like.
Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I just sent this to Rep. Brandon Gill's communications director:
Brandon Friedman (@brandonfriedman.bsky.social) reposted
I am in a constant state of shock, though not surprised, at how 19th century gutter racism by mainstream Republicans is just normal now
David M. Perry (@lollardfish.bsky.social) reposted
Ending Medicaid to build concentration camps
Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur.bsky.social) reposted
If “current policy” becomes the norm in reconciliation, one (very) hypothetical example of how Democrats could wield it: Pass a $10 trillion Medicare For All bill for 1 yr at a $1T sticker price & extend it permanently the next year at a $0 cost. All without nuking the filibuster.
Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yasharali.bsky.social) reposted
If I were a closeted homosexual or bisexual, I would not be making and promoting such a video! But that’s just me!
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
What the fuck are you doing, man?
Ned Resnikoff (@resnikoff.bsky.social) reposted
Can’t really articulate how furious it makes me to see gentile politicians wield fake charges of antisemitism against Mamdani. It’s not just the plain Islamophobia, it’s the fact that they’re needlessly stoking tensions in a way that puts Jewish New Yorkers at GREATER risk.
Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social) reposted
ElieNYC (@elienyc.bsky.social) reposted
When Eric Adams, a corrupt dirtbag centrist cop, won the primary four years ago, mainstream white media was quick to anoint him as "the future" of the Democratic party. Nate Silver said he's be the party's presidential nominee. Mamdani wins and it's like "oh, shit, well, there's still the general."