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Barracks Life 🪖 (@barrackslife.com) reposted
www.cnn.com/2025/09/01/u...
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
We share this graph as often as we can. #UnionStrong
oothoon.bsky.social (@oothoon.bsky.social) reply parent
"Those who own land would be offered 'a digital token' by the trust in exchange for rights to redevelop their property, to be used to finance a new life elsewhere."
oothoon.bsky.social (@oothoon.bsky.social)
Disgusting: "Most controversially, the 38-page plan suggests what it calls 'temporary relocation of all of Gaza’s more than 2 million population'– a proposal that would amount to ethnic cleansing, potentially a genocidal act." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Birder K (@birderk.bsky.social) reposted
Birds be moving tonight! Over 300 million in the air right now!! #birds #fall #migration
Radio Free America (@radiofreeflorida.bsky.social) reposted
Billions are better than trillions since…you know…we are the ones paying the Trump Tax. #RadioFreeAmerica www.forbes.com/sites/tylerr...
Jake Wertz (@jakewertz.bsky.social) reposted
One more thing I’ll say about northern Michigan is the starlight. My only camera is my phone
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
oothoon.bsky.social (@oothoon.bsky.social)
"Despite the fact that Maxwell had just openly mentioned Epstein associates as being in Trump’s current cabinet, Blanche- ... not known for missing a trick in trial argument – did not pause to ask Maxwell to identify the cabinet members she was referring to." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
DianaResists (@dianaresists.bsky.social) reposted
In his last term Trump gave more taxpayer dollars to farmers harmed by his tariffs than the federal government spends each year building ships for the Navy. China stopped buying our soybeans and grain. Farmers lost their farms. Some committed suicide. www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
Lauren Ashley Davis (@laurenmeidasa.bsky.social) reposted
US reportedly suspends visa approvals for nearly all Palestinian passport holders Restrictions to prevent travel for healthcare and college and come after denying visas to Palestinian Authority leaders www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) reposted
I’m serious. This REALLY infuriates me. @nbcnews.com @cbsnews.com @cnn.com Do your job. You failed to lift this up in 2024. If farmers are hurting, explain why and who is to blame. And remind Americans that we paid BILLIONS for Trump’s first tariff blunder. It’s so irresponsible to ignore this.
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD (@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social) reposted
Bill Cassidy is a physician who is being humiliated daily by Robert F. Kennedy. Kennedy has exposed Cassidy’s craven prioritization of his own power over the health and safety of his constituents and of the United States of America. Kennedy has exposed Cassidy’s powerlessness to stop him.
KristinRuth (@kristinruth.bsky.social) reposted
Last fall, my husband and I took a helicopter ride and got a new perspective on the #iconic “Mighty Mac” bridge between Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas. #alphabetchallenge #weekiforiconic #blueskyartshow #shiny #michigan
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits
James Hughes (@dystopian-fashion.bsky.social) reposted
Television legend Stephen Colbert has just signed a $13.5 million deal with Netflix for a 7-episode series.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
This part. Everyone should be taking notes from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social’s @mizzwelch.bsky.social
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
“ILLEGALS” MY ASS! Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store. He’s a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
👀 apnews.com/article/paxt...
Elizabeth Warren (@warren.senate.gov) reposted
NEWS: Walgreens just got taken over by private equity. Private equity has a record of running companies into the ground. Walgreens could be the latest victim: closing more stores, service plummeting, workers losing their jobs, and eventually bankruptcy.
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
@nealkatyal.bsky.social: “You’ve got the president who's imposed the largest tax increase on American consumers since 1993 … and he did it without Congress saying one word. That is not our constitutional structure.”
oothoon.bsky.social (@oothoon.bsky.social) reply parent
Amen! (No pun intended.)
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
ICYMI — JUDGE: “This case represents the consequences of a decades long drumbeat of anti-immigrant sentiment and misinformation being broadcast & broadcast & broadcast…” 2 immigrants shot in Washington, gunman sentenced in June. Barely even a story. 🤷🏻♂️ www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/g...
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
GOV. WHITMER on marriage equality 🏳️🌈 attacks: “Treating people equally is a Michigan value… LGBTQ+ Michiganders make our state stronger, better, and more vibrant.”
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
The warfighters in DC got the trash picked up, now time to mulch.
oothoon.bsky.social (@oothoon.bsky.social) reply parent
Most expensive gardeners ever
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.
oothoon.bsky.social (@oothoon.bsky.social) reply parent
Message for them: You do you. Just don't take over the damn government in an effort to force your beliefs on others.
oothoon.bsky.social (@oothoon.bsky.social) reply parent
What absolute assholes those men are.
oothoon.bsky.social (@oothoon.bsky.social)
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Tim Hannan (@timhannan.bsky.social) reposted
The shooter was posting about shooting up the church for a month and the FBI was too busy doing Trump’s dirty work to flag it. Now I know for sure if that happened under a Democrat that failure is all we’d be talking about right now.
Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com) reposted
What a cursed sentence (gift link) “The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.”
Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 (@emmadragon.bsky.social) reposted
Ireland is not ready for extreme cold?❄️🌨️ The collapse of critical current, the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (Amoc) is no longer low-likelihood event, study finds. Unwillingness to change will lead to a "catastrophic impact." #spéirghorm #IrishPol www.theguardian.com/environment/...
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted
she said that “black” with a hard r
Caroline Lucas (@carolinelucas.bsky.social) reposted
This should be headline news - the implications are horrifying …
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
🔥 @mizzwelch.bsky.social : “It’s the complete moral collapse of the 🇺🇸 government… the cabinet meeting with 3.5 hours of superficial praise is so cringeworthy… he redecorated the Oval Office like Marie Antoinette and built himself a ballroom because he has zero intention of leaving…”
Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist (@drandrealove.bsky.social) reposted
Hi, immunologist here: (a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes) RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can “see in kids faces that they have inflammation” That’s NOT how immunology works. He is an anti-science profiteer. Start calling him such.
Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social) reposted
HAPPENING NOW: Hello from the media room in DC district court, where Judge Jia Cobb is set to hear argument on Lisa Cook's motion for a temporary restraining order to block her removal from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. I'm here for @lawfaremedia.org. Follow along ⬇️🧵
Sam Bagenstos (@sbagen.bsky.social) reposted
Apropos of nothing, I reread Charles Black's book on impeachment this morning. He was such a sharp, smart thinker, focused on the arguments that actually matter. I wish there were more public law scholarship like that today.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
CDC leaders on why the left: “I resigned because I could not be part of the weaponization of public health and CDC… we should always be questioning - but you shouldn’t have a preconceived idea before you have the data.”
oothoon.bsky.social (@oothoon.bsky.social)
This is nuts. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
oothoon.bsky.social (@oothoon.bsky.social) reply parent
"Free market medicine:." Hey, Elon's gotta be able to buy new kidneys after killing his with all that ketamine.
Moira Donegan (@moiradonegan.bsky.social) reposted
Just want to be clear that I am very much using both of my kidneys.
Madhu Pai, MD, PhD (@madhupai.bsky.social) reposted
“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time rather than his current ability to kill by the thousands. Why is it that killing a single person is seen as murder but killing masses is excused if you are a politician?” Dr Bill Foege
CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@cajunblue.bsky.social) reposted
🚨Now in D.C. 🚨 “Hey hey, ho ho, millionaires have got to go!”
oothoon.bsky.social (@oothoon.bsky.social)
"O’Neill, unlike Monarez, has no training in medicine or infectious disease science. He is a former speechwriter for the health department, during the Bush years, who went on to work for the tech investor and conservative megadonor Peter Thiel." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.substack.com) reposted
Ashley Babbit dishonored her service by committing insurrection against her country. While her death is absolutely tragic and I wish it hadn’t happened, the Air Force giving her honors is in itself a dishonor.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve on the Minnesota shooting: "The sad thing is we can't sit here and tell them that help is on the way. Because we're not going to do a damn thing about it."
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
If someone tells you there's nothing we can do about gun violence beyond thoughts and prayers, remind them: —Gun laws in other countries have prevented mass shootings —More guns don't make us safer —A majority of Americans want gun reform We don't have to live like this.
Joe Walsh (@walshfreedom.bsky.social) reposted
He’s laying the groundwork to fuck with & overthrow the 2026 election. He’s laying the groundwork to stay in the White House after the 2028 election. Donald Trump is America’s enemy. It must be said. He is an enemy to this country. And he must be stopped.
Barack Obama (@barackobama.bsky.social) reposted
Republicans are trying to redraw congressional district lines to keep their grip on Congress in the midterms and beyond. Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around. Get involved with the @democraticredistricting.com as they fight back: bit.ly/3HJ1ayW
oothoon.bsky.social (@oothoon.bsky.social)
"It would shift the tropical rainfall belt on which many millions of people rely to grow their food, plunge western Europe into extreme cold winters and summer droughts, and add 50cm to already rising sea levels." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
oothoon.bsky.social (@oothoon.bsky.social)
"Lohmeier said he was 'persuaded that the previous determination was incorrect.'" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
Trump’s ICE goons now literally arresting firefighters. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
oothoon.bsky.social (@oothoon.bsky.social)
"These are not human faces, they are luxury meat-masks meant to signal wealth and in-group belonging." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Morgan J Freeman (@mjfree.bsky.social) reposted
Dear MAGA—Quinnipiac finds 56% oppose Trump sending Guard to D.C.; his job approval slips to 37%. Half say Israel is committing genocide, 60% oppose more U.S. aid. Most distrust Trump on Ukraine peace, and 67% disapprove of his handling of the Epstein files.
LSAClassOf2000 (@lsaclassof2000.bsky.social) reposted
He makes a good point - surely your god would not wish such unimaginable suffering upon his faithful?
Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling (@rubenbolling.bsky.social) reposted
I posted on @boingboing.net about people use apps like Waze to covertly warn immigrants about ICE activity: Why you might see an "Icy roads" hazard warning on a hot day in Los Angeles. boingboing.net/2025/08/26/a...
oothoon.bsky.social (@oothoon.bsky.social)
"Don’t just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying." www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
oothoon.bsky.social (@oothoon.bsky.social)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
oothoon.bsky.social (@oothoon.bsky.social)
Spirit animal www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted
The epidemic of mass shootings is neither inevitable nor unsolvable. From 2022:
Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 (@rweingarten.bsky.social) reposted
Iowa voters chose affordability and public education over Trump tax cuts for the wealthy and attacks on working families. Congrats to Catelin Drey for this important win. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...
Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 (@rweingarten.bsky.social) reposted
The Trump Recession Is Coming newrepublic.com/article/1996... via @newrepublic.com
Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 (@rweingarten.bsky.social) reposted
They knew the risks of warning us.. These FEMA staff are American patriots apnews.com/article/fema...
The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast.bsky.social) reposted
Three Americans with ties to Trump were accused of attempting to carry out a covert influence operation.
NPR (@npr.org) reposted
The government's colossal failure to respond after Hurricane Katrina led to major reforms at the nation's top disaster agency. Now, the Trump administration has reversed some of those changes.
Rachel Maddow (@maddow.msnbc.com) reposted
“on Tuesday, for the second time this year, a Democrat appeared to flip a conservative-leaning district in the Iowa Senate…” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
MADDOW: “Watch what he does, not what he says.” @maddow.msnbc.com asks the media to zoom out and see Trump firing professionals in law enforcement and the military as a precursor for what he’s planning to ask them to do — and imagine if it was happening in another country.
Forbes (@forbes.com) reposted
More than 180 FEMA staffers signed an open letter to Congress criticizing the Trump administration’s efforts to gut the agency and warned of another Katrina-like disaster.
BadRobotLinda (@lms2025.bsky.social) reposted
Right-wing Christian Nationalists are calling for the end of a women’s right to vote; the Nineteenth Amendment. Are we going to let that happen? Fuck No!
Tim Miller (@timmiller.bsky.social) reposted
"All the President’s Butt Snorkelers: An emperor president surrounded by a sycophantic cabinet is a dangerous thing." www.thebulwark.com/p/all-the-pr...
Clara Jeffery (@clarajeffery.bsky.social) reposted
DC Grand Jury refuses to indict “sandwich man” with a felony www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted
With hurricane season upon us, FEMA employees warn that an understaffed, under-resourced agency means the country is at even greater risk of disaster.
Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) reposted
With Lisa Cook suing to challenge Trump's firing of her, experts in mortgage law tell me her lawyer can now use discovery to dig into the role Trump loyalist William Pulte played in singling out mortgages of her, Schiff and Letitia James for scrutiny: newrepublic.com/article/1996...
oothoon.bsky.social (@oothoon.bsky.social)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
oothoon.bsky.social (@oothoon.bsky.social)
They're probably calling them stigmata
The Verge (@theverge.com) reposted
There’s plenty of disinformation trying to blame the nascent offshore wind industry for whale deaths without evidence. Not only is that misleading, it also takes the focus away from solutions that might actually address the leading causes of death — vessel strikes and entanglement with fishing gear.
oothoon.bsky.social (@oothoon.bsky.social) reply parent
C'mon a-fib & apixaban! One good fall over those edematous legs should do it....
Nina Jankowicz (@ninajankowicz.com) reposted
72% of adults surveyed in 25 countries see the spread of false information online as a major threat. Meanwhile the US is harassing the researchers and civil servants who studied the challenge and attempting to export that harassment campaign to other countries. 🙃 www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...
NPR (@npr.org) reposted
A few years in, a CDC drowning prevention program was ready to share its findings on how to mitigate the leading cause of death among young children. Then the administration terminated that staff.
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
🚨 MAJOR BREAKING Democrat Catelin Drey FLIPS Iowa SD-1 — a district Trump won by 11.5 points in 2024 — defeating Republican Christopher Prosch in a landslide special election and breaking the GOP supermajority.
Lauren Ashley Davis (@laurenmeidasa.bsky.social) reposted
Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, has been appointed to a senior position in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in which she’ll help oversee the nation’s election infrastructure. www.rawstory.com/trump-electi...
Senator Bernie Sanders (@sanders.senate.gov) reposted
While Wall Street executives rake in $1,769 an hour, the workers who help take care of our kids get paid less than parking lot attendants. That is crazy. No job is more important than raising our nation’s children. Child care workers deserve a living wage.
Peter Sagal (@petersagal.bsky.social) reposted
Lisa Cook, the Fed Governor that Trump is now trying to fire, was confirmed to her position in a party line vote in 2022, with VP Harris breaking a tie. One ostensible GOP objection: She wouldn't raise interest rates aggressively enough to fight inflation. thehill.com/business/348...
oothoon.bsky.social (@oothoon.bsky.social) reply parent
Come on, sustained ventricular tachycardia!
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
Trump: "We stopped three wars. Go to Africa. They like to say, oh, you know — I love black people. And I did great with the vote of the black people. But they say 'He's a racist, he's a racist.' Really?...The Congo, that's deep into deepest, darkest Africa."