☮️ Deriter ♻️ (@deriter.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Just about the same time the ladies spill the beans! It called damage controll!
☮️ Deriter ♻️ (@deriter.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Just about the same time the ladies spill the beans! It called damage controll!
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Lori Chavez-DeRemer: "I was elected as the Labor Secretary for all Americans" (She was not elected)
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social)
What a joke!
Mikhail Khodorkovsky (@khodorkovsky.com) reposted
The United States is now Putin's deportation partner. Russian political refugees who sought safety in the U.S. are being returned on charter flights. Upon return, they face hours-long interrogations by security services. 🧵Here's what is known about the latest flight:
LongTime🤓FirstTime👨💻 (@longtimehistory.bsky.social) reposted
ICE detains green card holder—days after she passed citizenship exam. She was awaiting the official ceremony—when agents tricked her into coming in for appointment—only to arrest her. She and her husband have owned their Los Angeles balloon shop together for almost 20 years.
Ben Wikler (@benwikler.bsky.social) reposted
Trump is the biggest union-buster in American history. This Labor Day, recommit to fighting back. Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social) reply parent
You are sounding more like a bot. Go take your anger out by being kind to someone. At least go troll elsewhere.
Bucks County Beacon (@buckscountybeacon.com) reposted
1.2 Million Immigrants Disappeared From the US Labor Force Under Trump, Preliminary Data Shows | Immigrants make up almost 20% of the U.S. workforce. Industries with a large percentage of immigrant workers include farming, construction, health care and the service industry. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social) reply parent
New strategy to get your attention?
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social) reply parent
Huh? Fake? Let me pinch myself. Nope it hurts. Btw, not defending just looking at the bigger picture
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social) reply parent
Count your blessings.
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social) reply parent
No. No it’s not really. It’s not that easy to blame one person. I prefer to blame every single person in Congress that voted for this shit and the Supreme Court that is supposed to protect us from terrorists. And the media that bends to his will especially.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
Trump is again threatening Chicago with a takeover on social media. We will again say those who trade liberty for the illusion of temporary safety deserve neither. We are not, and will not become, a military state. Remember freedom is something they can never take away, no matter what they tell you!
The Democratic Coalition (@thedemcoalition.bsky.social) reposted
Impeach this dude while we still can
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social) reply parent
His version of hell?
Jess Piper (@piperformissouri.bsky.social) reposted
40% of Missourians vote for Democrats, and this is the Congressional map the Republicans are pushing for.
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social) reply parent
Tee he he.
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social) reply parent
Hmmmm. The plot thickens.
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social) reply parent
Let’s not stoop this low. There are so many more important things about the felon to point out. This just puts you at the same low bar of integrity.
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social)
Stand strong!
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social) reply parent
Fingers crossed.
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
Tea Pain (@teapainusa.bsky.social) reposted
If Trump was really the “law and order” president, he’d put himself in jail.
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
It's possible ... hear me out, here …. It may well be that these people lie their asses off whenever they exhale
Politico (@politico.com) reposted reply parent
Read the lawsuit 👇
Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted
She said she was asked to fire “her leadership” and “to rubber stamp [vaccine] recommendations that flew in the face of science, and she was not going to do either of those things.” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social) reply parent
Good for her.
Bolts (@boltsmag.org) reposted
Michael Broadway died from an asthma attack on a scorching day inside an Illinois prison. Witnesses said a nurse didn't want to climb the stairs to his cell. A friend in a nearby cell put it plainly: “staff in these prisons DO NOT see us as human beings.”
The Editorial Board (@editorialboard.bsky.social) reposted
This is kidnapping. Outright criminal kidnapping. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Mark Jacob (@markjacob.bsky.social) reposted
Chicagoans will rally and march on Labor Day starting at 11 a.m. at the Haymarket Memorial to protest Trump's threat of a military occupation of the city. It's time to speak out. Join us.
Scott Dworkin (@dworkin.bsky.social) reposted
Trump flails, Susan Collins heckled, an ICE job fair protest, and more
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."
Scott Dworkin (@dworkin.bsky.social) reposted
In Maine, GOP Sen. Susan Collins was heckled by protesters. People chanted “Shame!” while calling out cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and more. When Collins asked folks to respect others there the crowd replied: “We respect them. We don’t respect YOU!” More here: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/from-dc-to...
Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social) reposted
What did Putin think of the Alaska summit? Well, he just sent drones and missiles to hit an apartment building, a shopping mall and the headquarters of the European Union in Kyiv. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
Euthyphro (@euthyphro.bsky.social) reposted
Idk man maybe the reason for all the antidepressants is that we’re forced to live in a hellscape where know-nothing nepo babies get to set policy against all evidence & nothing is ever done to address the real things killing our children at schools, movie theaters, and malls? Just a theory.
Donovan Kolbly (@donovan.kolbly.name) reposted
DC *is* being run poorly... by *Congress* 🙄 Congress gutted DC's budget so that Trump could say the city was in trouble and invade it. We've seen this Trump regime playbook before: break it, and then say it's broken.
Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social) reposted
i have to say i'm enjoying the "you can't fire me, bitch" responses to trump's attempts
Governor JB Pritzker (@govpritzker.illinois.gov) reposted
According to federal data, 13 of the top 20 cities in homicide rates have Republican governors. None of those cities are Chicago. 8 of the top 10 states in homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states are Illinois. And yet Trump is sending troops here.
Sande (@sande0724.bsky.social) reposted
PAY ATTENTION.
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.
Pete Buttigieg (@petebuttigieg.bsky.social) reposted
Praying for of all those affected by today’s horrific shooting in Minnesota, injuring and killing innocent young people who were simply starting their school year. We are all too accustomed to awful news like this, but must never accept such suffering and loss as normal.
Scott Dworkin (@dworkin.bsky.social) reposted
National Park rangers are being censored and discarded—while Trump’s executive orders gut the soul of the National Parks. Training centers shut down. Guided tours silenced. Lifelong careers erased. It's part of Trump's rampant abuse of power, and it needs to end. Read more about it here:
NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) reposted
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says frozen Russian assets shouldn’t be immediately confiscated, calling them a negotiation tool with Putin. The question remains: who gave Bessent the authority to bargain with assets meant for Ukraine’s recovery?
Paul Cohen (@paulecohen.bsky.social) reposted
media should not interview minors who have just survived a mass shooting
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
The mayor of Minneapolis, where a gunman killed at least two children and injured 17 other people during morning Mass at a Catholic Church, said "thoughts and prayers" were not a sufficient response. “Don't just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying."
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social) reply parent
The felon stayed awake that long? Oh yeah, they were praising him while he basked in the glory. Lmao
Asha Rangappa (@asharangappa.bsky.social) reposted
The Trump administration is running Russian-style active measures…in Greenland www.bbc.com/news/article...
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m sure picking up trash will fix that.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
and other extreme weather disasters. Of the 182 FEMA employees who signed the letter, 36 publicly attached their names, while the others withheld their identities out of fear of retaliation.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
Federal Emergency Management Agency suspended over 30 employees after they wrote to Congress warning that the Trump administration had severely weakened the nation’s ability to respond to hurricanes, floods,
Aaron Ross Powell ☸️ (@aaronrosspowell.com) reposted
A big trouble with navigating this political moment is that, on the one hand, the Trump administration has clearly overthrown the constitutional order and we are no longer anything like a free republic, but on the other, it feels like the wheels are already coming off the administration.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
Rep. @jrclemmons.bsky.social asking @govbilllee some fair questions…
Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted
WASHINGTON (AP) - Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak. @apnews.com
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social) reply parent
Horrible use of our military but better than terrorizing our citizens.
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social) reply parent
I hate AI!!! Remember HAL from 2001???watch what you wish for.
ApocalypticaNow (@apocalypticanow.bsky.social) reposted
Human beings have been prosecuted for doing what this AI did.
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
Trump calls for protest organizers to be indicted for RICO.
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
Interesting that this happens on the same day Chuck Grassley posts that Trump’s tariffs are hurting Iowa farmers.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Bessent on Lisa Cook: "What we haven't heard from Ms. Cook is we haven't heard her say 'I didn't do it.' She just keeps saying the president can't remove her." (The allegations haven't been investigated yet.)
Zach Everson (@zacheverson.com) reposted
Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
Brad Heath (@bradheath.bsky.social) reposted
National Guard soldiers called into service for President Trump's law enforcement surge in D.C. have been assigned to spread mulch at federal monuments. Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social) reply parent
Unfortunately full suffrage is still wishful thinking as long as people get away with gerrymandering, intimidation, and general moves to make it difficult to vote especially in democratic areas.
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social) reply parent
Ok. So what difference does Biden or Obama make? The point should be this is republican coup and is wrong no matter who is president.
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social) reply parent
Steven miller is not a member of the Republican Party. He’s just a wannabe czar.
Tracy L Cooper (@tracyc.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
And in 2020, the Irish sent 2.5M to Hopi & Navajo nations to assist them during covid. It's been a long time friendship.
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you for posting this. Awesome history fact.
𝖼𝗋𝗄Ⓥ (@crk5.bsky.social) reposted
In a small town in County Cork, Ireland, a monument stands in appreciation to the American Choctaw Indian Tribe. Although impoverished, shortly after being forced to walk the Trail of Tears, the tribe somehow gathered $170 to send to Ireland for famine relief in 1847 [Historic Vids]
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social) reply parent
Where has she been? Head in the sand?
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"
Governor JB Pritzker (@govpritzker.illinois.gov) reposted
I know you, Chicago — and I know you’re up to the difficult time we have ahead, thanks to this President.
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
This. 100%.
Andrea Pitzer (@andreapitzer.bsky.social) reposted
This administration doesn't want Abrego Garcia to go free in part due to vindictiveness against the man himself and the courts protecting his rights, but even more because his freedom would underline the unjust, arbitrary nature of the detention project and reveal it a power grab that can be undone.
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) (@hcrichardson.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Aside from anything else, it is a national emergency that the president of the United States has lost his mind.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
JD Vance: "I think the Russians have made significant concessions." (They have in fact made no concessions.)
JohnnyMangu (@johnnybarbu.bsky.social) reposted
“Identify or die”, that was the mindset of a terrified Texas homeowner as masked men in tactical gear tried to raid his house. The intruders ended up dead after a fatal shootout. Police later confirmed they were not #ICE or law enforcement officers.
A Republic If You Can Keep It (@arepublicif.bsky.social) reposted
The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is planning to use the US military to invade US cities that vote Democratic because, in addition to raping children, two things that animate him most are rectifying narcissistic injury and hating Black people. Call your reps 202-224-3121 #RemoveTrump
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.
Dan ain't Q (@danaintq.bsky.social) reposted
Kid Rock: I will no longer sell my music in California. Scott Baio: I will no longer act in California. Governor Newsom: My policies are working.
Cory Tunts aka Ceform Runts (@thecorytunts.bsky.social) reposted
A truly disgusting regime. www.thedailybeast.com/inmate-who-c...
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social) reply parent
Please keep federal govt out of Chicago!
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh hell. That’s where we are now.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
This regime never stops. Court records filed Saturday reveal that immigration officials intend to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, after he rejected a deal that would have sent him to Costa Rica in exchange for staying in custody and pleading guilty to human smuggling charges.
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you. My very real fear is the intimidation to these survivors before the press conference. I hope they are sequestered somewhere safe.
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium (@ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social) reposted
Cool as a cucumber… or a pickle! 🥒 Twin polar bear sisters, Astra and Laerke, love splashing around with their giant enrichment toys on warm summer days. 🐻❄️☀️
CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk (@adriftalchemist.bsky.social) reposted
saw a blue salmon swimming upstream to spawn today
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
John Deere, the largest American agricultural equipment manufacturer, announced layoffs affecting more than 200 workers across three Midwestern facilities this week. The company cited customer uncertainty over Trump’s expanding tariff policies as a primary factor in declining sales. #TrumpTariffs
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social) reply parent
If something big isn’t done pretty damn soon there will be nothing left to do.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
Not sure this is something to brag about. Trump said his plan was to autograph the image, send it back to Putin, and invite Putin to come to America for the 2026 World Cup. Are we seriously aligning ourselves with Russia now? He’s not welcome here. Putin should have never set foot on American soil.
ousie.bsky.social (@ousie.bsky.social) reply parent
EPSTEIN!