pjruthenberg.bsky.social
@pjruthenberg.bsky.social
created January 25, 2025
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Atul Gawande (@agawande.bsky.social) reposted
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
I didn’t really need more evidence that RFK Jr is nuts and delusional.
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
They’re totally going to do this.
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
I've been on that train.
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
How could someone be so far from the truth when they are all presented with the same information. I'm really baffled or maybe I am lucky because my belief system is so much better.
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
Gee, I didn't think of that. That would be good!!
SassySenora701 (@sassysenior70.bsky.social) reposted
KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 (@kojamf.bsky.social) reposted
yourstrulydevon 💠 D E V O N 💠
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
There has to come a time where the republicans recognize how unhinged this man is becoming.
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
What in the ever loving fuck is going on here
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh My God. Come on, this is beyond outrageous.
Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar.com) reposted
An incredible story of courage in the face of danger. Ryan Palattao, in a wheelchair, survived because his teacher, Becca Heer, pulled him under a pew and threw herself over him to protect him. His family calls her a "guardian angel." www.startribune.com/he-couldnt-r...
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
I really don't think he was safe that high up and not being familiar with who the child is or his reason for being up there, I am thankful those men took it upon themselves to save.
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
I just can't believe this backward slide we are experiencing and how many will die because of it. Very distressing. I'll keep writing my love letters (!) to Trump.
JimCook@JimCook.bsky.social (@jimcook.bsky.social) reposted
Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel (@neurodivergentrebel.substack.com) reposted
I’ll take stuff that didn’t happen for $500.
🌟✨ Soopernova ✨⭐✨💫 (@000iamsoops.bsky.social) reposted
#SundayThoughts Thank you for your attention in this matter!
Deb Brown 🚨🇺🇲 (@debpixcom.bsky.social) reposted
🙃 #GavinNewsom #EpsteinFiles
JeWitch68 (@witchywoman68.bsky.social) reposted
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, you are probably right. (sinking into chair).
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
Incredible
Old School Gentleman (@oldschoolgentl1.bsky.social) reposted
Science is real
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh no, did Trump get his name on the Kennedy Center?
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.
Flesh Banana (@notimeforpoopin.bsky.social) reposted
I waited hours for this cloud to come near the lake #lightning strike reflection.
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
This is never going away, is it?
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
A great idea.
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
SIGNS OF FASCISM 🪧
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
Try and think of the last comedy you saw before going to bed.
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
Not my strong suit. You are better than I am.
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
KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 (@kojamf.bsky.social) reposted
Release the Epstein files!
I Post Animal Vids... 😊 (@realjfairclough.bsky.social) reposted
Yertle the Turtle... 👀😅🤣 #bluesky #animals #nature
sharonfisher68.bsky.social (@sharonfisher68.bsky.social) reposted
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
Excellent question.
Chris Hauck (@chrishauck.bsky.social) reposted
Democratic Activists (@democratswin.bsky.social) reposted
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
We called it King of the Mountain when we were kids.
Sandieglo (@sandieglo.bsky.social) reposted
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
Reminds me of the time years ago when my husband overheard a coworker trying to calm down his distraught wife because she had been at home dealing with a 3-year-old throwing a tantrum because she flushed the toilet instead of letting her do it.
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
He did this in his first term as well. I remember watching it with my husband the first time I saw this display, and he's been dead 6 years now. It was extremely cringe worthy back then, too.
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
Seriously, cry out of relief.
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh no, I just gave some little girls on my block some chalk AND squirt guns. I better warn them to discard them.
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
Crime Spree in DC - Yes, this is a real event. No, it’s not sarcasm. Lmao. Your taxpayer dollars are at work.
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS TRUE!!!!!!
MzBehavn™ (@mzbehavn.bsky.social) reposted
Let that sink in.
Jonathan Slater (@jonathanslater.bsky.social) reposted
Your daily beauty
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
That's a laugh I needed, thanks.
darren32359.bsky.social (@darren32359.bsky.social) reposted
The_Lady_Red (@theladyred.bsky.social) reposted
youtube.com/shorts/8G7At...
Mark Hertling (@markhertling.bsky.social) reposted
“…I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.” My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
💙🐶🚴🏻🏊♂️♊️ Victoria🌈💥☀️ (@victoriaswimcycle.bsky.social) reposted
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
Trust me, I'm not laughing here. I am terrified.
The_Lady_Red (@theladyred.bsky.social) reposted
🤬🤬🤬🤬 it's not ok! youtube.com/shorts/uC-Wy...
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Corporations socialize their losses and privatize their gains.
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
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Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
A federal judge has ordered Florida to shut down "Alligator Alcatraz," after the state spent a staggering $218M to build the now-vacant detention camp. Closing it will run taxpayers another $20M. An utterly cruel and costly waste.
Pierre Polyester (@canadian-critic.bsky.social) reposted
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
My husband and I were driving in the middle of nowhere in a state we weren't familiar with, so I was getting anxious but then coming down the road was a car heading in the opposite direction with a very tall great Dane sticking out of the sunroof looking very serious. I laughed until I cried.
WeRateDogs (@weratedogs.com) reposted
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
Well said.
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
"Literally no one thinks prayer is a substitute for action." Then why is prayer, literally, *always* the substitute for action, you willfully obtuse asshole?
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
ICE kidnapping a mother as her child begs the officers not to take her. Heartbreaking 💔 😢
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
I hope someone is standing next to Stephen Miller as he is watching this, readying themselves to slap that smirk off his hellish face.
Fred Guttenberg (@fredguttenberg.bsky.social) reposted
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
“A dangerous crank — what on Earth are you on about??!” @chrislhayes.bsky.social goes in on RFK Jr. for claiming he can diagnose kids just by looking at them.
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
I can't understand why people sitting next to him just nod in compliance. Stand up and scream "You have no idea what you are talking about, and I am out of here!"
Cory Booker (@corybooker.com) reposted
Love thy neighbor.
David Combest (@decombest.bsky.social) reposted
Chicago keeping art alive:
Kate 🪷 (@kateculliton.bsky.social) reposted
Filthy Pigman
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
Those seem to be the qualifications alright.
darth™️ (@darthbluesky.bsky.social) reposted
the harsh realization that every single administration hire is one of the shittiest unqualified mediocre people in the world
Kara Swisher (@karaswisher.bsky.social) reposted
No notes
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
A couple of months ago, the Navy dishonored civil rights hero Harvey Milk by removing his name from a ship. Now, the Air Force is dishonoring itself by celebrating a domestic terrorist called Ashli Babbitt.
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
Stomach churning.
Dorothee V. Plessis (@dorotheevplessis.bsky.social) reposted
Abbi Lichtenstein (@abbij1961.bsky.social) reposted
A very strong & powerful resignation letter from Dr. Daskalakis calling out RFK jr. “I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies and materials that do not reflect scientific reality and are designed to hurt rather than to improve the public’s health.”
tweety (@bluskypolitics.bsky.social) reposted
🔵 So tragic 😭💔 Vote Blue 🗳
CAKE (@thebandcake.bsky.social) reposted
The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121.
Tina Smith (@smith.senate.gov) reposted
I dare you to go to Annunciation School and tell our grieving community, in effect, guns don’t kill kids, antidepressants do. Just shut up. Stop peddling bullshit. You should be fired.
Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) reposted
New, from me: America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism. This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
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.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Trump just hung a giant portrait of himself over the Department of Labor building, claiming he puts "American Workers First." Take it from a former Secretary of Labor: Donald Trump doesn't give a shit about working people. https://youtu.be/ARL5VvYJUe8?feature=shared
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
AMERICA: “It’s a mental health issue.” REST OF THE WORLD: “We have those. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA: “It’s video games.” WORLD: “We have those too. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA B: “It’s cause they took Jesus out of the classroom.” WORLD: “God, you’re stupid.”
ZachsMind (@zachsmind.bsky.social) reposted
RELEASE TRUMP'S ANKLES! youtube.com/shorts/dTeYp...
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
Exactly. I'd love to hear his "pep" talk prior to the meetings, demanding they follow this rule.
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
You have no idea how much I wish I could do that. I even did Spiriva which did help for a bit. I need it every day, though.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
It wasn’t a sandwich. It was a bum WRAP. Haha A+ reply.
Trump Resistance Movement (@trm.bsky.social) reposted
Ain't that the truth?
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
I can't listen to this dribble.
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
With that expression, he'd make a good poker player.
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
He needs to be seen and heard every day. I'd pay to see him.
KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 (@kojamf.bsky.social) reposted
silentmiddlechild
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
This song is on my play list, and it never fails to give me goose bumps when it starts.
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
This song remains incredibly relevant in 2025. Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes ft Teddy Pendergrass performing "wake up everybody"
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
Thanks to RFK Jr.
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
Yup
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
I wonder what his objective is.
pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent
I wasn't all in on that vaccine for no particular rational reason. I think I'll do it, even if it's only one small amount of the truth.