💙Christine Slemmer💙 (@slem63.bsky.social) reposted
CMHoskins (@cmhoskins.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Do anyone still believe this crap? Look to Canada, we have sane gun laws and so much less death. The 2nd Amendment is killing Americans every single day. It's the leading cause of death for children.
Rippmo1952 (@wokesince1967.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Media needs to constantly throw the fact that they cut the mental health budget every time they use the excuse that it's not guns it's mental health. This is getting old. They have no answer to that follow up question.
Tee Vixen Sutton (@vixenbite.bsky.social) reposted
The old sleight of hand. This is how they conduct business.
rabennett.bsky.social (@rabennett.bsky.social) reply parent
trump is making every respected, honored, meaningful award a farcical joke. Sickening.
rabennett.bsky.social (@rabennett.bsky.social) reply parent
How about immigration reform. What's happening now makes me ill.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare. Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed. Getting big money out of politics. Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages. If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
rabennett.bsky.social (@rabennett.bsky.social) reply parent
That's as good an explanation as any other
Adam Isacson (@adamisacson.com) reposted
We talk a lot about “organizational culture” at US border and migration agencies. Yes, it sounds like jargon. But look at this exchange between a CBP official and the husband of a permanent resident mother of 4. This is a rotten culture, reinforced by leadership. www.masslive.com/news/2025/08...
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (@whitehouse.senate.gov) reposted
About the weird DOJ Trump/Epstein interview: “It was a damage-control operation… not so much investigating Epstein and Maxwell’s crimes as attempting to exculpate President Donald Trump….“
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (@whitehouse.senate.gov) reposted reply parent
Interrogator and witness shared the same goal—they were both there to make Trump happy—and their exchange reflected this arrangement.” Yup.
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
👀 apnews.com/article/paxt...
Just Here For The Company (@justhereforfacts.bsky.social) reposted
Where I live, you pay a higher rate for electricity as your usage hits various thresholds. Such a system could force data centers to pay more for their insane usage while sparing citizens from financing their projects. it might work to keep data centers from your neighborhood, too.
Jack Hopkins-The Original (@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social) reposted
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson just drew a line in the sand...refusing to let Trump’s troops or ICE turn his city into a staging ground. That’s not politics...that’s spine. Fire...fight...and the kind of defiance America needs right now.🔥
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-...
Jack Hopkins-The Original (@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social) reposted
You may already be aware of this. If so...it's good reinforcement: The President of Portugal branded Trump a RUSSIAN ASSET. Whether it’s true or not doesn’t even matter; what matters is this: world leaders see Trump as weak...compromised...and beneath respect.
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
They want us fighting so we never notice who is stealing from us all. Don’t get lost in the circus.
Democrat Cats (@democratcats.bsky.social) reposted
Morning Kitten
AnnieOakleyinGA (@annie1x.bsky.social) reposted
#Pinks #ProudBlue If you live in GA., you better make sure you’re still registered to vote. Hundreds of thousands have been taken off the voter rolls, especially young black people. GOTV. ✊💙 georgiarecorder.com/briefs/georg...
Jennifer ✨Get In Good Trouble (@thejenniwren.teamlh.social) reposted
🧵 Dr. Demetre Daskalakis devoted his life to science & saving lives. His resignation is a warning: the regime & RFK Jr. have turned CDC into a propaganda mill. Immunization schedules rewritten in secret. Junk science pushed to please a base, not protect people. @acyn.bsky.social
Stephen King (@stephenking.bsky.social) reposted
As long as guns are easily available to crazy people, mass killings directed at so-called soft targets will continue. This is a fact. Countries where it's more difficult for crazy people to obtain guns have less shootings. This is also a fact. Do with these facts as you will.
Michael Ostrogorsky Ph.D. 📸 (@michaelostrogorsky.bsky.social) reposted
FUCK THESE GESTAPO PRICKS! 😡 www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
L.A. TACO (@lataco.bsky.social) reposted
DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol Celebrates 5,000th Abduction With a Message, “This is Just the Beginning” ~ @eltragon.bsky.social
🌎 🌳💧🧬 ✨ 🪐 (@curiousearth.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
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A Woman of a Certain Age☘️☮️💟 (@leslieesc.bsky.social) reposted
Yep separation of church and state is a bedrock principle in America. And now we have the newest version, separation of church and humanity.
Jean Pocket (@jeanpocket.bsky.social) reposted
@kuteskatergirl.bsky.social On TikTok 👇👇
Mark Hamill (@markhamillofficial.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Did I mention ICE arresting firefighters who were LITERALLY fighting a massive fire at the time of their arrest? 🔥 #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
Beth (@bethmeacham.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Not just arresting 2 firefighters. They held two complete fire crews at gunpoint for three hours while checking each person's ID. Leading to many hours delay in controlling the 9000 acre blaze.
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
Little kids are having to use their bodies to shield friends from gunfire while armed soldiers are busy picking up trash.
Kinda Angry Female US Air Force Officer (Ret) (@aimhighflygirl.bsky.social) reposted
RFK, Jr., Demanded Vaccine Study Be Retracted—Journal Said No Secretary of Health and Human Services Kennedy, called for a paper that found no link between aluminum in vaccines and disease to be retracted. The journal rejected the request. apple.news/AXMJankaHQBW...
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Newsom: Perhaps the president could deploy the National Guard in every corner of Mississippi. Murder rate is out of control there. And the governor may want to make that phone call.
rabennett.bsky.social (@rabennett.bsky.social) reply parent
Remember, he once said in an interview that during the Vietnam War, his biggest battle was to avoid STDs instead of bullets.
Norm Clark (@normsmusic.bsky.social) reposted
🦠In a Hollywood-worthy twist, the White House faces a chlamydia outbreak spreading faster than a viral tweet—reportedly starting in the Cabinet, where loyalty tests now involve more than NDAs. An epidemic of ass-kissing has finally turned literal. open.substack.com/pub/normsmus...
Jeremy Faust, MD (@jeremyfaust.bsky.social) reposted
Massive walkout underway at CDC. RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
Barack Obama (@barackobama.bsky.social) reposted
Here's some good news: Catelin Drey won a special election this week to flip a seat blue in the Iowa Senate and break Republicans' supermajority.
rabennett.bsky.social (@rabennett.bsky.social) reply parent
You seriously ask that? Normally, I don't consider any question a "dumb" one, but considering the American history and "performance" of assault weapons, your question is definitely dumb.
rabennett.bsky.social (@rabennett.bsky.social)
Take a moni vacation from today's news and enjoy this.
Luisa Inez Newton (@luisainez.bsky.social) reposted
The flash mobs with Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” always give off the power of the arts, the joy of music, the brilliance of people who resist the … you know… www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbJc...
rabennett.bsky.social (@rabennett.bsky.social)
We need this now. Just a little Joy. Please pass ot on.
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.
Jack Hopkins-The Original (@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social) reposted
Caroline Kennedy…JFK’s daughter once has this to say about her cousin, RFK Jr.:
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.”
rabennett.bsky.social (@rabennett.bsky.social) reply parent
That would definitely explain a lot
rabennett.bsky.social (@rabennett.bsky.social) reply parent
Perhaps so. I just know that for sure have zero respect for her.
CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@cajunblue.bsky.social) reposted
🚨The National Guard is now picking up trash in D.C. These images will not make recruiting brochures.
Jess Piper (@piperformissouri.bsky.social) reposted
They are sending soldiers into cities to prepare to intimidate people at the polls next year. They gerrymander because they can’t win on policy. They intimidate because even gerrymandering won’t work at this point.
rabennett.bsky.social (@rabennett.bsky.social) reply parent
And then they have them picking up trash
Jayne4Freedom (@jayne4freedom.bsky.social) reposted
The Olympics shouldn't be in the US. Sorry LA but a Facist Dick-tator that prevents people from coming here isn't an option.
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
First, they came for John Bolton And I did speak out Because even though I'm not a nutty right-wing warmonger with a ridiculous mustache, I am an American who is horrified by a simple-minded tyrant using our Justice Department to avenge his petty, personal grudges.
Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET (@patti3333.bsky.social) reposted
🚨🚨 GREAT NEWS🚨🚨 IN IOWA DEMOCRAT CATELIN DREY HAS WON SPECIAL ELECTION FOR STATE SENATE Democrats now have stopped the Republican Super Majority in the State Senate Congratulations CATELIN DREY !!
stevebeaconcap.bsky.social (@stevebeaconcap.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Remember the good old days, when every pumpkin headed dimwit did not have a national forum? Back when idiots were not encouraged to try to set and influence cultural norms? Back when science was respected and religion and religiosity were banished to their respective temples of misinfirmation?
rabennett.bsky.social (@rabennett.bsky.social) reply parent
Unlike Charlie Kirk, I am sure Taylor's husband is man enough to accept and support Taylor being Taylor. "Submission" has nothing to do with it. Compromise snd mutual respect do. As for keeping her own name, that's HER choice and no one's business.
rabennett.bsky.social (@rabennett.bsky.social) reply parent
She was cute then. Unlike now. She looks like a hard hearted, fake woman
Governor Gavin Newsom (@governor.ca.gov) reposted
Trump’s immigration raids are destroying our agricultural workforce — inflating costs, creating worker shortages, and destroying communities. On California Farmworker Day, we honor the hardworking men and women who power our economy. We will not stop defending your rights.
Ammar Campa-Najjar (@ammarcampanajjar.bsky.social) reposted
🚨 #CA48 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭: Proud to have the early endorsements of leaders who know what it takes to win tough fights. In 2024, Rep. Tran flipped one of the closest races in the nation, winning by just 653 votes. He knows what it takes to overcome the odds, and I’m honored to have him with us!
The Mouthy Renegade Writer (@mouthyrenegade.bsky.social) reposted
I'm so happy to see more blue-state politicians taking a fiery stance against Traitor Trump and his law-breaking bullshit. Gov. JB Pritzker is the latest to tell Dump to fuck all the way off. I love writing about that topic: themouthyrenegadewriter.substack.com/p/gov-jb-pri...
rabennett.bsky.social (@rabennett.bsky.social)
I was happy to have Pritzker as my governor before this, but this makes me even prouder.
Trixie 🌸🇨🇦 (@trixie57.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
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RESISTOCRAT (@3luesky.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Old enough to remember this Tulsi Gabbard:
blueraybluejay.bsky.social (@blueraybluejay.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
This is one of the most egregiously sycophantic nonsense I have ever seen. I grew up learning that this kind of adulation for a leader was not good.
Paul Russell (@pwrussell.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
There’s something utterly pathetic about a man so weak that he needs to hear that level of grovelling praise several times a day just to be able to exist.
Moe Davis (@moedavis.bsky.social) reposted
The Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville is 1 of 8 hospitals in North Carolina to earn a 5-star quality rating. Chuck Edwards wants to do to the Charles George VA Medical Center what he’s already done to Mission Hospital … ruin it. I’m going to Congress to fight for America’s Veterans!
ReMarkable (@remarkable59.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
All these Trumpers who are rooting for everything he does thinking that they are on his team are in for a rude awakening when someday they realize that the only one on Trump‘s team is Trump
rabennett.bsky.social (@rabennett.bsky.social) reply parent
A true statement
Polly Kane 🇺🇳💃🏻🇺🇳 (@kanekavi.sheshed.rocks) reposted reply parent
Let’s clear up one thing here. Republicans want to marginalize women for life. Republicans were NEVER pro-life.
Maple Mama (@maplemama20.bsky.social) reposted
Wtf is going on in Louisiana forcing a 9 year old child to carry her rapists baby to term. Drs have warned if this 9 yr old is forced to birth she will need a c section and her life will be at risk. If your pro life how can you not think of the 9yr old rape survivor and his traumatic it will be?
Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET (@patti3333.bsky.social) reposted
Trump executive order Arrest you if desecration the flag... @thegodpodcast.com
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Constituent: You need to take your head out of Trump’s ass.
Tuck The Frumpers (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) reposted
‘Tear that letter!’ Stunned expert makes dramatic protest of Trump’s Fed firing on MSNBC
✨StarChick68💫 (@starchick68.bsky.social) reposted
#NoKings #FightFascists finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-s... Cook said in a statement, "I have no intention of being bullied to step down from my position because of some questions raised in a tweet. ..."
🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 (@msgrumpybunny.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
This crime isn’t an isolated act of violence—it is a direct consequence of ICE’s current tactics. By operating with masked faces, without clear identification, and often without warrants, ICE has blurred the line between legitimate law enforcement and predatory impersonators.
CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@cajunblue.bsky.social) reposted
🚨🚨🚨 Homeowner in Houston, TX, kills 2 masked men wearing bulletproof vests — claiming to be police. 🤷🏻♀️ #wehavegunstooassholes
Peggy Stuart (@peggystuart.bsky.social) reposted
Taking Turnip trolling to a whole new level ⬇️ store.gavinnewsom.com/the-patriot-...
AllanJenkins21 (@allanjenkins21.bsky.social) reposted
This, obvs!
Morgan J Freeman (@mjfree.bsky.social) reposted
A billion dollars+ now to paint the wall black????? Think what they could do for healthcare.
🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 (@teamcanadaforever.bsky.social) reposted
Gavin Newsom wishes Stephen Miller a Happy birthday and he tagged him 💀😂😅🤣 I can’t stop laughing 🤣
Trudy Gonzales (@trudygonzales.bsky.social) reposted
Law-abiding, hard-working Immigrants trying to become citizens are targets of Trump's ICE It is said "DO IT THE RIGHT WAY" Well, people, this is the right way Trump is lawless If you go along with this YOU are accepting Fascism not the rule of law
RachelMarta (@rachel99marta.bsky.social) reposted
The Governor of Oregon and the mayor of Portland have to put a stop to this. There is nothing legal about violating people's rights and polluting neighborhoods. ICE is an illegal entity.
babsi54.bsky.social (@babsi54.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
After he is gone, someone better look into limiting what a President can do and I am not just talking Rose Garden and planned Ballroom. Never thought the system is that vulnerable. Collapsed like a house of cards in every aspect. . Really scary
rabennett.bsky.social (@rabennett.bsky.social) reply parent
So one reason to elect a NEW president ASAP is so she or he can get rid of the concrete and recreate Jackie's Rose Garden. I think that should be a campaign point as well as removing the tacky gold blech in the White House .
Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) reposted
Kristi Noem and her squad of geniuses are painting the American side of the wall black—apparently to keep us from escaping.
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.
rabennett.bsky.social (@rabennett.bsky.social)
True statement
Millie Lou 🇺🇦🇨🇦 (@millielou1.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
We finally have a Dem who's realistically looking at the fucking urgency of the moment! We have to take this idgit down & THIS-for better or worse-is how to take down a bully. You mock them. You ridicule them. They can't stand up to scrutiny! Newsom's digital director Camille Zapata is killing it.
rabennett.bsky.social (@rabennett.bsky.social)
Mama's know their babies from the beginning.
Marco Foster (@marcofoster.bsky.social) reposted
Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell: “I have spent the last 17 years in my own prison for what she, Jeffrey, and all the co-conspirators did to me. I was raped three times a day. Ghislaine must die in prison.”