Rust Belt Empress
@rustbeltempress.bsky.social
Although I live in the Rust Belt, I will not let it conquer me. The woods here are beautiful, and I have many books.
created November 13, 2024
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Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
So they re-released most of the same shit they gave the GOP binder crew in February? Color me shocked. Never thought I’d say this, but I’m with Massie. Release the rest of the damn Epstein files, not this cherry-picked bullshit.
Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent
You got me there! I had to check it out. WOW!
Charles Gaba (@charlesgaba.com) reposted reply parent
Her it is: abc11.com/post/hurrica...
Deb Brown 🚨🇺🇲 (@debpixcom.bsky.social) reposted
🙃 #GavinNewsom #EpsteinFiles
Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent
Remember, he swims in sewage.
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD (@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social) reposted
RFK Jr. likes to claim that thimerosal in childhood vaccines causes autism spectrum disorder (ASD). So I wonder if he’d like to explain how the rates of ASD diagnoses in the U.S. have kept going up when thimerosal was removed from all childhood vaccines in 2001?
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
They're releasing the Epstein files?
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
SIGNS OF FASCISM 🪧
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
What in the ever loving fuck is going on here
🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@militarynewsua.bsky.social) reposted
❗️USAID is officially closing down, says US Secretary of State Rubio. The agency was responsible for providing economic, humanitarian, and technical assistance to countries around the world for more than 50 years.
George Hahn (@georgehahn.com) reposted
PBS News Hour is, hands down, one of the most worthwhile news programs. Support public media: www.pbs.org/passport/
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
The damage this man has done is incalculable.
Just Jack (@just-jack-1.bsky.social) reposted
SPEAKER MIKE “HOOKED ON PORN” JOHNSON SAID I, GAVIN CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS NEWSOM BUILDER OF THE BEST MAPS, SHOULD FOCUS ON GOVERNING MY STATE. LETS NOT FORGET “MAGIC MIKE” SHUT DOWN THE HOUSE AND WENT ON EARLY RECESS BECAUSE HE WAS AFRAID OF THE VOTE ON RELEASING THE ESPTEIN FILES! - GCN
Barack Obama (@barackobama.bsky.social) reposted
This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent
Walgreens is scheduling appointments now about a week out.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
My heart breaks into 10,000 pieces once again.
Raphael van Lierop 🇨🇦 (@raphlife.bsky.social) reposted
So happy to see the Moderna COVID vaccine being manufactured in Canada (under license). Now I want to see our own Canadian labs and biotech companies developing the next-gen MRNA vaccines and building on this COVID expertise. globalnews.ca/news/1134908...
Tom Walsh (@tewalsh340.bsky.social) reposted
A president can’t just invent crimes with a pen — that’s dictatorship, not democracy.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
NEW: Jack Smith’s lawyers write to the Office of Special Counsel to say that they’ve read news reports about an investigation into Jack Smith, but no one has actually reached out. “The predicate for this investigation is imaginary and unfounded.” 1/
The Volatile Mermaid (@ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social) reposted
Government so small it’s literally just one dude.
Dave Weigel (@daveweigel.bsky.social) reposted
Dems flip Iowa’s first state senate district, break GOP supermajority in Des Moines www.siouxlandproud.com/news/your-lo...
Ernie (@blasterprime77.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Blockchain. That's going to be my answer for everything from now on. Boss: where's the report! Me: I put it on the blockchain. Wife: can you help me with _? Me: sorry, it's on the blockchain! ICE: papers, please Me: my ID is on the blockchain!
Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent
So, all of the DOD references, signage, etc. will need to be changed to DOW? How much is that going to cost?
Hank Green (@hankgreen.bsky.social) reposted
Turns out some of the “we want small government” people kiiiinda wanted the government to be just one guy.
Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent
10 years ago, he promised to rebuild all the steel mills here in the Rust Belt. Hahaha.
God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted
Trump says immigrants must prove ‘good moral character’ — this from the guy who paid hush money to a porn star, stole from his own charity, and tried to overturn an election.
Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent
Saving a bottle of bubbly for that day. And I don't drink. But, for that, I'll make an exception.
Jordan (@gm-jordan.bsky.social) reposted
I’ve seen so many people spreading the misinformation that PBS is shut down or is shutting down. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded. HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.
Bluesky (@bsky.app) reposted
Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users. While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent
I had no idea there were sturgeon there! Awesome!
NE Ohio Regional Sewer District (@neorsd.org) reposted
ladies and gentlemen, the weekend.
The Sgt Joker (@thesgtjoker.bsky.social) reposted
If you want to remind his followers and those who leached off his con-job what a piece of 💩 James Dobson is, I mean was, feel free to leave a tribute here: jamesdobsonmemorial.com/tributes/
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
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Joe Walsh (@walshfreedom.bsky.social) reposted
Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad. Slavery was bad.
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
Absolutely disgraceful and despicable. If you are a partner at Paul Weiss or Kirkland & Ellis you should be ashamed of yourself -- that is, if you had any shame left.
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice has escalated its demand for access to Maine’s voter registration records, now requesting that election officials turn over unredacted copies of voter rolls and every voter registration application submitted in the past 18 months.
Jess Piper (@piperformissouri.bsky.social) reposted
An executive order isn’t a law.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
Trump stripped 37 current and former national security officials of their security clearances, a group that included many who had focused on Russian activities and foreign interference in U.S. elections, according to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
A beatdown in broad daylight was caught on video: Masked men in tactical vests grappled, tased, and piled onto a delivery worker. Pinning the worker face down on the pavement, agents tased him again and punched him repeatedly in the head.
Dr. Jack Brown (@drjackbrown.bsky.social) reposted
Governors of Six (red) states have sent their states' national guard troops to – and now occupy – (blue) Washington D.C. What would you call this? Historians will call it civil war.
Ohio Capital Journal (@ohiocapitaljournal.com) reposted
President Trump in April abruptly canceled nearly $400 million in active AmeriCorps grants across the United States that fund volunteers who embed in communities, in exchange for a small stipend and education award. Here's what's happened since. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/08/18/r...
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
Yeah, this is a highly unusual all-hands-on-deck meeting that wouldn’t be happening if Alaska was productive. 5 European leaders, the head of NATO and the head of the EU don’t just drop everything and fly to DC. H/T: @radiofreetom.bsky.social
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
This wasn’t just a security breach, documents obtained by NPR from a hotel guest who found them on a printer revealed something even more disturbing: a planned luncheon in honor of Vladimir Putin. The menu literally read, “In honor of his excellency Vladimir Putin.”
JoJoFromJerz (@jojofromjerz.bsky.social) reposted
Holy shit you guys, the Newsom meme game is giving me so much life right now. 😂😂😂
Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent
Working their way up to a full-size Thanksgiving turkey. Ask me how I know.
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Just Jack (@just-jack-1.bsky.social) reposted
In case you forgot, the guy Trump rolled out the red carpet for yesterday, honored with military flyovers and a joyride in his presidential limo…is wanted for the war crime of kidnapping Ukrainian children.
RC deWinter (@rcdewinter.bsky.social) reposted
if you don't think this is ethnic cleansing you're living in a dreamworld.
Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) reposted
BREAKING: Arnold Schwarzenegger: “Mr. President Trump, you stood there like a little wet noodle, like a fanboy.”
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
Not only is this fucking embarrassing, I can’t imagine how much counterintelligence work is going to be required after this trip. Having a hostile head of state in the presidential limo is *insane*
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
Translation: Putin brought a bunch of SVR operatives with him and pretended they’re business leaders. Probably fine that they’re hanging out right by the f-35s and stuff, right?
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
ANCHORAGE…
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
Not only did federal goons show up to try and intimidate our governor, they did so on hallowed ground. Gov. Newsom was speaking at the Democracy Center at the Japanese American National Museum, which I helped found so we do not repeat the horrors and injustices of the past. Shameful.
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
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Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent
This is why I love well-made vintage clothing. The sturdiness of the fabrics and the attention to detail are such a contrast to today's throwaway fashon.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
‘Help me, please!’ Plainclothes “ICE” agents snatch a man outside Los Angeles’ largest courthouse on Wednesday. A tactic that has been repeatedly condemned by the legal community. Painful to watch. Even more painful knowing there are people who not only accept this, are happy about it.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
NEW: Governor Newsom will be holding a press conference and rally at 11:30 AM PT tomorrow in Los Angeles regarding redistricting. The announcement is chef's kiss.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
My reporting has come to the attention of Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorney. Here’s the response I provided to the @thedailybeast.bsky.social
Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent
Same here. And I got the extra strength flu vaccine because it was available.
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
This is A+ trolling
RandomWhiteGuy (@thereelrandom.bsky.social) reposted
My wife shared this with me and I’m tellin you… it’s worth the read.
BK. Titanji (@boghuma.bsky.social) reposted
They recovered over 180 bullet shells at the CDC. Debris from shattered glass is still being cleaned up. I am completely stunned at how quickly the news cycle has moved on. This was an act of terrorism targeting public health experts, and the response seems to be a collective shrug.
Denver Riggleman (@denverr.bsky.social) reposted
National Guard deployed to protect the Epstein Files.
Jack Hopkins-The Original (@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social) reposted
What we see happening in real time is actually part of Martial Law. Oh, it hasn’t been officially declared, but his federal takeover plans for cities across the nation…under the cloak of “attacking crime,” is pre-positioning for when he does. It will happen prior to the November elections. Watch.
Blue Axeman (@blueaxeman.bsky.social) reposted
Pete Buttigieg (@petebuttigieg.bsky.social) reposted
Clearly this is not about making DC, or any of us, safer.
ritchieforcongress.bsky.social (@ritchieforcongress.bsky.social) reposted
youtu.be/3vnMV19mYzg?...
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Senator Whitehouse asked the BOP for Ghislaine Maxwells sex offender waiver, custody level, transfer code, and security point score. I have them. She's also been granted the ability to leave the facility for work assignments. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
What a banal way of describing the march toward fascism.
Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent
The last time I was there, I parked the car and rode the subway, took buses, and walked all over the place. I survived!
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
NEW: Sen Whitehouse is asking for the following info on the sex offender status waiver and subsequent transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell. I got some of these answers in my reporting. If you work at BOP & have the answers, my signal is in my bio. I’ll keep you anonymous. open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent
Each one of the five sons of my immigrant grandparents served in the US military. Their only daughter, the eldest child, did her part by working in a steel mill during WW2. She later married a combat-wounded WW2 veteran. Sorry they weren't here for the Civil War, JD.
Pete Buttigieg (@petebuttigieg.bsky.social) reposted
No, JD, belonging in America does not depend on how many generations of your family have lived here. The values of this country matter - deeply - to who we are and what it means to be American.
Bradley Whitford (@bradleywhitford.bsky.social) reposted
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
"Let me be crystal clear: crime in DC is ending and ending today."
Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist (@princess-vimentin.bsky.social) reposted
RFK Jr. is upset that a recent large Danish study in Annals of Internal Medicine, conducted over 20 yrs in 1 M kids, found no association between aluminum in childhood vaccines & 50 different health conditions. His request for the retraction was rejected. 🧪 www.reuters.com/business/hea...
The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) reposted
The Department of Homeland Security is holding up more than $100 million preapproved dollars intended to help hurricane-battered North Carolina clean up storm damage and fix infrastructure, according to documents obtained by The Post.
S.E.E. Danesti (@seedanesti.com) reposted
A very long 4 years...
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
LEFT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has a tattoo in honor of a family member. RIGHT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has facilitated and/or engaged in the sexual assault of over a thousand children.
Mark Zaid, Esq (@markzaidesq.bsky.social) reposted
My firm represents FBI Special Agent in Charge of Las Vegas Field Office Spencer Evans, a decorated 21 year veteran, who was just summarily fired by Dir #KashPatel. No due process. Fired because he followed COVID protocol instructions issued by Justice Dept back in 2021-22.
Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️🌈 (@skippjon1.bsky.social) reposted
Yikes!
Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent
I still can't get over that door.
Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent
Meanwhile, what's going on with Trump Mobile? Is it tariff-exempt?
Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) reposted
Less than five years after urging rioters to "kill" police, a former Jan. 6 defendant is working as a senior adviser for the Justice Department. Police bodycam footage introduced at the trial of Jared Wise showed him berating officers on Jan. 6 and yelling "kill 'em." www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...
Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent
It's the new McMansion Hell.
Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent
It's very ...plastic, comes to mind.
Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent
So, ignoring the Constitution again?
Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent
He's trying to figure out where the new golf course is going to go.
Rust Belt Empress (@rustbeltempress.bsky.social) reply parent
I also have such a bottle in reserve. And I don't drink alcohol. But, I will make an exception when that time comes.
Rebecca Fishbein (@bfishbfish.bsky.social) reposted
I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
Dems should fight on every front. If Texas steals 5 seats, Dem states should redistrict 30 GOP members out of their districts. We should insist DOJ release the entire Epstein File. Not only shouldn't we bring knives to a gun fight, if they bring pistols, we should bring machine guns.
Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) (@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social) reposted
The new books arrived, looking great! @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
Taken literally, the nation’s top intelligence official announced — on a right-wing podcast — that my decision to stop posting on Twitter is evidence that I am not “innocent” and am therefore being reviewed by the DOJ, with the aim of holding me “accountable.” www.democracydocket.com/opinion/im-n...
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Huey Li (@hueyli.bsky.social) reposted
Socialist handouts for me, concentration camps for thee.
Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) reposted
@jamestalarico.bsky.social: "As a state rep, I get paid about $600 a month. That's not much to live off of. Many of my colleagues, including myself, we have day jobs that help us pay the bills. And by breaking quorum, we are leaving those day jobs behind... So this decision was not made lightly."
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
I have been the subject of many spurious accusations and politically motivated attacks, but this one is in a class by itself. According to Tulsi Gabbard — the nation’s top intelligence official — my refusal to post on Twitter is being reviewed by the Department of Justice as evidence of wrongdoing.
John Lipponen 🇫🇮 🇦🇹 (@lippoenen.bsky.social) reposted