senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, former chief economist to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) & director of budget and spending policy for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign👇🏽
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senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, former chief economist to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) & director of budget and spending policy for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign👇🏽
Ever since Trump met with Putin in Alaska, we've seen Russia increase deadly attacks on Ukraine including it appears executing a Ukrainian political leader. Trump must have told Putin in private do whatever you want. Or Putin saw Trump is physically so weak he knows he can do what he wants.
If you enjoy… Weekends Safe working conditions Retirement benefits Paid vacations Breaks at work Sick leave Paid holidays … then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
Difference between a husky and border collie... 👀😅🤣 #dog #dogday #bluesky
❗️RETWEET if you stand with President 🇺🇦Zelensky!
truly www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
♥️🐾 🔛 ♥️👣 🌿🕊️ The best! Thank you!!!
Buster is still one of my all time favorite rescues. He spent his life living on a short chain on cold concrete because he was too "vicious". His love affair with his mum Kitty is a thing of pure beauty
Omg, 😭. Thank you Niall and Earth and everyone. Thank you Bob for loving her to the end and beyond. RIP dear Angelina. You are loved 🐾 and your dear Bob will always be safe. Wow Niall, ‘we got you’ too.
Angelina left with dignity, her best friend by her side and with love from around the world. What a legacy for a little street dog in Thailand ♥️
None of this stops until he’s gone. Find a protest and every day call your reps & GOP leaders. None of this stops until he’s gone. Your reps and GOP leaders can be reached 202-224-3121 Tell them to remove Trump by impeachment/treason charges Need help use 5calls.org Also, Runforsomething.net
Trump’s targeting of Fed. Gov. Lisa Cook is a “chilling message,” writes fmr. Fed. Chair & Biden Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen. “Express disagreement with the president’s views and you are next.” Yellen joins me @ 12pET on the economic consequences of Trump’s bids to bend the Fed. to his political will
Please join me @velshimsnbc.bsky.social 10a-1p w/ @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social Marquez Claxton @davidpepperoh.bsky.social @stevebenen.com @elienyc.bsky.social Vivian Salama @daveholmes.bsky.social @lizzwinstead.bsky.social @deanobeidallah.bsky.social @cmgreer.bsky.social Janet Yellen
Jones: We have a presidential administration that has more outrage about the changing of the cracker barrel logo than they do about changing the policies that allow our children to be gunned down in school…
At least SOME countries recognize the value of NATURE and all its offerings.
Masked ICE aren’t about safety; they’re about fear and evading responsibility. Demand transparency and accountability by adding your name to this petition:
This is outrageous & blame for it goes straight to that shameless psychopath Homan! This is indefensible & inexcusable. And Republicans & other cowards who refuse to repudiate this & stand up to Trump, may you rot in hell for eternity.
“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.
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Thanks Ali for your brilliant shows last night and today, as 🗣️ always!!! “What do the rest of us do?”… yes. You continue to give us the answers, you and your guests. You are such a gift. 🙏🏻 Grrrr, I’m definitely energized.
COMING SOON: "It’s Happening with Velshi & Ruhle” LIVE on YouTube on Sept. 4. @velshi.com & @stephruhle.bsky.social answer your questions and take a look at the major stories at the intersection of business, politics & the economy. Email us your video q's TODAY: Velshiruhlequestions@msnbc.com
Please join me @velshimsnbc.bsky.social 10a-1p w/ @hartmannreport.com Richard Cordray @egangoonsquad.bsky.social #Velshi 2/2
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www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana... If anybody wants to read it, these are the cuts to law-enforcement by the fascists
So very true, some just need to be educated about it. Others, well, I can't write that here. 🫢 Niall, was this before or after you were there? India's Supreme Court says Delhi stray dogs will not be sent to shelters - BBC News share.google/o8UZqPIij3sp...
RFK Jr. will kill Americans, sure as death. You have the GOP to thank you for that.
I can't believe how good he is starting to look already. One of the kindest and most gentle dogs we've ever had.
Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back. "The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."
I spent the weekend in Delhi. What the locals showed me shocked me. I promised I would share it with the world as just like the dogs they are voiceless youtu.be/6wgTYH6Te20?...
Whatever country I visit in the world I see so many dog lovers. “If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.” Mark Twain
Cracker Barrel changed the logo back
"Ghislaine Maxwell Becomes Only Person in America Who Has Not Seen Trump Act Inappropriately" A special mention in the Guinness Book of World Records: Having never witnessed Trump acting inappropriately makes her 1 out of 340M" Thx @borowitzreport.bsky.social www.borowitzreport.com/p/ghislaine-...
Why wait… 😂🥰 #cat #bluesky
What an unbelievably stupid time to be alive.
RULE ABOUT AMERICAN FLAGS: If you burn the fabric part, you're looking at jail. But it you use the pole part to assault a police officer, you get a presidential pardon, praise, and some cash.
Schools Theaters Concerts Malls Churches Synagogues Mosques Parks Nightclubs Offices Festivals Stores Military Bases Bars Post Offices Yoga Studios Super Bowl parades Nowhere is safe from the scourge of gun violence in America. You can't tell me we must simply accept it.
This argument is an Absolute Cinema... 👀😅🤣 #cat #catday #bluesky #animals
I spotted this dog in Delhi, India at the weekend out of the corner of my eye. He was being beaten. Luckily we got him to safety. His recovery has started
I wrote about the manifestly illegal attempt to fire Lisa Cook 1/ paulkrugman.substack.com/p/in-the-mat...
Between Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the DOJ official who tried to extort a plea out of him with threats of trafficking him to Uganda, there is someone who committed a crime. But that someone isn't Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Oyster farmer and military veteran Graham Platner and gubernatorial candidate Troy Jackson are expected to speak at the rally in Portland:
They are totally bonded street dogs. Angelina Jolie has been critically ill in the vets. Bob missed her so much he stopped eating 3 days ago. Today was a very special day for them ♥️
Just a friendly reminder that boycotting can put pressure on the companies who have bent the knee to the Orange Felon. Please check out Pete’s list if you have already done so
Beautiful!
Porpoises galore & a lil floppy one ❣️
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"
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🚨 Mayor Wu faces criminal charges because she is decent. We all know what ⏰ it is. Of course you are going after a female POC first. She is a “suspicious person” in 2025.
Nichols: Even though these guys come across as clowns, they're clowns with flamethrowers.. They have the machinery of government behind them. These are people that normally would be struggling to hold on to middle management jobs in a department store somewhere
It’s my opinion that humanitarian and musical genius Dolly Parton (as well as Chef José Andrés) deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. tucson.com/life-enterta...
REP. @rokhanna.bsky.social : “Only 3% of the documents that were given to us were new. 97% were already in the public domain. Less than 1% of the Epstein Files have actually been released. They’re stonewalling and not releasing things.”
Frost: He knows they can't win, so he wants to cheat. The same thing he's done his entire life. But I'll tell you something else I feel really good about, is what California's doing. They're saying we're not gonna let you do this without a fight.
See how this works?
The Last Class" has been seen by tens of thousands of people in 105 theaters across 33 states, along with Washington D.C., Toronto, and Vancouver. If you haven't already seen our film about @rbreich.bsky.social's last semester teaching, there are screenings across the country this weekend!
Yup
Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy. Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media. That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning. It's Fascism 101.
Thanks to the Medicaid cuts in Trump's Big Ugly Bill, hospitals across America are facing severe cuts and closure — all so the ultra-wealthy can get even richer. This is what class warfare looks like. https://www.commondreams.org/news/hospital-closures-gop-medicaid
How did my generation – the baby boomers – squander the potential our parents left us? What can our children do to correct our mistakes? These are the central questions of my new memoir: Coming Up Short. You can preorder it now. sites.prh.com/reich
America has had “50 years in which we did not make the right decisions” economically, says @rbreich.bsky.social. ‘Trickle-down economics is a hoax’ #Velshi
People of America 🇺🇸 One day in the near future, there will be the end of Trump and his regime reign of terror and destruction!! They all should be arrested for their crimes against humanity 🤨 Prosecute the Bastards 😡 #DemVoice1 #DemsUnited #ProudBlue
Texas 10 Commandments law struck down in districts where parent object to them being posted. Texas is the 3rd state to have this law overturned. You would think states would learn by now that there is a separation of church and state. #ProudBlue#Voices4Victory apple.news/AQfCWd0PJR1q...
He’s wanted to declare martial law from day one. Bypass all checks and rule as a tyrant. Many have speculated how he’d do it. Now his gambit is clear. DC was a test. He’s using manufactured crime stats to send troops into blue states & cities. This is not a drill. Democracy is at defcon 1.
Most of the immigrants ICE arrested in California last month have never even been charged with a crime, much less convicted. If Donald Trump says he’s only targeting the “worst of the worst,” why do his own numbers prove otherwise?
Shaggy was alone and scared on the streets of Thailand. To see him now in America will make your heart melt...
I spoke about my forthcoming book with @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social, #ScienceUnderSiege, in the Islesboro Forum, Islesboro Maine, August 10: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9uu...
JUST IN: A federal judge has ruled Alina Habba’s appointment as Special Attorney for the District of New Jersey is unlawful. Judge Brann: “I conclude that she is not [lawfully performing the functions and duties of U.S. Attorney].” Her actions since July 1 may be void.
Great review of my forthcoming book with @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social, #ScienceUnderSiege, from #KirkusReviews: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Welcome to the best state fair in the country.
This is how it’s done.
Some incredibly good news: One year ago this week, The Onion returned to print. In that one year, we’ve grown to the 13th largest print newspaper in the United States, just ahead of the Boston Globe, and growing fast. In short, it’s working. So… thank you. Thank you for helping save this thing.
Proud to be a print subscriber!!! For those of you who should be but aren’t, here the link: membership.theonion.com
The Onion will be available in almost every Barnes & Noble in the country starting this month! “RFK Jr. Fires Piss Czar” will be a visible headline sitting directly next to Bon Appetit and Guns & Ammo.
Because nothing says “you should feel free to come visit Washington” like standing in front of dozens of armed soldiers next to a guy who thinks women shouldn’t be able to vote 🙃
🪖 in addition to GUTTING VETERANS BENEFITS and SLASHING MEDICAID that millions of VETERANS rely on… 🏥 ⛑️ Cadet BONE SPURS 🦶is LYING again calling himself a WAR HERO. 🙄 🤬 no one in the Trump family has ever served our country. Ever. 🤯 #StolenValor #DefendVeteransBenefits
OPINION: 'Which is it?': Nicolle Wallace calls out Republican hypocrisy on Epstein scandal @nicollewallace.bsky.social and panel discuss Republicans' contradictory statements about the Jeffrey Epstein scandal as the House Oversight Committee says it will get documents from the DOJ on Friday.
Bottom line: The final text of the EU-US trade deal delivers $5,000 less to the average American household than the handshake agreement Trump boasted of on August 5.
Thank you Marc!!! And thanks too for often being on with Nicole on #DeadlineWhitehouse ... always excellent. #MSNBC 👏 You are a fighter for our Democracy and we appreciate your guidance!💙
Trump is telling us his plan for 2026. Those of us who care about free and fair elections must take him seriously and literally. We cannot simply bring guns to a gun fight. We need to bring missiles.
"We're going to continue to talk to these states to try to meet them where they are, which is in the dirt." TX State Rep. Nicole Collier reacts to the battle over redistricting across the country as the Texas House passes new GOP maps.
Wow! Very cool!
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
If you’re trying to make it harder for people to vote, stop pretending to give a shit about democracy. Every American - regardless of their political views - deserves to have their voice heard.
China installed 212 gigawatts of solar capacity in the first six months of the year, more than America's entire capacity of 178 gigawatts as of the end of 2024 www.independent.co.uk/news/china-a...
#Justice4Survivors now!!!!
Sarah, a victim/survivor of Epstein/Maxwell, & co-conspirators tells all. Listen. Feel. Believe. Demand #Justice4Survivors. #WhereIsTheList
Tetiana &Vasyl Hrushko from Kamianka near Izium,Kharkiv region,lost their limbs due to landmine explosions.Vasyl was injured by a mine in 2022,Tetiana lost her limb in the summer of 2023. Every fifth resident of Kamianka has traumatic amputations.
This video shows Ukrainian life during the war. I am so proud of all #Ukrainians who continue fighting and supporting our country despite all the challenges. 📹: ira_kytsman / Instagram
Thanks to @markcaro.bsky.social from the Medill School of Journalism's Local News Initiative @localnewsini for this great look at the Midcoast Villager and why this small-town newspaper on the coast of Maine is attracting top national talent. localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2025/0...
10 weeks. Thats all it took. Look at that happy face