lowtax speedrun enjoyer (@rickywlmsbong.bsky.social) reposted
ted cruz trying to call somebody fat is certainly a choice
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ted cruz trying to call somebody fat is certainly a choice
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
Hey, everyone, Ted Cruz is making fun of another politician’s appearance. Ted Cruz!
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Ted Cruz: "I don't want to get between JB Pritzker and the Dominos Pizza line, but I'll tell you what I am willing to get between -- him and his open doors for every human trafficker ... "
Liz Dye (@lizdye.bsky.social) reposted
Ted Cruz making fat jokes while embracing that body skimming close up and rockin the ambiguous neck beard
Bradley P. Moss (@bradmossesq.bsky.social) reposted
Are Ted Cruz and Donald Trump under the impression they’re skinny? Have they seen their own waist lines? Glass houses, boys. Glass houses.
Isabel Santos (@isabelsantos.bsky.social) reposted
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s $2.2 billion funding freeze for Harvard University was illegal. The judge agreed with Harvard that the freeze was retaliatory and violated First Amendment protections. www.cnbc.com/2025/09/03/t...
Ludo (@spikes23.bsky.social) reposted
Pentagon Space Command Joni Ernst National Guard Supreme Court
Briefaxis (@briefaxis.bsky.social) reposted
🚨BREAKING: In shocking news, Joni Ernst just officially announced her retirement instead of face re-election in Iowa. This is amazing news for Democrats.
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social) reposted
Joni Ernst answered a question about Medicaid cuts by saying we are all going to die. As it turns out, her political career died much sooner than the rest of us.
snkscoyote (@snkscoyote.bsky.social) reposted
The Blue Wave Is Already Hitting Iowa (IOWA!). The GOP Is Officially Fucked open.substack.com/pub/opiniona...
KennyMack1971 (@kennymack1971.bsky.social) reposted
They desperately need the optics of Black people “rioting” in the streets to justify mass troop deployments. They’re getting antsy because to this point we haven’t given them anything to work with. And by “them” I mean Trump, the GOP and the news media.
Oversight Dems (@oversightdemocrats.house.gov) reposted
Today the Oversight Committee heard heartbreaking testimony from Epstein's survivors. They deserve justice. Ranking Member Robert Garcia makes it clear: no matter who you are, if you harmed innocent women and girls, Oversight Dems are coming after you.
ACLU of Wisconsin (@acluofwi.bsky.social) reposted
MPD is considering a troubling proposal: trading 2.5 million images and data of Milwaukee residents with a private “big data” company, Biometrica, in exchange for facial recognition licenses. jsonline.com/story/opinion/2025/08/22/milwaukee-police-privacy-facial-recognition-technology/85716556007/
620 WTMJ (@620wtmj.bsky.social) reposted
Over $460,000 is returning to Milwaukee city coffers after police thwart a fraud scheme involving suspects impersonating a Burlington-based construction company. wtmj.com/news/2025/09...
thegreenlamamke.bsky.social (@thegreenlamamke.bsky.social) reposted
Alex Ayala, head of the Milwaukee Police Union, says he's happy to break the law and bring National Guard troops to the city to help police.
Grace Krokosz (@shewhobytes.bsky.social)
Very bad idea
Alex Limkakeng (@limkakeng.bsky.social) reposted
The government is coming for your guns. I await the great guns-enthusiasts response. Crime Crackdown in D.C. Shows Trump Administration’s Uneasy Relationship With Guns www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
Grace Krokosz (@shewhobytes.bsky.social) reply parent
Too funny
Daniel A. Hoyt (@danhoyt.bsky.social) reposted
RFK Jr., driving away with Rudy Guliani tied to the roof of his car
🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🖖🏳️🌈 (@nuclearanthro.bsky.social) reposted
I have really come to loathe RFK Jr. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Marie 🇨🇦 (@pawbaby2.bsky.social) reposted
Jamie Oliver brilliantly debunks the lies and ridiculous statements that RFK JR. has stated on multiple occasions. Experts are saying that RFK JR’s statements could very well be related to the worm in his brain. He is extremely dangerous and unfit! #USDemocracy #Pinks youtube.com/shorts/JPzXG...
Ally to Democracy (@allyhartwell.bsky.social) reposted
🦋 RFK Jr. wants to rewrite science using vaccine critic David Geier in his Autism study Millions of scientific hours have been spent studying hundreds of thousands of children in hundreds of peer-reviewed papers To debunk a 12 child study by a gastroenterologist who was struck off in 2010 🦋 #MMR
Grace Krokosz (@shewhobytes.bsky.social) reply parent
Is that a trick plea?
Carter P. Hayes (@allchronology.com) reposted
They attack Fauci, an actual doctor and scientist, but praise RFK Jr., who’s never even seen the inside of a lab. Make it make sense.
Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) reposted
ABC News is still calling RFK Jr. a “vaccine skeptic.” The dude was one of the most prominent anti-vaccine activists for decades. There’s video of him in 2023 saying that there’s no vaccine which is safe and effective. You can call him an anti-vaccine activist!
Ally to Democracy (@allyhartwell.bsky.social) reposted
🦋 US Health Secretary RFK Jr. says he wants to understand what causes Autism - a goal that reputable scientists have been pursuing for decades Bringing in vaccine critic David Geier as top researcher on the large federal study should be a shocking choice - he is infamous for flawed studies 🦋 #MMR
Naotoshi Maeda (@naotoshimaeda.bsky.social) reposted
The thing the public doesn't understand is that Trump may be running the show, but the day-to-day mundane atrocities, that shit is RFK Jr. You will be hit by plagues, poisonings, and propaganda, and it will be his doing. The developed world is leaving us behind.
Debby Williams 💙♐️ (@dwilliams1210.com) reposted
After the U.S. government loaded children onto planes overnight to be sent back to their native Guatemala, a federal judge temporarily blocked the flights with the youngsters still inside as their attorneys said authorities were violating U.S. laws and sending vulnerable kids into potential peril.
Ally to Democracy (@allyhartwell.bsky.social) reposted
🦋 Trump: “First of its kind pilot program” in cooperation with Guatemala's govmt to repatriate refugee children - quietly in the night Latest: Children are sitting on the tarmac in El Paso as US District Judge Sooknanan (Biden) blocks deportation of 600; some on a flight that had to be returned 🦋
sasha (@krassotkin.bsky.social) reposted
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from deporting around 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children, citing legal protections and due process rights. The children, aged 10-17, expressed fear of return, contradicting claims they wished to reunite with parents in Guatemala.
Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein.bsky.social) reposted
UPDATE: Judge blocks mass transfer of estimated 600 immigrant children from US to Guatemala amid dispute over whether parents have sought their return. DOJ lawyer calls suit 'outrageous' interference, but judge suggests holiday timing of flights is suspicious www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Peter Sterne (@petersterne.com) reposted
Jesus fucking christ. The Trump administration tried to send a bunch of children to Guatemala at 3 am and justified it by saying that the kids just wanted to return to their parents in Guatemala, but the kids actually told the court that they are afraid of being sent back to Guatemala.
National Immigration Law Center (@nilc.org) reposted
NEW: In the dead of night, the Trump admin ripped vulnerable kids from their beds, attempting to return them to danger in Guatemala. We’re heartened the Court prevented this injustice. We’ll keep fighting to protect our plaintiffs & all class members until the effort is enjoined permanently.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
NEW: The trump administration attempted to remove 600 terrified unaccompanied minors to Guatemala in the middle of the night on a holiday weekend. Judge Sooknanan stopped it. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-sookna...
CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@cajunblue.bsky.social) reposted
🚨🚨🚨 This video is just over an hour old now. The judge’s order to halt of the deportation of 600 children to Guatemala was upheld - for now! The person who made this video was threatened. Details on the following post.
Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) reposted
BREAKING: Rudy Giuliani hospitalized with a broken back after serious car crash in New Hampshire.
Grace Krokosz (@shewhobytes.bsky.social)
youtube.com/post/UgkxbFl... #WakeUpAmerica
Grace Krokosz (@shewhobytes.bsky.social)
youtube.com/watch?v=mtob...
cathyfl7 (@cathyfl7.bsky.social) reposted
Ashley Moody sent out another lie filled email today The Big Ugly Bill will cost Florida $4.2 Billion in economic loss Keep calling the liars and let them know they are harming Americans and our Economy Capitol Switchboard (202)-224-3121 #StopLying #ProudBlue#Pinks
Rolling Stone (@rollingstone.com) reposted
A judge dismissed the case, finding no probable cause after Florida police arrested a man as part of Ron DeSantis’ crackdown over rainbow chalk ark memorializing the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Anna Phylaxis (@quatoria.bsky.social) reposted
I grew up in Florida, I lived there for 38 years, I never met a good cop. Every single one of them was a cruel bastard, looking for opportunities to inflict themselves on others. They rape, they kill, they suppress the vote in black communities with FHP checkpoints on voting day.
Peggy Stuart (@peggystuart.bsky.social) reposted
Florida’s immigrant detention crisis isn’t a failure—it’s the blueprint. Engineered cruelty. State-sanctioned abuse. DeSantis turned the state into a test lab for authoritarianism—and now it’s spreading. You won’t believe what they’ve gotten away with. social.demcast.com/s/Dk6aQBQR
Truth Social(ist) (@twitterrefugeeog.bsky.social) reposted
Florida politics are the same as Nazi Germany, but with 100% humidity.
Anna Phylaxis (@quatoria.bsky.social) reposted
The values of the government of Florida are the values of the third reich. The values of the Ku Klux Klan. They demand an erasure of all other races, all other peoples, all other creeds. They will demand all others be made legally subordinate, as they already have done to trans folks.
@debbie156 (@debbie156.bsky.social) reposted
💥Florida Senate District 15💥 SPECIAL ELECTION! TUES 9/2 Get your vote on for: LaVon Bracy Davis! Every vote matters! Let’s do this! #ProudBlue #OneV1 #ResistanceUnited
Grace Krokosz (@shewhobytes.bsky.social)
bsky.app/profile/atru... - be clear, this man’s grandchildren survived the Mystic flooding. #WakeUpAmerica
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
REP. BUDDY CARTER: What eroded confidence in the CDC was the covid vaccine BEDINGFIELD: Who was president in 2020?
Grace Krokosz (@shewhobytes.bsky.social)
substack.com/@aaronrupar/... #WakeUpAmerica #MAGAHate is the problem.
Toks Nilhaw 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇬🇱🇵🇦 (@toksnilhaw.bsky.social) reposted
A June 2025 Pew Research Center report showed that Trump received 55% of the Catholic vote. Catholics focus on the crucifixion, while many Christians focus on the resurrection. You cannot worship Trump and be a Christian.
Mississippi Free Press (@mississippifreepress.org) reposted
"The state’s intent here is to reduce the members of Congress who represent Black communities, and that, in and of itself, is unconstitutional," says NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson.
mimimoore1285.bsky.social (@mimimoore1285.bsky.social) reposted
California Highway Patrol to protect Kamala Harris after Trump revoked her Secret Service protection www.democraticunderground.com/100220596797
espresso-ruth1.bsky.social (@espresso-ruth1.bsky.social) reposted
super scary stuff-- all Americans' data copied by DOGE 👇
1republic14star.bsky.social (@1republic14star.bsky.social) reposted
Murkowski, Collins, Tillis, and previously others like Romney and Flake, are Concern Peacocks. They go on TV to complain about this corrupt Trump nominee or that terrible Trump policy. Then they go to the senate floor to vote yes on whatever he wants. 1/ www.rawstory.com/fury-hits-go...
Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) reposted
RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.
Jakub Glodek 🇵🇱 🇺🇦 (@jglodek.bsky.social) reposted
I really wish I didn’t think of @radiofreetom.bsky.social every time these idiots utter these words. But boy was Tom right.
Tom Nichols (@radiofreetom.bsky.social) reposted
You say that like it's bad
The New Yorker (@newyorker.com) reposted
The Justice Department had once argued that Ghislaine Maxwell should be sentenced to at least 30 years in prison. Now its second-ranking official—and Donald Trump’s former lawyer—is aligned with a woman whose crimes the department had called “monstrous.”
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
JD Vance: “I don’t believe Trump” will improve the lives of his voters. { ht: @patriottakes.bsky.social }
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
JD Vance on Donald Trump: “I’m a Never Trump guy. I never liked him. I don’t think he’s the person. I don’t think he cares about folks. I think that he’s noxious and is leading the white working class to a very dark place.” { ht: @marcofoster.bsky.social }
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
JD Vance: “Trump is a really bad candidate and frankly, I think, a really bad person.” { ht: @patriottakes.bsky.social }
Tom Nichols (@radiofreetom.bsky.social) reposted
Donald Trump recently said that he has “the right” to do anything he wants—not unlike the antagonistic Homelander of the TV show "The Boys"—and his followers are determined to prove him right. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Home of the Brave (@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social) reposted
"January 6 survivor and former MPD Officer Michael Fanone launches a campaign demanding that federal officers remove their masks, advocating for transparency." Check out our new D.C. campaign demanding federal agents take off their mask! @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social www.wusa9.com/article/news...
Home of the Brave (@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social) reposted
Trump celebrates Labor Day Weekend by treating American workers the same way he has treated them throughout his entire life: with contempt, condescension, and cruelty.
Home of the Brave (@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social) reposted
Yes, Donald, we're still talking about Jeffrey Epstein. Americans want answers.
Home of the Brave (@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social) reposted
Public servants should face the public. So why are federal agents wearing masks to hide their faces? Check out our mobile billboard driving around Washington, D.C. right now demanding federal agents take their masks off!
Sarah Longwell (@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social) reposted
Hey D.C. friends! If you see billboards or posters in the District from @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social demanding federal agents take off their mask, be sure to take a picture and share it!
Grace Krokosz (@shewhobytes.bsky.social) reply parent
So I’ve got the free newsletter and I want to subscribe, but do I have to pick between YouTube and sub stack?
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield (@agdanrayfield.bsky.social) reposted
Trump’s tariffs are a regressive tax on Americans — and yesterday, yet another court ruled that these tariffs are unconstitutional. We joined MSNBC’s The Weekend this morning to talk about why these tariffs are an abuse of emergency power. #tariffs #orpol #ieepa
DianaResists (@dianaresists.bsky.social) reposted
Judge blocks Kari Lake, tasked to dismantle Voice of America, from firing its director. Michael Abramowitz was given an ultimatum: Relinquish his post or be fired. A judge ruled the Trump administration lacks the authority to remove him. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Jim Lynch 🏳️🌈 (@jimroch.bsky.social) reposted
Fucking trump what a fucking disaster
Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves.bsky.social) reposted
Massive walkout at #CDC. Tick tock. Tick tock. RFK Jr. your time is up. (typo fixed). Spread the word. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7Q...
Pivot Podcast (@pivotpod.bsky.social) reposted
Gov. Gavin Newsom tells @karaswisher.bsky.social he’s launching a memecoin — the “Trump Corruption Coin.” Full episode drops tomorrow!
Elizabeth Warren (@warren.senate.gov) reposted
Good. I have questions and the American people deserve answers.
CPEvans (@cpevans1.bsky.social) reposted
Keep calling RFK Jr. over to Capitol Hill.
Sarah Longwell (@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social) reposted
@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: "Trump’s deployment of 2,300 National Guard troops and 500 federal law enforcement agents has hurt foot traffic, chilled business, and made people cancel trips and nights out. It is slowly choking the life out of Washington, D.C." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-s...
Sarah Longwell (@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social) reposted
@jvl.bsky.social got extra dark today in The Triad. Be sure to read it @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/fast-times...
Home of the Brave (@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social) reposted
A soybean farmer LIGHTS UP Rep. Mark Alford for supporting Trump's tariffs which have devastated farmers: "What do you tell farmers who are losing their farms because there's no market for them anymore? What do you say to them?"
Sarah Longwell (@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social) reposted
Back together again.
Sarah Longwell (@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
RFK Jr on the mass shooting in Minnesota: "We're launching studies on the potential contribution of some of the SSRI drugs and some of the other psychiatric drugs that might be contributing to violence."
Kurt Johanning (@kertchel.bsky.social) reposted
RFK Jr blathering about medical issues he knows nothing about. There's a description of Kennedy as a ballsack with eyes.
finallyretired.bsky.social (@finallyretired.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
People are and will continue to die because of Trump and RFk Jr.
APHA (@apha.org) reposted
The abrupt attempt to oust Dr. Susan Monarez, the CDC’s director just weeks after her Senate confirmation, is yet another glaring sign of Secretary Kennedy’s failed leadership and reckless mismanagement. www.apha.org/news-and-med...
My America 🇺🇸 (@oldamerica.bsky.social) reposted
Gavin Newsom “We cannot even make it through the first week of school without mass shootings. And the GOP will continue to do absolutely nothing while our kids are being gunned down. This is sick.”
Monica (@softtail65.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Here is further information posted on the other place. I really have nothing else to say as I refuse to give any child killer my time or energy. Being Pro Russian and Anti-trump makes no sense among other controversial topics referred to by Westman that I've just read and watched.
Monica (@softtail65.bsky.social) reposted
This will be the 1 and only time that I will post this or anything about the shooter. The shooter in Minneapolis today has been identified as Robin Westman.
Nikki McCann Ramírez (@nikkimcr.bsky.social) reposted
Police confirm the identity of the Annunciation Catholic School shooter as Robin Westman.
Rep. Ted Lieu (@reptedlieu.bsky.social) reposted
Praying for the victims, families, teachers, and first responders after a shooting during the first week of school at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis. Our schools should be a safe place for our kids to learn and grow. This kind of violence must be stopped.
Habeus Jocus (@toowoke2joke.on.computer) reposted reply parent
Maybe y'all can ask like a follow-up question before proclaiming this. Like what is meant by “These vaccines are available for all patients who choose them after consulting with their doctors.”
Gays Of Bluesky (@gaysof.bsky.social) reposted
THE FDA JUST NARROWED COVID BOOSTER ELIGIBILITY TO ONLY HIGH RISK PEOPLE. THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. HEALTHCARE SHOULD PROTECT EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. WE DESERVE BETTER.
Ruth Ann Crystal (@drruth.bsky.social) reposted
Yikes! The CDC has quietly scaled back its FoodNet surveillance, now only tracking salmonella and STEC. Monitoring for Listeria, Campylobacter, Vibrio and other pathogens has stopped- even after last year’s deadly Listeria outbreak. buff.ly/OyTTIOA h/t @boghuma.bsky.social #medsky #IDsky 🛟🧪
KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 (@mary1kathy.bsky.social) reposted
The COVID vaccines should be available for everyone. Let’s hope the deadly duo of RFK Jr. and Trump don’t pull them from the market! 🙏 FDA approves updated COVID-19 shots but limits access for some kids and adults www.msn.com/en-us/news/n...
Eric Feigl-Ding (@drericding.bsky.social) reposted
📍FDA has approved new variant-adapted COVID vaccine formulation (Novavax too)— but now only for those age 65+ or those “higher risk”, which is vague. Still needs CDC’s clearance—but now controlled by RFK Jr’s new dubious ACIP vaccine committee. Gift🎁 🔗 wapo.st/45RvyPx
Verity News (@veritynews.bsky.social) reposted
🚨🇺🇸⚖️ JUDGE DISMISSES DOJ LAWSUIT AGAINST MARYLAND FEDERAL BENCH A judge dismissed the Trump suit against Maryland judges over a deportation pause, citing judicial immunity and calling the case unprecedented.
marygolightly.bsky.social (@marygolightly.bsky.social) reposted
Valentina Gomez, repeat book burning failed GOP candidate, now running to represent Texas’ 31st Congressional District next year has decided the U.S. hasn't had its share of terrorist attacks. I guess school shootings just don't go far enough in her estimation.