Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
Their first film, IIRC. Thanks for making me consider a rewatch.
Spinning and weaving, enjoying all fibery things. Retired doc. Cat mom. Capitals hockey FTW! Life keeps pulling me leftward.
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Their first film, IIRC. Thanks for making me consider a rewatch.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
But that’s not what Florida voters want. They want people they don’t like to feel pain. Lots of pain. Even if they can’t buy homeowners insurance or even groceries. The blame is with Florida voters.
David Rothschild (@davmicrot.bsky.social) reposted
If you flood the streets of a city with heavily-armed masked paramilitary (1) they will commit crimes (2) they will not stop crimes (3) but overall crime may go down because people are too scared of heavily-armed masked paramilitary to leave their houses.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
It is a death cult, always has been.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
This is what Republicans want. But it’s just a distraction to Democrats.
cyborg87.bsky.social (@cyborg87.bsky.social) reposted
The Toronto Blue Jays held a moment of silence prior to the start of tonight’s baseball game vs the Minnesota Twins. Canada is a good friend. 🇨🇦
Demetre Daskalakis (@drdemetre.bsky.social) reposted
Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 (@chariselee.bsky.social) reposted
This is NOT normal ‼️
David Waldman (@kagrox.bsky.social) reposted
Sure, Bill Pulte can find "mortgage fraud" anywhere against almost anyone. But what if you've never taken out a mortgage to buy a second property? Well now they can steal your ID, do that for you, make "fraudulent" claims on the paperwork & then charge you with that. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) reposted
Breaking: According to Minneapolis police, two children — ages 8 and 10 — have been killed in the church shooting. 14 children and three adults injured. Minneapolis mayor Frey: "Don't just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying."
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
So pathetic. This is why I refuse to donate any more. Too much money goes to those effing hacks.
Jack Jenkins (@jackjenkins.me) reposted
Here in Baltimore this morning, where clergy and activists have gathered in support of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who is set to check in with ICE this morning. Heavy faith presence in addition to, just, a lot of people for 6:45am. Kilmar himself is about to speak.
Dante Atkins (@danteatkins.bsky.social) reposted
I live in DC, right at the Columbia Heights Metro, where ICE has made a habit of showing up in force to nab moped drivers, vendors, and people just using the metro. When you call what we're going through "a distraction" you're saying you don't value our humanity as much as an imaginary white swing.
Marxist-Glonzoist (@primaryschool.bsky.social) reposted
the right has long labored under the misconception that ordinary liberals have always hated them and their way of life with a burning passion, something which is only just now becoming true
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
Exactly.
Charm City Slicker (@sprawlhater.bsky.social) reposted
If you are afraid to walk around tourist areas of major cities or ride public transportation therein despite the observable reality that crime rates are at 50 year lows all over the place, you are too hysterical to have the franchise or to even be let out of the house
David Roberts (@volts.wtf) reposted
We'll see if this causes as much agita among the elite classes as the proposal for a few state-run grocery stores in poor parts of NYC.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
FIFA is all about corruption tho.
Michael J. Adee (@michaeladee.bsky.social) reposted
This is censorship, plain and simple. Utilizing The Federalist's extreme conservative views, the White House Lists Smithsonian Exhibits It Finds Objectionable.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
That arc made a hard U turn.
joejoejp.bsky.social (@joejoejp.bsky.social) reposted
Move the World Cup out of the US! It not safe!
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe it’s time for California to rethink whether it benefits from being in the “United” States.
David Roberts (@volts.wtf) reposted
Wait, the wingnuts are mad because of a boy cheerleader? Somehow I completely missed this one. God it sounds so exhausting being mad all the time like this.
Jacob T. Levy (@jacobtlevy.bsky.social) reposted
If you want to put back statues and memorials and names of Confederate traitors while tearing down museum exhibitions on slavery because they don't show the greatness of the nation... the nation whose history you're celebrating is whiteness. The kind of nationalist you are is a white nationalist.
Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted
“You enter legally, and suddenly, because of someone else’s whim, you’re illegal. It doesn’t make sense.” Trump is running the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.
Leigh Harrison Helberg (@leighhelberg.bsky.social) reposted
Do not look away. #TrumpsAmerica
Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) reposted
DONALD (LOW IQ!) GOT "PLAYED" BY PUTIN IN ALASKA. TRUMP IS A WEAK AND SAD OLD MAN! (SAD!) MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING JEFF TIEDRICH (ME, YOUR FAVORITE WRITER!) DESERVES A PULITZER FOR WRITING ABOUT THE WHOLE "DEBACLE." THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. please read, link is here: bit.ly/45A6LPU
ProPublica (@propublica.org) reposted
In October, we published secret recordings of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought discussing plans to eviscerate entire agencies and decimate the morale of federal workers if Trump won a second term. It's hard to imagine a more prescient piece of journalism.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
What he wants are precogs.
Matt Browner Hamlin (@mattbh.com) reposted
As far as I can tell national Dem leadership is more invested in distancing themselves from Zohran Mamdani than opposing Trump’s military occupation of DC.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
It really is time to realize how complicit the Democrat “leadership” is with the fascist project. Everything is a “distraction.” No calls to reverse any of it. The reason people are disgusted with the Democrats? They have no one to vote for who actually represents them.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
Everything is an effing distraction to him. Except Mamdani’s rent. THAT he is willing to comment on. Beyond pathetic.
Brandon Friedman (@brandonfriedman.bsky.social) reposted
The White House is mobilizing red state military forces to occupy a Democratic stronghold and let me tell you: No one has ever pretended something isn't happening harder than Democratic leaders are pretending this isn't happening right now.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
You are absolutely nuts.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
Over/under on homeschooled?
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Free DC! Free DC!”: The crowd at Audi Field erupted in chants demanding freedom from Donald Trump’s fascist control, delivering a powerful rebuke just as Trump returned from his disastrous, Putin–pandering Alaska trip where even Lavrov mocked the United States in a USSR shirt
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social)
www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-...
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
There was not one bit of evidence that Biden would have done anything different and Harris said she wouldn’t change a thing. Refused to let Palestinian supporters speak at the convention. Both sides are complicit.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
The US lets Netenyahu in so
MeteorBlades (@meteorblades.bsky.social) reposted
Rightists are working hard to guarantee the Israeli version of “from the river to the sea.” Don’t expect any censures of U.S. Congresspeople who support this. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Andy Craig (@andycraig.bsky.social) reposted
He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.
Denver Riggleman (@denverr.bsky.social) reposted
National Guard deployed to protect the Epstein Files.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you. I did not mean to sound like I was questioning you if I did. Appreciate the info.
Ari Berman (@ariberman.bsky.social) reposted
Washington DC has 702,000 people, is 45% Black and has 0 senators Wyoming has 590,000 people, is 86% white and has 2 senators DC needs a state with proper representation, not a military takeover
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
Source?
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
They would do it if they could.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
The why chromosome. That’s what.
Mark Chadbourn (@chadbourn.bsky.social) reposted
Australian PM Anthony Albanese announces Australia will recognise Palestine in September.
Voice4Justice (@voices4justice.bsky.social) reposted
🚨 Hasbara at home: When Israel's Gaza carnage can't be defended, propaganda fills the void www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025... Article in 🧵👇
Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) reposted
“How many murdered Palestinian journalists will it take for the mainstream press’s cowardly fever to break?” asks Prem Thakker, in the wake of Israel’s killing of Anas al Sharif.
David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf.bsky.social) reposted
This.
Governor JB Pritzker (@govpritzker.illinois.gov) reposted
Donald Trump and Republicans are pushing illegal maps that violate the Voting Rights Act. Instead, Congress should pass fair, independent maps nationwide. Without that, Democratic states must consider all the options to protect our constitutional republic.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
Wonderful. Doing it the right way.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
I like that priest.
Ruth Zakarin (@ruthz.bsky.social) reposted
The first thing I thought of when I heard about today’s shooting at the CDC is how the Trump administration essentially demolished the CDC department responsible for gun violence research and prevention. #MomSky www.thetrace.org/2025/04/cdc-...
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
ITV: “This landscape of destruction looks other-worldly, but it’s not.” A view of Gaza from above shows the scale of what Israel has done, as they move to occupy Gaza amidst Palestinian starvation.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
So cheap and tacky. Completely on brand.
The-Autistic-Artist 🥥 🏳️🌈 Lilo and Stitch and Wicked: For Good Era (@theautisticart.bsky.social) reposted
With the knowledge that Dean Cain, the worst Superman actor of them all, "joined" ICE and is actively encouraging his Instagram followers to join as well, here is a clip from Smallville of Tom Welling's Superman defending an immigrant named Javier, even saying he's an illegal immigrant himself.
Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw.bsky.social) reposted
On left: ABC: Ghislaine Maxwell told "Blanche that Trump had never done anything in her presence that would have caused concern." On right: Maxwell said same about Epstein, under oath. DOJ 2022: "Simply put, the defendant lies when it suits her." Whatever is the truth, she's no source for it.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social) reposted
Today we learned Andrew Cuomo is directly coordinating with Donald Trump, even as this President sends masked agents to rip our neighbors off the streets and guts the social services so many New Yorkers rely on. It’s disqualifying and a betrayal of our city.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
WATCH — @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social : “Trump has been coordinating directly with Cuomo… it’s Trump billionaires that oppose our campaign’s vision of affordability for all New Yorkers — as he rips immigrants from their homes.”
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s how he follows in the footsteps. Other ways, too.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
That was exactly the position of Reagan and the Moral Majority back in the day. Beliefs supersede science.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
Jane Jacob’s, an astute observer, wrote this in 2004. There is a reason Cassandra has a prominent position in our culture. www.goodreads.com/book/show/85...
David of the Valley (@willietrombone.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
There’s class valence as well. The rich are also anointed (prosperity gospel) so all but the most basic healthcare (and probably that as well) is theft by the poor. And after all, where would those plebs even get healthcare if Cornelius Vanderbilt hadn’t endowed his lovely hospital and university?
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
Many if not the majority of them know that.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
Actually it proves it in spades. He is a superior being who has survived things that would kill lesser mortals.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s a direct line from the Reagan days. The band still plays on…
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
He survived, didn’t he? See?
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
Because they agree with his end goals.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
This guy is the most direct descendant of his grandfather, and that is not a compliment in any way.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
There is only one word for this. Eugenics. Disgusting how many people actually support this.
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted reply parent
i think it is hard for some people to really their heads around the reality that kennedy is staunchly anti-vaccine and thinks that people should suffer through disease and that those who die deserved it and that those who survive are a better order of human being
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
She’s not someone I would have expected this from but way to go! Respect!
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s the goal. Road to Gilead.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
What Christianity in the US needs to reclaim.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
They are incapable of feeling shame. No capacity at all. Mock, yes, incessantly, but mostly shun. Turn your back on them in every circumstance.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
Nah, he’s worse than Jeffries, but the difference is miniscule.
Dante Atkins (@danteatkins.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
3/x it requires Democratic politicians to keep on punching their own base voters in the face in order to appeal to the "center" that Dems supposedly cannot win without punching their own base in the face, so Dem politicians and consultants are never looking for people who will actually fight MAGA.
David Corn (@davidcorn.bsky.social) reposted
NEW: Trump hurls a dizzying array of outrages at us. But they're each part of an overarching plan: the deconstruction of American society. In my OUR LAND newsletter, I note how this big picture is not being fully conveyed by the media & Trump's political foes. link.motherjones.com/public/40962...
Elizabeth Spiers (@espiers.bsky.social) reposted
Me three months ago:
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s exactly what they don’t want, people to learn about other worlds. Or anything, really. 😞
Katelyn Burns (@katelynburns.com) reposted reply parent
everything you as a democrat hate about what trump is doing has been means tested on trans people. everything. the democracy you want to save, we were the test case for ending it. and it started with making you angry about trans people in sports.
Katelyn Burns (@katelynburns.com) reposted
a lot of rank and file dems do not seem to understand that trans people are in an existential battle for our right to be part of society right now. the government today is trying to use employment law and federal extortion to ban us from bathrooms.
David Rothschild (@davmicrot.bsky.social) reposted
Trump is pocketing $1 billion from US. That is a $billion with a "b".
Chris Murphy (@chrismurphyct.bsky.social) reposted
Update: I offered the amendment. Not to refuse acceptance of the Qatari jet; just to prohibit Trump from taking it with him when he leaves office - after the taxpayers spend $1 billion to retrofit it. Failed 14-15. Every single Republican voted to allow Trump to take the jet.
Pod Save America (@podsaveamerica.crooked.com) reposted
There has to be a total mindset change in the Democratic party. When the war ends, we are not going back to the pre-October 7 status quo.
Meredith Shiner (@meredithshiner.com) reposted reply parent
This child was named Amir. He was murdered while hungry and scared. He should be alive today and the American government enabled his killing. Naming children who are killed is so important to reminding everyone they were just real-life kids until their lives were taken.
Expatriot (@expatriot.bsky.social) reposted
I do not use the word "monsters" lightly
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
But there are monsters in this world and right now many are concentrated in the IDF and its leadership.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
Have the day you voted for.
LorennaCleary.bsky.social (@lorennacleary.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I also am very sus of any journalist labeling it as marketing genius. I’m sorry but selling white, blue eyed, blonde haired women as “Has good jeans” as you casually have her talk about genetics is truly basting the fascist pig.
Microplastics Sommelier (@leastactionhero.bsky.social) reposted
thank you, muckraking journalists of the bari weiss tribune, for exposing the awesome stuff zohran mamdani has tweeted about like abolishing medical bills and seizing the property of millionaires
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
Can’t let it mess up the comboverandoverandover.
Terry Lorch (@terrylorch.bsky.social) reply parent
Perfect metaphor for Tim Scott.