Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
More of Chicago protests 🪧 ABSOLUTELY INSANE TURNOUT AT TODAY'S 'WORKERS OVER BILLIONAIRES' PROTEST IN CHICAGO! #RESIST
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More of Chicago protests 🪧 ABSOLUTELY INSANE TURNOUT AT TODAY'S 'WORKERS OVER BILLIONAIRES' PROTEST IN CHICAGO! #RESIST
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
Back when Donald was a failure in real estate, he was famous for not paying his contractors. He would come up with fictional fault in their work as an excuse not to pay them. Now, this unscrupulous cretin is short-changing the National Guard. www.rawstory.com/trump-infuri...
Paul Eric Scannell (@pauleric70.bsky.social) reposted
Kerry Burgess If ordinary, decent Americans can take down AIPAC and reclaim democratic control of the US. There's no question, the terrorist state of Israel will be gone and there will be peace in the Middle East.
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
"'I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator.'"
AZDem (@resistnonsense.bsky.social) reposted
Noem: “I do know that LA wouldn’t be standing today if President Trump hadn’t taken action.” 🤣🤣🤣 Tiedrich: “oh, please, Kristi — fuck off.” 👏
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
NewsCurrentNow (@newscurrentnow.com) reposted
𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗼𝘄: Protesters have gathered in front of Trump Tower chanting “Donald Trump has got to go!"
Sharon 🫶🏻💙🇺🇸🦋🍿 (@sharonsf.bsky.social) reposted
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social) reply parent
I frequently see (and have occasionally made) posts in a thread that say "I don't understand." He could ask the group for clarification. He was just looking for an excuse to DM.
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social) reply parent
😄
Gras Lux (@graslux.bsky.social) reposted
My god!! Have we not learned a damn thing since Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon? Stooooopid. Voluntarily and without local invite, insist & put our hand into a meat grinder?? US Considers Administering Gaza for 10 Years with Population Relocation Plan: Washington
Scott Gable (@scottgable.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
D-estroying O-ur G-overnment E-ntirely
PINO FOTUS (@pino-fotus.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Kimbee🍸666 (@kimbee666.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
MAGA in a nut shell...
KMark1969 (@kiwimark1969.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
AskAubry 🦝 🐆 (@askaubry.com) reposted
JFK feeling the same way about RFK Jr as the rest of us.
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social) reply parent
Hey, I like Dostoevsky!
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social) reply parent
It's missing the 1983 rat tail.
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social)
We need to salt ICE: youtube.com/shorts/oY92g...
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social) reply parent
The Impact of Female CEOs on Corporate Culture and Performance - ION Women share.google/qz2ESj73gimd...
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social) reply parent
Shakespeare is so much better in the original Klingon.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Why has Trump been attacking unions and workers’ rights? He wants working people to feel helpless and divided. Trump and his billionaire backers realize that the collective power of a unified labor movement outweighs their own power. Know this: Workers outnumber the oligarchs.
LorennaCleary.bsky.social (@lorennacleary.bsky.social) reposted
He put chalk on his shoes then walked on the Pulse Memorial crosswalk. Police arrested him. But the court said they had no cause and he was released. The man arrested is now considering suing the state of Florida citing first amendment right violations.
JeWitch68 (@witchywoman68.bsky.social) reposted
**Little Things I've Learned** Jim Cummings, an American voice actor, is the voice of Winnie the Pooh & Tigger. He calls sick kids in hospitals and chats with them in character.
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm proud of you. I hope the darkness doesn't return.
Mozelle Victory (@godswrath699.bsky.social) reposted
youtube.com/watch?v=tj2z... Ring of Fire 🔥
Richard (@richard576.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Absolutely—this really resonates. It takes courage and resilience that often goes unseen. To anyone reading this who’s made it through even a little bit today: that’s a huge victory, and it deserves recognition. 💛
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.
@SuSu-Gator (@susu-gator.bsky.social) reposted
This. Thanks to a f****d up Donald and WH admin, the GOP senate and RFK,jr. We have come so far as a country to be reduced to a third world country in health.
♥️♠️Pam♦️♣️ (@pamrichmond1.bsky.social) reposted
This shit looks like a food court at an outlet mall.
Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis (@kendrawrites.com) reposted
Is the Giuliani news designed to distract us from the Trump is dying rumors which are supposed to distract us from the Epstein files which are all a distraction from kitchen table issues?
Jaime Harrison (@jaimeharrison.bsky.social) reposted
.@velshi.com “Head in the sand”? Please. Part of the problem is limp news coverage that turns every Dem wobble into a five-alarm fire while treating GOP extremism as background noise. That’s what depresses our base.
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social) reply parent
Can we start the lethality with him?
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
Pete Hegseth in December on military training: “We’re bringing a war-fighting ethos back to the Pentagon. Everything else that distracts from lethality shouldn’t be happening.”
sandrakicklighter.bsky.social (@sandrakicklighter.bsky.social) reposted
They are showing their support for the mass shooting of our children!
GenXer-71 (@genxer-71.bsky.social) reposted
My husband asked why I put "girl" in front of everything to him and everyone else.. it's because we've been calling everyone "guys" for so long & I'm sick of that shit.. So I changed it up. Girl, it's liberating to call men girl.
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social) reply parent
Great photo!
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social) reply parent
Ems (@veggiemom3.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I'm so glad you are alright! I was following one person this happened to in 2020. I don't have sufficient words to describe how cruel it is. A freelance photographer needing extensive medical care & then removal of the affected eye. Disability, $, trauma, loss of career/passion all in one 💔
Ems (@veggiemom3.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Bless her. I remember reading about how the police target protestors' and photo journalists' eyes with their "less lethal munitions." Looking up this article of course also brought up newer entries of this happening, this is nationwide www.motherjones.com/anti-racism-...
Anonymous (@youranoncentral.bsky.social) reposted
This is Parker, she was shot in the head in Los Angeles for protesting ICE kidnappings and ethnic cleansing. She recovered and is now back to protesting because in times of fascism nobody can afford to do nothing. “We need everybody” “I call for revolution, it starts here” #3E
Clara Jeffery (@clarajeffery.bsky.social) reposted
Trump is trying to repeal a roadless rule that prevents loggers from denuding National Parks—something they just announced and which public only has a few weeks to speak against insideclimatenews.org/news/3008202...
Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 (@theswprincess.bsky.social) reposted
"They're takin' our jobs!" has NEVER been true. It's a lie to make US-born people resent immigrants and get them to support harsh, cruel, anti-immigrant measures. No US-born citizens are rushing to fill the jobs undocumented people were doing.
God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted
There’s a special place in hell for morons who get millions of people killed.
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social) reply parent
It's a white hat being shaded by the awning.
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social) reply parent
DC has been in the mid-70s for a couple of weeks. It's not the typical hellishly hot DC August.
Roz (@rmh21.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Just like Ceaușescu was as the end neared. He ramped up his cruelty to new heights.
Is He Dead Yet? (@nomatterhowgood.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Donald Trump is dying and he knows it. His entire life was about control. He now has no control over his imminent death. Look for more lashing out than usual.
Liz (@beansbeth.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I thought his administration didn’t believe in science and modern medicine?! Unless of course they need it.
Muttsylvania (@muttsylvania.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
He disappeared for 10 days last year, after the Epstein docs were released, then held a rally in which he staged a mock assassination (with photo ops and 2 dead people) to divert attention from Epstein. So get out the popcorn.
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social) reply parent
Catherine 🇨🇦📚🎸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🖇️ (@buca.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
As a Grade one teacher , much of my day, every day, was spent teaching anger management, general social skills, media literacy, you name it, sometimes to the detriment of academics because problems came up on a daily basis, and a lot of kids were not learning these lessons at home.
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social) reply parent
Absolutely!
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social) reply parent
And stale cigarettes and staler beer.
ŦỮŁŁ¥ (@tully.sheshed.rocks) reposted reply parent
Send your House Representative a Quack-O-Gram against RFK jr.!! standupforscienc.net are hand-delivering rubber ducks to House Representatives with a message to “Impeach the Quack.” Deliveries start on Sept 15, 2025. #impeachthequack www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-grams
Aura Bogado (@aurabogado.bsky.social) reposted
I know there’s a lot going on but in June ICE took custody of a U.S.-born citizen in Chicago, Illinois and handed him over to a private contractor, which confined him in a hotel without a phone or other form of communication for five days. The city and state aren’t ready for what’s coming next.
PhillipUSA (@phillipusa.bsky.social) reposted
The grifting, wanna be union buster pedophile wishes workers a Happy Labor Day Weekend from the 18th tee.
John Refior (@johnrefior.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
“her last blog post before she was killed ended ‘there are crooks everywhere you look now. The situation is desperate.’” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_...
Henning Dekant 📎 (@quaxquax.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Also showed that Putin controls a waste fortune. www.theguardian.com/news/2016/ap...
Jon of The North (@krauza.bsky.social) reposted
Hey, remember when the Panama Papers were released and they showed how basically every wealthy person on the planet was avoiding taxes by offshoring their money and nothing was done about it except the reporter who broke the story was murdered with a car bomb?
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social) reply parent
Palast: Voter Suppression cost Harris the 2024 Presidential Election share.google/IPrxkkTVY3R6...
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social) reply parent
Given that's almost a 90-minute drive, I'm surprised he doesn't take the helicopter.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
I'm still waiting for the relentless onslaught of media demands for a press conference and calls to resign.
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Some view it as hyperbole; others don't even know what the words mean. But it's all textbook. Textbook history, textbook political science, textbook psychology, textbook social psychology. Elementary stuff, not obscure. And it's happening in real time, right before our eyes.
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
One thing that's particularly maddening about what's happening today—beyond that it's happening—is that when people talk about how we are moving toward authoritarianism, toward fascism, by a collection of narcissistic sociopaths, many Americans' eyes glaze over.
Gloria (@coranch.bsky.social) reposted
That is not all he did!! His family came forward to warn you! He lied in his confirmation hearings! Republican senators did this to you, make their phones ring off the hook!!
Haters_gonna_hate (Princess Kim K) (@princesskim.bsky.social) reposted
Judy- another Leah biter given a death sentence for it! She’s a lively 5yo- spirited- loving/ Ned’s a foster: NY NJ ME CT NH NE RI PA VT DE DC MD VA PA- transport/vet/food provided- just save this sweet girl! She loves to be a Disney princess! Hates Trump- needs REPOSTS! #fuckTrump repost!
Sober Tile Guy (@sobertileguy.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
It’s not on citizens to prove they’re innocent. It’s on the government to prove their claims of guilt. Forgetting that is ceding power to the government that they should never have.
Darick (@darickr.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
"these are the same people who would shit a brick if Joe Biden went two days without talking to them." www.jefftiedrich.com/p/chicago-co...
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social) reply parent
So glad he's an ex.
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't think he ever will be.
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social) reply parent
My brother was like that. I learned very early that he would cheat to win and if I won anyway, he would make my life hell for days. He never grew out of the second part.
AskAubry 🦝 🐆 (@askaubry.com) reposted
17 year old Jackie Mitchell struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in 1931. Ruth's fee fees were hurt and threw a tantrum on how women were too delicate to play baseball. Due to his toddler like antics, women were banned from being signed in the MLB 1992.
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social) reply parent
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social) reply parent
Sure looked like it to me.
Andrew Otis Weiss (@thatweissguy.bsky.social) reposted
lol at the dipshit putting the Guard on consecutive 29 day orders to stiff them on deployment benefits because it always ends well for autocrats who screw over their praetorians
The 51st (@51st.news) reposted
Residents are finding all sorts of ways to fight ICE: They're recording and reporting. They're wheatpasting and sharing know-your-rights materials. And they're stepping up to care for each other, from delivering groceries to walking kids to school. 51st.news/dc-residents...
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social)
ALT text: Ashley Babbit didn't die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it. ~Retired Army Lieutenant General Mark Hertling~
Fred G. Sanford (@fredgsanfordjunk.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Too bad you need a working Congress in order to impeach.
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social) reply parent
Well 💩!
Boulder Voter Rob (@bouldervoter.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
John Roberts, the giant chunk of excrement who destroyed the US Supreme Court. He and 5 other corrupt, bribed partisan hacks in robes abandoned American law and justice for money and power. May history always revile these six criminal "king-makers"
DragonHawk1959 (@dragonhawk-1.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
The cycle that started with Israel's 1st expansion attempt shortly after the enclave was established will not end as long as zionism thrives in Israel. Fortunately, there are a number of traditionalist Israeli Jewish groups who oppose zionism. Netanyahu is a terrorist and war criminal wants by ICC!
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I don’t think anything is out of the question at this point. A quote from my most recent piece: “Pandemics don’t wait for elections. Hollowing out the CDC may score Trump political points with the anti-vax crowd, but the bill will eventually come due, and it won’t be paid in votes.”
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social)
ALT text: "The damage this man has done is incalculable. Chief Justice Roberts says the rule of law is eroding like we've rarely seen. Maybe he should've thought about that before ruling the President is above the law. You don't get to burn the house down and act shocked it's on fire."
The Tobster (@thetobster.bsky.social) reposted
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-.... Here we go again with Herr Chaos. He doesn’t have the authority but he will try anyway and his pet SCOTUS will let him.
Kate Jones (@tryn2bkind.bsky.social)
Not a drag queen. What a shocker.
Sheldon Cooper is a Fascist (@spy831.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Also generally we only learnt about “Africa” as a whole and not as a continent with very distinct countries within. It’s just white colonial racist instruction meant to allow an entire continent to be written off.
✭ Jimmy C ✭ 🇺🇦 (@jimmyc1126.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
There is a great episode of The West Wing that talks about this very thing. Season 2 Ep 16. youtu.be/vVX-PrBRtTY?...
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
We’ve been lied to our whole lives. The maps we grew up with shrink Africa down, making it look so much smaller than it really is. The truth: Africa is massive. You can fit the United States, China, India, Japan, and most of Europe inside it—and still have room left over.