Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14/03/2026The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it. 25013159513635
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialJeff Merkley @jeff-merkley.bsky.social · 28/02/2026The power to declare war belongs to Congress—not to Trump. His strikes on Iran shred the Constitution and risk dragging us into an endless war. Congress needs to vote on a War Powers Resolution NOW and rein in Trump’s warmongering. 2516640
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialJennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 15/02/2026I 💛 this man. No child should fear the people meant to protect them. So he showed up. Not as an “activist.” As a neighbor. As a citizen. As someone who said enough. If your heart is pounding, let your first step be the same. Show up. We, the people have the power. 8489198
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/02/2026Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion." 6214525411673
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialJeff Merkley @jeff-merkley.bsky.social · 07/02/2026I’m fighting to protect our fundamental freedom to have our voices heard at the ballot box. 1014632
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialDon Lemon @donlemonofficial.bsky.social · 30/01/2026My first remarks since being arrested last night. 961248866586
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Even in our polarized country, more and more people from left, right, and center are coalescing to demand change. It's happening because a freedom-loving nation does not allow masked, militarized government agents to violate our civil liberties. 17352801323
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/01/2026This was posted in the new Epstein files release and removed about 20 mins later. Wonder why that is. 814117336544
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Defenceless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out wherever the Just Exchange their messages: May I, composed like them Of Eros and of dust, Beleaguered by the same Negation and despair, Show an affirming flame. — W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939 332312603
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialBruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice." Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man. 23395363958
acesnead.bsky.social @acesnead.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Why hasn’t Waltz called out the national guard to protect citizens from ICE? If you’re going to protest ICE and you have a weapon and a right to carry, are you brining it now? 000
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 24/01/2026You did not bear the shame. You resisted. You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour. — The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin 112193728
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 22/01/2026Funny how the right is outraged at Fanone flipping off a congressman just days after celebrating a president flipping off a working American . 873268306756
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 12/01/2026So let me get this straight. Trump couldn’t run a casino, a charity, or a pandemic without crimes piling up, but now his administration is threatening the Federal Reserve because it won’t bend the knee? This isn’t “law and order.” 40945273
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 12/01/2026This is precisely how you should respond to a bullshit investigation. “This new threat is not about my testimony last June, or the renovation of the Federal Reserve Buildings… this is a consequence of not following the preference of the President” 12667221901
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialJeff Merkley @jeff-merkley.bsky.social · 09/01/2026ICE has done nothing to keep our communities safer. ICE agents are terrorizing folks in Oregon and across the country. I’m demanding full accountability—an investigation that involves Oregon officials—and ICE to immediately end these dangerous operations in Oregon.oregonlive.comWhat we know so far about the Border Patrol shooting in PortlandA picture is emerging of what happened in a Portland parking lot Thursday, a day after an ICE agent in Minneapolis fatally shot a woman. 2619163
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialThe Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 08/01/2026Click the link in the comments to watch The Steady State's 60-minute Quick Hit: The U.S. attack on Venezuela. 13422
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialThe Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 28/10/2025When the state begins speaking in the language of purity and duty, history warns what comes next. #authoritarianism #DemocraticDecline #SteadyStateAssessment 73448187
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Thank you, Senator Jeff Merkley, for your incredible 22-hour and 37-minute marathon speech on the Senate floor! 89103721782
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialThe Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 23/10/2025When he finished his 22-hour speech, Merkley warned that authoritarianism “is not around the corner” but “here right now.” apnews.com/article/merk...apnews.comDemocratic Sen. Merkley of Oregon speaks for more than 22 hours to protest Trump amid shutdownLed by Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, Democrats have seized the Senate floor to protest President Donald Trump’s presidency amid the government shutdown and push for Republicans to negotiate with them on e... 8679175
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialevangeline63.bsky.social @evangeline63.bsky.social · 19/10/2025HEROOOOmedia.tenor.coma group of soldiers holding an american flag on top of a hillALT: a group of soldiers holding an american flag on top of a hill 738897
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialThom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 25/08/2025The last moments to resist are slipping away, and history shows once fascism’s grip tightens, it rarely loosens… hartmannreport.com/p/welcome-to...hartmannreport.comWelcome to the "Chilling Stage" of Tyranny—Where the Tyrant Tightens His GripThe last moments to resist are slipping away, and history shows once fascism’s grip tightens, it rarely loosens… 20279159
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialGovernor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 21/08/2025THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER -GCN 1122116397
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialDave Min @daveminca.bsky.social · 20/08/2025😱😱😱 www.axios.com/2025/08/20/s...axios.comSony will hike PS5 prices Thursday as a result of Trump's trade warSony raised the prices of PS5s in the UK, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand earlier this year. 0144
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Imagine getting fired because math hurt a man’s feelings. We’re being governed by a walking Yelp review. 1231185214532
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/07/2025STEWART: “I feel like I’m watching something so self-evidently inhumane and horrific and to be told I have to shut up because I risk the Jewish state by speaking out? I would say the opposite — they’re putting the likelihood of a surviving Jewish state much more at risk.” 454204155244
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Folds: If we’ve been told our whole lives that we can’t spend money on the arts because they’re not important—then why was taking over the Kennedy Center and the arts the first thing they did? It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression. 421260846274
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Texas lawmakers failed to pass a bill to improve local disaster warning systems this year ... www.texastribune.org/2025/07/06/t... via @texastribune.orgtexastribune.orgTexas lawmakers failed to pass a bill to improve local disaster warning systems this yearA GOP state lawmaker who represents Kerr County says he likely would vote differently now on House Bill 13, which would have established a grant program for counties to build new emergency communicati... 97951447
acesnead.bsky.social @acesnead.bsky.social · 20/06/2025@steadystatevets.bsky.social if Congress won’t stand up for their own institution, we should. Appropriations law makes clear members need not give notice before any inspection and allows inspections at any time. 010
acesnead.bsky.social @acesnead.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Honestly excited to go to the parade today in DC to celebrate the Continental Army’s 250th. You don’t have to like Trump to celebrate our country. 000
acesnead.bsky.social @acesnead.bsky.social · 08/06/2025I am a liberal. And I am very excited for a proper military parade. Let’s celebrate the Army’s 250th. Shut up about Trump for 5 minutes and celebrate the country. 000
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23/05/2025Democrats in Congress: Investigate and expose why ICE is allowed to operate in masks and conceal their identities. There is no acceptable scenario where this should be permitted. @HouseDemocrats @SenateDems 51073562727
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialJazzReads📚🏀 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 10/05/2025My love of reading is strongly link to this man… 355147403496
acesnead.bsky.social @acesnead.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Honestly pissed I have to stop hating Harvard right now. 020
acesnead.bsky.social @acesnead.bsky.social · 05/04/2025How is this America? Seriously. Grow some balls people. 020
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialJoe Neguse @joeneguse.bsky.social · 03/04/2025“The Trump Tariff Tax is the largest peacetime tax hike in U.S. history.” —Fmr. Vice President Mike Pence 215548
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/03/2025In a world of Matts, be a Derek. 444314757907
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 10/03/2025They produce “wins” by making stuff up. Otherwise, it’s wrecking stuff billionaires don’t like, and sneaking into data billionaires want.washingtonpost.comTurmoil within DOGE spills into public view as Musk’s group confronts a PR crisisDOGE sees an urgent need to champion “wins,” as Elon Musk’s group finishes slashing federal bureaucracy and moves to building digital tools for the government. 42564174
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialRep. Jake Auchincloss @repauchincloss.bsky.social · 09/03/2025The party of Reagan has become the party of Russia. youtu.be/N8VnrkejTucyoutu.beThe party of Reagan has become the party of RussiaYouTube video by Rep. Auchincloss 21375119
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialJohn Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 01/03/2025I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org18f.orgWe're not done yet | 18F 31689269230849
Reposted by @acesnead.bsky.socialSenator Martin Heinrich @heinrich.senate.gov · 01/03/2025I took this picture during a previous meeting with Zelensky. This man is what courage and leadership actually look like. 1332544
