acesnead.bsky.social @acesnead.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Join the military to kill people you say? Isn’t that the job? I know Marines who joined about the time Platner did. They were taught to be killers. Do we need to change the training? 000
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
acesnead.bsky.social @acesnead.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Not our true colors. The dark side of our personality that is normally rightfully repressed. 000
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 · 24/01/2026They aren’t there to prosecute people. They don’t care about chain of custody. DOJ will not prosecute ICE and neither Bivens nor Sec. 1983 extends to them. They operate with total impunity. 000
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
acesnead.bsky.social @acesnead.bsky.social · 24/01/2026100% agree. They are dressed like soldiers in Iraq. This is absurd. 0181
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
acesnead.bsky.social @acesnead.bsky.social · 28/12/2025This is literally insane. We can’t pretend that us stopping our production of data centers will do anything good for the economy. This is why Bernie has no real plan. 000
acesnead.bsky.social @acesnead.bsky.social · 16/12/2025The new book “Careless People” is fantastic. I’m confident you know the author. The question now is what can we do? 130
acesnead.bsky.social @acesnead.bsky.social · 16/12/2025I know a number of Americans who moved to Australia and because of exactly what’s in that post have decided never to move back to the USA. 110
acesnead.bsky.social @acesnead.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Stop. No one is getting “destroyed”. This over the top language makes people think they are winning and others are losing and can’t recover. It’s BS. 110
acesnead.bsky.social @acesnead.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Section 1983 must be expanded to apply to the federal government and we must pear back qualified immunity for officers. 000
acesnead.bsky.social @acesnead.bsky.social · 17/11/2025And this only goes through 1/30/26. Overall, we should not allow government shutdowns to become routine. This is going to hurt Dems in the future. Rs won the election. Let them govern and let the voters decide in a year. 000
acesnead.bsky.social @acesnead.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Federal workers no longer have to go to food banks and the damage done to the city of DC has been bandaged (as it is, some old DC neighborhood restaurants had to go out of business because of the turmoil) 100
acesnead.bsky.social @acesnead.bsky.social · 17/11/2025There will be a future vote on healthcare. It will put every R on the record. The Rs agreed that they wouldn’t fight Federal worker rehires. The Republican senators gave themselves the ability to seek 500k in restitution for having their phone records suspended during 1/6/21. Bad look. 100
acesnead.bsky.social @acesnead.bsky.social · 17/11/2025The Dems got national attention on this issue. While both parties were increasingly blamed, the Republicans and Trump received more of it, as they should for failing to negotiate. The admin had other self-inflicted wounds that it was hard to distract from without Congress to distract folks. 100
acesnead.bsky.social @acesnead.bsky.social · 17/11/2025You are mistaken. They had some reserve funds but those would run out quickly. 010
acesnead.bsky.social @acesnead.bsky.social · 17/11/2025You think food drives and free food will feed 38 million Americans on SNAP? Are you sure you’re not a Republican? 220
acesnead.bsky.social @acesnead.bsky.social · 17/11/2025It wasn’t a surrender. It was a victory. And I wonder how many people complaining about it were going hungry from lack of benefits or having their court cases delayed or unable to get disability benefits processed. 310
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
