Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 18/09/2025A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that. 650318748550
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialKeep The Republic 🏳️🌈 @keeptherepublic.bsky.social · 16/09/2025 217733
aconnors.bsky.social @aconnors.bsky.social · 11/09/2025The Reichstag Fire Decree suspended most civil liberties in Germany, including habeas corpus, freedom of expression, freedom of the press, the right of free association and public assembly, and the secrecy of the post and telephone.[19] These rights were not reinstated during Nazi reign. 010
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 28/08/202570 years ago, on this date, Emmett Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered by white men. His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary 275132194630
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Via the BasicBloggerBitch on Instagram… 9263231360
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/07/2025"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." -FDR, 1937 11968651934
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialThe Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 03/07/2025This is the perfect time to read the entirety of Frederick Douglass’s famous speech, and not merely because of the date on the calendar.thenation.com“What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” by Frederick DouglassThis is the perfect time to read the entirety of Frederick Douglass’s famous speech, and not merely because of the date on the calendar. 7228112
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Republicans in Congress have structured the most painful benefit cuts in their budget bill to kick in AFTER the 2026 midterms. But the tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy? Those begin immediately. Remember this. 21839942271
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialBrad Baumann-Gervais ✌️🇺🇸 ☮️ @bradbaumann.bsky.social · 02/07/2025The world must be set free. 488152713237
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialTea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 28/06/2025GOP 2021: “The debt is out of control! GOP 2022: “the debt is out of control!” GOP 2023: “the debt is out of control GOP 2024: “the debt is out of control!” GOP 2025: ”let’s raise the debt ceiling $5 trillion!” 275107553722
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/06/2025Damn‼️ Federal agents blew a door off for this? Federal agents blasted their way into an LA home where Jenny Ramirez lives with her boyfriend and two kids. She heard the blast while checking on her 6-year-old, with her 1-year-old in her arms. Ramirez says everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen. 🧵 29142011510341
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 25/06/2025So the Iran Nuclear Deal, a sophisticated multilateral agreement reached by hundreds of adults over a two-year period—which kept us safe for years—has been replaced by a pathetic, obviously false bedtime story about a supposedly obliterated nuclear program being told to us by a known con man Got it 10142511133
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialJen Christiansen @jenchristiansen.com · 25/06/2025Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪scientificamerican.comHere’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by ScienceThese graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults 311102636004
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 19/06/2025A short video about Juneteenth:youtu.beWhat is Juneteenth and Why Does it Matter: A Short History | Journey to American DemocracyYouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson 6534301428
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialPlant Powered A-ron🌱🌎💙🌊 @plantpowered1971.bsky.social · 19/06/2025If Trump is into it....It's definitely a scam!! 813533
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/06/2025Ron Johnson: "What us old people have done, basically indebting our children, stealing from their future, their prospects, the way we've diminished them, is immoral. It's unconscionable. We have to face that and we have to do something about it." 140454951191
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 14/06/2025Pete Hegseth Vomits Out Of Tank Hatch 484983474
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialMira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Palace drama used to have theatrics to it and now it’s just pedos vs junkies 1646855
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/06/2025“Y’all, we did it — Tulsa just created a $105 million reparations plan for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.” (From @thebwstimes.bsky.social ) 23581701746
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Today the Supreme Court cleared the way for the federal government to transfer thousands of acres of national forestland including a Native American sacred site, to Resolution Copper a mining company owned by Rio Tinto and BHP. The land holds deep spiritual significance for the Western Apache tribe. 1653141386792
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Instead of simply wishing people well this Memorial Day, here are five concrete policies that will protect servicemembers abroad and on the home front: 5554031085
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialEllen Clair Lamb @eclamb.bsky.social · 19/05/2025"Wouldn't it be great if we could just form a new country from all the world's refugees?" I think, and then I remember that's what the United States was supposed to be. 18915
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialJohn Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 07/05/20251 . Gaza is being annihilated. Thousands upon thousands of children are dead. Entire bloodlines erased. And the United States is the supplier, sponsor, and shield of the killing. Netanyahu is not a defender. He’s a butcher. A fascist running from jail who’s building his legacy on mass graves. 38916242
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Here is an otter snoot to start your day. 330217951800
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialbobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 05/05/2025the president wants to reopen alcatraz because he’s an old man with dementia who is mentally frozen in the 1970s and 80s. he’s not trying to distract you, his brain is just full of holes 14676931221
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialJon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 22/04/2025From now on, no matter what job she holds, I’m calling Kristi Noem the “Secretary of Handbag Security” 249100041412
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialThe Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 21/04/2025The fact that this headline even exists. 171022136
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialJohn Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Remaining quiet in turbulent times is a luxury that perceived privilege and intellectual ignorance afford. That passivity is born out of the illusion of safety. (Trust me, none of us is safe.) johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-my-apol...johnpavlovitz.substack.comTo My Apolitical Friends, It's Time You Got PoliticalTo those who believe I’m too loud, too opinionated, too political—I get it. 23615173
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialIsaiah Martin @isaiahrmartin.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Boom 12867852094
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialAndrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 16/04/2025“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943 267136906066
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialonion person @junlper.beer · 17/04/2025been noticing this weird shift rightwingers have made recently where they call everything they don’t like is “terrorism” now 3076136513
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialAndrea Still @astill73.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Dear Canada, time to #BoycottElSalvador. We need to stand up for everyone’s human rights. Let’s do this. #Boycott #Cdnpoli #BuyCanadian #ElbowsUp 371237396
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialTris @trisresists.bsky.social · 16/04/2025This is something we can all do.👇🏼 File a complaint with the FL and DC Bar to have Pam Bondi disbarred for not complying with the 9-0 Supreme Court ruling to return Mr. Garcia from El Salvador. 430186128331
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/04/2025I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now. 9474504014360
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialTristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Trump and Bukele claim they can't release anyone from CECOT BUT THEY ALREADY HAVE: at least 9 detainees El Salvador released back to the US in the last 3 months NINE other people freed. Why not Abrego Garcia, who's there on an "administrative error"? DEMAND HIS FREEDOM NOW 511399444
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.social California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 08/04/2025The More You Know…💫 8867911539
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.social50501 Movement Washington State @50501washington.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Great advice. Do not speak his name. 1018174
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialJennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Yep, that's ALL of you! #TogetherWeWin 💙 751589206
Reposted by @aconnors.bsky.socialRené Kladzyk @ziembavision.bsky.social · 03/04/2025A detained migrant on board an ICE removal flight was fully shackled — wearing handcuffs, waist chains, and leg irons — when he was allegedly shoved and hit on his head, chest, and back by guards. New investigation out now: www.pogo.org/investigatio...pogo.orgICE Deportation Flight Assault Goes Unreported By AgencyGuards allegedly assaulted a shackled immigrant onboard a deportation flight. ICE didn’t report it. 15261106