Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 04/04/2026You can use our new database to explore the financial disclosures — and potential conflicts of interest — of President Donald Trump and more than 1,500 of his appointees. Here's what Trump budget chief Russell Vought has disclosed:propub.liRussell Vought - Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees - ProPublicaUse this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their… 331086605
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialMatt Dery @deryspeaks.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Post it in the bulletin board. You may never see it again! 663189057912
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 09/03/2026Financial documents compiled by ProPublica reveal a myriad of relationships among Trump and his team that could create conflicts of interest — including ties between appointees and industries their agencies frequently interact with. Explore our database 👇 projects.propublica.orgExplore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees - ProPublicaUse this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de... 721141534
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 07/03/2026apnews.com/article/suic...apnews.comAttempted suicides, fights, pain: 911 calls reveal misery at ICE’s largest detention facilityThe calls to 911 poured in from staff at Camp East Montana, the nation's largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, in its first months of operation in El Paso, Texas. 20566316
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialEldweena @eldweena.bsky.social · 04/03/2026I am educating my brother about Hoopla and Libby. He wanted me to help him buy him an audiobook on Spotify and I said, "But, WAIT! Do you have a library card? Cause, that audiobook you want to listen to? The library has the whole series! For freeeeeee!!!" 2275226585
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 28/02/2026You can just say things. 8546281301
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Credit Where Credit's Due Dept.- The nickname "Presidementia" is from the JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! NO KINGS PROTEST SIGN NICKNAME GUIDE. Many thanks to @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social & his writers! Save this chart for the upcoming NO KINGS DAY on March 28 next month. What's YOUR favorite nickname? #PedoPrez 45345971355
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialFLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Letz go even bigger and better,,, ALL Female US Olympians and Paralympian medalists are invited out to celebrate in Viva Las Vegas for the SHE GOT GAME Weekend ,,, Hit a guy up and LETZ GOOO 711265664814
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Massie goes full beast mode today. Gets on the house floor, shreds the DOJ and starts naming names from the Epstein files. 470180025560
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Once you see this, you’ll always see him this way. 902034448
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Donald Trump will HATE this ad when he sees it during the Olympic hockey final. Let’s win gold. And then win back our country. LFG USA 🏅🔥🇺🇲 618132723316
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/02/2026Trump: "I want to be a good boy" 4281919397
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 12/02/2026Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica. They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.propublica.orgThe Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention CenterProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of... 8431331971
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.social🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Trump as the hero v. Trump as he is 814629
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 16/01/2026ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in. 147152236845
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialJen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 02/01/2026"The evidence here made clear that President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable & most responsible person in this conspiracy. These crimes were committed for his benefit. The attack that happened at the Capitol, part of this case, does not happen without him." apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comCapitol riot 'does not happen' without Trump, Jack Smith told CongressFormer special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers that the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol “does not happen” without President Donald Trump. 5545190
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/12/2025Sen. Jack Reed: "I must remind everyone that we follow the law of war, and because of that, we expect other countries. So that when our service members are in distress, they're not shot up in the water or if they're wounded, left to die. If we don't do it, then we can't expect other countries." 16257191447
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 11/12/2025happy bday Indian poet/composer Subramania Bharati, b.1882. "A society's strength is measured in how it uplifts its weakest link." "The world widens when minds refuse to accept narrow chains." "The world will prosper when men and women walk as equals." 311720
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 07/12/2025The real task isn’t “teaching people to spot misinformation.” It’s rebuilding conditions where verification, deliberation and accountability are possible. Critical thinking only works when the world around it gives those skills a place to take root. 14613144
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 05/12/20252/2 Sen Bill Cassidy, a liver-disease MD, complains about this ruling, as I am doing. Here's the difference: He, personally, could have prevented all the resulting casualties, by casting the swing vote against RFK Jr. That's a power the other 330+ million of us lacked. Don't let him forget it. 939399
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialWIRED @wired.com · 29/11/2025Practicing good “operations security” is essential to staying safe online. Here's a complete guide for teenagers (and anyone else) who wants to button up their digital lives. www.wired.com/story/digita...wired.comThe WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for TeensPracticing good “operations security” is essential to staying safe online. Here's a complete guide for teenagers (and anyone else) who wants to button up their digital lives. 29930
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialMike Brock 🇺🇸 @brockm.bsky.social · 28/11/2025The intention of this is to make you feel bad on Thanksgiving Day, yes. For Sarah.notesfromthecircus.comSarah Beckstrom Died for Donald Trump’s VanitySarah Beckstrom was twenty years old. 1218
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialwhitney pastorek @whittlz.bsky.social · 26/11/2025There’s a number going around of TN-07 voters who’ve committed to a certain candidate but have not yet voted. It’s a BIG NUMBER and will also make it a HELLISH day at the polls next Tuesday if all those people try to vote at once. I am BEGGING YOU to get people to go early vote TODAY. 5102
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialFlying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social · 26/11/2025@alderfish.bsky.social 131
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialFlying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social · 26/11/2025King Lear has never looked so alive and well! Long live the King! 381
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 26/11/2025No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth. 1078269336533
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Reminder: For voters in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, November 26 is the last day to vote early in person. 162163726
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/11/2025wearing slippers and pajamas to the airport is antifa now 4877991844
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years oldwhatimreading.netViola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has diedViola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old. 590176265611
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with: -No casus belli -No authorization from Congress -No allies or international support -No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela -No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout 62674392517
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement. "If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..." 19663292034
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24/11/2025"I don't think we've ever seen a president of the United States whose goal is to make us hate each other....you knew that they were just taking different positions on what they thought was best for us." @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @gtconway.bsky.social in George Conway Explains It All: 321143260
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/11/2025Comey: "I'm grateful the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence & incompetence... I was inspired by the career people who refused to be part of this travesty. It cost some of them their jobs, but it preserved their integrity, which is beyond price" 624253595621
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 22/11/2025It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends. We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over. We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution. 1928376477559
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Useful @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social analysis of Trump proposal on Russia, skewering it point-by-point in an easily digestible way: www.arcdigital.media/p/trump-and-...arcdigital.mediaTrump and Witkoff Try to Get Russia a WinThe joint U.S.-Russia proposal to end the Russia-Ukraine war, taken point-by-point 11353163
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialDavid Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Just thinking of what JD Vance thought when he saw Trump posing with Mamdani with his thumbs up sign in front of the painting of FDR in the Roosevelt Room. And you know Vance saw it. 😂 0193
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 22/11/2025…that social media is not the place to educate yourself about something so massive, consequential, complex and new. And that the time to dramatically increase your own expertise by wisely and critically turning to real experts and sources of unbiased knowledge is now. 5786
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17/11/2025Epstein survivors just demanded the release of the files in this new PSA. Watch it here. 381508547
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/11/2025KARL: The president claims that Thanksgiving costs are down 25%. Does he know that's not true? HASSETT: Well if you look at Walmart-- KARL: Wait a minute. I've gotta stop you. The Walmart package this year contains much less than the one last year. That's why the price is less. 1927211735153
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/11/2025TN-7 Candidate @aftynbehn.bsky.social : "If you’re not OK with the chaos at our federal government, are upset with the cost of living & inflation, then I'm your candidate… I’ve never taken corporate PAC money, which is important- because are you fighting for the people or your donors?" 372543838
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/11/2025So to cap their horrible week, Senate Republicans refused a deal to reopen the government in exchange for just helping people with health insurance and now the president wants the Supreme Court to say he doesn’t have to obey the law and feed the hungry. Amazing. 793473840
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Tell me more about ‘Sleepy Joe.’ 935241017970
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialJL Kaufmann @jlkaufmann.bsky.social · 07/11/2025I see James Watson has died. What did Watson discover? Rosalind Franklin's lab notes. Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days. 322411653
Reposted by @aescruggs.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/11/2025Watch to the end 712080597
