Reposted by Ann RenoMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 5hCNN and CBS News are now under the control of the Ellison family. We need independent, pro-democracy media to grow. If you agree, please subscribe to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld 632379803
Reposted by Ann RenoYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 9hMy friend’s 16 year old daughter told her she only listens to music released prior to 2020 because she knows it won’t have AI involved. 91558
Reposted by Ann RenoTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 9hJames Talarico walks out to a standing ovation from 50,000 Texans at the State Fair Classic. 11771371330
Reposted by Ann RenoSenator Angus King @senangusking.bsky.social · 8hThe VA should provide the same coverage for veterans’ prescription drugs whether living on their own, in a nursing home or at a State Veterans Home. My bipartisan bill will allow veterans to receive the care they deserve, regardless of where they live www.wabi.tv/2026/09/28/s...wabi.tvSen. King introduces bill to lower prescription costs for Maine Veterans’ Homes residentsSen. Angus King, I-Maine, is introducing legislation to lower prescription costs for residents at Maine Veterans’ Homes. 083
Reposted by Ann RenoScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 12hNEW: Despite Trump fixation, Internal probe of Federal Reserve's building renovation project finds "At no point during our evaluation did we find reasonable grounds to believe that a violation of federal criminal law had occurred requiring a referral to the US Attorney General" 15825268
Reposted by Ann RenoAster ID @aster.id · 16hThe modern research ecosystem of online tools and communities is controlled by for-profit companies. But we think that researchers should be the priority - not the product. So, we're announcing Aster ID: not-for-profit Atmosphere account hosting for researchers.blog.aster.placeAnnouncing Aster - a home for researchers on the open web 15587122
Reposted by Ann RenoBrennan Center @brennancenter.org · 11hDue to retirements and primary defeats, there will be 99 new members of Congress next year. No matter how many seats change party hands, it is already a change election that can open the door to reform. bit.ly/4htUKS4brennancenter.orgDemocracy ConstrainedThe Supreme Court has helped create an electoral system in which competition is scarce, money is dominant, and voting protections are weaker. 1436
Reposted by Ann RenoRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11hThe U.S. has withdrawn its last troops from Iraq, 23 years after a Republican president launched a war of choice based on lies that cost trillions of dollars, killed hundreds of thousands of people, and unleashed regional chaos. History doesn't repeat, but it often rhymes. 21945291
Reposted by Ann RenoRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h36 minutes before the hearing started. 1699112322127
Reposted by Ann RenoCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18hGATES: “.. I almost can’t believe you’re asking that.” @ezraklein.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o... 32708205
Reposted by Ann RenoFinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 15hUS TREASURY 30-YEAR YIELD RISES TO 5.62%, NEW HIGH SINCE 2002 713344
Reposted by Ann RenoJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 15h1. On Tuesday morning, Trump unveiled America dot gov, which he described as “the ultimate product.” Right now, it is basically a chatbot that draws data from official government websites. As a result it is brutally efficient at debunking Trump’s lies. 12518171
Reposted by Ann RenoJesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 15h‘Data from Anthropic’s draft IPO prospectus have renewed investor attention to the size of its financial commitments and other risks it faces. Similar skepticism is building among IPO investors about a slate of data center companies preparing to go public.‘ www.theinformation.com/articles/wal...theinformation.comWall Street and Silicon Valley Split Over AI’s Price TagShifting economic forces are driving a widening divide between the financial views of Silicon Valley and Wall Street, clouding the outlook for trillions of dollars invested in AI. Stock market angst h... 48726
Reposted by Ann RenoSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Can we underscore that diversity is America’s strength, indeed it makes America stronger? 661991309
Reposted by Ann RenoStephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Reading has become an endangered species. Which is half the problem with American political life. Maybe more than half. If you can't read, you can't think. Then you can fall for anything. The idea, for instance, that the truth is fake news. 1313265685
Reposted by Ann RenoRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity. 321170814820
Reposted by Ann RenoPolitico @politico.com · 29/09/2026Trump administration used DHS funds for pro-Trump ads, Dems saydlvr.itTrump administration used DHS funds for pro-Trump ads, Dems sayCongressional Democrats said the White House used $20 million for the ad campaign from funding for U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 65523
Reposted by Ann RenoPolitico @politico.com · 29/09/2026Federal watchdog says Trump’s $810M funding cancellation is unconstitutionaldlvr.itFederal watchdog says Trump’s $810M funding cancellation is unconstitutionalA top Government Accountability Office lawyer told Congress the president doesn’t have the power to execute his latest “pocket rescission.” 511451
Reposted by Ann RenoHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026They are shutting this down by the end of the day. 131302284
Reposted by Ann RenoThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well." 15458172090
Reposted by Ann RenoKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Klobuchar eviscerates Schmitt: "For a U.S. Senator to have false information and imply based on a confusion … and imply you're in another city that you were somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia and then call you a dirt bag is something that deserves an apology." 571683453
Reposted by Ann RenoRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Kash Patel’s phony manufactured stats that he uses to cover up his gross incompetence. 281133320
Reposted by Ann RenoMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I think I'm getting the hang of this. 522836813
Reposted by Ann RenoIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 25/09/2026Millions of Americans will take action on October 17 to make it clear to the regime that we won’t sit by while they threaten to sabotage the midterms. Join a No Kings event to drive massive early voting and recruit tons of volunteers to help protect our elections: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... 21979433
Reposted by Ann RenoRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I missed Hegseth’s announcement and press conference on this. 411497417
Reposted by Ann RenoAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026MacFarlane: The Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio has got the same issue. Last year, they paid $50,000 for diesel to transport their food. Now, they’re paying $150,000 for the diesel to transport their food. 25490343956
Reposted by Ann Reno@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Trump's not on the ballot. The Republicans who enabled him are. Your vote is your answer to a simple question: do the guardrails hold, or does loyalty to one man matter more than the Constitution? Early voting opens October 7th. Vote early. Protect the Republic. #Arizona #Pinks #OneV1 #ProudBlue 6477212
Reposted by Ann RenoRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026About 4 months ago I wondered which would end first: Trump’s Iran War or his Reflecting Pool remodel. We still don’t have the answer. 571807276
Reposted by Ann RenoRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Putin’s reward for bombing hospitals, schools, apartment buildings, public parks and museums and killing children is to get invited to the G20 Summit by Marco Rubio. 55792083496
Reposted by Ann RenoPolitico @politico.com · 28/09/2026Trump administration cannot tie anti-terrorism grants to election security, judge rulesdlvr.itTrump administration cannot tie anti-terrorism grants to election security, judge rulesA federal judge on Monday sided with local governments that sued the federal government for conditioning the grants on new election safety measures. 1607
Reposted by Ann RenoDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 28/09/2026🎉 WIN: States and local governments won’t have to run voter rolls through a flawed DHS database — or adopt other anti-voting measures — to get funding meant to prevent terrorist attacks. A judge found the Trump administration likely violated federal law: demdock.com/4dFytQ2 8269106
Reposted by Ann Renopoor-yorick.bsky.social @poor-yorick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It’s a Chinese psyop not a conspiracy theory is a hilarious sentence. 0302
Reposted by Ann RenoRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Russia is bombing museums, apartment buildings, hospitals, research facilities, schools, and parks. Ukraine is bombing military targets and refineries. Guess which one Trump has been complaining about? 9127321075
Reposted by Ann RenoRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Dan Scavino is actually appointed to the position where his primary job is to make sure that White House staffers don’t do dumb shit. 1281993294
Reposted by Ann RenoRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We need to get a full accounting of every dollar each media company accepted of our money stolen by Trump to run his partisan political ads on their channels. Companies who accept these ads are receiving property stolen from the American people & are a disgrace for accepting them 853802981
Reposted by Ann RenoRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Trump had $400 million in his PAC and he STILL decided that he needed to steal taxpayer money to pay for campaign ads for the midterms. 18540841228
Reposted by Ann RenoRep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 27/09/2026These people have no idea what’s happening in America right now. And, they don’t care. White House Deputy Chief of Staff post last night ⬇️ 28930631091
Reposted by Ann RenoSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Lyrics from Irving Berlin’s 1941 song about Hitler: “When that man is dead and gone” “Satan thought up a plan/dressed as a man/walking the earth/And since he began/the world is hell for you and me/but what a heaven it will be/when that man is dead and gone.” www.americaamerica.news/p/this-cant-...americaamerica.newsThis Can’t Go On for Two More YearsSwooning over China’s repressive communist dictator and belligerently acting out at the United Nations. Yes, it’s a psychiatric emergency. 621240385
Reposted by Ann RenoRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026US Ambassador to China David Perdue says in their recent meeting Trump asked President Xi if China wanted to buy weapons systems from the US. 3451480572
Ann Reno @akputney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Good grief. How petty. Good thing there’s nothing of a serious threat to investigate. 010
Reposted by Ann RenoAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This really was a huge, disgraceful moment for our country. Trump walked Xi past the presidential portrait display in the West Wing colonnade and said, “Trump, and then Trump, and this is the autopen… Biden. It’s Biden.” Xi can be heard laughing in the video. 2202255600
Reposted by Ann RenoSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Seriously. That’s no cartoon. 1093079969
Reposted by Ann RenoAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026We found some more fraud, waste, and abuse. The third government-funded Trump ad has been identified by AdImpact in recent days. The latest ad is nearly identical to a video Trump posted during his 2024 presidential campaign. It shows him walking down a hallway declaring, “This is the final battle.” 781913608
Reposted by Ann RenoNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026SCOTUS’s decision on the SAVE database was wrong, but unlikely to have significant immediate impact You should still vote w/ confidence! If MAGA officials try to illegally remove voters, we'll see them in court More in my weekly column @ContrarianNews.org 👇 -TNcontrariannews.orgIt Was the Best of Fridays, It Was the Worst of Fridays (Well, Kinda)Publisher’s Roundup 86 32871332
Reposted by Ann RenoPeter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026And @nytimes.com confirmed @haaretzcom.bsky.social report that UAE's leader called Netanyahu days before the attack with a warning of his own. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/w...nytimes.comNetanyahu Said to Have Been Warned by Emirati Leader About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7The warning from the leader of the United Arab Emirates, which lacked specific details about the nature of an attack, never reached the chiefs of Israel’s security establishment, Israeli officials sai... 511039
