Reposted by alanbpcnyAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Ellison: This is the essence of dictatorship. It’s the essence of it. And we’ve got to get over the idea that this couldn’t happen here. Not only could it happen here—it’s happening here. 271114093865
Reposted by alanbpcnyRabbi Iris Richman @rabbir.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Posting this for no particular reason www.politico.com/news/2024/05...politico.comTrump pressed oil executives to give $1 billion for his campaign, people in industry say"This is a scandal" and "an indictment of the system" — but probably legal, one legal watchdog told POLITICO. 132
Reposted by alanbpcnyGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2025This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment. 12534757015083
Reposted by alanbpcnySherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 27/07/2025I do not care that you are not “surprised.” Please. You have no idea how tiresome it is when you post that something horrible, fascist, authoritarian is “not surprising.” Nothing is “surprising” anymore. But a lot of it is horrible and frightening. Let’s deal with it together. 204109051639
Reposted by alanbpcnyJen Rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 04/08/2025illinois gov. JB pritzker responds to ken paxton's threat to arrest TX democrats who fled the state: "they're here in illinois. we're going to do everything we can to protect every single one of them." 773872754
Reposted by alanbpcnyPolling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 19/07/2025"Canada must remove barriers with the European Union to more deeply integrate Canada's economy with the EU in order to reduce our dependence on the US" 🟢 Agree: 85% 🔴 Disagree: 12% open.substack.com/pub/canadian...open.substack.comAs U.S. Relations Sour, Canadians Seek EU AlignmentVast majority of Canadians support deeper economic ties with the European Union 223049
alanbpcny @alanbpcny.bsky.social · 19/06/2025@matthewkaminski.bsky.social Did I hear Candy Man for Lindor? 000
Reposted by alanbpcnyCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/05/2025#WorldPressFreedomDay 🔥 @froomkin.bsky.social 161113614249
Reposted by alanbpcnyGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Check out this little doggie jacket that I ordered for Clyde, my Corgi. I think it’s perfect. #PawsOff2025 832279622699
alanbpcny @alanbpcny.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Fuck you, Reince Priebus. #ABCThisWeek #Murkowski #Threats 010
Reposted by alanbpcnyeileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Spotted in Durham, NC today (📷: Barbara Lau) 5735156
alanbpcny @alanbpcny.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Chilling on several levels. This will do permanent damage to the US's limited but critical role in helping to maintain human rights standards outside (and inside) the US. Compliance with these long-standing norms is viewed as a nuisance, to merely be complied with, rather than as an active pursuit. 020
Reposted by alanbpcnyPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 17/04/2025The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before. 18295325813427
Reposted by alanbpcnyGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/04/2025I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... 11453865611951
alanbpcny @alanbpcny.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Gee, I wonder why we don't hear Anthony Fauci on measles and vaccines. Gee Donald, thank you for removing his SecretService protection, enabling death threats against him to keep him quiet. #FaceTheNation 000
Reposted by alanbpcnySen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 02/04/2025After getting some rest, I am in awe of everyone who continues to lift their voice and speak out. This is a moment for our country, and we must make a choice about the America we want to be. 42158298010780
Reposted by alanbpcnyAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 12/03/2025I am in shock at the stupidity of @gavinnewsom.bsky.social inviting Steve Bannon on his podcast. Many of us on the right sacrificed careers to fight Bannon, and Newsom is trying to make a career and a presidential run by building him up. Unforgivable and insane 1545184093013
Reposted by alanbpcnySherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 06/03/2025This is utterly heartless. 50722196
Reposted by alanbpcnyGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/03/2025The latest news from Burlington, Vermont. 😄🇺🇦 790234654829
Reposted by alanbpcnyGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Better not call it a “vaccine” or it might not get approved. Maybe market it as a recreational drug. 834224754706
Reposted by alanbpcnyGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 19/02/2025I’m George Takei and I approve of this message. 226914323629849
Reposted by alanbpcnyPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 17/02/2025If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them. 214312430431290
Reposted by alanbpcnyMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Dear @Doge If there is nothing to hide. Hide nothing 20379446412694
Reposted by alanbpcnySherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Understand that Trump and Musk are off doing their own thing. The base has outlived its usefulness. 651679343
Reposted by alanbpcnyCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out. This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes. 14947046215677
Reposted by alanbpcnyAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 03/02/2025We need a group of lawyers who are willing to take every lawsuit from every fired federal employee to the max. Bury this admin in lawsuits 25536984213986
Reposted by alanbpcnyAuntieU @umaija.bsky.social · 03/02/2025In case you didn't notice, there is an active coup going on. Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social: "Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup." 0113
Reposted by alanbpcnyGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Perfectly captured. 14348139317129
Reposted by alanbpcnyMeagan Hatcher-Mays @importantmeagan.bsky.social · 02/02/2025look I’m no messaging expert but it seems like the American people might be interested to know that Donald Trump just gave our social security numbers to a teen called BigBalls 7573652771
Reposted by alanbpcnyFriendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 02/02/2025The four bros who were acting suspicious and kept trying to go into the building left about 30 minutes ago. 572440229
Reposted by alanbpcnyWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 03/02/2025A US-Canada conflict is the only conflict in living memory where uncomplicated revolutionary defeatism would be the correct answer from Americans 1165079
Reposted by alanbpcnyChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/02/2025Just so we are clear, we are messaging to ourselves—that’s okay as long as we know it. He makes a damn good point here… 441589318