Reposted by AlissaJames Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 05/07/2025It's so funny how these guys say "import the third world, become the third world" and then their own policy preferences end up converging with the taliban 934904804 0
Reposted by AlissaSam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 05/07/2025I’m sorry, “yes we sourced a story using stolen personal data about a nonwhite politician brokered by a neonazi BUT the story illuminates the complex nature of racial identity” does not pass the laugh test 19111301579 0
Reposted by AlissaJoe Berkowitz @joeberkowitz.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Really can’t hear anything more about a supposed masculinity crisis from men whose response to a powerful woman mocking the president is “Daddy should bomb you” 601619331 0
Reposted by AlissaSteve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 23/06/2025VOA's Persian Service did not carry live President Trump's speech about bombing Iran. The few remaining staffers describe a catastrophic failure due to Kari Lake's removal of most of their colleagues. The video of the speech could not be uploaded to the VOA Farsi website for 12 hours. 12404181 0
Reposted by AlissaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Tough day for the America First MAGA faithful. 901641326 0
Reposted by AlissaMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23/06/2025They’re preemptively trying to blame Biden for any attacks on Americans that result from Trump’s war. Absolutely desperate. 3143528777 0
Reposted by AlissaMegan Cassella @megancnbc.bsky.social · 22/06/2025VANCE: "Our view has been very clear that we don't want a regime change." HEGSETH: "This mission was not and has not been about regime change." RUBIO: Regime change is "certainly not the goal of what we're working on here." TRUMP: 24546191196 0
Reposted by AlissaMarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social · 15/06/2025They should throw a cybertruck in the harbor. 733627 0
Reposted by AlissaBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 09/06/2025I'm not a historian but my analysis is it's "Not good" when a government constantly commits crimes and tells the legislature, courts, and general public "What are you gonna do about it" 61103321998 0
Reposted by AlissaJosh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen. 8785585016965 0
Reposted by AlissaAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/06/2025It is completely unlawful for ICE to turn away members of Congress like this. The law could not be more clear; no member of Congress may be denied access to a facility where ICE is detaining someone, and they cannot be required to schedule in advance. Surprise inspections must be surprise. 20991263424 0
Reposted by AlissaAnn Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Immigration hater and hypocrite anntelnaes.substack.com/p/stephen-mi... 10765225 0
Reposted by AlissaMallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 09/06/2025NIH is cutting research on mRNA vaccines. NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya signed a petition calling for a halt on the vaccines & said many people view it as a "bad platform." But in 2021 he wrote a white paper praising the technology as an example of the type of breakthrough science NIH should fund. 7334142 0
Reposted by AlissaLarry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 05/06/2025It's been overtaken by the Musk-Trump feud, but this session with Merz continues Trump's streak of the most embarrassing/appalling Oval Office meetings with foreign leaders in modern U.S. history. 762452476 0
Reposted by AlissaDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Might be a lesson here somewhere about outsourcing capacity for key government services to a guy who lives in a lair under a volcano 392702446 0
Reposted by AlissaJack Leonard @jack-leonard.bsky.social · 14/05/2025BREAKING: Attorney General Pam Bondi sold more than $1 million worth of Trump Media stock the day Trump announced bruising new tariffs on "Liberation Day." @propublica.org's @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @bxroberts.org have the exclusive story. www.propublica.org/article/pam-...propublica.orgU.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping TariffsDisclosure forms show that Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares on April 2. That day, after the market closed, Trump’s “Liberation Day” press conference sent the market tumblin... 27512186 0
Reposted by Alissa🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 15/05/2025But I am assured by the major press that Biden's age is the major story, not attacks on rights and liberties. 0263 0
Reposted by Alissa𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐋™ @devononearth.bsky.social · 15/05/2025It's so illustrative of the pettiness of fascism. An undercover ICE agent cuts a guy off then arrests him for honking his horn. Then they arrest his mother and threaten his wife and child when the family complains 721654 0
Reposted by AlissaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/05/2025DeLAURO: Are you planning to break the law by impounding appropriated funds? RFK Jr: If you appropriate the funds, I'm going to spend them D: We have! You're cutting the NIH by $18b. Congress appropriated those funds. How can you justify cutting billions from the biomedical research budget? 706180275370 0
Reposted by AlissaCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Good lord. 🤡 @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... 36893622772 0
Reposted by AlissaAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 14/05/2025This is why they can't fix it: it's not broken It's *structurally indifferent to truth* 14516186 0
Reposted by AlissaPaul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Indian response in HT is basically "LOL no": www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/i...hindustantimes.com 2148 0
Reposted by AlissaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Every time a new scandal is reported from the Trump admin, which is every few hours, their first reaction is to call the story fake news, their second reaction is to vow to hunt down and jail the leakers, and their third reaction is to threaten the media company who published it. 15343651044 0
Reposted by AlissaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Better refill your prescriptions now, because you may not be able to get them soon. 166381612117 0
Reposted by AlissaEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 11/05/2025On a totally unrelated note apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comTrump company strikes Qatari golf resort deal in a sign it's not holding back from foreign businessThe Trump family company has struck a deal for a luxury golf resort in Qatar. It's a sign that the company has no plans to hold back from foreign dealmaking during a second Trump administration. 16494208 0
Reposted by AlissaMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Trump lying again. He’s desperate for any kind of win. 1715038 0
Reposted by AlissaAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/05/2025I cannot express enough how much these people actively hate the U.S. Constitution and would tear it into shreds if they were permitted. 972259483 0
Reposted by AlissaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/05/2025The House spent a whole week on Gulf of America and Senate Republicans won’t even bring it to the floor for a vote. Another productive week for the Republican Congress. 1994890971 0
Reposted by AlissaThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 09/05/2025“In the first three months, the Trump family has become $3 billion wealthier, so that’s a billion dollars a month.”newrepublic.comYou Won’t Believe How Much Richer the Trumps Have Gotten This YearHow in the hell does he get away with this? Here’s the answer. 1621518765 0
Reposted by AlissaAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 10/05/2025This is such an excellent point and media should be reporting it this way. (This is in reference to Miller’s preposterous but still dangerous claim earlier today about the executive branch considering suspending the writ) 6450591475 0
Reposted by AlissaJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 09/05/2025The Library of Congress is a research library. The Congressional Research Service researches for Congress. Scholars & researchers apply for passes to research. NO children’s section. Even the general public has very limited access. 1372274887 0
Reposted by AlissaAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/05/2025The new Pope didn't tweet once in 2024. In 2025, he's posted 5 times, in which he: - Criticized JD Vance's views on Catholicism and Jesus - Posted an article opposing Trump's immigration policies - Retweeted twice about the Pope's health - Retweeted a criticism of Trump & Bukele's laughter at KAG. 171100583153 0
Reposted by AlissaHector Diaz @iamhectordiaz.com · 08/05/2025A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope 37285828051 0
Reposted by AlissaJP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 08/05/2025gonna start saying “is the pope from Chicago?” when someone asks me an obvious question 536894994 0
Reposted by AlissaDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 08/05/2025The new surgeon general is an anti-vax wellness influencer who dropped out of their medical residency after attending Stanford Medical School? 421139213 0
Reposted by AlissaJosh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 08/05/2025So, yeah, Morgan is generally very bad. But this is actually a model for how interviewers should follow up with people saying outlandish things and not just move on to the next topic. 2051691 0
Reposted by AlissaJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 05/05/2025If Trump is serious about tariffs on movies, it's a very dangerous escalation. Tariffs have not traditionally been applied to services, and the United States is a massive net exporter of services. We would be extremely vulnerable to any service-based retaliation. 29041341093 0
Reposted by AlissaArt Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Donald Trump announces that they’re taking away Harvard’s tax exempt status. The likelihood of Harvard actually losing its 501(c)(3) status is equal to that of Donald actually weighing 224 pounds… 381016218 0
Reposted by AlissaNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Magnificent. Not only has Grok gone rogue on Musk but it’s now turned whistleblower. 361314414 0
Reposted by AlissaDavid Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Nazi Germany surrendered in May 1945. For Americans, the Second World War would rage for three more months, until VJ Day in August. But for Russians and those influenced by them, "Victory Day" falls in May. Trump follows the Russian practice, not the American. 37243661358 0
Reposted by AlissaMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 02/05/2025The Republican Party is not a political movement – it's a criminal enterprise.cnn.comA crypto mogul who invested millions into Trump coins is getting a reprieve on civil fraud charges | CNN BusinessA businessman who pumped $75 million into the Trump family-backed crypto token finds himself in a fortunate position this week as federal securities regulators are hitting pause on their civil fraud c... 451299440 0
Reposted by AlissaMiranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 02/05/2025So he's... defunding the police? 45814 0
Reposted by AlissaHorselessAge @horselessage.bsky.social · 01/05/2025A section titled what?? In a chapter titled WHAT???? 13650571699 0
Reposted by AlissaBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Insane North Korea cult of personality stuff. Government officials swear an oath to the Constitution, not the president. 731392301 0
Reposted by AlissaJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Despite seeing several people I totally trust say this was real I still felt I had to verify it with my own eyes. And having done so I still can't believe it's real. 3017191513334 0
