Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialBlueDream @58bugeye.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Trump recently said May and June payrolls growth was 150,000 per month. FACT: They were actually only 10,000 per month! Was it just an honest mistake when Trump overestimated it by 1,400%? 44620
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialSaigonbond @ogsaigonbond.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Virginia Giuffre's family wants all Epstein files to be released. Her family says that Virginia Giuffre wanted the files to be released. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqUE...youtube.comFamily of Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre wants files releasedYouTube video by CNN 194
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialRepublicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 01/08/2025You literally can’t make this sh*t up Donald Trump launched a youth sports initiative at the White House today, appearing alongside Lawrence Taylor, a registered sex offender who pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct involving a trafficked 16-year-old girl A new low. 2251569718
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/08/2025We are very far over the cliff here folks 759125055358
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 01/08/2025COLBERT: You warned everyone…he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid, alienate our allies, give tax cuts to the rich. I know you're not here to say 'I told you so' but would you like to? HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation. 740245658015
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialdarren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 01/08/2025 353137564222
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/08/2025DUN-DUN-DUN -- Maria Bartiromo and company react with stunned silence to a "disappointing" jobs report showing only 73,000 jobs were created in July 1003105412703
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.social📎𝑹𝒐𝒙𝒊𝒆 🌹💙🐾 @roxierose2.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Fact: The President of the United States has a worse criminal record than 99% of the people he is deporting. 339178154697
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 31/07/2025 560270979054
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Excellent question. 1851360497
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialmarikosegawa.bsky.social @marikosegawa.bsky.social · 30/07/2025#ResistanceUnited #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue 😃Pete does it again, explaining how the current regime damages your everyday life without using big, abstract words. Video Captioned version x.com/victorshi202... 17309172
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialRepublicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Q: What did you think Epstein was stealing those women for? Trump: walks away The American people deserve to know the truth. Release the files! 39643172
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/07/2025“A turn away from everything decent” 18596402816
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/07/2025‘1984’ is upon us 630154906726
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialAnother Disappointing Day in The Obituaries @deadlyvices.bsky.social · 29/07/2025You've reminded me of possibly the most useful piece of advice my father (or anyone for that matter) gave me: when someone is making an effort to say something, listen quietly to what they say, then go away and think about it afterwards. Every day people all around me fail to do that simple thing. 1624
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 25/07/2025Forty percent of the nearly 112,000 arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from Jan. 20 through late June were of convicted criminals. That’s compared with 53% of the nearly 51,000 arrests for same time period in 2024 under the Biden administration.azmirror.comFewer than half of ICE arrests under Trump are convicted criminalsThe Trump administration's immigration arrests have been catching a smaller share of criminals overall than the Biden administration did. 21015
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialOhio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 25/07/2025The Trump administration’s immigration arrests have been catching a smaller share of criminals overall, and a smaller share of people convicted of violent and drug crimes, than the Biden administration did in the same time frame. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/25/f...ohiocapitaljournal.comFewer than half of ICE arrests under Trump are convicted criminals • Ohio Capital JournalThe Trump administration’s immigration arrests have been catching a smaller share of criminals overall, and a smaller share of people convicted of violent and drug crimes, than the Biden… 43723
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 25/07/2025"Epstein clearly had access to enormous financing to operate his sex trafficking network, and the details on how he got the cash to pay for it are sitting in a Treasury Department filing cabinet." trib.al/ZTn3IyO 22259262352
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Jeffrey Epstein’s first accuser says she warned the FBI on two occasions to look into Trump’s conduct as an associate of the disgraced sex offender.thedailybeast.comEpstein Victim Twice Named Trump to Law EnforcementThe disgraced financier’s former employee recalled an alleged incident in which the president stared at her bare legs. 7235511407
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialSaigonbond @ogsaigonbond.bsky.social · 21/07/2025The Senate bill would add $4.1 trillion to the national debt through FY 2034, $1.1 trillion more than the House. We estimate the legislation would add $5.5 trillion to the debt if made permanent and more if various provisions are removed to comply with the Byrd rule. www.crfb.org/blogs/senate...crfb.orgThe Senate OBBBA in Charts | Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget2025-06-30-Update (7/2/2025): The analysis below has been updated based CBO's initial estimate of the Senate-passe 011
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 21/07/2025@raskin.house.gov: "They'd conscripted 1000 FBI agents to be working around the clock 24 hours going through 100,000 Epstein documents and told them to flag any mentions of Donald Trump... This might be one of the most massive cover-ups in the history of the United States unfolding before our eyes." 27674462940
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialThe Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 20/07/2025“When a group of white and African American integrationists entered a St. Augustine, Fla. segregated hotel pool in 1964, the hotel manager poured acid into it.” On the important but forgotten history of segregated swimming pools:buff.lyThe forgotten history of segregated swimming pools and amusement parksMunicipal swimming pools flourished in the 20th century. But too often, their success was based on the exclusion of African Americans. 63420
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Who wants to tell him they call this “Mexican Coke”? 2643321434
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialRepublicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 20/07/2025NEW: Jeffrey Epstein accuser Maria Farmer told the New York Times she reported a troubling encounter with Donald Trump to the FBI in both 1996 and 2006. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/u...nytimes.comAn Accuser’s Story Suggests How Trump Might Appear in the Epstein Files 23648236
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 20/07/2025It was exactly 6 months ago that this administration issued blanket pardons to everyone involved in the January 6 insurrection. 1593443891
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 17/07/2025The good news is we outnumber Maga. We have to reach the apathetic and disenfranchised voters. We have to stop worrying about Maga. They will never change. 1043333
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 17/07/2025He told his cult members that he would release the Epstein files, only to reverse it and tell them to stop talking about the Epstein files. Here’s the deal: they will stop talking about it. Give it a month. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...open.substack.comThe Epstein Files Fallout Will Not Touch HimAnd I am very sorry to say that... 3212406587
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 17/07/2025I hate to say I told you so but… I told you so. #mythofantiwartrump 395149505235
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialJohnnyMangu @johnnybarbu.bsky.social · 17/07/2025#JasmineCrockett: “Clearly you’ve got something to hide Mr. President… We know that he had this ongoing relationship with #Epstein, they were basically like besties... We know that this is someone who has been found liable of sexual abuse by a jury of his peers… I know he’s got something to hide.” 305134923642
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Fair question! Wild that more aren’t asking this. 26958722142
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialBarb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Trump is trying to transmogrify the Epstein files into a conspiracy by … wait for it … Democrats!  A master class in gaslighting!  Let’s monitor this development and see if the MAGA tribe takes the bait.  www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u...nytimes.comTrump’s New Strategy on Epstein Fallout: Blame the DemocratsPresident Trump said the outrage among his supporters over the Epstein case was just the latest “scam” cooked up by Democrats. 4342896
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialFreedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 14/07/2025Trump’s $45B ICE budget fuels secretive, for-profit detention facilities shielded from FOIA and public scrutiny. This must change. ICE is not the secret police—no matter how much it might like to be. Read more + subscribe to our secrecy newsletter, The Classifieds.freedom.pressICE shouldn’t be allowed to run de facto secret prisonsPlus: Transparency isn’t a fireable offense. Tulsi Gabbard didn’t get the memo 711861
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialPatti @pattidezgn4u.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Treasolinis raping of children at Epsteins place is described in detail in depositions from the girls involved, witnesses and excerpts from the actual trial that people exposed. Everyone was under oath and not privy to others testimony. Why are we even questioning his pedophilia at this point. 152
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.social#ResistOfficial @resistofficial.bsky.social · 13/07/2025This is illegal and violating so many civil rights it isn't even funny. Court orders don't help when they aren't obeyed or ENFORCED. Laws don't work when they are disregard and BROKEN. This has to stop. People are going to die. 10930931346
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/07/2025This is the sort of smoking gun connection between a decision and outcome that gets people fired in a normal government 6049391441
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 12/07/2025🚨NEW: When ICE raided a Californian farm yesterday, they snatched & disappeared a disabled US veteran who was in his car. They smashed his window, peppered sprayed him & dragged him to the floor. Listen to his wife & sister here, distraught. No-one will tell them where he is. (🎥 ABC 7 News) 43799655569
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/07/2025Moskowitz: "Kristi Noem doesn't know what she is doing. She has no idea what she is doing when it comes to FEMA ... what she did is she broke it, and she broke it on purpose so that when it fails this summer, she can say, 'Oh, see, we told you -- FEMA doesn't work.'" 749192516190
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.social✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 11/07/2025ICE agents are kinda like vampires. 🧛🏻♂️ They can only come into certain spaces. At most workplaces they can only be in *public* not *private* spaces. These baddies from Organized Power in Numbers are helping small businesses like bars and cafes ICE-proof their workspaces and keep their staff safe. 24488285
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialMorgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 12/07/2025I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Donald Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 15042621878
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialDoug Merrill 🌻 @bagatsen.bsky.social · 12/07/2025People using the unaccountable secret police to settle private scores. Happened in the Soviet Union, happened in Nazi Germany, happens under lots of dictatorships. Happening now in the United States of America. The lesson is, don't have an unaccountable secret police force. 3427091011
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/07/2025it’s actually perfect that the epstein list is the thing pulling apart the MAGA faithful and not, like, literally anything else 893861363
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialRoger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 12/07/2025DOJ has now fired 26 people who worked on Jack Smith's team. Pure political vengeance against professionals committed to the rule of law. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...reuters.comUS Justice fires nine more employees from Jack Smith's team, sources sayU.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday fired at least nine more Justice Department employees who worked for Special Counsel Jack Smith to investigate President Donald Trump's retention of classified records and efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to five people familiar with the matter. 49667262
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialThe chicken lady @chickenlady.bsky.social · 12/07/2025I have been posting Josef Ackerman's interview with a swiss TV since 2017, where he brags of being the connection between Russian oligarchs & Trump, because the billionaires want to manage a country like a business. FBI completely ignored this, always wondering out loud: Hm, how can we prove this?media.tenor.coma man in a pink hat is covering his mouth with his hand .ALT: a man in a pink hat is covering his mouth with his hand . 275
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialThe Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 12/07/2025The Supreme Court left open one legal option for a nationwide challenge to Trump’s order banning birthright citizenship, and lawyers for newborns who would be affected by the order have used that option. theconversation.com/how-citizens...theconversation.comHow citizenship chaos was averted, for now, by a class action injunction against Trump’s birthright citizenship orderThe Supreme Court can still invalidate the newest national injunction and allow the order to go into effect anywhere it is not currently barred from doing so. That would create administrative chaos,… 0215
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 12/07/2025We've now arrived at the Tiananmen Square phase of the Trump administration 8529291127
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialBeing Liberal ®🗽🏳️🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 12/07/2025"The USA can't afford to help the People" 21332148
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialJ.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com · 12/07/2025It's just remarkable that the president of the United States is running an extortion racket in broad daylight and not only is the nation apparently unable to stop it, hardly anyone will even call it what it obviously is. 7137051321
Reposted by @alwaysoptimistic7.bsky.socialDr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 12/07/2025"Wow who would have though that electing a rapist would have complicated the release of the Epstein Files?" AOC 463557664
