Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 29/11/2025In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders: 11578612077
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialJeff Cohen for Congress @jeffcohen4congress.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Pete Hegseth strikes again. (Literally) He should've been fired by Signalgate, but as we see with his art of the deal negotiations with Russia and Ukraine, his foreign policy is disastrous for our national security. Trump demonstrates again he is no judge of character. 619330
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialNPR @npr.org · 10/11/2025Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.n.pr50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake SuperiorTwenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot. 22707216
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/11/2025“More and more cabinet members — Rubio, Miller, Noem — live on military bases now, & it's another parallel to Iraq, where the administration lived in the Green Zone. There’s something deeply unhealthy about a society where leaders are literally shut off from the communities that they govern.”publicnotice.coDon Moynihan on "Purge, Merge, and Surge""Instead of surging in Iraq, it’s happening here in American cities." 812122854345
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Wendy’s plans to close hundreds of its restaurants in an effort to 'boost its profit and make its remaining stores more appealing'huffpost.comWendy's To Close Hundreds Of U.S. StoresThe latest round of closures comes on top of the 240 U.S. Wendy's locations that shuttered in 2024. 6130165
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 03/11/2025-Sep 30: USDA releases guidance saying they can use contingency fund -Oct 10: USDA tells states to prepare for lapse -Oct 23: USDA deletes guidance saying they can use contingency fund -Oct 24: USDA says it can’t use contingency fund -Oct 31: Courts tell USDA to release funds -Nov 1: no funds go out 19863377
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/11/2025This SNAP Shutoff Comes at the Worst Possible Time As food prices soar and kids are home for the holidays, families will have more mouths to feed and less money to do it.newrepublic.comThis SNAP Shutoff Comes at the Worst Possible TimeAs food prices soar and kids are home for the holidays, families will have more mouths to feed and less money to do it. 16348134
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialSarah Good @sassy0210.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Monday Friends #2 @allie-froglegs.bsky.social @sedahr.bsky.social @dama2spirits.bsky.social @jen4man.bsky.social @habsmtlcanadiens.bsky.social @trixie57.bsky.social @gmoyer17.bsky.social @adoboblue.bsky.social @oneveteransoath.bsky.social @itistherealjas.bsky.social 129432
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialm @keptsimple.bsky.social · 26/10/2025he'll be talking about this for years and he's already forgotten who charlie kirk was 652154319
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialPeter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 26/10/2025NEVER FORGET: In July 2025, the GOP passed the BBB with $75B in additional, multi-year funding to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). BUT the GOP Congress will NOT negotiate to EXTEND ACA Subsidies for 20M+ Americans for $32B. #GOPPriorities 10537831789
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialGingerSpice💙 @thedesertginger.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Couple of regular citizens doing the jobs of our elected officials 411835
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/10/2025RADDATZ: Should the president be meeting with Democrats to end the shutdown? BESSENT: Well, what good does it do, Martha? 180746185
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/10/2025He got the Speaker he wanted - a cuck who will sit in the corner and let him do whatever he pleases whenever he wants. 1816217437081
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 25/10/2025The president doesn’t have a constitutional right to impose a tariff because he doesn’t like a foreign country’s TV ad. I know this doesn’t matter to the dictator in the White House, but I thought I’d point it out in case we ever start following the Constitution again.nytimes.comTrump Announces Tariff Increase on Canada Over Reagan Ad Spat 40978297
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialDemocrats @democrats.org · 25/10/2025Trump breaks everything he touches. 31490161
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialI Should’ve Been a Cowgirl @seizeday.bsky.social · 25/10/2025😂🤣 He’s a rapist. He’s raping everything in his path. He oozes rage. He’s gotta go. TY Maureen💙 @moberzan.bsky.social @carlchri.bsky.social @vad333.bsky.social @hollychessman.bsky.social @boldsea.bsky.social @jen4man.bsky.social @seizeday.bsky.social @princess-vimentin.bsky.social 52112
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 25/10/2025the way Trump and his administration keep going on livestreams and tv to laugh about this, I can’t really compare it to anything political that comes to mind, only thing that comes to mind rn is a serial killer who writes letter taunting family of their victim. 8640411334
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialJoey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 25/10/2025The UC Regents finally released the “settlement agreement” the Trump administration proposed in August. It’s a doozy. UC alumni, faculty, staff, students, parents, donors—and all citizens of California: Now is the time to let the UC Regents know you do not want them to sign this bad deal.perma.ccucop.eduThis is an archive of https://ucop.edu/communications/_files/confidential-rule-408-communication-ucla-08-08-25.pdf from Saturday 25, October 2025 9561255
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 26/10/2025Jack Smith speaks out. Letitia James turns the tables on Trump's hand-picked prosecutor. Melania's bluff is called with a lawsuit concerning her relationship with Epstein. A major Supreme Court ruling looms. All this and much more on Legal AF at 8p ET/5p PT.youtube.comLIVE: BREAKING NEWS on LEGAL AF…POPOK and MEISELAS - 10/25/2025 | Legal AFYouTube video by MeidasTouch 271516332
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 25/10/2025Japan has its first female prime minister in Sanae Takaichi. But women in the country still struggle to enter politics, lead corporations or participate in some traditions.bloom.bgJapan Has Its First Woman Leader. Just Don’t Ask Her About FeminismSanae Takaichi’s rise marks a milestone, but women in Japan still struggle to enter politics, lead corporations, or share in some of its most revered traditions. 2327
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 25/10/2025The Pentagon accepted a $130 million anonymous donation to pay active-duty troops during the government shutdown, a move that raises questions about private funding. The contribution will only cover a small amount of the funds needed to pay the troops.washingtonpost.comPentagon to use $130 million anonymous donation to help pay troopsThe amount is less than a day’s worth of salaries. Fiscal policy experts say the move also raises legal questions. 648646
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/10/2025He’s building Noah’s Arc? bsky.app/profile/atru... 3081326270
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialCNN @cnn.com · 25/10/2025The Justice Department announced today it will monitor polling sites in six counties in California and New Jersey ahead of November 4 elections, as voters prepare to cast their ballots in less than two weeks.cnn.comJustice Department to monitor polling sites in six counties in California and New Jersey | CNN PoliticsThe Justice Department announced today it will monitor polling sites in six counties in California and New Jersey ahead of November 4 elections, as voters prepare to cast their ballots in less than tw... 767731
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Today in Politics, Bulletin 235. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...open.substack.comToday in Politics, Bulletin 235. 10/24/25… DOJ is sending federal election observers into CA and NJ to monitor elections taking place in less than two weeks. 52812215
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 25/10/2025Coffee prices are up, and Brazilian bean reserves in the US are down. Tariffs are part of the story. The other is — you guessed it — climate change. Today’s newsletter sheds light on what’s going on with your morning joe.bloom.bgTariffs and Climate Change Push Coffee Prices UpCoffee prices are up, and Brazilian bean reserves in the US are down. Tariffs are part of the story. The other is — you guessed it — climate change. Today’s newsletter sheds light on what’s going on with your morning joe. 48531
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialMJ 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @ambientheat.bsky.social · 25/10/2025He can’t find a way to profit himself by doing anything to lower prices so that’s not something he’s interested in. 072
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialMichael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 22/10/2025The Speaker doesn't sound alarmed about a tax-payer funded quarter billion dollar payout directly to Trump's pocket. 2546486
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/10/2025So the senator who is retiring condemns it and the two senators up for reelection wanting Trump’s endorsement won’t comment. Courageous and principled as always. 1601661468
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22/10/2025Much of the White House's East Wing was torn down to make way for President Trump’s planned ballroom. “They’re wrecking it,” said political scientist Martha Joynt Kumar. “And these are changes that can’t be undone. They’re destroying that history forever.” wapo.st/4hmL8rC 48284124
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialsunflowerpin.bsky.social @sunflowerpin.bsky.social · 22/10/2025And Trump is building his ballroom so he can entertain all the billionaires and dictators that he drools over! 022
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialJoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Holy fucking shit!! The East Wing is gone. It’s fucking gone. 3122073577
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialYayger @yayger.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Why the fuck is ICE buying guided missiles, chemical weapons, and artillery? What are they planning to do with it, exactly? We're not nearly freaking out enough! www.msn.com/en-us/news/u... 40581321
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialJen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 21/10/2025"According to reporting by [the AP], the project went ahead despite not being formally approved by the National Capital Planning Commission, the federal agency that oversees such operations, which is currently closed due to a nationwide government shutdown." www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...aljazeera.comWhat to know about Trump’s plan to build $250m White House ballroomIt's the first major structural change to the mansion since extensive renovations under President Truman in 1948. 42448164
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.social@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Sargassum twice the size of the USA is bad. Very bad. It’s blocking light to our coral reefs, emitting toxic gases, rots seaweed, & deprives fish of vital oxygen. This is caused by-you guessed it-humans & our inability to care for our Earth. Please read. #ProudBlue unionrayo.com/en/great-atl...unionrayo.comIt's official—the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt has become an unprecedented ocean phenomenon, fueled by nutrients from the Amazon, fertilizers, and sewageSince a few years ago, scientists have been observing something strange happening in the Atlantic Ocean. They saw a huge brown layer spreading through the 7147132
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialJason Dogwood 💙 🏳️🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 21/10/2025The tyrant tears the People's house down to raise a hall of mirrors. This is not a remodel, it’s an assault. The unmasking of a king. Our country is asleep while the echo of a republic bleeds out beneath the ballroom floor. These images should enrage every patriotic American. 1181824818
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.social@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 21/10/2025The Trump shutdown is literally taking food from hungry babies. Ironically, JD Vance’s mother used WIC to feed him as a child-(such a socialist!) Democrats offer a solution to protect WIC funding. Gee I wonder what the GOP will do…? #Pinks #OneV1 #ProudBlue www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comDemocrats launch bid to fund nutrition program for low-income women and kids amid shutdownExclusive: Congressional Democrats set to introduce bill to shore up the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program 6206151
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialzebrah.bsky.social @zebrah.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Rampant disregard for history and the belief that the White House somehow is donald’s to own is making me sick 🤢🤬😤😡. This cartel needs to be stopped. #nofascistsusa #MomSky apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comThe White House starts demolishing part of the East Wing to build Trump's ballroomThe White House has started tearing down part of the East Wing to build the ballroom President Donald Trump wants added to the building. Demolition started Monday. 97644
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Trump’s new ballroom you’re paying for is going to be bigger than the White House itself. Because he believes he is more important than the country. The symbolism is disgraceful and obvious. Again: Republicans would lose their minds if Obama did this. 33525021047
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialJules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Not sure where this confusion is coming from with Black people voting for Trump. Yes, there are some (who have been cancelled) - but the majority of Black people know Trump is a racist and did not want him as president. This is a dead conversation for me. Dead! 49257
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 21/10/2025This is what a Republican cover-up looks like. Mike Johnson has been keeping the House in recess for weeks now so lawmakers can't vote on releasing the Epstein files. Instead of assurances from known liars, RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES. 54564188
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 21/10/2025I would take this even a bit further and say that the death cult Trump now leads is on a glide path to forever power and the end of American democracy. In other words, if nothing changes from how things are going right now, it is highly unlikely America will be *any* sort of democracy by early 2027. 23421172
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/10/2025Bondi put 1000+ personnel on finding and tagging Trump’s name in the Epstein files. There were training videos showing them how. I’ve filed a FOIA for those videos and have sued the government to get them. 23436881143
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 21/10/2025This is the asymmetry in our politics and media. If this was the other way around, Biden had pardoned someone then charged with trying to kill Trump, it would be the biggest story in America and every Republican commentator, congressman, news outlet, would be screaming about it in unison.cbsnews.comPardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this weekA pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill the top House Democrat. 12250491680
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/10/2025The man, who was one of nearly 1,600 individuals Donald Trump and Republicans let loose onto the streets, allegedly wrote in texts: "I cannot allow this terrorist to live" and "Even if I am hated, [Jeffries] must be eliminated, I will kill him for the future." 2/2 28805185
Reposted by @an17cu.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/10/2025🚨 A January 6 rioter pardoned by Donald Trump has been ARRESTED for allegedly THREATENING TO ASSASSINATE Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. 1/ 21632731172
