Reposted by wordsGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Deplorable.comicsands.comEric Trump Slammed After Using Offensive Slur To Describe LA Protesters During InterviewDeplorable as ever. 2061517219
Reposted by wordsAlex Padilla @alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Whether it's chaos, cruelty or a combination of both, Trump backtracking and reprioritizing workplace ICE raids in Democratic cities is a blatantly partisan attack with immigrant communities bearing the brunt. Is Stephen Miller calling the shots or Donald Trump? 99020
Reposted by wordsColby Smith @colbylsmith.bsky.social · 18/06/2025This is a very divided Fed. Nine of the 19 officials penciled in fewer cuts this year than the median forecast for 50bp worth of cuts, with seven forecasting no more reductions and two predicting just one quarter-point move 173
Reposted by wordsSenator Elissa Slotkin @slotkin.senate.gov · 18/06/2025Shooting unarmed protestors is not theoretical. President Trump gave that order to the previous Secretary of Defense in his first term. That Secretary didn’t carry out that and other orders because he had the guts to stand up to a President. 69518162
Reposted by wordsElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 18/06/2025It's official: every Democratic Senator is united against tax handouts for billionaires and billionaire corporations. We believe nobody in this country should suffer so that Jeff Bezos can buy another yacht. 1603160503
Reposted by wordsChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/06/2025“A U.S. citizen!” And now he’s missing. Adrian Martinez tried to defend a man ICE was harassing. Video shows six agents swarming him. He struggles but doesn’t lay hands on them. They take him to the ground & shove him into a CBP vehicle. Abuse of power. Keep recording. Don’t stop. (1 of 2) 1417178809105
Reposted by wordsThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/06/2025NEW VANDY POLL: Most of 🇺🇸 believes in due process for ALL, say Trump should follow court orders, and reject him having control over University enrollment. news.vanderbilt.edu/2025/06/18/v... 7582111
Reposted by wordsBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Just another day in Donald Trump's America 1313442
Reposted by wordsDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 18/06/2025"We're all going to die anyway" - Ancient Republican Proverbnytimes.comE.P.A. Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos 27517
Reposted by wordsMother Jones @motherjones.com · 18/06/2025“I'm watching the military becoming co-opted by politicians, and where that leads is some really troubling places. If that happens, the roots of our democracy are in extreme danger.” On this week’s “More To The Story,” a retired brigadier general slams Trump’s military power grab. 15321117
Reposted by wordsKrassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 18/06/2025The most ironic tweet I have ever seen. 741054238
Reposted by wordsAmanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 18/06/2025I’m not going to wish physical ill on my fellow Americans, folks. Who do you think I am, RFK Jr? 4913
Reposted by wordsMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Trump wants to go to war with Iran for something he is directly responsible for—Iran's resumption of of the enrichment of uranium. 39827256
Reposted by wordsThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 16/06/2025A leader who uses military force to suppress his political opposition ought to lose the right to govern, @adamserwer.bsky.social argues: theatln.tc/tGfpwBhk 13507150
Reposted by wordsChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/06/2025WE HAVE QUESTIONS… This is a kidnapping. No uniform, no badge, civilian car. Who are they? ICE? Sanctioned bounty hunters? Either way, they’re grabbing people without warrants. How often is this happening, and why aren’t more people talking about it? Congress? 25442345312150
Reposted by wordsCAP Action @americanprogressaction.org · 16/06/2025Trump doesn't want you to use your voice. That's why it's more important than ever to speak up LOUDLY. 02010
Reposted by wordsEnd Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 16/06/2025The launch of Trump Mobile is more than just another tacky branding stunt. It's the latest chapter in Trump's relentless, desperate, and cartoonishly corrupt scheme to squeeze every dollar he can out of his time in the White House.washingtonpost.comTrump Organization unveils mobile phone serviceThe latest offshoot of President Donald Trump’s family business also plans to roll out a “sleek, gold” U.S.-made smartphone. 65520
Reposted by wordsBloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 16/06/2025Mark Zuckerberg’s investment in Scale AI and its founder, Alexandr Wang, shows how artificial-intelligence startups have become farm teams for the big-spending giants, @davelee.me saysbloomberg.comMeta Gets Out Its Checkbook to Catch Up in the AI RaceMark Zuckerberg’s investment in Scale AI and its founder, Alexandr Wang, shows how artificial-intelligence startups have become farm teams for the big-spending giants. 053
Reposted by wordsAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 16/06/2025🧵Please know: none of us wants to resign. Of course we want to stay to do the work and preserve the agency. But we cannot co-sign or legitimize unethical decisions that will hurt people. And the work is becoming increasingly ineffective. We applaud Fiona Havers for her bravery and integrity. 💚 221136156
Reposted by wordsMelanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Trump set US tariff policies to make every other company’s smartphones more expensive, and is launching a cheap smartphone to compete with those companies he’s regulating. This is next level corruption. 76621313
Reposted by wordsTiffany Muller @tiffanymuller.bsky.social · 16/06/2025This has never been about deporting criminals - it's about instilling fear in people, creating chaos, terrorizing communities, and now in true Trump fashion...political retribution.axios.comTrump orders ICE to hit Democrat-run cities in expanded deportation blitzICE "must expand efforts to detain and deport Illegal Aliens in ... Cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York," he said. 78439
Reposted by wordsAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/06/2025Trump's Sunday night screed about Democrats who are "sick of mind" and "hate our country" is the exact sort of rhetoric that radicalizes people like Boelter to commit acts of violence. But instead of responding to the Hortman assassination by turning down the heat, Trump keeps ramping it up.publicnotice.coMAGA political violence claims more victimsTrump’s movement relies on terror. 1072159587
Reposted by wordsAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 16/06/20252/2 Dr. Fiona Havers— We applaud your courage. We can only imagine what it took to step away from a job we love and a mission we believe in. Thank you for standing up. Thank you for speaking out. We hope to see you back at CDC—when science is allowed to lead again. 🫶 317517
Reposted by wordsHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 16/06/2025DO YOU HAVE ANY MEXICAN KIDS IN YOUR SCHOOL WE CAN DEPORT? 1836070
Reposted by wordsReuters @reuters.com · 16/06/2025American Bar Association sues to block Trump's attacks on law firms reut.rs/3SWHz09reut.rsAmerican Bar Association sues to block Trump's attacks on law firmsThe American Bar Association sued the Trump administration on Monday, seeking an order that would bar the White House from pursuing what the ABA called a campaign of intimidation against major law firms. 915537
Reposted by wordsRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Eric Trump said on Benny’s podcast this morning that they would “eventually be made in the US.” Which means never. The suckers who sign up for this deserve what they get, and guys like Benny hawking promo codes will be laughing all the way to the bank again. 1871454308
Reposted by wordskate conger @kateconger.com · 16/06/2025How Elon Musk built a false narrative about fraud at Social Security, leading DOGE to stage a messy takeover of the agency: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...nytimes.comThe Bureaucrat and the Billionaire: Inside DOGE’s Chaotic Takeover of Social Security 1519
Reposted by wordsThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 16/06/2025“Every dictator who has ever cracked down on political opposition has done so by rendering them internal foreigners in rhetoric and deed, invaders of the body politic who can justly be crushed like insects,” Adam Serwer writes:bit.lyThe Tyrant TestA leader who uses military force to suppress his political opposition ought to lose the right to govern. 720175
Reposted by wordstreliem.bsky.social @treliem.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Telemedicine = connects you with RFK jr cell Roadside assistance = J6 insurrectionists needed jobs #FuckTrump #FuckTrumpkids 031
Reposted by wordsChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/06/2025I ordered this for my front yard. 652251278
Reposted by wordsKrassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 16/06/2025I am not freaking making this up. Trump’s family just launched a mobile phone company, using the presidency to sell phones. The grifting never stops. 2971549554
Reposted by wordsreality check 🤔😕😢 @realitycheck.bsky.social · 16/06/2025At no additional cost: Built-in spyware to route all of your audio and screen usage to Kash Patel and Kristi Noem so anti-American left-wing lunatic ideology can be rooted out and expelled from our great country. IOW, don't use Bluesky on the Trump Phone. 011
Reposted by wordsBrennan Center @brennancenter.org · 16/06/2025The Trump administration's use of force to suppress dissent is contrary to deeply held American values.brennancenter.orgPadilla’s Treatment Exemplifies Administration’s Use of Force to Suppress DissentThe Trump administration has detained multiple members of Congress who were attempting to perform their oversight duties. 414852
Reposted by wordsNPR @npr.org · 16/06/2025The Los Angeles Press Club says law enforcement officers have violated press freedoms of reporters covering anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles more than three dozen times. n.pr/3Zw0tPgn.prJournalists dodge rubber bullets in covering L.A. immigration protestsThe Los Angeles Press Club says law enforcement officers have violated press freedoms of reporters covering anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles more than three dozen times. 481875692
Reposted by wordsHakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Thankful that heroic law enforcement officers have apprehended the suspected assassin in Minnesota. Vance Boelter has been charged with second degree murder and other offenses under state law. We need leadership moving forward that brings the country together. 1641217158
Reposted by wordsLawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 16/06/202581%-19% www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...nbcnews.comPoll: Americans overwhelmingly want Trump to obey court rulings, but MAGA Republicans are splitEight in 10 respondents believe the Trump administration shouldn't ignore a federal court ruling the White House doesn't like, per the new NBC News Decision Desk Poll. 922582
Reposted by wordsChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/06/2025🚨 Trump on Sunday directed federal immigration officials to prioritize mass deportations from Democratic-run cities. apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comTrump directs ICE to expand deportations in Democratic-run cities, undeterred by protestsThis comes after large protests erupted in Los Angeles and other major cities against the Trump administration’s immigration policies. 3317683
Reposted by wordsThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/06/2025GOV. WALZ: “This cannot be the norm. It cannot be the way we deal with our political differences.” 237102341868
Reposted by wordsSahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Two of the three states with the largest population of people in the U.S. illegally are the red states of Texas and Florida. Trump, notably, does not name their cities when calling on ICE to execute more aggressive immigration raids. He does, however, name LA, Chicago and New York. 1122507844
Reposted by wordsThe Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Do not give it to him 👇 #ResistTrump 223144
Reposted by wordsJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Tariffs will... Solve illegal immigration, rid us of fentanyl, secure national defense, create manufacturing jobs, generate tax revenue (to fund childcare/cut the deficit/pay for tax cuts/replace income tax), eliminate trade deficits, create leverage for trade deals and now ALLOW US TO SEND LETTERS. 3040858
Reposted by wordsACLU @aclu.org · 15/06/2025Reminder to Arkansas officials: Public schools are no place for religious indoctrination. We'll see you in court. 12856751265
