Reposted by Ann VanSlykeTim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Live report from the Minnesota State Fair, located in the heart of American democracy, where there’s an ICE Out adaptation of Picasso’s Guernica made entirely from crops 6277252026 7.7K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeGreg Bluestein @bluestein.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Breaking: Gov. Kemp has called state lawmakers for a special session on June 17 to reshape both how Georgians vote and to redraw the state’s political maps after last month’s U.S. Supreme Court decision for the 2028 election. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...ajc.comKemp calls special session to redraw 2028 maps, overhaul voting processThe June special session comes on the heels of a U.S. Supreme Court decision gutting racial gerrymandering protections in the Voting Rights Act. 39154113 154
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Walz: We will never leave the side of our Somali Minnesotans. Here's our pledge to you, our Somali Minnesotans, your great grandchildren will still be here when that orange clown is in the dustbin of history. 163165793450 16.6K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Fortune 500 companies that have contracts with ICE: -Amazon -AT&T -Booz Allen Hamilton -Caci -Charter Communications -Comcast -Dell -Ecolab -FedEx -General Dynamics -L3Harris -Motorola -Thermo Fisher -UPS Know who profits from Trump's cruelty. 17444702705 4.5K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeNorm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Beyond dismaying 1616253 162
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/09/2025www.savehhs.org 368159454556 15.9K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 29/08/2025"Dangerous, Irrational, Illogical: RFK Jr. Has Put So Many Lives at Risk" The decision by Trump's extremist health secretary to restrict COVID vaccines & oust the CDC chief could be a death sentence for vulnerable Americans, writes John Harwood for Zeteo.zeteo.comDangerous, Irrational, Illogical: RFK Jr. Has Put So Many Lives at RiskThe decision by Trump's extremist health secretary to restrict COVID vaccines and oust the CDC chief could be a death sentence for vulnerable Americans. 73957245 957
Ann VanSlyke @annvan5.bsky.social · 29/08/2025If you live in metro Atlanta, you no doubt have friends and neighbors who have worked for or currently work at the CDC. Good people. True experts. Selfless public servants. They have been under assault. RFK must go. Call your reps. Now. https in://5calls.org/issue/rfk-hhs-autism-registry-vaccines/ 000 0
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 18/08/2025From Russia Today's Telegram channel, this morning 59249102333 4.9K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Someone forgot to take down this webpage: www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v... 5252805111549 28.1K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o... 12553959913763 39.6K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeDani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more. 296113443719 11.3K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Republican Tommy Tuberville has blocked a Democratic resolution that would have condemned the proposed gift of a luxury jet from Qatar to Trump. 3072690995 2.7K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/05/2025was recently told by a scholar of some note that it was out of bounds to compare trump's purge of black people from the federal government to wilson's efforts to resegregate the federal bureaucracy 18159961400 6K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykesouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 11/05/2025It’s especially galling that AG Pam Bondi personally wrote the memo approving the gift of the Qatari airplane. Her last job was as a lobbyist for Qatar! efile.fara.gov/docs/6415-Ex... 1040210288269 21K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 09/05/2025BREAKING: Rümeysa Öztürk released from ICE detention by a judge. “The decision is another blow to the Trump administration’s effort to detain and deport international students for their speech,” writes @premthakker.bsky.social for Zeteo: zeteo.com/p/breaking-t...zeteo.comBREAKING: Tufts Student Rümeysa Öztürk Released From ICE Detention by JudgeThe decision is another blow to the Trump administration’s effort to detain and deport international students for their speech. 833019596 3K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeCALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Holy moly. Check out this tweet from the new American pope. I’m sure MAGA would hate it if you reposted this right this minute. 441627627 1.6K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Perfect level of petty for dealing with bureaucratic idiocy. 261464206 1.5K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeTom Di Liberto @tdiliberto.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Make no mistake about it, if those numbers are even close to true, there is no way all of the weather forecast offices can exist as they do now. A full-on attack on public weather services. If a car lost 25% of its parts, it doesn't slow down. It just doesn't work. 1024288 242
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeKerri Arsenault @kerriarsenault.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Time’s up ! We are here 072 7
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 25/03/2025A come-to-Jesus moment for American lawyers, and for America's most important law firms. This is it. This is the moment you always imagined, where you told yourself you would do the right thing -- where you told yourself that your profession would stand up. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comLaw firms refuse to represent Trump opponents in the wake of his attacksThe result is an extraordinary threat to constitutional rights of due process and representation and a far weaker effort to challenge Trump’s actions in court than during his first term. 38954771709 5.5K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Ossoff: This was a huge a mistake Ratcliffe: No Ossoff: This is an embarrassment. We will get the full transcript of this chain and your testimony will be measured carefully against its content 1674399909568 40K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 25/03/2025One thing that can get lost in all this is that Jeff Goldberg knows much, much more about national security than the principals who were on that text chain. 427220514564 22.1K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeGovernor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 25/03/2025I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.media.tenor.comPm Private GIFALT: Pm Private GIF 30067649116834 76.5K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeShutdown Tyranny @shutdowntyranny.bsky.social · 07/03/2025In Anniston, Alabama 141100102614 10K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Only in America could a Ketamine-infused South African oligarch call a navy captain, astronaut and sitting US senator "a traitor" for supporting our allies and standing up to Russia... 34896007017966 60.1K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952 13491912497 9.2K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeWIRED @wired.com · 04/03/2025Human rights organizations say the cuts have undermined years of global democracy-building and free speech initiatives, and put the lives of their staff at risk.buff.lyDOGE's Foreign Aid Cuts Have Sparked 'Total Chaos' Around the WorldHuman rights organizations say the cuts have undermined years of global democracy-building and free speech initiatives, and put the lives of their staff at risk. 40703196 703
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Just heard from a friend who is a true hero veteran. His company was destroyed in 30 days by the VA when they canceled 5 contracts without notice. 23 Americans mostly veterans out of work and a veteran owned small business destroyed. For nothing. They're dismantling the VA not "reforming" it. 11762877110486 28.8K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeRob Reiner Fan @rob-reiner-fan.bsky.social · 26/02/2025This is an amazing (and somewhat scary) tool that tracks the completion of the initiatives in Project 2025. Remarkably, they are already at 36% in just over a month. Pass this on. www.project2025.observerproject2025.observerProject 2025 TrackerTrack the progress on Project 2025 11710 17
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeKatherine Locke @katherinelocke.bsky.social · 17/02/2025It's annoying how clearly this is going to play out. They gut the FAA. Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted. Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal. 1014245877627 24.6K
Ann VanSlyke @annvan5.bsky.social · 18/02/2025So, as Elon and his youngsters root around in all of our personal data, destroy our medical research, fire the folks keeping our skies safe and our nuclear weapons secure, and who knows what else, I am watching folks resign instead of stand in the way, and find myself waiting for… Batman? 000 0
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 18/02/2025“The Trump administration has begun firing hundreds of employees at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), including some who maintain critical air traffic control infrastructure, despite four deadly crashes since inauguration day.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comTrump administration firing hundreds of FAA employees despite four deadly crashes in four weeksPresident moves to cut Federal Aviation Administration workforce, including safety workers, as critics say public could be endangered 14527881146 2.8K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeKara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 17/02/2025It’s about having red hair and freckles FFS and how to be cool with that when other kids make fun of it. By that twisted logic, you’d have to ban pretty much every children’s book, old and new www.cnn.com/2025/02/17/e...cnn.comJulianne Moore says her book about embracing differences was removed from Pentagon-run schools | CNNOscar winner Julianne Moore claims her children’s book “Freckleface Strawberry” was banned by the Department of Defense’s Education Activity, a global network of 160 schools serving military families. 587131832777 13.2K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 18/02/2025This is what our Transportation Secretary was doing yesterday as planes are crashing on a near-daily basis. I cannot remember a more dangerous time to fly and yet this reality TV actor-turned-Cabinet Secretary is busy watching cars drive laps at the Daytona 500. 1407280847968 28.1K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeTechnology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 16/02/2025I like that he posted a picture of a print-out of the email. 858260554368 26.1K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 15/02/2025The community note 🤌😘 28115928313088 59.3K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would. 4102146414813 21.5K
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeJessicaMCurrall @jessicamcurrall.bsky.social · 13/02/2025You might also find this resonates — it has for me. Credit Black Liturgies by @colearthurriley.bsky.social 0208 20
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeJen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 13/02/2025A friend shared this about the need to lean into joy in this dark time, which might sound counterintuitive and absurd but I keep thinking about it and now I'm sharing it here so I guess it resonates. 27539198 539
Reposted by Ann VanSlykeJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Elon Musk to reporter: “We post our actions to the DOGE website. All of our actions are maximally transparent. I don’t know of a case where an organization has been more transparent than the DOGE organization.” Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page! 1406162996861 16.3K