Reposted by Archaic MermaidChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 01/03/2026A shame Chalabi is dead becuase I think he’d be perfect for the job. 1928013
Reposted by Archaic MermaidMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/03/2026This is the company that Substack chose to partnership with. 951496539
Reposted by Archaic MermaidThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 31/01/2026MINNESOTA: Mexican immigrant hospitalized with a shattered skull and broken face — Trump’s ICE goons claim he “purposefully ran into a brick wall” NURSE: “NO WAY” apnews.com/article/immi... 451136541
Reposted by Archaic Mermaidemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 27/01/2026The last line of WSJ piece describing that mostly Trump is looking for a change of optics, probably has no fucking clue that ICE/CBP aren't doing what he claims he wants. It doesn't note, btw, that even Leavitt was calling for ICE to go door to door. www.wsj.com/politics/pol... 17440129
Reposted by Archaic MermaidGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/01/2026I just checked—it turns out that Art. II, Sec. 1 of the Constitution of the United States does *not* say "The executive Power shall be vested in a bunch of sociopaths who think they can do whatever the fuck they want and make shit up as they go along." 314116722996
Reposted by Archaic MermaidAlanis King @alanisnking.bsky.social · 26/01/2026This New York Times story is not paywalled, and it shows a second-by-second breakdown of what happened. Please scroll through it. This is not what America, or anywhere, should be www.nytimes.com/interactive/... 371080470
Reposted by Archaic MermaidGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/01/2026AND IMPEACH AND REMOVE. We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet. 850202126840
Reposted by Archaic MermaidThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/01/2026The lying is the story The lying ensures it will happen again 13730741037
Reposted by Archaic MermaidAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 25/01/2026HCR is crying today for Alex. 💔 People ask how the resistance moves so fast and is so organized. It’s because the resistance isn’t a slogan it’s people. Neighbors, friends, and loved ones looking out for each other, stepping in when harm shows up, and refusing to let anyone stand alone. 302046271
Reposted by Archaic MermaidRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 25/01/2026WOW on Pretti's denial of medical treatment "I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to assess the victim. At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. ... But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, ... None of the agents were helping him." 489137336280
Reposted by Archaic Mermaidderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 17/01/2026just got out of an uber. the driver was telling me how he has to work 16 hour days, seven days a week, at two different jobs to afford rent. he doesn't have healthcare and he worries about retirement. "i would feel a lot better if we owned greenland," he told me. then he cried. 776171931767
Reposted by Archaic MermaidAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/01/2026NEW: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who murdered Renee Good, was NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL according to police reports. He was taken to the Federal Building. He was NOT INJURED. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01... 22453671415163
Reposted by Archaic MermaidGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Worth noting that the only people being violent and rioting are CBP and ICE. 10885230
Reposted by Archaic MermaidAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/01/2026I don’t see how this country survives until 2029 unless Trump is impeached and removed. This level of lawless malice is not sustainable. What fresh horrors await us this week? 653136612755
Reposted by Archaic Mermaidjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/01/2026i have written this a few times now but the reason JD Vance spends all day posting is that they barely tolerate his presence in the white house and have locked him out of every decision of consequence. he is basically unemployed 409159973020
Reposted by Archaic Mermaidemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Again, Greg Bovino gets his orders from Stephen Miller. The reason goons are attacking protestors on a trigger finger is bc Bovino, acting on Miller's instructions, told them to. Which means the FBI refusal to work w/MN on shooting investigation is designed to protect Miller. 31735308
Reposted by Archaic MermaidChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/01/2026A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims. 13954282422584
Reposted by Archaic MermaidPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 03/01/2026media.tenor.comBuitres Mirando GIFALT: Buitres Mirando GIF 1342983848
Reposted by Archaic MermaidJeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 03/01/2026it's time to play America's favorite new game, 'what the fuck am I waking up to now' 27181301636
Reposted by Archaic MermaidAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/01/2026It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It’s about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs. 1170314378338
Reposted by Archaic MermaidAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Heads up that this is authorization for Trump to create his own version of the Wagner Group. Which would bring the number of “armies” at his disposal to four: *regular armed forces (most regulated) *ICE (minimally regulated) *private mercenaries (?) *MAGA thugs/militias (rogue) All pardonable 1491544931
Reposted by Archaic MermaidCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 29/12/2025My take on people wearing face masks is very simple: It's not my face, so I mind my own business. That's it. That's the whole take. 752819305
Reposted by Archaic MermaidRaw Story @rawstory.com · 27/12/2025DOJ releases largest batch of Epstein files as survivors accuse agency of stonewallingrawstory.com'They threatened to burn her': Why you don't know more about Epstein's victimsAs the DOJ releases the largest batch of files yet on the federal investigation into Epstein, we look at some of the most significant revelations with investigative journalist Vicky Ward, who has spen... 512260
Reposted by Archaic MermaidMichelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Anyone paying even the slightest bit of attention could see that was happening. 1436214977875
Reposted by Archaic MermaidBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/12/2025This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites. The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed. 273155345762
Reposted by Archaic MermaidAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Kressly: So let’s talk about the contagiousness of hepatitis B. It can live on surfaces, and it can be spread through touch—from someone who is shedding the virus to someone else. So when we’re in situations where we can’t know 100% who is at risk, the right answer is to protect everyone. 452119685
Reposted by Archaic MermaidThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/11/2025WIRED: “ICE expands plans to outsource immigrant tracking to private surveillance firm… up to $280 MILLION…” Bounty hunting (nonviolent) immigrants. Cruelty is big business — spending our money to harm our own economy. An own goal. America’s Brexit. www.wired.com/story/ice-bo... 75966502
Reposted by Archaic MermaidAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/11/2025They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny. 9655382283
Reposted by Archaic MermaidAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Shaheen: I have made it clear that I believe this is a Russian proposal. I hope that tomorrow’s negotiations in Geneva focus on a real framework that guarantees an outcome benefiting Ukraine rather than Russia. 11743061050
Reposted by Archaic MermaidAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Rounds: Senator Shaheen mentioned that Secretary Rubio did make a phone call to us this afternoon. I think he made it very clear that we are the recipients of a proposal that was delivered to one of our representatives. It is not our recommendation. It is not our peace plan. 19542891135
Reposted by Archaic MermaidErica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Join @stevelevitsky.bsky.social & me online, Monday 11/24 at 3:30pm ET, to talk about where we are in the US struggle for democracy. ash.harvard.edu/events/the-b...ash.harvard.eduThe Breakdown with Erica Chenoweth and Steve Levitsky – Ash CenterJoin Erica Chenoweth and Steven Levitsky for The Breakdown, a webinar series on the ongoing struggle for American democracy. Each month, Chenoweth and Levitsky will break down key developments, reflec... 14222
Reposted by Archaic MermaidHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged. Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment. 5973249610518
Reposted by Archaic MermaidDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 18/11/2025My god. My god. Oh fucking hell. God. 1432518504
Reposted by Archaic Mermaidsteven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Last Thanksgiving, two Dallas Police officers knocked on my door, citing a tip from the FBI national threat operations center that I was beating my girlfriend. The incident report confirms this. Today, I obtained a file from the FBI via FOIA that states the FBI has no record of receiving such a tip. 9461631983
Reposted by Archaic MermaidPalm Beach Indivisibles @pbindivisibles.bsky.social · 14/11/2025@jkbjournalist.bsky.social at The Miami Herald deserves the Nobel Peace Prize - her dogged determination is finally delivering a morsel of peace to Epstein and Trump’s victims Either that or a Pulitzer Prize Thank you Julie K! 👏👏👏 9393139
Reposted by Archaic MermaidThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Wow. 346121803647
Reposted by Archaic MermaidRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Don't be evil? "Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..." www.404media.co/google-has-c...404media.coGoogle Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation EffortGoogle is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr... 38650192695
Reposted by Archaic MermaidAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Yikes 😬 an official U.S. government account just referred to Americans as “imbecilic morons.” That’s… a choice. 1328103144254
Reposted by Archaic MermaidSam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Aide: Sir, people are saying you were part of a rich guy child rape network Trump: guess i better do something normal and not creepy 2127563
Reposted by Archaic Mermaidjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/11/2025the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.” 26186241510
Reposted by Archaic MermaidDana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Just as I predicted. We just had our first snow. Soon there won’t be any lawn work, so there won’t be Latino men doing low-wage work standing outside that they can find by chopper & drone & direct Border Patrol from the air to the right house to kidnap men for gardening while brown. 1425391
Reposted by Archaic MermaidRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Trump’s Economy lost an estimated 50,000 private sector jobs in October. But he continues to insist everything is booming. 791605570
Reposted by Archaic MermaidOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 11/11/2025Hongqi bridge collapsed in southwest China, months after opening. 59385154
Archaic Mermaid @archaicmermaid.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Did I say, "Since when has it been safe to trust the word of MAGA Republicans?" ::checks profile:: Why, yes, I did. 010
Archaic Mermaid @archaicmermaid.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Let's stop pretending Trump cares about regular Americans at all. 000
Reposted by Archaic MermaidCongresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 10/11/2025Asked point-blank if he’ll bring ACA extensions to the floor, Speaker Johnson bolted. We know the answer already. He won’t. Further proof that Republicans don’t care about bringing your health care costs down. 34587191
Archaic Mermaid @archaicmermaid.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Since when has it been safe to trust the word of MAGA Republicans? @schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov 000
Reposted by Archaic MermaidGreg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 08/11/2025When the president gets ordered, multiple times, to pay out federal food benefits as the law requires: 221570313
