Reposted by ArendtFanQagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026UK transit nerds are next level. 1444156716
Reposted by ArendtFanLovewildcats @lovewildcats.bsky.social · 16/08/2026kansasreflector.com/2026/08/16/a...kansasreflector.comA storm punctuates a summer of epic anxiety — and pelts hapless mortals with ancient truth • Kansas ReflectorWe've had unusual weather here in Kansas this summer, and it seems to match a collective sense of cultural unease. 031
Reposted by ArendtFanbilltammeus.bsky.social @billtammeus.bsky.social · 16/08/2026My daughter Kate has written this terrific piece in today's Kansas City Star about threats to Head Start. Don't miss it. You won't hit a paywall: www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...kansascity.comTrump administration Head Start revamp would make KC kids’ lives harder | OpinionA teacher who saw the program working firsthand in Wyandotte County warns that classrooms with too many students are dangerous to our children’s education. | Opinion 021
Reposted by ArendtFanM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Let Democrat Senator Tina Smith Of Minnesota Tell You....... 87756
Reposted by ArendtFanRep. Jennifer McClellan @mcclellan.house.gov · 14/08/2026The Great Depression left half of America’s seniors in economic insecurity, and in response, Congress created Social Security as a safety net. To commemorate the 91st anniversary of Social Security, I held a town hall to discuss the importance of protecting this benefit for generations to come. 17415208
Reposted by ArendtFanRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/08/2026On the 91st anniversary of Social Security, these words from FDR are just as important today: 15582192971
Reposted by ArendtFanGod @thegodshow.com · 14/08/2026Their assets are frozen, construction is suspended, and their deal is under investigation for fraud. SMITE!thegodshow.comBless The Albanians Who Stopped Jared And IvankaDear Humans, 1030304277251
Reposted by ArendtFanJason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I remember when Bill Clinton—a FORMER president—met Obama’s sitting AG on an airplane and it was a massive scandal. Now, here’s Trump’s new AG just doing Trump political rallies like it’s NBD. 14245701426
Reposted by ArendtFanAnnette @donotgiveuphopeusa.bsky.social · 15/08/2026www.wtvr.com/news/virgini...wtvr.comVirginia AG creates worker protection unit to investigate wage theft, misclassificationVirginia Attorney General Jay Jones has created a new unit in his office dedicated to worker protection. 011
Reposted by ArendtFanLauren Underwood @laurenunderwood.bsky.social · 13/08/2026It's been 9 years since I first launched my campaign for Congress. Thank you, IL-14, for believing in me and electing the youngest Black woman to Congress in 2018. I am honored to keep representing and fighting for you in Washington. 13838176
Reposted by ArendtFanMalena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 12/08/2026A registered nurse & Catholic nun named Sister Leticia Ugboaja was detained by #ICE on June 28 while walking to Sunday Mass in McAllen, Texas. And 2 pastors: Cinthia Sarai Cardona Otero & Nepthali Zozaya Saucedo—were arrested at an airport on July 23 and 24 on the way to a church event. Speak out! 25460296
Reposted by ArendtFanSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 12/08/2026When alarms are ringing, always best to just turn them off. Makes corrupt fossil fuel donors happy.subscriber.politicopro.comE&E News: NOAA to end support for Arctic climate change reportThe authors were informed Monday of the action, which jeopardizes public dissemination of the report on the fast-changing region. 30633299
Reposted by ArendtFanThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13/08/2026Ossoff: "They see the rebuke that is coming and fear the accountability that will follow it. They recognize the president is deeply unpopular. He's reviled. The public is awake to his corruption and self-dealing…The truth will come out. Mark my words. The truth will come out.” 19469021848
Reposted by ArendtFanNothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026“A big employer who uses the water of 50,000 people … which only hires about ten people is not an employer. They are an extraction.” futurism.com/future-socie...futurism.comMan at City Council Meeting Makes Devastating Case Against Proposed Local Data CenterA former programmer spoke up during a city council meeting in a small town in Ohio, making a well-articulated argument against data centers. 7345941805
Reposted by ArendtFanLiberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 12/08/2026"Congress did have a world-class technological and scientific research organization called the Office of Technology Assessment. OTA provided Congress with regular reports on emerging technology and science… The OTA model was copied by other nations. Newt Gingrich then dismantled OTA in 1995."liberalcurrents.comCongress Needs Its Tech Experts BackIf Congress is to tackle issues from DOGE sabotage to AI to social media, it needs to resurrect its Office of Technology Assessment. 04319
Reposted by ArendtFanThe Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 13/08/2026🇺🇦🇺🇸❄️ Zelensky: "If the US sells us 5% of Patriot interceptors, we will survive the winter and save people's lives. If they can sell us 10%, we will destroy all of Russia's ballistic missiles. I have 1%." 25163372253
Reposted by ArendtFanGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/08/2026On @outfrontcnn.bsky.social, @jreinermd.bsky.social asks a pretty good question here: “Why is it acceptable in this country at this time—in this perilous time—for the president of the United States to have a dramatic problem staying awake?” 570127973952
Reposted by ArendtFanCraig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 12/08/2026U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito gained up to $2.9m from oil and gas assets since joining the court & should recuse himself from upcoming fossil fuel firms’ climate accountability case. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... via @us.theguardian.comtheguardian.comSamuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from oil and gas assets since joining supreme court, analysis showsCritics argue US high court justice should recuse himself from upcoming fossil fuel firms’ climate accountability case 2275
ArendtFan @arendtfan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Reporting by @starsandstripes.bsky.social confirms this story. 010
Reposted by ArendtFanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/08/2026Peggy Flanagan: "We need to rip ICE apart and stop from them from terrorizing our communities" 339196363904
Reposted by ArendtFanFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Host: More than $400 million has been diverted from the National Park Service to fund Trump's White House and DC special projects and obsessions 25726
Reposted by ArendtFanMLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The fact that this is getting nearly zero coverage tells you a lot about the MSM's motives..... 2275
Reposted by ArendtFanVirginia Mercury @virginiamercury.com · 07/08/2026FOIA FRIDAY: A Freedom of Information Act request by Franklin County residents revealed county officials entered into confidentiality agreements with an unnamed company related to a proposed data center project the local government is currently weighing. virginiamercury.com/2026/08/07/f...virginiamercury.comFOIA FRIDAY: Data center debate sparks Franklin resident’s transparency concerns • Virginia Mercurywe aim to highlight the frequency with which officials around Virginia are resisting public access to records on issues large and small — and note instances when the release of information under FOIA… 064
Reposted by ArendtFan🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Sam Kimbrel @skimbrel.northsky.social · 10/08/2026buried ledes in here: for the first time ever, CA used more solar power than natural gas power in the first half of 2026; clean energy supplied 100% of demand on 92% of days in the half, up from 76% of days in 2025 311036
Reposted by ArendtFanErin aka Bippy in Alaska @itsbippy.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Alaska response to speaker of the house Mike Johnson coming up here to provide cover for representative Nick Begich. I think the general idea is that Mike should take him back to DC and keep him there permanently. #RepublicansCutMedicare 411968586
Reposted by ArendtFanErin aka Bippy in Alaska @itsbippy.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Alaska is on right side of this map, and I’ll take the win. But the states that still support this dude 😳😳 Let’s start with WV: spending ranks 32nd nearly $2K below the avg & state funding is down almost 23% since 2009. 15+ yrs divestment is the GOP plan to have a pack of zombies vote for them 061
Reposted by ArendtFanCharles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 10/08/2026🚨 OVER 100,000 ARIZONANS HAVE LOST ACA HEALTHCARE COVERAGE so far this year...likely much higher, in fact. And unsubsidized members of the ~250K who still have it are facing whopping *29%* premium hikes on average next year. 👀 acasignups.net/rate_changes...acasignups.net2027 Rate Changes - Arizona: +29% indy market, +20% sm. groupACA exchange enrollment has dropped by nearly 30% in Arizona since Congressional Republicans allowed the enhanced federal subsidies to expire at the end of last year. Initial signups during Open Enrol... 610553
Reposted by ArendtFanJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Insider trading laws aren't just about fairness. They're about making markets work. Today I explore why selling early access to presidential announcements could undermine that principle—and why ordinary investors may end up paying the price. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/the-presid...newsletter.platypuseconomics.comThe President Is Selling You Out — One Second at a TimeHow early access to Trump’s "truths" will drain ordinary investors 7371157
Reposted by ArendtFanJonathan Koomey @jgkoomey.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Worth a careful read. www.groundbrkr.com/p/the-second...groundbrkr.comThe Second Derivative: Why No One Understands the AI BoomThe market misremembers 2008. That same blind spot sits at the center of the AI boom. 177
ArendtFan @arendtfan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026God help us, no. www.ft.com/content/1e74... Glenn Youngkin’s swing-state school campaign fuels White House speculationft.comGlenn Youngkin’s swing-state school campaign fuels White House speculationBillionaire mega-donor Thomas Peterffy backs former Republican governor of Virginia for presidential run in 2028 000
Reposted by ArendtFanVirginia Mercury @virginiamercury.com · 05/08/2026U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine is pushing reforms to the federal 340B drug pricing program, aiming to lower prescription costs for underserved patients while strengthening the hospitals and clinics that make up the health care safety net. virginiamercury.com/2026/08/05/k...virginiamercury.comKaine pitches reforms for drug pricing program supporting underserved patients, safety net providers • Virginia MercuryKnown as 340B, the program has helped Virginia hospitals and clinics and others nationwide care for underserved patients by requiring pharmaceutical companies offer prescription discounts to qualifyin... 033
Reposted by ArendtFanMarkus Schmidt @mschmidtrva.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Gov. Abigail Spanberger will formally intervene in the SCC’s review of NextEra’s proposed $67 billion acquisition of Dominion Energy — a first for a Virginia governor. “The size and scope of this merger application is also unprecedented,” she said. virginiamercury.com/2026/08/06/s...virginiamercury.comSpanberger takes unprecedented step to intervene in $67B Dominion-NextEra merger • Virginia MercuryGov. Abigail Spanberger is stepping directly into the regulatory fight over the proposed $67 billion sale of Dominion Energy to Florida-based NextEra Energy, becoming the first Virginia governor to fo... 053
Reposted by ArendtFan🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Good on Stevens. And think this is true of Michigan as a whole. We may get pissy with each other, but despise this corrupt, brutal, and backward regime, and we'll do everything we can to stop it.youtube.comStevens on backing El-Sayed after primary loss: "I am going to be a part of stopping MAGA and Trump"YouTube video by CBS News 312817
Reposted by ArendtFanHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Cause and effect: Republicans in Congress voted last summer to cut food stamp budgets by nearly $200 billion. Now more children and families are going hungry in America. 481112430
Reposted by ArendtFanHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Local man suggests jailing own boss. 406124783569
Reposted by ArendtFanAdam Hamilton @hamilton4kansas.bsky.social · 28/07/2026People ask how a pastor can be in the U.S. Senate. Here's my answer: 38 years as a pastor taught me why the separation of church and state matters. The First Amendment protects your right to worship, not to worship, and to never have a government tell you which. I'll champion the Constitution. – AH 1135
ArendtFan @arendtfan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Can a #Democrat win a US Senate seat in #Kansas? @hamilton4kansas.bsky.social aims to find out. Give him a follow. 000
Reposted by ArendtFanCongressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Trump is handing $150M to a law firm led by a former appointee. The new firm has zero immigration lawyers, but is now trusted to represent 20,000 immigrant kids. Corruption — and you’re paying for it.politico.com26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration courtNone of the Burke Law Group’s lawyers list immigration law as an area of expertise, per the firm’s website. 117940
Reposted by ArendtFanJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 04/08/2026This is what happens when Republicans confirm an arrogant, inexperienced, alcoholic, abuser to run the defense department. 1422968
Reposted by ArendtFanBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 04/08/2026UBS has agreed to pay $125 million in fines to settle allegations by the US government that it willfully and repeatedly violated anti-money laundering rules.bloom.bgUBS to Pay $125 Million Over Anti-Money Laundering ViolationsUBS Financial Services Inc., a subsidiary of UBS Group AG, has agreed to pay $125 million in fines to settle allegations by the US government that it willfully and repeatedly violated anti-money laundering rules. 21310
ArendtFan @arendtfan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Another win for good people. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comCourt blocks Trump ban on voter registration help for new citizens, finding likely intentional discriminationSenior Trump administration officials have repeatedly portrayed immigrants' political participation as an electoral threat. 000
Reposted by ArendtFanWSHnow @wshnow.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Senators Urge Special Session After Groundwater Reportpotomaclocal.comSenators Urge Special Session After Groundwater ReportTwo state senators are asking Gov. Abigail Spanberger to call a special session of the General Assembly after a newly released state report found groundwater supplies in eastern Virginia may not support... 001
Reposted by ArendtFanHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Everyone should know who Borlaug is. This is the legacy Musk and Trump destroyed. 251226461
Reposted by ArendtFanAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/08/2026NEW: Capital One closed hundreds of Trump accounts for money laundering. We wouldn’t have known if Trump hadn’t sued. Now he’s got tax immunity. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-capita...muellershewrote.comNEW: Capital One Closed Hundreds of Trump Bank Accounts for Anti-Money Laundering Reasons"A bottled water company, a winery, a golf course, a construction payroll firm, and a real estate brokerage, and hundreds of other businesses" were debanked. Trump claims it was for political reasons. 8825871167
Reposted by ArendtFanJim Ambuske @jimambuske.bsky.social · 22/07/2026"Ours is a beautiful, ancient craft essential for any society's needs for self-understanding. We are equipped with a host of modern methods, but guided ethically by very old rules that no authoritarian political project ought to be allowed to profane." www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbz2...youtube.comWATCH: David Blight makes opening statement in hearing on how Smithsonian presents historyYouTube video by PBS NewsHour 5249115
Reposted by ArendtFanCongressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 27/07/2026America’s history is complex, inspiring, painful, and unfinished. The Smithsonian exists to educate and preserve that history honestly, not to conform to any administration's preferred narrative.youtube.comDon Beyer Questions Historian About Censorship at the Smithsonian MuseumsYouTube video by Congressman Don Beyer 618459
