Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Congressional Democrats need to show up at every single one of these and refuse to obey the unlawful policies of DHS. “Oh you have a rule? That’s adorable. We have the law.” 892974782
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 30/06/2025AOC '28 would be MamdaniX100 -- all the same stuff about youth and inexperience, 'she's never run anything,' ties to socialism and (totally bogus) cries of antisemitism But like Mamdani, she'd bring in a tsunami of young voters. I'd love to see it www.salon.com/2025/06/30/w...salon.comWhy AOC should run for president in 2028After Zohran Mamdani's win, Trump reveals how scared he is to face Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 3332742
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/06/2025There’s something deeply wrong with a society that watches people get snatched by masked men in unmarked cars & looks the other way. Rep @kamlager-dove.house.gov, describes an alarming system of relocating detainees, making it nearly impossible for their families to find them or get legal counsel. 42099264367
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 30/06/2025The reverse Robin Hood: take from the poor to give to the rich. 36995274258
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Anyone still quibbling that this isn't fascism? 34866202421
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Just awful: A 75-year-old man just died in ICE custody, ICE has revealed in a notice to Congress. But here's the rub: This man, a Cuban national, was first paroled into the US in 1966—nearly 60 years ago! They were set to deport him anyway. Details in my new piece: newrepublic.com/article/1974...newrepublic.comWhy Did a 75-Year-Old Man in Poor Health Just Die in ICE Custody?Isidro Perez came to the United States from Cuba nearly 60 years ago. This is who Stephen Miller is going after now? 847103465143
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialJacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 30/06/2025I obtained this from a community member minutes after arriving on scene following a raid at the Cypress Park Home Depot this morning. they detained day laborers. 3240139955771
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/06/2025This is absurd. @nytimes.com needs to find a better way to convey to readers what it knows to be true: These "findings" are not actual "findings" in any sense that most people would understand the word. The casual reader comes away with zero sense of the deep rot of bad faith at play here. 1513011662
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Every time I see a new species at the Fishtown pollinator plot, that’s a huge hell yeah. 1137805725
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Much of the Kodiak kickback was thrown out in Byrdbath so haveing moved the bill ahead to make passage possible Murkoswki can now vote no on the final bill (provided there are not 4 nos). This is the cynical, cruel and careerist politics we now face. 1843076
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 29/06/2025Take your masks off ICE, show us how proud you are adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...adamkinzinger.substack.comWhy Are Federal Agents Wearing Masks? It’s a Threat to American DemocracyMasked Federal Agents Are Undermining Trust—and Democracy 1566246236997
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 29/06/2025No name. No badge. No ID. No warrant. Face covered. That’s not an officer that’s an armed thug with government protection. If you can’t show who you are or why you’re detaining someone, you have no business laying a hand on them. 32085492637
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Johnny Noviello moved from Canada to Daytona Beach when he was 10 years old. He grew up in Florida and became a lawful permanent resident. On Monday, June 23, he died at the Federal Detention Center in downtown Miami, after six weeks in immigration detention. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...miamiherald.comCanadian man awaiting deportation dies at detention facility in downtown MiamiThe cause of death for the 49-year-old man is still under official investigation. 13420981294
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/06/2025you know, if i were in the position of interviewing jeffries here, i would ask the congressman to specify exactly when and where mamdani used that language. 590130741886
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialDenise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 30/06/2025The Hortmans funeral yesterday in Minneapolis. Firefighters carried their caskets into the Basilica of St. Mary, where Biden and Harris sat in the front pew. American law makers assassinated on US soil yet still silence from the Republicans' Daddy, who just freed another criminal. 39642
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialCaptain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Trump and Republicans are about to jack up energy costs on families across the country if they pass their big bill, which will also devastate the clean energy industry that has created thousands of jobs in Arizona. That only helps China and hurts American families and workers. 35647155
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 29/06/2025ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas. So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget? The answer is: you. 350139876089
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 29/06/2025It's incredible that neither the president nor VP was here. The politicization of all facets of American life is coming from the White House. No other American president would have failed to pay their respects. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...washingtonpost.comTim Walz eulogizes slain lawmaker as a historic Minnesotan — and friendAfter a hug with Kamala Harris, Gov. Tim Walz eulogized slain state Rep. Melissa Hortman as “the most consequential speaker in Minnesota history.” 1970338889905
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, an organizer with the Los Angeles-based Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, was picked up by men in an unmarked car last Wednesday, and nobody knows where she is. She made a phone call late Friday and the information she gave is chilling: 6222811236
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/06/2025More fake ICE agents doing horrible things. Everyone should be speaking up about this. Masks and no ID required is a ridiculous recipe for horrors. @MarshaBlackburn & @SenJohnson & Sexton should be banning it, not protecting it. 514103055399
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Every major health system in Louisiana is warning Speaker Mike Johnson and the rest of the state's congressional delegation that the Senate GOP's Medicaid cuts "would be historic in their devastation." www.politico.com/live-updates...politico.comLouisiana hospitals warn Mike Johnson of 'devastation' from megabill 91080382994
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 29/06/2025How about we have party leaders focus on the words of a United States congressman - Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama - who’s calling Black people “inner city rats” who leach off of America’s taxpayers. Stop the focus on municipal elections and get to this. Where is the censure and condemnation? 33374511904
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialWaleed Shahid @waleedshahid.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Since Election Day, there have been 255 mentions of Zohran Mamdani, Israel, and antisemitism on CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, and local NYC-based television outlets. 167 mentions of rent and Mamdani, 115 mentions of groceries and Mamdani, 54 mentions of buses and Mamdani. 05918
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialLarry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Most of the ideas mentioned in this article—higher minimum wage, free tuition at public colleges, higher taxes on the rich—are not only popular now but were realities in the past, including in NYC, during the booming postwar years, when America was “great.”/1 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/u...nytimes.comZohran Mamdani Says He’s a Democratic Socialist. What Does That Mean? 371613426
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialDenise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Heads up -- another new ICE tactic. They are going door-to-door, claiming to be doing a "police" welfare check. This man was smart, and this is how to stop them. Stay vigilant. 36282120
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Incredible. They finally figured out how to get young people to turn out in significant numbers and the Democratic establishment can’t stop crapping on it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 1134757
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Opinion | The progressive left means well, but they come across as painfully out of touch with reality. Here are some prescriptions for them that I jotted down in the charter gondola on the way to the Bezos wedding. 1182499
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialJason Dogwood 💙 🏳️🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 29/06/2025The government just cut a key hurricane satellite during storm season. They call it “routine.” It’s not. It’s sabotage by budget. Less data means worse forecasts. More lives at risk. They want us in a constant state of panic and fear, confusion and anger. People are easier to rule that way.npr.orgDefense Department will stop providing crucial satellite weather dataHurricane forecasters rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. That data will no longer be available as of Monday, June 30. 781210749
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialJeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 29/06/2025US sees spate of arrests of civilians impersonating Ice officers www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comUS sees spate of arrests of civilians impersonating Ice officersExperts say trend of agents detaining people while masking and wearing plainclothes increases risk 27453233
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Remember Collins and Murkowski could have stopped this. People who lose healthcare coverage will die because of them 932167094885
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 29/06/2025The "proper role of judges" includes acting swiftly and firmly to restrain an Executive who violates the Constitution in multiple ways by kidnapping citizens and dumping them abroad. No amount of hand-waving by you or SCOTUS can justify allowing it to happen to even one person, much less thousands. 1047892
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Democrats: We need a message, we need relevance, we need energy Also Democrats: Yes, well, lets just defame the people who can deliver that 201321230
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Since it looks increasingly likely that work requirements are going to be in whatever legislation emerges from Congress, re-upping this 417074
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 29/06/2025I genuinely cannot believe how many Democrats are spending their energy on destroying Mamdani when the GOP is trying to turn ICE into a full on secret police by drastically raising their budget 235139233279
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 29/06/2025I'm glad NPR spent a whole week promoting her book and talking about her "courage" 442163
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/06/2025🚨 ICE disappeared a woman on Wednesday night. She was grabbed by men in plainclothes and taken to an unidentified location. ICE is refusing to say where she is being held. It’s 72 hours later and not even a dedicated team of lawyers can find her. This is WRONG. We can’t let this be the new norm. 347112065977
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialAmy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 27/06/2025How about that? #mepolitics 1518533
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Susan Collins could stop this she won’t. Along with her votes on justices who took away Roe she has arguably done more to harm America than any single senator. 51557281444
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialArrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 28/06/2025I’ve read this three time the language from the government is what you would see from the government dealing with a country we have no diplomatic relationship with and aren’t literally neighbours to? 55 Canadians is a lot of Canadians in horrific conditions, wtf. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...ctvnews.caApproximately 55 Canadians have been detained by ICE, minister saysFifty-five Canadians have been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand told CTV News Friday. 45603281
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/06/2025This should be a constitutional requirement, in addition to not being an insurrectionist. 476171593302
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialMaxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 28/06/2025They do this cause they know the bill is terrible for their states & districts. So they post a tweet opposing it, then fold right after. That way, come election time, they can claim they “fought it.” 99% of the time, that fight was complete BS. 24652141589
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/06/2025A NYC candidate for mayor has called for reconsidering rent control in that city, while congressional Republicans are advancing a bill that would take a trillion dollars in health care away from working people all across America, but guess which one the pundits are all over right now? 513260771
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Completely accurate. Let’s not add the current President of the United States didn’t even bother to offer condolences. 642870621
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/06/2025And Trump just gave asylum to 17 of the cartel's family members. Because he's tough on the cartels, you see. www.cnn.com/2025/06/28/p...cnn.comMexican drug cartel used hacker to track FBI official, then killed potential FBI informants, government audit says | CNN PoliticsThe stunning new details offer a rare look at how technology can be exploited in the high-stakes battle between US law enforcement and the violent Mexican cartels that control illicit drug trade. 11638581975
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialConrad Benner @streetsdept.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Fund SEPTA. 0636
Reposted by @ashleymont.bsky.socialKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 28/06/2025I can't tell if it's because I'm too NYC focused but does it feel like the news cycle spent more time crashing out on the fact that NYC picked a brown Muslim dude as is primary candidate then it did on a right wing extremist who shot 2 Minnesota legislators killing one, her husband and dog? 461150213380
