Reposted by @baeliren.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2025800 detainees are missing after being held in Alligator Alcatraz in July, showing no record of their location in ICE’s database. Other detainees have been mistakenly deported or sent to detention centers thousands of miles away. The cruelty is the point. 788155186225 15.5K
baeliren.bsky.social @baeliren.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Boat Suspected of Smuggling Drugs Is Said to Have Turned Before U.S. Attacked It www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...nytimes.comBoat Suspected of Smuggling Drugs Is Said to Have Turned Before U.S. Attacked It 010 1
Reposted by @baeliren.bsky.socialJay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Trump is threatening blue enclaves again, this time with federalized National Guard soldiers sent by red state governors. It’s part of a bogus effort to quell an imaginary crime wave. Why Trump’s threat could be a paper tiger, in today’s write-up. open.substack.com/pub/statusku... 2640165 401
Reposted by @baeliren.bsky.socialMarco Foster @marcofoster.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell: “I have spent the last 17 years in my own prison for what she, Jeffrey, and all the co-conspirators did to me. I was raped three times a day. Ghislaine must die in prison.” 6022956710183 29.6K
Reposted by @baeliren.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Trump’s problem is that so many Americans — including most of his MAGA base — believed that, once back in the Oval Office, he’d expose a powerful global elite. But what if Trump is part of that elite? robertreich.substack.com/p/what-did… 65762180 762
Reposted by @baeliren.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022. That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations. So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders? 5043517210849 35.2K
Reposted by @baeliren.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/04/2025This is terrifying in America. ICE agents are showing up masked—these abductions must stop. If you’re going to detain someone, show your face, present a warrant, and proper ID. Disappearing people from their families without evidence or accountability isn’t law enforcement—it’s state-sponsored fear. 1307325909520 32.6K
Reposted by @baeliren.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 11/04/2025And this is why countries are dumping their U.S. treasuries and dollars. 975168898 5.2K
Reposted by @baeliren.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Mahmoud Khalil expressed his political point of view peacefully. That’s supposed to be permitted in a democracy. If this egregious assault on civil liberties stands, what’s to stop Trump from arresting American citizens who support any cause his regime doesn’t like? 1312884851 2.9K
Reposted by @baeliren.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Trump’s new tariffs are here, and despite his attempts to spin them as a win, the reality is sinking in fast: tariffs are taxes, and American consumers will pay the price. The Big Picture breaks down the fallout, the backlash, and how Republicans became the party of middle class tax hikes.thinkbigpicture.substack.comHow The GOP Stopped Worrying And Learned To Love Tax HikesRepublicans are the "tax the middle class" party now 1352224328 2.2K
baeliren.bsky.social @baeliren.bsky.social · 15/03/2025In the interest of not only sharing negative, here are my cute cats. 030 3
Reposted by @baeliren.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Medicaid covers... -40% of births nationwide -50% of kids with special needs -72 million people in total Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans. "Party of family values." 17276202329 7.6K
Reposted by @baeliren.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Musk’s status as a “special government employee” limits him to 130 days in the executive branch. However, despite working daily—documented by his own X posts—they claim he only works one day a week, effectively stretching his limit to 130 weeks. This needs to be brought to Congress—please share. 380181576889 18.2K
baeliren.bsky.social @baeliren.bsky.social · 01/03/2025This is a fundamental problem with our population. Those outside of the DMV have no idea how much the federal government does. So they think it’s a bureaucratic, bloated mess. The reason for a centralized government is so there are national programs that states can’t afford by themselves. 000 0
Reposted by @baeliren.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Tom Friedman: "This is a total perversion of U.S. foreign policy practiced by every president since World War I. My fellow Americans, we are in completely uncharted waters, led by a president, who — well, I cannot believe he is a Russian agent, but he sure plays one on TV."nytimes.comOpinion | This Never Happened With an American President BeforeTrump’s behavior in the Oval Office with Zelensky was an unparalleled break with American foreign policy. 571116402640 11.6K
Reposted by @baeliren.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 01/03/2025"More distasteful than President Donald Trump’s incessant lying is what the lies indicate: After years of yelling that the 'Russia hoax' was a witch hunt, Trump is now openly colluding with Vladimir Putin." ICYMI @ninajankowicz.com on Trump's Russia disinformation:thebulwark.comA Fool and a Tool: Trump Is Spreading Russian DisinformationThree years after the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Trump is not just siding with Putin, he’s circulating Putin’s lies. 873396900 3.4K
Reposted by @baeliren.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Musk’s website, DOGE, leaked classified government information to the entire world. NOFURN [Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals] information on their website about the [intelligence community] headcount has prompted a scramble as people check whether their information has been accessed. 21670581635 7.1K
Reposted by @baeliren.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16/02/2025 728216147287 21.6K
Reposted by @baeliren.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin. 9466361715062 63.6K
baeliren.bsky.social @baeliren.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Trying this new platform. Not sure I understand it yet. 010 1