Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3hHere's a nearly 10-minute supercut of Troy Jackson taking it to Susan Collins during their debate tonight, including Jackson telling her "you can't eat road salt" and "Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out" 17240831085
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4hI'm voting YES on Prop 40, the California billionaire tax. Here's why.youtube.comWhy I Support The California Billionaire TaxBillionaires are crying foul about California's proposed wealth tax.Don't fall for their fearmongering.A one-time, 5% ta 651546626
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 5hMike Rogers led the charge to flood opioids into our communities. Here's what happened. 182116867
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 05/10/2026NEW: Nearly 150,000 California mail ballots were thrown out in June's primary — most for arriving too late. Midterm voting starts TODAY. Don't let your ballot be next. Mail it by Oct. 27 or use a drop-off location. Here's what you need to know:democracydocket.comCalifornia early voting starts today. Here’s what you need to knowCalifornians are voting amid an unusually turbulent fight over how ballots are cast, delivered, counted and protected. 24534353
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialRep. Justin J. Pearson @justinjpearson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026BIG NEWS: Our campaign for U.S. Congress has been added to the @electdemocrats.bsky.social’s Red to Blue list of the most competitive races in this country. This is our moment to deliver an affordable future for Tennessee. 9730154
baileyjames978.bsky.social @baileyjames978.bsky.social · 7hMs. Williams if your nasty! Such a bad ass! 020
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h"Whatever conclusions reached by the commission of an octogenarian crank and two billionaires, they'll be handed off to Hegseth, who believes wars are won by whichever side can do the most pushups, and whose obsession with creating an all-white, all-male military is dragging DoD down by the day."publicnotice.co“Project Meridian” is the stuff of satireElon Musk, Newt Gingrich, and Palmer Luckey walk into a bar ... and are given the keys to the DoD. 801728555
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialThey Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social · 13hThrowback Tuesday! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTa0...youtube.comThey Might Be Giants - Ana Ng (BEST QUALITY Official Music Video)YouTube video by ParticleMen 1132743
baileyjames978.bsky.social @baileyjames978.bsky.social · 9hHe also said he fucked over cattle ranchers with imported beef because they needed votes. 010
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12hIf Joe Biden got one word out of place, Jake Tapper would write a book about it. If you’re tired of the double standard- try independent media. It’s free. It’s award-winning. It has swearing. substack.com/@muellershew...substack.comHeadlines for October 6, 2026The Daily Beans podcast headlines sourced and cited 8340571109
baileyjames978.bsky.social @baileyjames978.bsky.social · 11hI just walked through a spider web so big, I thought I was on a quest for the Golden Claw.. 000
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 05/10/2026“This election is likely our last chance to stop the march of fascism led by Trump and his enablers seeking to hold onto power by any means necessary…We should take seriously Trump’s repeated assertions that he intends to stay in power after 2028.” www.americaamerica.news/p/we-are-und...americaamerica.newsWe Are Under Attack From an Enemy WithinBy listening to our founders and refusing to go along with this, we can name and defeat the ongoing danger to our constitutional republic 861785728
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.com“You kidnapped my son”ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.” 43758253693
baileyjames978.bsky.social @baileyjames978.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Someone finally told him its illegal as fuck. 000
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/10/2026Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican Speaker in history, has died at 84. Hastert admitted in federal court to sexually abusing boys he coached as a high school wrestling coach. A federal judge called him a "serial child molester." He was a registered sex offender. 3112575864
baileyjames978.bsky.social @baileyjames978.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Like having a pinecone shoved in my a$$. 000
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Ken Paxton: “I’ve never been in a race where I felt less control over the campaign and what issues are going to matter because it’s all coming from D.C. I don’t control the message or what we’re doing. I don’t have ability to change anything. I have to live with whatever I’ve got. It’s a challenge.”newrepublic.comKen Paxton Admits Team Trump Controls His Campaign in Leaked AudioPaxton complained he can’t change anything about his own campaign. 168958356
baileyjames978.bsky.social @baileyjames978.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Those caravans were weird as shit. 020
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 05/10/2026“Too many Americans have absorbed & tolerate Trump’s insane, destructive behavior as a fact of life…the corporate media has facilitated that mentality…we are facing a constitutional emergency with an exec branch working to centralize its power at all costs.” www.americaamerica.news/p/we-are-und...americaamerica.newsWe Are Under Attack From an Enemy WithinBy listening to our founders and refusing to go along with this, we can name and defeat the ongoing danger to our constitutional republic 631273446
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The Supreme Court’s new term and my list of dread: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...joycevance.substack.comThe Week AheadOctober 4, 2026 10683204
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026bsky.app/profile/atru... 28036301137
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌 1489230336503
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor) 41997343538
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I’ve known many other defense secretaries, starting with Cap Weinberger, who served as defense secretary under Reagan. I can say without fear of contradiction that Pete Hegseth is the stupidest and least qualified of them all. He is a danger to the entire world. He must be impeached. 15253661542
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026"He is not here to help. He’s distant, angry, a figure of nothing but venom & vengeance. He walks toward the viewer like a serial killer stalking his prey, his face a mask of contempt & barely-contained rage. His visage in this ad is glowering, almost a parody of a dictator trying to inspire terror"publicnotice.coScenes from a personality cultTrump’s taxpayer-funded agitprop is clearly illegal — and that’s the point. 1521931611
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Here's how we get Medicare for All done: Make Medicare whole (no one can keep all the parts straight!) Include vision, dental, and hearing. Begin extending to more people, starting with children. We arrive at Medicare for All, which means great Medicare for everyone. 789178334786
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.theintercept.comDoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam 6584021411827
baileyjames978.bsky.social @baileyjames978.bsky.social · 25/09/2026What are you talking about? Progressives are going to win damn near every primary. 100
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialBarb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Whoa! Did Secret Service fail to get the memo or is the White House violating the court order? Either look is bad – either incompetent or contemptuous. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...politico.comPOLITICO barred from White House after court ruling restoring accessThe Secret Service confiscated a POLITICO reporter's press pass Thursday morning despite a federal judge’s decision hours earlier that a media ban appeared to violate the constitutional due process ri... 711023300
baileyjames978.bsky.social @baileyjames978.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I am a democrat. And yes, it's specific. 100
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Nearly 3 billion opioid pills entered MI within 7 years. Big Pharma made billions and bought off politicians like Mike Rogers, who took $1M. I put free Narcan in 100 places in Wayne County to fix what he broke. Today, on National Save a Life Day, take a moment to learn how Narcan can save a life. 9652951779
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Everything for our kids. Because all our kids are all our kids. 16849921351
baileyjames978.bsky.social @baileyjames978.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Do you think he has your best interests in mind? 101
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house. 684249175520
baileyjames978.bsky.social @baileyjames978.bsky.social · 24/09/2026He's a corporate hack. It's readily apparent. 100
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026“Do you think the government of Israel is committing a genocide?” 1551747518
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Mike Rogers' estimated net worth in 2013: $380,000 Mike Rogers' estimated net worth in 2026: $14,600,000 He cashed in and sold out Michiganders. 286143265003
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 23/09/2026This November, you’ll see five questions on your ballot about making government work faster for New Yorkers. Make sure you’re registered to vote by Oct. 24 and learn what’s on the ballot at nyc.gov/fast. 563770898
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over* 775286054863
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This show is easily among the happiest (& zaniest) experiences I've ever had doing voiceover. Great scripts. Great cast. Great FUN! Now: Let's... Get... DANGEROUS!!! #DarkwingDuck #DisneyPlus 372117871500
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026At her 22-week ultrasound, Amanda Jablonski learned their daughter had developed without a skull or a brain. There was no chance for survival, and every day Amanda stayed pregnant was a threat to her health and life. Under TN law, she was denied an abortion. www.wbir.com/article/news...wbir.com 23336861851
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialBen McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Paxton took donations from Chinese investors who help facilitate the buying up of Texas land, the very thing he has accused Talarico of doing www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...houstonchronicle.comExclusive: Ken Paxton donations tied to Chinese real estate investment firmPaxton's campaign has taken in $40,000 from donors who work for companies that facilitate the foreign investments in Texas real estate, according to records. 721259729
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026When Elon Musk's groups spent $20M+ on Wisconsin's 2025 Supreme Court race, his involvement backfired and his candidate lost by 10 points. Now his super PAC has quietly spent $14M+ on key midterm races, including the Texas Senate race. Would be a shame if people found out.nbcnews.comElon Musk is flying under the radar in the Texas Senate race. Republicans want to keep it that way.One Republican involved in the Texas Senate contest called Musk’s in-your-face campaigning in Wisconsin last year “a mis 22860153742
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“We are fed up with ICE & DHS telling us lies… NO MORE TRAFFIC STOPS BY ICE.” Wilber’s lawyer says he was sideswiped and shot by ICE without any clue who they even were — and ICE then immediately lied about what happened (again) 18074423217
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I’d highly recommend that nobody download this app. At best, it’s unfiltered propaganda. At worst, it’s spyware. 1985156585588
Reposted by @baileyjames978.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Ohio’s only national forest is being opened back up to fracking. The federal government just leased oil and gas rights beneath nearly 2,800 acres of Wayne National Forest for about $11 million, the first competitive lease sale there since 2017. 34343002332