Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialDavid Sirota @davidsirota.com · 22hWatch the full conversation: youtube.com/live/KukHtOE...youtube.comEx-Tea Party Congressman Joe Walsh: Democrats Should Go Populist 1102
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Trump cuts a big-money oil deal with Putin, an indicted war criminal, & dumps Zelenskyy, a democratic ally. My new book, "HOW RUSSIA WON: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America," explains how this came to be as part of Putin's shadow war against the US. Check out HowRussiaWon.com 721560
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialCongresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 10/10/2026A US ambassador getting money to help a donor with tax issues. Don Jr. getting his wedding paid for by a Russian oligarch. The President getting a jet from a foreign government. This administration and the Trump family are so corrupt. They must be held accountable. 715441
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialDavid Sirota @davidsirota.com · 10/10/2026The fear that someone like @aoc.bsky.social couldn’t win nationally is “by now so misplaced," says @walshfreedom.bsky.social. 34311
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialThe Lever @levernews.com · 10/10/2026Full story: www.levernews.com/the-eviction...levernews.comMike Rogers Invested In Rent Hikes. Now He’s Running For Senate.The GOP Senate candidate holds up to $250,000 in Blackstone’s real estate trust while pitching an affordable-housing plan built around tax breaks for developers. 0136
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Billionaire families have spent $1.7 BILLION on the 2026 midterms so far — a 5,200% increase since the 2010 midterms. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day. Big Money is the root of our dysfunction. 30291123991
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialCongresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 09/10/2026The most corrupt president in history. 1112547
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialCongresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 09/10/2026I’m joining Rep. Chuy Garcia in condemning the Israeli government’s systematic persecution of Palestinian healthcare workers and demanding their release from arbitrary detention, including Dr. Abu Safiya, who has been tortured in Israeli prisons for nearly 2 years.truthout.orgTlaib, Democrats Call for Israel to Release Palestinian Doctors From DetentionIsrael has killed over 1,700 Palestinian health care workers in three years of genocide in Gaza. 08228
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"We Can't Eat Road Salt" should be a whole ad. 1144780795
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Resistors report arrests and injuries, including being pushed into barbed wire. CBP confirmed that all four cottonwoods marked for removal there are now gone. Centuries of life destroyed for two parallel walls cutting through the borderlands. We’re heartbroken and we’re angry! 541349409
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialAll In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“Donald, here is the gauntlet, here's the challenge. I think you are too afraid to come to Michigan because you know when I beat your candidate, and you came, I'm actually beating you,” says Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, “I dare you to come.”youtube.com‘I DARE you’: El-Sayed says Trump is ‘too afraid’ to campaign in MichiganYouTube video by MS NOW 916341
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialAdam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 28/08/2026“Every policy that is responsible for the affordability crisis in the US can be traced back to a policy written and bought by big money. [C]orruption is not some esoteric abstract issue. Corruption is why the working class and middle class of this country is being immiserated.” @davidsirota.comtherealnews.comDavid Sirota: How to get obscenely rich while losing to Donald Trump, the Democrats' failures explainedDavid Sirota joins Taya Graham and Stephen Janis to expose the enormous financial incentives shaping Democratic politics and why political consultants can accumulate “generational wealth” even when th... 610339
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialDave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 24/09/2026More of this please. Public money for sports should come with public ownership substack.com/profile/9225...substack.comDavid Sirota (@sirota)My modest proposal announced on City Cast Denver: Use eminent domain to nationalize the Denver Nuggets #FreeTheJoker 16314
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialDavid Sirota @davidsirota.com · 26/09/2026Please bookmark this post and remember it. History has taught us that over the long haul, arsonists will never be reliable firefighters. 312041
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialAdam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Digger will very likely be the last chance at a global commercial movie sounding the alarm and connecting people with the reality of global climate collapse... until the climate becomes so chaotic we can't make films anymore. 57513
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point? 1351201837091
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialDavid Sirota @davidsirota.com · 05/10/2026A Democratic Party that refused to use its power to deliver for the working class ended up being a delivery system for Trump. If Democrats win power and once again do the same thing, they will be a delivery system for an even worse version of Trump - pass it on. 912153
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialThe Lever @levernews.com · 03/10/2026Sarah Longwell of The Bulwark: There's "not a single piece of empirical data" that campaigning with Liz Cheney hurt Kamala Harris in 2024. There is. In PA/MI, more independents said it made them less enthusiastic about Harris than more. New from @davidsirota.com: www.levernews.com/bulwark-2024...levernews.comThe Bulwark Now Wants You To Forget 2024On the defensive, Sarah Longwell says there’s no evidence Democrats’ alliance with Liz Cheney hurt Kamala Harris. Swing-state polling says otherwise. 186532
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialThe Lever @levernews.com · 03/10/2026Missed our live discussion on the neocon takeover of the Democratic Party yesterday? We've got you. Check out the full replay featuring @davidsirota.com, @lincolnproject.us's @reedgalen.bsky.social and @majorityreport.bsky.social's @samseder.bsky.social here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSuv...youtube.comHow Did Neocons Take Over the Democratic Party? (Full Discussion)YouTube video by The Lever 02810
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 04/10/2026We speak with Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil about his new memoir, "No Land to Stand On." It details his 104 days of detention inside a Louisiana ICE jail after he was targeted for arrest and deportation by the Trump administration over his pro-Palestine campus advocacy at Columbia University.democracynow.org“No Land to Stand On”: Mahmoud Khalil on His Memoir, Palestine, Fighting Deportation & Suing ColumbiaWe speak with Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil about his new memoir, No Land to Stand On: Notes from Detention. It details his 104 days of detention inside a Louisiana ICE jail after he was targete... 115554
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialDavid Sirota @davidsirota.com · 04/10/2026If you asked me to summarize the most significant existential political truth that I fear too few liberals truly understand, it would be this. 618457
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialDean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Comedian Ms. Pat on my SiriusXM show destroys right wing Judge Judy for saying, "If you don’t like this country, go somewhere else." She responded: "I’m a Black woman in this country and it ain’t been as good to me as it has to you." youtu.be/stsL6tQn-SIyoutu.beMs. Pat destroys right wing Judge Judy for saying, If you don’t like this country, go somewhere elseYouTube video by The Dean Obeidallah Show 417329
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialSarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 03/10/2026substack.com/@sarahkendzi...substack.comSarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior)Spotted at the library, an accidental description of the US court system: “Bro Law (Science Fiction)” 210628
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialAdam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 03/10/2026By losing our shit or freaking out I mean actions like this at bare minimum. 06812
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialAdam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 01/10/2026There’s going to a lot of stories like this in the coming years. 45518
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialDavid Sirota @davidsirota.com · 02/10/2026I'm all for a popular front against Trump & I don't think @thebulwark.com is all bad. I appreciated working with them & I appreciate at least one of them (@timmiller.bsky.social) apologizing for helping create today's GOP. But they're a neocon project willing to sabotage Dems for their ideology. 2589
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 01/10/2026subscriber.politicopro.comPOLITICO Pro: Pulte’s FHFA watchdog budget cuts will ‘eliminate’ criminal enforcement, inspector general saysThe agency’s Inspector General told Congress it will have to cut up to 80% of its staff. 213845
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialCongresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 01/10/2026We cannot allow AI companies to continue their race to the bottom, leaving our economy, our livelihoods, and our communities to be collateral damage. It is time for major, structural change — and my AI Charter Act is the way to achieve that. 37516
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/09/2026“They were part of a culture that protects the worst impulses that men have.”motherjones.comHoods, hazing, and heavy drinking: A look inside an elite university's fraternity culture"They were part of a culture that protects the worst impulses that men have." 79240
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026On the same day Trump announces that top tech firms have signed an accord to "self-police" their own AI development, we learned that OpenAI employees and security researchers were reportedly ignored when they brought safety concerns to the company's top executives. See the problem here?nytimes.comOpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. ModelsEmployees and security researchers said that they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but that OpenAI did not listen. 691241563
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026In 1988, California banned public financing of elections — one of the best methods to counter the power of Big Money. Voters can restore it this November by voting YES on Prop 4. Watch. 241283480
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Perhaps this is "super intelligence" after all. variety.com/2026/digital...variety.comWhite House’s New AI Website Confirms Trump Lost the 2020 Presidential ElectionDonald Trump has routinely claimed that he won the 2020 election. But the new AI-powered website America.gov, which Trump unveiled on Tuesday to great fanfare, says otherwise. 821963527
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I hope Michiganders elect Abdul El-Sayed to the Senate. He would be good for Michigan and good for the United States. robertreich.substack.com/p/senator-…robertreich.substack.comSenator Abdul El-SayedHe would be good for Michigan and good for the United States 326167533764
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026More precisely, Kash Patel was paid $25,000—and Rudy Giuliani $100,000—by a pro-Russia propagandist who led a project financially supported by Putin's office. To get the full story, see my new book, "How Russia Won: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America." Go to HowRussiaWon.com. 11592216
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Earlier today, @zeteo.com revealed that Israel has kidnapped an American teenager and has kept him in detention for three months, with no charges. And then hours later, only one Republican voted to even somewhat hold Israel accountable for acts like this. 013550
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026 185129424187
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialDavid Sirota @davidsirota.com · 29/09/2026it seems we're facing the prospect of oligarchs’ robots mass murdering every human being on Earth, not because we don't know how to stop the robots, but simply because our government is too corrupt to even try to stop themlevernews.comAI Regulation Was Coming. Then Trump Killed It.After a flood of tech industry cash, President Donald Trump killed a requirement that AI giants disclose their riskiest experiments to national security officials. Now lawmakers are scrambling to catc... 39236
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialAdam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Watched this yesterday and am still haunted by it. This kind of tech is only possible because of 100’s of years of work by generations of scientists. The idea that now that legacy of knowledge has passed into the hands of sociopathic bros and blind profit junkies is terrifying. 119619
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialDavid Sirota @davidsirota.com · 26/09/2026It is impossible to overstate how totally sociopathic it is for @rahmemanuel.bsky.social to have turned Chicago into his personal political corruption machine and now depict himself as the 2028 presidential candidate leading an anti-corruption movement. 1115151
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialEzra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Hey Democrats, if this is your consultant’s advice... FIRE THEM. 1827376
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialSarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Thanks! Full article here: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/gutting-th...sarahkendzior.substack.comGutting the Fourth EstateThe US media were willing cogs in Trump’s machine. Now he’s tearing it down. 110748
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialOur Revolution @our-revolution.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A better world is possible — and progressives are putting forward a vision for how we build it. That’s the alternative Bernie is laying out: cooperation over confrontation. Diplomacy over forever wars. Shared prosperity over oligarchy. 0117
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/09/2026“I wanted to know if you agree that an IUD is an abortifacient,” Washington Democrat Patty Murray asked Dr. Heidi Overton, Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next head of the FDA. Overton not only refused to answer, but her response even suggested that the FDA could change its stance.motherjones.comTrump’s FDA pick refuses to say IUDs don’t cause abortionsDr. Heidi Overton also tells senators she's also open investigating abortion pill manufacturers. 1715075
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 23/09/2026www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...dailykos.com 114225
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialOur Revolution @our-revolution.bsky.social · 24/09/2026They tell working people there’s never enough money for schools, housing or public services. But somehow there’s ALWAYS money for corporate giveaways. Ferguson just approved massive tax breaks for a data center development. Our communities are not corporate piggy banks.stlpr.orgFerguson City Council says yes to tax breaks for data center developmentFerguson City Council OKs tax breaks for development and data center that would use Emerson campus. 054
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026CNN is about to travel the same dark path of WaPo and CBS News. They will say it's not true. They will ask you to ignore what you see and disbelieve what you hear. Instead, I suggest you support independent media. You can start with Democracy Docket but there are many others. demdock.com/4w6emld 19588822578
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026He ought to be asked about this when he’s presented as a Democratic strategist. 581536418
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialCongresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 21/09/2026Trump has pledged $410 million to deport immigrants to third countries — places they often have no connection to. Shut this down. 47923
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialAdam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Wrote it with Rob Smigel. And yes, it was pulled from reruns. 422515828
Reposted by @barbaraclaire.bsky.socialAdam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Essentially Exxon has just publicly announced their company’s entire business will end life as we know it on the planet within about 20-25 years. Maybe that’s why they did it. 3C by 2050 still seems “far off” & abstract for many. As opposed to the catastrophic 2C we’re facing more & more next yr.. 723958
