Brandon @bbugh.bsky.social · 28/07/2025An important step to have full voter enfranchisement in DC! @councilofdc.bsky.social should support @cmbrookepinto.bsky.social’s amendment. 032
Reposted by BrandonMartin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Also interesting: Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto is proposing an amendment to fund semi-open primaries in D.C., which was one half of Initiative 83. The other half, ranked-choice voting, is being funded separately. If this passes, D.C. would get RCV and semi-open primaries in 2026. 2318
Reposted by Brandonmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 31/03/2025going to start calling myself a centrist and then listing all my leftist views as proof, just going to start moving the overton window by force 533292733814
Reposted by BrandonFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 10/03/2025They disappeared a man right off the streets just like Putin for exercising his free speech. They won’t stop at immigrants. We are all targets now. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...open.substack.comThey are disappearing people in the U.S.The detention of Mahmoud Khalil is meant to send a message and strike fear 18943611883
Reposted by BrandonAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/02/2025If the government were functioning, I’d be against a shutdown. The government is not functioning. Democrats should stand their ground and refuse to fund DOGE. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...politico.comDemocrats face decision point on shutdown strategyRepublicans rebuffed Democrats' demands in shutdown negotiations. Democrats now have a choice to make. 613112392581
Reposted by BrandonSerenity Now! @cpo10za.bsky.social · 21/02/2025This should be an ad for @runforsomething.net . “Maybe you think you don’t have the education credentials or general smarts to run for Congress…Believe us, you do.” 26817
Reposted by BrandonSean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 20/02/2025If confirmed this is going to blow MASSIVE holes in the US budget. It will serve only to transfer wealth from American taxpayers to the wealthiest Americans who are the hardest to audit. This isn't fiscal responsibility - it's theft by Elon, Trump and their grifting goons. 20499156
Reposted by BrandonKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 19/02/2025Oh. You can do that. Interestingtheguardian.comJair Bolsonaro charged over alleged far-right coup plot to seize power in BrazilFormer president is charged by attorney general following police report that accused him of organising a conspiracy to stop Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva taking power. 21970151
Reposted by BrandonAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/02/2025We are calling for impeachment—America has no kings. 130110581480
Reposted by BrandonGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/02/2025MAGA acts like finding fraud in government is some new thing DOGE invented. They aren’t good at it, but experts who were let go were. 270130883399
Reposted by Brandonmweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance. 5115020316291
Reposted by BrandonMother Jones @motherjones.com · 14/02/2025“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”dlvr.itA lead prosecutor in Eric Adams' corruption case resigned in a stunning letter"I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me." 481572275
Reposted by BrandonRichard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Dismantling the death penalty is a responsibility that belongs to all of us. Inspiring to see how a group of nuns are trying to save women on death row in Texas: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...newyorker.comThe Nuns Trying to Save the Women on Texas’s Death RowSisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The story of a powerful spiritual alliance. 385139732009
Reposted by BrandonAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/02/2025“MaYbe shE’s goiNg to be in TroUble nOw” Maybe he can learn to read. The Constitution would be a good place to start 30397428010131
Reposted by BrandonWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 13/02/2025America destroying itself to get rid of immigrants it desperately needs to survive and thrive. Wild times, folks. 601996252
Reposted by BrandonRolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 09/02/2025“I heard it was very successful. I haven’t checked it. Where is it today?” Trump said shortly after the coin launched.rollingstone.comTrump and His Family Earned Millions from Trump Coin While 810,000 Others Lost Money: ReportDonald Trump and early investors have earned millions from $TRUMP coin while 813,294 wallets have registered $2 billion in collective losses. 2317747
Reposted by BrandonIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 03/02/2025This is exactly what we want to see from Democrats right now! There’s no excuse for Senate Democrats to be confirming any of Trump’s nominees while MAGA’s illegal power grab continues. If you’re represented by Sen. @schatz.bsky.social, be sure to thank him for fighting back against President Musk.wsj.comExclusive | Democratic Senator Says He Will Stall Trump Nominees Until USAID Is BackThe move would require Senate Majority Leader John Thune to use precious floor time to advance the president’s nominees through the confirmation process. 721919444
Reposted by BrandonFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Enough. The Democrats must shut down the Senate and use their power. Stop voting for these idiots. Stop all unanimous consent. Demand answers. Filibuster. Where is the fucking outrage? 643165304051
Reposted by BrandonAlaina Wood @thegarbagequeen.bsky.social · 02/02/2025I think we need to reframe the doom vs. optimism conversation to an action vs. inaction one. We obviously can’t ignore the issues, but if our messaging discourages action, then we’re not doing a very good job. 28211
Reposted by BrandonAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 02/02/2025What Elon is doing is straight up illegal. He has no authority to go through line by line and shut off funding to organizations he dislikes. He's intentionally trying to destroy civil society. 36576242249
Reposted by BrandonAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive): 1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment* 2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything 3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can 4. Citizens march en mass 46875981816010
Reposted by BrandonProPublica @propublica.org · 01/02/2025A 58-year-old poll worker is among the 60,000 North Carolina voters whose ballots could be disqualified if a Republican judge's election challenge succeeds. “I want people to know today it’s North Carolina, and tomorrow it’s another state,” she said. Read more: propub.li/40Jcbpc 261493501
Reposted by BrandonYK Hong @ykhong.bsky.social · 01/02/2025The oligarchy is currently doing this. 022243
Reposted by BrandonLCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 28/01/2025Trump's extreme and illegal Project 2025 action to pause all federal grants will immediately harm millions of people. It's time to fight back. Join us at the White House at 5 PM ET today for a rally in support of essential federal programs. REPOST TO SPREAD THE WORD!mobilize.usWHITE HOUSE RALLY · VizEventsThe White House has just frozen federal funding, a move that could halt payments within days to states and households relying on essential programs like SNAP food aid, housing assistance, education, h... 48650
Reposted by BrandonYellow Dot Studios @yellowdotstudios.bsky.social · 27/01/2025134 million chickens killed due to bird flu seems like a lot... until you realize that 9.5 BILLION chickens are killed every year, regularly, just in the US. That feels... bad? This incomprehensible scale is how animal agriculture is 2nd only to fossil fuels as a contributor to climate change.investigatemidwest.org134M poultry and counting: Interactive charts show hardest-hit counties in bird flu crisis - Investigate MidwestNote: An earlier version of this story did not correctly combine county data, leading to an inflated number associated with an outbreak date. The figures have been corrected. The latest data from the ... 710939
Reposted by BrandonThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/01/2025‘Trump’s grifting tendencies’: how the president’s crypto ties could spur corruptiontheguardian.com‘Trump’s grifting tendencies’: how the president’s crypto ties could spur corruptionWith Trump promising the US will be ‘crypto capital of the planet’, experts say the industry’s poised for laxer oversight With Donald Trump tapping top regulators with cryptocurrency ties and promising to make the US the “crypto capital of the planet”,… 5327172
Brandon @bbugh.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Funny, it’s like #DOGE already existed… and they’re called the Inspectors General… and Trump just illegally tried to fire them 030
Reposted by BrandonNick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Wow. 🔥🔥🔥 This new bombshell Oxfam report is exactly what billionaires don’t want us to know: Apparently 60% of global billionaire wealth comes not from entrepreneurship… …but from inheritance, corruption, cronyism & monopolies. Share the truth:tealandorangereport.comThe Report That Musk, Zuck & Bezos DON'T Want You to SeeA scathing OXFAM report exposes how billionaires really "earn" their wealth. 18052552898
Reposted by BrandonTim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 24/01/2025If Democrats can't make immediate hay out of such wanton cruelty.... 1139297
Reposted by BrandonRolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 22/01/2025Commentary: "Without meaningful campaign finance reform — and a Supreme Court that will uphold those reforms — the erosion of our democracy will only accelerate."rollingstone.comBlame the Supreme Court for Elon Musk's Power in Trump's AdministrationElon Musk’s outsized influence with Donald Trump is a direct result of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which turns 15 this week. 16537112
Reposted by BrandonACLU @aclu.org · 22/01/2025President Trump overturned President Biden’s executive order on private prisons. This move will allow the federal Bureau of Prisons to expand use of for-profit prisons, known to prioritize profits over people. Mass incarceration should not be a business venture.brennancenter.orgTrump Reverses Biden Order that Eliminated DOJ Contracts with Private PrisonsThe action’s impact is limited to contracts with the Bureau of Prisons and U.S. Marshals Service. 27669175
Reposted by BrandonFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 21/01/2025This is your mission. We take our power back now at the local and state level. Stop waiting for a national hero. It’s you. Get to work. 10753677811021
Reposted by BrandonFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Can’t afford eggs…that’s weird. 2954892836
Reposted by BrandonKenny Torrella @kennytorrella.bsky.social · 13/01/2025New from me: Big Oil and Big Ag are teaming up to turn cow poop into energy — and profits. The math doesn’t add up. www.vox.com/future-perfe...vox.comBig Oil and Big Ag are teaming up to turn cow poop into energy — and profits. The math doesn’t add up.US climate policy has led to a surge in manure-based “biogas.” Critics say it’s propping up factory farming. 33613
Reposted by BrandonMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 16/12/2024The Democratic Party establishment is worse than useless. Pelosi and her generation of pro-corporate leaders keep crushing the left, while losing to fascists. Get out of the way. 49985193
Reposted by BrandonZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Our campaign finance system is a national model for amplifying small dollar donors and leveling the playing field of democracy. Today’s decision by the CFB upholds the integrity of this landmark program. Now it's up to voters to end the Mayor's culture of impunity next year. 1409
Reposted by BrandonAdam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Last time Trump imposed tariffs on China They retaliated against American soybean farmers-who then lost all their Chinese buyers And the farmers had to get bailed out by subsidies So not only were the tariffs an abject failure They wound up costing the American people $23 billion in subsidies 641112513
Reposted by BrandonIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 27/11/2024The next two months are crucial for Democrats in the 15 states with trifectas. Check out our blueprint for blue states to prepare for Trump 2.0, and make sure your elected officials aren’t wasting any time to take action to protect our rights and freedoms. 👇indivisible.orgDemocrats Safeguarding Democracy: A Blueprint for Blue States to Prepare for Trump 2.0 9389147
Brandon @bbugh.bsky.social · 26/11/2024We must take pandemics off the menu. And stop subsidizing factory farms, aka pandemic factories. 010
Reposted by BrandonEric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Which states get the most % of their money from US Dept of Education? Versus that state’s Trump vote. Red states hurt themselves the most if they eliminate the Dept of Education. Graph by @jamessmurphy.bsky.social 36467135
Brandon @bbugh.bsky.social · 21/11/2024And we must work to ensure Spanberger wins the governorship in 2025 000
Reposted by BrandonProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 16/11/2024What this means is that the bird flu virus (H5N1} has*potentially* found a mutation that brings it closer to infecting humans more easily. 36962375
Reposted by BrandonJose Vilson, PhD @thejosevilson.com · 19/11/2024Teaching the Bible in public schools isn't just bad for non-Christians. It's also an awful idea for Christians. Who's to stop the state from determining how Christian a student is based on their interpretation of the Bible? This is messy and the pushback should be swift and unequivocal.nytimes.comTexas Education Board to Vote on Bible-Infused Lessons in Public SchoolsA new curriculum would focus on Christianity more than other religions. A kindergarten lesson on the Golden Rule, for example, would teach about Jesus and his Sermon on the Mount. 63710
