Reposted by bertsyJ. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Secret Panel HERE 🧠 patreon.com/mrlovenstein/posts/mind-body-84972760 194350914
Reposted by bertsyMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 27/05/2025SCOOP— FEMA essential functions are at "high risk" of not functioning properly just days before hurricane season because of staffing shortages, per a recent internal memo obtained by The Handbasket. These deficiencies "may disrupt life-saving and life-sustaining program delivery." Full story here:thehandbasket.coFEMA at 'high risk' of disrupting 'life-saving' disaster relief, per internal memoThe agency in charge of mitigating disasters is in the midst of its own. 9634541524
Reposted by bertsyWIRED @wired.com · 01/04/2025NEW: Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.wired.comThe CDC Has Been GuttedThousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die. 24652362577
Reposted by bertsyDan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator. In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”washingtonpost.comRFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientistMarks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.” 11943225513318
Reposted by bertsyProPublica @propublica.org · 24/03/2025Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.propub.liTexas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban. 404101235990
Reposted by bertsyKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 24/03/2025I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress. 23415557312232
Reposted by bertsyPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 23/03/2025The whole point is not just the state disappearing whoever they want, it's you being in the habit of accepting the state choosing whom to disappear, without question. It's submission to the state. Same as with Gitmo after 9/11. The state's judgment must not be questioned. 248139233706
Reposted by bertsyMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 22/03/2025NONE of this is normal 1716258817652
Reposted by bertsyJon Rauch @jonrauch.bsky.social · 20/03/2025A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled. 1593229429685
Reposted by bertsyErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 18/03/2025INCREDIBLE Ruling! Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus. Trans military members may continue to serve. 206187604627
Reposted by bertsyAnil Dash @anildash.com · 16/03/2025Every person on Bluesky should know: * Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever * Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies * Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured * Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic www.404media.co/the-200-site...404media.coThe 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring404 Media has obtained the list of sites and services that ICE contractor ShadowDragon pulls data from. ShadowDragon sources data from all over the web and lets government analysts easily search it an... 12342358012540
Reposted by bertsyAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House. We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication. They own what happens next. 561312852725070
Reposted by bertsyAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable. Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes. Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason. 491713103824238
Reposted by bertsyBen Lorber @benlorber8.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Right now there is clear, overwhelming opposition to Mahmoud Khalil’s abduction across the moderate, liberal, progressive & left spectrum. This kind of loud unity is what authoritarians are afraid of. To keep it up we need every institution & public leader to join the chorus. 157149493474
Reposted by bertsyMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10/03/2025A crowd has gathered for the NYC protest against the illegal ICE arrest of Columbia grad student Mahmoud Khalil. Protesters are chanting and calling for his immediate release. Multiple helicopters overhead. 115146243345
Reposted by bertsyAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/03/2025I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence. This is a campaign of eradication. www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna... 6672527011067
Reposted by bertsyMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/03/2025“Trying to appeal to a voter who will congratulate you for scolding a member of your own party for peacefully protesting fascism is a losing game because that voter does not exist.”thehandbasket.coThe time for a spineDemocrats who censured Rep. Al Green are as clueless as they are feckless. 12980671629
Reposted by bertsyStacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 08/03/2025I got your waste, fraud, and abuse right here 1102377817155
Reposted by bertsyMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/03/2025They want federal employees to suffer psychological abuse and not speak to press about it. It’s not difficult to imagine them coming after members of the media next. Scary shit, but silence is not an option.nbcnews.comDHS has begun performing polygraph tests on employees to find leakersDHS Secretary Kristi Noem and border czar Tom Homan have blamed lower-than-expected ICE arrest numbers on recent leaks about planned operations. 1113046990
Reposted by bertsyBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Yes, my economic plan will cause short term pain. But after that you won't feel the pain anymore because you'll be dead 167381875449
Reposted by bertsyErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 07/03/20251. Today, powerful speeches from trans representatives in Montana SJ Howell and Zooey Zephyr flipped 29 Republicans, killing anti-trans bills. While some Dems like Newsom abandon trans people, these reps show the power of representation. Watch their speech. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.comPowerful Speeches From Trans Dems Flip 29 Republicans, Anti-Trans Bills Die In MontanaTransgender Reps Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell delivered powerful speeches on the Montana House floor on Thursday. Republicans defected en masse to join them in voting against anti-trans bills. 11198862503
Reposted by bertsyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/03/2025REPORTER: Are you considering revoking the TPS status for the more than 20,000 Ukrainians who live here in the US? TRUMP: What are you saying? REPORTER: TPS status. TRUMP: On GPS? 1965121482739
Reposted by bertsyMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/03/2025SCOOP: FEMA's top lawyer was forced out yesterday after less than a week on the job—and sources tell me it was because of his unwillingness to write a memo providing legal cover for the agency's impoundment of $80 million from NYC migrant shelters. Full story:thehandbasket.coFEMA’s top lawyer placed on leave after less than one week in roleIt may be tied to a lawsuit about funding for migrant shelters. 10259092138
Reposted by bertsyU.S. Representative Al Green @algreen.house.gov · 06/03/2025Last night I stood up for those who need Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. Democrats will never abandon the fight to make sure every American has a safe, healthy, and financially secure life. #ISaidWhatISaid 2749302295382
Reposted by bertsyVittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 04/03/2025I spent last week in Taipei with hundreds of human rights organizations, many of which had been impacted by the US aid freeze. While we were there, news came down that even more grants had been canceled, some of which were then reinstated. "Total chaos." @wired.com www.wired.com/story/rights...wired.comDOGE’s Foreign Aid Cuts Have Sparked ‘Total Chaos’ Around the WorldHuman rights organizations say the cuts have undermined years of global democracy-building and free-speech initiatives and put the lives of their staff at risk. 10676214
bertsy @bertsy.bsky.social · 04/03/2025To any future author writing the book on this, hear me out: "Atlas Rugged" 010
Reposted by bertsyMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Trump thinks anyone protesting must be from another country when the right and will to protest our own government is a foundational American value. 3693010542
Reposted by bertsyErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 04/03/2025The final vote: 51-45, with 4 people absent. CLOTURE FAILS, A CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN. Democrats hold firm, not a single dem voted for cloture. MAJOR victory for everyone who called in today and this week in support of trans people. 179188745535
Reposted by bertsyAndrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 04/03/2025NEW: Trudeau says if US tariffs come into effect tonight, Canada will, effective 12:01 am EST tmrw, respond w/ 25% tariffs against $155 billion of US goods starting w/ $30 billion worth immediately, $125 billion in 21 days’ time. Canada's tariffs will remain in place until US trade action withdrawn 471900410
Reposted by bertsyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/03/2025Friday's Oval Office betrayal was to create a pretext for this move. As long as Trump is in office, America will be on Putin's side. 50497912696
Reposted by bertsyMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 04/03/2025SCOOP: Now that Linda McMahon is confirmed/sworn in as secretary, Trump will be imminently issuing an executive order eliminating the Department of Education. I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”. Here is a portion: 68771123964
Reposted by bertsyKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/03/2025It took a lot longer than I'd hoped, but I've finally made the move away from Substack and set up shop on Ghost instead. The newish and improvedish CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io/post-to-the-...campaign-trails.ghost.ioPost to the GhostI'm delighted to announce that, at long last, I've finally managed to move CAMPAIGN TRAILS away from Substack over to its new home at Ghost. This move has been a long time coming. More than a year ag... 1152813373
Reposted by bertsyRogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Best Picture - ANORA Read @tomilaffly.bsky.social's review: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/anora #Oscars 1247
Reposted by bertsyIsaac Feldberg @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social · 03/03/2025"Our film has the power to change the hearts and minds of people. I hope it gets seen by millions of people in the US." NO OTHER LAND, an urgent, undistributed exposé of Israel's war crimes in the occupied West Bank, has won the Oscar for best documentary feature: www.rogerebert.com/interviews/b... 122067
Reposted by bertsyRogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Best Documentary Feature Film - NO OTHER LAND Read @sheilakathleen.bsky.social's review: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/no-o... #Oscars 2238
Reposted by bertsyKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 01/03/2025I went to the tesla protest for a thing I'm working on and I talked to several onlookers - not protesters - and asked them what they knew about Elon and Doge and I'm telling you people don't know 18949491175
Reposted by bertsyPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 28/02/2025As an offshoot of this thread, let’s talk about what happens if federal, state, or local officials text, email, call, or show up at your door wanting to talk to you about what you said about the President. I have a theme, a thesis, a throughline, a leitmotif, which is SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH. /1 8842001694
Reposted by bertsyDavid Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 28/02/2025No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them. 813295047822
Reposted by bertsySherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/02/2025This was a disgusting display by the soft, uninformed VP Vance trying to school Zelensky, the man who has led his country through the most surprisingly resilient and effective fight for sovereignty against a global superpower. Every negative stereotype about America is confirmed in this exchange. 777156613517
Reposted by bertsyPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Part of the lesson here is that Trumpists, like many bullies, don’t handle it well if you stand up to them rather than caving. If Trump or Vance or their supporters had any character this petulant display and Zelenskyy’s defiance would be humiliating to them. 20981921373
Reposted by bertsyPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Watching Putin’s little stooges try to bully Zelenskyy in our goddamned White House is pretty repulsive. 469240833936
Reposted by bertsyWIRED @wired.com · 27/02/2025"Cuts have no apparent regard for civil society or opportunity costs or long-term strategic thinking. Their targets are Elon Musk’s and Project 2025’s targets. They have found no fraud, just democracy at work. They’re apparently eager to see what happens when it no longer does." Brian Barrett:wired.comThe DOGE Takeover Is Worse Than You ThinkWhat’s happening to the US government right now is bad. What comes next is worse. 6928861192
Reposted by bertsyMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.” There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism. 11323760713705
Reposted by bertsyTom Di Liberto @tdiliberto.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Please enjoy my last ever post at Climate.gov/ENSO Blog. This afternoon I was fired by the Trump Administration 15 days before my 2yr probationary period ended on March 13. I have worked at NOAA since 2010, and I'm so incredibly proud of the work I did. If anyone wants a quote, let me know. 26346821594