Reposted by Beth DahlmanNick Benson @ottergoose.net · 2hOf recent interest here in Minnesota is that ICE is releasing detainees to satisfy Habeas requests, and then immediately detaining again. This really ought to be national news. 12720
Reposted by Beth DahlmanMicah @rincewind.run · 6hthis is the rudest ad I’ve ever seen in my life and I love it so much 1250262
Reposted by Beth DahlmanJesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 7hThey’re laughing at you, this was deliberate 430851
Reposted by Beth DahlmanKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7hI’m sorry, what’s that acronym again? 1722261404
Reposted by Beth DahlmanJonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 14hThere are a *lot* of top priorities for Dems in the next Congress but forcing the administration to follow the law on spending is probably the top of the top priorities. 2142499
Reposted by Beth DahlmanTyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 10hoh so it's defund the police now? 19528180
Reposted by Beth Dahlmanashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 10htexans: you still have three days to register to vote 19552234
Reposted by Beth DahlmanJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 9hremember the real rocket docket is when Republicans have to jam another corrupt justice on to SCOTUS in three weeks. 2842389
Reposted by Beth DahlmanJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 8hshare.inquirer.com/s6wwow?utm_s...share.inquirer.comA 20-year-old Amish woman with leukemia got measles and died in Pa.’s largest outbreak in three decadesAfter measles swept through her household, the young woman wanted to get vaccinated. Her doctor said she couldn't because she had leukemia and the treatments had weakened her immune system. 7297104
Reposted by Beth DahlmanArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 9hTime orders Old Age to destroy Beauty (flipped, detail), by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, 1746, 📸 by @madelinepcarter.bsky.social 61520219
Reposted by Beth DahlmanKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8hIt was the fucking-aroundiest of times, it was the finding-outiest of times .... 351071172
Reposted by Beth DahlmanMike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 13hScoop: At a secret meeting this summer, an aide to Stephen Miller laid out Trump administration's plan to make it easier for states to round up and institutionalize mentally ill homeless people — by pushing a drastic policy change that would weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans.nbcnews.comHow Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rightsAfter issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community. 24707410
Reposted by Beth DahlmanLex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 14hjust wanna re-up the part where I wrote that many immigrants in Maine have been sheltering in place since January for their own safety, with ICE still operating in the area. it is October. 6603295
Reposted by Beth DahlmanJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14hIt's hard to tell which is weirder: the fact that these guys seriously suggest that models like Claude have consciousness/sentience or that they actually invest time and money (weird!) trying to convince the Pope as well as theologians and legal scholars of this belief. 81984237
Reposted by Beth DahlmanThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 14hMore than a year after the Trump administration attempted to dismantle Voice of America, it is paying an estimated $1.6 million a week to keep 420 of its staffers on administrative leave, according to a State Department inspector general report. washingtonpost.comTrump administration is paying $1.6 million a week to keep Voice of America staff on leaveHundreds of VOA staffers have been on paid leave since the agency sidelined them in March 2025. 915269
Reposted by Beth DahlmanBarb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 14hPart of the post-Trump repairs to democracy must be inspectors general. What if we house them in the legislative branch, where a president cannot fire them? Courts could serve as a check. 65913224
Reposted by Beth DahlmanRazzball @razzball.bsky.social · 15hAnnouncing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit 406127792619
Reposted by Beth DahlmanPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14h844-946-7536 - I called, lol 16712
Reposted by Beth DahlmanDustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 15hI've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this: 229159104246
Reposted by Beth DahlmanJane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026the funniest thing about the "we don't trust the media" people is that they will trust literally anyone else. like, if you have an image and text, they'll buy it. shaking keys at babies type logic. 332199360
Reposted by Beth DahlmanMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 17hThey're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse. 18757802640
Reposted by Beth DahlmanLeah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 16hLePage's pitch to ME-02: Elect me to Congress, where I don't believe I have any authority. 612330
Reposted by Beth DahlmanHow-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 20hListen: I don’t want to minimize the danger of high e-bike speeds. But if the problem here is that stores sell e-bikes that can drive faster than legal limits, then where’s the story about how literally *every car dealership has been doing the same thing for decades*?!?cbc.caHidden cameras show some stores unlocking speed limits on e-bikes, selling e-scooters that go up to 120 km/h | CBC NewsA new hidden camera investigation by Marketplace shows how some stores are selling e-scooters and e-bikes with top speeds much higher than provincial speed limits and with recommended rider ages young... 491566360
Reposted by Beth DahlmanSnitty 🎃 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 20hWhen people talk about rape culture this is exactly what they mean: Michaels and Herbstreit minimizing and dismissing the allegations of dozens of women. 0670152
Reposted by Beth DahlmanDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The unitary executive types never get too hung up on the "shall execute the law faithfully" bit of Article II 534092
Reposted by Beth DahlmanAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Last year not a single refugee fleeing religious persecution was admitted to the US. 171962690
Reposted by Beth DahlmanCharles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 01/10/2026On top of everything else scummy about Roger Marshall, it can’t be a coincidence that he *just happened* to set the monthly payment amount for this arrangement to be *just barely* below the minimum threshold she would need to EVER be able to pay it off 24212
Reposted by Beth DahlmanCharles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 01/10/2026It’s also worth noting that it’s mathematically impossible to pay off a $3,600 balance at $50/month if you’re being charged 18% interest. Your interest the first month alone would be $54, which means you’d have to pay at least $55/mo to ever pay it off (it would take 22 1/2 years at $55/mo). 310252
Reposted by Beth DahlmanRich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks. 59275282235
Reposted by Beth DahlmanDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The President is unable to stay awake during Oval Office press conferences 821557290
Reposted by Beth DahlmanMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 01/10/2026When white nationalist are a part of your voting base 24361981228
Reposted by Beth DahlmanPeggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Michele Tafoya said she’ll “protect” Trump’s Big, Ugly Bill in the Senate. I’m going to fight to restore the cuts to Medicaid and SNAP - the same programs that saved my life as a kid. 730273
Reposted by Beth DahlmanAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026these are our pianos, not theirs! I know this stuff can feel secondary with all of the immediate pain this admin causes, but in the face of such personalism, it also feels important to assert the democratic principle that these cultural inheritances don't belong to the president, they belong to us 321321483
Reposted by Beth DahlmanCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“.. How is that .. number bigger than 100%? Apparently because earlier pledges were withdrawn.” @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/p... 14552147
Reposted by Beth DahlmanAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1 30396552330
Reposted by Beth DahlmanProject True North @projtruenorth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026During the ICE surge, Lisa Demuth signed a letter thanking ICE and praising Kristi Noem for her "steady leadership." 4250150
Reposted by Beth DahlmanMichael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Oh well. Just another day of incompetencestatic.klipy.comElmo I Don't Know IdkALT: Elmo I Don't Know Idk 56617
Reposted by Beth DahlmanRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We are paying CNN and MS NOW to run ads for Donald Trump right before the midterms. You and I are paying for them. And CNN and MS NOW are taking the cash while their hosts and guests say the scheme is illegal. That is the current state of corporate media in America. 30854521896
Reposted by Beth DahlmanAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is the 59th death in ICE detention since Trump took office. 411369738
Reposted by Beth DahlmanJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026There are plenty of laws that can cover this guys corrupt actions. the statutes of limitations shld all the checked. democracy dies without accountability. 1327668
Reposted by Beth Dahlmanjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/10/2026i think cox should spend less time weeping about polarization and more time working to convince his co-partisans not to abandon pluralism and liberal democracy 1593935504
Reposted by Beth DahlmanMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Truly chilling how much the justices love killing people. 535362
Reposted by Beth DahlmanMicah @rincewind.run · 01/10/2026even besides the obvious Ellison corruption, there is simply too much money in prediction markets for them ever to receive the kind of scrutiny they deserve they’re worming their way into everything just like crypto and AI 931342
Reposted by Beth Dahlman"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I, uh, I can't help but notice you left out the slaver's rebellion or the Nazis on the list of people to go fight. Funny, that. 652260368
Reposted by Beth DahlmanChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should. 524101572222
Reposted by Beth DahlmanWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026remember: it saved no net money, social services US citizens are getting cut, and left the US in a weaker place geopolitically. none of the debates about fiscal responsibility, obligation to US citizens first, or 'hard choices' actually apply. they're all bullshit. killed people for nothing at all. 443791893
Reposted by Beth Dahlmanmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026among other things, musk is the #1 donor to the Republican Party in 2024 and 2026, now appointed to a board where he can steers contracts to his businesses. Bought and sold. Thieves. 19747208
Reposted by Beth DahlmanJessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 30/09/2026We should absolutely protect Jane Doe and talk about what we can learn from the failures before, during, and after the harm in this case, but we gotta keep pointing out that this is but one case in an overwhelming, gigantic sea of experiences like this. 116941
Reposted by Beth DahlmanJessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 30/09/2026Gendered violence is a systemic cultural and societal problem. And when one of these cases boils to the top, you can see that in how many survivors come forward to explain how similar their experiences are, in ways both big and small. 220863
