Reposted by Grian@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 22/06/2026I accepted & respected the “old normal”, so much more than the “new normal“, which absolutely sucks… 29818
Reposted by GrianAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/06/2026The Justice Department has issued a new legal opinion stating that federal disability law does not require states to provide community-based services simply because a person with a disability could live outside an institution. 2031759739
Reposted by GrianRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere. It means more power for them and less freedom for you. 31889083454
Reposted by GrianAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Many of you know this, but we’ve been getting questions on how did the Trump administration use the CRA to go after the Boundary Waters? Short answer is illegally. 19975267
Reposted by GrianKIM F-M @kimf-m.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Humanity, diplomacy, and unity matter. Do not ALLOW Trump & Comp to STEAL those qualities from our once great country. Get involved. Stay aware. Make a difference, ANY way you can. Be Kind. One small deed has the power to reach further than EVER imagined. OH... and, ANOTHER thing... 29452
Reposted by GrianRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Today is the 251st anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone? 439157736264
Reposted by GrianJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance. The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income. They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive. Wanna fix fraud and abuse? Fix that. 6682592310270
Reposted by GrianJust A Grandmom🇺🇸 @grandmompa.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Ooooo, simply and perfectly stated! 9628158
Reposted by GrianJay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 03/11/2025The full transcript is worth the read. Yikes. A firehose of lies and grievances. No plans. No policy. His dangerous failings on full display. Link below. 58525
Reposted by GrianAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/11/2025The Trump administration announced it will provide only partial SNAP payments in November. 104633154
Reposted by GrianLaura Chapin @laurachapin.bsky.social · 30/10/2025There are no national media outlets in Durango, CO - 8 hours from Denver - like there are in Chicago or LA. Grateful to have local journalists + the Durango Herald covering the latest ICE thuggery. 21386222
Reposted by GrianMother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/05/2025“I think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracy—they want an autocracy,” Emily Feiner told Mother Jones. Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall. 992244528172
Reposted by GrianMack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Here's some good news. Trump's administration has a 93% failure rate in court. That’s almost as high as his business failure rate. 510224
Reposted by GrianAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Thanks to everyone joining the sit-in! 191208982579
Reposted by GrianThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 26/04/2025The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach. Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM 631366698589
Reposted by GrianMack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 27/04/2025They neglected to mention that The Bible Belt is also the pornography belt and the welfare belt. I live at the left side of that t Yikes! 771163351
Reposted by GrianJimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com · 26/04/2025Happy 92nd birthday to the one and only Carol Burnett! 803380413782
Reposted by GrianHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 27/04/2025April 26, 2025heathercoxrichardson.substack.comApril 26, 2025Early yesterday morning, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sent three U.S. 551960540
Reposted by GrianSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 22/04/2025An Earth Day message from the late Pope Francis: “‘God always forgives; we humans sometimes forgive, and sometimes not; the earth never forgives.’ The earth does not forgive: if we have despoiled the earth, its response will be very ugly.” 19977289
Reposted by GrianCarlos @dapherdoos.bsky.social · 22/04/2025The indie bookstore around the corner had this sign. So I went inside and bought 2 books from the banned book section. Support local small businesses. Read banned books. Drink your Ovaltine. 347222362878
Reposted by GrianAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/04/2025A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America. 968117802
Reposted by GrianMother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/04/2025The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.motherjones.comHHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youthIn February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day. 3131191419922
Reposted by GrianThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 21/04/2025Pope Francis, who died today at 88, was the antithesis of a strongman. “He was the model of the world leader as a shrewd, searching, and practical man who faced hard choices in vexing circumstances, and responded humbly,” @paulelie.bsky.social writes.newyorker.comThe Down-to-Earth PopeIn a historic moment characterized by autocrats and would-be autocrats, Francis was the antithesis of a strongman. 421108172
Reposted by GrianCongresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 22/04/2025I’m honored to be named Advocate of the Year for the 29th Annual Webbys! Every day, I fight to make sure our communities are seen, heard, and protected—so to be recognized for that work at the Webbys means the world. Follow along on Monday, May 12 at #Webbys. 885242323341
Reposted by Grian@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Americans deserve an explanation, what is the threshold of malfeasance to finally trigger dismissal? 811270330
Reposted by GrianBen @benintn.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Donald Trump and Marco Rubio are letting people die. 40661249
Reposted by GrianToxteth O'Grady @toxteth1.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Marco Rubio just became the latest Trump official to walk back a supposed Executive Order... www.govexec.com/management/2...govexec.comRubio denies that Trump will politicize the Foreign Service and slash embassiesState Department says a draft executive order, which would have created new loyalty requirements for career staff and eliminated many offices, is fake. A reorganization of the department is still expe... 2237891
Reposted by GrianVivianOfTheSierras @vivianofthesierras.bsky.social · 20/04/2025We’re being tested. These are not mistakes.Young Latino Men are most at risk now. Young Black men have always been. LGTBQ people are next. Then anyone opposing the government. MAGA are willing to break our Union and their families and as long as they “win”. They will not stop unless we stop them. 421059395
Reposted by Grian@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Amazing that another human being would make a decision to halt funding to feed starving children, rather than practice personal austerity, not charge the American people & government for his frequent, multi-million dollar weekend golf excursions, and perhaps direct those funds for better uses… 21261109
Reposted by GrianTime of Monsters @thetimeofmonsters.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Today in Hector NY. About 200 people in a rural, mostly Republican county, with other demonstrations in nearby towns. Lots of support from cars driving by! @hcrichardson.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com #handsoff 141557145
Reposted by GrianKevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Democrats should be leveraging the 250th, especially next year's Independence Day anniversary, for the midterm elections. The language of resistance, rights, and freedom is tailor-made for the present moment. Embrace it! 361453268
Reposted by GrianAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 20/04/2025The interesting thing is that according to our own Justice Department, MS-13 began restricting tattoos (c. 2015) on its members precisely bc law enforcement was using them to ID them. Members have to get permission, which means fewer people would have them over last decade 23659271542
Reposted by GrianMack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 20/04/2025The Supreme Court seems to have an inkling of the fix they’ve put themselves in, with Trump trying to accumulate power at the courts’ expense. Just after 1 a.m. Saturday morning, a majority of the Court (unsurprisingly minus Justices Alito and Thomas) told Trump he couldn’t deport more Venezuelans. 051
Reposted by Grian@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 20/04/2025The American people get it, their combined voice is getting louder & louder, showing up as often as needed sends a clear message… 17979235
Reposted by GrianAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/04/2025We just wanted to keep you all updated estimates are now approaching 4 million. Incredible job pulling this off on a holiday weekend! It was tough to get accurate counts today because small towns showed up in force. Some states had record-breaking turnout we didn’t expect this includes 501241574377
Reposted by GrianIsaiah Martin @isaiahrmartin.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Has anyone noticed that the Republican discourse about North Carolina’s storm recovery vanished after the election? Nothing. Not a peep from them. Probably because they don’t want you to know THEY LITERALLY DENIED FUNDING FOR NORTH CAROLINA THIS WEEK! Crazy how that works! 1013621963
Reposted by Grian California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 19/04/202525th Amendment time?! 👇 Whatcha thinkin’?! 🤔 1374125694354
Reposted by Grian50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 19/04/2025We the people are PISSED!📍NYC / April 19 Join the People’s Movement at www.FiftyFifty.one. #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #50501Movement #April19 #NYC @polrev.bsky.social @meidastouch.com 515263116043
Reposted by GrianJennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 19/04/2025Thousands turned out in NYC today to stand for justice, democracy, and the Constitution. We don’t crown criminals—we prosecute them. No kings in America. No thrones for tyrants. Just millions of us, standing up and saying: this is what patriotism actually looks like. 131156265
Reposted by GrianAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/04/2025States like Indiana, Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and more drew even bigger crowds than on 4/5. We’re in awe of you, America. You know you did something right when even Fox News is covering it. Wow!! We love you! 7660461034
Reposted by GrianAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Today was truly inspiring. Something happened that we’ve never seen before, you made noise in places that rarely see protests like this. Communities across traditionally conservative areas hosted historic turnouts. 12098211200
Reposted by GrianWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 20/04/2025An 89-year-old Holocaust survivor. A 93-year-old woman who never protested before. They're mad as hell at what Trump is doing to America, as they joined about 80 others in their senior complex in Haverford, Pa. for a "No Kings!" protest like no other My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...inquirer.comIn Haverford, 80-somethings and 90-somethings take to the road to protest TrumpThey saw the Holocaust, WWII and Vietnam, and these senior protesters on Philly's Main Line have seen enough of Trump. 363481773
Reposted by Griansmc2.bsky.social @smc2.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Put a light in your window for democracy. @hcrichardson.bsky.social 15850121
Reposted by GrianPeace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Heather Cox Richardson Speech - 250 Year Lantern Anniversary - Old North Churchyoutu.beHeather Cox Richardson Speech - 250 Year Lantern Anniversary - Old North ChurchYouTube video by VanTidesDIY 16909167
Reposted by Griancarolina1957.bsky.social @carolina1957.bsky.social · 20/04/2025@hcrichardson.bsky.social 589188
Reposted by Griandebbier76.bsky.social @debbier76.bsky.social · 19/04/2025@hcrichardson.bsky.social want to cry?read @ USAID-how peanut butter mix literally brought starving children from brink of death.T canceled it along w/stop payment to pay manufacturer-shut down T 1st week food purchased-millions of dollars of food allowed to rot. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...theguardian.comDeaths predicted amid the chaos of Elon Musk’s shutdown of USAidThe impact of the billionaire’s declaration has been swift and brutal, with food and crucial drugs abandoned in warehouses, vital programmes closed and workers laid off 41517200
Reposted by GrianAmanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Trump justifies his war on foreign students with false accusations of antisemitism. It's a lie. They are kicking out people for speeding tickets and frog embryos. Vance gave the game away by saying foreign students are "bad for the American dream." www.salon.com/2025/04/17/j...salon.com"Bad for the American dream": Trump's war on foreign students is not about antisemitismOne arrested student actually denounced antisemitism on national television 27551191
