Reposted by Barbara HawkinsSimon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Polling this week the worst of Trump 2.0. Job approval: 43%-52% (-9) Econ/YouGov 43%-54% (-11) Civiqs 42%-55% (-13) Navigator 40%-53% (-13) YouGov 38%-54% (-16) Quinnipiac 39%-60% (-21) AP-NORC Budget bill wildly unpopular. He's now deeply underwater on immigration and deportations too 👇 26516185
Barbara Hawkins @bhawk1357.bsky.social · 23/05/2025He's certifiably crazy. Any predictions on when he's going to have a meltdown that no one will be able to spin? 010
Reposted by Barbara HawkinsThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Even Tucker sees the corruption — “Tucker Carlson observed Trump’s recent business deals in the Middle East seemed “like corruption” after the Trump Org signed deals to build hotels and resorts in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, and Oman.” www.mediaite.com/politics/see... 37474124
Reposted by Barbara HawkinsHuffPost @huffpost.com · 15/05/2025The Boss called upon "the righteous power of art, of music, of rock and roll" during a concert in Manchester, England, on Wednesday.huffpost.comBruce Springsteen Blasts Trump Admin As 'Incompetent And Treasonous'The Boss called upon "the righteous power of art, of music, of rock and roll" during a concert in Manchester, England, on Wednesday. 39824
Reposted by Barbara HawkinsKarin Schall @karinschall.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Stop ICE. America’s gestapo. 28530
Reposted by Barbara HawkinsBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 11/05/2025in the gop tax plan, the top 0.1% gets more than all the households in the bottom half of america combined 30735299
Reposted by Barbara HawkinsRuth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 11/05/2025This is how authoritarian state security forces behave in Turkey, China and other countries. Now America joins them. 891247576
Reposted by Barbara HawkinsThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10/05/2025Jerce Reyes Barrios, a Venezuelan soccer player, was tortured for marching against the Maduro regime. The Trump administration used his Real Madrid-inspired tattoo to label him a Tren de Aragua gang member. A sports story, and much, much more than that.thebulwark.comTrump’s Immigration Horror Stories Are Breaking Through. Here’s How.Brocasters, sports YouTubers, and comedians take on the president’s El Salvador disappearances. 6358149
Reposted by Barbara HawkinsNBC News @nbcnews.com · 09/05/2025The Trump administration’s slowdown in science funding has left U.S.-based scientists and researchers scrambling to find homes for promising work that could lead to medical treatments and cures. Now, many are looking abroad.nbcnews.toThe best and brightest young scientists are looking beyond the U.S. as cuts hit homeTop scientists are cutting staff at their labs. Postdocs are leaving the country. Here's how the Trump cuts are playing out at the University of Washington. 48429
Reposted by Barbara HawkinsThe Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Pete Hegseth's verbal order to ground planes flying military supplies to Ukraine, without involving anyone else, reportedly caused chaos across three different continents.thedailybeast.comHegseth Accused of More Chaos after Sudden Ukraine Aid HaltThe sudden grounding of military flights packed with materiel was a complete surprise to all except Hegseth. 179149
Reposted by Barbara HawkinsElizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Trump and Musk want to cut hundreds of grants to Massachusetts’ libraries, museums, and historic sites. This would devastate our cultural institutions and harm people, organizations, and communities. I’m fighting back.bostonglobe.comMass. congressional delegation demands answers from NEH on grant cancellations - The Boston GlobeThe lawmakers’ letter to NEH predicts “devastating impacts on our nation’s cultural institutions and scholarship.” 715925
Barbara Hawkins @bhawk1357.bsky.social · 06/05/2025#1 what did he just say for all that time? #2. What is all that gilded crap? Almost looks like the WH 000
Reposted by Barbara HawkinsSenator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 20/04/2025Another school. Another shooting. Another failure of leadership for our young people. DeSantis and the NRA are accountable. I will never forget. I will never stop fighting. 29742146
Reposted by Barbara HawkinsMichael Cohen @michaelcohen212.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Big night tonight as @jimacosta.bsky.social and I co-host our first “NO FEAR Tour” livestreamed on Substack. In the meantime, check out my latest Substack post. MAGA: Making Autocracy Great Again therealmichaelcohen.substack.com/p/maga-makin...therealmichaelcohen.substack.com"MAGA: Making Autocracy Great Again"What we’re witnessing is a calculated, insidious erosion of the very bedrock of American democracy. 817027
Reposted by Barbara HawkinsGlenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Judge Rules: "Probable Cause Exists To Find The Government (The Trump Administration) in Criminal Contempt" 44825193
Reposted by Barbara HawkinsBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/04/2025If your Rep or Senator isn't capable of doing Van Hollen-style stuff — for cowardice reasons, or because they're infirm, or they're belatedly sucking up to a dying Trump movement, or really any other reason — you should primary them. It's gonna take a lot more stuff like this. All hands on deck. 8960411068
Barbara Hawkins @bhawk1357.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Losing trillions. Tax breaks will offset the losses. They're good 100
Reposted by Barbara HawkinsDavid Jolly @davidjolly.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Trump has now had the same impact on economic uncertainty as COVID did. Remarkable graph: 126846
Reposted by Barbara HawkinsRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Dark Pence is back. 1650422969827
Reposted by Barbara Hawkinsbrigette russell @msbeakind.bsky.social · 02/04/2025“I promise you, (John Lewis) that I will do everything possible to make you proud.” —Cory Booker 565059932
Reposted by Barbara HawkinsChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 01/04/2025I guess I don't think these are "bribes" in the narrow technical legal sense, but they are obviously bribes in our lay understanding of the word. We'll give you $100 million in free services if you don't come after our firm. It's pure extortion - complete with a price tag! 1843488723
Reposted by Barbara HawkinsElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 01/04/2025Donald Trump and Elon Musk are going after your Social Security. Why? So they can use the money you paid into Social Security to fund for tax cuts for billionaires and billionaire corporations. I joined @booker.senate.gov on the floor to sound the alarm. youtube.com/shorts/CdEco...youtube.comDonald Trump and Elon Musk are going after your Social Security.YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren 822341475
Reposted by Barbara HawkinsCongresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 01/04/2025The Trump administration mistakenly abducted and deported Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a father who fled gang violence and has protected status, to an El Salvador mega-prison. Now they say they can’t get him back. I’m demanding they do. 561098303
Reposted by Barbara HawkinsBarbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 06/03/2025History will treat this betrayal by Trump as more evidence of his pro Putin approach. 1438036
Reposted by Barbara HawkinsBarbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 06/03/2025President Zelensky has shown exemplary courage and leadership in resisting Putin’s barbarous invasion. Ukraine deserves our support! It is unconscionable that the US has stopped sharing our intelligence about Russian activities there. 421196179
Reposted by Barbara HawkinsChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Trump isn’t cutting waste and abuse. He’s cutting programs that help regular people - like Medicaid - to fund tax cuts for billionaires and corporations. He only closes agencies that were stopping his rich friends bilk consumers. 1212419523
Reposted by Barbara HawkinsChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 05/03/2025He’s going to spend 5x as much time talking about transgender kids as the price of groceries and gas. Guess why? Because prices are going way up and he’s not doing shit. 582433358
Barbara Hawkins @bhawk1357.bsky.social · 01/03/2025What's the best way for us to contribute to Ukraine? 000
Barbara Hawkins @bhawk1357.bsky.social · 28/02/2025C'mon congress!!! What's he got on you? Threatening you with your seat. While your head is in the sand for your seat, OUR country is hanging by a thread. It's time to have some damn integrity. The only applause I hear for this performance is from puppeteer putin. 010
Reposted by Barbara HawkinsJessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 27/02/2025 23433179
Reposted by Barbara HawkinsAman Batheja @amanbatheja.bsky.social · 13/02/2025New: Mention of Tesla removed from $400 million State Dept. contract amid scrutiny of Musk, changed to “Armored Electric Vehicles” time.com/7221880/stat...time.comTesla Removed From $400M Federal Contract Amid Musk ScrutinyThe State Department updated its 2025 procurement forecast after the line item was publicly questioned about potential conflict of interest. 44502193
Reposted by Barbara HawkinsGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/02/2025The best messaging is to state what everyone knows to be the truth in the simplest and clearest way possible. So it’s hard to imagine more effective messaging than this. 552133762380
Barbara Hawkins @bhawk1357.bsky.social · 04/02/2025The scary part is Trump thinks they're all doing this for him. The way we're heading the leader is the one he's given all the power to. 110
