Reposted by BkbethesdaAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10hHe might try it, but it wouldn’t work. One, his whole insurrection act bullshit has been so blatantly choreographed that it’ll be knocked down in court immediately. A national emergency also isn’t a reason to cancel elections. It’s never been done, and people would almost certainly riot. 171053128
Reposted by BkbethesdaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h4 pics from today’s western Maine and NH fall foliage road trip in the White Mountains. 1714070296
Reposted by BkbethesdaCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 18hIn Springfield, OH, nearly 1,400 workers were laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally. Layoffs were large enough to basically erase an entire year of job growth in the greater Dayton, Ohio, area. apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comA gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rallyPresident Donald Trump is trying to rally voters in the Dayton, Ohio, area on Saturday. But days ago, 1,400 workers were laid off from a truck factory there. 95835333
Reposted by BkbethesdaNancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 22h🚨NEW by me: New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...thequeenzone.comNew ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking RisksA new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to... 37847232867
Reposted by BkbethesdaNPR @npr.org · 22hBeloved for its dinosaurs, Philadelphia's storied Academy of Natural Sciences closed down this week, amid an intense fight by local residents, politicians and scientists to save it. n.pr/4y2SrM3n.prJust short of its 200th birthday, a landmark natural history museum shuts downBeloved for its dinosaurs, Philadelphia's storied Academy of Natural Sciences closed down this week, amid an intense fight by local residents, politicians and scientists to save it. 16301132
Reposted by BkbethesdaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h2026 Maine Fall Foliage Tour 185151822770
Reposted by BkbethesdaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/10/2026Trump: My Administration will, immediately, begin sending 'Checks' of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicare Part B premium ... This money will come from the Medicare Improvement Fund, a pointless 'Slush Fund' that has only been used by Dumocrats ... " 13722333596
Reposted by BkbethesdaGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This reminds me of two scenes in the German movie “Downfall,” which depicts, historically accurately, Hitler’s last days. Both scenes involve Hitler and Albert Speer discussing Hitler’s “Nero Order,” by which the Führer had ordered the destruction of the Reich’s remaining economic infrastructure...clip.cafe 1902571731
Reposted by BkbethesdaGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Speer: “Spare the German people, my Führer.” Hitler: “If my own people fail this test, I will shed not one tear for them. They deserve nothing else. It’s their own destiny. They themselves are to blame.” (Speer then reveals that he had been systematically disobeying Hitler’s orders.) 1465783
Reposted by BkbethesdaHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"Nobody's ever seen numbers like these before." - Senile Satan 1452478817
Reposted by BkbethesdaRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 03/10/2026ICE just kidnapped a woman at LAX airport Saturday Oct 3, 12:50AM. A community member was able to record when several ICE goons who refused to identify themselves grabbed the woman, put her into a van and then drove off. 134177424807
Reposted by BkbethesdaEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026Witkoff and Kushner discussed the deal last month during a meeting at the Kremlin with Putin. Here is a shorter overview of our investigation. With my NYT Washington Bureau colleague Anton Troianovski www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...nytimes.comTrump, Putin, Ukraine and an Oil Deal: 5 Takeaways (Gift Article)A proposal to bolster relations with the Kremlin through the purchase of Russian energy assets is striking even for an administration that regularly mixes personal business interests with foreign poli... 6318131
Reposted by BkbethesdaEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026The pending oil deal involves Russian Lukoil international assets (now sanctioned by the US) that would be acquired at a big discount by a Trump campaign donor, a UAE-based investor in Trump/Witkoff family crypto company, and Kushner/Ivanka's Qatari-based real estate partners. 18516216
Reposted by BkbethesdaHere'sEmmaBrody @emmabrody.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This is absolutely a stunning piece of investigative work. The height of corruption and the people of Ukraine are dying because of the morally indecent Trump family. We're seeing a complete U.S. realignment with Russia for their friends' and family's profit. Grateful for what you've uncovered. 111821
Reposted by BkbethesdaEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...nytimes.comU.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter... 23128971708
Reposted by BkbethesdaThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 23hWe spoke with dozens of librarians from across the U.S. about the challenges and triumphs of running a library. Here is what they told us. nyti.ms/4yw4O4k 3111542
Reposted by BkbethesdaAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 22hIf this reads like one of those Nigerian prince scam emails, it’s because it’s exactly like one of those Nigerian prince scam emails 58148051390
Reposted by BkbethesdaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Trump could nominate the worst person with a law degree in America and this Republican senate will confirm that person. That includes Susan Collins, who always confirms Trump’s justices. The only chance you have to keep that person off the court is to elect Democratic senators. 31845051362
Reposted by BkbethesdaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Every time Trump is asked about people struggling to pay rent, buy a home, afford groceries, health care and gas and he responds claiming this is the greatest economy ever and people on Wall Street are making tons of money speculating on AI, Republicans go down another point in the polls. 1543265711
Reposted by BkbethesdaThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Dems getting better at this 295115153633
Reposted by BkbethesdaRep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026This corruption must be investigated. 889159126197
Reposted by BkbethesdaAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026NEW: The criminal investigation into the "grand conspiracy" fell apart with everyone resigning because they failed to indict anyone, so now they're just going to make up a report about it. Pathetic. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...ms.nowKash Patel commissions classified, internal FBI report to examine department ‘failures’Sources tell MS NOW the ‘Patel Report’ may be the latest effort to re-write history in President Trump’s favor. 701256397
Reposted by BkbethesdaHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Con Junior has always been absurdly stupid. It’s in those “superior” genes. 2891950576
Reposted by BkbethesdaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This guy has been doing everything he possibly can every day to use his position of SecDef to tamper with the midterms, from speaking at Republican campaign rallies, to giving partisan political speeches to troops, to this. Do all federal employees get a day off to vote? 2771785513
Reposted by BkbethesdaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I guess he missed Hegseth’s speech at Quantico this week. 36453491266
Reposted by BkbethesdaHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The best line about Eric Schmitt-head today: "He pulled a grenade and threw the pin." 1293087690
Reposted by BkbethesdaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026CSPAN: “We should mention that Senator Schmitt was supposed to appear on this program with Sen. Coons but he pulled out the day after that hearing.” 44985741701
Reposted by BkbethesdaAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Directing DOJ to slow-walk politically damaging decisions until after people vote would be a major scandal under any normal administration. Here, it’s just Friday. 15271202997
Reposted by BkbethesdaLeft Of Center Orange Hater @leftocorangehater.bsky.social · 02/10/2026 404199126113
Reposted by BkbethesdaAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible. 567139484811
Reposted by Bkbethesdaebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Good on you Sister's 👏 25192112669
Reposted by BkbethesdaRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Hispanics working in the USA 👏🏽 48577382259
Reposted by BkbethesdaAbdohassan @abdohassan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Senate Majority PAC is launching a $3.4M ad campaign EXPOSING Susan Collins’ corrupt dealings with Navatek. She took thousands in illegal campaign donations and steered government contracts in return. Corruption, clear as day 513844
Reposted by BkbethesdaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor) 41797023525
Reposted by BkbethesdaThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/10/2026The New York Times and @postandcourier.bsky.social are examining the business of short-term lending in South Carolina. If you or someone you know is a borrower who has taken out installment, payday or title loans, or you work for a company that offers them, please fill out the form in this article.nytimes.comSouth Carolinians: Do You Have a Short-Term, High-Interest Personal Loan? Share Your Bills.We want to hear from borrowers who have taken out installment, payday or title loans, and those who work for companies that offer them. 2209
Reposted by BkbethesdaAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026You really can’t make this shit up. 790149444393
Reposted by BkbethesdaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Exit polls showed that 75% of truckers voted for Trump in 2024. Now they are struggling to survive. 7103204934
Reposted by BkbethesdaAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026You’ve gotta be fucking kidding me 58143621205
Reposted by BkbethesdaJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 02/10/2026🔥🔥 Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s Samara oil pumping station this morning, setting it ablaze. The facility is a key hub on the Druzhba and Kuibyshev–Tikhoretsk pipelines, mixing and transporting Kazakh and Siberian oil west for export. 1264025836
Reposted by BkbethesdaHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026JUST IN: Governor Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case. Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n... 44384131940
Reposted by BkbethesdaAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026NEW: Governor Kathy Hochul has named Letitia James special prosecutor to investigate the Cornell rapers. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...nytimes.comHochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell CaseGov. Kathy Hochul appointed the New York State attorney general to investigate allegations by a former Cornell University student that several men sexually assaulted her. 1654323743
Reposted by BkbethesdaHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I think this creature can remove “Kid” from his name now. 7621615266
Reposted by BkbethesdaKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026AP-NORC poll: 71% of U.S. adults disapprove of how Trump is handling Iran. 69% say the war with Iran has not been worth fighting. 24845187
Reposted by BkbethesdaMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Help democracy by staying informed. Become a Democracy Docket subscriber today. If you can afford it, become a premium member. Either way, sign up now. demdock.com/4w6emld 51353480
Reposted by BkbethesdaHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Decades later, Trump has DOJ reviewing whether the Watergate prosecutor’s office committed misconduct. The irony writes itself: Trump, impeached over conduct tied to an investigation, now has investigators scrutinized by his DOJ. Sounds like parody, it’s not. Gift link. 👇 www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... 65350147