Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 2hif you’re wondering why we have to hear from and about this guy constantly it helps to remember that his brother Ari is the chairman of WME which is the merged version of William Morris and Endeavor. It’s the largest media group in the country. One of its clients is the NFL. It owns WWE. 59463141
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Stephanie Mencimer @smencimer.bsky.social · 3hOne teen told ICE officers he lived with his dad down the block, but that his dad was deaf. They didn’t try to contact the father before deeming the boy “unaccompanied” and detaining him. “They’re kidnapping people’s kids,” a former Biden official told us. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.com“You kidnapped my son”ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.” 4178103
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Savoir FairnessDoctrine @badfcctakes.bsky.social · 2hThis is again why as much as I despise FoxNews, I refuse to let people take the easy way out and blame them for the terrible viewpoints of lots of Americans. The people you and I know who watch FoxNews are choosing to do so because that's what they want. They haven't been brainwashed; their (1/2) 3299
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 01/10/2026For the last four years, I have said that Spencer Cox is the most dangerous aspiring Republican presidential candidate: he is an extremist who hides behind a calm demeanor. The exact pivot I think Republicans will want to make in 2 years. An example of extremism www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/u...nytimes.comA Gender War Explodes in Utah Over the Courts, Abortion and Representation (Gift Article)When Republicans tried to repeal a law that voters passed banning gerrymandering, they found an opposition that flew in the face of Utah women’s “tradwives” imagery. 515255
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Clean Observer @hammbear2024.bsky.social · 3h“The most effective Republican Speaker in a hundred years was a pedophile” is one of those things that has way too little public consciousness. 12513
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14hA 10K contribution and a $900 million return. The scale of the graft in Homeland Security is a) off the charts and b) possible because no-one believes they will face any accountability 492170766
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs andy jabbour @andyjabbour.bsky.social · 6hMore death by ICE today, @radleybalko.bsky.social. 'Julian Curo-Churata, a 47-year-old... from Peru, passed away in ICE custody Sept. 29, 2026, at Ochsner LSU Health Monroe Medical Center in Monroe, Louisiana' www.ice.gov/news/release...ice.govIllegal alien from Peru passes away in ICE custody in LouisianaICE is committed to ensuring that all those in custody reside in safe, secure and humane environments. 26729
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14hIt’s confusing that @theatlantic.com described this man as a “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024” who when these are some of his very easily findable FB posts: 14053281162
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Scott Colom @scolom.bsky.social · 19hCindy Hyde-Smith is supported by fertilizer companies ripping off farmers, millions from a pro-AI super PAC pushing for costly data center development and everything in between. It's pretty clear who she answers to. As senator, the only people I'll owe anything to are the people of Mississippi. 4320110
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 17hThis. Is. Bad. 1710837
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I've been thinking a lot about how Lindsey's death frees up Trump to betray Ukraine more than he otherwise would have. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u... 14422106
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In the history of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most. SMH. Politicians lie. These politicians lie so often it seems like breathing. 882113983907
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president… 277167925824
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The fraternity brothers in the group chat who cheer violence? That behavior is being modeled by the president of this country. I cannot stress this enough — Trump is teaching young men how to be abusive every time he opens his mouth. 501673356
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026When was the last time the press ran a story about republicans making intemperate remarks about democrats? Fretting about whether republicans are doing enough to be bipartisan, to reach out to the forgotten voters who favor the democrats? 441470286
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A perfect pretext for impeachment does not exis— 621724694
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The wealth of the richest 0.1 percent of Americans has more than doubled since 2019. If that doesn't convince you we need a wealth tax, renowned economist Gabriel Zucman will. Watch.youtu.beHow to Actually Tax Extreme Wealth (ft. Gabriel Zucman)Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done.Baloney.Economist 6621361004
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 04/10/2026The other reason you should read Radium Girls is the lawsuits that came out of the girls being made to eat radium on the job (and a later similar case) helped create OSHA. Remember: safety rules are written in blood.history.comHow the Radium Girls Forced Workplace Safety Reforms | HISTORYThey painted with radium-laced paint—and faced dire consequences. 319159
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026Here's a little chart that our graphics team did to help you keep track of the various players. 12232113
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026RAISES NEW QUESTIONS, New York Times? RAISES NEW QUESTIONS? How about REVEALS THE DEPTH OF WITKOFF'S AND KUSHNER'S CORRUPTION?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... 58731
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs bluevoter24.bsky.social @bluevoter24.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Trump is a traitor, a criminal, a pedophile. #evil 67751329
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...nytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by CongressThe move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. 8830731175
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This. Vote as if the life of every woman you know (including one's own, as applicable) is at risk on election day. And all those thousands (perhaps many more) at the receiving end of Kegsbreath's and Trump's savior-bombs. Because they all are. 05725
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Eric 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... 24530211775
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026ICE is a criminal organization with badges. 3215
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“Dems say…” Too bad a media outlet couldn’t confirm it. 14211
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Feathered Stone @stonefeathers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026 213420
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.) 9853302184
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Andy Kroll @andykroll.bsky.social · 01/10/2026NEW: We dive deep into Trump "shadow president" Russ Vought in the new episode of PAPER TRAIL, @propublica.org's podcast. I'm so excited about this. You will hear Vought - on tape! - in a way you haven't before. Pls listen — and subscribe to PAPER TRAIL www.propublica.org/podcast/who-...propublica.orgWho’s the Shadow President? 10338158
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firingstime.comRead TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview TranscriptThe U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections. 66065882549
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs thethinblackduke.bsky.social @thethinblackduke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026 0113
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Ron 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. 30854611897
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026They took away Medicaid from my 82 year old mom. They don't answer the phone and when she showed up in person, they refused to talk to her and told her to go home and call them. She got her low income senior housing because she qualified for Medicaid. 18218861233
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The Plot to Enslave America 212331
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs The Lever @levernews.com · 01/10/2026SCOOP: The SEC just quietly rewrote its own rules so ONE Trump appointee can make decisions for the entire agency, no public comment required. This is right as the SEC preps rules on crypto and AI mega-IPOs like Anthropic’s. www.levernews.com/sec-quorum-r...levernews.comTrump SEC Quorum Rule Lets One Commissioner Act AloneA quiet rule change could signal “the end of independent financial regulators” just as the SEC prepares to deregulate crypto, mega-IPOs, and corporate governance. 9129115
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Beautifully written and sadly relevant well beyond Minnesota 0296
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Republican states are asking the Supreme Court to let them extradite abortion providers. Here's what we know so farjessica.substack.comBREAKING: Republicans File Supreme Court Suit to End Shield Laws9.30.26 1318479
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 13/09/2026America is RESPECTED again, perhaps now more than ever before bsky.app/profile/donm... 13211
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I think its important to understand the campus sexual assault crisis is way worse than you think. universities suspend just 1/12,400 students each year for sexual misconduct & expel 1/22,900. once you read title ix administrators in their own words, you get a sense why that is:jezebel.comNot Only Do Campus Sexual Assailants Go Unpunished, They Often Get Special TreatmentSince 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth. 1766274
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A conservative dark money group is running Prop 132 asking voters to put more Coloradans in prison for fentanyl. Is it backed by people who make money off private prisons? Don’t know. It’s dark money. 20679206
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 30/09/2026As data breaches go, this is pretty sizable, significant, and also bafflingly bad in terms of time it took to discover and that the stolen data was unencrypted. News of this breach comes weeks after a huge theft of FBI agents' personal data. Bypass for ad-blockers: web.archive.org/web/20260930...techcrunch.comHackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunchThe Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach. 26703295
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 30/09/2026says the Secretary who lost the HQ of the 5th Fleet in Manama to Iranian missiles 14113
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026The fact is Trump not only lost his war but it's the biggest L the US has taken at least since Vietnam. Our bases are destroyed & abandoned, Iran is emboldened, China is toying w/ us. Hegseth & co want to move on to culture war slop, but they got routed & we'll be dealing w/repercussions for decades 25172581932
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026BREAKING: Republican attorneys general from Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas have filed two sweeping lawsuits targeting dozens of providers who ship abortion pills—and the blue states that protect them. 16436248
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Bible actually does have something to say about this: Exodus 20:16: "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor." 511762345
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Sister Golden Bear @sistergoldenbear.bsky.social · 30/09/2026They want us trans people eradicated 072
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Tremendous Kielbasa @rsaltasaurus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is incomplete reprint designed to provoke. The bill had voter ID attached to it in order to get it killed, making it so Republicans could run this exact headline. 9886274
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“We’re at a period where our molecular understanding is unprecedented,” said Dr. Paul Mischel, a physician scientist at Stanford. “But the infrastructure is really falling apart.” “It’s a problem — it’s a big, big problem,” he added. “People should be really angry.”nytimes.comNew Cancer Drugs Are Revolutionary. Why Don’t More Patients Get Them?Targeted gene therapies are highly effective at stopping cancers, but the very abundance of the treatments, plus cost and sluggish change, are hindering access. 38245
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 30/09/2026They're moving on from trans youth towards advocating banning care for trans adults, just like we said they would. 903021816
Reposted by Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o... 11571662057