Reposted by BlindBatBrewerRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A 911 call from Salem, Oregon, describes a disturbing encounter in which a woman was screaming that she was a U.S. citizen as ICE goons broke her vehicle window and forcibly pulled her out. According to reporting on the call, the woman suffered a concussion, torn rotator cuff and bruised ribs. 17129741916
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026There is a suspected outbreak of the plague in Russia. Yes, you read that right. And we cannot trust RFK Jr. and the Trump administration to be prepared to deal with this. We need a Democratic public health doctor in the US Senate.axios.comScoop: White House monitors suspected plague outbreak in RussiaAdministration is "aware, monitoring the outbreak, and assessing options," an official told Axios. 655159534898
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerJames Bobo @j-bobo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Clearing the way for Russia 7447
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Who's really paying the price for those killer Amazon Prime Day deals? 18835961685
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Wasn’t there something else that he did which was really, really evil? 1492122382290
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026In 1940, experts predicted London would collapse into mass panic under the bombs. It never happened. What those Londoners knew could change how you face this year. www.jackhopkinsnow.com 32792300
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerDon 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. 8830851181
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Fair Q 11057141899
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comUSPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket. 48365693755
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerNewshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It’s corruption on steroids in plain sight. He doesn’t even try to hide that he’s looting US and cashing in on insider trading. He’s the most corrupt president in American history. 67686823823
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerThe Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026That would be much more useful than learning how to do-si-do. 553120412500
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerElizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026 16354881913
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement. 379120993490
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 03/10/2026These hideous Trump ads are outright theft from the taxpayers and election misconduct at the same time. $20 million in OUR MONEY spent on Illegal ads glorifying the would-be king. And his co-conspirators told him it was OK.nytimes.comTrump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency (Gift Article)The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims. 38764282
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“Human beings are called to be co-workers in the work of creation, not merely passive consumers of content generated by artificial technology.” — Pope Leo XIV 6530138
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerAndrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 02/10/2026Congress appropriated taxpayer dollars to honor officers killed in the line of duty. Donald Trump used that money for campaign ads. If you need a clearer illustration of who he is and what he values, you won't find one. 14389195
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerJames 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.) 9853432188
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The war on empathy, led by Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and embraced by Trump and his MAGA movement, is a systematic rejection of Christian systematic theology as established from the second century. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comWhy Empathy Is Now ‘Toxic,’ ‘Suicidal,’ and a ‘Sin’According to Gad Saad and his powerful acolytes, compassion is a recipe for “the collective suicide of the West.” 32503252
Reposted by BlindBatBrewer Bob Montrose @bobmontrose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A reminder that being in the US without authorization is a CIVIL VIOLATION. NOT A FELONY. NOT A MISDEMEANOR. A CIVIL VIOLATION. 0104
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerdemocracy4u.bsky.social @democracy4u.bsky.social · 30/09/2026DISDAIN for human life 4187
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerImpeach Trump ❤️🤍💙🌊 @potusvpotus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026John Kennedy & Eric Schmitt with their big “gotcha” of Jack Smith. These fuckwits confused the Iowa Hawkeyes with the Atlanta Hawks, fabricated a scandal, called Smith a “dirtbag” and then got publicly humiliated. Who’s the dirtbag now, bitches? #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #Trump #EpsteinFiles #POTUS 1351402304
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t... 14826791211
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026The VA lost about 700 social workers and 500 psychologists and psychiatrists over the course of 2025 — a significant change for an agency that was adding mental health staffers nearly every month leading up to Trump’s return to office. (Published March)propublica.orgVeterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under TrumpHundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as ... 36953569
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026Trump's eyes are getting very heavy 1821741320
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerɩ _ ɩ @gatherer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The vast majority of Americans still have no idea that this regime is putting children on trial in kangaroo courts without representation or public defenders. 131
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026All across the US, MAGA-governed counties stand out. Their population engage in profligate self-destructive conduct and their healthcare facilities and access to healthcare are at the level of third-world countries. Conversely, Democratic counties operate at the high end of the developed world.economist.comIn MAGA-land people are dying faster than they are being bornOur analysis suggests Trump country is only growing because of migration 56234
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Even as profits soar, corporate tax payments are down 25% this year thanks to Trump and Republicans’ big, ugly bill. One of the main beneficiaries? Big Tech — which is using the tax breaks to help fuel its AI boom as it spends a fortune on the midterm elections. Remember this... 241047495
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerMike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Anyone who believes this is beyond help. 831530226
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 28/09/2026“Trump used to rail against the military industrial complex. Now his family profits from it.” 03112
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerEmily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.wisn.comSkydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airportFour people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m. 123103382685
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/09/2026Texas peeps You may have recently registered and think it’s a done deal. Read the below. Urgently double check that you’re actually registered to vote. 👉🏾 Iwillvote.com  21836643
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system. 546156766032
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Here’s your periodic reminder that Howard Lutnick is still Commerce secretary despite blatantly lying to the public about his personal and business ties with child molester Jeffrey Epstein. 7240121112
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026EXACTLY 👇 THIS....... 15067482972
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026No more shoulder-shrugging when a machine programmed by a person commits a crime. That means the person, not the machine, has committed a crime. 25765291
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerJulie Hotard Ph.D., writer, effects of disinfo on social systems @upine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The point is to bankrupt ObamaCare by throwing out the healthy ppl who make the program solvent. He knows he's propagandizing. bsky.app/profile/upin... 1175
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerDean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Elon Musk is shutting down the Catholic Bishops in Brazil account on X to help the right-wing win the election there paydayreport.com/x-blocks-acc...paydayreport.comX Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back LulaPolls show Catholics backing Lula as the church denounces foreign interference. 581261706
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Discussion well worth listening to. These two have been totally in the trenches and details of health care reform for at least a decade. As AES points out adding kids would be an existential and material relief to families and cost little. Most kids are incredibly healthy and a few are vey sick. 311126
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026They are playing in our faces 408125895971
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerAstra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Forget grandiose talk of curing cancer - this is what AI is actually doing to healthcare. In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.” 282159853
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7359802001
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The United States government killed another innocent person.👇 591435675
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵 412114126089
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerPatrick Lovell The Producer @patricklovellpresentsthecleannewdeal.com · 22/09/2026The Crypto Industry Aims to Crush One of Democrats’ Top Senate Candidates www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...nytimes.comThe Crypto Industry Targets Sherrod Brown of Ohio, a Top Democratic Senate Candidate (Gift Article)Angry after the defeat of a major crypto bill last week, the industry is planning to spend $30 million against Sherrod Brown in Ohio. 1416987
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerFT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 22/09/2026Staff at the world's leading AI companies and institutions are being signed off work or quitting because of the mental strain of working on systems that are "out of control" and "causing real damage". Read the FT exclusive in today's #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/fi7m6RB 52628
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026👇🏽 #AbolishICE 15558741860
Reposted by BlindBatBrewerProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment. Here’s what experts say you need to know.propublica.orgThis Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges... 161257671