Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 05/11/2025AP: Democrat Aftab Pureval wins Cincinnati Mayor over Cory Bowman, the half-brother of JD Vance. 241171151
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialDean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Stephen Miller, Trump, Tom Homan and Kristi Noem should be charged with crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court. They have violated human rights laws. My new article explains how that is legally possible and must be pursued: deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trump-step...deanobeidallah.substack.comTrump, Stephen Miller, Tom Homan and Kristi Noem must be prosecuted for crimes against humanityWe need Nuremberg type trials 16471138
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialThe Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 12/06/2025The chief of the Los Angeles Police Department shot down Donald Trump’s claim that he asked the president to send in the National Guard to help control immigration protests in the city.trib.alLAPD Chief Calls BS on Trump’s Claim That Cops Asked for TroopsJim McDonnell says police were “nowhere near” the stage where they needed federal assistance to control immigration protests. 811138
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialDean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 12/06/2025This reads like something from a dictatorship where there is no rule of law except what the dictator decrees. And if that is how it feels when you read it that is because Trump has transformed the USA into a dictatorship: 43928
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialRichard Tofel @dicktofel.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Breaking @propublica.org: Bukele of El Salvador has become one of Trump’s favorite authoritarians, and Trump touts him as a foe of MS-13. But a US investigation has found evidence he has colluded with the gang, even paying it for votes. www.propublica.org/article/buke...propublica.org“Delay, Interfere, Undermine”President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter, but new reporting based on interviews and documents reveals how senior Salvadoran officials have impeded a U.S.... 9429901229
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 03/06/2025According to GOP: Minimum wage worker makes a mistake on the form documenting his work hours: Fraud! Waste! Abuse! Take away his health coverage! Guy files 866,000 false Medicare claims, defrauds government of $87 million: Give that man a pardon! www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...miamiherald.comTrump commutes sentence of Miami healthcare exec convicted of Medicare fraudHe and his girlfriend pocketed more than $87 million in the scheme. 36596335
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialDavid Sirota @davidsirota.com · 03/06/2025🚨INVESTIGATION: Trump's tax bill includes a line advancing a Chilean billionaire's plan for a huge mining operation on federal land near some of America's largest sources of freshwater. The billionaire rented his mansion to Ivanka Trump & Jared Kushner.levernews.comA Chilean Billionaire Strikes Gold In The Budget BillThe budget reconciliation bill includes an environmentally devastating natural resources giveaway to a Chilean billionaire with close ties to the Trump family. 1010073
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 28/04/2025President Donald Trump is continuing to prioritize his anti-immigration agenda despite multiple polls in recent days showing that most Americans disapprove of it.motherjones.comTrump ramps up his unpopular immigration crackdownTwo new orders, coupled with a garish display outside the White House, suggest Trump is trying to use immigrants to distract from his latest dismal poll numbers. 5135288
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 28/04/2025"We have an FBI director who received $25,000 for appearing in a film, executive producing a film, made by a Ukrainian-American-Russian who worked on a propaganda project that was financed, in part, by Vladimir Putin's office." "Why this isn't a bigger story, I don't know."youtube.comThe Curious Case of Kash Patel's $25,000YouTube video by Mother Jones 20780793343
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialThe Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 22/04/2025⚡️Russian airstrike on Zaporizhzhia kills 1, injures 13, including 2 children. Russian forces attacked the city at around 11:40 a.m. with two KAB bombs, with one hitting an infrastructure facility and another a multi-story residential building in Zaporizhzhia's residential neighborhood.kyivindependent.comRussian airstrike on Zaporizhzhia kills 1, injures 13, including 2 childrenRussian forces attacked the city at around 11:40 a.m. with two KAB bombs, with one hitting an infrastructure facility and another a multi-story residential building in Zaporizhzhia's residential neigh... 413359
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21/04/2025In a move to change cultural attitudes about childbearing, the Trump administration may soon start bestowing mothers of six or more children a special medal. Here's a not-so-fun fact: This idea was popularized in Nazi Germany.motherjones.comTrump may soon offer a motherhood medal, an idea popularized in Nazi GermanyHe wants to be known as the 'fertilization president.' 46931171275
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialJeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Message to journalism: Don't let him. This is in your power. President Trump is signaling that he will blame the Federal Reserve for any economic weakness that results from his trade war if the central bank doesn’t cut interest rates soon www.wsj.com/economy/cent...wsj.comTrump Is Laying the Groundwork to Blame Powell for Any DownturnThe central bank’s legitimacy is at risk as the president attacks the Fed for cutting rates before election but not now. 1127292
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialDean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Trump fabricates a photo of Mr. Garcia with MS-13 tattoo on his hand. This is NOT a real image. Trump and his regime fabricated it. Please understand that Trump regime would fabricate evidence to put you or your family in jail. This is what FASCISM regimes do. www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-...mediaite.comTrump Touts Seemingly Doctored Photo of Abrego Garcia’s Hand in Attempt To Prove Maryland Man Is Gang MemberPresident Donald Trump posted a photo of himself holding a seemingly digitally altered image of the left hand of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported to El Salvador last month. 45955902540
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 15/04/2025“Weeks after the DeSantis administration steered $10 million from a Medicaid settlement to a charity spearheaded by the first lady, the Hope Florida Foundation sent $5 million apiece to two separate organizations that gave millions to a political committee waging an anti-marijuana campaign”tampabay.comHere’s where $10 million donation to DeSantis’ Hope Florida effort wentThe money to the Hope Florida Foundation went to two organizations that later gave to a political committee, records show. 1421727737
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 16/04/2025Mr. Abrego Garcia was illegally abducted by the Trump Admin and, by their own admission, wrongly deported to El Salvador. He shouldn’t have to spend another second away from his family. I'm flying to El Salvador tomorrow morning to check on his condition and discuss his return. 1520222793879
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 16/04/2025My “spidey-sense” is saying we should keep our eyes on this. www.reuters.com/world/us/top...reuters.comExclusive: Top Hegseth advisor Dan Caldwell put on leave in Pentagon leak probeOne of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's top advisors, Dan Caldwell, was escorted out of the Pentagon on Tuesday after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, a U.S. official told Reuters. 2033043834
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...npr.orgA whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor dataA whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official. 356111775390
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialRachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 16/04/2025🚨🚨🚨🚨 👀👀👀 Who had the DOGE password and user name in Russia?? Federal employee alleges DOGE activity resulted in data breach at labor board. www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...nbcnews.comFederal employee alleges DOGE activity resulted in data breach at labor boardIn a sworn declaration sent to Congress, the employee said he witnessed several anomalies in DOGE’s handling of security. 30514246
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/04/2025"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in. The attempts were 'near real-time'... "Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..." www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...npr.orgA whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor dataA whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official. 55789794721
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 06/04/2025Laura Loomer is a testament to how much further to the right Trump has moved since his first term, and how much further he may be open to going, writes @alibreland.bsky.social.bit.lyLaura Loomer Is a WarningNo one else with direct access to the president has been as outwardly bigoted. 48443104
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 06/04/2025“The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.” www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... 361098380
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialSimon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Something so profoundly fucked up with this. 5135677
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/04/2025This isn’t hypothetical. Let’s look at how Trump’s steel tariffs in 2018 affected the industry. Factories closed as downstream industries—like auto and construction—faced higher costs, losing $3.5B in output. 1/ 842682691
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialDean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 03/04/2025UNREAL!!! Consumer confidence plummeting, stock market crashing, layoffs starting and where is Trump today? Playing golf. www.rawstory.com/indescribabl...rawstory.com'Indescribably crazy': Trump heads to golf tournament after ‘blowing up’ world tradeDeclaring a “national emergency that threatens our security and our very way of life,” President Donald Trump, after markets closed on Wednesday afternoon, announced sweeping tariffs on nearly every n... 47290143
bluebird-62.bsky.social @bluebird-62.bsky.social · 03/04/2025@deanobeidallah.bsky.social is Trump tanking the stock markets to buy up cheap stocks before he stops the tariffs and the stocks go back up in value? 000
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 01/04/2025There’s a very unwell man clutching the levers of power who badly needs an intervention. 38554141
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/03/2025"Roberts’s immunity ruling not only gutted Smith’s case against Trump, it also sent a clear message: If Trump won the election, he could freely engage in even more egregious crimes. As later events would demonstrate, Trump got the message loud and clear." — @davidrlurie.bsky.socialpublicnotice.coJohn Roberts created a monster. It's about to eat him.The Supreme Court faces an existential dilemma of its own creation. 25865491987
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialMary Wood @maryrosewood.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Of course Trump wants to disenfranchise voters, especially women…another notch in the authoritarian belt tightening around America…and even more reason we should all be raising our voices and taking to the streets. Hands Off Her Vote #MomSkytheguardian.comRepublicans are quietly trying to disenfranchise millions of voters | Alexis Anderson-ReedThe so-called Save Act would strip millions of their access to the vote and make the process harder for everyone else 15500259
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialWIRED @wired.com · 31/03/2025NEW: DOGE demanded full access to a US Department of the Interior system that handles even the Supreme Court's paychecks. When top staff asked questions, they were put on leave.wired.comTop Officials Placed on Leave After Denying DOGE Access to Federal Payroll SystemsDOGE demanded full access to a US Department of the Interior system that handles even the Supreme Court's paychecks. When top staff asked questions, they were put on leave. 22842852364
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialStephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 30/03/2025If Trumpty-Dumpty is working with the Russians to screw up America, he's doing a great job. Eggs, $11 a dozen. Health & Human Services down the dumper, ditto VA. If you call Social Security, they tell you to call back later. Guys 'n gals, this is more fucked up than Peter O'Toole on his birthday. 1866561789300
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 31/03/2025GOLDMAN has now cut its Q1 GDP tracking estimate from 1.8% .. .. to 1.6% .. to 1.3% .. to 1.0% .. to 0.6% .. to 0.2%. 🇺🇸 90999353
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 31/03/2025MeidasTouch Network keeps growing! We are excited to launch Meidas Health, led by Dr. @vinguptamd.bsky.social, to keep you updated on health risks caused by the Trump regime. Our first episode is available now on the MeidasTouch Podcast.podcasts.apple.comIntroducing Meidas Health with Dr. Vin Gupta, Episode 1Podcast Episode · The MeidasTouch Podcast · 03/30/2025 · 22m 28996292119
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialJoe Trippi @joetrippi.bsky.social · 30/03/2025"Sez Us may be a bold idea with the potential to disrupt an entire industry." -- The Street A New App Poses Problems For Both Musk and Zuckerberg www.thestreet.com/technology/t...thestreet.comNew app poses problems for Elon Musk and ZuckerbergTesla's problems and social media shifts dominate this week's tech desk. 1129559
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialRick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 31/03/2025“Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to take case challenging Elon Musk’s $1 million payments” electionlawblog.org?p=149220electionlawblog.org"Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to take case challenging Elon Musk’s $1 million payments" #ELBAP: A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court on Sunday refused to hear a last-minute attempt by the state’s Democratic attorney general to stop billionaire Elon Musk from handing over $1 million checks to ... 94825
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/03/2025🎉 🤔A PARDON PARTY? — Wow, we’ve seen a lot in our 7 years, but this is a first. MEMPHIS Republican ex-Senator Brian Kelsey was popped for campaign finance crimes, pleaded guilty, and did a whole 2 WEEKS in prison before Trump pardoned him… so next week he’s celebrating. 1431370555
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Doesn't look like Putin is interested in a ceasefire to me. 66722
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/03/2025“.. as the state braces for a shortage of migrant workers under GOP-led immigration crackdowns.” @thehill.com #Florida thehill.com/homenews/sta... 59402145
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialJoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Republicans KNOW WE CAN FLIP THOSE SEATS!! Join us tonight for a live GOTV event for the Florida special elections!! LET’S KEEP THE PRESSURE ON! It’s working!!! 7:30 ET tonight!!! @raskin.house.gov @maxwellfrost.bsky.social @whitehouse.senate.gov www.mobilize.us/floridadems/...mobilize.usFINAL GOTV PUSH - National Organizing Call to Action · Florida Democratic PartyThe Florida Democratic Party (FDP) is coming together for an FINAL PUSH GOTV National Organizing Call to Action to support two must-win Florida special elections. 🗳️ Winning these races means stoppin... 522715757
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 27/03/2025NEWS: In the past hour, DOJ announced the following Civil Rights Division actions: - investigations into admissions policies at Stanford, UC-Berkeley, UCLA, & UC-Irvine, citing Trump's anti-diversity orders - a "Second Amendment pattern-or-practice investigation" into the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Dep't 42488223
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialD. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 27/03/2025📌BREAKING: The University of Michigan has surrendered to the racist, felon Trump. I am so goddam tired of these fucking institutions submitting to this gutless thug, I am sweating as I type this. 📌START STANDING UP FOR YOURSELVES AND AMERICA, YOU PATHETIC BABIES. 📌GROW A DAMN BACKBONE.freep.comUniversity of Michigan, a longtime champion of progressive values, to close its DEI officeUniversity President Santa Ono informed staffers in an email, saying Michigan remains committed to diversity among its students, faculty and staff. 1501275461
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 27/03/2025The Trump regime is now seizing anti-Putin dissidents in the US and deporting them to Russia. 25466215
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialClay Risen @risenc.bsky.social · 26/03/2025During the Red Scare, Arnold & Porter was one of the only firms to defend people accused of disloyalty. Their courage is a lesson for today. Here’s their story: www.politico.com/news/magazin...politico.comAt a Time When Lawyers Feared Defending Government Enemies, One Law Firm Stood UpA scrappy law firm decided to represent federal workers accused of disloyalty and survived to become a legal behemoth. 121341386
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialAaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Texas megachurch pastor and former Trump advisor, Robert Morris, was just indicted for raping a 12 year old girl. 47537781666
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialJennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 23/03/2025As Waukesha DA, Elon’s minion, Brad Schimel gave a plea deal to a man charged with child porn—after the man's lawyer donated $5,500 to his campaign. That’s not justice, that’s corrupt & disgusting . Susan Crawford will bring integrity back to the bench. #Wisconsin @crawfordforwi.bsky.social 26405260
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23/03/2025This should INFURIATE you 387109422757
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialzensoul.bsky.social @zensoul.bsky.social · 21/03/2025#ProudBlue Wisconsin - fight back against the oligarchs! Elect Susan Crawford to the Wisconsin Supreme Court!! 914785
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.social@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 20/03/2025#Wisconsin April 1st! Please elect Judge Susan Crawford. Do NOT sit this out. If we’ve learned anything from 2024, it’s that we need judges with integrity that follow the law! Elect Susan Crawford to the Wisconsin Supreme Court! #ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue 5329091320
Reposted by @bluebird-62.bsky.socialpeggymalone.bsky.social @peggymalone.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Wisconsin, please, please,please vote for Susan Crawford! 426431
