bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social · 08/09/2025action.aclu.org/send-message...action.aclu.orgTell Congress: No Life Sentences for ImmigrationCongress is poised to vote on a bill that would further dehumanize immigrants, fuel mass incarceration, and lead to even more government-led attacks, raids, and violence. Urge your representatives to ... 000
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/07/2025⚡️JUST NOW: Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social barred from a Secretary Noem event at NASHVILLE AIRPORT, in his own district🤔 He says he wanted to ask where hundreds grabbed by ICE in the Nashville raids are, has never been kept from an airport event. FULL Hill stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0cw... 38068573543
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 18/07/2025Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at largemotherjones.comColbert's cancellation is a dark warningCBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large. 1300247177472
bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social · 15/07/2025action.aclu.org/send-message...action.aclu.orgStop DOGE from Invading Our PrivacyDOGE is feeding our data to unvetted AI to surveil us – a massive violation of our privacy. Join me in demanding oversight now. 010
bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social · 14/07/2025youtu.be/UBBkjmMlb9U?...youtu.beTrump in Dubai & China in Africa (VICE on HBO: Season 4, Episode 10)YouTube video by VICE 010
bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Ge plans to. Republicans just gave ICE $170B. They're acting as secret police in violation of the Constitution at his direction, and Republicans just gave them $170B to do it. Nobody is responding to the threat this poses. 010
bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Add your name to the petition demanding Congress pass legislation requiring all immigration agents to clearly display their agency and name or badge number—just like other local law enforcement are required to do. sign.moveon.org/petitions/un...sign.moveon.orgTell Congress: Unmask ICE!Add your name to the petition demanding Congress pass legislation requiring all immigration agents to clearly display their agency and name or badge number—just like other local law enforcement are re... 010
bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social · 03/07/2025People build lives and families, and they suffer to build them, and people who build nothing steal them because theft is the other choice. And the whole idea of democracy is to arrest that--to save what people build because it's theirs and because it's the only human good. That's it. The whole idea. 000
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialMilk Burger @milkpork.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Make no mistake: Alligator Alcatraz IS a concentration camp, and they absolutely ARE planning genocide and ‘ethnic cleansing.’ As a white person, i don’t know what I can do to help, but if all I have is my voice, I will make sure it’s heard. 982227225396
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/07/2025This is not normal 1081230308129
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Exactly. Few know Collins’ MO better. 964314357131
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social✨John Carpenter’s BOObies✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Good morning 🫡 132309546404
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/07/2025Bartiromo: "We are waiting any moment now to get the jobs number for the month of June. The expectations call for the numbers to be up 95,000. Right now seeing the number -- actually, uh, showing a decline in jobs, uh, down 33,000, uh." 1556148844185
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialTo Love a Mariner Podcast @toloveamariner.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Among other things, I'm just so pissed that a country that once made winning WWII its whole personality is now building concentration camps 11125963059
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/07/2025@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social 15854365614902
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/07/2025i'm reading this charles sumner speech from february 1866 and my dude is cooking 573802735
bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social · 02/07/2025I got sidetracked for a bit. Trying to move everything here now. 000
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/06/2025i am not being pollyannish when i insist that the people who sign up do not sign up to advance a president’s domestic political agenda www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comTroops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was not necessary 524195625304
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Raskin: This is a gangster state. This is not basically a legitimate government that is sometimes doing corrupt things. This is an essentially corrupt enterprise. It's like watching The Sopranos. Every day, they get up and they try to figure out how to plunder and pillage the people 10803508511063
bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social · 31/05/2025youtu.be/YsGjFh1ke44?...youtu.beTaco - Puttin' On The Ritz (Official Video)YouTube video by Taco 000
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952 526266958431
bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social · 28/05/2025newrepublic.com/post/195718/...newrepublic.comPete Hegseth Hit With Stunning Illegal Wiretap AllegationsThe White House was left scrambling after reports that Hegseth had fired three top aides following an illegal wiretap. 000
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 26/05/2025The effort to amend the Constitution predates Trump’s second term but carries new weight as several members of the president’s inner circle have expressed support for a convention to limit federal government spending and power. (Published March 17)propublica.orgHow a Push to Amend the Constitution Could Help Trump Expand Presidential PowerA draft lawsuit being floated to attorneys general in several states argues Congress must call a convention over the national debt. But the legal theory mixes and matches petitions from states dating… 30281113
bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social · 15/05/2025theintercept.com/2025/05/14/y...theintercept.comICE Duped a Federal Judge Into Allowing Raid on Columbia Student DormsThe Intercept helped unseal an affidavit revealing how ICE got a “judicial fig leaf” to search two Columbia students’ dorm rooms. 000
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/05/2025“I think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracy—they want an autocracy,” Emily Feiner told Mother Jones. Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall. 992244518172
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialWard Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Things my family appreciated and valued as important educational resources when I was a kid: National parks PBS shows Art & science museums Public libraries Public schools Things my family now vote to defund and destroy: National parks PBS shows Art & science museums Public libraries Public schools 25498112
bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social · 06/05/2025www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...cbsnews.comHarvard professors pledge to take pay cut in support of university's fight against Trump administrationHarvard University professors are pledging to take a pay cut to help the school fight the Trump administration. 000
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/05/2025🔥 “There’s something wrong in this country… everything has gone up but wages… how many yachts and houses does one person need? — They want us to stay poor, stay hidden, and die silently.” 🇺🇸 #FightTheOligarchy H/T @violadavis.bsky.social 749216757295
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/05/2025All of this on a weekday we’re in complete awe of you. You always rise to every call to action. You’re amazing, and words can’t express how much we love and appreciate you all. 543321856674
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 01/05/2025The clash between Trump’s “determination to rule and his inability to govern has generated two opposing forces: a weaponized, illiberal state, and a smoldering political backlash," Jonathan Chait writes. "One of them will have to break."bit.lyAn Unsustainable PresidencyNothing about Donald Trump’s first 100 days has been ordinary. 1522846
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Trump today claimed ‘they’ are talking to China… Someone forgot to tell China 👇🏽 “This tariff war was initiated by the United States. If they want to fight, we will fight to the end.” 601236242
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialtiptoetulips.bsky.social @tiptoetulips.bsky.social · 25/04/2025@hcrichardson.bsky.social 96317
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 24/04/2025BREAKING: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he is cutting short his official trip to South Africa and returning home after a Russian strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv killed at least nine people and injured more than 70.bit.lyZelenskyy cuts short South African trip after massive Russian strike on Kyiv kills 9Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is cutting short his official trip to South Africa and returning home after a Russian strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv killed at least nine people and injured more than 70. 1335796
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialMatt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 24/04/2025For decades the War Remains Museum in Ho Chi Minh City has shown only exhibits on US imperialism and atrocities. A new exhibit would have showcased the US-Vietnamese reconciliation process. But Trump shut down USAID and the US Institute of Peace, which created it. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/w... 9624162
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/04/2025i think it is bad that among the most influential people in government are the monomaniacal adherents of a millenarian tech cult 665260952
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialVoteVets @votevets.org · 21/04/2025“A Servicemember on day two with a clearance would be fired—and potentially imprisoned—for what Hegseth did.” - Max Rose, VoteVets Senior Advisor But Pete Hegseth? Still SecDef. Still putting lives at risk. He’s unqualified. He’s dangerous. And he’s got to go. #Signalgate 23827285
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialBornAgainVirgin @bornagainvirgin.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Exactly. Trump is yelling about how the left thinks he innocent, etc. not the point. The point is Due Process. Just like the president got on his 34 ct felonies. others he sent to the same place. I don’t care if they’re horrid gang members, which we don’t really know as they didn’t get due process 445670
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialTae Kim @firstadopter.bsky.social · 18/04/2025DHL: "Effective Monday, April 21st, 2025, and until further notice, we will temporarily suspend the collection and shipping of business-to-consumer (B2C) shipments to private individuals in the United States where the declared customs value exceeds USD 800." 8494229
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Elon Musk has cut somewhere between 0% and 3% of what he promised—and most of what was cut was not waste or fraud or abuse, but simply expenditures Mr. Musk did not personally favor for partisan reasons. DOGE is the biggest program failure in the history of American government. 1162562895
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/04/2025This is terrifying in America. ICE agents are showing up masked—these abductions must stop. If you’re going to detain someone, show your face, present a warrant, and proper ID. Disappearing people from their families without evidence or accountability isn’t law enforcement—it’s state-sponsored fear. 1307325949521
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social@DUH4Healthcare @duh4healthcare.bsky.social · 13/04/2025socialsecurityworks.org/2025/04/11/d.... the Trump administration is planning to declare legal migrants dead on the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File: This is an outrageous abuse of power. It will not only create extreme hardship, but kill people.socialsecurityworks.orgDonald Trump and Elon Musk Are Weaponizing Social SecurityImagine, in one Trump administration keystroke, losing your income, your insurance, your bank account, your credit cards, and your home. 42718
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Eugenicists are so stupid. 1345261724336
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialNoah Dahl @noahdahl.bsky.social · 13/04/2025John Roberts and the Supreme Court had a chance to take this position. Instead they said "Try your best <wink, wink>, and if it doesn't work, well...whaddya gonna do, eh? 🤷♂️". The Roberts Court is an active threat to the country. 031
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialMark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 11/04/2025🚨NEW: The NC Supreme Court's GOP majority will retroactively nullify 2,000 to 7,000 ballots from military and overseas voters unless they quickly prove their identity—but only those who voted in a few Democratic counties. Could overturn Justice Riggs' victory. appellate.nccourts.org/orders.php?t... 39360753560
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Jesus Christ..,. these people are totally out of control.wsj.comExclusive | Trump Administration Wants to Install Federal Oversight of Columbia UniversityIn an unusual move, the government is aiming to legally bind the school to changes as they negotiate over federal funding. 58523164
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social𝙹𝚊𝚢 𝙵 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍 @jayfarrellarnold.bsky.social · 11/04/2025The President of the United States engaged in insider trading, and laughed about it. He is not exempt from the law. Where the fuck is Congress? 2508271416008
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 11/04/2025If I were Judge Xinis, I would order the government to produce, in her courtroom, officials who were in a position to answer her questions and to do so under oath. Letting DOJ continue to prevaricate and deflect responsibility in written submissions seems ... insufficient at this point. 619213194465
bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.social · 11/04/2025x.com/SenMarkey/st...x.comEd Markey on X: "My entire back and forth with Donald Trump's nominee to run NASA but I zoom in 75% every time he says the "President of the United States". https://t.co/qOplmRq5Ut" / XMy entire back and forth with Donald Trump's nominee to run NASA but I zoom in 75% every time he says the "President of the United States". https://t.co/qOplmRq5Ut 000
Reposted by @bookrabbitsmith.bsky.socialJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 10/04/2025This is such an important point that I've updated my chart, just for @jasonfurman.bsky.social 724273
