Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19hHe lives in a fantasy world 1912264486
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026A delusional wannabe autocrat who believes he is an autocrat. 1281680287
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12/10/2026static.klipy.comThat's Not How It Works! That's Not How Any Of This Works!ALT: That's Not How It Works! That's Not How Any Of This Works! 5625410940
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12/10/2026For both Elon Musk and Donald Trump, blocking all efforts to rein in malicious Russian bots on the internet was a high priority from the start. We should ask why. 19401176
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12/10/2026So it looks like Rupert Murdoch's NY Post and Elon Musk were both deeply implicated in this hoax. Which is great news for the libel action to follow. 28506184
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/10/2026The usual suspects create the lie, the usual suspects push the lie, the usual sheep believe the lie. The MAGA cult is a cesspool of lies. 44355011104
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026On cue, Tom Emmer flips from cold warrior to the Russians are our friends because Trump likes them. 146932
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 11/10/2026A good summation of David Brooks and "civility" politics generally: no one on the right-wing can ever be described honestly, while everyone who isn't on the right-wing is always portrayed as a radical breaking cherished norms. 692079455
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Elon Musk and MAGA influencers tried to push a “BOMBSHELL” to destroy James Talarico. Then their smear fell apart under the most basic scrutiny. Now THEIR tactics are raising serious legal questions—and one admitted “public humiliation” was the goal. This backfired spectacularly.meidasnews.comMAGA Sleuths' Talarico 'Bombshell' Blows Up in Their FacesElon Musk and his MAGA pals pounced on a supposed bombshell. Then came the inconvenient facts. 19359125
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Also, the Alberta independent movement basically disappeared after the Yandex site was bombed. Fancy that. 462056748
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Studying Susan Collins' votes in the Senate, a consistent pattern emerges she only votes against Trump with a wink and a nod after he is assured of enough votes without hers to pass a measure.nytimes.comIn the Senate, Collins Often Defies Trump but Rarely Stops HimA New York Times analysis of Senator Susan Collins’s voting record shows that she frequently breaks with Republicans but more seldom changes an outcome. 29307123
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Igor reflects a lot of the commentary from inside Russia, in which this "deal" is basically viewed as a huge case of Putin pulling the wool over Trump's eyes for a massive tactical win over a man who is an easily swayed idiot (but "our" idiot). 1318194
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026As ever, Gary Kasparov understands exactly what's going down. 34594302
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country. 2072162615666
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The Hague is far too good for Stephen Miller 501443446
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Pay attention to this: it's a big deal. 29661309
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comA Reckoning in SpringfieldA truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become. 37353511837
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This is psychosis. The president of the United States is psychotic. Is the media going to start talking about this, or continue to normalize it? 42440341193
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026Johnson: "When people are promising free things to you, you must ask what the real price is. It's your freedom. It will drive costs up. It will make people more dependent upon govt, & that's the communist's ultimate goal." (Trump literally just proposed giving people $5k if they vote Republican...) 1662187520
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026MTG used to routinely circulate this racist claptrap, but now she acknowledges it precisely for what it is. 69234
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Collins just got more beatable 521008156
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Trump's remarks to the UN General Assembly this morning amount to a series of confessions to war crimes for which he could now easily be put on trial in The Hague. This makes clear why he wants to tear down the ICC. It's to protect his friends Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu, and himself. 79647
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Every response from Republicans when you asked them about one of Trump's latest abuses of power is to lie about Joe Biden. bsky.app/profile/atru... 1562320627
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The US national average gas price was $3.82 on the day Trump posted this tweet. It is $4.47 today. 701793486
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...theatlantic.comWhat the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return RevealsA previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover. 15138551806
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026From the information available, it seems this US-Denmark deal over Greenland changes almost nothing. US had bases there before; US continues to defendsl Greenland because it s in NATO. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/u...nytimes.comU.S. and Denmark Reach Security Deal on Greenland, Trump SaysThe full contours of the deal were unclear, but Denmark and Greenland both indicated they expected an agreement to be signed soon. 1541768520
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026What? A sudden 30% decline in national housing prices would be a sign we're in like a serious depression. After the housing bubble burst in 2006/2007, national house prices fell "only" 27% peak to trough fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CSUSH... 1692597666
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The most incompetent administration in history by far, populated by idiots from top to bottom putting all of our lives in danger. 23533781154
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026An economic illiterate 67722
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This proves that she knows tariffs hurt American businesses and she wants all American businesses to be hurt except the ones in Alabama who can donate money to her. 732545823
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16/09/2026Thomas Massie forced a Hegseth impeachment vote. House Republicans responded by leaving town until after the election. @cheetah.bsky.social explains: 82980368
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Rupert Murdoch TV streamed confabulations and lies about the reflecting pool for months. Now that the lies have been exposed, it is withholding the facts from its viewers. This is why Fox News isn't news or journalism of any sort, it's crude propaganda. 27331
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Insanity. Thanks again, Trump voters. Every day you curse us with a brand new dose of corruption, incompetence and stupidity. 2702224512
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Narrator: Actually the price increases were caused by Trump. 4946170
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Trump announced 17 MONTHS AGO that everyone was going to get $5,000 checks because of DOGE cuts. You got $0. 25944181724
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A must read--an infuriating read--from @Timodc. "Eissa is in an ICE processing center...The Kafkaesque nightmare we are putting this family through is hard to wrap your arms around. They are stranded there with no way out, no charges, no trial, no jury." www.thebulwark.com/p/marco-rubi...thebulwark.comMarco Rubio Is Punishing a Teenage Boy for His Grandmother’s SinsAmerica gave Rubio’s family a second chance. He gave this family a cage. 17592282
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Everyone in the Trump administration, every Republican elected official, every Republican candidate, every Trump donor, should be asked what they think about Trump inventing heroic stories about himself on 9/11. 781023246
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026MAGA social media is now filled with posters who are in the employ of the Trump administration and do not disclose this fact. It's a propaganda program that looks increasingly like that of an authoritarian state. 26860380
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/09/2026This is all being done in our name.lnk.thebulwark.comTrump Took His Status. ICE Took His Dignity. He Took His Life.This promising young Haitian immigrant was humiliated and tormented until he lost hope. 13432153
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The most dangerous person is the moron who thinks he knows everything with the ability to wreck the fortunes of a country and harm its people. We’ve had many bad presidents, but there was just nobody close to this bad. 1338164134591
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This man is an economic illiterate. 3119557
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 04/09/2026NEW: "Trump Took His Status. ICE Took His Dignity. He Took His Life." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-took...thebulwark.comTrump Took His Status. ICE Took His Dignity. He Took His Life.This promising young Haitian immigrant was humiliated and tormented until he lost hope. 0144
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 02/09/2026@samsteindc.bsky.social reacts to Pierre Damas Bel’s suicide after he lost his temporary protected status: “He wasn't a criminal. He went by the books; he followed the law. I cannot believe that this is how we are treating people.” 1623282
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The deceased, 20 years old, graduated high school in the US, and was a member of JROTC. He was terrified of being sent back to the violence in Haiti, so he threw himself under a truck. This one's on you, JD Vance. wapo.st/4cgAIc4wapo.stCollege student steps into traffic, is killed after losing immigration statusPierre Damas Bel’s family said he took his own life on a busy highway after the Trump administration canceled protections for thousands of Haitian immigrants and ICE officers placed him in an ankle mo... 713166
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 31/08/2026As we now learn, these folks are on instructions from Pete Hegseth being paid by US taxpayers for their straight-up fascist social media postings. Perhaps it's better than them being paid by the Kremlin. bsky.app/profile/matt... 43624
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/08/2026As I expected, Trump will not be replacing oil he took out of the SPR because of his Iran War with any oil from Venezuela. Another con from America’s Huckster. 17930151125
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/08/2026Fox News graphic claims falsely that the average price of gas one year ago was $4.13, lower than it is right now. It was actually $3.14! 114690612957
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 14/08/2026"Living through a global resurgence of fascism, the greatest difficulty has proved to be not arguing against it, but convincing non-fascists that fascism’s adherents mean it. They believe what they are telling us they believe—and they will act accordingly." www.liberalcurrents.com/fascists-rea...liberalcurrents.comFascists Really Believe ItMillions could die because of ideas intellectually and morally equivalent to the ‘lizard people’ conspiracy theory. 7484164
