Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/10/2026It’s corrupt Ken Paxton and his sugar daddy oligarch Elon Musk v. Talarico and tens of thousands of people giving $10-100. Choose your brand of democracy. 15239251386 0
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Trump and Musk are doing everything they can to try and force Ukraine to surrender to Putin while Musk spends over $300 million to try and buy the midterm elections to maintain total power. The American government under Republicans are on the side of evil. Vote them out. 494104484097 0
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 14/10/2026"but the bigger story" is why Talarico let us keep punching ourselves in the dick over and over and over 2038175 0
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 13/10/2026He lives in a fantasy world 2192683566 0
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026A delusional wannabe autocrat who believes he is an autocrat. 1271684288 0
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! 58056341000 0
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. 21404177 0
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 0
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. 44455051106 0
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 0
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. 702082456 0
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. 19360125 0
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. 492076753 0
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. 29308124 0
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). 1318094 0
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026As ever, Gary Kasparov understands exactly what's going down. 33597302 0
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. 2070162705673 0
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The Hague is far too good for Stephen Miller 491443446 0
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Pay attention to this: it's a big deal. 29661309 0
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. 37353501834 0
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? 42440351193 0
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 0
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 0
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Collins just got more beatable 521008156 0
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 0
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... 1562319627 0
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. 701794486 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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. 23533781152 0
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026An economic illiterate 67722 0
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. 732545822 0
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 0
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 0
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. 2702224511 0
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Narrator: Actually the price increases were caused by Trump. 4946170 0
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. 25844171723 0
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 0
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. 781022246 0
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 0
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 0
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. 1337164114591 0
Reposted by Brian with a "Y"Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This man is an economic illiterate. 3119457 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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... 43623 0