Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 35mQ: "Are you concerned about the current plague outbreak in Russia?" Trump: "I am…I hate to see them having it. It's a rough disease. You know, that's a disease we used to be able to control, but somehow those microbes have gotten stronger and smarter." 527719
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 32mTexas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...nytimes.comTexas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating ChildrenKen Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation. 168639
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21hRuffalo: We got to get this dumb-ass, fool-ass, tired-ass, lame-ass, duck-ass out of office. We got to make him a lame duck. We have to stop his policies now. Another two years of this, and who knows what he’ll be doing? He’s calling to throw Democrats out of the country… 352427689
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19hSo odd, as Republicans have proved so adept at manhandling children . . . 817913
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19h“I’m Angela Paxton. People have asked my thoughts about this election, and it turns out I have some. I’m voting for the Republican ticket on November 3rd.” Her ex-husband is so corrupt that she won’t even say his name. 137518126
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialTea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 19hMajor creeper vibes. 127696134
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialAndrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 02/10/2026“There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity.” — Pope Leo (This non-religious artist is nodding enthusiastically!) 1833274
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you've ever taken an art history class, you know that professors can spend an entire lecture deconstructing one famous painting. They'll do that someday with this photo. The smug look on Schmitt's face. Kennedy's helpful hand. And best of all, the aide -- face hidden, torso with red tie exposed. 5351272
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026He’s been saying this for 11 years. Obviously if the cultists still believe this BS they are just hopelessly lost to an alternate reality. 79359451506
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026happy bday the iconic Mahatma Gandhi, b.1869. "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.” 213025
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialBrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026FACT CHECK: TRUE 372136556
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Looks like Trump’s new “steel plant” in IA, announced to shore up support in midterms from people his policies have crushed, where he said construction has already begun, is nowhere close to happening and contingent on Iowans giving tax breaks & incentives to a company in India. 1642246747
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Pete Hegseth unveils the office of tactical thoughts and prayers, if you are looking for veterans benefits or protection from enemy drones, take it straight to the top and pray for it. 2116240
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firingstime.comRead TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview TranscriptThe U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections. 66065892549
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialSenator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 30/09/2026I’m on the Senate floor to force a vote to block Trump’s illegal line item veto of funding already authorized by Congress. He’s violating the Constitution—we need to stop it! 631890404
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026my latest column on Lincoln Project substack, Trump and Netanyahu are cut from the same cloth: lincolnproject.substack.com/p/strait-tal...lincolnproject.substack.comStrait Talk: Accountability Is Possible In U.S. and IsraelTwo autocrats are peas from the same pod 25317
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialMia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Seems like Pete Hegseth, (not unlike Lindsey Graham) would have be a far happier person if he could just accept himself as a gay man. 4756180
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialCharles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026One of the most wrenching stories I have read: Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing. @audreydutton.bsky.socialpropublica.orgFour Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr... 63015
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026CNN and MS NOW are complicit in Trump’s illegal scheme to steal taxpayer money for political ads. Why are they accepting stolen money to run illegal ads? 1141851592
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/10/2026i think cox should spend less time weeping about polarization and more time working to convince his co-partisans not to abandon pluralism and liberal democracy 1593961508
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026What intimate and embarrassing conversations could the Governor of Texas be legitimately having with Elon Musk? Every voter in Texas should want to know. 16581169
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Is Josh Hawley nervous about being dethroned as "Missouri's Most Incompetent Senator"? 58665611273
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialMorgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 30/09/2026😆 Misspelling the name of your own country on a document about Artificial Intelligence is an incredible feat worth celebrating. 32319107
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Mentions on Fox shows of the very newsworthy confrontation between Schmitt and Jack Smith: Ingraham (7-8pm): 0 Watters (8-9): 0 Hannity (9-10): 0 Gutfeld (10-11): 0 Fox & Friends this AM: 0 45668361997
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialRick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Eric Schmitt and The Troll Kingdom How the MAGA Hate Machine Works www.againstallenemies.net/p/eric-schmi...againstallenemies.netEric Schmitt and The Troll KingdomHow the MAGA Hate Machine Works 36355102
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 30/09/2026Q: “Wherever you go you are the Attorney General…” Blanche: “That’s not what the law says…I’m allowed to go and support administrative priorities in my personal capacity.” 116471157
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.social🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026Missouri Republicans really want to run the midterms on a racist MAGA map. Last Monday, the 8th Circuit said yes. On Friday, SCOTUS was like 'wtf, man' and smacked down the 8th Circuit for ignoring TWO prior orders requiring use of the non-racist map. The ruling ended up helping Black voters. 👀 523747
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialdavidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 29/09/2026Young hotshot Harper also worked for Josh Hawley and current Solicitor General John Sauer. He now "oversees all legal issues" for Senator "you are a dirtbag who attends basketball games played by women" Schmitt, or at least did until this AM.fedsoc.orgEthan HarperEthan Harper is Chief Counsel to U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt and for the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution. He oversees all legal issues and advises the Senator on his Ju... 813327
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 14/01/2025As a former English teacher, and current Missourian, I apologize. Between Eric Schmitt and Josh Hawley, we aren’t sending our best. 4066480
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026happy bday Romanian-born writer Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, b.1928. “There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” “Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.” 515143
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialTeeBo @texastob-24.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Happy Birthday Elie Wiesel, born OTD in Romania. He survived both Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps during WWII. 06612
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It is clear that Democrats are set to sweep control of Congress in free and fair elections. It is also clear that Trump and the GOP are working to make sure the elections are not free and fair. I founded Democracy Docket to help you stay informed to fight back. demdock.com/4w6emld 493012827
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialTeeBo @texastob-24.bsky.social · 30/09/2026More Wiesel Wednesday Wisdom 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 0419
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialBlue Note Records @bluenoterecords.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The great drummer Bill Stewart recorded his 2nd Blue Note album “Telepathy” 30 years ago today in 1996. The record featured a quintet with saxophonists Steve Wilson & Seamus Blake, pianist Bill Carrothers, and bassist Larry Grenadier. Listen: bluenote.lnk.to/BillStewart-... 0114
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialAmanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is actually great. The AI that prepared this clearly knows it would be safer to give Trump his own special country, the Unites States, while someone else runs the USA 27520
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialMore comment than question rly @mn-snow-show.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The best part is when one of this dipshit’s young minions holds up a giant junior high science project board 🪧 that is intended as a gotcha! when they don’t know the difference between ATL Hawks and Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball lollll 2648985
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialBrian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026incredible lack of ball knowledge to confuse the atlanta hawks with the iowa hawkeyes women’s basketball team. it’s impressive how little they know about sports 621062181
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026holy shit -- turns out Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Maryland but Schmitt's team is so reckless they concocted a conspiracy theory that Smith was actually in Atlanta seeing a Hawks game and colluding with Fani Willis. Klobuchar points out to Schmitt, "you have your teams wrong." 33265781423
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialGary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026These conspiracy theories the right convinces itself are the truth always die the instant they meet reality anyway, but this is next level. 1960989
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it. 539159924459
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialSam @samd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026it’s so funny that people were like “OMG a 2PM Oval Office announcement, is Trump going to end the war in Iran or invade Cuba?!?!” and it turns out, no, he’s just going to rant about how good the economy is + how elections are rigged and then fall asleep 562041372
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialFreedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 25/09/2026“Freedom of press is being attacked, and we are fighting back in all the ways they are attacking.” Watch @johncusack.bsky.social highlight the importance of freedom of the press on The Tonight Show Starring @jimmyfallon.bsky.social. 623167
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialKimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026But I need to smile more. 717143676319
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 28/09/2026@citizencohn.bsky.social on FDA nominee Heidi Overton: “We care what she says when she's in front of Donald Trump, and we all saw it with our own eyes. She was at that press conference when Trump was talking about the vaccine being lethal, and she said nothing, and this is the problem.” 218041
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialRandi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I want to hear from the Cornell administrators who decided writing an essay was proper punishment for the frat rapists. Like now. Somebody stick a mic in their faces and demand they explain. Their faces need to go viral, too. 25526124
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialNew York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We have protected hundreds of thousands of jobs from attacks by the federal administration. Workers are the backbone of our country, and I will stop at nothing to ensure they are protected. 714833
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026After our visit to Springfield Friday, I repeat what I wrote that. morning: We’re honored to help bring more attention to the outrages our government is perpetrating in our name. We’re honored so many of you are part of this effort. One more thing: ABOLISH ICE. www.thebulwark.com/p/why-were-g...thebulwark.comWhy We’re Going to SpringfieldThere’s honor in this fight. 1150183
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026Every three weeks it’s like but white supremacists who mostly care about testosterone and killing minorities were supposed to fix the economy 231929458
Reposted by @bugeye61.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/09/2026Trump, for over a decade: "I wouldn't give him a state dinner." Now: A full state dinner at the White House for China's Xi Jinping, complete with the arrival ceremony, a gift, and billionaires everywhere. 38432187