Reposted by Captain SSpectrum News NY1 @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The last speaker at the 9/11 remembrance ceremony lost his father to the attacks. 9367871760
Reposted by Captain SNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 08/07/2026The Graham Platner fiasco proves that the Democrat Party is far too tolerant of sexual predators. by Matt Gaetz, Roy Moore, Pete Hegseth, Jim Jordan, Dennis Hastert, Blake Farenthold, Trent Franks, Herman Cain, Cory Mills, Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh, and Donald J. Trump 412366565
Reposted by Captain SBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 03/07/2026average rugby player after receiving literally bone-crunching tackle: bit of a hard one there average football player after being lightly brushed: alack! alack sir, I die! I perish! foully slain! cut down in my youth by the cruel scythes of evil men! 32641107
Reposted by Captain Sjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/06/2026i really, truly, find this offensive 830145092515
Reposted by Captain SBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 27/12/2024When I said I would do anything for my family and my country I only meant stuff I already like doing, like shooting guns for instance. If I have to do something annoying like conserve resources then obviously I'm not willing to do that 346247782
Reposted by Captain SJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 12/05/2026So you're telling me that cutting tariffs leads to lower prices? Fascinating. 28478852005
Reposted by Captain Sjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/04/2026the case for strategic gerrymandering youtu.be/YgMSs_aMP84?si…youtu.beWhy I'm Voting Yes on Virginia's Redistricting AmendmentToday Virginia votes on a constitutional amendment that would allow mid-decade redistricting — redrawing congressional maps in a way that would eliminate mos... 281984363
Reposted by Captain SDread VanVleet 🎃🕷️ @velodus.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Oof. I just read your post in the most uncharitable, pedantic way possible, and I gotta tell ya: it's not looking good for you. 58104822194
Reposted by Captain SAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/02/2026Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman." 9474315212242
Reposted by Captain SG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 31/01/2026Public opinion has shifted dramatically against the White House's approach to immigration enforcement, as captured in the rising % of adults who want to abolish ICE (now +12 among independents, per YouGov). Dems have a lot of leverage to push for reforms rn. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-imm...gelliottmorris.comThe ICE shootings are a tipping pointDonald Trump's approval on immigration has collapsed 17 points since taking office, and support for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement has swung 50 points since Sept. 2024. 22592170
Reposted by Captain SG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 25/01/2026YouGov is out with a new poll after ICE killed another person in Minnesota today. Abolishing ICE is now +5 among all adults, and **+12 among independents** substack.com/@gelliottmor... 13869561818
Reposted by Captain SNancy Pelosi @pelosi.house.gov · 06/01/2026Five years ago today, the United States Capitol was attacked in a violent insurrection incited by the President of the United States for one purpose: to overturn a free and fair election and cling to power in clear violation of the Constitution. 4111368372
Reposted by Captain Sjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/11/2025ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least* 1795873873
Reposted by Captain SBrad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 29/08/2025A federal appeals court has ruled that President Trump’s tariffs exceeded his authority under an emergency powers law. 531403396
Reposted by Captain Sjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20/08/2025crazy, what is it about lisa cook that might have led the white house to baselessly accuse her of mortgage fraud in order to force her out of her job? 1664398837
Reposted by Captain Sjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/08/2025if you want to have a nice and relaxing sunday, do not watch the new Hulu documentary on Hurricane Katrina. if you want to shake with rage and anger over the total failure of this nation's government and media establishment, watch the Hulu documentary on Katrina (this is a recommendation) 285121231744
Reposted by Captain Sjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/07/2025the dc press corps basically took leave of youngkin after he won but the single most striking thing about his tenure is how he is, by any measure, a total failure. easily the least accomplished virginia governor of the 21st century. 784377655
Reposted by Captain SGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Yep. JD Vance told Ross Douthat in a high profile interview that Abrego Garcia is a "high-level" member of MS-13 long after top administration officials internally debated this claim and thus knew there was no evidence that he was a "leader," as I try to show. Extraordinarily degenerate misconduct. 823150887
Reposted by Captain SG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 03/07/2025Weirdly, the people who looked at polls and said (wrongly) the LA protests were “playing right into Trump’s hands” by increasing immigration salience aren’t saying the GOP is playing right into Democrats’ hands by passing the OBBBA, when the data actually supports that statement 21743164
Reposted by Captain SMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 30/06/2025The White House has ordered the US Dept. of Justice to prioritize denaturalization: voiding the citizenship of US citizens. Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important". Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary. substack.com/redirect/169... 492635010
Reposted by Captain SAdam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Since May: Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time. Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time. A judiciary at war with itself. 26266692992
Reposted by Captain SG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 27/06/2025New piece from me: GOP support for bombing Iran rose between 30 and 50% this week — MAGA is not so isolationist after all! This is a classic example of party identity trumping values. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/on-iran-a-... 50707173
Reposted by Captain SNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Begging my friends in the world's greatest city to not rank a candidate who hates everything that makes the city great 216120
Reposted by Captain SBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Michael Pham fled Vietnam at the age of 13. He was named bishop of San Diego a month ago. Today, he stood watch at a courthouse: ICE agents were “standing there covered with masks as we walked toward the courtroom. Eventually the agents scattered and went away” timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/06...timesofsandiego.comICE agents scatter as SD Bishop Pham, other clergy visit immigration court"Our presence made a difference," one priest said, quoting an immigration lawyer saying their client was given more time to prepare for another hearing. 441172034639
Reposted by Captain SBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 11/06/2025We’re not full. That's it. That's the tweet. 281027135
Reposted by Captain SRich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 08/06/2025On Pentecost, Pope Leo calls for a church that “opens the borders between peoples and breaks down the barriers between class and race;” criticizes an “exclusionary mindset that, tragically, we now see emerging also in political nationalisms.” 🔥 🔥 🔥 www.vatican.va/content/leo-... 8774197
Reposted by Captain SGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 06/06/2025ABC reports Kilmar Abrego Garcia is being returned to the United States abcnews.go.com/US/mistakenl...abcnews.go.comMistakenly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia on way back to US to face criminal charges: SourcesMistakenly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia is on the way back to the United States to face charges of transporting undocumented migrants within the U.S., sources say. 8094372260
Reposted by Captain SCity of Alexandria, VA @alexandriavagov.bsky.social · 30/05/2025City of Alexandria Statement on the Trump Administration Listing Alexandria as a Sanctuary City. Read more: alexandriava.gov/go/7067 13216
Reposted by Captain Sjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/05/2025in addition to being brazenly unprincipled, this is evidence that the conservatives KNOW trump is a mad king, but still want to imbue him with royal authority — against the well-documented history and tradition of the united states — out of their blinkered devotion to a narrow ideological project 7753441138
Reposted by Captain SBluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 22/05/2025We're excited that verification badges have made it easier to quickly recognize authentic accounts, especially in moments of breaking news. Now, we're expanding our roll-out. Notable and authentic accounts can apply for verification or to become a Trusted Verifier via the form linked in our blog.bsky.socialA New Form of Verification on Bluesky - BlueskyWe’re introducing a new layer of verification — a user-friendly, easily recognizable blue check. Additionally, independent organizations can verify accounts directly through our Trusted Verifiers feat... 2785078813
Reposted by Captain SBluesky @bsky.app · 19/05/2025We’re testing a new feature! Starting this week, select accounts can add a livestream link to sites like YouTube or Twitch, and their Bluesky profile will show they’re live now. 1080223224067
Reposted by Captain SThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 08/05/2025BREAKING: White smoke pours from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church.bit.lyLive updates: Cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote on a new popeCatholic cardinals return to the Vatican to elect Pope Francis' successor. White and black smoke will signal if a new pope has been chosen or not. 2322384
Reposted by Captain Sjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/04/2025these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism 770436238812
Reposted by Captain Sjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20/04/2025Turns out you can shape the agenda with dramatic action and maybe even shift public opinion. Crazy. 452503938829
Reposted by Captain SSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/04/2025I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return. 805512264525534
Reposted by Captain SBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Where does the “Abolish ICE” movement go to get its apology? open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...open.substack.comInside the Mind of an ICE AgentIs this what she signed up for? 26257081122
Reposted by Captain SAmanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Some stats from 100 days in on congestion pricing: - Complaints about car-honking are down 70% - The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48% - 6 million fewer cars - Half as many traffic-related injuries - 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over yearcurbed.comHow Well Is Congestion Pricing Doing? Very.One hundred days in, honking is down; bus speeds are up. 6044151185
Reposted by Captain SBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 17/03/2025The problem with that "First they came for" poem is it makes a lot of unlikely assumptions. For example it assumes they would ever come for me 78121431172
Reposted by Captain SJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Import Chinese battery: 145% tariff Import Chinese battery inside Chinese laptop: 20% tariff Import Chinese battery inside Vietnamese laptop: 0% tariff Fuckin brilliant. A+ work here team. I am so glad there are such smart people working on our trade policy. 17089922080
Reposted by Captain SG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 11/04/2025Today's Chart of the Week: DOGE is not cutting the deficit Because of cuts to revenue-generating services, Trump and Musk may be making government output more expensive on a unit-output-per-taxpayer-dollar basis. (In other words, less efficient)gelliottmorris.comDOGE is not cutting the deficitReal federal spending is higher in 2025 so far than in past years, and DOGE is making it harder to raise revenue 13477228
Reposted by Captain SCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 09/04/2025JFC. WE ARE STILL WORSE OFF. We still have *at least* 10% global tariffs. Businesses can’t make decisions, as they don’t know what tariffs will be 90 days from now I usually say Trump is great at repackaging the status quo as victory but this is significantly worse than pre-Liberation Day status quo 2834891946
Reposted by Captain Sjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/04/2025imagine being this pathetic, servile and eager to gulp up the slop 1556387994171
Reposted by Captain SJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Trade deficits: How do they work? (Seriously.) 922040
Reposted by Captain SSahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 07/04/2025This Senate bill to slap limits on the president’s tariff power now has SEVEN Republican sponsors: • Grassley • Moran • Murkowski • McConnell • Tillis • Young • Collins 2113618965
Reposted by Captain SArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Alexander the Great and the Fates, by Bernardino Mei, 1667, 📸 by Sarah Stier 675743801
Reposted by Captain Ssouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 02/04/2025We are imposing tariffs on WHOLLY UNINHABITED antarctic islands in this list (Heard and McDonald). The administration asserts—and Forbes reprints this uncritically—those islands have charged 10% tariffs on US goods that it needs to respond to. www.forbes.com/sites/mollyb...forbes.comHere’s The Full List Of Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs Announced WednesdayReciprocal tariffs the U.S. is imposing on other countries will range from a flat 10% rate to 50%, President Donald Trump announced. 1092340611