Reposted by Carol CoferThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 03/02/2026The Illinois Department of Public Health sidestepped the federal government this week by independently joining the WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN). It is the second state to do so, after California joined the network last month. trib.al/0ecIsxFtrib.alIndividual States Join World Health Organization After Trump Drops ItIllinois is the latest state to take this step. 291139315 0
Reposted by Carol CoferTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Nuclear defense is why we built a base on Greenland in 1951. We had this idea 75 years ago. The base has been there since then. You don’t have to invade a country where you already have everything. Invasion just destroys what you have and much else besides. 1083117794 0
Reposted by Carol CoferJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Fed’l judge tells the administration to stop violating the rights of people in Minnesota www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... 19949941585 0
Reposted by Carol CoferGod @thegodshow.com · 17/01/2026It’s been 28 days since the Epstein files were supposed to be fully released. 13741301077 0
Reposted by Carol CoferKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Gov. Walz to MS NOW: "Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system … is a dangerous, authoritarian tactic. "The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her." 165135923955 0
Reposted by Carol CoferAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 17/01/2026Now that we’re all about “complying with the law” re Minnesota, does that extend to complying with the law re Epstein files? 427147403525 0
Reposted by Carol CoferAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/11/2025AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American. 777309578582 0
Reposted by Carol CoferHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged. Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment. 5973249510518 0
Reposted by Carol CoferThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/202579. American citizen. 19442367411580 0
Reposted by Carol CoferChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15/09/2025Truth bomb‼️ This man should be the one speaking on college campuses… “They’re planning for us to turn on each other and make this culture war a civil war. I am begging you, please, for the love of God, for the love of our neighbors… do not take the bait.” Watch 31476943332 0
Reposted by Carol CoferMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 09/09/2025As a bookish kid, I admired the Supreme Court for having the character to unanimously come out against segregation in the 1950s, when no other branch of our government would have had that courage. So it saddens me to see it lose its way and endorse judging people for the color of their skin today. 622162463968 0
Reposted by Carol CoferAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/09/2025Ossoff on RFK Jr: "Absolutely he should resign. And he never should've been confirmed to begin with... in any normal Senate, he never would've gotten so much as a hearing. This is someone who throughout his public life has embraced just about every piece of quackery & pseudoscience he's come across" 242139593702 0
Reposted by Carol CoferJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 04/09/2025It's Time to Release the Epstein Files. People who fight this hard to hide something have something to hide. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...open.substack.comIt's Time to Release the Epstein FilesPeople who fight this hard to hide something have something to hide. 358129053981 0
Reposted by Carol CoferAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/08/2025We want to apologize if it feels like we’ve been venting a lot lately. It’s just hard to ignore that nearly every move from this administration seems to be illegal, unlawful, or outright unconstitutional and yet nothing happens. 1009190843246 0
Reposted by Carol CoferBrian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 27/08/2025The question for Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer in some sense is: What do you think and feel when you watch Pritzker’s remarks? Are you inspired, like millions of Democratic Party voters? Or do you think he’s a fool for not pivoting to tariffs? www.offmessage.net/p/jb-pritzke...offmessage.netJB Pritzker And The Void Of Federal LeadershipHere's a template for Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer. 1926750 0
Reposted by Carol CoferGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 24/01/2025If anyone in or out of government wants to chat securely as the unraveling unfolds, I’m vermontgmg.14 on Signal. That’s my normal username, everywhere, with an extra Vermont: the 14th state. 471148322 0
Reposted by Carol CoferHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 24/08/2025The year I was born. we basically had no idea why cancers happened and now we understand the underlying force behind it with 100% clarity and the molecular forces behind it with many orders of magnitude more resolution. We were entirely in the dark, and now the room is lit. 1356061469 0
Reposted by Carol CoferCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Friend, with all due respect, this assumes a good faith process on the part of the DOJ. May I ask if the past seven months have illustrated anything resembling a good faith process to you? 281695221 0
Reposted by Carol CoferMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/08/2025I'm not interested in what notorious liar Ghislaine Maxwell has to say. I'm interested in evidence of what she did. Release the Epstein Files. Stop Donald's coverup. 14648191383 0
Reposted by Carol CoferWe Can Lead Change - Fox Valley @wecanleadchange.bsky.social · 16/08/2025A heat index of 102+ didn’t deter nearly 1K people from showing up in South Elgin, IL for a #WeCanLeadChange emergency pop-up #StopTheTrumpTakeover rally with @foxvalleyrising.bsky.social & many more. TOGETHER, we are strong! Hydrate, friends! @maddow.msnbc.com 11410115 0
Reposted by Carol CoferRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/08/2025Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game. The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed. 326121493586 0
Reposted by Carol CoferBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 17/08/2025@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "This guy is trying to get a Nobel Peace Prize? When he's bringing war to the American people? He sent the United States Marines into the United States of America." 802339449827 0
Reposted by Carol CoferACLU @aclu.org · 16/08/2025The Constitution protects your right to record law enforcement in public. 15876583312 0
Reposted by Carol CoferAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/08/2025Bowser: "I think I speak for all Americans -- we don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil." 952353319914 0
Reposted by Carol CoferAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Raskin: In any event, if he really cared about public safety in DC… he would not have pardoned 1600 insurrectionists and violent cop beaters on his first day in office. 8223672411457 0
Reposted by Carol CoferMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Proof "The Art of the Deal" was ghostwritten: 1443058887 0
Reposted by Carol CoferSally Deal - 📞 Call your legislators @ (202)224-3121 ⏰24/7! @sallydeal4.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Yes! 512552 0
Reposted by Carol CoferGod @thegodshow.com · 07/08/2025Damn the evil prick ending $500 million in vaccine research while children die of preventable diseases. 28797962296 0
Reposted by Carol CoferCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Ghislaine Maxwell has been barred from participating in service dog training while in prison because of her crimes. I feel like if prison officials don't trust you around dogs, you shouldn't be eligible for a pardon under any circumstances. 207126262872 0
Reposted by Carol CoferHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 06/08/2025mRNA tech is some of the coolest, most powerful, most promising scifi shit humans are currently doing. They are being investigated to help with cancers, autoimmune diseases, M.S., stroke recovery, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, and high cholesterol. 230108252203 0
Reposted by Carol CoferAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Crockett: This is a person that has a problem with people of color. When we look at who he says are low IQ, even though when you look at his cabinet—this has to be the most incompetent cabinet we have ever had in the history of this country. 672205745416 0
Reposted by Carol CoferSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 03/08/2025Y’all chose this over Sherrod Brown. Come on, Ohio. Really? 2112868495 0
Reposted by Carol CoferBobbie @bobbiefromtwitter.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Bring back the Department of Education. 817153 0
Reposted by Carol CoferMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 29/07/2025We’re basically just paying for these people to have vacations and do horrible morally reprehensible things to people who don’t look like them 1020110633245 0
Reposted by Carol CoferRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 29/07/2025One of the most important and powerful things any kid can do to make a better world is if they see someone being pushed around, stand up for them. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 467151984485 0
Reposted by Carol CoferCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 26/07/2025"In my mind, this is no longer a conversation about anything else. Children are starving and being murdered in Gaza by the Israeli military while they seek to feed themselves. It feels impossible to talk about anything else in this conflict when that degree of sociopathic violence is occurring."charlotteclymer.substack.comI Think It's Bad to Shoot at Starving KidsPerhaps controversially. 21962321 0
Reposted by Carol CoferPam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 27/07/2025What I cannot fathom is why any court is allowing Alligator Auscwirz to exist. Inhumane detention facilities violate the 8th Amendment to the Constitution prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment. 52475302324 0
Reposted by Carol CoferGod @thegodshow.com · 26/07/2025Thou shalt not pardon a convicted child molester. This one should be easy to follow. 279122412566 0
Reposted by Carol CoferI 💙 Dogs @dogs100.bsky.social · 23/07/2025At the end of a long day walking, I need to relax 181501145 0
Reposted by Carol Coferbingley567 @bingley567.bsky.social · 23/07/2025It's ALWAYS about making a profit. We are owned. Resist in any way possible. 13519 0
Reposted by Carol CoferThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Oh wow hey @tulsigabbard did u see this? 374171125979 0
Reposted by Carol CoferRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 22/07/2025We have been warned about this moment for all our lives. Now it's here. What will you do about it? 599231548486 0
Reposted by Carol CoferSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 21/07/2025It’s Abu Ghraib all over again. But inside our borders. 21561312382 0
Reposted by Carol CoferAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21/07/2025We just want to say thank you. The sense of community here is honestly incredible. We’re constantly inspired by all of you tirelessly showing up, speaking out, and standing strong against this administration! 💚✊ 220126451177 0
Reposted by Carol Cofershauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 17/07/2025“the kindest person in the room is often the smartest.” JB Pritzker is a mensch. 26591362695 0