Reposted by Carol HopkinsSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 13/05/2026Look, he's not even pretending at this point. He DOES NOT CARE if you can't afford anything or get by because of his war. And this war wasn't even about the threat of Iran having nuclear weapons because there was NO imminent threat. 891930511
Reposted by Carol HopkinsTim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 13/05/2026The very definition of an inside job: Trump’s own Justice Dept is pondering settling a case with Trump that he filed against his own IRS. Raw grifting. With taxpayers’ money. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/b...nytimes.comJustice Dept. Officials Consider Settling Trump Suit Against I.R.S. 30441211
Reposted by Carol HopkinsGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 09/05/2026"I want to get in for a term to get rid of the guy, and then a term to create basically an American legal reconstruction, by passing laws to make sure that this kind of autocratic threat (doesn't happen again)." 33093082478
Reposted by Carol HopkinsMike Sacks @mikebsacks.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Was it, by chance, Morris Buttermaker, the alcoholic pool cleaner and former minor-league baseball pitcher? 086
Reposted by Carol HopkinsThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/04/2026A Michigan gas station clerk helped save a 16-year-old girl who entered his store and mouthed the word “help” after a man had kidnapped her at gunpoint on her way to school last week, the authorities said.nyti.msMichigan Gas Clerk Helps Save Kidnapped Teen Girl Who Mouthed ‘Help’A fellow student who had witnessed the kidnapping called the police, and other students helped track the girl to a gas station. 331863
Reposted by Carol HopkinsAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/04/2026This is horrific. A U.S. citizen describes the facility in Arizona that her husband was brought to while he waited to be put on a deportation flight. Dozens of people were crammed into tiny cells, there was a "chain of people vomiting" from filthy toilets, no medical care, and only one meal per day. 19151282782
Reposted by Carol HopkinsRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10/04/2026“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears. "She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.” “'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..." azmirror.com/2026/04/10/i... 789163197757
Reposted by Carol HopkinsLady with an opinion @ladymitopinion.bsky.social · 31/03/2026New renderings for the WH 15476661585
Reposted by Carol HopkinsRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/04/2026When Trump couldn’t get Congress to pass the SAVE Act to federalize elections, he just ignored Congress and signed an executive order. Again. And now we are back to the courts with more lawsuits. Again. Non-stop chaos is his brand. 26661331421
Reposted by Carol HopkinsJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/04/2026A single vote for Trump in the birthright citizenship case would be as bad as anything the Court has done since Bush v. Gore. This issue has been settled for more than a century. It is the jurisprudential equivalent of asking what 2+2 is. Any answer other than 4, something is deeply, deeply wrong. 19689341877
Reposted by Carol HopkinsNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Wut, the White House Counsel says Trump "has no involvement in business deals that would implicate his constitutional responsibilities."??? @democracydefendersfund.org has PROVEN quite the contrary: www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/03.11.26... 10260117
Reposted by Carol HopkinsJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Last week, Trump bragged about having 100% support from MAGA. Last night, Trump’s candidate lost the MAGA district Trump lives in. To a Democrat. 782349458
Reposted by Carol HopkinsSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Oral argument begins in a few minutes in a case involving the RNC’s attempt to override state laws that allow a grace period for the arrival of mail-in ballots. It’s a bait and switch designed to disqualify masses of mailed ballots. Last week this is how Republicans talked about mail delivery. 1325692
Reposted by Carol HopkinsDark Goddess @darkgoddess33.bsky.social · 22/03/2026If you don’t have to fly, don’t. Airlines will notice. Vacation spots will notice. Find another way to travel or don’t. You’re choosing to stand in line, choose not to.media.tenor.combugs bunny is standing on a baseball field wearing a baseball cap and gloves .ALT: bugs bunny is standing on a baseball field wearing a baseball cap and gloves . 1202734669
Reposted by Carol HopkinsJosh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 18/03/2026NEW: Court orders Voice of America & parent agency @USAGM to bring back about 1000 employees put on admin leave a year ago & restore programs. Judge Royce Lamberth (Reagan) says order to cut to legal minimum wasn't properly considered. w/Ben Johansen www.politico.com/news/2026/03...politico.comJudge orders sidelined Voice of America employees back to workThe ruling amounted to a rebuke of administration efforts to dismantle the international broadcast organization. 8858186
Reposted by Carol HopkinsAFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 13/03/2026The SAVE America Act is a voter suppression scam. It would take away the rights of working people to make their voices heard at the ballot box. The Senate must reject this bill. 866241108475
Reposted by Carol HopkinsHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 01/03/2026I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds. I support neither imperialism or dictatorship. Sahar Delijani said it best: 43100853556
Reposted by Carol HopkinsDiedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 06/03/2026So road trips are out And like, buying stuff 1953011531
Reposted by Carol Hopkinsshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 07/03/2026the reverse version of those “evolution of man” drawings 437133852607
Reposted by Carol HopkinsBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Today, Michelle and I are proud to announce that we will be hosting the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center on June 18th in Chicago, and welcoming the public on June 19th. We can’t wait for you to visit. Go to obama.org to learn more. 706276095268
Reposted by Carol HopkinsSteve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 07/03/2026A federal judge in DC rules that Kari Lake was not lawfully appointed and that actions she took as the claimed head of USAGM "shall have no force or effect," including last August's RIFs at the Voice of America. 11056411656
Reposted by Carol HopkinsMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/03/2026This is *nothing* dignified about wearing a cheap baseball cap that promotes yourself to the otherwise solemn ceremony to receive the bodies of the troops you had killed to distract from your bad economy and rampant pedophilia. 1480147344321
Reposted by Carol HopkinsRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/03/2026He seems pretty sensitive whenever someone confronts him with evidence that Putin might not be our friend. Even when Fox brings it up. 1078122713875
Reposted by Carol HopkinsJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 06/03/2026This is not good. 73595983670
Reposted by Carol HopkinsRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Who taught Trump this stupid tug of war thing with his handshakes? Fred? Roy Cohn? Epstein? I guess it’s supposed to be some kind of dumb power move. This morning with the President of Paraguay. 4912710679
Reposted by Carol HopkinsSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Lucifer has a point 151115063388
Reposted by Carol HopkinsBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact. How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him. 627234525757
Reposted by Carol HopkinsMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Trixie, Mabel & Millie celebrating Noem's firing like it's Xmas! #JusticeForCricket 🐶 🔫 34012050907
Reposted by Carol HopkinsMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/03/2026We can throw another $500,000,000,000 at the Pentagon this year and spend $1,000,000,000/day on a wholly useless war, but we can't afford to hire doctors and nurses to take care of our veterans? The United States is such an irresponsible, messed up country right now. 452100753987
Reposted by Carol HopkinsRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Wow did something happen in the US in January 2025? 21238001380
Reposted by Carol HopkinsRolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 01/03/2026Congress Is Betraying America's Founders by Ceding Power to Trump The concentration of power in the modern presidency isn’t an accident. It’s the result of Congress giving up its authority. Commentary, only on Apple News ↓bit.lyCongress Is Betraying America's Founders by Ceding Power to Trump — Rolling StoneThe framers of the Constitution believed liberty lived in the friction between governmental branches 22422128
Reposted by Carol HopkinsMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20/02/2026NEW: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker sent Trump a letter and an invoice demanding the return of $8.6 billion taken from Illinois families after the Supreme Court ruled Trump’s tariffs are illegal. 25065991744
Reposted by Carol HopkinsBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 17/02/2026“Fortunately, the American people are better than our current government. Civic spirit and enlightened patriotism are by no means dead in the United States. As the people of Minnesota have again reminded us.” www.thebulwark.com/p/american-v...thebulwark.comAmerican Principles in the Age of MAGA NihilismWhy the Trump administration fears authentic patriotism. 625350
Reposted by Carol HopkinsGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Wonderful. Just wonderful. An amazing story of perseverance. 11777381168
Reposted by Carol HopkinsNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 17/02/2026“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.” - 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas. Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children. www.propublica.org/article/ice-... 319120766917
Reposted by Carol HopkinsGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/02/2026I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building. 9733655011139
Reposted by Carol HopkinsAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 05/02/2026youtube:youtube.comHow Many Cognitive Tests Does One Man Need to Prove He’s Fine?YouTube video by Adam Parkhomenko 1312222
Reposted by Carol HopkinsRose❤️🇨🇦Part owner of Canada.🇨🇦❤️ @scotfreeme.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Wave goodbye to elections, America. That's it for you. March, kick and scream... It's to no avail. And you know it. It's going to cost you, either way. But the world will only watch as you plummet into the darkness, of a toppled empire. We all tried to warn... We fires hoping to motivate. GL.🤷🏼♀️ 111572679
Reposted by Carol HopkinsChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/02/2026How did they redact abusers but not the victims? And they expect us to believe 40 nude photos went unnoticed? That’s exactly why people think the DOJ did this on purpose, to shame these women for coming forward. 780127535000
Reposted by Carol HopkinsGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Thank you, Mr. President. 14023723410142
Reposted by Carol HopkinsGrits for Breakfast @gritsforbreakfast.bsky.social · 28/01/2026All that DHS advertising promoting Noem sure looks like wasted money now. It's quite an accomplishment to discredit oneself so thoroughly that it capsizes all her favorables despite $200+ million worth of unrebutted paid ads. www.propublica.org/article/kris...propublica.orgFirm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad ContractsThe company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule... 57533
Reposted by Carol HopkinsMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/01/2026🚨 NEW — Statement from the family of Alex Pretti: "We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital... 1/ 14044111461
Reposted by Carol HopkinsGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/01/2026It's a fascist power grab. And Congress has to put a stop to it. 15832681130
Reposted by Carol HopkinsChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump. Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states. 1296172027950
Reposted by Carol Hopkinssam @samveep.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Hard to say how many showed up for Alex Pretti’s vigil, but easily hundreds if not thousands. After community activists and leaders spoke at the park where they gathered, everyone marched to the site of Pretti’s killing. Streets just filled with people demanding ICE out. 181524385
Reposted by Carol HopkinsJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Learn more about why ICE’s new policy that lets agents enter your home without a judicial warrant is dead wrong. joycevance.substack.com/p/breaking-t... 25958502292
Reposted by Carol HopkinsMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration. 14874765220438