Reposted by Chris CAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026First Lady Natalie Harp gets off Bribe Force One moments ago after another long day of traveling with the guy she once said is "all that matters to me" (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty) 3004193876 4.2K
Reposted by Chris CJohn Dunlevy @jdunlevy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026What a leader and incredible life; R.I.P.: “Margaret Hamilton, who led the 100-person team that wrote the onboard software for the Apollo missions, guiding Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to a safe landing on the moon, died Sept. 30 in Cambridge, Mass. She was 90.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...nytimes.comMargaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died (Gift Article)Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90. 03311 33
Reposted by Chris CFrank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026“We’re in trouble.” Retired four-star general Barry McCaffrey on whether our nation is more vulnerable because of the prolonged Iran debacle. Take a look on Substack and consider subscribing: open.substack.com/pub/thefrank... 15358140 358
Reposted by Chris CAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt 1388214705003 21.5K
Reposted by Chris CThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Dems getting better at this 301116443682 11.6K
Reposted by Chris CAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026amazing -- Karl Rove lists Paxton's scandals: "The corrupt business guy gives him a fake Uber account and the records of that are now in his impeachment proceedings, so we know how often he went to have sex with Laura Olsen. I mean, can you make this shit up?" 26268712183 6.9K
Reposted by Chris CAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026Talarico: "Corrupt politicians are profiting off a corrupt war and Texans are literally paying the price ... this war in Iran is a disaster. It is killing Americans, driving up the price of gas and diesel, it is wrecking our moral standing around the world. And it must end." 20592912552 9.3K
Reposted by Chris CJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026We are live watching the celebration of the arts.. we will persevere ! 16685138 685
Reposted by Chris CAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026Ossoff: "We are witnessing people drunk with power who are utterly reckless, utterly corrupt, and obviously believe that they live with impunity. They believe they're untouchable. They believe they're invincible. Let's prove them wrong." 517263137450 26.3K
Reposted by Chris CThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/09/2026@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: "Neutrality always faults to the benefit of the authoritarian. This is why the mainstream media inadvertently ends up in a trap of normalizing what's happening. We need independent media that doesn't feel bound by those things and can just tell the truth." 16674140 674
Reposted by Chris CAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/09/2026Newsom: "He's not screwing around. He wasn't screwing around when he called Greg Abbott for 5 seats, said he was entitled to 5 seats. Why does he do that? Because he knows he's going to lose the election unless he rigs the election before one vote is cast. That is what we're up against." 300172514947 17.3K
Reposted by Chris CJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Consumer sentiment is at its lowest in 70 years of survey data. That's lower than during wars, financial crises, and a pandemic. The economy isn't the whole story here. Faith in how Washington is running policy is at an all-time low, and it's hard to blame people. youtu.be/h0LB9PEiZ3o 29953330 953
Reposted by Chris CProPublica @propublica.org · 05/09/2026The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.projects.propublica.orgWhere Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublicaThe FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports. 4218441012 1.8K
Reposted by Chris CHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton on Johnny Carson. 30191022149 9.1K
Reposted by Chris CMachu Pikacchu @judet.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Fuck every single person who, through action or inaction, allowed this stupid, stupid reality to come to pass. 1049139902625 14K
Reposted by Chris CAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Downey: You're known by the company you keep Blow: The company Donald Trump keeps is dictators, Jeffrey Epstein, and crooks and criminals… So for you guys have the gall to talk to anybody about guilt by association… 15949621186 5K
Reposted by Chris CTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Could you use a LESS flattering pic of me, fer cryin' out loud 5467439 674
Reposted by Chris CAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Shapiro: When he sits behind the desk in the Oval Office, making $2.2 billion off his corruption for him and his kids, it costs you money. When he sits behind that desk, he’s not thinking about how to put money in your pocket. He’s thinking about how to put money in his own pocket. 531188515616 18.9K
Reposted by Chris CThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21/08/2026Former CIA officer @mpolymer1.bsky.social tells @michaeldweiss.bsky.social why Natalie Harp’s extraordinary proximity to Trump, and reports that she resisted getting a security clearance, should set off national security alarm bells: "She has access that a foreign adversary would only dream." 624684 246
Reposted by Chris CCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/08/2026ROSIE: “.. Thanks to everyone who's been watching this week, especially the hungry, hungry hypocrite in the White House. .. Most of all, I'd like to thank Jimmy Kimmel for .. reminding everyone that we have the right to free speech in this country whether Orange Voldemort likes it or not." $DIS 301776367 1.8K
Reposted by Chris CForbes @forbes.com · 18/08/2026Michael Allen Caruso is accused of kidnapping and molesting a child younger than 5.forbes.comDeSantis Ally In Florida Arrested On Child Sex-Abuse ChargesMichael Allen Caruso is accused of kidnapping and molesting a child younger than 5. 107566703638 6.7K
Reposted by Chris CMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/08/2026🚨 EXCLUSIVE: An attorney says his client suffered a brain bleed and traumatic brain injury after a violent ICE apprehension, then woke up in a hospital with no memory of what happened. His family didn't know where he was for days. Now his lawyer is demanding answers.meidasnews.comLawyer Says ICE Detainee Suffered Brain Bleed After Violent Apprehension, Was Guarded by Agents Instead of Given Private Medical CareMeidasTouch has obtained a detailed narrative from the attorney representing Jose Mejia Hernandez, describing a violent apprehension by immigration 803140436549 14K
Reposted by Chris CAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/08/2026Ossoff: "I have zero interest in running for president in 2028, and frankly zero interest in the 2028 fantasy football right now ... these midterms are the whole ballgame ... I don't know that we have a free and fair election in 2028 unless we restore checks and balances in these 2026 midterms." 518242056096 24.2K
Reposted by Chris CJoe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026He didn’t change. They did. 7831992012852 19.9K
Reposted by Chris CAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/08/2026Coons: "My first question to those who are on the 'leave behind' decoy plane would be, do you realize the president just isn't that into you?" 30856741424 5.7K
Reposted by Chris CThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13/08/2026Ossoff: "They see the rebuke that is coming and fear the accountability that will follow it. They recognize the president is deeply unpopular. He's reviled. The public is awake to his corruption and self-dealing…The truth will come out. Mark my words. The truth will come out.” 19469011848 6.9K
Reposted by Chris CJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 10/08/2026God already built a wall through Big Bend — it's called the Chisos Mountains. We don't need to give billions of our tax dollars to out of state vendors. We don't need to desecrate this sacred land. We don't need this useless, disgraceful, corrupt Big Bend border wall. 420138254758 13.8K
Reposted by Chris CAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/08/2026Sen. Chris Murphy: "Donald Trump has lost this war. America is weaker, Iran is stronger, the price to reopen the strait increases by the day, the supposed 'deal' that's on the table right now would pay Iran $100 billion a year in order to reopen the strait ... what a victory for Iran." 922658805 2.7K
Reposted by Chris CMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I have chosen one path. Sadly, you have chosen the other. That may bring you great wealth in the here and now, but you will end up poorer in the eyes of history. newsletters.democracydocket.com/my-open-/let...newsletters.democracydocket.comMy open letter to David Ellison 17763151615 6.3K
Reposted by Chris CDigital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Her name is Sister Rosetta Thorpe. Known as the "Godmother of rock" that inspired Elvis. 378133632916 13.4K
Reposted by Chris CJustin Ling @justinling.ca · 04/08/2026Holy shit. www.wired.com/story/a-civi... 18068352766 6.8K
Reposted by Chris CAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/08/2026Schiff: "The president is entitled to his own views about me or anybody else. He is not entitled, however, to use the DOJ to go after his political opponents. The day we say that's ok and the day we confirm an AG who says that's ok is the day the rule of law becomes merely an unenforceable idea." 11942951302 4.3K
Reposted by Chris CThe GREAT HOUDINI @thegreathoudini.bsky.social · 03/08/2026STATE RUN TV. 228111802916 11.2K
Reposted by Chris CCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/08/2026> @danprimack.bsky.social 321043283 1K
Reposted by Chris CGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/08/2026This is such complete and utter bullshit on the part of Thom Tillis and John Cornyn. Giving the Trump crime family immunity from tax audits remains as corrupt as anything we’ve ever seen in this country. Todd Blanche should be impeached, not confirmed. 54055051931 5.5K
Reposted by Chris CKatie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 30/07/2026A routine medical flight, on a clear night, ended with a plane crash that killed all four people onboard. Investigators say it's the first known US civilian plane crash tied to electronic warfare. This won't be the last story of its kind. A must-read from @jeffwise.bsky.social for @wired.comwired.comA Civilian Plane Crashed in New Mexico. Was the Military’s Tech to Blame?Drone warfare is making the skies more dangerous, even for airplanes far from the battlefield. 68038 80
Reposted by Chris CAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/07/2026Ossoff: "Each day his allies are fewer & even they no longer deny his corruption, the obscene self-dealing while he plunges nation deeper into reckless war while he rakes in billions & builds himself ballroom & prepares again to attack elections. Let's be clear, one man attempted fraud in GA: Trump" 13180652499 8.1K
Reposted by Chris CAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/07/2026HOMAN: I wouldn't say that mistakes were made. We'll see. BASH: Well, we've seen with our own eyes that mistakes were made. Deadly mistakes were made. At least 5 of them. 864126953483 12.7K
Reposted by Chris CTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 22/07/2026"We are adults who respect the rule of law and the Constitution, can run the country and will get you back to work in good-paying jobs while bringing down prices and trying to make life affordable. Also we are not far-left lunatics." 5454895 548
Reposted by Chris CAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026OSSOFF: So we entered this war on false pretenses. Sound familiar? Not the first time the United States has been dragged into a quagmire in the Middle East on false pretenses about weapons of mass destruction. 332137413977 13.7K
Reposted by Chris CGovernor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 06/07/2026To anyone considering helping President Trump interfere with our election or our count: You will be prosecuted. That’s why I’m moving forward with new legislation that would make it a FELONY to seize ballots before the vote has been certified by state and county officials. 31066911898 6.7K
Reposted by Chris CThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/07/2026WSMV: “Agriculture Commissioner Andy Holt accused of pressuring Farm Bureau to back Marsha Blackburn for governor… In a lawsuit ex Farm Bureau insurance agent Bryan Rhodes alleged Holt had been pressuring the org to publicly endorse Blackburn.” www.wsmv.com/2026/07/18/t... 59756312 756
Reposted by Chris CTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Two more Americans dead, one missing. The president must tell Congress why he’s gambling with the lives of U.S. service members. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...theatlantic.comTwo More Americans Dead in the Iran WarCongress must demand an explanation from the president about why he’s gambling with the lives of U.S. service members. 982142595 2.1K
Reposted by Chris CPhilip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 18/07/2026I did not know that Rob Reiner's last line in his last role was as George Washington saying, "we're fucked," in Larry David's HBO series (Bootlegged scene: youtu.be/-3XaD00AXD0) 784999810 5K
Reposted by Chris CAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16/07/2026OSSOFF: If there's one person who committed election fraud in Georgia, it's Donald Trump—when he dialed up our state's senior most election official, and tried to bully him in a recorded phone call to “find” the exact number of votes Donald Trump needed to win in a state 9243471454 4.3K
Reposted by Chris CThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 17/07/2026Many enemies of the United States seek to undermine faith in American elections—but “no regime, no spies, no saboteurs have yet matched the damage that America’s own president did tonight,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:bit.lyTrump Just Did More Damage to Elections Than ChinaHis speech was a mashup of charges that aren’t supported by the documents he released. 22420131 420
