Reposted by Christy LambertsonAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1 30598762381
Reposted by Christy LambertsonNithya Raman @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Los Angeles only uses 12 out of our 28 pothole repair trucks. Why? We can’t pay for the drivers. City Hall signed contracts we knew we couldn’t afford, which resulted in a budget deficit, forcing us to make cuts to city services. 1518155
Reposted by Christy LambertsonScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 31/07/2026LAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments to be charged with felony eavesdropping, because what he uncovered is just plain embarrassing to the force. www.latimes.com/california/s...latimes.comLAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments to be charged with felony eavesdroppingLos Angeles County prosecutors on Friday are expected to charge an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues' racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the ... 2192186985
Christy Lambertson @christy-lambertson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026campaigns.organizefor.org/petitions/pr...campaigns.organizefor.orgProsecute the ICE Agent Who Killed #KeithPorterIt is outrageous that the County’s prosecutor takes a “tough on crime” position when it comes to righteous protest, youth offenses, and “crimes” of property, but the greenlight to crime, violence, and... 000
Reposted by Christy LambertsonSpooky eBoy 🎃 @mandoqueer.itch.io · 01/07/2026Kinda wild that the possibility of alienating voters on the left is a moral failure on the part of those voters that needs to be corrected with animus but alienating center right voters is a fact of nature that must be prevented at all costs with incessant pandering and left punching 2232
Reposted by Christy LambertsonEzra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026If you think tonight felt good, @senadorajulie.bsky.social is up against a do-nothing Senate Dem incumbent next week. If there's one race in the country I'd focus on for the next 7 days, it's that one. Throw her some support: www.julieforcolorado.comjulieforcolorado.comJulie for Colorado | Democrat for U.S. SenateJulie Gonzales is running for U.S. Senate to champion affordability, voting rights, and healthcare, and represent everyday Coloradans against corporate interests. 13471160
Reposted by Christy LambertsonChrista Brown @christabrown.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Another SBC annual meeting has come and gone & I'm breathing a sigh of relief. Every year, the question in my mind is: How much more harm will Southern Baptists do before they adjourn? This year, it was quite a lot. Good people need to leave. christabrown.substack.com/p/a-round-up...christabrown.substack.comA Round-Up of Harms from the SBC's 2026 Annual MeetingThey're illustrative of why good people need to leave 1125
Reposted by Christy LambertsonMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/06/2026the vision for positive masculinity is feminism. 634427775
Reposted by Christy LambertsonTrish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...slate.comDrowning Doesn’t Look Like DrowningDrowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect. 253133929733
Reposted by Christy LambertsonFrancesca Fiorentini @franifio.bsky.social · 22/05/2026There's already a MAGA politician in LA. Funded by real estate interests & corporations, Traci Park is trying to make the west side more unaffordable. And she's one of the few local politicians who praised Donald Trump for his response to the LA wildfires. Vote @faizahforla.bsky.social for CD-11. 113437
Reposted by Christy Lambertsonpatrick mcneil (he/him) @patrickryne.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Shoutout to the 28 Senate Democrats who have opposed all 38 lifetime judges confirmed by the Senate during Trump’s second term. 428341
Reposted by Christy LambertsonNashville Banner @nashvillebanner.bsky.social · 07/05/2026As Tennessee Republicans voted Thursday to approve an unprecedented Congressional redistricting map that would divide Memphis, protesters and Democrats pushed back with walkouts, protests resulting in arrests and burning a printed Confederate flag in the Capitol. nashvillebanner.com/2026/05/07/t...nashvillebanner.comCongressional redistricting targets Memphis, sparks protests - Nashville BannerTennessee Republicans pass controversial redistricting map, sparking protests and accusations of racial voter suppression. Historic decision sparks outrage. 18619234
Reposted by Christy LambertsonSarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Must-read from @robertdownen.bsky.social, incomparable reporting on Southern Baptist Convention and its rampant sex abuse and cover-ups, but also a tale of our current politics, and how much of GOP/Christian nationalist power is entwined with those cover-ups www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...texasmonthly.comHow an Alleged Child Predator Remade the Nation’s Second-Largest Faith Group in His ImagePaul Pressler helped ordain the marriage between white evangelicals and the GOP, all while accusations of sexual abuse piled up. Right-wing groups are still using his political playbook 33415
Reposted by Christy LambertsonRobert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Tomorrow morning, we will be dropping a ~12,000 word story on Paul Pressler, the alleged sexual predator who remade the Southern Baptist Convention and helped ordain the marriage between the GOP and white evangelical voters. There is *a lot* in there and I hope you'll read it. 7649291329
Reposted by Christy LambertsonPatrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Whole generation got their brains pickled by the idea that politics is a process of patient triangulation and consensus-building instead of a knife fight that decides how pain, suffering, and resources are distributed throughout society 219735
Reposted by Christy LambertsonGarnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 20/04/2026From 1977-2024, the anti-abortion movement has committed: 11 murders 26 attempted murders 42 bombings 203 arsons 570 assaults 109 attempted bombings or arsons 100 acid attacks 668 anthrax or bioterrorism threats 4 kidnappings and the list goes on!nationalabortionfederation.orgNAF 2024 Violence & Disruption StatisticsRead the alarming trends of increased harassment and violence in the first two+ years of a post-Dobbs world, compiled by NAF. 17636
Reposted by Christy LambertsonRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 14/04/2026One of the worst things the current era has done is to make progressive people act like two wrongs make a right when a Democrat politician is caught in a scandal. “But Trump gets away with it” is not the flex you think it is. 2973077
Reposted by Christy LambertsonAndrea LaFlamme @andrealaflamme.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Have you found yourself looking at the current candidates for U.S. Senate in Maine and wondering if any of them show up for workers then they aren’t campaigning? I’m the only elected union officer in this race and I’ve been speaking up for workers for years. Check it out: www.andreaformaine.com/newsandreaformaine.comNews and Opinion articles featuring Andrea LaFlamme — MAINE SENATE 2026 Andrea LaFlammeNews and Opinion articles featuring Andrea LaFlamme 417587
Reposted by Christy LambertsonJusticeLA @justicela.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Monday, March 30th marks the FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of the Board of Supervisor’s approving the Men’s Central Jail (MCJ) Closure Report, and the 16th angelversary of John Horton the 3rd who was murdered inside MCJ by Deputy gangs. 12916
Reposted by Christy LambertsonDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/03/2026I know I've said this a trillion times but I have to say it periodically to keep from going insane: The right ran a huge, well-funded, & ultimately successful campaign to completely take over political media & the infosphere more generally. This is by far the most important political development... 19989952485
Christy Lambertson @christy-lambertson.bsky.social · 10/03/202610 people have died in Men's Central Jail so far in 2025. 46 died in 2025. Despite changes in leadership, court orders to improve conditions, conditions don't improve. 000
Reposted by Christy LambertsonBrent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 03/03/2026This seems to be in keeping with the church that supported chattel slavery...baptistnews.comSBC president lauds bill that allows death penalty for abortionSBC president appears to have endorsed proposed legislation in Tennessee that would impose the death penalty on women who have abortions. 011
Reposted by Christy LambertsonMicah @rincewind.run · 28/02/2026this is just who they are they do bad things everywhere all the time because they are evil and stupid and constantly indulging their very worst impulses there’s no twelve dimensional plan here 352818562
Reposted by Christy LambertsonChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 28/02/2026"In moments of war, our Constitution is unambiguous: Congress authorizes war. The President does not." 11647184
Reposted by Christy LambertsonMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 19/02/2026“Will anyone in the Epstein files be held accountable?” What you have to understand is that while sexual violence is technically illegal and frowned upon in the abstract, in practice it is accepted, ubiquitous, de rigeur, and a primary vehicle for male bonding. 18956211
Reposted by Christy Lambertsonthe abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 18/02/2026you could opt out of caring about the Trump Show last time. the institutions were still puttering along and the ACA repeal collapsed. there is no such option for Trump II, you are trapped in here with the rest of us 116616
Reposted by Christy LambertsonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/02/2026New in PN: Trump is clowning his evangelical base "Trump now knows religious conservatives and their motivations well enough that he doesn’t feel a need to perform anymore. Like his supporters, he’s stopped pretending he’s anything but his worst self."publicnotice.coTrump is clowning his evangelical baseHe's not even bothering to pretend anymore. 1141854532
Reposted by Christy LambertsonMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 04/02/2026I understand the reasons why it’s more jarring and consequential to see it happen among billionaires, but the kind of shrugging disinterest or impishly approving encouragement of sexual abuse among Epstein’s circle is the same dynamic that happens in less powerful milieus. 231572308
Reposted by Christy LambertsonChicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 03/02/2026In a wide-ranging interview this week with the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, Marimar Martinez discussed her shooting, the federal government’s failed attempt to prosecute her and the role she now sees for herself in a fight for accountability. 2340140
Reposted by Christy LambertsonR.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 28/01/2026"Whether it’s enslaver missionaries criticizing Baptist minister Martin Luther King Jr. or defending an ICE pastor, Southern Baptists have yet to shake their original sin." ~ @briankaylor.bsky.socialwordandway.orgThe Line From Enslaver Missionaries to an ICE Pastor - Word&WayIn 1845, a group of pro-slavery Baptists created the Southern Baptist Convention to defend enslavers serving as missionaries. One hundred and eighty years later, SBC leaders defend a pastor serving as... 12610
Reposted by Christy LambertsonLindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 27/01/2026If the US took the right to self-defense seriously, there wouldn't be so many battered women in prison for killing their abusers. 03511
Reposted by Christy LambertsonDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Martinez took five bullets from a CBP agent, and DHS went into overdrive claiming she was an armed threat to the agents who were merely defending themselves. Sound familiar? 92747928
Reposted by Christy LambertsonAmanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 26/01/2026I looked into Cities Church, which was protested for having an ICE agent as a pastor. You already thought they were right-wing. But they're far worse than you thought. They're ground zero for the "empathy is a sin" idea, among others. www.salon.com/2026/01/26/p...salon.comThe pro-ICE church is worse than you thinkCities Church in St. Paul is the persecutor, not the persecuted 34811376
Reposted by Christy Lambertsonashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 25/01/2026one of the gofundme campaigns sent to me today is only trying to raise $1,600 and has a horrific story of an experience of a Hmong elder. they've only raised $10.gofundme.comDonate to Support for a MN Family in Crisis After a Traumatic Incident, organized by Tou YangMy name is Tou and I am a former charter school Special Educatio… Tou Yang needs your support for Support for a MN Family in Crisis After a Traumatic Incident 361101934
Reposted by Christy LambertsonBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch. 1095384139486
Reposted by Christy Lambertson🇲🇽🕷️rustbelt rebel🕷️🇲🇽 @rustbeltrebel.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Let’s keep this going!!! 025
Reposted by Christy LambertsonSlacktivistFred @slacktivistfred.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Good thread on the Vichy Church with the ICE pastor. Thia Doug Wilson-adjacent church is home to a "sin of empathy" theobro troll who's also a Southern Baptist "intellectual" who likes infant baptism. It's a safe space for collaborators, snitches, and bootlickers who have ICE on speed dial. 22411
Reposted by Christy LambertsonElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 23/01/2026From a follower in Minneapolis: "Today is our big day here. Currently -20 and -45 windchill. Frost bite can occur in 10 minutes and it is a decent walk from Portland Ave to the Target Center. So those who cannot risk attending and to the rest of the country we are asking for your help."iceoutforgood.orgICE Out for GoodOn January 23, people across the country are taking action in solidarity with Minnesota to demand ICE out of our communities. Join the day of action. 314673
Reposted by Christy LambertsonSolomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 20/01/2026"History will not look kindly upon______" Damn history ... i don't look kindly upon it... we aint gotta wait 252388598
Reposted by Christy LambertsonMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18/01/2026“protesters” are not “clashing” with law enforcement. violent federal agents have waged war on minneapolis and regular people are telling them to get the fuck out. and last time i checked being in a group chat doesn’t mean you’re in a professional organization. it means you have friends. 132860646
Reposted by Christy LambertsonPreston Shipp @prestonshipp.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Renee Good would be alive today if white Christians had not voted for a rapist. 011
Reposted by Christy LambertsonSimon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Please watch this clip, and share as widely as you can. 291102474
Reposted by Christy LambertsonBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 12/01/2026semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out 378268688136
Reposted by Christy LambertsonBlue_Riverrrr @blueriverrrr.bsky.social · 10/01/2026An off duty ICE agent shot and killed his neighbor on New Year’s Eve. LAPD has not investigated because they claim it is “Federal”. The DA says potential charges may take years. Help Keith Porter’s family, if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...gofundme.comDonate to Support for Keith’s Daughters After Tragedy, organized by Keith PorterMy 43-year-old son, Keith, was tragically killed on New Year's Eve in Northri… Keith Porter needs your support for Support for Keith’s Daughters After Tragedy 0146
Reposted by Christy LambertsonTimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 23/12/2025The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5 5573559318058
Reposted by Christy LambertsonLyz @lyz.bsky.social · 14/12/2025We live in a culture where it is far more dangerous to say what a man did to you than for the man to actually do the thing to you. And that is because of all the people who know without actually knowing…That silence is its own kind of sexualized violence. www.ms.now/opinion/jeff...ms.nowOpinion | The real Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy is one of silenceLyz Lenz: Newly released photos show how powerful people's silence enabled Epstein's horrors. 012746
Reposted by Christy LambertsonJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 02/12/2025"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls." time.com/7335723/auto...time.comThe Real Way Schools are Failing Boys“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls." 713421928
Reposted by Christy LambertsonL.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 14/11/2025DAILY MEMO: Over 50 Arrested in Record Raids: Baby, Pregnant Mom, Gardeners, Sons, Elderly, Vendors, Unhoused In Last Two Days Full report: lataco.com/daily-memo-o... 16588329
