Connie Whorton @connieleew.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I will always be grateful to Mr. Green Jeans for introducing me to peanut butter on toast. IYKYK 020
Reposted by Connie WhortonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable. But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless. Remember this. 16051931737
Reposted by Connie WhortonRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 31/08/2026"The idea that this hub, built over decades, was significantly degraded in the space of a few days by a regional player is unimaginable. "That the US could not prevent and defend against a predictable attack on a Fleet Headquarters is quite startling." www.militarytimes.com/opinion/2026...militarytimes.comThe devastation of NSA Bahrain is a national security warningOpinion: If NSA Bahrain is not reconstituted to pre-attack capabilities, it will fundamentally change how the U.S. Navy operates, the author of this op-ed writes. 17428991511
Reposted by Connie WhortonToss @stevenspoints.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing 2295269412870
Reposted by Connie WhortonThomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I started my PhD program with an eight week old at home, sole income being my doctoral stipend, in a history program, in Knoxville, TN. And every month we got a new book to read to my son, free, mailed to us, so my kid, my kids, grew up in rooms full of books even when I had no money. That's Dolly. 73183142649
Reposted by Connie WhortonLeeLeeOnBsky @vg-plus.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly gifted $1 million to Vanderbilt to support the development of the Covid vaccine. She always loved us. 3886118
Reposted by Connie WhortonWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly took a video of herself getting the Covid vaccine. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...politico.com2 unvaccinated people die of measles in PennsylvaniaThe U.S. has reported more than 2,700 measles cases this year, the highest annual count since 1991. 593213492
Reposted by Connie WhortonPaul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 24/08/2026It was only five months ago that China averted disaster by rejecting contaminated beef from Argentina. On March 19, 2026, Chinese authorities turned away a 22-ton shipment after detecting chloramphenicol. With serial-lying psychopath Trump as president, God help us.😒 35471239
Reposted by Connie WhortonJenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I just saw a dog wearing a leash that said “Selectively Social” and now I need to find a necklace version of it for myself. 1616107634
Reposted by Connie WhortonNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Please don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot moves They simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule👇 Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it. I'm as confident in our arguments here as in any of our cases! 1027181835679
Reposted by Connie WhortonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country. Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high. Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record. Noticing a pattern? 795198357890
Reposted by Connie WhortonBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Salary of executive assistant Natalie Harp: $150,000 a year. Average salary of a sailor on the USS Lincoln: ~ $50,000 a year. 1312043737
Connie Whorton @connieleew.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Private equity’s funds should not be allowed to buy public service products. 001
Reposted by Connie WhortonRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Trump pissed on the graves of a lot of Korean War vets today. 34869461736
Reposted by Connie WhortonSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17/08/2026That’s the gist of it. 373853912
Reposted by Connie WhortonElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14/08/2026Apple: ~$2.2 billion Nike: $986 million FedEx: ~$800 million Amazon: $640 million General Motors: $500 million Giant corporations are raking in millions in tariff refunds and getting even richer. But remember: corporations passed tariff costs on to you. Where's YOUR refund? 953223867748
Reposted by Connie WhortonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement. 528161984509
Connie Whorton @connieleew.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Had the A’s stayed, this would have been my retirement. @melissalockard.bsky.social 150
Reposted by Connie WhortonThe Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 07/08/2026Every Senator voting for Blanche is supporting the Epstein cover-up and the ongoing corruption of the Trump Administration. 1228297
Reposted by Connie WhortonHarry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The Blanche statement that likely now secures his confirmation does nothing to abrogate Trump’s rights in the slush fund and perpetuates the outrageous tax amnesty for Trump and family, which the American people are paying for without getting anything in return. It’s all lip service and a travesty. 32556202
Reposted by Connie WhortonRep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 31/07/2026While you were over here trying to figure out how you were going to cover the rent and food—this guy was over there using $5.1 million in taxpayer money YOU paid into the system to cover these statues in 23 karat gold. Yeah, he did that. 77368643214
Reposted by Connie WhortonMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 30/07/2026It's noteworthy that the sticking point in getting Todd Blanche confirmed as AG involves financial corruption rather than Blanche refusing to release files about the sex trafficking of children by Trump's former friend. To Republicans, money is always more important than the welfare of children. 15768306
Reposted by Connie WhortonAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 22/07/2026Just FYI, George Washington rushed the smallpox vaccine. Didn’t even get FDA approval. Deep state mind control 1023830563
Reposted by Connie WhortonBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Support the troops. End the war. 1453286
Reposted by Connie WhortonMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21/07/2026It's so breathtakingly crass to treat the deaths of Americans serving in the military as some contest, a contest that, in your twisted, rotting mind, you think you can brag about winning. There is no reverence, sanity, solemnity, or decorum in this vile regime. 62062001764
Reposted by Connie WhortonRandi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Not dancing on anyone's grave, but maybe tapping my foot a little. 2938218
Reposted by Connie WhortonMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/07/2026White supremacists who are upset that a black woman was cast as Helen of Troy in the new movie The Odyssey “because it’s not historically accurate” have drawings of a blond, blue-eyed Jesus in their homes. 921950405
Reposted by Connie WhortonJohn Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 05/07/2026She’s the only one in the correct century 661166176
Reposted by Connie WhortonJohn Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 04/07/2026I saw "Happy 4th" trending and thought Trump had announced his next wife. 521073140
Reposted by Connie WhortonMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/07/2026They are arresting U.S. Air Force Officers for free speech and U.S. Olympians for curiosity—but not rich men for raping children with Jeffrey Epstein. 556192328459
Reposted by Connie WhortonMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Among other things, a 5-4 ruling on birthright citizenship is an invitation to try again. 242353370
Reposted by Connie WhortonAnn Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Again, money is not speech. Cartoon all the way back to 1997. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/u... 13712235
Reposted by Connie WhortonThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/06/2026A trail of destruction. Imagine their reaction if Obama had done even one of these things. 815158835525
Reposted by Connie WhortonClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 20/06/2026The reflecting pool is just a metaphor for the Iran war. 1824325
Reposted by Connie WhortonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/06/2026The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. The seventh richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here? 927249728681
Reposted by Connie WhortonAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/06/2026I guess the paint is peeling off the grass, too. 490111951957
Reposted by Connie WhortonBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Trump desperately wants things named after him. Perhaps the color-naming authorities could name the color of the reflecting pool algae Trump Green? 57669119
Reposted by Connie WhortonMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/06/2026If you hear Donald talk about how he is responsible for “phenomenal growth,” he’s talking about algae in the Reflecting Pool. 451265216
Reposted by Connie WhortonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/06/2026“I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.” —Thomas Jefferson 451912552
Reposted by Connie WhortonNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Trump promised an unconditional surrender in Iran. Today, he delivered on that promise. 372176421
Reposted by Connie WhortonPlague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 12/06/2026When you see the story about how the world now has its first trillionaire, and when you see the story about how laboratories in Congo have run out of supplies to test for Ebola, it is important to understand that in many ways these are the same story. 8258062411
Reposted by Connie Whorton250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Cleve Jones is a human rights advocate, author, and lecturer who joined the gay liberation movement in 1972, co-founded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation in 1983, and founded the AIDS Memorial Quilt—one of the world’s largest community arts projects—in 1987. #WeAreAmerica250 3451127