Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.social@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"The 4-year-olds don’t know where they are and what’s going on" “I have no one. I have nothing.” This is beyond grotesque. Shame, Shame, Shame on Trump and everyone involved in this horror. 46145
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...wsj.comThe Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across EuropeChristos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece. 33036701876
cshapeblue.bsky.social @cshapeblue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Raw edges of misogyny. No future here. 000
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialEzra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I could not more strongly agree with this take from @jamellebouie.net. youtu.be/NmYspr5wakI?...youtu.beWhat should Democrats do if they win?YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie 4529297
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialNC Budget & Tax Center @ncbudget.bsky.social · 17/09/2026NC is a prosperous state that can afford to invest in health, education, well-being, and more. Yet, #NCGA leaders continue to keep state spending at historically low levels and ignore the funding needs of public services we rely on everyday! ncbudget.org/2026-27... 012
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialSteve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Stars & Stripes publisher announces sudden retirement, telling staff his philosophy of leadership and “understanding of the value and mission" of the newspaper differ in “fundamental ways” from the direction DoD wants to go in. www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...stripes.comStars and Stripes publisher announces retirementMax D. Lederer Jr., the longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes, announced his retirement, ending a three-decade career at the organization. 841722798
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialDean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 16/08/2026We really need to change this. All the fund managers who invested heavily in AI stocks need to be unemployed after the crash. There has to be consequences for failure, especially for people earning very large paychecks. 1218146
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialAshton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Everything about 2016 was bad faith. Everything. 215726
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 14/08/2026A bunch of cops cheering at a political rally — in uniform — as the president and AG endorse a candidate and attack their political opponents is not normal. And it is not okay. 31872262286
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialTriCap @triforcecap.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Feels like there’s a Solyndra once a quarter now. 192
cshapeblue.bsky.social @cshapeblue.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I hope Homeland Security has some communicable disease protocols, reporting mechanisms etc. 'Nice detention center you have there, be a shame if you don't qualify for your contract payments...' 000
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Mainstream media isn’t talking about it, but bulldozers and construction crews have descended upon Texas’ Big Bend National Park as the Trump administration moves forward with its border barrier project. The project will permanently damage one of our nation’s greatest natural treasures. 20723971448
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialNicholas Weaver @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com · 04/08/2026A rant I'm working on about the whole covered list madness 0263
cshapeblue.bsky.social @cshapeblue.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Amusing. Their next product goal might be more efficient circular reasoning. 000
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 03/08/2026Formally reprimanding one Republican for this misconduct is not enough — we need full accountability for every Member of Congress accused of serious misdeeds, including expediting investigations into Cory Mills and Max Miller.nbcnews.comEthics panel recommends censure for GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards for ‘inappropriate conduct’The House Ethics Committee said it found “substantial reason to believe Representative Edwards violated House Rules related to sexual harassment and hostile workplaces.” 23292104
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialCorey Johnson @coreygjohnson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026My latest story has some intrigue. FCC finally released Chairman Brendan Carr’s financial report for 2025 late Friday. The report states Paramount gave him tickets to the gala worth $12,390. But he and his wife sat in skybox seats that sold for $125,000 a piece. www.propublica.org/article/fcc-...propublica.orgFCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From ParamountCiting a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to... 20907386
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Took me seconds to make an image showing 'protesters' around Google buildings, using Google Earth's new AI generation tool. You can make bomb blasts, protesters, drone strikes, nuclear plants. How on earth did Google think this was a good idea www.404media.co/google-earth... 321959368
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 31/07/2026In response, the FBI and the Environmental Protection Agency have warned utilities nationwide that hackers are actively attempting to disrupt critical water infrastructure! Link: www.ic3.gov/PSA/2026/PSA...ic3.gov 938875
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.social🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 31/07/2026If he won’t defend the United States of America from a country he’s attacking, he should be removed from office. Hard to think of a anything that could be less controversial than that. 12737191
cshapeblue.bsky.social @cshapeblue.bsky.social · 31/07/2026@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social uses 'moral disregulation' to say your moral sense got stuck in park and the shifter disappeared 000
cshapeblue.bsky.social @cshapeblue.bsky.social · 31/07/2026'Weaponized incompetence' is a deep stain. Get the Chlorox. It's time to cancel some abused diplomatic passports. 000
cshapeblue.bsky.social @cshapeblue.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Conservative but blindered leads to stunted and goofy. 000
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I have a piece in the NYT today arguing that the law should permit victims of ICE abuse to sue not just individual officers, but supervisors and policymakers like Stephen Miller and Gregory Bovino. A Democratic president and Congress could do this in 2029. And they could make it retroactive.nytimes.comOpinion | ICE Is Out of Control. Here’s What to Do About It.Congress must push back against our inhumane immigration tactics. 13776362010
cshapeblue.bsky.social @cshapeblue.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Once upon a time following rules made you less likely to incur harm. 000
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialErnesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 03/07/2026NYT: "Immigrant Arrests Surge to 10,000 in 5 Days as ICE Clamps Down. The agency has doubled its daily arrest numbers without the fanfare of last year’s large urban operations, sowing fear in immigrant communities." Discussed w N+Univision News. Video in previous post. Gift article in first comment. 22725
cshapeblue.bsky.social @cshapeblue.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Next, a painstaking FBI search for harmful mushrooms. 010
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Duke Energy is the latest utility to agree to cancel its offshore wind lease under a deal with the Trump administration. In exchange, the Interior Department will provide nearly $129 million, bringing the total spent on these lease buyouts to approximately $2.7 billion.reuters.comDuke Energy to terminate North Carolina offshore wind leaseDuke Energy will end its offshore wind lease in the Carolina Long Bay area as part of a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of the Interior, the department said on Monday, in the latest... 139721415
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.social Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 26/06/2026This is basically a Democratic campaign ad. Air it as is with no changes. 792992667
cshapeblue.bsky.social @cshapeblue.bsky.social · 25/06/2026NC road enforcement rules will change. Let's prepare, 7PM ET today: siembranc.solidarity.tech/sb-153?r=NeD...siembranc.solidarity.techSB 153: How We’ll Protect Immigrant Drivers - SiembraNC | MNCW 000
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22/06/2026My name is Impeachopolis Preposterous, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level pool stretched far away. 1116815
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16/06/2026a private citizen does not owe taxpayers an explanation for their absence; a congressman does. obviously rep. kean is extremely unwell and i hope he’s getting the care he needs, but he needs to resign. 2062961
cshapeblue.bsky.social @cshapeblue.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service Your voice matters! Write a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...actionnetwork.orgTell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest ServiceContact Congress today! 010
cshapeblue.bsky.social @cshapeblue.bsky.social · 06/06/2026I signed & recommend @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Now is the time for Medicare for All. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/no...actionnetwork.orgNow is the time for Medicare for AllOur broken health care system is worsening. Trump and Republicans have gutted life saving programs like Medicaid and the ACA. As many as 17 million more people could lose their health care as a result... 010
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialDavid Costello @davidcostello.bsky.social · 05/06/2026No surprises! Check out my solid background and reform ideas at costelloforsenate.com. And know that fundraising, voter recognition, and press attention won’t be a challenge post primary (versus Susan Collins)... #MEpolitics 614980
cshapeblue.bsky.social @cshapeblue.bsky.social · 04/06/2026This might annoy a few voters in WNC... www.bpr.org/politics-gov...bpr.orgA GOP Jackson County elections board member said he was warned against voting for a campus polling siteWestern Carolina University in Jackson County is one of several colleges that the State Board of Elections rejected as an early voting site in the March primary. 000
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/06/2026House passes measure to end Iran War!! 215-208 33084851489
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/05/2026There's an unbelievable revolution happening in energy, promising cheaper, cleaner, more reliable power & accelerated economic growth, and most lawmakers *don't even know it's happening* because the industry won't throw any elbows, won't brag, won't tell its own story, won't f'ing strut a little. 1558
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialTom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Every American should be disgusted by this. 575195196944
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 18/05/2026👇🎯 Good morning to Juan Linz. A system in which the only mechanism to remove a chief executive is the next exogenously timed election or an extraordinary tool that has never been used in 250 years was a grave mistake. 09923
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/05/2026They had contracts for prison labor at these camps?? Before they even bought them? www.projectsaltbox.com/p/contracts-...projectsaltbox.comContracts Show ICE Planned Detainee Labor at Warehouse Sites Slated as Short-Term FacilitiesContracts signed before the government owned either warehouse described years of detention operations, and a program to put detainees to work 69991905158
cshapeblue.bsky.social @cshapeblue.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Guessing that if you lie enough your personality gets less stable 000
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialMonty 🇨🇦 @onlymonty.bsky.social · 12/05/2026It would be about time… 1775244494467
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/05/2026 8887082715
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Probably pure coincidence, but more US airline-related fatalities under (reality-TV star, zero aviation experience) Sean Duffy than his predecessors in previous 15+ years combined. Heckuva job, Duffy. 702027552
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialMark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Another country fostering energy independence and benefits to their economy. South Korea advances $3.5B offshore wind project bid www.upi.com/Top_News/Wor...upi.comSouth Korea advances $3.5B offshore wind project bid - UPI.comS. Korea is moving forward with a major offshore wind project valued at about $3.5 billion, with state-run power companies competing for development. 210531
cshapeblue.bsky.social @cshapeblue.bsky.social · 06/05/2026The pediment of the U.S. Supreme Court shows a motto, 'EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW'. But these days exceptions seem welcomed. 000
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/05/2026JPMORGAN: “.. While the Trump 2.0 DoJ increased prosecution of immigration cases, it also terminated pending investigations involving organized crime, white collar crime, corruption, labor racketeering, violent crime, healthcare fraud and national security at a record pace.” 27515275
Reposted by @cshapeblue.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Can someone let the AP know that violating court orders is not a sign of "executive power. " It is a sign of contempt, lawlessness and authoritarianism. 11393670611522
