Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 11mTaking government money to broadcast propaganda is being an accessory to a crime, not to mention an obscenity. Hard no. 1385
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6mPretty clear Hegseth’s primary mission is to transform the military ideologically by overtly indoctrinating troops with Christian nationalism and apocalyptic holy war messaging while rooting out those who don’t want to participate and just want to serve their country admirably. 2922451
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyAdam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 33mThat's not what a field manual is. Members will find a use for this in the field, but I assure you it will not be as a manual 78012
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 33m25th Amendment? We can’t even get network news to air it or even mention it. It’s a massive national media coverup to hide the fact the we have an addled president. 791364430
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19mI never ever thought I would see such a dangerous unhinged psychopath running the US military. We’ve had some bad ones, but never like this. 70567114
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19mThis was obvious. Otherwise Schmitt wouldn’t have had Crabbe and Goyle take down the poster so fast. 3033364
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyDecoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 14mJesse Watters seemed amused and pleased by the prospect of Trump holding public executions. A couple of weeks ago he joked that a woman who was murdered on a mountain top might have deserved it. It's no wonder Trump loves Watters so much. 85011
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyDecoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 39mThe same day that Jessica Tarlov quoted Jesse Watters as "A political party can't survive selling fear," Dan Bongino offered a perfect example on Hannity. Fox News sells fear 24/7 365 days a year. 59823
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1hThe midterms are being flooded with dark money & Trump is doing everything he can to suppress the vote. But remember — WE THE PEOPLE outnumber Trump and his billionaire backers. Keep phoning. Keep canvassing. Keep getting out the vote for candidates on the side of working people. It is essential. 10648224
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 5h"We are losing our soul as a nation," warns Cardinal McElroy, as he urges us all to rise up against Trump’s "evil" immigration policies. www.headsupnews.org/p/we-are-los... New on Heads Up News.headsupnews.org‘We are losing our soul as a nation’Catholic clergy call for action against Trump’s ‘evil’ immigration policies 318975
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2hFellas, we have to talk to our sons while they’re still young. This foundation👇🏽 is the way… 741571503
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoney"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 2hI, uh, I can't help but notice you left out the slaver's rebellion or the Nazis on the list of people to go fight. Funny, that. 351403238
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 4hPretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should. 36468801574
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2hTrump is now running pro-Iran War propaganda commercials on Fox News paid by for taxpayer dollars 138668324
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 2hThe Trump DOJ keeps violating the law & keeps losing in the courts. So now they’re filing judicial misconduct complaints against judges they don’t like, even Trump appointees. I call out Todd Blanche for his rank hypocrisy as he runs around the country in partisan events. youtu.be/nZ_nR2s-ReU?...youtu.beTrump DOJ DECLARES WAR On Judges After MAJOR COURT LOSSES!!YouTube video by Katie Phang 481423489
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1hJUST IN: A federal judge just forced Trump’s DOJ to fast-track records involving Trump and the Epstein files, citing “possible questions about the government’s integrity that affect public confidence.” The records being sought are significant.meidasnews.comJudge Forces DOJ’s Hand in Explosive Trump-Epstein Records FightA federal judge ordered the Justice Department to fast-track records involving Trump and the administration’s handling of the Epstein files, finding the fight raises “possible questions about the gove... 741535533
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyBrian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 1hHere’s Trump increasing the trade deficit by being a repulsive, tyrannical pig. Or, I guess in his mind (because he’s also pig *ignorant*) he’d say they’re ripping us off by refusing to vacation here. 46711
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4h🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Wyden says the DOJ and FBI withheld a secret interview with a banker tied to Jeffrey Epstein from the files released to the public. And he says there may be more.meidasnews.comEXCLUSIVE: Senator Accuses DOJ and FBI of Withholding Secret Epstein Banker Interview, Demands Release of All FBI 302sSenator Ron Wyden is accusing the Justice Department and the FBI of withholding a key record from the Epstein files, demanding in a letter obtained exclusively 15656992466
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 9h53 years ago, hip-hop was born at a back-to-school party in the Bronx. Now, the Bronx School of Hip Hop is preparing a new generation of artists to shape what comes next. I sat down with Nas to talk about the past, present, and future of hip-hop in NYC — from the turntables to our classrooms.youtu.beMayor and Nas sit down to discuss the past, present and future of hip hop in NYCYouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office 13062791203
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3hDems now leading GOP on every issue Quinnipiac polled, including the economy, national security, and immigration: 9339120
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2hBREAKING: MS NOW EXCLUSIVE. Republican Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway. GOP Judiciary staff told Schmitt the texts — obtained from the Trump DOJ — were "unvetted." Schmitt still used them.ms.nowEric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway.As Republicans on Capitol Hill try to figure out how Eric Schmitt’s bombshell fell apart so embarrassingly, it turns out he was warned that the texts were unvetted. 1681630489
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2hChuck Grassley also did not share the texts with Democratic senators before the hearing, breaking protocol. 1392201701
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2hAn ambitious narcissist megalomaniacal right-wing Christian nationalist fanatic with a drinking problem and a history of erratic and reckless behavior who hates rules of engagement in charge of the most powerful military in the history of the world. What could go wrong? bsky.app/profile/atru... 2661713490
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2hThe fact is Trump not only lost his war but it's the biggest L the US has taken at least since Vietnam. Our bases are destroyed & abandoned, Iran is emboldened, China is toying w/ us. Hegseth & co want to move on to culture war slop, but they got routed & we'll be dealing w/repercussions for decades 15441861127
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 6hTrump is a bully, and if he smells weakness, he'll attack harder. You have to stand up to a bully and fight back ... even punch him the nose if that's what it takes. He'll back down to fierce opposition. Take away his toys, and don't cower when he throws a tantrum. He breaks the law because he can. 511319
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 2hThe GOP is ramping up efforts to interfere with the midterms. Republicans were just exposed for training Wisconsin election observers to identify discrepancies with voting machines. This is just the start. Subscribe so you never miss an update: demdock.com/3T3Owjg 9193100
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6hthis Pete Hegseth speech is indistinguishable from parody. words fail to describe the absurdity. here he's talking about governors coming to the Pentagon to grovel to him and Trump so they can be rewarded with a new military base 3032072489
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4hTrump’s DOJ was hammered by 11 federal appeals court judges as the full D.C. Circuit weighs allowing Judge Boasberg to resume his criminal contempt probe over the deportation flights sent to El Salvador.meidasnews.comTrump’s DOJ Gets Hammered Over Deportation Flights, Contempt Probe May ResumeEleven D.C. Circuit judges pressed the administration’s lawyer over who ordered protected detainees flown to El Salvador after Judge James Boasberg told the planes to turn around. 9955280
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4hI for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president 577145893481
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3hAs many people have noted, Marsha Blackburn claims to be suing Jack Smith for obtaining a lawful subpoena to find out whether Rudy was criming with her. It's more a lawsuit trying to retroactively claim his appointment was illegal, Aileen Cannon-style. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...storage.courtlistener.com#1 in Blackburn v. Smith (M.D. Tenn., 3:26-cv-01398) – CourtListener.comCOMPLAINT against John L. Smith and The United States Department of Justice (Filing fee $405, Receipt number ATNMDC-4686955), filed by Marsha Blackburn. (sm) (Attachments: # 1 Attachment - Civil Cover... 10364118
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3hIn tonight's Ragebait, I look at how MAGA media has responded once the Schmitt hit the fan. After Hannity and other MAGA luminaries quickly covered up their tracks after initially cheering on Eric Schmitt's debacle, Fox News has all but ignored the fiasco. zeteo.com/p/what-snl-g... 24212
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4hCARTOON OF THE DAY (From @mluckovichajc) 9762260
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 7hwhen your country's new accord on “super intelligence” misspells the country's name 1592532485
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5hi've never seen a human head shaped like this before 4161570172
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5hRollins: "As the price has continued to creep up for a pound of ground beef, normal supply and demand would tell you the demand would go down, and then the prices follow. What's happening is the opposite. Prices have continued to rise &people have continued to buy. That's the long-term good news." 206445100
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 5hNEW: When voters in Memphis, Tennessee head to the polls this November, they'll be faced with an unusual situation: a state legislature race with no names on the ballot. Instead, voters will see a blank line for a write-in — and whoever gets the most votes will win the seat in the blue stronghold.democracydocket.comSome Tennesseans get ready to cast votes in state legislature race with no names on the ballotIn Tennessee House District 93, a Democratic stronghold in the red state, no candidate will be on the ballot in the general election. 510350
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5hSen. Jon Husted nods along in agreement as Scott Jennings says "the president has won the war in Iran" and "Trump was right about this" while blaming Democrats for high fuel prices 82495128
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 5h🚨BREAKING: In a win for Georgia voters, a federal judge dismissed the DOJ's lawsuit seeking access to the state's unredacted voter registration list. The department is now 0-26 in its sweeping legal hunt for states' private voter data. 16961286
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h"I don't get it ... does he want to win?" -- Right-wing podcast Pat Gray Unleashed dunks all over Paxton for refusing to debate / generally sucking 3759387
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 5hVery unclear what this is, because the U.S. military…already has a robust chaplaincy corps? This has been true literally since the U.S. military was created 251 years ago — technically, before the U.S. even declared independence? 3828466
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5hThis aligns exactly with what we know about noncitizen voting; it is extremely rare (9 noncitizen votes in MN out of 3,253,920 in the 2024 election, or 0.0002%), and when it occurs it’s most often green card holders who were mistakenly told they could vote (none of these people are undocumented). 17534179
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 5hWhen you intended to do a racism but you accidentally did a sundowning instead 351044211
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyHeadquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 5hHegseth: We now have gender neutral standards set at the highest male standard only. 262612
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6hJD Vance: "Think about this. If your 6-year-son comes home one day and says he's a girl, Talafreako says, and I quote, it is abusive -- abusive! -- if you don't let school officials but him on hormones and change his pronouns. Nothing in the Bible supports any of this, of course." 43359685
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 6hWe don’t spend enough time talking about just how WEIRD all these people are. This is just an incredibly weird and insecure thing to say. Imagine any other SecDef ever being this weird and insecure?! 2533812805
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 6hAutowarcom, the Autozone of American Command. 3637053
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6hHegseth: "Today, at my direction, I'm establishing the Office of Religious Affairs. It will report straight to the top -- a direct line to the secretary ... as Psalm 33:12 extolls us, blessed is the nation in which God is the Lord" 639919272
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyCarolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 6hBruh, you literally JUST SAID "no fatties" and "no weirdos" 812769439
Reposted by daffodillpicklemoneyHeadquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 6hPete Hegseth tells US service members that America's "so-called press makes Iranian state media look reasonable" and says that their reporting is treason 103316
