Reposted by Dave OBrienEb @ebthen.bsky.social · 14/05/2025A lot of folks forget, but Disabled people’s organized protests saved the ACA in 2017. And as far as cop brutality to Disabled people goes—it’s extremely normal, more so for Disabled BIPOC. 437550
Dave OBrien @dave-obrien.bsky.social · 09/05/2025I’m open to giving him a chance. Hopefully in the last 13 years he’s had a change of heart on LGBTQ+ people. 110
Reposted by Dave OBrienDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/05/2025New from me: Everything feels overwhelming. But here is a tangible thing you can do: write a comment to oppose Trump's plan to convert 50,000 career civil servants into political appointees. Deadline is May 23. Please share! donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-...donmoynihan.substack.comHere is a specific thing you can do to fight Trump's politicization of public servicesPlus: what I wrote in Science about the revised Schedule F 5514871049
Reposted by Dave OBrienThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 26/04/2025The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach. Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM 631366588586
Reposted by Dave OBrienJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight: 16043742510372
Reposted by Dave OBrienJen McGowan @iamjenmcg.bsky.social · 24/04/2025www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comHow idea of charging women with murder infiltrated the anti-abortion movement‘Abolitionists’ have migrated out of the fringes and moved toward the center of movement alongside Republicans’ penchant for punishment 022
Dave OBrien @dave-obrien.bsky.social · 19/04/2025I left X long ago, but I noticed that one can only see the last 24 hours of posts without signing in. Seems like I don’t know, the White House official posts - or any official government posts - ought to be public, particularly when the Social Security admin is moving official comms there. 020
Reposted by Dave OBrien California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Truth, right here…👇 Everyone. Grab. Their. Bible. ✨ 25534761029
Reposted by Dave OBrienAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 18/04/2025As David Brooks has said, we’re approaching civil disobedience and national strikes phase of defending our nation. 1500354707401
Reposted by Dave OBrienGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop. 17176386717624
Dave OBrien @dave-obrien.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Caught on a hot mic suggesting five more prisons in El Salvador for “homegrowns” after flagrantly and illegally ignoring multiple court orders to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia. What the actual fuck is going on?x.com 210
Reposted by Dave OBrienZach Stafford @zachstafford.bsky.social · 13/04/2025#BREAKING: Over 36,000 people rallied in Los Angeles today in support of @sanders.senate.gov and @aoc.bsky.social’s OLIGARCHY TOUR — setting a record as their largest stop on this tour. 429267804524
Reposted by Dave OBrienPrison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 10/04/202570% of all people in jails are legally innocent. Many of them are held behind bars simply because they cannot afford bail. Money bail perpetuates an endless cycle of poverty and jail time. 06821
Dave OBrien @dave-obrien.bsky.social · 07/04/2025I’m beginning to think the only thing that will get their attention is if all of us show up to the White House en masse. 010
Reposted by Dave OBrienPhysicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 06/04/2025Sign of the day…Chicago 237370216073
Dave OBrien @dave-obrien.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Just a reminder that four weeks have passed since @gavinnewsom.bsky.social three trans kids under the bus. Not only has he NOT apologized, he doubled-down. We think of him as a champion for LGBTQ equality - but maybe it was just for political gain…? 000
Reposted by Dave OBrienNandita Sharma @nsharma101.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Much of what the Trump regime wants to carry out (eg terrorizing people into silence) is first being enacted against non-citizens. Solidarity across the citizenship divide is crucial for stopping fascism. 9371110
Dave OBrien @dave-obrien.bsky.social · 30/03/2025“That this sociopathic posting style is coming out of this administration—that it has been so thoroughly mainstreamed by the right—suggests that the cultural architecture of the internet has changed. There is still a fever swamp, but now the White House sits on top of it.” 000
Dave OBrien @dave-obrien.bsky.social · 23/03/2025“The intake began with slaps. One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, “I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.” I believed him. But maybe it’s only because he didn’t look like what I had expected—he wasn’t a tattooed monster.” time.com/7269604/el-s...time.comWhat the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador ExperiencedExclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S. 010
Dave OBrien @dave-obrien.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Is there documentation of this somewhere? I’d love to cite a source. 000
Reposted by Dave OBriencitizen_cloyd @citizen-cloyd.bsky.social · 22/03/2025The good people of Nebraska don’t fuck around when they’re pushed up against a wall. 001
Reposted by Dave OBrienAura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 22/03/2025A man slated for deportation has captured conditions inside the Krome Detention Center in Florida. He says some people have been confined like this for up to 30 days. At least three men have died at Krome in the past five months. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8248mFR/ 642141497174
Reposted by Dave OBrienJen McGowan @iamjenmcg.bsky.social · 21/03/2025If white hat hackers really existed how come no one has erased student loan and medical debt or released the Epstein files? I call bullshit 0112
Reposted by Dave OBrienElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 21/03/2025The Trump administration wants to shut down all of Social Security over a ruling blocking 11 DOGE workers from sticking their fingers in your private data. 11 DOGE workers. 73 million Americans. This is illegal. If it happens, will force millions of seniors into poverty.washingtonpost.comFederal judge pushes back on acting Social Security head over threat to close agencyLeland Dudek argued that a ruling blocking Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team from access to sensitive taxpayer data could apply to all employees. 26136041057
Reposted by Dave OBrienAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/03/2025AOC: If you are an LGBTQ kid or family, we cannot throw you under the bus in order to win an election. In this house, we stand together 568579579503
Reposted by Dave OBrienMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 17/03/2025The TESLA (a/k/a "TESLER") TAKEDOWN is working... WORLDWIDE! Turns out people really resent an unelected weirdo running our Government & creating economic chaos. Hit Elmo where it really hurts: in his big, fat wallet. If we #TankTesla, It's Ex-X! (a/k/a Twitter) #WinWin Visit www.takedowntesla.com 22646845415393
Reposted by Dave OBrienAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/03/2025We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us! 12358179314824
Reposted by Dave OBrienElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 12/03/2025CODE RED: Donald Trump is trying to shut down the Department of Education. We're fighting back. 1893523670
Reposted by Dave OBrienDan Wentzel @danwentzel.bsky.social · 13/03/2025The #Trumpcession is going to be so bad that even the "President" has to get a second job. 052
Reposted by Dave OBrienElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 11/03/2025Grocery prices are soaring. Housing costs are skyrocketing. Retirement savings are plummeting. But Donald Trump thought today would be a good day to play car salesman. 4314441816
Reposted by Dave OBrienDan Wentzel @danwentzel.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Yeah, I know a warning sign and a threat when I see one. I can't wait to see the Stockholm Syndrome gays of the Log Cabin Republicans explain this one away. 052
Reposted by Dave OBrien California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 07/03/2025What a wonderful idea…👇 Let’s. Do. This. ✨ 14535239114207
Reposted by Dave OBrienBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 07/03/2025@aoc.bsky.social: "Listen, if your representative is not doing a town hall, give me a ring... I'll say it right here, right now: if a deep red Republican district wants to have an honest conversation, even if it's with someone they disagree with, I'm willing to do that." 509178663696
Dave OBrien @dave-obrien.bsky.social · 07/03/2025I never thought I’d be smiling at something Amy Coney Barrett did, but here we are. 020
Dave OBrien @dave-obrien.bsky.social · 07/03/2025@gavinnewsom.bsky.social - just left a message for your office. You built your political career on being a champion for LGBTQ people, and now you’re throwing trans folks under the bus when they need us most? Please do better. If others would like to send a message as well, call (916) 445-2841 042
Reposted by Dave OBriencitizen_cloyd @citizen-cloyd.bsky.social · 06/03/2025You know what to do folks! 075
Reposted by Dave OBrienDan Wentzel @danwentzel.bsky.social · 07/03/2025If you had told me that Gavin Newsom’s Presidential Campaign would sink right out of the dock,I would have thought that would have been MAGA propaganda. Yet, here we are. 121
Reposted by Dave OBrienChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 06/03/2025BREAKING: Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex couples' marriage licenses, loses her appeal at the Sixth Circuit of a lawsuit she lost at trial that was brought by same-sex couples whose constitutional right to marry she violated. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 712304814684
Reposted by Dave OBrienDan Wentzel @danwentzel.bsky.social · 06/03/2025If Rep. AL Green, Jasmine Crockett, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Robert Garcia, Chris Murphy, and Elizabeth Warren want to start a new Progressive Party that doesn't do "norms" and "bipartisanship" with fascism, let us know. 0123
