Reposted by Brad SmithHELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 2hThey have been dealing secretly with Putin for weeks over this. Impeach. Impeach. Impeach. 12841260
Reposted by Brad SmithSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 09/10/2026In the year of our lord 2026, a pull-down list for "state" as part of a vendor registration form provided by an Ivy League university does not offer the District of Columbia as a possible choice. C'mon people. 1222924
Reposted by Brad Smithemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 09/10/20261) Putin doesn't have diesel to spare. 2) Diesel is cover for lifting sanctions. 3) Putin's statement sounds like he's offering an Iran escape hatch, which I've been predicting. 4) Half of the MASSIVE bribes Putin is offering now don't exist. 5) But he does mention security coop -- Kash. 622130784
Reposted by Brad Smithemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10hAgent of a Foreign Power emptywheel.net/2026/10/10/a...emptywheel.netAgent of a Foreign Power - emptywheelIf you read Putin's statement about the capitulation he wrangled from Trump yesterday, rather than Trump, it becomes clear that Putin has finally finished fully recruiting Donald Trump. 12299135
Reposted by Brad Smithemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7hKeep saying it: The backlash against Harmeet Dhillon for eliminating all affirmative actions so people who look like her can replace white boys at UT will be something to watch. 128582
Reposted by Brad SmithMaine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 11h10/10 Court filings confirm ICE agents did add Mainers to “nice little database” of “domestic terrorists” #maine #MEpolitics 9355177
Reposted by Brad SmithBarb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 10hDonald Trump’s demolition of the rule of law makes a mockery of our Constitution and endangers our country. My thoughts in the Philadelphia @Inquirer.com. www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...inquirer.comThe Case for Impeachment: Trump’s contempt for the rule of law subverts democracy | OpinionA breathtaking disregard for the principles and institutions that have underpinned the foundations of our free society for 250 years. 21609170
Reposted by Brad SmithThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10hHegseth owes the public a clear accounting of how his new projects will make the country safer—not from ideas he doesn’t like, from people he finds substandard, or from cultural currents he doesn’t partake in, but from America’s foreign enemies.lnk.thebulwark.comPete Hegseth Made Six Big Announcements. I Have Lots of Questions.Like: Who? And: Why? Among others. 812333
Reposted by Brad SmithApril Glick Pulito @aprilglick.bsky.social · 10hshe is phenomenally bad at this 221542153
Reposted by Brad SmithThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10hSigns you’re a war criminal: You attack the court that goes after war criminals 19188373021
Reposted by Brad Smithemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10hI think @lolgop.bsky.social and I recorded this last Sunday or Monday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi7c...youtube.comStop Calling This a Peace DealYouTube video by emptywheel 311736
Reposted by Brad SmithMona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 9hSenator Tammy Duckworth: "Putin told Iran the locations of our warships. Today, Trump rewarded him by lifting sanctions and allowing American dollars to fuel Russia’s war machine. Our troops are in harm’s way, and the President cut a deal with the adversary putting a target on their backs." 14388184
Reposted by Brad SmithStephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 9hToday in 1967, the Outer Space Treaty entered into force. Now boasting 112 states parties (it started with just 62), the treaty guarantees the peaceful exploration of space for all, bans militarization of the Moon, and outlaws nuclear and other WMDs in orbit, on celestial bodies, and in outer space. 411634
Reposted by Brad SmithThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9hNew Secretary of Lying Katie Zacharia says “Trump deserves credit for unilaterally trying to bring prices down all by himself” 🤔🤷🏼♀️ Welcome to the United States of North Korea 3382730776
Reposted by Brad SmithThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11hUnmarked lunatics with guns attack your car when your kid is with you— you drive off too. Anyone who say otherwise is a liar. They almost killed the kid. What the fuck are we doing? 😳🇺🇸 42169652828
Reposted by Brad SmithCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 9hThe Deleted Tweets of the New White House Press Secretary www.thebulwark.com/p/katie-zach...thebulwark.comThe Deleted Tweets of the New White House Press SecretaryKatie Zacharia is ready to defend Trump. The Constitution? Less so. 49558242
Reposted by Brad SmithKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 9hSo Ukrainians are now monsters. What's next, they will sanction us? help Russia bomb Ukraine? 951121269
Reposted by Brad SmithCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 8hHow Proposed Census Changes Could Affect State and Local Governments www.governing.com/in-the-weeds...governing.comHow Proposed Census Changes Could Affect State and Local GovernmentsRobert Santos, director of the United States Census Bureau from 2022 to 2025, talks to <i>Governing</i> about the consequences of proposed changes to the 2030 Census. 05215
Reposted by Brad SmithSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 8hLike, you’d wait until November 5 to ramp up ICE activity in Oregon if you actually cared about Christine Drazan possibly becoming the first Republican governor of Oregon since 1987. How is it that no Oregon Republican has told Trump to cool it for a few weeks? Clown show of a political party. 5696
Brad Smith @demand-integrity.org · 8htech.lgbt/@Natasha_Jay...tech.lgbtNαtαshα :mastodon: (@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt)This in The Onion was six months ago ... https://theonion.com/doj-to-bring-back-firing-squad-as-means-of-entertainment/ 000
Reposted by Brad SmithJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026too lacking in credibility and decency even for this WH. All that sucking up for nothing 2521035
Reposted by Brad SmithHELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 09/10/2026The pettiness would be amusing if it weren’t so serious. 1623242
Reposted by Brad SmithSenator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 09/10/2026The administration that continues to cover up for pedophiles simply cannot be trusted with the care of hundreds of unaccompanied children with no oversight and no transparency 611274587
Reposted by Brad SmithJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026No side hustles!!open.substack.comUndaunted Democracy Fighters🚨 25 Days to the Midterms 🚨 410718
Reposted by Brad SmithThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Yikes — abc news has fallen… “outright deleted” a story about the Trump boys getting billions in government contracts 🤔👇🏽 20950002522
Reposted by Brad Smithemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026There are at least FOUR Trump huge oil corruption stories from just the [double checks calendar] last two days. There's the NYT story about Trump selling out Ukraine to get a $2M donor a big contract. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...nytimes.comIn Trump’s Russian Oil Deal, Middle East Funds Are the Biggest OwnersA majority of ownership in a proposed multibillion-dollar deal would go to a group of Middle Eastern investors, including some with business ties to U.S. negotiators. 12470234
Reposted by Brad SmithNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Presidents use blind trusts so nobody has to wonder if the guy setting economic policy is trading on it Trump skipped that part —- Thousands of stock trades, nearly $2B in his pocket later Nothing like it in American history More on @cnn.com 👇 -TN 502009789
Reposted by Brad SmithThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026As @mrjamesob.bsky.social was saying… Hegseth is literally doing ISIS things in our name… 28633217
Reposted by Brad SmithNorm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Anybody remember the history of lynchings treated as circuses or carnivals? Pete Hegseth is a racist monster who wants to replicate that. 1313930
Reposted by Brad SmithThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 08/10/2026“Too often we act as though legal judgments and ethical ones must be the same,” Helen Lewis argues of the Cornell rape case: What happened that night might not satisfy a criminal standard of proof, but, “to use an old-fashioned word, it was wrong.” theatln.tc/hFjIPlq7 3289
Reposted by Brad SmithRep. Janelle Bynum @bynum.house.gov · 08/10/2026Billionaires don’t need another bestie in Congress. Your voice and your vote belong to YOU, not the highest bidder. 0156
Reposted by Brad SmithMichael Huggins @michaelhugg2591.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Thom Tillis lacks the courage of his remarkably weak convictions" - Charlie Sykes substack.com/@sykescharli...substack.comCharlie Sykes (@sykescharlie)In the end, Tillis gives naivete a bad name. But he also provides a window into what has happened to the GOP, which has surrendered their morals, rationalized Trump’s increasingly erratic and bizarre ... 59010
Reposted by Brad SmithJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026whatever happened to the high-T guys? they've become a bunch of whiny toddlers:open.substack.comTrump: the Whining, Weak Wimp🚨 26 Days to the Midterms 🚨 823032
Reposted by Brad SmithSteve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Inflation, mortgage rates, and hiring are all worse today than in October 2006. Only unemployment and economic growth are roughly the same. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart 36832
Reposted by Brad SmithHELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 08/10/2026I remember when the politicians I disagreed with were at least smart. This is really mortifying. It doesn't matter whether he's really this stupid or posing as such. It's mortifying. 817111
Reposted by Brad SmithThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 08/10/2026"The goal of 'America First' isn’t 'America First.' It’s 'Trump Forever.'" From the archives:lnk.thebulwark.com‘America First’ Is a LieAmerica has *always* been about putting America first. Trump’s “America First” movement is about something else entirely. 68224
Reposted by Brad SmithJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026What a pathetic suck up, such a little, weak man 41708
Reposted by Brad SmithSenator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 07/10/2026Pure corruption.nytimes.comKristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She LeftThe Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show. 34611
Reposted by Brad SmithOregon Wild @oregonwild.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Check out @westernpriorities.org 's analysis for more info! westernpriorities.org/2026/10/stat...westernpriorities.orgSTATEMENT: New analysis finds 99.1 percent of public comments oppose repealing the Roadless Rule - Center for Western PrioritiesDENVER—A new analysis by the Center for Western Priorities found that 99.1 percent of the 370,238 public comments posted on the U.S. Forest Service’s (USFS) proposal to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area ... 021
Reposted by Brad SmithAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 07/10/2026www.adamkinzinger.com/p/enough-wit...adamkinzinger.comEnough With the Endless GaslightingRemember, MAGA thinks it’s your fault for noticing when Trump says something dumb or offensive. 929352
Reposted by Brad SmithCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026this is effectively a new $100k tax on international students, and will destroy the market. Which is killing the golden goose -- higher ed is one of the most successful exports the US produces 1033073
Reposted by Brad SmithGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“Pennsylvania has reported five measles-associated deaths, the most in the U.S. in more than three decades …. The statewide outbreak is now on track to become the largest the country has seen since the 1990s.” 751229452
Reposted by Brad SmithHELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 07/10/2026No wonder the Trump people are opening their doors to people charged with bestiality. 48827
Reposted by Brad Smithemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I've been meaning to do a post, but all these pressers violate DOJ's pre-election rules, which Todd Blanche swore were sacrosanct when he represented someone charged over a year before an election. 4388169
Reposted by Brad SmithSteve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The top 0.1% of Americans now hold more than six times more wealth than the bottom half. 1312283
Reposted by Brad SmithSenator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 07/10/2026The Trump administration will start selecting lawyers for unaccompanied minors. Meaning the judges work for Donald Trump, the prosecutors work for Trump, and now the attorneys representing children will work for Trump. This is a rigged system that will result in more untold horrors for these kids.cnn.comInside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN PoliticsMigrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation. 481012460
