dmitchell121.bsky.social @dmitchell121.bsky.social · 13/10/2026www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...theatlantic.comTrump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal ClearThe president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender. 052
dmitchell121.bsky.social @dmitchell121.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Fire, Smoke and Desperation After a Strike in the Heart of Kyiv www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...nytimes.comRussian Drone Strikes Ukraine’s Science Academy, Causing Fire in City CenterA Russian jet-powered drone hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, the source of almost all of the country’s major scientific discoveries. 000
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026Last night I planted an olive tree at Gracie Mansion with Palestinian families from Gaza. May peace be our future. 179126852232
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialMark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Europe and Canada are each strong. Europe and Canada are even stronger together. 531375280
dmitchell121.bsky.social @dmitchell121.bsky.social · 07/09/2026www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...washingtonpost.comColumn | The shame in a photo of an asylum seeker before his death belongs to us allPierre Damas Bel stepped into highway traffic after losing his immigration status. Before that, he posed for a picture of his ankle bracelet. 000
dmitchell121.bsky.social @dmitchell121.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Inside the Battle to Save One Pioneering General From Hegseth’s Purge www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/u...nytimes.comThe Battle to Save General Donahue From Hegseth’s Army PurgeGen. Christopher T. Donahue’s vision for fighting future wars won him powerful supporters around the world. Could they save his career? 010
dmitchell121.bsky.social @dmitchell121.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...nytimes.comGloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large. 000
dmitchell121.bsky.social @dmitchell121.bsky.social · 03/09/2026In Small Iranian Town, a U.S. Attack Turns a Wedding Into a Tragedy www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/v...nytimes.comIn Small Iranian Town, a U.S. Attack Turns a Wedding Into a TragedyThe bomb that hit the residential area was American, according to a weapons expert and a visual analysis by The Times. It killed five people and wounded 67 others, the Iranian authorities said. 000
dmitchell121.bsky.social @dmitchell121.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The Warning Lights Are Blinking Again www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/o...nytimes.comOpinion | We Know the Risks of A.I. We Need to Act.A.I. could turn one of our country’s worst habits into a national security crisis. 000
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/08/2026This is truly heartbreaking. Dolly Parton was an extraordinary person and an irreplaceable champion of the working class. We are a better country because of her. 489506447320
dmitchell121.bsky.social @dmitchell121.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Trump Is Trying to Force Americans to Unlearn What We Know www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump Is Trying to Force Americans to Unlearn What We KnowThis is how we decide who we are and who we want to be. 000
dmitchell121.bsky.social @dmitchell121.bsky.social · 12/07/2026What a photo of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo reveals about his humanity, and our own 000
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialLea Zengage @leazengage.bsky.social · 04/07/2026-Notice News 1/ "YES: Mamdani's administration just funded New York City's first-ever pet food pantry program. 530195593774
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialLea Zengage @leazengage.bsky.social · 04/07/20262/ "$750,000 in the FY2027 budget, specifically to help pet owners who can't afford food for their animals. Another $750,000 goes toward affordable spay/neuter services. $1.5 million total, aimed at keeping people and their pets together." 8827101
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Glad to see a reference to Ben Valentino’s important work in this fine reporting by M Gessen www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The White House’s Latest Provocation Is ‘Grotesque and Terrifying and Juvenile’ 10406135
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 02/06/2026If Big Brother doesn’t like your science topic you won’t be funded and if Big Brother doesn’t like your results you will be defunded. A recipe for backwardness that seems to be designed by people who want America to humiliate itself and collapse. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...elizabethginexi.substack.comSummary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance RuleRussell Vought is going to destroy American Science 791396622
dmitchell121.bsky.social @dmitchell121.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Trump Has Failed as Commander in Chief www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump Has Failed as Commander in Chief 000
dmitchell121.bsky.social @dmitchell121.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Where Was Nurul Amin Shah Alam? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comWhere Was Nurul Amin Shah Alam?A refugee with little sight and no English, he had been jailed for a year, intercepted by federal agents and delivered to a merciless Buffalo winter. 000
dmitchell121.bsky.social @dmitchell121.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Meet the New Leader of the Free World www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Meet the New Leader of the Free World 000
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialbobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 28/03/2026A lot of us feel exactly the same way 011
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Springsteen: Well, this past winter federal troops brought death and terror to the streets of Minneapolis. They picked the wrong city. Your strength and your commitment told us that this is still America. And this reactionary nightmare and these invasions of American cities will not stand. 167184954572
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Today's the day. America has no king. Come out and stand together in solidarity for freedom. #NoKings Find your event: www.nokings.org 15867882488
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Where will you be tomorrow? #NoKings Find your event for this Saturday, March 28th. www.nokings.org 821421541
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 21/03/2026I wrote a lot about Bob Mueller across a lot of chapters of his career. I wanted to share two @wired.com pieces that I wrote about his defining life experiences—both a picture of an era of public service all but lost today: 1) His brave *voluntary* service in Vietnam: www.wired.com/story/robert...wired.comThe Untold Story of Robert Mueller's Time in CombatSpecial Counsel Robert Mueller's job is to make sense of how Russia hacked the 2016 election. But to make sense of Mueller, you have to revisit Vietnam's bloodiest battles. 422183755
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialArt Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Obama will always be the better man. 927351816176
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15/03/2026If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us. 520269228465
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14/03/2026The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it. 24983158913633
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Rituals of humiliation are a central tool of fascist regimes, particularly in Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, designed to destroy the identity of targeted individuals, cement group solidarity among perpetrators, and assert total domination in public and private spaces. 811045
dmitchell121.bsky.social @dmitchell121.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Trump’s Fantasy Is Crashing Down www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump’s Fantasy Is Crashing Down 001
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialSkye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Chris Murphy: “This is the most incompetent, incoherent war America has fought in the last 100 years — this administration has no idea what they are doing I have great sympathy for our soldiers & our military leaders — they are being given directions by a senile old man who is losing his mind” 18250361328
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 14/03/2026The Trump administration approved BP Plc’s plan to pump billions of dollars worth of crude from what will be the company’s first virgin field development in the Gulf of Mexico since the deadly 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster that triggered the worst oil spill in US history.bloom.bgBP Wins OK for First New Gulf Project Since Deepwater Horizon Tragedy, Worst Oil Spill in US HistoryThe Trump administration approved BP Plc’s plan to pump billions of dollars worth of crude from what will be the company’s first virgin field development in the Gulf of Mexico since the deadly 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster that triggered the worst oil spill in US history. 73433
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14/03/2026"It's pretty clear that this team didn't think through, never mind the second- and third-order effects; they didn't think through the first-order effects... this will be a case study at war colleges forever, because they...were constantly caught by surprise." Tom Nichols on Trump's war. 1734074
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/03/2026BREAKING: Pete Kegstand IGNORED the CENTCOM chief and the Chair and Vice Chair of the Joint Chiefs opposition to GUTTING offices that limit civilian casualties, calling them "stupid." He fired and replaces all opposed. Politico with the exclusive: www.politico.com/news/2026/03...politico.comHegseth ignored military officials when he slashed offices that limit risk to civiliansThe Defense secretary’s decision to cut offices that mitigate civilian harm faces renewed attention as the Pentagon investigates a strike that killed hundreds of Iranian children. 18527501429
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Search-and-rescue crews were “flying blind” trying to rescue survivors from deadly tornadoes that hit the Midwest last week. Why? Because Kristi Noem hadn't approved FEMA’s $200,000 contract with a tornado-tracking tool. But she had time to spend $220 million on anti-immigrant ads. Priorities. 506196158159
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialvictoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 14/03/2026I'm sorry ma'am, but your son perished on Kharg Island in a valiant effort to create Wii Bowling meme videos for the White House X account. In the face of danger, he was not cringe; he was based to his last breath. Please have this commemorative Epic Fury challenge coin. Yes that's Punisher, ma'am 103115482398
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13/03/2026Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers. 18536477111937
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/03/2026Ossoff: "The WH put out a video depicting this war as a video game. When service members are returning in flag-draped coffins, & even more have lost limbs or suffered brain injuries or are fighting for their lives, this WH treats war like a game. It's a disgrace. And it speaks to a moral rot." 8994012812455
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialGovernor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 02/03/2026Over a month has passed since we demanded information about the Minnesota children held in federal detention facilities. We have not received a response. We will not stay silent while Donald Trump and Kristi Noem imprison children. www.fox9.com/news/gov-wal...fox9.comGov. Walz challenges DHS Secretary Noem on federal agents detaining childrenGov. Tim Walz is pressing for answers from federal authorities regarding the detention of children in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge. Walz demanded information more a month ago, and has not go... 8331501001
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/03/2026Chris Murphy: "It's just so disgusting to listen to the president be waxing poetically about the drapes he's buying while there are six Americans who are dead. There are six families who are about to bury their children because of a war of choice that no one in this country wanted, an illegal war." 600195746187
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/03/2026 49390192487
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 03/03/2026The glibness. The indifference. The carelessness. The utter lack of planning for a war against a country of 90M. The sickness of a man who acts on whim that will kill thousands not hundreds. The horror of a regime that enables this sickness. The broken body politic that votes in such malignancy. 27890942419
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialJasmine Crockett @jasmineforus.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Bad Bunny understood the assignment… 494403747402
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialJoaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack. 25306663315870
dmitchell121.bsky.social @dmitchell121.bsky.social · 24/01/2026In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...nytimes.comOpinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War 000
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC. 827226105163
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 11/11/2025To all those who bravely served our country, thank you to you and your family for your extraordinary service. The sacrifices that all of you have made to protect our country will be honored, today and every day. 973051474
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11/11/2025"I want to offer a different kind of reflection from an old veteran, one that doesn’t reduce service to a slogan but helps show its lived reality." This morning @markhertling.bsky.social passes on the cliches and writes on the culture and character of veterans: www.thebulwark.com/p/who-we-cho...thebulwark.comWho We Choose to Be: A Reflection on the Character of VeteransA shared culture of service. 619757
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 05/11/2025 31118592418082
Reposted by @dmitchell121.bsky.socialMikie Sherrill @mikiesherrill.bsky.social · 05/11/2025New Jersey, it is the honor of my life to earn your trust to become this great state’s 57th Governor. I promise to listen, lead with courage, and never forget who I serve. 511174672276