Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 5hWarren on data centers: Republicans are with the big tech guys and those boys want to be able to come in and build whatever they want to build, and they don't want to pay for the consequences. 20515125
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 4h100% should follow him around for the rest of what’s left of his political career. His 2028 VP hopes were dashed in two minutes and I love that for him. 41349711057
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialLiz Oyer @lawyeroyer.com · 7hThere were three high-profile resignations at DOJ yesterday that you need to know about. Please watch and share. youtube.com/shorts/kLRAz...youtube.comThe wheels are coming off at DOJYouTube video by Lawyer Oyer 59350
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6hTHIS WAS MONEY FOR CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE. A Florida grand jury found $10 MILLION meant to help provide health insurance for poor children was misappropriated for political purposes. Moody & DeSantis took money meant for kids. #GOPWarOnHealthcare 23338222093
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13hThe government's AI chatbot is able to say something that no Trump nominee is allowed to. 552978892
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15hJack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power" 318115084247
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 7hGod, I had so much fun putting together this 20 min. video on Eric Schmitt and the most embarrassing moment in a congressional hearing I’ve ever seen. Yes, 20 minutes. Full video on Instagram: www.instagram.com/reel/Dd4wvOY... 44836132
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 7hEven America.gov agrees: Donald Trump drove up your gas prices. 24868189
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 13hDear god... GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt clearly loses his shit after it's revealed by Sen. Klobuchar that Schmitt confused the Iowa Hawkeyes college basketball team with the Atlanta Hawks NBA team in his attempt to claim Jack Smith was in Atlanta and colluded with Fani Willis. I'm gobsmacked. Holy shit. 28695144
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialamerica.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 8hBelieve the Victims 0166
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.social@amybisinthewoods.bsky.social 🍄🍄🟫 @amybdogsandfungi.bsky.social · 14h 961612757
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialMiaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 14h💔🕯️No Justice No peace. 9042091648
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15hJack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort." 637255218816
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16hWarren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'" 22185532762
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.social@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 14hHoly sh*t. Sen Schmitt just accused Jack Smith of going to an Atlanta Hawks bball game with the implication that he must of also met with then prosecutor Fani Willis BUT Smith went to an Iowa HAWKEYES game in Maryland instead. This GOP clown show is a disgrace. 47260931509
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialSenate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 13hSen. SCHMITT: We have texts saying you attended an Atlanta Hawks game in February 2024. Former Special Counsel Jack Smith: I believe it was a Maryland-Iowa game. Sen. KLOBUCHAR: The Iowa HAWKeyes. Perhaps the Senator from Missouri should have looked at these texts more carefully. 40056281470
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15hJack Smith defends his team of prosecutors: "I'm extremely proud to have worked with them, and the fact that they have been targeted illegally, lost their jobs illegally, and had their lives turned upside down by this Department of Justice is an outrage." 122110192884
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17hUpdate: The Texas Tribune identified Gregory Feathers as the ICE agent who fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston.texastribune.orgICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identifiedThe federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte... 10929931395
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialThe New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 17hA 94-year-old Jewish human rights barrister was among more than 80 people arrested outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool while demonstrating in support of Palestine Action. The arrests came as Ed Miliband told critics of the government’s policy on Palestine: “We hear you. You were right" 10124981080
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialNew York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 10hWe're announcing the arrest of Suleman Nasimi, a Queens dentist who stole over $300,000 from Medicaid by billing for hundreds of dental procedures he never performed. My office won't tolerate bad actors who put personal greed before patients. 151022202
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialDean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 13hMadeline Kahn as Lili Von Shtupp in a tour-de-force performance in Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles "I'm Tired", music & lyrics by Brooks himself www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uai7...youtube.comI'm Tired Madeline Kahn Blazing SaddlesYouTube video by metaphysician1 3747
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialOur Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 15hJack Smith is an American Hero his unwavering commitment to facts, the unbiased rule of law, and the Constitution a light cutting through the fog, in an epic, dangerous storm 9039811136
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialMadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 10hWhat did we learn today? That Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clack fan and that Senator Eric Schmitt is a dirtbag! The senator mistook the Atlanta Hawks for the Iowa Hawkeyes and tried to accuse Jack Smith of perjury. Epic fail. I'm still a fan of Jack Smith. A real American patriot. 🇺🇸 23567041745
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialGovernor Josh Shapiro @governor.pa.gov · 8hBREAKING: Republicans in the Pennsylvania Senate just once again refused to bring a bill raising the minimum wage to $15/hour up for a vote. 107535
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialPocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 13hToday before Senate. 421129104132
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 13hJack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers” 265186895289
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12hGOP Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury, claiming he had evidence Smith secretly went to an Atlanta Hawks game. Then it all backfired in real-time.meidasnews.comGOP Senator’s Jack Smith ‘Gotcha’ Blows Up in His FaceEric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury over supposed evidence placing him at an Atlanta Hawks game. There was just one problem: It was the Iowa Hawkeyes. 910104282775
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 13h“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETaxamericasvoicecnn.substack.comCHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive. 753002586
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialSenator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 12hBefore calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes! 2103201785139
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10hCan't recall ever seeing anything quite like this during a Congressional hearing. And I've been in and around politics for 50 years. 42968511646
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 14hThis. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇 795230788062
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialPat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 12hMy office has handled a lot of sexual harassment cases. “Her shirt was too tight” “She drank too much” “Why did she put herself in that position” “She was asking for it.” No. No. No. No. It’s not HER job to be on DEFCON 5 at all times. It’s HIS job not to be a predator. ~ Attorney Ryan 13242341115
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 10hIt's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again. 601199275909
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9hAt a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity. 278140164015
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 7hA space to watch closely. Weakening common rule especially those around consent practices and compliance could be quite damaging for translational research. www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgWill Trump administration weaken protections for human research subjects?Ethicists are wary of an HHS proposal to loosen rules for “low-risk research” 1186
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialCiara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 29/09/2026✅⚖️💰 #fema 0338
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 28/09/2026NEW: ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for nearly a year.propublica.orgThe Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In VotingProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near... 10792459
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialMizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Boys Will Be Boys Cover your shoulders don’t show your knees, skirt is too short, dress is too tight; Don’t act too loose but don’t be a prude, be sexually confident and also a virgin; I dreamed a dream where a girl could act as she pleased not be afraid, boys will be boys will be boys #poetry 32739197
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When a Long Island woman accidentally threw away an envelope with $5000 cash intended for her mortgage, sanitation workers sifted through tons of trash until they found it. They refused to accept a reward. Original post 310019
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialFrank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Today's cartoon by Nick Anderson. The demographic that actually purchases heavy-duty diesel trucks and fills them up at the pump is highly specific: Gender: Fully 90% of diesel truck buyers are men. Race: More than 84% identify as white. 411110352
Reposted by @donpel.bsky.socialAndrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 29/09/2026This stopped me cold. POWERFUL. #SheShed 🎥 IG: imitationbyjerell 491123577