Reposted by DoreenAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence: 2390186255117
Reposted by DoreenBob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social · 7hNo sympathy for these people. Warnings were issued. Project 2025 was publicly available. Instead of accepting factual reality, they once again believed the world's most obvious con-man and saddled us with this nightmare. And they'll continue to vote for Republicans anyway. 1516537
Reposted by DoreenRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13hTrump continues to steal your money to pay for political ads while media companies continue to be co-conspirators to a crime by accepting the stolen funds. 551068337
Reposted by DoreenChris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 15hThis child is 13 and was testifying without an attorney present. Monsters. 10417153
Reposted by DoreenRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It is really remarkable that in a time of historic impasse in Congress, with both houses have been reduced to complete standstills despite a mounting number of political, economic, and ethical crises, both parties have spent months working to pass a bill limiting the pay of college athletes 11642157
Reposted by DoreenJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 29/09/2026Buried lede: among those speaking out against this is Gregory Baylor, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, a major conservative Christian legal group: “The government shouldn’t punish people who pursue socially valuable callings just because in its judgment they don’t earn enough money.” 44773280
Reposted by DoreenAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026Trump: "Because of tariffs, we are taking in hundreds of billions of dollars of profits. It's one of the reasons I can offer, if Republicans win the House and Senate, $5,000 to every adult. We can do it and the Democrats can't, because the Democrats don't have any income." 7671519331
Reposted by DoreenJoshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 28/09/2026The important thing to know about the Starship launch today is that Elon Musk is directly responsible for an unfathomable number of people dying preventable deaths and has never faced a single consequence for it.cnn.comOne year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 | CNNIt’s been one year since the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with aid cuts leading to the closure of HIV clinics in South Africa, the termination o... 1261120
Reposted by DoreenRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026So far Trump has tried to rig the midterms by: 1. Attempted to nationalize voter registration & voting requirements. 2. Mid-decade gerrymanders. 3. Tried to use the USPS to obstruct mail-in balloting. 4. Used taxpayer money for ads. 5. Intimidation of election officials. 20835451288
Reposted by DoreenKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is like accusing someone of robbing a bank because they deposited money and never withdrew it 59182761854
Reposted by DoreenMother Jones @motherjones.com · 26/09/2026The federal government has been airing a taxpayer-funded pro-Trump political advertisement since Wednesday. The White House characterizes the ad as a “public service announcement.” Sure.motherjones.comYou're paying for Donald Trump's new adLove me, love me, love me. 1818463
Reposted by DoreenLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7359541991
Reposted by DoreenBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"So Trump is consistent. He won’t offend Putin. He will suck up to Xi. Our petty presidential bully is cowed by the big-boy bullies of the real world." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-kowt...thebulwark.comTrump Kowtows to ChinaHe rolled out the red carpet . . . literally. 1936082
Reposted by DoreenYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 24/09/20261. The White House is currently airing this video as an ad during commercial breaks on Fox News. It looks and sounds like a political spot and includes a disclaimer stating that it is paid for by the U.S. government. 70339103
Reposted by DoreenAmanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026They pay him, American kids die unnecessarily of nearly eradicated diseases, everyone is happy? Good reporting by NYT 48931
Reposted by DoreenKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I just lectured about the WPA this morning and it is absolutely a model we need to bring back, for this purpose and others too. 511362234
Reposted by DoreenI Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026“The Department of Health and Human Services informed congressional appropriators earlier this year that it was moving about $12 million from its Office of Minority Health to help cover the ballooning cost of security for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health OfficeThe cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026. 431140602
Reposted by DoreenGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026So much of what we’re living through right now, from Trump to AI, feels like it’s driven by an explicit strategy of “we just do the crimes so quickly that we can’t be stopped and by the time the courts weigh in, they have no choice but to accept our crimes.” www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-the-a...doomsdayscenario.coIt's the accountability, stupid.Doing crime 621071373
Reposted by DoreenBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I found watching Trump’s UN speech today deeply depressing. It is a matter of national shame and humiliation that he is our president. Every country in the world, friend and foe alike, sees we are governed by a vainglorious fool. 2124155901
Reposted by DoreenSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“Every action needs to be assessed in the context of his psychological dysfunction, his cognitive decline and his untethered relationship to reality—rather than the typical framing of a sane president managing the nation’s affairs.” www.americaamerica.news/p/america-we...americaamerica.newsWe Are Facing a Psychiatric EmergencyThe media needs to step up. Donald Trump needs to be removed from office. 681264457
Reposted by DoreenRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Unbelievable. Trump touts fake “investments” being made in the US by these countries but in reality he wants US taxpayers to pay for damage caused to their countries by Iran. This has been an expensive fiasco from the beginning - like Trump Shuttle airlines & Trump University. 991492469
Reposted by DoreenRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/09/20266 weeks from the election & suddenly Republicans pretend to care more about their constituents than cultish obedience to Trump. But 5 minutes after the election they’ll be right back selling you out so they can get a signed hat in the Oval Office or a dinner invite to Mar-a-Lago. 1063831962
Reposted by DoreenMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 22/09/2026What the &$%* are we doing here? Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspaper. Again, win elections & pass laws if you don't like government programs. You, random private citizens, don't get to break things simply because reasons. You need to go to jail forever. Either we're a Republic of laws or not. 326363
Reposted by DoreenAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This is about one thing and one thing alone. Steering our research dollars for cancer, heart disease, and new infectious diseases to Trump’s political allies and friends. 24948371999
Reposted by DoreenMother Jones @motherjones.com · 20/09/2026The president can't even let Americans enjoy a late-summer Sunday without some new craziness—and this very much fits the bill.motherjones.comTrump wants to make his massive triumphal arch a killing machineIt'll store and deploy drones, snipers, and other weaponry for "national security" purposes, he says. 78444155
Reposted by DoreenOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026sometimes I like to remember studying political science and reading about about international relations and state behavior analyzed with the Rational Actor Model 3760183
Reposted by DoreenKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 18/09/2026Brendan Carr is the guy who spent 5 years hyperventilating on cable news about the FAINTEST POSSIBILITY that China had undue influence over TikTok China, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar having a near 50% investment stake in a major U.S. media conglomerate: no problemthewrap.comFCC Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Foreign InvestmentThe agency approved a request for foreign investors to indirectly hold a non-voting stake in excess of 25% in the aggregate 14321125
Reposted by DoreenAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026Q: China is one of the most repressive countries for journalists in the world-- TRUMP: Well, I don't know about that. I think we're repressive also 69340271027
Reposted by Doreengamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Every news outlet shames itself by using the word “skeptic.” Skeptic implies someone waiting for evidence, not someone committed to ignoring it. Vaccine denialism does not deserve to be lent the prestige of critical thinking. 15633185
Reposted by DoreenRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is the Republican Party. Corrupt as hell, constantly starting wars, blowing up the deficit, giving tax cuts for billionaires, bailing out corporations, cutting health care, making everything more expensive, while serving up culture war drivel to distract you from all that. 3372728739
Reposted by DoreenBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.gizmodo.com71% of Americans Say They're Completely ExhaustedA CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States. 1401267106691
Reposted by DoreenMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This will only be true if we do fundamental institutional reform. Otherwise, a future far right president will absolutely dare such abuses, within years, let alone centuries. Democrats winning elections forever isn't a strategy. The platform <must be institutional reform>: bsky.app/profile/mcop... 39533
Reposted by DoreenIan Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is a stunning article, featuring interviews with sitting federal judges, including stalwart conservatives, warning that the Trump Admin's actions in Minnesota “created a grave threat to the rule of law.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...nytimes.comTrump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge WarnsIn a rare interview, Patrick Schiltz, who served as the federal court’s chief judge last winter, called the administration’s actions “a grave threat to the rule of law.” 7285102
Reposted by DoreenDan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The Kennedy Center joins the Reflecting Pool, Lafayette Park and sort of the White House itself (no tours) where supposed renovations have led to indefinite loss of public access. After taxpayer funded plans/construction, these places are fenced off and closed down, not improved. 32572238
Reposted by DoreenGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 16/09/2026Ahmed Soliman has been missing for six days. ICE says it is “not responsible” for this, even though they forcibly expelled him to an authoritarian country he’d never even been to. Please take the time today to follow this link to contact your lawmakers, especially Arizonans! findahmedsoliman.orgfindahmedsoliman.orgHelp find Ahmed Soliman — Civic Action ToolReview a draft, open it in Gmail, Outlook, or your mail app, and send it yourself. No sign-in, no data collected. 3441248
Reposted by DoreenNate Rathjen @rathjen.us · 15/09/2026that he is petty enough to destroy another man’s memorial is beyond disgusting 439686
Reposted by DoreenKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Once again, this was how the Economist characterized the American economy on Election Day in 2024. We had a country on the brink of stunning success, but the Republicans knee-capped it with trade wars and real wars of their own choosing. 1212691943
Reposted by DoreenAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026Ossoff: "We are witnessing people drunk with power who are utterly reckless, utterly corrupt, and obviously believe that they live with impunity. They believe they're untouchable. They believe they're invincible. Let's prove them wrong." 519263007443
Reposted by Doreenandykimnj.bsky.social @andykimnj.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Stop calling this a DC makeover. This is an illegal desecration of our capital and a huge waste of American families’ money. DC is sacred ground, and we shouldn’t minimize the real damage being done. 292120505
Reposted by Doreen4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The day he mocked a disabled reporter is the day it should have been over. 3004984778
Reposted by DoreenGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 14/09/2026“ICE agents were caught on video pulling one teen from the car and punching him repeatedly in the face while he lay on the ground. The other teen, Luis Ochoa, said he informed the ICE agents he was a citizen but was told, ‘I don’t give a damn.… Your parents can’t help you now.’” 1731701737
Reposted by DoreenBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 14/09/2026“The world is moving to a post-American order because of affirmative choices made by Donald Trump and the Republican Party. None of this was caused by external events or dialectical forces.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...open.substack.comThe American Age Is Over. (For sure.) The AI Apocalypse Is Here. (Maybe.)The weekend the world changed. 420764
Reposted by DoreenSimon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026EPA no longer tracking pollution but will track....checks notes..."America's drinking water for abortion medication & birth control"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 31700325
Reposted by DoreenChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This is going to make me sound old and maybe a little nostalgic but it’s really striking how in the Trump era, no one even pretends to debate about policy anymore. 1984786530
Reposted by DoreenAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia. 5963723613371
Reposted by DoreenDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Insane. Criminal. E.P.A. Expected to Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...nytimes.comE.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power PlantsGeneration of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States. 32419154
Reposted by DoreenThe Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Do they get how much of a dick this makes Trump? He won’t help a place built as a memorial to an assassinated president unless he’s allowed to put his name on it. That’s so many layers of fucked up. 710317
Reposted by DoreenRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. Big Tech buys off Congress. No action on AI safety. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction. 23767612517
Reposted by DoreenKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Jared Kushner is not "on the other side of the aisle." He's not an elected official. He's not an administration official. He's the president's son-in-law and a private citizen. You do not, in fact, have to take meetings with relatives of the president. Some might even say you should *not* do that 58791822102
Reposted by DoreenAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026Q: What do you make of the Gulf nations meeting with Iran? TRUMP: I don't care. That's up to them. We'll ultimately get out. Unless we decide to stay and keep the oil! Like Venezuela 173855254