Reposted by DrBalestrerySenator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026Before 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! 2525253686278
Reposted by DrBalestreryRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026At 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. 323171584855
Reposted by DrBalestreryAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/09/2026NEW: Judge Sullivan isn't buying Todd Blanche's excuses for refusing to hand over handwritten FBI notes underlying four Epstein survivor FBI interviews. He's ordered Blanche to hand them over for in camera review by 9/24. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 510121893705
Reposted by DrBalestreryRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Just a random reminder that it's a moral outrage we're the only industrialized country without paid family and medical leave. 15769452007
DrBalestrery @drbalestrery.bsky.social · 16/09/2026www.dw.com/en/turkey-16...dw.comTurkey: 162 arrested in LGBTQ+ raidsTurkish authorities have arrested at least 162 people in a weekend crackdown on the country's LGBTQ+ community. Ankara says police raids on gay bars and other venues are aimed at protecting family val... 111
DrBalestrery @drbalestrery.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The Iran war is costing each of us: iranwarcost.watson.brown.eduiranwarcost.watson.brown.eduIran War Energy Cost TrackerTracks the extra cost paid by U.S. consumers for gasoline and diesel since the Iran conflict began on February 28, 2026, compared against a no-war counterfactual baseline. 000
Reposted by DrBalestreryM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Hillary Is Spot On....... 387100723212
Reposted by DrBalestreryebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Love the Irish🇮🇪 468266375730
Reposted by DrBalestreryAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... " 1376339708304
Reposted by DrBalestreryMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 11/09/202625 years ago, terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people, including 2,753 New Yorkers. As we remember that terrible day, let us also remember the first responders, office workers and strangers who ran toward danger to help each other. 561328417343
DrBalestrery @drbalestrery.bsky.social · 11/09/2026m.youtube.com/watch?v=MDOr...m.youtube.comBOATLIFT, An Untold Tale of 9/11 ResilienceYouTube video by RoadtoResilience 000
DrBalestrery @drbalestrery.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Indeed: “incorporating neuroscience into the DSM as the research advances will provide clinicians a more scientific and broader perspective on mental health.” theconversation.com/im-part-of-t...theconversation.comI’m part of the team writing the next bible of psychiatry – for the first time, the DSM will use biology to understand mental disordersDespite advances in neuroscience, the underlying biology of mental illness has remained elusive. The DSM-6 will attempt to integrate neurobiology into how clinicians diagnose and treat psychiatric con... 000
Reposted by DrBalestreryRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now. I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system. It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.youtube.comThe Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert ReichI’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now. I’ve watched as corporations ransacked our system. In 1952, 13958022373
Reposted by DrBalestreryRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/08/2026The best measure of how America is doing isn’t the stock market, or GDP growth. It’s how well most Americans are living — and right now most are struggling.youtube.comThe Biggest Economic Lies We’re Told | Robert ReichRobert Reich 17157491988
Reposted by DrBalestreryRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I'm old enough to remember when polio put my friends into iron lungs. We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives. What RFK Jr. is doing to public health in America is a disgrace. 783164635227
Reposted by DrBalestreryRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Huge corporations like Amazon, Walmart, and Uber are among the top employers of SNAP and Medicaid recipients. Meanwhile, their CEOs are raking in multi-million dollar pay packages. How is this not a bigger scandal? 555130425549
DrBalestrery @drbalestrery.bsky.social · 24/07/2026This is quite informative - it would be helpful for all disciplines to create a similar Watch Program Tracker americananthro.org/anthropology...americananthro.orgAnthropology Watch - American Anthropological AssociationAnthropology Watch Program Tracker displaying closures and changes to anthropology programs at universities. 031
Reposted by DrBalestreryBrant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 17/07/2026He Should Be Fired Immediately and Investigated….. 1918228988019
Reposted by DrBalestreryphoenix509.bsky.social @phoenix509.bsky.social · 17/07/2026💙💙💙NJ Town pulled $91 Million from Citizens Bank ➡️because they fund ICE Detention Centers (aka Camps) Great job for taking a stand against the inhumanity 👏👏nj.comThis N.J. town just pulled $91M from Citizens Bank over ICETwo N.J. municipalities have now pulled more than $330 million combined, according to the De-ICE Citizens Bank coalition. 24488232829
Reposted by DrBalestrerySenator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 18/07/2026Today I made an unannounced visit to ICE’s facility in Scarborough, Maine. What I heard was unacceptable: no body cameras, no training, and no accountability. Johan Guerrero should be alive. Congress must act. Abolish ICE. End qualified immunity. 710230717386
Reposted by DrBalestreryAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/07/2026The best way to get to the bottom of the McConnell question is for the governor to appoint a replacement. The GOP legislature passed a law stripping him of that power, but it goes against the state constitution. If they refuse to seat the replacement, take them to court. There’s zero downside. 804244786356
Reposted by DrBalestreryRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/07/2026One of the first things Trump did after returning to office was gut the CFPB, the agency that protects Americans from financial predators. That sabotage has cost Americans an estimated $26.5B and counting. Trump is making his corporate donors even richer by letting them swindle you. 411986761
Reposted by DrBalestreryCenter for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 14/07/2026135k+ signatures delivered. 🙌 @govjayinslee.bsky.social and representatives of the nationwide "No Immunity for Big Oil" campaign recently met with @corybooker.com, @raskin.house.gov, and other congressional leaders urging them to reject legislative proposals to put Big Oil above the law. 12811
Reposted by DrBalestreryAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/07/2026AOC: I said this a couple of weeks ago: I would not be surprised if, when ICE funding started up again, we would start to see more civilian deaths at the hands of ICE. And that’s exactly what has happened. We didn’t see things like this happening with the same degree when we froze ICE funding. 452254748105
Reposted by DrBalestreryMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE. 10706502920329
Reposted by DrBalestreryPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 13/07/2026We cannot accept the reckless use of deadly force by federal agents as normal. There is a pattern of this administration misleading the public and withholding key facts after these killings. 597187984768
Reposted by DrBalestreryleftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Curious to hear Mitch McConnell's comments on the passing of Lindsey Graham. 679143032443
Reposted by DrBalestreryMadelyne 🌴 @madelynerants.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I was raised to not speak ill of the dead. In therapy, I learned that speaking honestly about the harm done is more important than protecting the dead. Lindsey Graham caused more harm to this state than anything else in my lifetime. His legacy is hatred and brutality. Now, SC can move forward. 121143282820
Reposted by DrBalestreryPhillFoss @phillfoss.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Not sure if true….. 899151573582
Reposted by DrBalestreryRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Corporate spending on elections has already topped $500 million this year. That's one third of the $1.58 billion in total that corporations have spent since Citizens United in 2010. Hawaii and Montana both have plans to neutralize this disastrous SCOTUS ruling. Watch.youtube.comCould This Actually End Citizens United?Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti 14248131745
Reposted by DrBalestreryRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Abbott Laboratories donated $500,000 to Trump’s inauguration fund. Trump bought around $500,000 worth of shares in Abbott stock last year. His DOJ just dropped a years-long criminal investigation into Abbott for potential deadly misconduct. Everything is for sale. 14651072143
Reposted by DrBalestreryRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I’m all for people being able to work remotely and being able to prioritize their health but if you can’t even release a statement that you’re alive then you definitely aren’t fit to serve in the US Senate 14764491252
Reposted by DrBalestreryRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Three egg producers will pay $3.3 million and donate 53 million eggs to food banks and nonprofits to settle a price-fixing lawsuit with the DOJ. None of the producers have to admit any wrongdoing. Is this really justice? Or just the cost of doing business?fortune.comEgg companies made $1.22 billion in profit off a $6 carton — now they’re buying their way out of a price-fixing case with 53 million donated eggs | FortuneNone of them admitted wrongdoing. 52162212526
Reposted by DrBalestreryChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/07/2026Didn’t see this coming. Another Senate race to watch closely. Lindsey Graham spent years acting like South Carolina belonged to him. The voters might have other plans. Dr. Annie Andrews is at 45%, and among informed voters, she leads Graham 46% to 43%. 1147145514237
Reposted by DrBalestreryAdam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 01/07/2026Breaking: E. Jean Carroll moved to the collect $5,779,783 from the bond Trump deposited in the court's registry, since that verdict reached the "end of the line" at SCOTUS. Trump's lawyers are still trying to delay, per the filing. 1293273859
Reposted by DrBalestreryRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/07/2026The Art of the Steal. readsludge.com/2026/07/01/trump-bou…readsludge.comTrump Bought Hundreds of Stocks the Day Before He Paused Tariffs and Sparked a Historic RallyThe trades weren't made public until yesterday, more than a year later than required by law. 691610643
Reposted by DrBalestreryPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 22/06/2026I was proud to join @jonesforar.bsky.social in Little Rock to send a message that there is no such thing as a permanently red state, especially when so many people are seeking leaders who will improve everyday life and make Washington more accountable. 231388257
Reposted by DrBalestreryMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/06/2026Today I signed an Executive Order for every worker exposed to extreme heat on the job. It requires multilingual heat safety guidance for workers, a review of construction site heat safety practices, and heat illness prevention plans at every mayoral agency. 379201713389
Reposted by DrBalestreryRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Fewer than half of Americans can afford healthcare, the lowest rate since 2021. We’re saddled with the highest healthcare costs with the worst health outcomes among other rich countries. Is it any wonder that 63% of Americans now support Medicare for All? We do not have to keep living like this. 26558312018
Reposted by DrBalestreryRightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 22/06/2026"A Mississippi farmer who paid higher wages and favoured white South African guest workers has been taken to court by five black American workers alleging a pattern of racial and citizenship-based discrimination and 'wage theft'."dailymaverick.co.zaUS farmer faces legal pushback for paying white South African guest workers higher wagesFive black American workers are taking a Mississippi farmer to court because they allege he is favouring and paying white South African guest workers higher wages. … 17267912339