Reposted by Debbie SpanderJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 27/03/2026I was just helping my kid with their high school Gov homework, and was astonished to learn the United States has a Congress. 837165772208
Reposted by Debbie SpanderRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 01/11/2025“They began banging hard on the door, tore off the cameras so we couldn’t see them, and eventually cut off our electricity.” When asked if she knew why federal agents were after her husband or if he had committed a crime, Barrón said, “No, never any crime..." www.click2houston.com/news/local/2...click2houston.comFederal agents execute warrants in Pasadena; DHS leads operationsFederal agents and officers cleared the scene after law enforcement activity drew a crowd earlier today, Pasadena Police Department officials said. 21045552232
Reposted by Debbie SpanderBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 31/10/2025More than 47 million Americans — including one in five children — don’t have reliable, affordable access to nutritious food. And as the cost of living skyrockets, more families are depending on SNAP benefits, or food stamps, to put food on the table. 637201865747
Reposted by Debbie SpanderDavid Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 28/09/2025“The president should be removed from office because he is plainly insane.” I mean, there is no war in Portland. There just isn’t. You can’t & won’t avoid reporting this story. But you’ll still find a way to try to report it in a way that gives him the benefit of the doubt. And that’s wrong. 452181224967
Reposted by Debbie SpanderSen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 28/09/2025He wants to dictate what the press can say. What a university can teach. Whom a company can employ. And to whom the law shall apply. He who wants all this is not a president, But strives to be a dictator. And all who succumb are not citizens, But subjects. 886147614714
Reposted by Debbie SpanderDa Man On The Street @sendtrumptoprison.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Hey bro - this you? 310241
Reposted by Debbie SpanderGod @thegodshow.com · 28/09/2025Thou shalt worry less about Tylenol causing autism and more about Donold causing fascism. 166121123020
Reposted by Debbie SpanderDan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 29/09/2025In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social that he's not the type they're looking for as they go about downtown Chicago arresting people based on "how they look" chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...chicago.suntimes.comFeds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border official says arrests based on 'how they look'The immigration agents were spotted making arrests in downtown Chicago and River North neighborhood early Sunday. 29453502721
Reposted by Debbie SpanderJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Lisa Murkowski is beyond pathetic. 3481292279968
Reposted by Debbie SpanderCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 12/09/2025The Wall Street Journal is now walking back its earlier reporting that "transgender ideology" messages were found on the shooter's ammunition. But it's too late. That story is all around the country and the world. Most who have read it will not see the update. Thanks, WSJ. 17685442245
Reposted by Debbie SpanderAlex Raufoglu @ralexdc.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Trump Downplays Russian Drone Incursion into Poland as ‘Mistake,’ Drawing Sharp Rebuke From Allies Analysts say that Trump’s unwillingness to confront Moscow is a “fatal weakness” for NATO READ 👉🏻 www.kyivpost.com/post/59943kyivpost.comTrump Downplays Russian Drone Incursion into Poland as ‘Mistake,’ Drawing Sharp Rebuke From AlliesPoland rejects US president’s claim, with top diplomat saying: “No, that wasn’t a mistake.” Analysts tell Kyiv Post that Trump’s unwillingness to confront Moscow is a “fatal weakness” for NATO. 710032
Reposted by Debbie SpanderMelissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Dehumanizing your opponents is right out of the fascist playbook. I mean, it’s a signature tactic. 1010336
Reposted by Debbie SpanderAlex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Sotomayor says it plainly: The Supreme Court Majority just legalized racial profiling. In high school, you were taught American law afforded the "presumption of innocence". But now, if your skin is brown and you know Spanish, this court endorsed the presumption of undocumented. 14412
Reposted by Debbie SpanderAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/07/2025"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it" @hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000 www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...theatlantic.comThe Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency FoodFederal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste. 35644563195
Reposted by Debbie SpanderBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Are we great yet? 84280932579
Reposted by Debbie SpanderRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 09/07/2025The Kidnappers are taking citizens just for recording. The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects our right to document and speak out! They are violating our rights! 20626312
Reposted by Debbie SpanderPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 08/07/2025This grok stuff is so bad it’s impossible to tell fake from real, whcih may be intentional. 742186164
Reposted by Debbie SpanderRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/07/2025www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/a...cbsnews.comAlligator Alcatraz detainees allege inhumane conditions at immigration detention centerDetainees claim they are enduring inhumane conditions, including lack of access to water, inadequate food and denial of religious rights. 66163312634
Reposted by Debbie SpanderLauren Goode @laurengoode.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot is spewing antisemitic garbage on X www.wired.com/story/grok-a... with @carolinehaskins.bsky.socialwired.comGrok Is Spewing Antisemitic Garbage on XElon Musk's chatbot has gone on a tirade, praising Adolph Hitler and parroting antisemitic tropes. 1219665
Reposted by Debbie SpanderPhil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 12/06/2025Stephen Miller and U.S. Homeland Security amplify an image from white Christian nationalist CJay Engel -- who has been the subject of my investigations since he and his allies began their move into Jackson County, TN. 1/x 691856760
Reposted by Debbie SpanderKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Look who’s making the streets of Los Angeles safer! 742180612
Reposted by Debbie SpanderHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 02/06/2025“One more question, sir. You wrote a book about the former president's cognitive issues, but the current president posted that the former president was executed in 2020 and replaced by a mindless, soulless robot with cancer. What am I missing here?” 364103212921
Reposted by Debbie SpanderKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 17/05/2025"The President re-posts a suggestion from an adviser that he release 'terrorists' near the homes of Supreme Court justices who’ve merely ruled that the government can’t send people to a foreign gulag without due process." www.rawstory.com/trump-chevy-...rawstory.comTrump shares ally's plan to 'release terrorists near homes of Supreme Court justices'Donald Trump has been lashing out at the Supreme Court since it handed him a loss on the issue of immigration, and on Saturday he went as far as to distribute a MAGA lawyer's plan to "release 'terrori... 67276150
Reposted by Debbie SpanderGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Next year’s Best Picture Oscar winner: “CRASH LANDING INTO THE CUCKOO’S NEST” **** Starring **** DONALD J. TRUMP 1101100145
Reposted by Debbie SpanderJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 01/05/2025ICYMI in yesterday's newsletter: Speaker Mike Johnson let it slip that the GOP is going to use Trump's “big, beautiful” budget bill" to “redirect funds away from big abortion and to federally qualified health centers” That means crisis pregnancy centers 🫠 jessica.substack.com/p/the-doj-pl...jessica.substack.comThe DOJ Plans to Target Pro-Choice Activists4.30.25 614849
Reposted by Debbie SpanderFritando @instafritando.bsky.social · 01/05/2025So he’s an “Anti-Vaxxer”, hasn’t read the bible and peddles “hate” on podcasts as a Catholic Cardinal. Hmmm, probably not the right man to be in the Catholic Church, but I hear there’s an opening for a National Security Advisor in the White House. www.joemygod.com/2025/04/card...joemygod.comCardinal: Next Pope Must Defy "Homosexual Lobby" - Joe.My.God.“Doctrine is not the property of the pope, the bishops or the faithful. It must conform to the word of Jesus, no one can modify it. If Jesus says that marriage is between a man and a woman, no one can... 3018641
Reposted by Debbie SpanderAlex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Horrifying and yet all too believable. And a clear case where the actions of the administration set the entire country back: of course the patients and families her research could have helped, but also the broad financial impact her research could have generated. 0108
Reposted by Debbie SpanderGod @thegodshow.com · 21/04/2025I would too.thegodpodcast.comPope Dies After Meeting JD VanceThere are no coincidences. 2034286506
Reposted by Debbie SpanderMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Imagine you’re Timothy Haugh, a decorated general, confirmed unanimously by the Senate to head the NSA. And while you’re traveling abroad, you find out the President just fired you on the advice of a 9/11 truther whose bigotry once got her banned by Uber.nytimes.comGen. Timothy Haugh Ousted as Head of NSA and Cyber CommandNo reason was given for the removal of Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, but the far-right activist Laura Loomer had called for his ouster in a meeting with President Trump, an official said. 21357941719
Reposted by Debbie SpanderAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/04/2025Trump makes clear that his tariffs are about “penalizing Canada” over fake allegations of drug trafficking 3732772504
Reposted by Debbie Spanderluna @imlunahey.com · 27/03/2025we really need to stop saying “arrested” by ICE. the word you’re looking for is “kidnapped”. 510196513938
Reposted by Debbie SpanderCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 27/03/2025If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us. 7563591010987
Reposted by Debbie SpanderResistor Sister @sistergf.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Wisconsin, you know what NOT to do. 411602627
Reposted by Debbie SpanderExistential Comics @existentialcomics.com · 27/03/2025Yes, tariffs are a tax, but people don't mention often enough that they are a regressive tax. Taxes on consumer goods tax the poor at a higher rate, as basic necessities are a much larger part of their spending. If food goes up by 20%, it is a tax on the poor. Rich people won't even notice. 18095502359
Debbie Spander @dspander.bsky.social · 28/03/2025you've got to be Fing kidding..the Smithsonian now? there go all references to slavery, civil rights marches, maybe even Vietnam 010
Reposted by Debbie SpanderJohn Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Over to you @theatlantic.com Offer to publish it since it’s unclassified. See what they say. 1705001858
Reposted by Debbie SpanderBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 25/03/2025There’s that airtight logic we’ve come to rely on from Don Jr 2059484297971
Reposted by Debbie SpanderJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 25/03/2025It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all. 10215588117481
Reposted by Debbie SpanderCongresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove @kamlager-dove.house.gov · 25/03/2025Nothing but Deflection, Evasion, and Inversion. Lying to cover up for your crimes that jeopardized our national security is despicable and irresponsible. Pete Hegseth must resign now. 32863111001
Reposted by Debbie SpanderThom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 25/03/2025This is a critical point everybody in the media should be amplifying: 14073692252
Reposted by Debbie SpanderShooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 25/03/2025#ResistanceUnited #Voices4Victory Even without ICE raids, 45/7's racist policies are disrupting our children's education. Colorado educators report high levels of absenteeism, growing anxiety, and increased racial slurs and bullying among students. www.rmpbs.org/blogs/educat...rmpbs.org‘I’m going to call ICE on you’: Inside Colorado schools during Trump’s second term | Rocky Mountain PBSRocky Mountain PBS spoke with teachers and school counselors about the growing anxieties, increased racial slurs and decreased attendance rates at Colorado’s public schools. 34471188
Reposted by Debbie SpanderJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 25/03/2025In case you’ve forgotten how we used to treat this sort of thing… There would be bipartisan calls for investigations Impeachment would be a foregone conclusion Several people would’ve resigned or been fired by end of day Back when responsible adults were in charge, not this insane clown posse 744305058000