Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialGail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I just want some dems to come out and say with conviction that racism is bad and transphobia is bad and ableism is bad and homophobia is bad and fuck, it seems like almost none are doing that. 35995194 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/10/2026some deranged lunatic is going to storm an elementary school with an ar15 looking for the schools surgical center and the media is going to pretend we have no idea where they got that idea from 453109442600 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15/10/2026This is about Ilhan Omar. But it's also about control, intimidation, & authoritarianism. The message is: we can do this to a member of Congress; no foreign-born American is safe. The administration is using fear as a tactic to discourage people from voicing opposition. 982402790 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026Of all the politicians Navatek’s CEO courted, Susan Collins was its most important patron. The senator’s office steered federal contracts worth millions toward the company while her campaign was pumping its CEO and his network for donations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqyiFFB7Kjgyoutube.comWe Uncovered Bribery Allegations Against Susan CollinsYouTube video by ProPublica 13924387 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I know this isn’t useful but it’s weird how “the president should be coherent” was a Very Important Thing just a few years ago and then suddenly wasn’t. 17158781199 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026CNN and CBS News are now under the control of the Ellison family. We need independent, pro-democracy media to grow. If you agree, please subscribe to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld 18891322840 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialSnitty 🎃 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 02/10/2026When people talk about rape culture this is exactly what they mean: Michaels and Herbstreit minimizing and dismissing the allegations of dozens of women. 0677153 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Listening to Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit wave away the sexual assault charges against DeShaun Watson — even saying “winning is the best deodorant” — was pretty jarring, especially this week. 1001456295 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.social@dennis74.bsky.social @dennis74.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This would be great, if the democrats held daily briefing! 34793187 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 18/09/2026The Trump administration granted more than 180 polluting facilities nationwide a two-year pause on compliance with Clean Air Act rules. All they had to do was send an email. (Published May)propublica.orgTrump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email.In an unprecedented move, the administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from federal rules under the Clean Air Act. The president is considering... 25549305 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026When you sell out your soul for money from a tour that will no longer sell out because of that . . . 40661281448 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 12/09/2026Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said. (Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)propublica.orgHow Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading ThemInternal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said. 51731427 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialHagerstown Rapid Response @hagerstownrapidresponse.com · 05/09/2026Tonight we joined our comrades in nearby Frederick, Maryland where #ICE had been camped out for days, terrorizing a neighborhood. At around 2:17 in the video is when they start beating the shit out of peaceful protestors with batons. How is this allowed to happen? @maddow.bsky.social 22362217 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/09/2026At some point those of us in the pro-democracy movement need to stop worrying about Donald Trump and Republicans attacking us over false claims of voter fraud. Instead we need to take steps to protect and expand voting rights and let Trump call us names. 7836291109 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026 672597553 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Cool, cool, I have a couple quick questions -- who's in charge of preventing food-induced illnesses right now and how good a job are they doing? 33264351333 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/08/2026You know something has gone terribly wrong when 94% of teachers have to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies while the average Wall Street employee got a bonus of $246,900 in 2025. Hello? 398132433977 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/08/2026That’s $2,800 per pair. 77638801769 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialCongresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton knew that all of our kids deserve to dream & see themselves reflected in our books. Her Imagination Library made that possible for millions. Let's honor her by protecting the freedom to read nationwide. Rest in power, Dolly. 81103167 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 25/08/2026Trump won the presidency in 2016 partly because he and MAGA world went apeshit over Hillary Clinton’s handling of emails when she was secretary of state. But during both Trump administrations, there have been multiple instances of Trump and his lieutenants violating basic security protocols.motherjones.comA Natalie Harp conspiracy theory (not really)It starts with her work at a hard-right, pro-Russia cable network. 32778245 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Oops. 🥴 www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic... 628228575584 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialAlly Sammarco @allysammarco.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Using a children’s book to make fun of children being detained, neglected and isolated from their parents is next level fucked up 2433623933 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Whether it's a trade war with Canada or an actual war with Iran, the pattern is the same: Americans are paying the price for the President's choices. 761182014559 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Your regular reminder that if not for the Trump and Bush tax cuts, federal revenues would keep pace with federal spending indefinitely. Instead, these tax cuts have added at least $10 trillion to the debt. The so called "party of fiscal responsibility" is full of it. 12353131990 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities. 429108555460 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 18/08/20264. He served prison time for abusing her, and he even admitted on camera that he was physically violent toward her. Asking a woman to react on camera to her convicted abuser’s public declarations that he wants to marry her is cruel, abusive, and puts her life in danger. 234731 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Good news. E. Jean Carroll spent a decade in court fighting one of the most powerful men in the world. She fought with tenacity and grace — and she won. She is one of my personal heroes. We owe her a debt of gratitude. www.cnbc.com/2026/08/17/trump-supre…cnbc.comSupreme Court again rejects Trump bid to overturn E. Jean Carroll verdictPresident Trump was held civilly liable in the case by a New York federal jury for defaming and sexually abusing the wri 318129312691 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market." 383182444829 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 15/08/2026POTUS maintaining a laser focus on the paramount national interests. Meanwhile, Americans get distracted by quotidian concerns like “feeding their families” and “healthcare.” 19493133 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Immediate grounds for impeachment and removal under any previous modern president. Six million people live in Colorado. 372173651 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialTim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026we're at the "they're arming unaccountable masked men with electric torture gloves" stage of fascism 5546801398 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 15/08/2026After winning Teacher of the Year award at a conference in TX, UMD Professor Kibret was detained by ICE at the airport. 3 weeks later he’s still in custody. He’s not the “worst of the worst” & detaining him isn’t making communities safer. He should be released, now. www.wbaltv.com/article/mary...wbaltv.comMaryland professor Berhanu Kibret remains in ICE custodyICE confirmed Kibret is being held at Diamondback Correctional Facility in Watonga, Oklahoma, more than 250 miles from the airport. 291299532 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 14/08/2026A bunch of cops cheering at a political rally — in uniform — as the president and AG endorse a candidate and attack their political opponents is not normal. And it is not okay. 31972222287 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/08/2026So we have partisan political police in the middle of a work day attending a political rally in uniform. Looks like Nuremberg in 1936. 1580180265671 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 15/08/2026We can’t just watch history happen. We need to organize, build a strategic plan, and push back—because authoritarianism doesn't pause until the people shut it down. 671561468 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Florida’s leading pediatric medical association came out strongly against Trump’s executive order calling for changes to the childhood vaccination schedule. “We don’t answer to this nonsense; we don’t recommend changing it. We go by evidence-based science, we don’t go by politics and politicians.”orlandosentinel.comFlorida pediatricians denounce Trump vaccine orderPediatricians in Florida are pushing back on President Donald Trump’s executive order calling for changes to the childhood vaccination schedule. 351032372 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 11/08/2026this is why there's national guard in the nation's capital 3351129 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialPhysicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 11/08/2026@catgyoung.bsky.social #medsky 29820332 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 12/08/2026⚠️ Trump just signaled he’s willing to declare a national security emergency in an attempt to take over American elections. No president has ever declared a national emergency or used wartime powers to run, alter, or cancel elections. Here's what to know: demdock.com/4xva86V 36341189 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialMia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The threat to Trump was viewed as so dire that they sneaked him off Air Force 1 in a catering container. But they said nothing to the planeful of govt employees, reporters & military personnel on board. Wow. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/u...nytimes.comWith Trump Secretly Evacuated, Imperiled Air Force One Became a Flying DecoyIn response to a threat against the jet last month, the president was clandestinely removed in a catering container. But the plane was sent into the skies anyway with government employees and reporter... 2826164 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026When it comes to your children’s health, listen to doctors. Not a president who once told Americans to inject bleach. The American Academy of Pediatrics’ immunization recommendations have not changed. 565228387772 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 12/08/2026After Trump's handpicked US Attorney for DC, Jeanine Pirro, dropped charges against David Hearn, Trump is now asking the DOJ to continue this shameless prosecution of him. Americans should not be threatened with jail time to placate Trump's fragile ego. This is the stuff of dictators.wsj.comExclusive | White House Asks Justice Department to Consider New Reflecting-Pool ProsecutionOfficials asked the department whether it is possible to bring a new charge against an Olympic canoeist after the U.S. attorney dropped the case. 1624173 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialScott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Nine people. No elections. One guy in charge. Fix it.actionnetwork.orgTell Congress: Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice John RobertsContact Congress today! 919654 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/08/2026Must repair SCOTUS. That starts with flipping the House and the Senate in November. Then electing a Democrat in 2028. Then carving out or ending the senate filibuster. Then adding four fair judges not beholden to billionaires to the court. But it starts in November. VOTE. 12232711023 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Keep your head down, do the work for the next 3 months, and then vote against every Republican up and down the ballot in November. Make them all pay for these lies and this cowardice.👇 820039 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/08/2026Pretty damn simple: 📌TERM LIMITS 📌END INSIDER TRADING 📌GET BIG MONEY OUT OF POLITICS 2/3 729499 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/08/2026Washington shouldn’t be a get-rich scheme. Mary Peltola wants congressional term limits, stronger campaign finance laws, restrictions on members of Congress trading stocks, and tougher rules to stop politicians from using public office to enrich themselves. 🧵 19266192032 0
Reposted by @elinoff5.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/08/2026"The path to voting rights was paved with the blood, sweat and tears of generations of people who endured injustice from a system that did not recognize their equality or, at times, their humanity." - Rep. Jennifer McClellan www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...democracydocket.comWhat we lost when the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act — and why we need a new oneWe face one of the greatest challenges to Black political participation since the VRA first came into existence. 12461712403 0
