Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialRay @raymolson22.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We are not being governed. We are being looted. 22166252644
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack 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." 680274129348
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialTommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026On hidden camera, pardon brokers Jack Burkman & Jacob Wohl told a 60 Minutes source $300,000 could help a felon get a presidential pardon. Three hundred grand. Wild. When a pardon has a price tag, justice is a luxury item & you can't afford it. #TrumpsCorruptCongress #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory 43690481
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand. Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:meidasnews.com“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banksWeeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states 44194664490
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026Talarico: "Corrupt politicians are profiting off a corrupt war and Texans are literally paying the price ... this war in Iran is a disaster. It is killing Americans, driving up the price of gas and diesel, it is wrecking our moral standing around the world. And it must end." 21192712543
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialDom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 25/09/2026Holy forking shirt balls 21420110
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026they really think we are all idiots 425101692861
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In 9 months, Zohran Mamdani has: -Secured millions in worker restitution from DoorDash and UberEats -Launched the first stage of his universal childcare program -Cracked down on bad landlords -Balanced NYC's budget without cutting major social services This is what leadership looks like. 521216915779
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I'm not a lawyer, but if you intentionally attempt to sink a boat with humans on board, how is that not attempted murder? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comFar-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboardThomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover 1682827897
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 23/09/2026ICE brutally detain woman's gardener-right in front of her house. 4 goons drag and violently pull man out of truck head-first. Kneel on his back after pinned down to pavement. "I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" he cries out. Incident occurred in Everett, Washington. 122570134506
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 23/09/2026I don't say this lightly, but Pete Hegseth deserves to be impeached. I understand just how serious a vote to impeach is from experience, and I still believe impeaching him is the right thing to do. The Iran war. The purge of senior ranks. The boat strikes. The case is overwhelming. (Link below) 48271532079
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Bloomberg reports that officials directly involved in an internal Pentagon investigation found that Peter Thiel’s Palantir Maven Smart System played a significant role in the February 28 U.S. strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran. 48692364514
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialMatthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026BREAKING: Evanston police confirm a U.S. citizen was briefly detained by federal agents Sunday morning near Howard and Dodge before being released The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove offevanstonnow.comFederal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston NowPolice chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved. 39566453499
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 21/09/2026ICE shot a DoorDash delivery guy.statesman.comAttorney: Austin man shot by ICE agent was making DoorDash deliveryA Venezuelan man shot by an ICE agent in Austin was making a DoorDash delivery, his attorney said. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was later released from the hospital into ICE custody. 25276653453
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 17/09/2026Mitch McConnell Returns To Capitol Hill In Jar Of Formaldehyde 198129232228
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The family of a 37-year-old woman who died while pregnant filed a lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and others, alleging state law prevented her from getting a potentially life-saving abortion.ms.nowFamily of Texas woman who died after being denied an abortion sues Paxton, medical providers“The basic principle here is you cannot take away someone’s life, as a state, and not be held liable for doing so,” a lawyer for the family said. 6937691090
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialdarren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 16/09/2026 296103332169
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 16/09/2026BREAKING: Today, I'm introducing a bill to BAN corporate takeovers of your doctor's office. Doctors should be able to care for their patients without greedy private equity investors getting in the way. Let's get this done. 671138643645
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Man, it's a good thing Ed Sheeran decided to steer clear of politics, that worked out well for him 1747080626
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialBryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Her Death Was Avoidable Tierra Walker begged doctors for an abortion as she deteriorated. Over 100 doctors in Texas treated her. Not one mentioned the lifesaving treatment she needed. Her 14-year-old son cried, screaming "I need you!" She Died Anyway. jessica.substack.com/p/texas-tier...jessica.substack.comTexas Let Tierra Walker Die. Now Her Family Is Suing.The suit is the first of its kind, and hopefully not the last 34675387
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Indeed, We The People Should Be Getting The Same Healthcare And Paid Leave As McTurtle.......🐢 633163215991
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Reminder: voter fraud is not a thing. Voter suppression is. 363137524955
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15/09/2026Our vote is under attack. So don’t wait until Election Day. Check your registration. Know your polling place. Make a plan. VOTE EARLY. They’re counting on confusion, delays and people giving up. This is not the election to wing it!!! #GetReadyToVote 7324491322
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialDrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Why is Texas one of the hardest places in America to vote? Because the people in power know what happens when young voters and Black voters show up: they lose. Voter suppression is their confession that your vote has the power to end their grip on this state. #BlueWaveIn50Days 19786358
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Imagine a Vice President of the United States getting a fact-check Community Note that the heckler was right and you are lying. These people just can’t stop lying. 692216547188
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialAaron 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." 519263007444
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialAnne 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. 5953724013379
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialLee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 15/09/2026France widens sex-trafficking investigation linked to Jeffrey Epstein www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...seattletimes.comFrance widens sex-trafficking investigation linked to EpsteinFrench investigators have expanded an investigation into accusations of sex trafficking linked to Epstein, identifying 13 new possible victims. 14318
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026PabloReports: Donald Trump keeps saying we are in a golden age. Do you agree? Massie: You need gold to buy diesel now, so maybe it is the golden age. 14350461198
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialD. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 15/09/2026📌I don't give a single fuck who is or who isn't running for president in 2028. EVERYTHING is about Nov. 3, 2026. 341496244
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/09/2026🚨NEW: They locked migrants in tiny metal cages and called them “calming areas.” Now a federal watchdog is exposing what happened inside “Alligator Alcatraz.”meidasnews.comFederal Watchdog Finds "Alligator Alcatraz" Locked Migrants in Small Metal Cages as So-Called "Calming Areas"A new report from the Department of Homeland Security's independent inspector general has revealed that the now-shuttered Florida detention center known as 46964963303
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026What a surprise to learn that a Russian oligarch close to Putin paid for Junior’s lavish wedding. Who could’ve expected it? 1259190725819
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/09/2026Extraordinary reporting: "Kremlev’s previously unreported relationship with Trump Jr. represents an extraordinary development: a member of Putin’s circle financially supporting the president’s son and gaining intimate access to the Trump family."propublica.orgDonald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian OligarchThe oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large... 1742215760
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026NEW: DHS's Inspector General releases a scathing report about the Everglades detention camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The OIG finds that the now-closed camp, violated multiple ICE standards. The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵 69286014168
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 14/09/2026BREAKING: a federal judge has GRANTED limited discovery in a lawsuit to get to the bottom of how DoJ got its hands on a private memo it improperly obtained and used to file a judicial complaint against Judge Boasberg in the AEA case (CECOT). storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...storage.courtlistener.comMemorandum Opinion – #43 in Res Ipsa Media, LLC v. Department of Justice (D. Maryland, 1:25-cv-02866) – CourtListener.comMEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Adam B Abelson on 9/14/2026. (hmls, Deputy Clerk) 7166372085
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/09/2026Big futures begin with strong foundations — and for New York’s cutest, that starts as early as 2-K. This back-to-school season, we’re proud to provide free 2-K and lay the foundation for universal childcare across our city. Class is officially in session! 675426964
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/09/2026Katie Phang on a Russian oligarch bankrolling Don Jr.’s wedding: “They’re so dumb, we see it happening in real time. But because there’s no consequence or accountability, they just do it in the wide open.” 613173535395
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comHomeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower allegesThe searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said. 867143988388
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Garcia: There’s a group of Jeffrey Epstein’s survivors that are here in Dallas. And the survivors are saying that they are also disgusted that Todd Blanche is out there giving speeches while refusing criminal convictions, while refusing to release the rest of the files. 221138894527
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/09/2026French prosecutors have found new investigative leads in the Epstein case, and have identified 13 new victims. www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...lemonde.frFrance's Epstein probe identifies 'potential recruiters'Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau revealed said that new leads had been identified as part of an investigation into alleged human trafficking. 400146095847
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/09/2026🚨BREAKING: Missouri’s Supreme Court held the state’s top election official in contempt Thursday for defying its order not to use a gerrymandered map for the upcoming midterm election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comMissouri’s top election official held in contempt for defying court’s gerrymander orderThe development was the latest embarrassment for Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R), after being thwarted in his attempt to force the gerrymander on Missourians. 451107303157
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/09/2026NEWS: Iran launched what appears to be one of its biggest retaliatory ballistic missile attacks yet toward U.S. forces in Jordan after the U.S. destroyed five more Iranian oil tankers. 20536881368
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialAndrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 09/09/2026You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian emergency rescue crews. 391309747710
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/09/2026FLAG WAPO: Trump gave $45,000 cash gifts to his executive assistant Natalie Harp and two of his other young, loyal White House employees, according to financial disclosures released by the administration.washingtonpost.comTrump gave $45,000 cash gifts to Natalie Harp, two other close aidesFinancial disclosures show the sums were equivalent to nearly one-third of each of their salaries. Experts say the gifts are without precedent and may violate the law. 138976365
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A must read--an infuriating read--from @Timodc. "Eissa is in an ICE processing center...The Kafkaesque nightmare we are putting this family through is hard to wrap your arms around. They are stranded there with no way out, no charges, no trial, no jury." www.thebulwark.com/p/marco-rubi...thebulwark.comMarco Rubio Is Punishing a Teenage Boy for His Grandmother’s SinsAmerica gave Rubio’s family a second chance. He gave this family a cage. 17593283
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/09/2026What a list. Imagine if Obama did even one of these things. www.meidasplus.com/p/the-75-mos... 35665262760
ellenmurphy1986.bsky.social @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.social · 05/09/2026ICE Wants to Know Everyone Who Bought a Certain Green Beanie From REI in the Last 2 Years - WIRED 000
Reposted by @ellenmurphy1986.bsky.socialNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Davey Hearn touched water in a public park & got hit with a felony DOJ's own filing blames a rushed, botched install, so why isn't this over for good? @democracydefendersfund.org, WLG & Steptoe are proud to rep him More on today's hearing @cnn.com at 6:45👇 -TNdemocracydefendersfund.orgHearn’s Attorneys Demand Final Dismissal: “Government Has No Case and Never Did”Statement from Davey Hearn’s counsel regarding the hearing on the motion to dismiss Hearn’s case with prejudice. 12852191679
