Emilie Braxten @embraxten.bsky.social · 3hwww.mprnews.org/story/2026/1...mprnews.orgRenee Good's family files civil lawsuits against U.S., federal agents“The day of accountability has arrived for our own U.S. government and its governmental agencies,” attorney Antonio Romanucci told reporters Thursday after filing the lawsuits. “Our government is kill... 010
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🚨BREAKING: Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote in various blue states, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in a new lawsuit. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comDHS has failed to provide records to prove Trump’s allegations of noncitizen voting, watchdog saysKey federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that 278,000 noncitizens are improperly registered to vote, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in... 11231621298
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026Three more tankers were just struck in the Strait of Hormuz as Trump’s Iran war drags on. Now a Republican senator in a battleground seat who voted against pulling U.S. forces out is trying to explain away his vote.meidasnews.comTrump’s Iran War Leaves Three More Tankers Struck as Husted Tries to Rewrite His VoteAs fuel costs climbed and commercial ships again came under fire in the Strait of Hormuz, Ohio Sen. Jon Husted blamed Iran, Russia, and congressional Democrats after voting against an order to pull U.... 361258504
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenSenator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 30/09/202675% of Americans don’t want a data center in their neighborhood, but Trump’s EPA is greenlighting data center construction at the expense of our health. My new report details how Lee Zeldin is bending a knee to Big Tech by rolling back protections and failing the public. 16401191
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026James Talarico walks out to a standing ovation from 50,000 Texans at the State Fair Classic. 13693271750
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenAgatha Frame @agathaframe.bsky.social · 20hSusan Collins' out-of-state PAC is spending big bucks to buy her another six years to do the oligarchs' bidding. Posting this convo between @troyjackson207.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social, with the good people here at Bluesky at my big sis's request. www.youtube.com/live/UUPCTaN...youtube.comCommunity Conversation w/ Troy Jackson and Heather Cox Richardson | Solidarity Forever TourYouTube video by Troy Jackson for Maine 2293114
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 16hSeptember 30, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 30, 2026A Washington Post headline today read: “U.S. 44833275
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 30/09/202658 deaths. Outrageous. Should never happen in America. 1521603583
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17hPete Hegseth, who has been rebuked by the pope and the leaders of several other churches for a stream of heretical statements (statements inconsistent with Christian theology and dogma), appoints himself the supreme authority over all chaplains serving in the US Armed Forces. 90650243
Emilie Braxten @embraxten.bsky.social · 7hmarcmurphy.substack.com/p/metoo-or-h...marcmurphy.substack.com#MeToo, Or, How A Rapist In The White House Got In The WayOne Step Forward, 7 Or 8 Steps Back 010
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenJeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026here's today's post: "Are you smarter than the White House’s new AI chatbot? Let’s find out." — Also: Jack Smith is definitely smarter than every Republican. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —bit.lyAre you smarter than the White House’s new AI chatbot? Let’s find out.Also: Jack Smith is definitely smarter than every Republican 23679158
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026🤡 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: 2629209455707
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.” 829194676132
Emilie Braxten @embraxten.bsky.social · 30/09/2026anntelnaes.substack.com/p/jack-smith...anntelnaes.substack.comJack Smith testifies before the Senate Judiciary CommitteeRepublicans still turn a blind eye to the Jan 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol 000
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026September 29, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 29, 2026The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S. 551039344
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026September 28, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 28, 2026It has become routine for Trump to spend the weekend posting wildly on social media, and this weekend was no exception. 30723243
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenMichael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Usually House Speakers don't campaign for the opposing party 510813
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026🚨 BREAKING: Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa has filed an official request to inspect unredacted communications between Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and Elon Musk after roughly 1,400 pages released last year were heavily redacted as “intimate and embarrassing.” 13985782784
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenJay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026No one with half a brain believes you, Donald. Video: buff.ly/672WYEo 10686
Emilie Braxten @embraxten.bsky.social · 29/09/2026statuskuo.substack.com/p/keep-diggi...statuskuo.substack.comKeep Digging That Hole, RepublicansI’m writing today for The Big Picture about a single week of headlines that, taken together, show a Republican Party in real trouble with 35 days to go before the midterms. 010
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“.. Very good one sentence summary of the economy.” - Kyra Scanlon 852339761
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“The President may be brought low this fall not by the Democrats who would crawl over broken glass to defeat him but by the very voters who sent him back to the White House in the first place. Iran, it seems, may finally have done what Jan 6 and all the rest of Trump’s countless misdeeds could not.” 911751429
Emilie Braxten @embraxten.bsky.social · 25/09/2026youtu.be/sjAlkvjdhww?...youtu.beThe 10 Commandments (for Cleaning Up After Trump)YouTube video by Robert Reich 000
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenJeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026here's today's post: "we could all use a Good News Friday" — so let’s have one. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —bit.lywe could all use a Good News Fridayso let’s have one 46588134
Emilie Braxten @embraxten.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The PINO of the U.S. and all of his cronies need to go - NOW!!! 8647! 010
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026BREAKING: ballot seizures ruled illegal by CA Supreme Court! A key precedent as we prepare to defend the 2026 election Proud that our @democracydefendersfund.org brief helped secure this win 682775789
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenDaniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 24/09/2026I don't have time to write more, but ICE is working to remove people to third countries in violation of D.V.D. v. DHS. I've been up since 5:20 A.M. working with two other attorneys to prevent our client from being shipped out. If you rep someone at risk of third country removal, check on them NOW 2722961006
Emilie Braxten @embraxten.bsky.social · 24/09/2026www.huffpost.com/entry/she-wa...huffpost.comShe Watched Agents Kill Alex Pretti From The Backseat Of An ICE Vehicle. Now She Can Share What She Saw.She’s been experiencing some trauma,” James Cook, an attorney for Wynnie Savageford, told HuffPost. 001
Emilie Braxten @embraxten.bsky.social · 24/09/2026generalstrikeus.comgeneralstrikeus.comThe General StrikeThe General strike -the people united shall never be stopped. If we strike together we can make true real change. Sign the strike card today. 000
Emilie Braxten @embraxten.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It's exhausting - AND - "...none of us who wants the survival of marginalized people, democracy or anything else like that can afford to opt out. You can’t just stop." shaystewartbouley.substack.com/p/uncertain-...shaystewartbouley.substack.comUncertain times and an unknowable timelineSomething I have to remind myself in anti-racism work is that many white people “don’t know what they don’t know” and something similar is at play in resistance to our unhinged regime. 010
Emilie Braxten @embraxten.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Of bribery, unlawful deals and misuse of tax dollars.... WHY are these people still in power???!!! 000
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026As I told @gregsargent.bsky.social, Congress should demand answers from those responsible for diverting taxpayer funding intended to protect people from persecution to some of the world’s worst authoritarians, for purposes which clearly violate human rights. 25820355
Emilie Braxten @embraxten.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Heather Cox Richardson "Holding America Hostage" www.facebook.com/share/v/1HFE...facebook.com 020
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 22/09/2026Prime Minister Netanyahu's lies about @mayor.nyc.gov don't change the fact that Netanyahu is a wanted war criminal who has blocked justice for Americans killed on his watch. If there's anyone who should be shamed & ashamed, it's him. He's lucky he was even allowed into our country. 41945286
Emilie Braxten @embraxten.bsky.social · 23/09/2026paulkrugman.substack.com/p/its-underw...paulkrugman.substack.comIt’s “Underwear on the Outside” TimeTrump’s continuing downward spiral into sundowning 010
Emilie Braxten @embraxten.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The PINO of the U.S. is such a criminal. 8647!!! Can the world... "coexist within a common framework of international law and shared rules...[?] Equality is not a dream,” Guterres said. “It is a decision.” 010
Emilie Braxten @embraxten.bsky.social · 22/09/2026demwinsmedia.substack.com/p/breaking-t...demwinsmedia.substack.comBREAKING: Trump fumes after bombing at the UN General AssemblyPlus: Kaitlan Collins continues to stand up to Trump and the NYT’s Nate Cohn predicts a possible Democratic tsunami 010
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Rough day for Susan Collins in the local Maine press, where ProPublica's bombshell story is the lead story. 2434958991
Emilie Braxten @embraxten.bsky.social · 22/09/2026thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-whit...thinkbigpicture.substack.comAnd the Ban Played OnTrump vs. the White House press—and the laws that mean he’s going to lose this fight 010
Emilie Braxten @embraxten.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"I will never in a thousand years understand how Donny mocking a disabled reporter didn’t immediately end his political career." HELL, YEAH!!! 010
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/09/2026KARL: Do you support Trump banning news organizations because he doesn't like what they're reporting? SCALISE: Look, Biden removed the press credentials from 400 agencies KARL: That's not true. 400 reporters who had credentials didn't reapply. They weren't banned from the WH. That did not happen. 1041115383288
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026They hate the Bill of Rights because freedom is a threat to people in government who want to hide the truth about what they are doing from the American people. So they behave like tyrants because that is what they are. Vote this party out of power. 1118106873360
Emilie Braxten @embraxten.bsky.social · 22/09/2026joycevance.substack.com/p/the-wolf-c...joycevance.substack.comThe Wolf Came As A Wolf: Trump and the First AmendmentTonight’s post is long. 000
Emilie Braxten @embraxten.bsky.social · 22/09/2026robertreich.substack.com/p/once-again...robertreich.substack.comOnce Again: Has Trump Lost It?Every day he gets loonier 010
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026honestly laughing so hard. we're doomed. but we'll be able to laugh at his fails a lot as we swirl the bowl 663539479
Reposted by Emilie BraxtenAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026Senator Whitehouse on the Senate floor right now talking about Epstein and Trump ties to Russia. www.youtube.com/live/zML49aB...youtube.comUS Congress LIVE: “There Is a Cover-Up Afoot” | Sen. Whitehouse Exposes Trump, Epstein, Russia TiesYouTube video by The Financial Express 8535351152
Emilie Braxten @embraxten.bsky.social · 22/09/2026shaystewartbouley.substack.com/p/when-youre...shaystewartbouley.substack.comWhen you're not even worthy of being a thugICE has apparently realized that lowering hiring standards may not be such a great recruitment move after all; how ironic that this news follows on the heels of the FBI deciding that embezzlement and ... 020