Reposted by Enlightened BoomerRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Democrats on the House Rules Committee, led by Jim McGovern, have been battling since 1:00 AM to expose as many shady things as possible that were crammed into the Big Bloated Budget Busting Disaster in the dead of night and have been fantastic. 12061071352 6.1K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerNPR @npr.org · 05/05/2025The Faces of Gun Violence exhibit at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence in the U.S.npr.orgAn exhibit honoring victims of gun violence is taken down at ATF headquartersThe Faces of Gun Violence exhibit at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence in the U.S. 58894083622 9.4K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20/03/2025Harriet Hageman got booed to oblivion last night in her own town hall for pumping up Doge so hard that even her loyal suckers woke up and smelled the bullshit—about five months too late! 2795369549483 37K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/03/2025I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge. 9916019717003 60.2K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerJax @jaxjava.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Why do I live where it rains so much? This. This is why. #photo #photography #nature #landscape 0491 49
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerKrassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 17/03/2025 7895246711084 52.5K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/03/2025We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us! 12358179014824 81.8K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerTechnology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 17/03/2025OK, gonna throw this spicy bomb out there. If you're fortunate enough to have disposable income, then right now it is your duty to use that income wisely. You have agency over how you spend it and you should own how you spend it. Your decisions do, in fact, affect stock prices of big corporations. 233223023211 22.3K
Reposted by Enlightened Boomer🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 17/03/2025 19600158 600
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerPatton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 17/03/2025More of this, please. A LOT more of this, please. 1658355306265 35.5K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 17/03/2025One of the best photos I have seen in response to “why don’t you wear a suit” 938411609406 41.2K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 15/03/2025His track record speaks for itself. While we continue to resist, we should take comfort in that he is deeply incompetent, not very bright & his policies are hurting even his most devoted supporters. Let's not get in the way of his inevitable self-destruction. 25305892516791 58.9K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerMay Mews @maymews.bsky.social · 15/03/2025I'm VERY pleased that one of Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social's first steps is to have DND review the F-35 order. Canada has already paid for 16 F-35s that are expected to be delivered next year. But we should cancel the remaining 72 on order and buy European jets. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...cbc.caCanada reconsidering F-35 purchase amid tensions with Washington, says minister | CBC NewsCanada is looking at cancelling a major portion of its purchase of U.S.-built F-35 stealth fighters and plans on opening talks with rival aircraft makers, Defence Minister Bill Blair said. 613523 135
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerKrassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 15/03/2025 2557489427428 48.9K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House. We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication. They own what happens next. 561212847325057 128.5K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/03/2025these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions 27496873013115 68.7K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerKeith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Congratulations to @schumer.senate.gov and the others who just played into the hands of an insane dictator who just said it's illegal for cnn and msnbc to criticize him 671206774935 20.7K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Another ominous development: The Social Security Administration is no longer allowing parents in Maine to register newborns for SSNs at hospital after birth, is instead requiring them to visit a Social Security Office to register their children. www.pressherald.com/2025/03/06/s...pressherald.comSocial Security now requires Maine parents to visit an agency office to register newbornsThe change — immediately criticized by pediatric health advocates — eliminates a program that allowed parents to fill out a form at the hospital to secure a Social Security number for their children. 49537011685 3.7K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/03/2025It all makes sense once you realize a recession is actually a good thing for the 1%. 29255312490 5.5K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 13/03/2025BREAKING: Jewish American activists with @jvp.bsky.social have taken over the lobby of Trump Tower in New York to demand the release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who faces deportation for protesting Israel's war on Gaza. 702783854 2.8K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerProPublica @propublica.org · 13/03/2025Our tips truck has hit the road. This week, the Education Dept. announced it would fire about 1,300 workers. If you were affected, we'll be near the Education Dept. building, ready to meet folks where they are. You can also reach out via Signal at 917-512-0201 or go to propublica.org/tips. 302023624 2K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Kelly: When I was flying in combat over Iraq during the first Gulf War, I didn’t expect that there was a 10-year-old kid sitting in South Africa who would one day become the richest guy in the world and call me a traitor for doing my job. Now, he kind of acts like a 12-year-old kid 8295714712725 57.1K
Reposted by Enlightened Boomerjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/03/2025one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much 1148670939503 67.1K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerOrange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 13/03/2025In it together 759246636562 24.7K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 06/03/2025The real State of the Union… not good! 📌 US employers cut more jobs last month than any February since 2009— the Great Recession. 842239985 2.2K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 06/03/2025Throwback Thursday… Remember that time Biden cornered the entire Republican Party into denying they’d cut Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid for a $1T tax break for billionaires? That was only a year ago. Now, the biggest earned benefits cut in history is in their budget. 12542951760 4.3K
Reposted by Enlightened Boomer𝑀𝒶𝓎𝓇𝒶°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:・🫧 @lepapillonblue.bsky.social · 07/03/2025 961171497 1.2K
Reposted by Enlightened Boomerjen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 24/02/2025this week's cover is on point ht: @jamiegangel.bsky.social 246214174775 21.4K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 24/02/2025The Revolution will be AI-icized 32708374614779 83.7K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/02/2025And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know. 12827874917051 78.7K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 23/02/2025They want us to be afraid. They want us to hesitate. They want us to fear their next move. Fuck that shit. We are just getting started fighting. 877322286293 32.2K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerStephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Amen to that. 1856704827372 70.5K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22/02/2025If members of Congress—like Rep. Grothman —are this clueless about what the man who is dismantling our government is saying and promising, they don’t deserve to keep their jobs! This woman is in his face, begging him to wake TF up—and he just walks off. Pathetic. 2388252887998 25.3K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23/02/2025“More than a quarter of the contracts listed by DOGE were actually already paid, the Journal found, saving no money. For instance, DOGE listed $168,000 in savings for terminating a contract with HHS for an Anthony Fauci museum exhibit. It had already been fully paid.” Beyond parody. 665302659607 30.3K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 23/02/2025If you’re cheering for a South African sociopath to fuck over US military veterans then you should probably stop with that America first bullshit. 6214956011566 49.6K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 20/02/2025👇🏻 12974880814429 48.8K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerKrassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Look closely. 636230925072 23.1K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerWinnable California Democratic Races 💙 @winnablecademraces.bsky.social · 10/02/20251/ On April 1st, Democrats can hand Trump his first defeat of 2025. Support Judge Crawford's campaign for Wisconsin State Supreme Court. - Protect female reproductive rights - Block a Republican takeover of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Any legal resident of the US can donate to this campaign. 7286168 286
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerMS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 16/02/2025It’s FUKKKING tiring already! 713355108504 35.5K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17/02/2025History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes… 450303878320 30.4K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerShanlon Wu @shanlonwu.com · 17/02/2025It takes time to fully awaken but the process has begun - 423492 234
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerJoe Beda @h.olysh.it · 16/02/2025I’m thinking about federal income tax. If the federal government isn’t meeting its obligations why should we? Specifically, I’d love to see states get the money first and hold it in trust pending litigation. I want to pay my taxes but not to a government that doesn’t respect the constitution. 863140082097 14K
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerLaguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 17/02/2025 48237 82
Reposted by Enlightened BoomerChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/02/2025This is the way… “The elected officials in Washington have to stop protesting in Washington. They have to go back to their districts…show the consequences…show the school that isn’t operating…they have to make it real.” With social media, word will spread to neighboring districts—even red ones. 683250617601 25.1K