Reposted by Eugene RRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Sarah Huckabee Sanders using a white male actor in her welfare fraud ad has almost caused a bigger MAGA meltdown than a black woman playing Helen of Troy. 1612020459
Reposted by Eugene RRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 7hYour regular reminder that this is Eric Schmitt (from a year ago)slate.comA Sitting Senator Just Went Full Mask-Off White NationalistAmerica, he says, isn’t an idea—and isn’t for everyone. 1218187
Reposted by Eugene R🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 6hThe text of an agreement signed by President Donald Trump and the heads of America’s biggest artificial intelligence companies contains a spelling mistake, referring to the "Unites States" rather than the United States, sparking mockery online. www.newsweek.com/trumps-super... 138426
Reposted by Eugene RMike @mike-umbkm.bsky.social · 8hYes, I'm sure the guy who has around 35% of his stock portfolio invested In AI is going to regulate the industry. 05525
Reposted by Eugene RFlingjore @flingjore.com · 8hU.S. military completes its withdrawal from Iraq on Wednesday, ending a 12-year mission against the Islamic State. As the last troops leave an Irbil air base, Baghdad claims full sovereignty while Kurds worry the exit empowers Iran-backed militias amid the ongoing U.S. war with Iran.apnews.comThe US military says its withdrawal of troops from Iraq is completeThe U.S. military announced on Wednesday that it has completed the withdrawal of all American troops from Iraq, ending a 12-year mission to fight the Islamic State group. The last U.S. troops left an air base in northern Iraq under a deal between Baghdad and Washington. 1132
Reposted by Eugene RMichael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 10hThe indifference is not just at Cornell; our country knowingly elected a sexual predator… twice! There are so many examples of how our culture programs young men to be this way. We have social media platforms amplifying violent misogyny. Rarely are there ever consequences for any of it. 216231
Reposted by Eugene RJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 18hWhat emerges when you take a deep breath is a picture of what we all know by now to be true. This is not a president who is committed to governing, to public service. This is a smash and grab, and we are the victims. joycevance.substack.com/p/flooding-t...joycevance.substack.comFlooding the ZoneJack Smith kicked off his testimony on the Hill today like this: “I stand by my decisions as special counsel, including my decision to bring charges against President Trump.” He told senators that his... 651740445
Reposted by Eugene RBen McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 19hI think we need to talk more about how Axios has multiple reporters that openly collude with the Trump admin Wait sorry my handlers tell me if we point this out Barak Ravid will report us to the ADL 932946
Reposted by Eugene RDr. Bradley Onishi @bradleyonishi.bsky.social · 20hYes, Schmitt is an idiot for the Haws/Hawkeyes gaffe. But in light of the fact that Axios and others fired up the Schmitt for Vance’s VP machine during the hearing, we can over look the fact that he may be the most racist person in the Senate. youtu.be/HY4quehYBmc?...youtu.beSenator Says USA is a White HomelandYouTube video by Axis Mundi Network | SWAJ 139119
Reposted by Eugene RMourning NAVALNY😢 @jan-readsalot.bsky.social · 21hI can’t wait for this day. 309147653383
Reposted by Eugene RAustin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 23hOut today! Thanks to @projectcensored.bsky.social for having me back on to talk about the Detention Mortality Map, which tracks deaths in ICE custody. I also talked about medical neglect in ICE detention and the INS roots of ICE. www.projectcensored.org/the-detentio... 0169
Reposted by Eugene RSherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t. 36687822729
Reposted by Eugene RThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well." 15357812074
Reposted by Eugene RMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It's difficult to engage in diplomacy when you're too simple-minded to think about anyone except yourself . . . 39456901596
Reposted by Eugene Rebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Pathetic Weak Sauce 😡 420108104117
Reposted by Eugene Rtherreport.bsky.social @therreport.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Say what now? One officer wasn't wearing a camera & other's was turned off. There is no record other than the officers' accounts, which we are supposed to believe? W/ICE's history of murder? Does anyone really believe this? www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...washingtonpost.comImmigrant shot by ICE in Austin is charged with assaultAn affidavit unsealed on Tuesday said the officer who shot Wilber Garcés Pérez was not wearing a body camera and that another officer turned his camera off. 511559
Reposted by Eugene REnd Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 29/09/2026For once, Ken Paxton is being honest: if it weren't for our broken campaign finance system, he'd have no shot. #UnrigWashington candidate @jamestalarico.bsky.social is running to reform our system and fight for Texans. Ken Paxton can't say the same. #TXSEN 21055541927
Eugene R @eugener.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Connections Puzzle #1206 🟨🟦🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Had to back up to Blue to sort out Yellow. Purple went right by me. 000
Reposted by Eugene RMichael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is why we need strict campaign finance reform in place NOW. The Roberts court opened a floodgate of endless corporate dollars into our politics, and corporate "speech" dominates both parties. 010416
Reposted by Eugene RMegueyB 🔜Metatopia @megueyb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Also applies to being a Good Ally in general. 0276
Reposted by Eugene RAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Update: The Texas Tribune identified Gregory Feathers as the ICE agent who fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston.texastribune.orgICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identifiedThe federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte... 11434041573
Reposted by Eugene RMother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026The senator who mistook the Atlanta Hawks for the Iowa Hawkeyes and tried to accuse Jack Smith of perjury? He could be the most dangerous man in the US Senate. What to know about Eric Schmitt:motherjones.comIs this the most dangerous man in the US Senate?Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri is pushing a tribalistic ideology suggesting only descendants of white Christian pioneers are true Americans. 1451174539
Reposted by Eugene R@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Rex is right: this sounds an awful lot like that Foxconn deal in Wisconsin when Trump promised a $4B deal with 13K jobs. Of course, that never happened... 921268
Reposted by Eugene RMantaHunk 🌎🏳️🌈☮️🟧 @mantahunk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"According to marine analytics firm Kpler, just six vessels crossed the strait on Wednesday, 11 on Tuesday and five on Monday. It put the 10-day average at 13 vessels per day." Normal traffic is 130 to 160 ships per day. 54525
Reposted by Eugene RAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We’re all counting on them following through after the midterms. 836135363452
Reposted by Eugene RRex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026With midterms fast approaching, Trump's announcement of a steel mill that will open in Iowa in 2030 is excellent news for voters who have cars that run on steel that won’t appear for at least four years! My column on Trump's buckets of flop sweat: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...usatoday.comAn Iowa steel mill? Trump, GOP keep ignoring Americans' needs | OpinionAs midterm voters face high food and gas prices, President Donald Trump trumpeted a new steel mill in Iowa. His flop sweat is showing. 3229575
Reposted by Eugene RJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I've reported first-hand on steel mills in Korea, China, Japan, Illinois, and Mississippi. This is 100% not going to happen. Disagree? Bet me. (Though I'm against online betting. It's just not going to happen.) 2511760534
Reposted by Eugene RMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Years ago, I remember someone writing a screed about someone Carly Simon befriended on an AOL board. She responded with one word, "Goodness." Some drunk stayed up all night to write a loooooong email about how horrible I was. I responded, "Goodness." It drove him crazy. Thank you, Carly Simon. 1816360627
Reposted by Eugene RThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The horror! 712153453129
Reposted by Eugene RMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026No one except the soulless criminal who's president of the U.S. would say Canada is "one of the worst countries in the entire world." Trump uses China as a good example and Canada as a bad example because he loves dictators and wants to be one. 2526889
Reposted by Eugene RIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Fucking YIKES. Signal-boosting. 👇👇👇 18641
Eugene R @eugener.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Connections Puzzle #1205 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Jumped too far on Green, not far enough on Purple. 000
Reposted by Eugene RSam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I was explaining this at a political meeting last night. Stephen Miller has smartly decided to fly below the radar after the backlash to Minneapolis, Chicago, and other outrages. But by many measures things have gotten worse. 10288127
Reposted by Eugene RArienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Pay attention Dems. Gov Beshear won twice, in a deep red state, and never threw trans people under the bus. He led with compassion rather than the fear and cowardice we've seen from some of our Ohio candidates and party leadership. 193125802
Reposted by Eugene RMiddlerage @middlerage.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I didn’t authorize paying for Trump’s propaganda bullshit, did you? White House airs another government-funded ad, this time with Trump warning of ‘final battle’ www.yahoo.com/news/politic...yahoo.comWhite House airs another government-funded ad, this time with Trump warning of ‘final battle’The Trump administration is set to launch another overtly political campaign ad funded by taxpayer dollars, attacking the “fake news media” and “the sick political class that hates our country.” 59583158
Reposted by Eugene RMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The Evanston RoundTable in my Chicago suburb interviewed 2 people who saw ICE agents beat up a citizen and leave him lying on the ground last weekend. One witness said the man “was screaming ‘I'm a U.S. citizen. Leave me alone.’” Another witness said the feds told an “absolute lie” about the case.evanstonroundtable.comWitnesses recount Sunday's ICE incident: ‘He was screaming, "I’m a U.S. citizen. Leave me alone."' - Evanston RoundTableWhen federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents attempted to detain a resident — who they later discovered was a U.S. citizen — last Sunday 25614388
Reposted by Eugene RRob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is the problem with a political party that relies on lying - and media not calling out that lying. The federal government's proclamations are a hall of mirrors. Watch what they do, not what they say. 318569
Reposted by Eugene RReturn of the Cmonmacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social · 27/09/2026My patience has paid off 3334575
Reposted by Eugene REric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Since Elon Musk seems to hate this documentary about him from one of my favorite non-fiction filmmakers, Alex Gibney, figured it was my duty to spread a link to the trailer so you can see it for yourself. ENJOY: loom.ly/oA2_-p8youtu.beMusk | Official Trailer | Bleecker StreetMusk 17867514
Reposted by Eugene RJonathan @jonathansocials.com · 26/09/2026Rejecting a peace deal to literally schedule war around an election makes it perfectly clear this isn't about security, but pure political strategy.upi.comTrump rejects Iran's peace proposal, says war will resume af...Read full story.... 610536
Reposted by Eugene Rjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot” 641105991968
Reposted by Eugene RMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026They keep using this line and it's nonsense for many reasons, but also, if that's truly the case, there are only about a dozen "fraudsters" per state: the insurers. No one else could benefit from this particular no-claims "fraud." So where are the prosecutions of health insurers? 🤔 681679314
Reposted by Eugene RKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is like accusing someone of robbing a bank because they deposited money and never withdrew it 59182761860
Reposted by Eugene R@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“Imagine losing a third of a city’s firefighters and then wondering why downtown is burning” This is excellent reporting on the destruction of the CDC. Kennedy is every bit as horrible & dangerous as you think he is, maybe even worse. 15315
Reposted by Eugene RJeff Merkley @jeff-merkley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A pocket rescission is an illegal line item veto. It’s the president canceling the lines of spending he doesn't like. Republicans said they would never let this happen. Well here it is. If they have any integrity they’ll join us in ending this practice.cbsnews.comTrump cancels nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress, a move some lawmakers called illegalPresident Trump moved to cancel almost $1 billion in spending that was approved by Congress, marking the second time his administration has employed a rarely used tactic that some lawmakers in both pa... 46680232
