Reposted by Frank WalkerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17hIt is 2006, and Karl Rove is mocking people for calling Republicans "Nazis" It is 2026, and Karl Rove is encouraging people to call Republicans "Nazis" 1262313570
Reposted by Frank WalkerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firingstime.comRead TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview TranscriptThe U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections. 65965362528
Frank Walker @frankwalker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Total straw man. No one has been reporting anything that reflects badly on “the troops.” What Hegseth is actually upset about is factual reporting on his own and Trump’s incompetence and foolhardiness. 010
Reposted by Frank WalkerJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Once you've got more money than you could ever spend, what's the point of earning another dollar? From my conversation with @RobinsonErhardt.bsky.social 6041599
Reposted by Frank WalkerProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026NEW: California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But that’s not what happened.propublica.orgA Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But... 22624771195
Reposted by Frank WalkerAnnie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026NEW: As Trump’s White House and influencers keep touting the unproven benefits of raw milk, hundreds across the country are falling ill from outbreaks. Some people get severe indigestion. And some nearly die. Here's the story of one toddler who drank it. 🧵👇 www.propublica.org/article/cali...propublica.orgA Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But... 431027497
Reposted by Frank WalkerJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 23/09/2026There have been lots of malevolent Supreme Court justices, but there's not really a precedent for a Supreme Court justice who is as *dumb* as Brett Kavanaugh. A complete rube. Shows his ass every time he tries to write down more than two sentences of original thought.ballsandstrikes.orgBrett Kavanaugh’s Imaginary Immigration Stops Opinion Gets More Embarrassing Every DayThe fact that ICE officers do not allow wrongfully detained people to “promptly go free” is a surprise to only one man in America. 672011412
Reposted by Frank WalkerMicah @rincewind.run · 22/09/2026“to the victor go the spoils” is basically the whole thing the UN was designed to prevent 302618470
Reposted by Frank WalkerMichelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/o... 251396531
Reposted by Frank WalkerAna Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 17/09/2026I closed my trade imbalance with the grocery store, now I just eat the money I would have spent there. 1163179539
Reposted by Frank WalkerCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Under Trump, the IRS is refusing to release its usual annual estimate of how many taxes go unpaid. Gee I wonder why www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/b...nytimes.comBillions in Taxes Go Unpaid. Under Trump, the I.R.S. Won’t Say How Much.The absence of the annual estimate on the tax gap could make it more difficult to assess whether more taxes are going unpaid since President Trump took office. 827383
Reposted by Frank WalkerCaptain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Donald Trump's trades: 28,700 All of Congress's trades: 22,200 My trades: 0 Ban stock trading in Washington. 231097277
Reposted by Frank WalkerTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Important: the USPS rule that SCOTUS blocked tonight was Trump’s big plan to control and restrict mail voting. But a separate policy remains in place: USPS is no longer postmarking mail as soon it gets it, which is hugely important for deadlines. So people must mail back with plenty of time.boltsmag.orgIn an Intense Election Year, New Post Office Rules Could Trip Up Voter Registration - BoltsA change in how mail is postmarked could lead some voters to miss key deadlines, including voter registration. Advocates worry the people most affected will be those already facing voting barriers. 6520031027
Reposted by Frank WalkerCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026this is the bill that would give Trump authority to tariff basically any country he wants. it passed the senate with bipartisan support. ostensibly a Russia sanctions bill, but the sanctions provisions have no teeth and the new tariff authorities are enormous. www.thebulwark.com/p/senate-vot...thebulwark.comSenate Voting to Give Trump a Tariff NukeA bill supposedly aimed at Russia is really an unprecedented new tariff power grab—yet prominent Democrats are backing it. 28317146
Reposted by Frank WalkerProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026Look at this photo we found from Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish Bahamas wedding. Can you spot the Russian oligarch close to Putin who bankrolled the event? 🧵 22834391320
Reposted by Frank WalkerAnne 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. 5953724713397
Reposted by Frank WalkerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026Q: You control Congress now, so why not do the checks now instead of after the election? TRUMP: Because if the Democrats get in, our country will be in shambles (Wouldn't that be a reason to do it now? 🥴) 2271740325
Reposted by Frank WalkerMicah @rincewind.run · 13/09/2026you don’t have to have the conversation on their terms and in fact you shouldn’t have the conversation on their terms more democrats should follow this playbook instead of existing in a constant defensive crouch 314803994
Reposted by Frank WalkerNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026He defends Russia for helping Iran kill Americans. He defends China for helping Iran kill Americans. He pretends Iran hasn’t killed Americans. And his strategy for the clearly failing war he started is to lie about it. He says Canada is bad, an enemy, while North Korea is good. What can’t he do! 641327395
Reposted by Frank WalkerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026WELKER: Wages went up 3.1%. Inflation is up 3.4%. So wages are not keeping up with inflation MIKE JOHNSON: The American people want to continue on the pace we're on. He's the big ideas president. 190750160
Reposted by Frank WalkerCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026nuclear deterrence works 3562582
Reposted by Frank WalkerSteve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Since 1981, Democratic presidents have overseen the creation of 3 times as many private-sector jobs as their Republican counterparts. Excluding Reagan, the net private-sector job growth of the past 3 GOP presidents is zero. 17611247
Reposted by Frank WalkerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Any news outlet that spent even one segment or one article on "Joe Biden is old" in 2024 should be going wall-to-wall with stories about the dementia-ravaged 80-year-old who keeps posting AI garbage and telling insanely obvious lies about himself. And yet 1583457948
Reposted by Frank WalkerEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Trump falsely attaching himself to 9/11 is like attaching his name to the Kennedy Center: he lifts his leg to mark his territory on our honored dead. 401012244
Reposted by Frank WalkerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/09/2026CNN: You're not going to trust mail voting if SCOTUS allows this? BLUMENTHAL: I won't. And I think most Americans will view mail voting as lacking credibility because the Postal Service is gonna be screening your ballot & sending them back if it finds a single discrepancy, & you may not know 1771936644
Reposted by Frank WalkerPrasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 01/09/2026It is effectively a license for Trump to cancel the election in whichever states and counties he wants — it only takes one ostensibly variant ballot to not transmit a vastly larger batch of fully compliant ballots, which is insane. 5228104
Reposted by Frank WalkerJulia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Meanwhile in Russia: decorated state TV host Vladimir Solovyov and his guests threatened Britain, Finland, and post-Soviet countries, mocked America, insulted European women and claimed that Chinese cars are much better than the ones made in Europe. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfFl...youtube.comVladimir Solovyov and his guests threaten Britain, Finland, and post-Soviet countriesYouTube video by Russian Media Monitor 2220863
Reposted by Frank WalkerGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Biden literally ran ads in 2020 siding with the protesters. They were digital spots targeted at swing states. You can still watch them! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEjb...youtube.comProgress | Joe Biden For PresidentYouTube video by Joe Biden 1158778
Reposted by Frank WalkerRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/08/2026It’s mind-blowing that we have literal white nationalists in the White House carrying out unfathomably cruel, abusive, white nationalist policies, and the punditariat has spent the last two weeks debating if some people were too intemperate after a Black man was murdered by cops six years ago. 153109042685
Reposted by Frank WalkerEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The US President calls on the FCC to do something about polls he finds uncomfortable. 2282880670
Reposted by Frank WalkerDave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The renaming of this lake is so dumb and petty and should not be the focus of the news right now but … I cannot overstate enough just how sad and pathetic this update is for Google 1742506417
Reposted by Frank WalkerAlexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026all of this Lake America business reminds me of that Lincoln anecdote— how many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? four! calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg 9591100
Reposted by Frank WalkerProPublica @propublica.org · 27/08/2026The morning that Cmdr. Elizabeth Nakagawa was scheduled to have a D&C to remove fetal tissue after losing a very wanted pregnancy, she learned the surgery had been canceled because the military’s health insurance plan refused to pay for it. (Published Dec. 2024)propublica.orgA Coast Guard Commander Miscarried. She Nearly Died After Being Denied Care.U.S. service members have long faced strict limits on abortions, even when used to resolve miscarriages. Under federal law, the military will only pay for abortions in cases of rape, incest or to save... 561019504
Reposted by Frank WalkerKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Wearing @postguild.bsky.social red today. I was able to challenge my @washingtonpost.com firing — and win reinstatement plus back pay — all thanks to being a part of the @wbng.org Guild. Binding Arbitration is a part of our contract. This is why unions matter!!! 733146436
Reposted by Frank WalkerAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026El-Sayed: I thought you were for the everyday man. If you're for billionaires, you and I disagree. Watters: I just think I have the right to the fruits of my own labor El-Sayed: Billionaires don't make their money off of their labor. They make their money off their money 37672641684
Reposted by Frank WalkerSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 24/08/2026#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Dem. appointees, #SCOTUS has *granted* the Trump administration’s request to freeze a district court injunction that had blocked the mail-in ballots executive order. But Trump’s EO remains blocked by a different injunction in a different case—at least for now:supremecourt.gov 872235917
Reposted by Frank WalkerCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 24/08/2026reminder that this is what auto supply chains in North America currently look like. Random parts can cross the US/Canadian border half a dozen times www.wsj.com/business/aut... 441547506
Reposted by Frank WalkerJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Trump is promising to boost the U.S. economy by making it harder for Americans to trade with the rest of the world. He is also promising to destroy Iran's economy by making it harder for Iranians to trade with the rest of the world. 851635529
Reposted by Frank WalkerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/08/2026WELKER: Do you think democratic socialists have a place in the Democratic Party? VAN HOLLEN: Yes they do as part of the debate. I think that those in the Dem Party who are afraid of a healthy debate are missing the point, because Democratic voters do not want a return to the pre-Trump status quo 31657721015
Reposted by Frank WalkerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Dorie Miller was only allowed to work in a Navy mess due to segregation, but he leapt to work a gun when the attack happened. In sharp contrast, Donnie Trump got five medical deferments to keep from having to fight in Vietnam. The USS Bone Spurs doesn‘t really sing 1071950547
Reposted by Frank WalkerBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Mamdani is succeeding in part by projecting joy Ossoff is succeeding in part by projecting steely ferocity We’re in a moment when attitude is nearly as powerful as ideology, because we all need courage. And these are two ways of summoning it 10371211249
Reposted by Frank WalkerCitizen Cohn / Jonathan Cohn @citizencohn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026NEW Yesterday I chased down the details of a MAGA attack about El-Sayed’s oversight of animal control in Detroit Found a former official who was actually there The attack—which is all over social media—looks like total nonsense Full story here www.thebulwark.com/p/debunking-...thebulwark.comDebunking MAGA’s Puppy-Killer Smear Against Abdul El-SayedThis sick attack is a preview of what he faces—and a case study in how lies become part of our political debate. 812349
Reposted by Frank WalkerChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I’m on vacation but I gotta say, as much fun as it is to debate woke1 and Hasan Piker, the Trump administration is currently engaged in mass murder on the high seas as surely as any serial killer or lynch mob. And viewed from the distance of vacation, The Discourse doesn’t seem to give a shit. 20678001427
Reposted by Frank WalkerAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/08/2026This is absolutely WILD. Here's the dashboard video posted by @fritschner.bsky.social. Fast forward to about 1 minute. An ICE officer jumps out of a van and pulls a gun on this woman immediately before lying and claiming she "almost ran us over." *profanity warning if watching in public. 35857622703
