Reposted by Gail LabovitzCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 14hHey, here's a random thought: maybe all of us who are Democrats and progressives should pause attacks on each other for the next three weeks and focus on beating Republicans. I promise our arguments will be so much more interesting in January after a blue tsunami. 451600282
Reposted by Gail LabovitzTristan Lee @tristanl.ee · 05/10/2026Reminder that Vice President JD Vance has said that he considers Curtis Yarvin a friend 11596138
Gail Labovitz @gailsl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“But in Feb. 2025, Collins did make the choice to vote to confirm Vought…after he had established himself as an advocate of expansive executive branch power — in part by pushing the false claim that the president has the constitutional authority to impound funds appropriated by Congress.” 000
Gail Labovitz @gailsl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026talkingpointsmemo.com/news/susan-c...talkingpointsmemo.comSusan Collins Voted to Confirm Russ Vought. Is She Having Second Thoughts?In recent weeks, as the Office of Management and Budget Director Russ... 110
Gail Labovitz @gailsl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026‘These “Oops” Caucus stories share a few factors: a senator viewed by much of the media as more reasonable or centrist than their colleagues, and a Trump administration figure taking actions that are exactly in line with who they were publicly known to be.’ ‘“Oops” Caucus’ is imho way too generous… 110
Reposted by Gail LabovitzDavid Avallone @davallone.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I always think of William Goldman’s great dialogue from CHINATOWN: “Why are you doing it? How much better can you eat? What could you buy that you can't already afford?” 929651
Reposted by Gail LabovitzAkiva Weisinger @misfittorah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I mean you wanna talk about a language that created an artificial sense of unity that enabled most of the colonial crimes of the past 300 years? תסתכל במראה, אנגלו 32148
Reposted by Gail LabovitzThe Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Men, stop telling women you denounce sexual assault and start telling your male friends. 513275746
Gail Labovitz @gailsl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The entire thread is quite thought provoking, so read up and down. But it occurs to me as someone who teaches Talmud/Rabbinic Lit. in a program training future rabbis, that this is pretty much exactly what we’re doing with beit midrash/hevruta requirements… 020
Reposted by Gail LabovitzAvishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is not good and doesn’t attest to good things about her or about her seriousness www.jpost.com/diaspora/ant...jpost.comUN's Francesca Albanese claims Jews in Nazi camps were called ‘Muslims' | The Jerusalem Post“In fact, when they were being taken to the gas chambers, there are some accounts of life in the concentration camps saying that Jews were called ‘the Muslims,’” Albanese said. 5759
Reposted by Gail Labovitz🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Of course "transing your kids" is not a real thing. But "sex trafficking your kids" is a real thing that Matt Gaetz got caught doing. 219242
Reposted by Gail LabovitzMalevolent Maelstrom @chemicalchaos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Hey its fucking wierd more of the dems platform isnt "we will give you abortion rights back" 11568101526
Reposted by Gail Labovitz@CoffeeShopRabbi.com @rruth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The Book of Isaiah says, "Nachamu, nachamu ami" ["Comfort, comfort My people"]. This thread about comfort and discomfort makes a good point. 031
Reposted by Gail LabovitzAmadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This is long, but it really sums up an important issue. If your rallying slogan is so broad that some people can say it to mean a substantive peace process and two state solution while other people are literally yelling it as they commit murder, it's a problem.  34319
Reposted by Gail LabovitzKosherart @kosherart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Do we all agree on what he slogan Free Palestine” means? I took screenshots of an illustrated post by Jordyn Tilchen on Instagram explaining how it was designed to be vague & sow chaos by not having a 100% clear definition. Please read this through this thread & understand the manipulation at work.> 18227125
Reposted by Gail LabovitzSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 05/09/2026It still sickens me this bigot mocked a disabled reporter and millions of Americans said, “No big deal. That’s who I want as president.” 1337178023946
Reposted by Gail LabovitzCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026They hate him. They really hate him.charlotteclymer.substack.comPete Hegseth’s Ruthless Pentagon NicknameThey hate him. 1152448672
Gail Labovitz @gailsl.bsky.social · 06/09/2026www.timesofisrael.com/el-sayed-and...timesofisrael.comEl-Sayed and Vance call each other ‘evil,’ while both handling antisemitism the same wayThe Republican US vice president and Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan each show reluctance to disavow inflammatory supporters, in sign of collapsing firewall between politicians and extremists 010
Gail Labovitz @gailsl.bsky.social · 04/09/2026How about neither association is okay? Antisemitism is an across the political spectrum problem, and denouncing theirs while pretending ours don’t exist, or excusing them for any reason, is a deeply unserious take no matter which side it comes from. 220
Reposted by Gail LabovitzJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026as a jew who cares a lot about these issues, the fact that the worlds richest and perhaps most powerful man routinely spouts nazi propaganda is very bad and the main story here. But I'd note there's a bit of a gender story in this "poll" as well. 26768190
Reposted by Gail LabovitzGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Settlements are pure business decisions. If Meta was willing to pay $18 billion, imagine how guilty they must’ve been, how big they feared the real damages would be, and how insanely profitable it was to do this wrong in the first place. 933895
Reposted by Gail LabovitzElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Oz is claiming that the two measles deaths in Pennsylvania might have “had another condition that was already attacking them and they happened to get measles at the same time”. This implies that 1. It’s okay if kids with comorbidities die of measles. 2. That they would have died anyway so nbd. 70569196
Reposted by Gail LabovitzAmadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026One of the deaths was a baby who was too young for vaccines. The other condition that led to that child's death was the fact that they were a fragile newborn infant. Mehmet Oz can go to hell.  218958
Gail Labovitz @gailsl.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Or will they be too busy arguing among themselves about who supposedly took AIPAC money? 011
Gail Labovitz @gailsl.bsky.social · 26/08/2026That movie was a huge part of my senior year of high school. It played at a theater in NE Philly, and the scene was the BEST (way better than Greenwich Village, actually, once I got there…). 010
Reposted by Gail LabovitzWuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Buckingham Palace band playing 9 to 5 for Dolly Parton 378154014303
Reposted by Gail LabovitzAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 25/08/2026From the Empire State Building Observation Deck: Tonight, the Empire State Building tower lights will turn to a pink sparkle at 9:25 to honor the late Dolly Parton. 313662882
Reposted by Gail LabovitzKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Reminder: Dolly Parton helped fund the Moderna vaccine for COVID.nytimes.comDolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ (Published 2021)The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.” 247238535775
Reposted by Gail LabovitzAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026"I was not shocked that he helped somebody. My shock is that he was murdered. And no one has given us the complete truth or anyone has been held accountable. And it's been 7 months! ... there was more effort in vilifying him than pursuing justice" -- Alex Pretti's parents 474236448097
Reposted by Gail LabovitzTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 24/08/2026My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com 291047297
Reposted by Gail LabovitzNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026A possible romantic relationship between a president and one of his aides isn’t something the public needs to know about. by Ken Starr and Newt Gingrich 742931637
Reposted by Gail Labovitzdamniel spookradski @self.agency · 17/08/2026democrats take money from investment bankers, lawyers, tech bros, health insurers, hollywood, oil & gas cos., telecom providers, and all manner of industries that engage in shitty behavior that's bad for people and the planet but only one lobby is seen as resolute evil despite all of them sucking 37115
Reposted by Gail LabovitzMatriarchy Now @matriarchy.now · 11/08/2026If we haven't been reminding you enough, vote because your life depends upon it. 338202716849
Reposted by Gail Labovitzshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 11/08/2026the press corps just held a dinner in his honor 271021189
Reposted by Gail LabovitzJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 10/08/2026As we keep saying, the term “Zionist” is increasingly a cover for just doing “secret Jewish puppetmasters running everything” bog-standard antisemitism and y’all can just stop wasting everyone’s time and say what you mean, because it’s pretty transparent at this point. 616956
Reposted by Gail LabovitzHarry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Cassidy's rational self-evidently bankrupt. He says another acting AG would be worse. But his vote secures the confirmation of the candidate who has been shown to champion the worst possible DOJ practices. That's what he's ratifying -- it's not a guessing game. 57753157
Reposted by Gail LabovitzJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026A special place in hell for Cassidy, Cornyn, Tillis. The only good R is a defeated R. 551165209
Reposted by Gail LabovitzAmi Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 05/08/2026I’m sure this will be a v popular take (lol) but the viciousness directed today at Stevens/supporters (see comments) show a mvmt that doesn’t appreciate what it takes to get out of authoritarianism. You don’t reverse backsliding w/o an awkward coalition. Stop shaming her supporters & try to win them 515125
Reposted by Gail LabovitzRobert Brendel @robertbrendel.bsky.social · 04/08/2026BREAKING: A reporter asked Mike Johnson at a press conference today, “Should we bother asking you any questions about Max Miller, Trump’s latest Iran deal, or his Capital One scandal, or have you not heard about any of them yet?" 852465414
Reposted by Gail LabovitzRick McKee @rmckee.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I drew this August 23, 2022, and it’s coming to pass. 273186764692
Reposted by Gail LabovitzChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Weird he can’t bring this kind of energy towards his colleague who is accused of beating up his daughter. 883146573387
Reposted by Gail LabovitzGary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 29/07/2026If Fauci had come back with "I'm a guy who would never ignore his son-in-law beating the shit out of his own daughter," I'd have asked for his hand in marriage. 772988454