Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialTea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 1hThe more Senate seats we can flip, the fewer Republicans it will take to aid the impeachment possibility of Trump's incompetent cabinet. Time to vote like maniacs! 18475136
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialWGN NEWS @wgntv.com · 1hThey're accused of illegally using taxpayer money for personal expenses. wgntv.com11 former elected officials charged after Ford Heights raid to appear in courtFORD HEIGHTS, Ill. (WGN) — Several Ford Heights elected officials accused of illegally using taxpayer money for personal expenses will stand before a judge on Wednesday. According to Attorney Gener… 011
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialRebekah Jones @georebekah.bsky.social · 1hIsraeli terrorists act like gangs, taking young children and radicalising them through and into violence. Israeli children attack you, send their dogs after you, act as human shields. My experiences in the West Bank will haunt me for years to come. 1228
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialKelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 3hNEW: Amid ongoing lawsuits seeking to revoke nationwide access to abortion drug mifepristone, AGs in Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama have filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to strike down shield laws in states with abortion access.stateline.orgRepublican AGs sue abortion ‘shield law’ states in U.S. Supreme Court • StatelineBATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and the attorneys general in Arkansas and Alabama filed a lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. Supreme Court, suing California, Massachusetts and New Y... 138756
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1hThis is another big story today. I was waiting on @kelciemmorris.bsky.social's report, excellent as always, as I knew she was on it. —> 821679
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialReuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 1hRepublican Senator Marsha Blackburn took the rare step of blocking one of Donald Trump's judicial nominees by withholding support for Samuel Adkisson, a White House lawyer nominated to serve as a federal judge in her home state of Tennessee reut.rs/4xZ27Hb 143
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialNick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 6hSchmitt for Brains For @rawstory.com Follow my cartoons and accompanying written commentary on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com 315154
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialMs. Misanthrope 🇺🇸 @lilmsmisanthrope.bsky.social · 1hAP (September 29, 2026) reported the United States left GRECO, Europe's anti-corruption monitor, citing groups "not adapting to U.S. policies." A watchdog that adapts to the policies of those it watches is not a watchdog. It is a mascot. The United States joined in 2000. 033
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialZack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 3hThe Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.techcrunch.comHackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunchThe Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach. 1811168694
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialWatchdog Progressive @watchdogprg.bsky.social · 1hThis.... 👇 023
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Tuesday allowed a pro-voting challenge to Louisiana’s proof-of-citizenship voter registration law to move forward, including claims that the law discriminates against voters based on national origin. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comJudge greenlights challenge to Louisiana anti-voting law, citing discrimination claimsThe judge found that the pro-voting plaintiffs had plausibly alleged that officials in Lafayette Parish discriminated against some registration applicants based on national origin. 171834586
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 29/09/2026El Salvador is still imprisoning ICE deportees from the U.S., even after Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case sparked a backlash. Some are disappearing.theatlantic.comICE Deportees Are Vanishing Into Salvadoran PrisonsThe world moved on after Kilmar Abrego Garcia, but people continue to disappear. 731434963
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It’s difficult to overstate how dangerous such a declaration would be for American democracy. It would mean a president is attempting to sidestep the Constitution, which empowers states to run elections, in order to prevent his party from losing. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comCould Trump take over voting by declaring a ‘national emergency’?Advocates agree such an attempt would be blatantly unconstitutional but still worry that such an emergency order could suppress voting nonetheless. 1421473627
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Aside from toeing the party line, these senators really hate Jack Smith because they're viscerally opposed to the idea of prosecuting politicians. They are committed to their own elite impunity above and beyond whatever they think of Trump. Thus their obsession with the phone records non-issue. 735984
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialLeah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez is the SECOND DoorDash driver shot by ICE, and the silence from DoorDash is deafening. Delete DoorDash until they speak up against ICE violence and push for Wilber’s release. Learn how to delete it so it counts at deletedoordash.com. 12323150
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 29/09/2026Oh, this is amazing. radaronline.com/p/bari-weiss...radaronline.comEXCLUSIVE: Bari Weiss 'Likely Out' at CBS After Paramount/Warner Bros. Merger as 'Anti-Woke' Editor Blamed for Torpedoing '60 Minutes'Bari Weiss has been blamed for 60 Minutes' slide in viewership this season after making sweeping changes to the news network. 5263778
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialLindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere. 12478541955
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialDr. Amy Acton @amyactonoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I don’t own individual stocks, and I won’t own them as governor. The only thing I am invested in is lowering costs for Ohioans. Vivek Ramaswamy has over $5 million invested in the data center industry and millions more in many other industries that Ohio’s governor would be in charge of regulating. 241552502
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026BREAKING: SCOTUS allows the Trump admin to restart third-country removals under a policy found by lower courts to violate federal law. The Democratic appointees dissent. The deportations will be OK'ed at least through the next several months, with SCOTUS agreeing to hear the case in December. 44423208
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Texas, the voter registration deadline is coming up next week. If you live in Texas and want to vote, be sure to check that you are registered properly — even if you you think you did what you had to. A statewide database to check: goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-mvp-ui/... 2347224
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialGovernor Andy Beshear @govandybeshear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Today, Gov. Andy Beshear announced that his administration has secured $85 million in federal grant funding for the long-planned Somerset Northern Bypass project. Read more: tinyurl.com/eetm6adm 1274
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialAngry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026From the outside? Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale dismisses the U.S. strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed over 150: "It's very easy to judge things from the outside." x.com/factpostnews...x.com 112
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialRoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Two years before the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921, one of the bloodiest racial slaughters in American history occurred in Phillips County, Arkansas. This week marks the 107th anniversary of the tragedy, (cont.) 🧵 www.theroot.com/the-untold-s... 49752
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialJacqueline Jacqui Jake Marmot @jstauf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We all saw her last words to the terrorist that shot her, with a big smile, half out the window to make sure "I'm not made at you" then he murdered her. How they gonna play that as she threatened his life, he feared for his life? It ain't gonna fly! 062
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialScripps News @scrippsnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The CDC, FDA and public health officials are investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli infections linked to certain cheeses sold across nine states.scrippsnews.comE. Coli outbreak linked to recalled raw milk cheese sold in nine statesThe CDC, FDA and public health officials are investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli infections linked to certain cheeses sold across nine states. 032
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialArturo Dominguez @extremearturo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Texas Tribune, one of the most reliable news outlets in Texas, just named the ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Gregory Feathers www.texastribune.org/2026/09/28/h... 5223133
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialMichelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Said no woman EVER... 😆🤣 1704987813
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialnick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays. 4049311944
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.social💠𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒛𝒊𝒆𝑷𝒊𝒆💠 @schultziepie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Oh HELLLL NO!🦅 Ice posted this video using famous Eagles star Brian Dawkins saying “the time has come,” as they are claiming a huge migrant caravan is heading from Mexico to the southern border of the US! The NFL has requested the DHS take down the video, & Brian Dawkins says he never approved ad. 51502224
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialWendell Albright @wendella.bsky.social · 28/09/2026innocent (but not well connected) people have spent more time without even being charged 021
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialMary Tuma @marytuma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It's my first day at @texasobserver.org and a good time to remind that if you're not a member, join now to subscribe to the magazine! In an increasingly concentrated + corporate media landscape, it's more important than ever to support independent journalism! texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/join/texasobserver.fundjournalism.orgJoin the Texas ObserverThe best of investigative journalism since 1954. 1206
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialAngry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Iran claims it has targeted 19 ships in the Strait of Hormuz over the past 48 hours. CENTCOM says that’s a lie. But the Pentagon quietly adding dozens of injured sailors and Marines to its tally of wounded troops tells a very different story. x.com/MeidasClips/...x.comMeidasClips (@MeidasClips) on XIran claims it has targeted 19 ships in the Strait of Hormuz over the past 48 hours. CENTCOM says that’s a lie. But the Pentagon quietly adding dozens of injured sailors and Marines to its tally of ... 065
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialMatt Calcara @mattcalcara.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Yes, we definitely need to be talking more about how Roger Marshall had the pregnant mother of a 2-year-old arrested & hauled off to jail over her non-payment of $50 in medical debt. Fun fact: Roger Marshall sued 4.7% of the ENTIRE POPULATION of his hometown of Great Bend over medical debt. 096
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialSammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito will recuse himself from a major fossil fuel industry accountability case, possibly due to his stock holdings in oil and gas companies: news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/justi...news.bloomberglaw.comJustice Alito Recuses From Supreme Court Suncor Climate Case (1)Justice Samuel Alito will recuse from one of the most closely watched cases of the Supreme Court’s upcoming term about state efforts to sue fossil fuel companies over climate change. 4218
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialVoices of Florida Fund @voffund.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Today is Intl Safe Abortion Day. In FL, the 6-week ban means healthcare is effectively gone before most people know they’re pregnant. The South is now a healthcare desert, travel help requests from FL have jumped 575%, & doctors face 5 years in prison. Swipe to see data & share to spread the word. 25119
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialTexas Observer @texasobserver.org · 28/09/2026From our magazine: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor offer a way to analyze the “world of perpetual upheavals” we are experiencing today and how to combat it. But is the model of resistance that they offer enough?texasobserver.orgCan We Survive Naomi Klein's Depiction of 'End Times Fascism'?Klein and co-author Astra Taylor’s new book is too bleak and unfocused for our shameless and sharp-edged political moment. 1185
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialThe Wild @thewild.news · 28/09/2026🌎 Story of the Day: The Trump administration is scaling back clean car rules, easing pollution requirements for gas vehicles through 2031.theguardian.comTrump administration to slash clean car rules aimed at cutting climate emissionsEnvironmentalists decry move that relaxes requirements on automakers to control pollution from gas-powered cars 122
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 28/09/2026What does it mean that someone who believes a fourth-grader should be forced to give birth to her rapist’s child is now leading the anti-abortion mainstream?motherjones.comKristan Hawkins helped kill Roe. Now she’s fighting to control the movement she created.How the Charlie Kirk of abortion moved from the fringes to the mainstream. 610747
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialCSIS | Center for Strategic & International Studies @csis.org · 28/09/2026FRIDAY | Join the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program for a discussion on the long-term implications for energy policymaking across Southeast Asia following the Hormuz energy crisis. Register: bit.ly/4z2XNaZ bit.lyThe Implications of the Hormuz Energy Crisis for Energy Policymaking in Southeast Asia | CSIS EventsThe fourth webinar examines how Southeast Asia's diverse economies—from hydrocarbon exporters like Indonesia to import-dependent nations like Vietnam—are strengthening energy security. Join Dr. Christ... 021
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a new antibiotic, known as manikomycin, that may be a bulwark in the fight against drug-resistant superbugs. By attacking the ribosome in a never-before-seen way, manikomycin can evade the existing mechanisms pathogens have developed to resist antibiotics. 7339061145
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialCongresswoman Nikema Williams @repnikema.bsky.social · 28/09/2026You have one week left to register to vote! Take some time to register or check your registration at mvp.sos.ga.gov and make your voting plan today. 042
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 28/09/2026🎉 WIN: States and local governments won’t have to run voter rolls through a flawed DHS database — or adopt other anti-voting measures — to get funding meant to prevent terrorist attacks. A judge found the Trump administration likely violated federal law: demdock.com/4dFytQ2 8268105
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialMike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Anyone who believes this is beyond help. 831530226
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialLeah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026NEWS: More than TWO THOUSAND events have been registered so far with No Kings: Vote Early, making it the largest early vote mobilization in history. It's not too late to get your town on the map - submit today: www.nokings.org 13764264
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 28/09/2026Requirements for becoming a private school teacher vary by state. We recently reported on a woman who pled no contest to felony child abuse charges in Florida, but was still able to open a school. Here's how you can research private schools like an investigative reporter:propublica.orgHow to Research Private Schools Like an Investigative ReporterIt can be really hard to get transparent, comprehensive information about private schools. Our investigative reporters share some suggestions for parents and guardians who want to collect it themselve... 7303149
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialAFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 28/09/2026US President Donald Trump faced bipartisan criticism Monday for taxpayer-funded television advertisements promoting himself just weeks ahead of crucial midterm elections. u.afp.com/S9WL 1156
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.social#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Arizona tour company sues over Trump's non-resident fee at national parks #TheHilltwp.aithehill.comArizona tour company sues over Trump’s non-resident fee at national parks 12210
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialRep. Jerry Nadler @nadler.house.gov · 28/09/2026I am proud to have served 50 years in public office and deeply grateful to each and every staff member, fellow lawmaker, and community advocate for joining me to protect and expand fundamental rights for all, and to hold those in power accountable to our democracy.cityandstateny.comOpinion: Jerry Nadler set an example for all studious Manhattan politiciansHis successor in Congress, Micah Lasher, writes about Nadler’s lasting impact on New York and the nation. 1267
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It's illegal... and an hilariously awful adopen.substack.comTrump Goes Full-OrwellThe administration’s propaganda hype-ads are an abuse of power. 2942178
Reposted by @ginger-estes.bsky.socialGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 28/09/2026IT'S OFFICIAL. The progressive members of the Chicago City Council (looking at you, @andrefor40th.bsky.social) stopped ICE's cruelest, most notorious charter airline, Omni Air International. news.wttw.com/2026/09/28/f...news.wttw.comFirm Set to Buy Chicago’s Parking Meters Sells Airline That Carried Out DeportationsMore than a dozen progressive members of the City Council said they would not vote in favor of the deal unless the firm sold Omni Air, threatening the completion of the deal involving the city’s 36,00... 6811252
