Reposted by SoakMatt Seyfang @mseyfang.bsky.social · 7hDems launching investigations of administration corruption has the potential to supercharge this headed into 2028. Voters might forgive some corruption in a successful administration, but they are terribly unforgiving of it in a failed one. Trump is personally raking in billions as millions suffer. 315850
Reposted by SoakDannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 11hThis seems like market failure. A product that everyone hates and wishes would disappear but that continues to dominate our lives??? 37621
Reposted by SoakDerek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 03/10/2026AI is an employee who never says no, never talks back, and who has no emotions, so you're free to be an asshole to it without consequence. Certain men have been fantasizing about this for their whole lives. They will happily burn the world down to create it. 832888
Reposted by SoakKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I’m sorry, what’s that acronym again? 1952690480
Soak @gpc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Gee, wonder if the opponents of the Dobbs decision considered that someone might feel 'physically threatened' by the decision. Surely this is the first time anyone's bodies and health and safety were in any way involved with abortion rights. 000
Reposted by SoakMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse. 20061682843
Reposted by SoakSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 03/11/2025elon musk: people in the uk live like hobbits. um let’s look at you for a second bro 552314538
Reposted by SoakElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 02/10/2026TODAY: New SNAP cuts are kicking in because of Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill." 5 million people have already lost food assistance, including 1.5 million+ kids since the bill was enacted. No kid deserves to go hungry so Trump can give his billionaire buddies another tax handout. 431297477
Reposted by Soak😠 Parilani Pie @parilani.sparkle.blue · 01/10/2026sorry ik it's a tiktok he just breaks it down so succinctly "it's all men until it's no men" 4245
Reposted by SoakElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Now seems like a good time to say that the more I look at what doge did with USAID the more it looks like a straightforward eugenics project and Elon’s protests that he didnt know anyone might die seem doubly evil 501338417
Reposted by SoakRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Will it actually make any difference if Democrats take control of Congress after the midterms? Historian and expert on authoritarianism Timothy Snyder shares his thoughts. 831497606
Reposted by SoakKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If a sentence in your newscast starts with “President Trump says…” you’re failing your audience. 833818554
Reposted by Soakhammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026GOP Consultants : what do you mean she just fucking tweeted it out 743515752
Reposted by SoakBryan from Stumptown Savings @bryanmvance.com · 28/09/2026On SNAP in Oregon and got a letter from ODHS asking about your income? Respond TODAY (Mon., Sept. 28), or you could lose benefits as soon as October. Missed it? Contact ODHS anyway. A worker may still help. stumptownsavings.com/p/september-28… 234
Reposted by SoakHeadquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Ken Paxton: The criticism has been that I let a child predator out after one day. Well guess what? They served 60 days. 144656051640
Reposted by SoakNosferaPru @prufrockluvsong.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Please stop calling me on my phone that's not what it's for 3443341216
Reposted by SoakDoug @dougstern.bsky.social · 27/09/2026HBO currently has the rights to this doc (which is why it's four 1-hr episodes long) and the Warners/Para merger (partially funded by Musk) might swallow it whole. 1638728
Reposted by SoakDan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life. 14195292205
Reposted by SoakMara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Jean Smart is and always has been insanely hot 41604
Reposted by SoakTomb Heintjes @hogansalley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Some of us discover our gift early! In "Peanuts," Schroeder first played the piano 75 years ago, on September 24, 1951. 432176
Reposted by Soakcait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 24/09/2026they are going to come for your contraception, it is literally only a matter of time. I just replaced my IUD and if you think any of the long-term methods of contraception would be a good fit for you and/or your partner, now is the time to do it 222303646
Reposted by SoakMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026One of my most galaxy-brained takes is that politicians and political groups should talk more about workers’ share of national income. It's one of the clearest, simplest ways to describe how billionaires and corporate elites captured so much of the economy--and something policy can change.axios.comU.S. workers' share of national income falls to a new lowLabor's bargaining position has worsened markedly in the last half-decade. 27732264
Reposted by SoakI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026“Let Donald Trump save face” is how you got January 6 *and* why faced no consequences for doing it. 521623324
Soak @gpc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This one hits a little too close to home (where I have already tried all of the fast food options) 000
Reposted by SoakYour Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026elon musk buying a chunk of major movie studios for shits and giggles while every artist and writer I know is out here saying please subscribe, please buy my book, please leave a review, please support me with a few paltry dollars 8693134
Reposted by SoakBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.nytimes.comLaid Off After 50, and No Health Insurance? Here’s What to Consider. (Gift Article)At best, older workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65. 762478762
Reposted by SoakStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots. 15786392558
Reposted by SoakDOKI DOKI CRT PIXEL @crtpixel.bsky.social · 29/11/2025If you see this post, you are blessed with a prize from the FUN CHICKEN 281442516
Soak @gpc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Looking for someone who wants to give me a large amount of money in exchange for nothing. If this is you please let me know. 000
Reposted by SoakRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Reminder that Elon's DOGE recommended firing government workers at the... -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. See what DOGE was really all about? 10732671333
Soak @gpc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Because when you look at America as compared to pretty much every other country in the world, the one thing that stands out is how we are starving our our police departments of money, weapons and unchecked power. 010
Reposted by SoakMurshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“They are going to spend many millions of dollars against Democrats no matter what … Democrats can either welcome their hatred, a la FDR—promise to save jobs and people from A.I.—and reap some of the financial and political upside. Or they can stick with neoliberalism and get it coming and going.” 532690
Reposted by SoakShana @shanamd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I am SORRY for sharing something that was posted on the other place, but this is too good. 160185243415
Reposted by SoakBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Editor: I'd like a story that combines Americans' hatred of artificial intelligence, their fears about the environment, their antipathy toward data centers, and their angst over inflation driven by dwindling fuel supplies. Reporter: Got ya covered, boss. Need anything else? 16939327
Reposted by Soak✧ SkyMagpie ✧ (left my ❤︎ in Undermine) @skymagpie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I was worried if my comic is perhaps too self indulgent, but then I remembered the words of Björk and now I need to make it even more self indulgent 🥰 58114353885
Soak @gpc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Is it frowned upon to list your mom as a reference on a job application? I think she would have some pretty good things to say about me. 000
Reposted by SoakRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953 430115824858
Reposted by Soakashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 17/09/2026i feel like a message that is missing in the midterms is that….republicans control everything? it feels like a basic thing we should really be saying over and over. this is all their choice. unhappy? look who is in the drivers seat. 181248279
Reposted by SoakBobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 02/08/2025I'm repeating myself but the key to explaining Trump's love of tariffs is: He literally believes any money coming into the Federal gov't belongs to *him, personally*. So when importers pay tariffs, *Trump thinks he gets richer*. The fact that the cost is passed on to Americans is irrelevant to him. 291128274
Reposted by SoakMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16/09/2026HUGE: Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other members of Congress have introduced a bill to push private equity out of healthcare. The Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act would make it illegal for private equity, insurance companies, and for-profit corporations to own or control medical practices. 633173668