green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This is on RFK Jr. Measles deaths were exceedingly rare before he became HHS secretary and anti-vaccine positions became government policy. 000
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This is elder abuse. McConnell should be living out his twilight years with his family in private, not be trotted out in front of cameras in the Senate. 010
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This is something like 6-7% of GDP. Part of what makes this so outrageous is that we should be lowering debt/gdp ratio when the economy isn’t in crisis. And yet Trump is doing everything he can to destroy the future. 000
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Nobody hates Trump voters more than Trump himself. 030
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Imagine how the political press would react if something like this happened with Biden. 020
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I’m not going to comment on most of this thread, but one useful thing I got out of it is learning who Jeff Lawson is. 010
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 14/08/2026These are the responses of someone who thinks they are completely unaccountable to the average American citizen. 010
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Apparently the body count that ending USAID caused wasn’t enough. Trump needs to bring some of that disease and death back home too. 000
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Not only were there negative job numbers for July in this report, previous numbers were revised down substantially. When this happened under Biden, Republicans argued there was a conspiracy to make him look good. But now? Crickets. www.bls.gov/news.release...bls.gov Employment Situation Summary - 2026 M07 Results 100
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 01/08/2026All the complaints about the left being coddled at universities in an information bubble was really just projection all along. www.politico.com/news/magazin...politico.comAre Young Republicans Too Based to Work for Congress?Party veterans are concerned that the pipeline of young Republican talent is veering off course — and into terminally online extremism. 011
Reposted by @green496.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/07/2026DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military on Saturday announced its first troop deaths due to direct Iranian fire since the opening days of the war, saying two were killed and another was missing in an attack on a base in Jordan. @apnews.com apnews.com/article/iran... 31390130
Reposted by @green496.bsky.socialShipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 18/07/2026The conflict is ramping back toward, and possibly beyond, its earlier peak. Both sides now hit civilian infrastructure, Tehran named five Gulf ports as potential targets, and an IRGC adviser to the Supreme Leader warned of a full-scale offensive if US strikes persist. 6266104
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Just a reminder, this is an impeachable offense. Completely baseless claims by the president against the very foundations of American democracy. 000
Reposted by @green496.bsky.socialNPR @npr.org · 04/06/2026A new study has found that the National Guard's presence in Washington, D.C. had no effect on violent crime in the city. The Guard has been deployed since last August as part of a federal task force to fight crime, and their numbers are set to double in the coming weeks. n.pr/3PWDxqKn.prNational Guard has done little to reduce violent crime in D.C., a new study findsA new study has found that the National Guard's presence in Washington, D.C. had no effect on violent crime in the city. The Guard has been deployed since last August as part of a federal task force to fight crime, and their numbers are set to double in the coming weeks. 21734091462
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 03/06/2026This, by itself, is an impeachable offense. What is more corrosive than attacking the very foundations of American democracy with absurd, spurious claims that elections are illegitimate? 000
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Trump’s stooges are talking about Trump “ending multiple conflicts” when it comes to the Iran War, without noting that he unilaterally, illegally started it. 010
Reposted by @green496.bsky.socialGabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 01/06/2026It seems we are now entering a new phase of the rise of inequality in the US. It's not just wealth and billionaires — it's a broader acceleration. Here's who benefited from economic growth in 2025, according to the latest estimates available on realtimeinequality.org 9439203
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Just a reminder that Bari Weiss runs a publication called “The Free Press”. It’s clear she and her allies were hypocrites all along. 000
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Yes, it’s true. We’re all spending more money on stuff. Too bad it’s the same amount of stuff or less. 000
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Remember when Republicans and centrists pretended to be outraged when Obama gently chided Fox News in an interview? 000
Reposted by @green496.bsky.socialClay Ranck @clayranck.bsky.social · 20/05/2026The average gas price when Biden left office was $3.11. It’s currently $4.50. The only time in Biden’s administration when it was higher than now was 2 months in the summer of 2022 right after Russia invaded Ukraine. 401597299
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 18/05/2026I’m generally skeptical of “one weird trick” solutions, but this seems pretty close… 030
Reposted by @green496.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18/05/2026New NYT poll has Dems +11 in the generic House ballot matchup. Among independents it's +18 points. If accurate, that has the makings of a blue wave and I wonder if it gets South Carolina Republicans to rethink their gerrymander before it's too late. 29654136
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Exhibit 1A in how money and connections have nothing to do with intelligence or common sense. 010
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 02/05/2026This really can’t be right, I was told that Trump won the Iran War! 000
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 28/04/2026This is why slopulism is bad. Sometimes the solutions that actually work don't have the snappiest messaging! 030
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 28/04/2026This can't be right, I was told Trump solved the Hormuz problem 000
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 26/04/2026I don’t seem to recall Bash or any other members of the MSM asking Trump comparable questions after the assassination attempt on Pelosi, or the mail bombs sent to every top prominent Democratic politician, or the successful assassination of the top Minnesota Democratic legislator, … 000
Reposted by @green496.bsky.socialMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 23/04/2026The Trump family turned the right's "Biden Crime Family" bullshit into a business plan. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...ms.nowOpinion | The Trump family’s conflicts of interest are of no interest to Fox NewsMatt Gertz: Trump and his family members appear to have adopted influence-dealing on a dramatically larger scale than the Biden family was ever accused of. 501080399
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Sorry, even offering RFK jr the benefit of the doubt… how does this make any sense? Did he mean 6000% reduction? 000
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Bhattacharya, who has taken contrarian positions against the scientific establishment about covid for years, has unilaterally decided to censor a study providing evidence of covid vaccine effectiveness. This is who runs America’s public health agencies now. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...nytimes.comC.D.C. Cancels Publication of Study Showing Benefits of Covid Vaccines 100
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 22/04/2026The median American voter believes Trump should be impeached, so clearly all the centrist enlightened pundits will say we should heed the wisdom of the people, right? 010
Reposted by @green496.bsky.socialYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 15/04/2026How do upzonings impact housing supply? In brand-new research published today @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, we show that big upzonings in New York City & Philadelphia had large, statistically significant effects on supply & permitting with several years of reforms. www.urban.org/research/pub... 421663
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Keep stats like this in mind every time Republicans boast about how great Texas and Florida are and how the Northeast is such a hellhole. 000
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Trump is being fed bad information. The US might be leading China in AI, but if it is, it’s not by a lot, and the company doing the leading is Anthropic, which the Trump admin doesn’t like! 000
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 15/04/2026So, it’s absolutely true that there is a theory of just war. And under that theory Trump is absolutely not fighting a just war. 110
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Oh, Rick Scott wants to punish rapists does he? Has he considered who the leader of his political party is? 000
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Who exactly is responsible for her husband’s cancer treatments being unaffordable? 000
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 12/04/20261) in general, politicians should take their salary, as it should not be expected that you have to be rich to be a politician. 2) Obviously, Trump doesn't take the presidential salary because he gets his cut by selling influence using the power of his office. In other words, bribes. 000
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 10/04/2026As always, every accusation from Republicans is a confession. 000
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Kernen’s entire argument that Biden oversaw 22% increases in prices is wrecked by the fact that much of that was due to the massive amount of money Trump injected into the economy in 2020. 100
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 10/04/2026This is stolen valor. Not a single Republican in power today had anything to do with America’s actions in World War 2. And no one is saying Europeans would be speaking Farsi if America didn’t decide to attack Iran. 053
green496.bsky.social @green496.bsky.social · 10/04/2026This is what Republican governance gets you. Higher inflation, higher unemployment, and sluggish gdp growth. 040
