Reposted by GripemasterDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One of the biggest media failures (among many) of the past year has been the failure to cover the Venezuela "operation" for what it was--a smash-and-grab mafia state theft by the U.S. that violates international law and the rights of Venezuelans while achieving very damn little for the U.S. 24605218
Reposted by GripemasterKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Outrage erupted this weekend after a lawsuit was filed by a young woman against Cornell University & several defendants alleging she was gang raped at a fraternity. I explain the law, provide the facts, & discuss why it’s important the local DA now reopens the case: youtu.be/ZzKWgFvqEEo?...youtu.beDISTURBING Cornell ASSAULT Investigation REOPENED After BOMBSHELL New LAWSUIT!!YouTube video by Katie Phang 13645981463
Reposted by GripemasterStevie P @intruder1500stevie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The more I hear about FBI involvement in suppression of contacts and details in their possession. The more inclined I am to believe someone in there has a lot to hide…..and they’re probably still alive ? iol.co.za/news/world/2...iol.co.zaHugh Hefner ‘repeatedly’ flagged Epstein to FBIA lawsuit has revealed how despite reports, the FBI failed to act on complaints about Jeffrey Epstein. 11732261298
Reposted by GripemasterReuters @reuters.com · 25/09/2026Exclusive: FBI personnel data recently stolen by the ShinyHunters hackers includes sensitive psychiatric and medical evaluation records, according to the hackers and documents reviewed by Reuters reut.rs/4rBtJ3U 22304133
Reposted by GripemasterRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.theintercept.comDoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam 6574014611761
Reposted by GripemasterRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, the man ICE shot on Sunday, was sent to a detention center *with a bullet still in his back.* He was reportedly given no pain medication and only sent to a hospital after losing feeling in the left side of his body. ICE’s cruelty knows no bounds.nbcnews.comVenezuelan man shot by ICE in Texas says he’s in pain and still has bullet in his backWilber Rafael Garcés Pérez spoke from detention as lawmakers and advocates said he’s the victim of an ICE shooting and i 992042745
Reposted by GripemasterRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Susan Collins was at the center of a major bribery probe for steering millions in contracts to a company whose CEO illegally funneled thousands to her campaign. Then Trump took office and gutted the FBI and DOJ units investigating her. Is this what "being moderate" looks like?propublica.orgThe FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the WayAfter the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping po 852168853
Reposted by GripemasterKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Perpetually “concerned” Susan Collins should be VERY concerned by the latest reporting from ProPublica, revealing her involvement in an alleged bribery/pay to play scheme of awarding defense contracts to a specific firm right after that company made campaign “donations." youtu.be/f2fFlCPjKnk?...youtu.beGOP Senator CAUGHT RED-HANDED In MASSIVE BRIBERY SCHEME Probe!?!YouTube video by Katie Phang 740155575559
Reposted by GripemasterMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"Only by observing what Fox ignores do the contours of Trump’s second term — the dangerous incompetence, blatant corruption and cratering popularity — snap into focus." I wrote about the negative space in Fox News coverage. www.ms.now/opinion/fox-...ms.nowOpinion | Fox News stars are going to new lengths to avoid bad news for TrumpAmong the stories that have largely gone missing: the Iran war and the president’s cratering poll numbers. 5563181
Reposted by GripemasterMother Jones @motherjones.com · 20/09/2026An Idaho county banned wind and solar projects. Some locals regret it, including the Republican commissioner who instigated the moratorium.motherjones.comAn Idaho county banned wind and solar projects. Some locals are having regrets.Including the Republican commissioner who instigated the moratorium. 4029675
Reposted by GripemasterBenedict #FBPE 🇬🇧 🇪🇺FBR💙 #NAFO #FELLAS @cosmogalaxy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026In case you missed this in the news. 21443211830
Reposted by GripemasterAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026NEW: DHS's Inspector General releases a scathing report about the Everglades detention camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The OIG finds that the now-closed camp, violated multiple ICE standards. The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵 69286014166
Reposted by GripemasterMother Jones @motherjones.com · 15/09/2026The small metal enclosures were roughly the size of a phone booth. They measured about 4 feet by 4 feet, were nearly 8 feet tall, and were used to confine people for periods of time ranging from a few minutes to up to two hours. motherjones.comA new DHS report proves Alligator Alcatraz detainees were right all alongThe inspector general's findings match what advocates and families had been reporting since last summer. 515071
Reposted by GripemasterBeing Liberal ®🗽🏳️🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026On Thursday, with hatred twisting his snarling face, Trump lunged at a woman reporter. For a moment, it looked like he was going to physically assault her. “Not you. Not you,” Trump said. Then came the lunge and the monstrous face, “Hey, not you!” Link in comments ⤵️ 47827231113
Reposted by GripemasterGerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The face of Trumpian authoritarianism, intimidation and violence. 87571792623
Reposted by GripemasterMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comHomeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower allegesThe searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said. 868143988388
Reposted by GripemasterVince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Protester: “He’s just everything that is wrong in this kind of society, and he’s here. It’s just not right. I don’t know why we welcomed him here… We are a peaceful nation and he’s coming over here with blood on his hands from all the wars he’s doing.” 📍Ireland 240120093296
Reposted by GripemasterRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020. — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system. 520153125862
Reposted by GripemasterAgentJoeMcJoe 🇺🇸 @joemcjoe11.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I am old enough to remember Richard Nixon. What he did was criminal, but basically more stupid than anything. He didn't hurt American citizens. He was just paranoid. Compare to Trumpy who has cost everyone so much, it's not even a fair comparison. Trumpy makes billions while all of us suffer. 33677232538
Reposted by Gripemaster🇺🇲📎Gigi Alexander 🇺🇦 Democracy Defender! 🌊 ❤️America.🌈 @gigialexander123.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Trump is Scum to the very core: 36831461048
Reposted by GripemasterBruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Lawyers for a witness to the killing of Alex Pretti confirmed she has given an interview to the feds. She witnessed Pretti murdered. Negotiations for the interview were in the works for weeks as she secured immunity so she could testify freely & without retribution as the probe is underway.huffpost.comShe Watched Agents Kill Alex Pretti From The Backseat Of An ICE Vehicle. Now She Can Share What She Saw.She’s been experiencing some trauma,” James Cook, an attorney for Wynnie Savageford, told HuffPost. 24895043698
Reposted by GripemasterCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12/09/2026“.. Of course they didn’t know. No one knew it was coming. .. It’s a bad idea. There’s no need for it economically and it looks desperate politically.” @washingtonsun.bsky.social @jeffstein.bsky.social washingtonsun.com/congress/key... 79658651654
Reposted by GripemasterNPR @npr.org · 12/09/2026Leading Palestinian writer Raja Shehadeh has documented Israel's occupation of the West Bank since day one. Fearing the occupation might consume his archive, he secretly moved it to Scotland n.pr/4yyXSmnn.prThe secret quest to preserve Palestinian writer Raja Shehadeh's diariesLeading Palestinian writer Raja Shehadeh has documented Israel's occupation of the West Bank since day one. Fearing the occupation might consume his archive, he secretly moved it to Scotland 6465131
Reposted by GripemasterMother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/09/2026Open bigotry toward Muslims is not just a way to get ahead in President Donald Trump’s Republican Party. Increasingly, it seems to be the purpose of Trump’s Republican Party.motherjones.comI’ve covered Islamophobia for years. Trump’s GOP has taken it to a new level.The shocking vilification of Muslims is one of the most troubling storylines of the midterms. 1018868
Reposted by GripemasterJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 12/09/2026BREAKING: Our banned interview with Kimmel generated 6 million views on YouTube. 896299497571
Reposted by GripemasterMother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/09/2026Data centers suck up a LOT of water. But you should also be worried about what's in that water when it is funneled back into rivers, streams, and public water systems. motherjones.comData centers now facing backlash over contaminated wastewaterLocals are raising alarms over rare bacteria, forever chemicals, and other environmental concerns. 21390224
Reposted by GripemasterBruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026He's now resorting to trying to buy the election. Federal law makes it unlawful to knowingly and willfully pay, offer to pay, or accept payment for registering to vote or for voting. (52 U.S.C. §10307(c).) Any type of incentive is considered “payment.” 175198283848
Reposted by GripemasterThe New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 10/09/2026The United States’ campaign to destroy the International Criminal Court “raises the alarming possibility that Ratko Mladić’s present-day counterparts…may not have to fear that they will suffer his fate.” —Aryeh Neier nybooks.comAn Exception in World Affairs | Aryeh NeierRatko Mladić’s death last week at eighty-three in The Hague—where he was serving a life sentence for committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, and 054
Reposted by GripemasterMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This is not good www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/c...nytimes.comAugust Ties for Hottest Month on Record (Gift Article)Sweltering summer temperatures put last month on par with July 2023 for global warmth, scientists said. More records could be broken in the months ahead. 771806489
Reposted by GripemasterResistance Is NOT Futile @madashades.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The real source of election fraud…. This is one small example. 296135934523
Reposted by GripemasterProPublica @propublica.org · 10/09/2026NEW: A new audit by the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General found a lack of training for post office staff, deficiencies in how ballots were tracked and errors leading to delays. Experts say it raises questions ahead of the midterms.propublica.orgU.S. Postal Service Failed to Properly Handle Some Ballots During This Year’s Primary Elections, Audit FindsAn inspector general’s audit found a lack of training for post office staff, deficiencies in how ballots were tracked and errors leading to delays. Experts say it raises questions ahead of the midterm... 20536391761
Reposted by GripemasterMother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/09/2026Erika Kirk began making public appearances soon after her husband’s assassination a year ago today. In her media ascent, she whitewashed her husband’s inflammatory statements with little pushback and avoided real questions about Turning Point’s radically regressive policy agenda. motherjones.comIn her new media ascent, Erika Kirk whitewashes her husband’s legacyIn recent appearances, Charlie Kirk's widow has hardly been asked about Turning Point USA's right-wing mission. 1118545
Reposted by GripemasterCarolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 07/09/20263 MILLION GALLONS — GONE. A waterline leak tied to a DATA CENTER in El Reno reportedly cost residents 3 MILLION gallons of treated water this week. Maybe before we rush to throw up data centers everywhere, we should STUDY what they demandyoutu.beData center leak costs residents more than 3 million gallons of waterYouTube video by CNN 11324751177
Reposted by GripemasterThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 07/09/2026David Huerta, a California union leader, was arrested at an immigration protest for conspiracy to impede a federal officer. Even though the charges were ultimately dropped, the damage to Huerta and his family persists, @yvonnewingett.bsky.social reports:bit.lyThe Charges Were Dropped, but the Damage Was Already DoneDavid Huerta was arrested while protesting ICE raids in LA. 36529
Reposted by GripemasterProPublica @propublica.org · 06/09/2026During summer, Louisiana’s Angola prison could rise up to 115 degrees. Duncan said he experienced seizures: “There were times when I got out of bed and I didn’t even know if I was left-handed or right-handed. … I didn’t even know my name.”propublica.orgHe Spent 27 Years on Death Row as a Wrongfully Convicted Man. What Comes Next?23-hour solitary confinement. 115-degree heat. Jimmie Duncan is haunted by the decades he spent in Louisiana’s Angola prison — and how, even after being released, he still isn’t truly free. 12834461418
Reposted by GripemasterMother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/09/2026“We would consider the Mormons to be a non-Christian faith with Christian terminology.” Here’s what Pete Hegseth’s religion believes about Mormons.motherjones.comHere's what Pete Hegseth's religion believes about Mormons“We would consider the Mormons to be a non-Christian faith with Christian terminology.” 2614149
Reposted by GripemasterKarly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Sean Duffy’s wife admits he has no clue about being the Transportation secretary? My condolences to everyone in Miami. 42812263
Reposted by GripemasterProPublica @propublica.org · 05/09/2026The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.projects.propublica.orgWhere Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublicaThe FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports. 4218431011
Reposted by GripemasterMichael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This is what people voted for. Then they complain endlessly . . . and vote for it again. Geez people, look at what is actually happening, not what you're being told, and recalibrate. 537128875185
Reposted by GripemasterMother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/09/2026More games, the White House says, are coming soon. motherjones.comThe White House made an arcade game out of deporting peopleIt’s part of a long American history of gaming as propaganda. 2111746
Reposted by GripemasterNBC News @nbcnews.com · 04/09/2026NEW: Romanian prosecutors indict social media influencer Andrew Tate on charges of trafficking minors, sex with a minor, and money laundering. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...nbcnews.comRomanian prosecutors indict Andrew Tate on trafficking minors and money launderingThe agency said on Friday that Tate and his brother coerced a victim by pretending to be in a loving relationship and then forcing her to produce pornographic material for an online webcam business. 1126143217
Reposted by GripemasterKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 05/09/2026NEW: The federal prosecutor in MN who pushed for stronger charges against lying ICE agent, Christian Castro, has now been FIRED from his job for doing the right thing. And he's under investigation. I've got the latest details of this perversion of justice & Castro's cases: youtu.be/Ok_4kxkoy7M?...youtu.beTrump DOJ PANICS & FIRES Prosecutor After ICE Agent Charges SPARK OUTRAGE!!YouTube video by Katie Phang 8022811002
Reposted by GripemasterMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/09/2026🚨BREAKING: A whistleblower claims in a new report that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has embarked on a “secretive, rushed” effort to implement President Donald Trump’s mail voting order ahead of the midterms, even though the order is currently blocked. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comUSPS rush to implement Trump order could cause ‘catastrophic failure’ of mail voting, whistleblower claimsA whistleblower claims in a new report that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has embarked on a “secretive, rushed” effort to implement President Donald Trump’s mail voting order ahead of the midterms, e... 13519901016
Reposted by GripemasterNPR @npr.org · 31/08/2026Federal regulators and 22 states allege that the tech giant made billions by manipulating how much brands and sellers paid for ads on its platform. n.pr/4gEttfgn.prU.S. sues Amazon over its advertising pricesFederal regulators and 22 states allege that the tech giant made billions by manipulating how much brands and sellers paid for ads on its platform. 1526458
Reposted by GripemasterForbes @forbes.com · 31/08/2026The court will hear oral arguments as part of a dispute over whether fossil fuel companies can be held liable for their role in exacerbating climate change.forbes.comSamuel Alito Holds More Than $175,000 In Fossil Fuel Investments Ahead Of Hearing Exxon Case, Disclosure ShowsThe court will hear oral arguments as part of a dispute over whether fossil fuel companies can be held liable for their role in exacerbating climate change. 61957792896
Reposted by GripemasterMark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 31/08/2026On this I cannot disagree. Mainstream media and legacy media have been bought and paid for and are willing turning a blind eye to an obvious coverup. No one is willing to go to the hospital and find out the truth? Shameful. 1161175736019
Reposted by GripemasterMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Mitch McConnell is dead. The burden to prove otherwise rests with the GOP, not us. Let’s proceed accordingly. 861220355133