Reposted by Gripping-IntrigueAriel Waldman @arielwaldman.com · 20/04/2026I am again asking people to pay attention to what has happened to our National Science Foundation and by extension thousands of researchers across the country. The devastation is ongoing and worthy of continued outcry to officials and journalists. 🧪 6237144
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Trying to figure out whether Trump's World War or World War Trump has a better ring. How about working in GOP? 000
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Isn't the oil to be released from our strategic reserves by Trump, the stuff that Joe Biden purchased when the prices were low? 010
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Gee. Wouldn't it be nice if we weren't so reliant on foreign oil? I wonder what policies could be put in place to make that happen. Oh that's right... They were there, but, like everything else good that came before this evil Empire, they've been gutted. 000
Reposted by Gripping-IntrigueTea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 02/03/2026The party of war and economic destruction. 28617263
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 08/12/2025The jig is up: Trump wants more manufacturing in the US and is pushing for robotic workers. So very few Americans will actually benefit from moving things onshore. This will create a much poorer middle class. Working people's party - my ass. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...politico.comAfter AI push, Trump administration is now looking to robotsIt's the latest example of how the Trump administration is embracing industrial policy in a bid to compete against Beijing in critical sectors. 010
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Post the DOGE purges and amateur computer systems access, what issues are average Americans seeing? It feels like this fell off the radar. Long wait times, lines, unavailable services. What are you seeing or hearing. 000
Reposted by Gripping-IntrigueMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/11/2025When you desperately want to starve Americans: 731143485254
Reposted by Gripping-IntrigueMark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...electrek.coAustralia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricityAustralia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours. 650233088055
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Are you kidding me? USDA telling food retailers that they can't go an extra step to help SNAP recipients. www.fns.usda.gov/snap/ebt/ret...fns.usda.gov 010
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Is there really only one person that has the power to decide whether the house is in session? What if someone else just showed up and gavelled the house to order. Could be a Democrat if that's who showed up. Maybe that would cause the showdown we need. Just declare... against the rules or not. 000
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Chip Roy (r) Texas is floating the nuclear option for the budget. If that happens, we lose all leverage over health insurance and a host of other things. I don't know that there would be any options other than a filibuster. 110
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Republicans have condemned 14 million people to death over the next 5 years. With a single signature on day 1 of his administration trump defunded USAID. 4.5 million of those corpses will be kids under 5. Read the article here. newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/USAI.... Nobody in congress has pushed back.newsroom.ucla.eduUSAID cuts may lead to more than 14 million deaths globally, including 4.5 million children under 5 by 2030, researchers sayThe figures reflect the projected consequences of halting funding. 000
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 11/10/2025We are in a cold civil war. Its cold only because there is just one side that has guns and proved its willingness to use them against us. 000
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Republicans in congress seem to be okay with the administration's rein of terror against America. They and all who voted for them are complicit. Remember that as the force ratchets up with tanks and drones. Saving us seems to be nobody's job. 000
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Trump Appointees Roll Back Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws (NYT). Trump is finally bringing discrimination back to housing. Of course, one of the unwritten goals of Republicans is to create a caste system. It is succeeding. 000
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Republicans just grabbed more power. They voted to use a simple majority in confirming Trump nominees. This is the "nuclear option". It completely negates Democratic votes and increases the velocity with which scumbags are brought in to run the government. 000
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 08/09/2025LA Times reports the Supreme court has upheld the administration's ability to have roving law enforcement on the streets for DHS. They will be able to stop ppl based on the color of their skin or language they speak. Didn't see that coming...bdid you? 000
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 30/08/2025What the hell are we doing here? open.substack.com/pub/redstrat...open.substack.comWhat the hell are we doing here?We started the Red Mask Strategy because we Democrats really suck right now. 000
Reposted by Gripping-IntrigueJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20/08/2025A beatdown in broad daylight was caught on video: Masked men in tactical vests grappled, tased, and piled onto a delivery worker. Pinning the worker face down on the pavement, agents tased him again and punched him repeatedly in the head.newrepublic.comFederal Agents Are the New Proud BoysIt used to be far-right groups who flooded cities wearing masks and military gear, looking for a fight. Now it’s anonymous federal agents who are violently attacking people on the street. 91375424251
Reposted by Gripping-IntrigueAtlantaDon💙🏳️🌈💙🏳️🌈💙 @donshantajr.bsky.social · 13/08/2025@ranmull.bsky.social 26351881333
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Questions for Teachers For those of you who teach social studies... are you planning to change anything in your lessons about the constitution? The bill of rights? The Supreme Court? Checks and balances? Coequal branches? Church and state? I am genuinely curious. 000
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 02/08/2025The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down. Nobody's talking about that new tragedy. 000
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Food Pantry Support... now that the &%$^& bill has been passed, food pantries are going to be suffering. If you are able, please set aside $5, $10 or $20/week shop the sales, and donate that to a local pantry. See their website or call to find out what items they need. 000
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 24/06/2025In a couple of months kids will go back to school. What will we be teaching them in Social Studies? Are we still going to tell them about the constitution, checks and balances? Co-equal branches? Are we going to teach them that we live in a democracy? What will we say about free speech? 000
Reposted by Gripping-IntrigueJoshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 22/06/2025AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.” 3267066116138
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 18/06/2025The LA mayor lifted the curfew yesterday. What does she have to say about the recent brutality of her police force? Let's not forget videos of people being trampled and beaten by mounted police, being shot, pushed to the ground. All with no care for the victims afterward. 000
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 18/06/2025New York Times reports that the Senate passed a crypto currency bill with bipartisan support. 68 senators voted for it. How are the Dems still working with Republicans? Gee, I wonder who benefits from this bill? 000
Reposted by Gripping-IntrigueBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Mr. Antiwar President has us inches away from a Civil War at home and a nuclear war abroad in defense of an ally that is starting random hot regional wars to detract from its ongoing genocide. I’m sure all of this will just naturally cool off. 667329336822
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Since inauguration day, every day is worse than the last. It feels like we've piled up a lot of bad yesterdays, but there are a lot of awful tomorrows ahead. 000
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Why do they want to cut social programs, assistance to the poor and health care? Simple mantra: "Less for you means more for me". 000
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 10/06/2025What we have is state takeover by the federal government. 000
Reposted by Gripping-IntrigueGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 08/05/2025My son just pointed out to me that His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, as a Villanova graduate, may well be the first supreme pontiff who has been to a Wawa 2405838575
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Why are we not shaming the individual ICE agents that are "simply following orders"? These people are a disgrace to our democracy. 020
Reposted by Gripping-IntrigueAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/04/2025NEW: I've read a lot of court documents in my time, but this is one of my new favorites. How a Judge tells a President to F**k Off. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/how-a-judg...muellershewrote.comHow a Judge Tells a President to F**k OffI read a lot of court documents, and I like to highlight some from time to time that really encapsulate the moment we find ourselves in. The latest from the 4th Circuit does it perfectly. 21695042734
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 06/04/2025In Order for Dems to be the "Opposition Party", they have to actually oppose. I'm wondering how much blowback Democratic senators received for voting in favor of Trump's nominees. This chart shows nominees that received at least one Democratic vote. 010
Gripping-Intrigue @gripping-intrigue.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Each person fired is also an individual; with families, mortgages and other bills, health insurance needs, etc. How will these people be absorbed into the private sector? 100
