Reposted by GrumplestiltskinCLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026As an Austin, Texas resident, this hits home. ICE kidnaps an Uber Eats driver on a quiet, empty street similar to mine. The one pedestrian on the street: "On the video I took, after ICE drives off, I hear birds singing; I hear my three-year-old asking why." 0348
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 01/09/2026A “compelling warning of catastrophic failure which could derail the midterm elections.” That’s how a whistleblower’s account of USPS’s implementation of Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order is being described. Here are the serious flaws the report outlines: demdock.com/4wXFJ0F 12165105
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinRegime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Missouri elections be like: Hitler (R) 79% - Christ (D) 21% And then the ballot initiative: Amend the Missouri constitution to require the state to own the means of production and work towards full communism? Yes 92% - No 8% 262501388
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026Walz: "We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside. Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank. Somebody is gonna write that children's story about Minnesota." 340202855606
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/12/2025NEWS: US private employers shed 32,000 jobs in November, according to the latest ADP report. That’s 4 months of job losses in the past 6 months. Small businesses are being hit hardest in the Trump economy. Most industries are seeing layoffs. 911518587
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Jeffrey Epstein to Lawrence Summers (both of whom are very bad people): “i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous” 8336281343
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinLex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 03/11/2025I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue. 2051283278181
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 15/10/2025"And yet Táíwò’s own position misses something fundamental about the world we now inhabit. Shame does not operate in a vacuum...today, the sturdy ground that once formed shame’s foundation has collapsed." Helpful response by @eric-reinhart.com in @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/2015...newrepublic.comWhy Shame No Longer Works in American PoliticsWhile it once played a role in binding society, shame has lost its power—and so have the liberal tools that depend on it. 24518115
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 28/08/2025CDC scientists receive a heroes welcome after walking out today. 13990062143
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinDan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 28/08/2025AP live feed of the CDC walkout in Atlanta. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7Q...youtube.comLIVE: CDC staff plan walkout at Atlanta HQ after Trump firingsYouTube video by Associated Press 432069786
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinJeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Massive walkout underway at CDC. RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe. 728327977617
Reposted by Grumplestiltskindell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 13/08/2025We’re in the phase where Americans, press included, should be considering all news originating with the government as propaganda first. Its institutional tendency is to evade good-faith dialogue with the public. 471759497
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/07/2025This is more like it. These dangerous times call for aggressive responses. 1183319867
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 23/07/2025This is straight up horrifying. Absolutely unconscionable, not to mention unlawful. The administration should be sent to the Hague for crimes against humanity. 118347
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinAshton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Pure evil to torment innocent people like this for no damn reason. 27317
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/07/2025WTF?!? Border Czar Tom Homan claimed that ICE and Border Patrol agents don’t need probable cause to detain people they suspect are undocumented, saying they can do so based on factors like physical appearance. This is straight-up racial profiling, not law enforcement. 1246226667012
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing. 43719651737487
Grumplestiltskin @grumplestiltskin.bsky.social · 03/07/2025That's nearly 4% of the American people who will lose their health insurance. 010
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Listen to @warren.senate.gov! If you want to keep your healthcare, #KillTheBill! 🚫 27055193033
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinPeople's Government of the Pelargir Commune 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴 @dov.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Speaking quite frankly, this is a man admitting his only real policy is to obliterate immigrant populations even if that destroys living conditions across the US. Fun! 725567
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/06/2025More fake ICE agents doing horrible things. Everyone should be speaking up about this. Masks and no ID required is a ridiculous recipe for horrors. @MarshaBlackburn & @SenJohnson & Sexton should be banning it, not protecting it. 514103085399
Reposted by Grumplestiltskinmcc @dryad.technology · 23/06/2025"…Between 2015 and 2020" This is a GAO report, so it took time to compile, so it doesn't go up to the present day. So I guess we'll have to wait awhile to find out how many US citizens ICE deported 2020-2024, or this year alone. Post-Trump, going "back to normal" with ICE won't solve the problem 38225
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Opinion | The Iranians will greet us as liberators 641429121
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/06/2025New in PN: Judge rules that anti-woke is just racism “'I’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable,' Judge Young fumed. 'I’ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this.' *More of this, please*"publicnotice.coJudge rules that anti-woke is just racismYou can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a rancid bigot. 8805082215304
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17/06/2025ICE is using racial profiling and it was completely predictable. ICE (basically): “If they’re brown…we’ll hunt them down!” 41158112676
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinBrad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Hi, it’s Meg again. Brad is still in ICE custody. We are grateful to the many friends, supporters, and allies who have gathered in Federal Plaza. Together we are standing up for those with no voice. 346157864174
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinAlex Padilla @alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social · 13/06/2025I encourage everyone to consider attending one of the many demonstrations planned for tomorrow across the country. Show up. Demand accountability. Peacefully protest. Find the rally closest to you: NoKings.org 273118313226
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 12/06/2025The oppression of the entire Latino community of Los Angeles right now is difficult to convey. Normally vibrant local retail areas of East LA and SELA look like ghost towns this week. People are afraid to leave their homes. Parents afraid to go to work. It's US citizens too. Anyone with brown skin 5243271436
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 12/06/2025The right to peacefully protest is fundamental. It is in the Constitution. No president can nullify it—because in the United States of America, we have no kings. Join @indivisible.org and more this weekend to make your voice heard: www.nokings.orgnokings.orgNo KingsOn June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ... 11646181150
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinSean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social · 11/06/2025BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife. 22053397916774
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Rewording my earlier post. RFK Jr will be testifying before Congress. I am interested in what experts and others think would be the best way to leverage this time and opportunity for the public good. If you were behind the dais for this hearing, what would you do? What do you want to see asked? 3423176803045
Grumplestiltskin @grumplestiltskin.bsky.social · 10/06/2025I think we have our answer as to whether the military will side with the Constitution or with Trump. The illusion that we had that the American military was somehow different from that of other regimes has been washed away. They will all "just follow orders." 000
Reposted by Grumplestiltskindavidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 10/06/2025Trump is continuing to respond to a fake emergency by assiduously trying to create an actual emergency.apnews.comTrump sends Marines and more National Guard members to Los AngelesPresident Donald Trump has authorized the deployment of an additional 2,000 National Guard members to help respond to protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids. 67229
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinStevie’s Chaos @stevieschaos.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Kansas City, very last minute but oh so important! Share to as many as you can! #kansascity #ice 011
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/06/2025NEW: Hegseth is deploying Marines against U.S. citizens. Mayor Bass says to know your rights : 27075693935
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinMother Jones @motherjones.com · 09/06/2025“This is a chilling statement. Even if it were a joke, it was clearly designed to make the public afraid to exercise its First Amendment rights to protest and to hold government officials, including LAPD officers, accountable for their actions.”motherjones.comA LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house"The practice, an expert warns, could lead to "reprisals and retribution by the police for your politics.” 75909352
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinKye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 09/06/2025BREAKING: LAPD didn’t just “detain” someone. They surrounded him, beat him, and jumped him — like a gang. On camera. On horses. While he screamed for help. Unarmed. Cornered. Alone. If that’s not state violence, what the fuck is? 46266403147
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinFreedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 09/06/2025This sure doesn't look like an accident. LAPD needs to investigate and take action immediately. 1319968
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinVoteVets @votevets.org · 05/06/2025➡️"At the start of Pride Month, Pete Hegseth ordered the Navy to strip Harvey Milk's name from a ship... A man who served with honor—erased to send a message. This is a deliberate insult to LGBTQ Troops and Americans that weakens our force and shreds the values we fight for." -VoteVets 19420131
Grumplestiltskin @grumplestiltskin.bsky.social · 05/06/2025People who are poor enough to be on Medicaid are incredibly unlikely to land jobs that offer employer-provided health insurance. They are far more likely to be gig workers. Only about 63% of working-age adults in the US have employer-provided health insurance. 010
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 04/06/2025you could wrap around the entire earth with every person who was going to lose health insurance under the republican plan 57534
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinWays and Means Committee Democrats @waysmeanscmte.bsky.social · 04/06/2025NEW FROM CBO: 16 MILLION people will lose their health care because of House Republicans. That’s the equivalent of stripping the entire populations of Pennsylvania and Mississippi of their health care. Just because Republicans aren't reading their own bill, doesn't mean we aren't. 🧵 27828
Reposted by GrumplestiltskinBruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 31/05/2025to the detriment of every american for generations 11610
Reposted by Grumplestiltskin🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 01/06/2025❗️Well, now 🇺🇦Ukraine has the cards! 962282