Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 2hMillard Fillmore is costing me big-time at the grocery store. 1716530
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialMichelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 33mSometimes the Onion hits one out of the park. 🤣 17620
halfmarshall.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social · 33mGIFT ARTICLE: “In 1992, James Carville’s famous refrain — ‘It’s the economy, stupid’ — compressed into four words what it might have taken a political scientist 400 words to explain: 100
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 16hIn @nytopinion.nytimes.com For years, Trump “got a lot of mileage out of his supporters thinking of him as a singular figure — a tycoon who put his glitzy life on hold in order to fix a broken Washington,” Kristen Soltis Anderson writes. “Some of them are beginning to draw a different conclusion.”nyti.msOpinion | The Trump Brand Has Tanked. The G.O.P. May Pay the Price.He went from outsider businessman to disappointing politician. 248014
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialFrancesca Bonanno @runningwiththedogs.bsky.social · 41mHey Eric Schmit , maybe it was a SeaHawk game , or was it a Blackhawks game ,or was it a Jay hawk game or RedHawk game 😂😂😂😂😂😂 162
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialKevin Korb @kbkorb.bsky.social · 41mTrump is using "human rights funds" (taxpayer funds) to support rightwing causes around the world. It's illegal, of course, since Congress in no way authorized it. But who cares when you have SCOTUS in your pocket?theguardian.comTrump administration diverts human rights funds to push far-right agenda abroadSupport for white Afrikaners, anti-communism and others reveals how US redefining what qualifies as human rights 001
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.social𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗱 @photoframd.bsky.social · 22hMike Johnson is choosing to fund Trump's Iran War by further cutting Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP and Social Security. Time to hold them accountable... #GOPWarOnHealthcare bsky.app/profile/phot... 23730
halfmarshall.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social · 40mwww.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...washingtonpost.comThe Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed.The Post examined 15 years of the institution’s financial records to see why it went south after the president took over. 300
halfmarshall.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social · 56mGIFT ARTICLE: “According to a recent NBC poll, nearly 70% of Americans oppose the construction of a data center in their area.” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...theatlantic.comThe Great Data-Center RebellionCould a new populist movement help save American democracy? 100
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialAMPTsuper @amptsuper.bsky.social · 3hHeather Cox Richardson discussed this. Think it is very important that people who might not tune in to watch Senate Hearings see this. PS: Jack Smith is sworn in, the senators are not. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqGH...youtube.comToday’s Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing With Jack Smith | ExplainerYouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson 0145
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialMichelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 6hWoman frees a koala who had gotten tangled in a net: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil... 752625442
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialSenator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 1hRemember: while you struggle with skyrocketing gas costs, Trump lights MORE of your tax dollars on fire with his publicly-funded campaign ads. 65618
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialManuel Salgado @manuelsalgado.bsky.social · 1hHonestly content like this is why this is one of the few substacks I pay for.static.klipy.comI have the receiptsALT: I have the receipts 1112
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialSassy0210 @sassy0210.bsky.social · 1h@goodplacejames.bsky.social auto carrot can go straight to he'll. 153
halfmarshall.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social · 1hA closer look at Pete Rickett’s pardon of a convicted rapist, and the midterm elections as a cattegory 5 hurricane. In 2016 I said Donald Trump would destroy the Republican Party. A decade later it finally looks like that prediction is coming true. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/rusty...talkingpointsmemo.comRusty Red State Candidates With Rusty ValuesThis afternoon I saw an ad being run by a SuperPAC supporting... 100
halfmarshall.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social · 2hwww.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...nytimes.comHow Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky. 010
halfmarshall.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social · 2hsubstack.com/@steverattne...substack.comSteve Rattner (@steverattner)A.I. companies will need to find at least $4.2 trillion a year in new revenue by 2031 to pay for their data center buildout, per @Bain & Company. 111
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21hAt a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity. 314164554635
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialMichelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 23h#AGoodPlace 24940170
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21hToday I learned that Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clark fan and that Amy Klobuchar knows more about sports than Eric Schmitt. 630209863472
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialErnesto @ernest33141.bsky.social · 23h#JackSmith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort." @bluthrunthru.bsky.social @bab102.bsky.social 04019
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 21hBoth Benny Johnson and Sean Hannity have now deleted their tweets claiming that Eric Schmitt put Jack Smith "on the spot" and set him up for perjury charges with his faceplant. 33886123
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialCoCo ✌🏼💛🕊️ @coco.sheshed.rocks · 15hWell, it’s nighttime….look who fell asleep yesterday in the Oval Office while a multibillion-dollar steel plant project in Iowa was announced. After all those years of “Sleepy Joe,” this video practically writes its own caption. #SheShed #TrumpAsleepAgain 1513670
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialDustin Volz @dustinvolz.bsky.social · 15hwww.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u... 822368
halfmarshall.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social · 14hThis 🧵 lays out another story about a Republican who did the unthinkable. Nebraska Senator Pete Ricketts cast the deciding vote to pardon a man who tied his wife to the bed and raped her ... in front of their children. Nebraska has a real alternative, Independent Dan Osborne. 000
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19hLongtime Republican political operative Karl Rove said his party is being taken over by "Nazis" and railed against the moral failings of U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton during a one-on-one interview at the Texas Tribune Festival over the weekend. 93416195
halfmarshall.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social · 14h“Americans in both parties back government-imposed price caps and other market interventions to make life more affordable, suggesting new support for populist ideas that were once largely outside the political mainstream,” a Wall Street Journal poll finds. politicalwire.com/2026/09/29/p...politicalwire.comPopulist Policies Win Bipartisan Support"Americans in both parties back government-imposed price caps and other market interventions to make life more affordable, suggesting new support for populist ideas that were once largely outside the… 111
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers” 292209705806
halfmarshall.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social · 15h“A new A.I.-powered search tool that President Trump unveiled Tuesday to help Americans get information from the federal government provides facts that contradict false claims he has made about topics such as election fraud and immigration.” politicalwire.com/2026/09/29/t...politicalwire.comTrump’s Government Chatbot Contradicts His Claims"A new A.I.-powered search tool that President Trump unveiled Tuesday to help Americans get information from the federal government provides facts that contradict false claims he has made about… 120
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 16hTonight, 47 Senators supported my resolution to get accountability for the 9 Americans killed on the West Bank & for Palestinians who face injustices daily. That's more support than we've ever had in this fight. Republicans blocked us, but we won't stop until we get justice. 261835374
halfmarshall.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social · 15hsubstack.com/@benrhodes1/...substack.comBen Rhodes (@benrhodes1)You are not wrong to think that what is happening is not normal, not responsible, and not sustainable. 011
halfmarshall.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social · 15hsubstack.com/@aaronrupar/...substack.comAaron Rupar (@aaronrupar)🤡 Eric Schmitt beclowns himself during Jack Smith hearing 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atlanta to go to a Hawks game and collude with Fani Willis, and bri... 122
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 18hI'm profoundly against this depraved record and want to do the exact opposite: pass Medicare for All.metrotimes.comMike Rogers voted against children’s health coverage over and over - Detroit Metro TimesMike Rogers repeatedly voted against efforts to expand health insurance for children of working families. 13481572691
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 16hI know this will shock everyone but Eric Schmitt is still wrong — there were *six* NBA games that night, not one. Hawks/Hawkeyes confusion remains the likely explanation. www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/?m... 1341395254
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialnancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 16hCalling it what it is 😡😡😡💔💔👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 25527
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16hNEWS: A unanimous 11th Circuit just REFUSED to halt sanctions stemming from Trump’s $1.8 billion insurrectionist “slush fund” sagameidasnews.comTrump Loses Bid to Freeze Sanctions Over His IRS SchemeA unanimous Eleventh Circuit panel left Judge Kathleen Williams free to enforce restrictions born from her finding that Trump used a federal lawsuit to manufacture judicial legitimacy for an administr... 381730512
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialJim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 21hIf you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway 23839451023
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18hSuper PACs aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have spent a combined $55.7 million and counting on the midterm elections. Almost none of their ads mention AI or data centers. Know their names and don't fall for their lies.youtube.comMeet the Biggest Super PACs of 2026Voters are increasingly opposed to U.S. aid to Israel, cryptocurrency, and AI data centers.That's why the Big Money grou 31937444
halfmarshall.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social · 16h"One of the major subplots in American politics over the past half-decade is evangelical Christians—the political constituency without which Trump would have never been elected president—becoming the dog that caught the car." 120
halfmarshall.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social · 19hAccording to this letter, legislators have broader access to public records than the public at large. BTW, Representative Hinojosa is the Democratic candidate for governor of Texas. 122
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialGina Hinojosa @ginafortexas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Texans want a governor who will work for them, not the billionaires and the corporations. I will be that governor. 511454
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialGina Hinojosa @ginafortexas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Greg Abbott can’t defend the fact that property taxes have gone up 85%. That's why he has to lie about my record and why he refuses to debate me. He knows he’ll finally have to answer for selling out Texas to billionaires and big corporations and sticking us with the bill. 512050
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 21hThere really is this rash of very weird GOP defenses. Like when Paxton said the guy didn’t do one day in prison. That’s a lie! I put him in for a hard 60 days! Or Marshall saying he didnt get the pregnant woman arrested for late bill. It was for not showing up for the lawsuit over the late bill! 48999151
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialKOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Troy Hawke @troyhawke.bsky.social "Philadelphia remains the undefeated US champion of compliment response. The Scousers of the States." 3349
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialNBC News @nbcnews.com · 22hThe Trump administration paid for TV ads showing the president in a favorable light using money intended for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, an official confirms to NBC News.nbcnews.toPro-Trump TV advertisements paid for with Customs and Border Protection money, official saysThe ads, which the White House has described as “public service announcements,” drew bipartisan criticism for being paid for with taxpayer money. 87646
Reposted by @halfmarshall.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23h🚨 BREAKING: Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa has filed an official request to inspect unredacted communications between Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and Elon Musk after roughly 1,400 pages released last year were heavily redacted as “intimate and embarrassing.” 12381072633
