hommebot.bsky.social @hommebot.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Meanwhile elsewhere… www.politico.eu/article/kai-...politico.euBerlin mayor drops reelection bid over blackout liePressure on the conservative politician has mounted over the past week following media reports alleging he had lied to the public during a blackout in January. 000
hommebot.bsky.social @hommebot.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Meanwhile elsewhere… www.politico.eu/article/kai-...politico.euBerlin mayor drops reelection bid over blackout liePressure on the conservative politician has mounted over the past week following media reports alleging he had lied to the public during a blackout in January. 010
hommebot.bsky.social @hommebot.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Meanwhile elsewhere… www.politico.eu/article/kai-...politico.euBerlin mayor drops reelection bid over blackout liePressure on the conservative politician has mounted over the past week following media reports alleging he had lied to the public during a blackout in January. 011
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 10/04/2025NEW: DOJ is dropping its prosecution of a man it identified as an MS-13 leader and whose capture was celebrated with a huge press conference by AG Bondi, Kash Patel and Glenn Youngkin. w/ @joshgerstein www.politico.com/news/2025/04... 42057372104
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 10/04/2025The 10% tariff alone is a $2500 per household annual tax hike! 843279358036
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialChristopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 08/04/2025The discourse around tariffs has been “things will get more expensive” but I am here to tell you that I am knee deep in reporting on this subject and I strongly suspect that if super high tariffs endure, it will shift to *certain items cease to be available at any price* 245134263549
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialTina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 07/04/2025Stock market in complete limbo, retirement savings disappearing, farmers facing devastating uncertainty… and he went golfing. If he ran a company the way he ran the country this weekend, he’d be fired. 831109422087
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialMatt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Reddit is flooded with small businesses owners getting crushed by tariffs — devastated by the thought of raising prices, firing workers, or closing up shop entirely. 559120773957
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 07/04/2025This is a big deal. Spread the word. But it’s tiny compared to the totality of what’s happening at NIH. Cure Research for all cancers, Alzheimer’s, everything is being gutted. Intentionally. It’s all getting burned to the ground but the news isn’t getting out. The new cures won’t be there for you. 14599174836
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Dylan Thomas fan in the house 101261105
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialMatt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · 04/04/2025This is a great message tool. Make it go viral. 6425191488
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialBinyamin Appelbaum @bcappelbaum.bsky.social · 03/04/2025So just to recap: 1. The reciprocal tariffs aren't reciprocal. The rates announced by Trump are unrelated to the tariffs charged by other countries. Imports from Brazil, which imposes relatively high tariffs, will face lower rates than countries that impose little or no tariffs on US goods. 482275585
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialMary Shelley’s Fluoxetine @crabapplejones.bsky.social · 03/04/2025We import a boatload of Nickel and Vanilla from Madagascar - not stuff you can grow/mine everywhere. We don’t sell them a much cos the average income is $510 per year. Because Trump’s Tax is based on trade deficit, not tariffs, we’re now slapping a 90% tariff on Madagascar. 461146331
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialThe Economist @economist.com · 03/04/2025Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq 482121445323
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 03/04/2025This was….five months ago 15955031613164
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialCongressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 28/03/2025We've heard concerning things about the Social Security Administration lately, so I decided to check for myself. SSA says Wednesday is the best day to call, so I called then. Their system told me there would be a two-hour wait time, told me to call back, and then just hung up. 861148816045
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialIda Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 02/04/2025What happened in Wisconsin is an example of what is most feared: That in a true democracy regular people have more power than a billionaire, that all the money in the world doesn’t change one person one vote. 413003667
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/04/2025This is a United States Senator MACK: I was laid off from HHS and now people aren’t getting social services, especially people with disabilities BANKS: You probably deserved it MACK: Why did I deserve it? BANKS: Because you look like a clown 3807190029244
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialWIRED @wired.com · 01/04/2025BREAKING: US federal judge allows DOGE to takeover $500 million office building for free. In fact, the building—and all of the property inside it—had already been transferred on Saturday.wired.comFederal Judge Allows DOGE to Takeover $500 Million Office Building For FreeIt’s the culmination of a weeks-long standoff between Elon Musk’s DOGE team and the United States Institute of Peace. 120972552
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Direct evidence of criminal election bribery under Wis. Stat. §12.11: “‘My name’s Ekaterina Deistler,’ she said in a video posted Monday morning. ‘I did exactly what Elon Musk told everyone to do: sign the petition, refer friends and family, vote, and now I have a million dollars.’”jsonline.comBice: Elon Musk group removes video from $1M winner after she says she got money to 'vote'Elon Musk's super PAC removed an X video from a $1M giveaway winner in which she said she received the money, in part, to 'vote.' 610108583278
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialdell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 02/04/2025NEW: No fewer than 10 principle scientists at NIH investigating emerging infectious diseases and neural disorders were among those fired by RFK Jr. today. One is an esteemed scientist awarded for breakthrough research into the causes of Parkinson's disease. By me and @emilymullin.bsky.social:wired.comDoctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIHLeading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration's latest firing blitz. 11128901461
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialMallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · 02/04/2025We need new leaders in Washington. I’m running for Senate to be one. Let’s go. 964256625371
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/04/2025I'm not a programming guy but MSNBC and CNN should be airing this Cory Booker thing in the same way you take over programming if there's a no-hitter or a basketball player with 60 points in three quarters. It's a physical feat! Cut in for this kind of thing. Costs nothing, gooses ratings, good TV. 1049537266534
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 01/04/2025"When he said, 'I have the highest poll numbers of any Republican for the last 100 years,' that wasn’t just wrong, it was the opposite of reality: At this point in their terms, every other GOP president since the dawn of modern polling has had more support than him." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...msnbc.comTrump and his team pretend he’s riding a wave of popularity (but he’s not)To defend Trump’s third term ambitions, the GOP keeps pointing to polls, which are a) irrelevant, and b) less impressive than they claim. 53890812324
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/04/2025This is the 20th straight hour of Booker speaking. This is the energy and honesty we need in a Senate leader, not what we have been getting. bsky.app/profile/atru... 370162472590
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 01/04/2025BREAKING: Layoffs begin at US health agencies charged with tracking disease, conducting research, regulating food and drugs.bit.lyLayoffs begin at US health agencies charged with tracking disease, researching, regulating foodEmployees across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have begun receiving notices of dismissal in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people. 54755459
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Things are going great www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...washingtonpost.comS&P 500 and Nasdaq end worst quarter since 2022 as new tariffs loomThe S&P 500 is down by more than 4 percent since the start of the year as trade policy uncertainty has pummeled stocks. 531507404
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 31/03/2025JPM calls it “the fastest Momentum unwind in 40 years .. erased 2 years’ worth of gains and accelerated investors’ late-cycle positioning into Defensive / Low Vol ..” 13831261113
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialHanna Herbst @hhumorlos.bsky.social · 30/03/2025More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.com75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leavingMore than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada. 641451485
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialBarb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Excellent explainer from @SteveVladeck.Bsky.social on why immigrants, including the men deported under Alien Enemy Act, are entitled to due process.stevevladeck.comBonus 133: Due Process and the Rule of LawToo many Americans don't understand, at a basic level, *why* the Constitution requires due process when the government deprives anyone of their life, liberty, or property. 10638501344
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/03/2025GOLDMAN hikes its odds of US recession to 35% — from a prior 20%. The move reflects “the sharp recent deterioration in household and business confidence, and statements from White House officials indicating greater willingness to tolerate near-term economic weakness in pursuit of their policies.” 20043391603
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/03/2025(AFP) – China, South Korea and Japan agreed Sunday to strengthen free trade in the face of a raft of new tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump www.france24.com/en/live-news...france24.comChina, South Korea and Japan agree to strengthen free tradeChina, South Korea and Japan agreed Sunday to strengthen free trade in the face of a raft of new tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump. 80924227
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 29/03/2025I’ve got a fever. And the only prescription is…more freakin lawyers resigning from weak-ass law firmsmedia.tenor.coma man is playing a guitar and singing into a microphone while another man is holding a drum stick .ALT: a man is playing a guitar and singing into a microphone while another man is holding a drum stick . 844187667
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialGovernor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 25/03/2025I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.media.tenor.comPm Private GIFALT: Pm Private GIF 30077649416833
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/03/2025“The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, abruptly resigned Friday, saying in a searing letter that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public.”nytimes.comTop FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health. 827223487596
hommebot.bsky.social @hommebot.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Please come back every Friday, or any other day. So enriching to see you on the Newshour. 010
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialNate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 28/03/2025New: Chief Judge William Pryor of the 11th Circuit, who Trump considered a potential candidate for a U.S. Supreme Court nomination during his first term, in a podcast interview said impeaching judges was not the way to address court rulings parties disagree with. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...reuters.comConservative US appeals court judge knocks calls to impeach juristsA conservative federal appeals judge who President Donald Trump considered a potential candidate for a U.S. Supreme Court nomination during his first term said impeaching judges was not the way to address court rulings with which parties disagreed. 521305227
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Excellent explanatory graphic on front page of the New York Times (With one quibble: The annotation refers to the risk that targets of the operation could have had time to escape if the info was leaked. True. But should have included risk to U.S. crewmembers had this info leaked.) 521230392
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 27/03/2025NEW! The Trump administration appears to have sent a married father with NO CRIMINAL RECORD in any country to rot in a prison in El Salvador because of a PAPERWORK ERROR. This man doesn’t even have tattoos! But his paperwork has two different peoples’ ID numbers listed and the wrong last name! 32478893895
hommebot.bsky.social @hommebot.bsky.social · 27/03/2025I wished someone would create a good tv show set in the House, like "The Office", "Here comes Bush." 011
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 25/03/2025"Elise Stefanik" at her town hall. Questions about disappearing benefits, about her "house" in the district, always guarded, never inhabited. An old man remembered early on when she'd told him she didn't care for Trump. A little boy was afraid of getting killed in school. She had no words. 27955206
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialAaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 27/03/2025LOL, LMAO even 191333206
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialYouGov America @today.yougov.com · 26/03/2025Economist/YouGov Poll, March 22-25 % of U.S. adult citizens who say the following is an ally or friendly | an enemy or unfriendly Canada 71% | 14% NATO 60% | 15% Ukraine 60% | 16% EU 58% | 15% UN 58% | 20% Mexico 55% | 27% Russia 11% | 70% d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec... 32593218
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialMaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Martin O'Malley, former Social Security commissioner, says he believes the Trump administration has already taken 90% of the actions necessary to crater Social Security. 23635611796
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 27/03/2025More from me about the GOP strategy in this race - rev up the MAGA voter by turning it into a "support Trump and Musk" election. www.semafor.com/article/03/2...semafor.comRepublicans put Trump’s court fight on the ballotAnti-Musk or pro-MAGA? Wisconsin’s judicial election becomes a proxy war. 213922
Reposted by @hommebot.bsky.socialBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 26/03/2025For all the attention on Columbia rn, it feels like this story hasn’t gotten nearly the attention it deserves: Musk/Trump cutting $800 MM from Johns Hopkins — leafing to 2,000 layoffs and termination of programs to stop TB, malaria, diarrhea and other deadly diseases hub.jhu.edu/2025/03/14/j...hub.jhu.eduIn wake of federal funding cuts, Johns Hopkins scales back USAID-supported work around the globeRecent cancellation of federally funded grants results in significant changes for the university's global health activities 415480