Reposted by Iggy MomTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 7hKansas has 4 former, living GOP governors. Two have now endorsed Adam Hamilton, the Dem, for Senate. Mike Hayden just penned this oped in the Kansas City Star this morning; Adam Graves had done the same last month. 161392345
Reposted by Iggy MomBarb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 7hPart of the post-Trump repairs to democracy must be inspectors general. What if we house them in the legislative branch, where a president cannot fire them? Courts could serve as a check. 64837202
Reposted by Iggy MomThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h"No Jewish person in NYC is responsible for actions of Israel... critique of genocide is not antisemitic... we need a politics of humanity, not just at home but for people we're bombing." @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social tells Theo Von the genocide must stop & Bibi should be arrested 542565719
Reposted by Iggy MomMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 5hIn actual democracies, it doesn't matter "which party runs elections." You don't "need a plan to vote." There aren't never-ending pitched legal battles to maintain access to suffrage. The authoritarian nonsense isn't tolerated. We could be like other, more serious countries, & just have elections. 59231
Reposted by Iggy MomKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5hSo does the GOP force all of its candidates to prove they’ve physically and/or sexually assaulted a woman before they can run as a Republican? Sorta like a gang initiation? 52839207
Reposted by Iggy MomWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 5hWell done, Trump and California Democrats. 71483103
Reposted by Iggy MomAdam Hamilton @hamilton4kansas.bsky.social · 9hAdam is honored to have the endorsement of another Republican Governor, Mike Hayden! Republicans, Democrats and Independents agree: It's time for something different. 🌻 423259
Reposted by Iggy MomJoshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 19/09/2026It should be illegal to buy a company with debt and then sell it off to a foreign owner, but that fight was lost long ago. Anyway, now the Saudis own a truly distressing portion of American entertainment, from Hollywood to Video Games to Sports. This is not neutral behavior. Anyway.arstechnica.comFCC lets Paramount sell 49.5% equity stake to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and QatarFCC rejects concerns about repressive governments buying influence over CBS owner. 1251402354
Reposted by Iggy MomThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h“unilaterally change the world without having to constantly convince people… tech is an incredible alternative to politics…” JD Vance & Trump-backing billionaire Peter Thiel making it clear tech oligarchs hate democracy👇🏽 When they tell you what they’re doing, believe them 81824392
Reposted by Iggy MomJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 11hThe most corrupt, lawless administration in American history.👇 914346
Reposted by Iggy MomPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 15hThe Republican Senate rationalized their failure to impeach him in 2021 because, they said, he would be accountable to legal prosecution. Then the Republican Supreme Court ruled, no, he's not, the only legal accountability was through impeachment. 19926
Reposted by Iggy MomSarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Y'all I just caught the Kennedy Center claiming it isn't closing while telling vendors it's closing and now they're selling all of their Steinway pianos www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...alternet.orgKennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianosPhotos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week. 1411634977
Reposted by Iggy MomKevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 22hLegal folks, how is this "defying Democrats" and not "illegally misappropriating funds"? 682969691
Reposted by Iggy MomClaire McCaskill @clairecmc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Wanna get excited about a candidate running in a red state? This entire interview will do it. His discussion of abortion access is important and personal. Plus you get my recipe for smoked brisket! www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_st...youtube.comKS Democratic Candidate for Senate on how to get the Democratic Party to “a better place.”YouTube video by MS NOW 1433179
Reposted by Iggy MomAaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 23hThe most dangerous part of Trump's corruption isn't the money he's pocketed. It's the precedent he's setting: that a president can be openly transactional and face zero consequences. #PayToPlayPresident 32605187
Reposted by Iggy MomMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The kids these days will hardly believe it, but a mere two years ago, the mental & physical (lack of) acuity of Elderly Presidents was the Great Issue of Our Time. The double standard on this is, of all the double standards, the most maddening. Where are Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson & all the rest? 79024
Reposted by Iggy MomRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We are paying CNN and MS NOW to run ads for Donald Trump right before the midterms. You and I are paying for them. And CNN and MS NOW are taking the cash while their hosts and guests say the scheme is illegal. That is the current state of corporate media in America. 30754481893
Reposted by Iggy MomBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The other thing that Gov. Cox “expanded” is the Utah Supreme Court, adding two seats after his political party lost a big redistricting case. 1639593
Reposted by Iggy MomMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Trump and Hegseth have killed 230+ people on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific with no proof they did anything wrong, no congressional approval, no nothing. Just 2 unhinged fascists ordering our military to commit murder. Vote against all Republicans for the sake of all that is decent. 23772250
Reposted by Iggy MomJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026WARNING: The Ellison family is about to own CBS News AND CNN. A judge just cleared the deal. Closing: days away. When one family controls what tens of millions watch, democracy loses a watchdog. Independent media isn't a luxury. It's your last line of defense. 43573962774
Reposted by Iggy MomGail Helt @gailhelt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026So the Supreme Court of the United States has legalized what is essentially two-thirds of the CIA’s RDI (rendition, detention, interrogation) program, allowing extraordinary rendition of people not even suspected of a crime to countries where they are being illegally detained and tortured. 226
Reposted by Iggy Mom👻Really Spooky Smith👻 @reallyseansmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Schools have been passively complicit in bullying and abuse for as long as I've been alive, because institutionally speaking they'd prefer victims take it and be quiet to having to engage with problems. Dad to kid me: "If someone puts their hands on you, keep hitting them until they can't anymore." 5348
Reposted by Iggy MomJoe Dunman @joedunman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Kavanaugh Stops and Roberts Removals. 172
Reposted by Iggy MomLiliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The tortuous, botched execution of Christa Pike is truly horrifying. And while it feels unique in some ways, in reality it is also only the latest in a history of botched executions going back years — YEARS — in numerous states. Please know: this is the reality of the death penalty in this country. 111277376
Reposted by Iggy MomAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026New in PN: Scenes from a personality cult "The ads are unambiguously illegal — & that’s the point. Again & again, this regime has broken the law not just to accomplish some immediate goal, but as a dominance display to say to everyone: Donald Trump does whatever he wants, & nobody can stop him."publicnotice.coScenes from a personality cultTrump’s taxpayer-funded agitprop is clearly illegal — and that’s the point. 881556499
Reposted by Iggy MomRepresentative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 01/10/2026President Trump illegally used DHS funding to pay for political advertisements. This is the latest example of the President stealing money from you. I am joining my House Committee on Homeland Security colleagues to demand this theft of public funds end. IMMEDIATELY. 31212
Reposted by Iggy MomCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“.. Seoul had expressed its regret to US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick ‘that what was reported today went beyond what had been agreed,’ he said.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 1101635572
Reposted by Iggy MomAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A victory for the government in this case would greenlight long-term mass civil detention at a level not seen since Japanese internment during WWII. It would represent the largest change in how the US treats immigrants facing removal since 1996, and remind us again that the 96 law must be erased. 6475138
Reposted by Iggy MomKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026(watching as people complain that my friend has just set the social contract on fire and fostered the rise of a brutal fascist regime that has led to the deaths of millions) "Oh come on, now, be nice to your neighbor" 21101681
Reposted by Iggy MomAdam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Meanwhile, earlier today Pete Hegseth bragged about how he fired 20% of the country’s generals, weeding out the ones he and Trump find disloyal to their agenda And while I hope to G-d these things aren’t related, I’m terrified that they are 511112423
Reposted by Iggy MomNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026When I say John Roberts is a liar, hack, anti-democracy ideologue, and enemy of the Constitution, I do so in a civil manner. No yelling or cursing here. But since he will be remembered as an utter disgrace who tried to destroy the republic but failed, some in the future might say it less civilly. 22984202
Reposted by Iggy MomElizabeth Wingfield @quirkygrrrl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Do you think Elon or Hegseth or any of them have had the required regular and random drug testing required by the military and of contractors? 043
Reposted by Iggy MomMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Look, the easily foreseeable problem with playing stupid parlor games where you lie & pretend the President is a King is that other people in America exist & are also allowed to have opinions about the plain meaning of the Constitution, & so you win stupid prizes. Boo hoo. 849791
Reposted by Iggy Momtrump is destroying the country @sooriclover.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Bs. Cox is a maga partisan- he expanded the Utah Supreme Court after they ruled against him & his party. Then the gop has the nerve to cry about scotus reform. They never accept losing. 0364
Reposted by Iggy MomEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The question presented here couldn't be more consequential. Answering "yes" would require the detention--without any possibility of a bond hearing--of millions of immigrants currently residing in the United States. 416157
Reposted by Iggy MomCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t... 14726611202
Reposted by Iggy MomScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Pete Hegseth, who has been rebuked by the pope and the leaders of several other churches for a stream of heretical statements (statements inconsistent with Christian theology and dogma), appoints himself the supreme authority over all chaplains serving in the US Armed Forces. 92673257
Reposted by Iggy MomMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Other, more serious countries have actual constitutional courts 29312
Reposted by Iggy MomWhitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just a massive human trafficking ring, forcing vulnerable people from place to place, ruining their lives, all to make a buck 332399
Reposted by Iggy MomWendell Albright @wendella.bsky.social · 01/10/2026and we accuse Iran of being a theocracy run by mad men 193
Reposted by Iggy MomChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should. 524101512219
Reposted by Iggy MomJacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🚨🚨 @coe.int of Europe said yesterday that the #US formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or #GRECO. Only two other countries have left GRECO before — #Russia and #Belarus. The fall of the #US on the world scene is striking. apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comUS withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groupsThe Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog. 53819572
Reposted by Iggy MomCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026GATES: “.. I almost can’t believe you’re asking that.” @ezraklein.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o... 32716209
Reposted by Iggy MomThe Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 30/09/2026The DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General “declined further action” on an undisclosed matter involving Attorney General Todd Blanche’s cryptocurrency trades, according to a new federal financial disclosure document reviewed by The Washington Sun.washingtonsun.comDOJ Inspector General ‘Declined Further Action’ on Todd Blanche Cryptocurrency MatterThe attorney general has faced questions over scuttling crypto investigations while invested in Bitcoin and Ethereum. 76132
Reposted by Iggy MomLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is a pretty stunning thing to admit 242156412
Reposted by Iggy MomBlue Doggy @bluedoggy.bsky.social · 13/03/2026We hold this truth to be self evident, that America is special because of its lethality. Is this really who we have become? 173
Reposted by Iggy MomRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026An entire massive industry that has the potential to cause tremendous damage and destruction by their own admission completely unregulated because they have Trump and the Republican Party in their pocket. bsky.app/profile/atru... 1541463441
Reposted by Iggy MomPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 30/09/2026My greatest frustrating has been with policy wonks who persist in thinking we can just keep doing normal policy analysis ("calling balls and strikes") in this situation. The President of the United States is both lawless and out of his mind. That preempts all normal discussion. 10564148
Reposted by Iggy MomDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026this really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient 202036615
