Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Once you notice this, it's the most obvious double standard in the political press. Democrats have to answer for the smallest voice even if it has no actual tie to them, but Republicans never have to answer for the insanely racist billionaire donor driving their entire party. 9639241068
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/09/2026If the media is going to insist that politicians denounce their supporters who make extremist statements, I have a suggestion for someone a bit more important than a Twitch streamer.campaign-trails.ghost.ioDenouncing ExtremistsOne of the media's favorite activities is demanding that Democratic politicians denounce individuals on their side who have made extreme statements. This is a pattern that stretches back to the 1992 ... 7339761014
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026ARE YOU WITH ME? 1529072
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialNorm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 06/08/2026To Michigan voters, Jewish or not, tempted to vote for Mike Rogers because you are turned off by al-Sayed, remember that a vote for Rogers is a vote for Trump. For judges like Aileen Cannon, Alito. For iCE sadism. For Blanche, RFK. Jr. For rank corruption. For voter suppression 1525391
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Trump is a rapist and a criminal. That's the President of the United States. 561146262
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialRep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 09/06/2026If you think California is taking a while to count votes, wait until you hear how long the Trump Administration is taking to release the Epstein files… 5733561038
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialPeter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 14/04/2026In his second term, Trump seems even less restrained and more incoherent at times. He uses more profanity, speaks longer, regularly makes comments rooted in fantasy rather than fact, wanders off into odd tangents and shocks even allies with his outbursts. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...nytimes.comTrump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate 2714046
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 13/04/2026NEW FROM ME: New York Times finally reports on concerns that Trump is ‘clearly insane’. Hooray! So now what?https://presswatchers.org/2026/04/new-york-times-finally-reports-on-concerns-that-trump-is-clearly-insane/presswatchers.orgNew York Times finally reports on concerns that Trump is ‘clearly insane’ | Press WatchThat’s a big deal. But now what? It’s more than a one-day story. 513446
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 07/04/2026She’s right 704557983
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/04/2026The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is. 14735699116896
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Every news source needs to publicize what Trump actually said. Not sane-washing. Here is how CNN did it just now. 21692142
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 17/02/2026This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see. His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert. Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas. 257122934879
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century. He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times. 13603778114247
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/01/2026Please call your senators and tell them to demand rescission of the ICE/CBP funding under the BBB. 2682447887
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 26/01/2026Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution. If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people. 985225325956
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/01/2026AND IMPEACH AND REMOVE. We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet. 850202156841
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Kristi Noem. "Kristi Noem and her department's latest attempt to mislead the American public regarding the brutal and unjustified killing of Alex Pretti is deeply shameful, and she must be impeached and removed from office immediately." 18176251629
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialRo Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Congress is not powerless. Democrats must unify around an actual agenda. 1. Vote no on DHS funding bill. 2. Repeal the multi-year $75 billion funding for ICE. 3. End qualified immunity for ICE agents. 4. Investigate and prosecute every single ICE agent who broke the law. 24344091328
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Dems should introduce lots of such legislation, demand hearings and debate, make a huge fuss, use paid media to call out GOP members who are blocking their consideration--and make clear this GOP Congress is enabling the madness. 883571773
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Yes, the GOP controls Congress. That's why it's key to show Congress COULD stop the madness. And it's not just the DHS bill. Congress could repeal the prior multi-year $75b for DHS; set up a special investigative committee (cf. Watergate); amend the Insurrection Act; etc. 264100302819
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch. 1095384139486
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 24/01/2026Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this. 221131115034
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 24/01/2026From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now): -If you work for ICE. -If you vote for money for ICE. You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know. 275175045159
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialDaily Kos @dailykos.com · 21/01/2026This idea 💯 www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...dailykos.comDear GOP, you need to impeach TrumpPresident Donald Trump is gone. Far gone. And yes, the evidence is vast—from illegal tariffs that his own party hates; to ... 3338
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 19/01/2026I agree. Cong Dems cannot make this happen. But they should be calling for it. -The world's most important alliance is being destroyed by one mentally disturbed man. -That man outright says there is *no* limit on his power except his own "morality"[sic]. Including to make war Which side are we on? 371691419
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialSenator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 19/01/2026Invoke the 25th Amendment. 68557611392
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 19/01/2026The 25th Amendment must be invoked by the cabinet. I’m all for pressuring them. Congressional Dems should lead the charge. Not on Bluesky or Threads. Let’s do it. 13442401085
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 08/01/2026What do you plan on doing about it, you feckless, useless coward? 2347376
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialEric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 07/01/2026This is murder. Local officials must prosecute ICE. And Congress should strip them of their immunity. 1692205787
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal Constitution 11480175
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 01/01/2026If you watch the deposition of Jack Smith, you'll conclude as a matter of necessity that Donald Trump should be in a federal prison right now rather than the White House. He's only living outside a cage due to dumb luck. And all of us are paying the price.youtu.beJack Smith DepositionYouTube video by House Judiciary GOP 1302400842
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 05/12/2025There is no reason to be polite or decorous about this any more. The current Supreme Court is corrupt. US democracy cannot survive unless it is reformed. 17965302
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 20/11/2025The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side. 1001202648354
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 09/11/2025So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running? 467160303730
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Just wrote an upbeat (!) Morning Shots. I mean, if not today, when? We should relish this moment. For a few hours. Because we should realize that these results are going to make the Trump administration even more aggressive about tilting the 2026 playing field, and we need to be ready for that. 672046433
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 22/10/2025“I am already imagining the day when Trump’s billionaires ballroom is removed, the White House Rose Garden and the East Wing are restored, and the lawless leaders of this corrupt and criminal regime are held accountable.” www.americaamerica.news/p/confrontin...americaamerica.newsConfronting the Ongoing OnslaughtTrump's East Wing demolition, demands for $230 million and the ongoing murders in the Caribbean Sea are the latest reminders that we must remain vigilant and push back 1842655558
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15/10/2025"Marc Benioff doesn't actually care if San Francisco is getting better or not. He doesn't care about actual policies. He just wants Daddy Trump to like him, so now he's gonna be fully in on fascism as long as he can keep his f*cking compound and his private jet." 13552110
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/10/2025And yes, they're trying to intimidate us but Pritzker's right -- everyone needs to be out in numbers at these events. 141277290
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 23/09/2025There is only one reason why Donald Trump the raving, idiotic, racist, lunatic, convicted, criminal and adjudicated sexual abuser is still president. It is because the Republicans in Congress support him. They could remove him from office to impeachment process. But they won’t. 2141991
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly. sbgi.net/tv-stations/ 498195019816
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 12/09/2025MAGA was a categorically violent domestic extremist movement before the tragic death of Charlie Kirk and it will *continue* to be one after his death. The reason? Its leader is a rapist, serial sexual predator, convicted felon, and career criminal who *loves* political violence. 7574153
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialTina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 28/08/2025I dare you to go to Annunciation School and tell our grieving community, in effect, guns don’t kill kids, antidepressants do. Just shut up. Stop peddling bullshit. You should be fired. 810173924482
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/08/2025They might be making Trump mad, but Newsom has been throwing these at the press -- if you think these are beneath my office, why don't you say that when the president does the same thing? He's exposing that the media has a separate set of standards for Our Very Special Boy and that's good. 14176521426
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 11/08/2025A rambling and incoherent Trump wants to turn DC into his personal police state despite a 30-year low in crime. He's a pathetic wannabe dictator who wants to distract you from his connection to the Epstein files, skyrocketing costs, and his weak job numbers. Don't let him. 2083072838
Reposted by jablaw.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/08/2025@ourshallowstate.bsky.social: you have persuaded Grok 993878958
