Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 5hUNEARTHED: Ken Paxton caught on video partying with fugitives in Dubai. The fugitives were charged with healthcare fraud and helped bankroll Paxton’s campaign. 692138966
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6hLegalized Bribery. (H/T @msrachelforlittles.bsky.social ) (Core Civic is based in Brentwood, TN) 5025801244
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8hReal America's Voice interviewed a guy at the Trump rally in Ohio who blasted Trump for peddling "lies and garbage." He went so hard on Trump and JD Vance that they cut the interview short. 32581882063
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 7htbh not great for us that America's two gayest presidents are also its two worst ones 89115
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 7hTrump's opponents cannot simply wave away that existence; this does not mean he is more popular than he appears to be, but it does mean that he has support that is genuine, committed, and non-artificial, and there is no easy answer to that problem other than denying them power through politics 570975
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 7hOk it is obvious that people fake engagement with bots, and that this is often done for political reasons, but the reality is that there are tens of millions of republicans in america, the number of people who would vote for Trump is even larger, and as elections show, these people really exist 15953107
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 9hA simple “yes” would have sufficed. 1445274
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9hQ: How are going to make Putin abide by the ceasefire? TRUMP: I think what's happening is he wants to make a deal and we have to get Zelenskyy to want to make a deal. I think Putin wants to make a deal more than Zelenskyy. 452875205
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 9hThe Nobel Committee must have overlooked this 1023178409
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialDhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 18hNew: Feds got warrants to use fake cell towers to hunt Don Lemon’s producer, a 21-year-old college student. They also sought to use the technology against a journalist and a state Senate candidate.wired.comFeds Got Warrants to Use Fake Cell Towers to Hunt Down Don Lemon’s ProducerInvestigators also sought permission to use an invasive surveillance tool called a cell-site simulators against journalist Georgia Fort and a Minnesota state Senate candidate. 217180
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10hYes, absolutely. For example, if in the next few weeks, Trump sends ICE officers to polls, you know what you do? You go anyway, you throw them a middle finger, and you walk into the ballot box and don't let them intimidate you. What you don't do is despair and stay home. 692290670
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 12hIt really feels like it should be easier to defeat some of these people 421556184
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 12hOur only hope of a peaceful transfer of power is if he died before we need to cross that bridge. 71255
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 12hIs it gonna work? I don't know, maybe not. Probably not. But if you think he goes without some blood being spilled in the street, I don't know what to tell you, man. This guy is STILL relitigating 2020 and you think he's gonna accept defeat this time? Foh. 515410
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12hHere's the explanation Elon's robot gave when someone asked why Katie deleted the tweet (validating, btw, that she did post it). 😎 211249228
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12hHuh. Apparently Katie Miller deleted this tweet that I had the foresight to screencap. Turns out I can TOO make things go viral on Xitter, even. 9945441420
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 12hRepublicans are openly cheating across the country in this election cycle because they believe if they win, they won't face any consequences for the cheating and also know from experience that if they lose they also won't face any consequences for the cheating. 537771
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.social🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 12hthey’re going to keep doing this shit as long as there are no consequences 291060192
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 11hObscene. That's it. Chad is right. That's the word. The media egging on the politicians who then take the bait and spend so much time talking a Liftbro Political Howard Stern is obscene. 012913
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 11hHmmmm, wonder why Katie Miller deleted this tweet? 913663914
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14hZelenskyy to Fox: “Everybody understands that the prices of diesel don't depend on our attacks on diesel in Russia. “Everybody understands that it depends on the blocking of Hormuz, the Strait of Hormuz.” 9581112
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 13ha strong man a powerful man a man with tears in his eyes -- he came to me and said "sir, we have never seen beef prices this high before sir, thank you sir for raising the beef prices sir" 35916
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13hZelensky on bombing the Russian data centers: “It’s pretty clear where the bots were coming from.” 443165574416
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialTaegan Goddard @politicalwire.com · 13hSixth Person Who Had Measles Died in Pennsylvania politicalwire.com/2026/10/12/sixth-…politicalwire.comSixth Person Who Had Measles Died in Pennsylvania 55827
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 14hI would love, absolutely love, at least one prominent contender for the Dem POTUS nomination in 2028 to start threatening this now. "Trump is right that lying on immigration forms is a serious offense. Here are the people my DOJ will investigate on Day 1: Musk, Melania, etc." Put fear in them NOW. 281969398
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialLinda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 16hI realize it often feels like nothing matters anymore, but a comedian going on SNL and calling women whores— calling the ordinary women he sees at the gym *whores* — because of their clothes matters to me. It’s really gross, and I’m glad Levy said something. 815194941
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 16hI think for obvious reasons it is not correct to conflate public executions carried out by the state as spectacle with videos of murders by law enforcement that have been recorded often at considerable risk by observers. These are two different bad things done for different reasons 454661
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16hWhat actual DOJ weaponization looks like. We are very far off the cliff.abcnews.comRep. Ilhan Omar’s residence searched as part of ongoing criminal investigation, DOJ saysA Department of Justice spokesperson said the search was part of an ongoing criminal investigation. 56199063431
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16hIf there’s evidence of fraud or other financial crimes, let’s see it. But trying to denaturalize and deport a sitting member of Congress over mistakes a parent allegedly made on immigration forms when she was a child is immoral and reprehensible. We can’t stand for it.foxnews.comImmigration enforcement officials search Ilhan Omar's home in pre-dawn raidRep. Ilhan Omar's home was the subject of a pre-dawn HSI raid. 1052909707
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialCheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 16hSecondary point, but DHS should be abolished and the useful components distributed to other departments. 420649
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 17hJust thinking about this as the state harasses Ilhan Omar over 40 year old paperwork.washingtonpost.comElon Musk, enemy of ‘open borders,’ launched his career working illegallyInvestors in Musk’s first company worried about “our founder being deported” and gave him a deadline for obtaining a work visa. 11466202278
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19hX is the platform of choice for these smears. Musk himself pushed this conspiracy from his own account three times. Democrats need to go to war against Musk because he's already attacking them. He's deeply unpopular. And, as we saw in Wisconsin, voters recoil when he becomes an issue in a race. 482796699
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16hHAPPENING NOW: Judge Reyes is furious. She has repeatedly told the government to inform her before any major demolition work was done on the golf course. The abrupt removal of 500 trees, without notice, "has cost the government all of its credibility" in this case. 2723632978
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 16hThe thing about Trump promising a Melania immigration press conference that never happened is the press has had ten years to dig into her enormously sketchy past but that's pretty obviously a road no corporate media wants to go down too far. 638282
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 16hevery time the media gets to ask Abdul El-Sayed a question they ask him to answer for something Hasan Piker said because they once did an event together. Yet the media never asks Republican candidates to answer for Elon Musk, the #1 Republican fundraiser this cycle and of all time. It's odd! 14883160
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16hJudges should not trust the government. 591895536
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 16hTrump is openly trying to incite violence against this ethnic group (most of whom are American citizens, not that it matters). He is using the tools of the government to persecute them. 549255
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 16hAlso it’s time for the news to stop treating this administration’s racist war against Somalis as “Trump being Trump.” They targeted Minneapolis because they hate an ethnic group here, and now they’re targeting the most prominent political figure in that group with thinly rationalized state violence. 121345303
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17hAn important bit of immigration law which is relevant here; there is already a waiver process — Section 212(k) of the INA — by which immigrants who obtain status through fraud that they didn't know about can avoid consequences like losing a green card. So this is *even weaker* than it already seems. 612727834
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 18hI do not think an exec branch led by a man who thinks he is entitled to treat federal agents as an arm of his firm, refers to Somali Americans as “garbage” and has said racist things specifically about Omar is capable of neutrally applying the law to her, to put it mildly apnews.com/article/ilha...apnews.comFederal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources sayFederal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter. 14371911727
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialDavid C Bell @moviehooligan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026If you’re wondering what the vibe is going into the midterms the New England fall fair I went to today had a crochet guillotine for sale. 7785421851
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 17hOne of my biggest disagreements with liberalism is the obsession with why evil people do the things they do. They do it because they’re evil. It’s not particularly interesting. 914320
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialMatt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 17hMaybe this is what kristen welker and stephen miller were laughing about at the correspondents dinner 127036
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 17hThis is a significant worsening of our current state of constitutional collapse. I know it feels like there are so many, and there are, but in terms of crossing the Rubicon moments this one's up there. 232300377
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 17hAdditionally, it's an attempt to usurp the power to judge the qualifications of members of the House, which the Constitution vests solely in the House itself. And there's no reason to assume she will be the last member of Congress he goes after like this. It's a direct attack on the legislature. 31981272
Reposted by @jacks20.bsky.socialAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 17hIt matters that she's a member of Congress. This is an extreme escalation. He is attacking a member of the one body with the constitutional power to hold him accountable and check his crimes. And he's doing so trying to gin up a fake basis to strip her of her eligibility to be in Congress. 62458460
