Reposted by TACOvilljamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/08/2026so according to the CDC, *foodborne illness* is responsible for about 930 deaths a year. "food-induced illness" is a made up term RFK is using for basically every cause of mortality minus suicide. 22656901274
Reposted by TACOvillGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Fun fact — and reminder: For all their focus on “officer safety” and arguments about aggressive tactics being necessary, no ICE officer has ever been killed in the line of duty. It is more deadly in the US to be an elementary school student than an ICE officer. 8132431202
Reposted by TACOvillSE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Objecting to the destruction of USAID is a pretty clean litmus test for being a serious person and not evil a surprising number of otherwise bad people pass this test, and a shocking number of people who pretend to care do not 231620232
Reposted by TACOvillDemocracy Matters! @democracymatters.bsky.social · 29/08/2026In a 2012 divorce deposition RFK, Jr. described cognitive problems, including telling doctors and lawyers about a possible parasite that "ate" part of his brain, and he used those ailments as part of an argument that his earning capacity was diminished and therefore alimony should be reduced. #USPol 43528
Reposted by TACOvillRegular Car Reviews @regularcars.bsky.social · 29/08/2026How to stop Content Harassers and get them to leave you alone. You say these music words and it ruins their ability to make money off the video they shot. 16270212926
Reposted by TACOvillBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 29/08/2026In the midst of an awful lot of ever-so-sophisticated equivocating and oh-so-thoughtful-chin-stroking and too-clever-by-half-over-thinking, I just want to say, simply and unequivocally and for the record: The Resistance Libs Were Right. 2154889819
TACOvill @jallenv.bsky.social · 30/08/2026It's almost like when you gut food safety regulations, staff, and enforcement to give billionaires tax breaks, all the stuff breaks. Weird. 000
TACOvill @jallenv.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Does any awful, terrible, unprecedentedly shameful political news even matter anymore? craigunger.substack.com/p/nothing-mo...craigunger.substack.comNothing Moves the NeedleNot that long ago, the press could root out corruption, topple presidents, and end wars. Now, even the biggest scoops have little impact. Here's how and why the media lost its mojo. 000
Reposted by TACOvillThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/07/2026ICYMI — Trump just made history, becoming the first 🇺🇸 president to be edited out of a World Cup team’s celebration photo 🏆 872037496
Reposted by TACOvillJohn Wares @johnwares.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Found this from @sarahkendzior.bsky.social OTD 2021: 112947
Reposted by TACOvillBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 19/07/2026I worry about the narrative on this stuff because young people are so impressionable and not going to college is just such a huge mistake over your lifetime earnings. It’s deeply immoral to see Ivy-educated conservatives argue against college because they know they need angry, undereducated voters. 720525
Reposted by TACOvillKevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social at @heatmap.news points out that the smoke days we're experiencing were not foreseen by climate models & so nobody has reckoned on their cost in lives, health, & economic disruption—which appear to be MORE than EVERY OTHER climate impact PUT TOGETHER. 6273116
Reposted by TACOvillDean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read: 11034689413662
Reposted by TACOvillChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/07/2026Maybe we should remember Lindsey Graham the way Fox News is remembering him this morning. For his rabid defense of Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearing. Never forget: Graham’s speech helped push Kavanaugh across the finish line and onto the Supreme Court. 80497142912
Reposted by TACOvillThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 12/07/2026Elon Musk’s cuts to U.S.A.I.D. led to some 700,000 deaths, Atul Gawande says. www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...newyorker.comThe Human Cost of DOGE’s War on U.S.A.I.D.Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the “public man-made death” that they’ve caused. 621526899
Reposted by TACOvillAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Trump took another cognitive test and had another physical at Walter Reed. Has it even been two months since his last physical? There’s a massive coverup surrounding the President’s health happening right now. 2873300983
Reposted by TACOvillHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Marco Rubio says the goal of the war in Iran is now to return everything “back to the way it was” before Trump started the war. So after all that, the mission is apparently to undo the damage. 4382848979
Reposted by TACOvillMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Why are we here, you ask? This. This is why we are here. Everyone knew. And they all had their price. 014334
Reposted by TACOvillEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 04/07/2026JUST POSTED: An updated tally is in, and the count of Trump followers turned financial losers is even bigger than first thought. Much bigger. 988,905 buyers of $TRUMP memecoin have lost a total of $3.81 billion. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/u...nytimes.comNearly a Million Investors Lost a Total of $3.8 Billion on Trump Crypto Coin 28427241023
Reposted by TACOvillPatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 04/07/2026He’s worried about those Texas and Georgia U.S. Senate races 3829043
Reposted by TACOvillPrison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 04/07/2026A grim reminder this 4th of July: The US has the highest incarceration rate of any independent democracy on Earth, making it a leader in mass incarceration. Far too many people are locked up in the “land of the free.” 221965802
Reposted by TACOvillPBS News @pbsnews.org · 04/07/2026All told, 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds and six rubies encrust the watch-sized gold ring presented this week to Bill White, the U.S. ambassador to Belgium, to give to U.S. President Donald Trump. to.pbs.org/44batiO to.pbs.orgA Belgian diamond group is gifting Trump a lavish ring after that industry won tariff reliefIt’s a glitzy window into the role that ostentatious – and almost always gilded — gifts are playing by those seeking to curry favor with the U.S. president. 259840539
Reposted by TACOvill@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 04/07/2026I'm old enough to remember when Joe Biden gave a speech at about protecting Democracy at Independence Hall flanked by two Marines - pundits lost their minds & TV networks refused to broadcast it live. Now here we are: a taxpayer funded Trump rally on America's 250th. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/04/t...cnbc.comTrump to mark U.S. 250th anniversary with campaign-style rally on National MallWashington's July 4 celebration attendees this year will have to contend with stepped-up security, possible thunderstorms and temperatures that could top 100F. 291093360
Reposted by TACOvillTim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 20/06/2026The three players in this photo: 1. Nigerian heritage, grew up in England, and is only a citizen thanks to birthright citizenship. 2. Born + raised in Holland, has a dad who immigrated to the US from Suriname. 3. Said he wanted to “make people who look like me proud” while playing on Juneteenth 11373251903
Reposted by TACOvillJust a Dad 📎 @dadmakingcans.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Can we finally all agree that the argument “we should run the country like a business, and therefore elect businessmen to run it” has been a failed experiment? 766120372143
Reposted by TACOvillJosh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Watching this Administration start and lose a war of choice with Iran for reasons they still have been unable to articulate hammers this point home. It’s stochastic terrorism and internet grievances dressed up in a trench coat pretending to be a government. 424471
Reposted by TACOvillKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/06/2026This point can’t be stressed enough. Just as Musk bought Twitter to try to make himself seem popular, he bought Tesla to make himself seem smart. The only thing he’s actually invented is a mythology about himself 10337841062
Reposted by TACOvillHannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social · 13/06/2026A wee group of angry balaclava and mask-wearing anti-immigration guys tried to stop the good people of Glasgow showing solidarity with migrants and standing up to racism and fascism. Well, the far right are far outnumbered... #RefugeesWelcome #MigrantsWelcome #NeighboursNotStrangers #Glasgow 17471182184
Reposted by TACOvillThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11/06/2026"Cutting $1 trillion out of Medicaid is the antithesis of the Christian faith. I stand by that... and I said it to him directly." Sen. Raphael Warnock tells Tim Miller why he confronted Mike Johnson over cuts to Medicaid, and the meeting between them that followed. 936696
Reposted by TACOvill🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 11/06/2026“…something happened on the evening of June 9 that needs to be understood and, hopefully, deplored by all Americans. The USA seems to have deliberately and with foresight, committed a war crime as an act of policy.”open.substack.comWar Crimes Seem To Be Official US Policy NowWe Will Rue The Day 722397
Reposted by TACOvillAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Across most sectors of the front line, the advance of Russian occupying forces has nearly come to a halt. There are only a small number of areas where the enemy is still able to make gains, but overall activity has decreased 26698140
Reposted by TACOvillJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social. 281237356
Reposted by TACOvillPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Just sent out. The USA seems to have committed war crime deliberately and openly, by destroying civilian access to water as summer approaches. It is strategically idiotic and morally repulsive--and needs to be acknowledged if the US has a chance to recover. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...open.substack.comWar Crimes Seem To Be Official US Policy NowWe Will Rue The Day 562519917
Reposted by TACOvillDerek May @derekmay.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Boycott CBS. Boycott Ellison. 39391212563
TACOvill @jallenv.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Every business action by members of the Epstein Class is an attempt to steal money and agency from you. 000
Reposted by TACOvillPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 31/05/2026The Coolidge coin is actually quite a rare collectible precisely because the public didn't like it and the Treasury eventually melted most of them down. As a result, the rule against living persons on coins was instituted soon thereafter. 1143203843
TACOvill @jallenv.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Not only is the affordability crisis not a hoax, but it's actually worse than you think... and accelerating. 010
Reposted by TACOvillNPR @npr.org · 31/05/2026A new report shows that nearly half of U.S. households did not earn enough to cover their necessities in 2024.n.prThis is how close American households are to the financial edgeA new report shows that nearly half of U.S. households did not earn enough to cover their necessities in 2024. 1181659739
Reposted by TACOvillJake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Once again: German universities were the envy of the world before the Nazis rose to power and took an ideological wrecking ball to the entire enterprise. If you want to know how long it took for German universities to recover… they haven’t. 4965552357
Reposted by TACOvilljamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/05/2026yeah you gotta willie horton ken paxton. have the party committees and super pacs run ads explicitly accusing paxton of covering up for a child abuser. “you love your children and would do anything to protect them. so why would you vote for a man who lets child abusers run free” 8765161419
Reposted by TACOvillmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 27/05/2026"Paxton's Corrupt Adam Hoffman Pedophile Pardon" and then you start shortening it to "Paxton Pedo Pardon" or "The Corrupt Hoffman Pardon" or any other variation you can think of on subsequent mentions in the same appearance. bsky.app/profile/dext... 11853125
Reposted by TACOvillmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Ya, that's good. You usually need to have reporters play along with this for it to work and I doubt they would but who knows bsky.app/profile/kelp... 435342
Reposted by TACOvillLBJ Again @50megatonfbomb.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Every republican man looks like they aren't allowed within 500 yards of a school zone and in 70% of cases, they legally aren't. 2439
Reposted by TACOvillKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Conservatives are terrified of Dems finally understanding that the people yearn to tell Republicans to shut the fuck up 322926445
Reposted by TACOvillAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/05/2026“The reforms I’m describing do not come naturally to me. It’s something I resisted for a long time, but I think if you look at what's necessary to reinforce democratic self-government in the United States, you simply can’t do that with the filibuster and this Court in place.” — @joshtpm.bsky.socialpublicnotice.coJosh Marshall on how US democracy can be saved"You simply can’t do it with the filibuster and this Supreme Court in place." 441446422
Reposted by TACOvilljamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/05/2026“this Court has so perverted the VRA and the 15th Amendment that they serve almost the opposite of their intended function. These provisions were adopted for the…purpose of guaranteeing the political rights of African-Americans. After Callais…they function to limit black political power.” 222963829
TACOvill @jallenv.bsky.social · 16/05/2026This is Bill Kristol endorsing the socialist mayor of NYC's budget management. Man, this lithium is amazing!! 000
Reposted by TACOvillMeidas Sassy™ 🐬 @filosia.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Obama about his agreement with Iran: “there were mechanisms in place to enforce it and verify it, and we pulled it off without firing a missile. We got 97 percent of their enriched uranium out. We didn’t have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz.” #GlovesOffObama 👊🏼 8264121