Reposted by jane robinetteThe Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 12hDriving the Deal — A cartoon by Michael de Adder 17818
Reposted by jane robinetteRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12hputin doles out the evan gershkovich treatment now for a japanese journalist: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/1...washingtonpost.comRussia detains Japanese journalist, alleging espionageThe arrest comes as bilateral relations have sharply deteriorated over the war in Ukraine and the territorial dispute over the Kuril Islands. 16613239
Reposted by jane robinetteBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 23hTrump and Musk are doing their best to help Putin kill Ukrainians. kyivindependent.com/this-cannot-...kyivindependent.com'This cannot be a coincidence' — Ukraine's Starlink access restricted without warning, Zelensky adviser saysUkraine relies on Starlink to operate its mid-strike drones in Russian-occupied Ukraine. 35765305
Reposted by jane robinetteBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 23hAt the end of the day, Trumpism is Putinism. 421310291
Reposted by jane robinetteAnat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 13/10/2026static.klipy.comCatAlt: Cat with eyes closed under a large lettuce leaf 2112356353
Reposted by jane robinetteJordan Wood @jordanwood.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Elon Musk’s super PAC is about to cross $1,500,000 to re-elect Susan Collins. Her response so far: “I wasn’t aware.” Not aware? Senator, it’s a public filing. Stop gaslighting us. 32990308
Reposted by jane robinetteTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Everything about the raid on Rep. Omar’s residence is shameful. Everyone involved should lose their jobs. For a start. 593664753
Reposted by jane robinetteJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Executing a search warrant while early voting is underway in Minnesota, on an old, moldy "crime" is all you need to know about the motivation here. Absolutely no reason not to wait until the second week of November. It's abundantly clear that this is about politics, not a legitimate prosecution. 722028583
Reposted by jane robinetteIlhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced. 14784977511684
Reposted by jane robinetteAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026Wow — listen to these new comments from Trump. Thanking Putin, trashing Zelenskyy, characterizing Russia as eager for peace and Ukraine as intransigent. The mask is totally off. 1614120994042
Reposted by jane robinetteCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/ 20559342422
Reposted by jane robinetteBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“It’s about degrading the people. It’s about desensitizing the public. The United States military is far better than this. Senior officials should protest, and if necessary resign, rather than being complicit in the voyeuristic degradation of our democracy.” www.thebulwark.com/p/hegseth-wa...thebulwark.comHegseth Wants You to Watch a Snuff FilmNeo-fascism as spectacles of violence. 55749182
Reposted by jane robinetteGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol. 7176073056
Reposted by jane robinetteM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Trump's Revenge Tour Continues... 590147914822
Reposted by jane robinetteAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Attn: The Trump administration has declined to invite independent international observers to monitor the November midterms, breaking a practice dating back to 2002. 772629888
Reposted by jane robinetteBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026We’re going to need a new Pulitzer category this year for Best Leaked Audio of a GOP Senate Candidate 10407104
Reposted by jane robinetteMJ 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @ambientheat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Hate and divisiveness are his campaign strategy. 49465122189
Reposted by jane robinetteEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026ICE has disclosed another detainee who died We know: -After 17yrs, he'd only ever been busted for... *an expired car tag.* He was in a camp run by for-profit w/ history medical neglect An American died at one of its jails *after strep-throat.* austinkocher.substack.com/p/julian-cur...austinkocher.substack.comJulian Curo-Churata Is the 37th Person to Die in ICE Custody This Fiscal Year, Capping Off the Agency’s Deadliest Year on RecordAccording to ICE, 47-year-old Peruvian national Julian Curo-Churata died in Louisiana on Tuesday, September 29. 7740390
Reposted by jane robinetteAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point? 1349201837093
Reposted by jane robinetteMaine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 03/10/202610/3 Yes, Maine Congressional candidate Paul LePage really did describe Social Security as “welfare, pure and simple" #maine #MEpolitics 29284140
Reposted by jane robinetteMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants. 303169715035
Reposted by jane robinette𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This right here. This is how you respond to their bullshit. 392128923841
Reposted by jane robinetteRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Today's jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich don’t create jobs or grow the economy. What's required is investment in working people — and better wages. When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs. Remember this. 21072152467
Reposted by jane robinetteAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor) 41897543552
Reposted by jane robinetteKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026UPDATE: Despite being ordered by Judge Sullivan to produce a certified list of the contents of the Administrative Record by Oct. 1st, Todd Blanche once again has decided he doesn't want to comply. I explain why Blanche would want to avoid producing this court-ordered info: youtu.be/junhrisxRlg?...youtu.be🚨AG Blanche IGNORES JUDGE'S ORDERS And TRIES To DELAY MY Epstein LAWSUIT!!YouTube video by Katie Phang 66669622765
Reposted by jane robinetteAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026CNN on the last jobs report before the midterms: "It came in cold -- surprisingly cold. Job growth weaker than expected, unemployment unexpectedly went up, and paychecks aren't keeping up with prices. This was disappointing all around." 34845741380
Reposted by jane robinetteElizabetsy @elizabetsy100.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Demonstrators Cannot Be Forced to Take Down ‘86-47’ Flag, Judge Rules www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...nytimes.comDemonstrators Cannot Be Forced to Take Down ‘86-47’ Flag, Judge Rules (Gift Article)A federal judge wrote that the phrase, which also led to charges against the former F.B.I. director, James Comey, did not appear to constitute a true threat. 553274957
Reposted by jane robinetteZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 01/10/2026Tennessee's last botched execution was way back in [checks notes] May. "Mark Fowler, the doctor who was involved in Carruthers’ attempted execution, also oversaw Pike’s — at this time — attempted death sentence."wsmv.comDoctor involved in Tony Carruthers’ botched execution administered Christa Pike’s lethal injection — and she’s still aliveIhnen confirmed the team is filing a motion to stay the execution, the latest in a back-and-forth over the “Jobs Corps Murder” convict’s execution. 713855
Reposted by jane robinetteChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026UPDATE: At a call with the federal court tonight, "the state [of Tennessee] represented that medical personnel have begun to administer medical care as requested in the motion." 2042381
Reposted by jane robinetteDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 24/09/2026NEW: Tens of thousands of voters in Texas are not on county rolls because the state incorrectly processed their voter registration applications. Now, county election officials are left with the burdensome task of updating voter rolls until Oct. 19, when early voting begins in the state.democracydocket.comTexas election workers scramble after registration snafu leaves thousands of voters off rolls“I don’t know if they feel confident. Some counties are more confident than others,” Chris McGinn, executive director of the Texas Association of County Elections Officials, said. “Right now what we’r... 26235138
Reposted by jane robinetteMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/09/2026Ashley Hinson voted repeatedly against efforts to end U.S. hostilities with Iran while taking more than $217,000 from oil and gas interests, including $38,500 since the war began. Meanwhile, Iowa gas prices have surged 60% since the start of the war as major oil companies report soaring profits.meidasnews.comAshley Hinson Got Big Money From Oil Companies After Repeatedly Voting For the Iran WarThe price of gas for her Iowa constituents has risen by 60% since the start of the war, while oil companies are making record profits 32974063702
Reposted by jane robinetteAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Mike Rogers was a leading advocate for boosting opioid prescriptions. He took over $1M from Big Pharma. He has always prioritized personal profit over the health and safety of Michiganders. That's not public safety. Watch our new ad, "Safe." 13183322949
Reposted by jane robinetteMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 22/09/2026After banning CNN, MS NOW & Politico from the White House, he installs State-Run television, just like they have in so many other countries... Sieg Heil, ya'll. #38Days 🌊 993150044362
Reposted by jane robinetteThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/09/2026The Trump administration has defended its ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico in a court filing.nyti.msRead the White House Response to the Lawsuit From CNN, MS NOW and PoliticoThe Trump administration has defended its ban on the three media outlets in a court filing. 155114
Reposted by jane robinetteRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026CEO pay is up 1,316% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 28%. CEOs are now paid 325 TIMES as much as the typical worker in their industry, according to @epi.org Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"? 15862002372
Reposted by jane robinetteAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It’s just a constant back and forth. The 8th Circuit has now ruled that Missouri should use the GOP-drawn 2025 congressional map for the November midterms, putting the federal appeals court at odds with the Missouri Supreme Court, which ordered the state to use its 2022 map. 1342294624
Reposted by jane robinetteRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision striking down Trump's policy of mass arrest and incarceration without trial ends with a big brushback reminder of what the US government did to Japanese Americans in 1942: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28... 251257512
Reposted by jane robinetteDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Yikes, if this is accurate, its basically the owner class using their power to shut down dissent. The Patriots Robert Kraft told Sheerhan his concert would be cancelled if Mackelmore stayed on the your, and that other stadium owners would follow suit. 1663063877
Reposted by jane robinetteAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/09/2026We’re feeling so much safer now. 🙄 4472877495
Reposted by jane robinetteRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026AI advocates say we have no right to stop innovation in the free market. Hogwash. We don’t allow corporations to come up with new nuclear weapons or varieties of cocaine or biological pathogens. We protect the public from certain kinds of innovation. We need guardrails on AI before it’s too late. 932369764
Reposted by jane robinetteWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12/09/2026www.metrotimes.com/news/mike-ro...metrotimes.comMike Rogers opposed 9/11 responder health care not twice, but nine times - Detroit Metro TimesNewly uncovered record shows Mike Rogers repeatedly opposed efforts to establish, advance, or fund medical care for people sickened after the Sept. 11 attacks. 25872493419
Reposted by jane robinetteKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Reads like a Citizens' Council newsletter bragging about how they got a black school principal fired. 541942563
Reposted by jane robinetteArbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 09/09/2026It's a scandal that the president of the United States is out of his damn mind. It's also a scandal that major news media aren't telling you that, loudly and often. 22079671931
jane robinette @janerobinette.bsky.social · 05/09/2026John Boller imagines an Iowa where kids have the food they need—every meal, every day. Imagine Enough for Everyone. @imagineenough on substackimagineenough.substack.comImagine Kids with Full Plates“Why should I have to feed someone else’s kids?” 000
Reposted by jane robinetteJess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Just when you thought the Flock camera situation couldn’t get any worse? @motherjones.com reveals that municipalities are using opioid settlement money to buy more surveillance cameras. They make it work by saying it’s for “drug surveillance.” Meanwhile? Treatment goes unfunded. Outrageous. 1012756
Reposted by jane robinetteRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Thank you for so many strong essays, poems, ideas, stands, principles, examples, Wendell Berry. Thank you for loving the land, the country, the language. Thank you for living your principles. Quoted you in my talk yesterday, pulled these from my quotes collections.nytimes.comWendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim. 15701151
Reposted by jane robinetteRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Protest that endures, I think, is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of preserving qualities in one's own heart and spirit that would be destroyed by acquiescence. Wendell Berry, What Are People For? 121173351
Reposted by jane robinetteRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026“Be joyful though you have considered all the facts” - Wendell Berry 7687192
