Reposted by @jasbraz.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/08/2025The fact that nobody around him has told him this isn’t how numbers work shows you how afraid of him everyone who works for him is. 86599162723
jasbraz.bsky.social @jasbraz.bsky.social · 23/07/2025I cannot find the source video for this or any other clips showing this. Can anyone help me find when and where he said this? 100
jasbraz.bsky.social @jasbraz.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Maybe don’t take nominations from people who are actively perpetuating war. 000
Reposted by @jasbraz.bsky.socialEzra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 22/06/2025I am looking for congressional leaders to come out quickly and forcefully against this. We need unequivocal opposition. We need theatric demonstrations of defiance. We need to see leadership. Trump will steamroll us all if we display weakness. Where are our leaders? 25258471622
Reposted by @jasbraz.bsky.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 22/06/2025A question every reporter should be asking Trump and Republicans: If Trump doesn't trust his own Director of National Intelligence, and by extension, US intelligence, then which country's intelligence is he relying upon? 20859331435
Reposted by @jasbraz.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/06/2025WATCH: Trump tells troops he’s restoring army bases to Confederate names — then they cheer as he says he’s going to “liberate” Los Angeles and they boo the governor, the “fake news”, etc. Politicizing the army. If you think things can’t get darker, watch these clips. 1911413482
Reposted by @jasbraz.bsky.socialKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying. 29244665414428
Reposted by @jasbraz.bsky.socialAndrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992. Was there a breast cancer epidemic?! NO. Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976. PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something. This is also about autism. 167167804636
Reposted by @jasbraz.bsky.social𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭 🩷 @jastuart68.bsky.social · 05/04/2025LISTEN to Barack Obama: The most important office in this democracy is the citizen. Freedom tomorrow is not a given—it has to be fought for. 19960226
Reposted by @jasbraz.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Obama: Imagine if I had done any of this. Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials. Imagine if I had said to law firms that you will not be allowed into government buildings. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me 407181054926
Reposted by @jasbraz.bsky.social California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 30/03/2025I don't want Canada or Greenland… I want PBS, Social Security, and The Smithsonian. CAN YOU SAY THE SAME?! 🤚 629173564542
jasbraz.bsky.social @jasbraz.bsky.social · 29/03/2025talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/notes...talkingpointsmemo.comNotes on Trump II, Month 3. How Long Do We Have to Keep Lifting? So Long.A few days ago a friend told me that Chuck Schumer thinks... 010
Reposted by @jasbraz.bsky.socialYell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid 300420588926
Reposted by @jasbraz.bsky.socialManisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Historian here: “To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” ― Theodore Roosevelt 5567292298
Reposted by @jasbraz.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 09/03/2025March 8, 2025heathercoxrichardson.substack.comMarch 8, 2025Yesterday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made it clear that the Trump administration’s goal is to slash the federal government and to privatize its current services. 552462654
jasbraz.bsky.social @jasbraz.bsky.social · 05/03/2025He’s the greatest liar from the podium that this country has ever seen. Nobody has lied more than him. He’s the absolute best at it. 020
Reposted by @jasbraz.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Governor Walz has it right. I miss hearing his plain, common sense talk. 929637429971
Reposted by @jasbraz.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 24/02/2025NEW: A “survey of our niche audience for our niche audience” was the source for the claim that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices. The number isn’t true. Why do administration and elected officials keep relying on it?propublica.orgThe Trump Administration Keeps Citing an Untrue Stat as It Targets Federal WorkersA “survey of our niche audience for our niche audience” was the source for the claim that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices. The number isn’t true. Why do administration and elected officials keep relying on it? 731609454
jasbraz.bsky.social @jasbraz.bsky.social · 23/02/2025“To be clear,” Stewart Patrick argues, “there is nothing inherently wrong with periodically reviewing U.S. global commitments. But any such process should be done thoughtfully and judiciously, and in close consultation with Congress.” carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...carnegieendowment.orgThe Death of the World America MadeDonald Trump’s war on multilateralism is misguided and dangerous. 020
Reposted by @jasbraz.bsky.socialMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 22/02/2025“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today. 5545464315952
Reposted by @jasbraz.bsky.socialPBS News @pbsnews.org · 22/02/2025A federal judge on Friday blocked a sweeping executive order from President Donald Trump that sought to end government support for programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.buff.lyJudge blocks Trump's order to withdraw federal funding for DEI programs as lawsuit plays outA federal judge on Friday blocked a sweeping executive order from President Donald Trump that sought to end government support for programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion. 12969115
Reposted by @jasbraz.bsky.socialCharles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion in 2021, ProPublica found in a first-of-its-kind data analysis.propublica.orgTexas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban. 14572231
jasbraz.bsky.social @jasbraz.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Thank you! That context helps. I appreciate you taking the time to explain. 010
jasbraz.bsky.social @jasbraz.bsky.social · 19/02/2025This makes sense. Thank you. I’d like to be able to explain to someone (a Trump supporter) why it is problematic, practically. I think if people believe they want a “strong leader” it helps to show them where the problems are, practically. 020
jasbraz.bsky.social @jasbraz.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Oh! Sorry. I actually can’t figure it out from the text. I thought someone here might have more knowledge about how these departments work within the executive branch than I do. But I can ask somewhere else. 100
jasbraz.bsky.social @jasbraz.bsky.social · 19/02/2025I don’t know if I’m okay with this EO because I’m not understanding in what circumstances it would applicable. But I do think it’s important to not walk around believing that Trump said he interprets the laws and the Judicial branch doesn’t. Because that’s not what he said. 210
jasbraz.bsky.social @jasbraz.bsky.social · 19/02/2025The video clip isn’t clear about what the EO is clear about. The president interprets the law for the executive branch. Meaning different departments within the executive branch shouldn’t have different u reforestations about what they can and can’t do. The context is important. 130
jasbraz.bsky.social @jasbraz.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Can some help me understand with an example or two, how this is an overreach of power? This is the executive order they are referencing: www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...whitehouse.govFact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Reins in Independent Agencies to Restore a Government that Answers to the American PeopleRESTORING DEMOCRACY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNMENT: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order ensuring that all federal agencies are 220
Reposted by @jasbraz.bsky.socialPBS News @pbsnews.org · 17/02/2025Government reports show that fraudulent spending is a measurable problem for the federal government. But the evidence that DOGE has uncovered new examples has not yet been proven. (via @politifact.bsky.social)buff.lyFact-checking Trump and Musk's claims that they are cutting government 'fraud and abuse'Elon Musk and President Donald Trump say they have uncovered massive "fraud" in the federal government. But the projects the White House points to are largely ones that the administration disagrees… 2638181
Reposted by @jasbraz.bsky.socialTimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 03/02/2025This is why Congressional Democrats should be breaking down the doors of whatever facility manages payments and seizing control of the federal treasury because people are going to die as a result of the budget they passed and the money they allocated not being distributed according to the law. 402331709
Reposted by @jasbraz.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Let me say this clearly. The tariffs are a money grab. Less money in the hands of the American people due to the new 25% tax on goods. More money to distribute to his cronies in the form of tax cuts. See how it works? 1113349928157
