Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialAnn Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Protect and defend editorial cartoonists this World Press Freedom Day 5983591914
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Imagine if the media pointed out there was already a Government Accountability Office whose job it is to go after actual waste and fraud, not just things Elon doesn’t like, and found $70 Billion in savings last year and $2 Trillion in waste since 2003. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governm... 12365222521
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 04/02/2025“Beattie repeatedly said Black lawmakers, policymakers, and groups need to ‘learn’ their place and take ‘a knee to MAGA.’” “‘Shithole countries’ was the high-point of Trumps presidency,’ he wrote in 2020.” amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/...amp.cnn.comTrump appoints speechwriter fired for attending conference with White nationalists to top State Department role | CNN PoliticsDarren Beattie, a former Donald Trump speechwriter who was fired in 2018 after CNN revealed he spoke at a conference attended by White nationalists, has been elevated to a top job at the State Departm... 54494200
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialTom Fleischman @tafleischman.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Read this. It's important. 0229
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 31/01/2025A new era of government censorship has begun. It started with the silencing of scientific speech, when the admin blocked release of research on bird flu. But MAGA has also cracked down on other wrongthink—on race, geography (!), and of course Trump himself www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...washingtonpost.comOpinion | A new era of government censorship has dawnedDonald Trump fancies himself a champion of free speech. Oh, really? 467105773651
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialRepublicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 31/01/2025The Soviet-style purge is intensifying 40674182755
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 23/01/2025@nickkristof.bsky.social: On his very first day in office, Trump made America weaker and more vulnerable -- by pulling us out of the WHO, pardoning domestic terrorists, and breathing new life into TikTok www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump Is Already Making America Weaker and More VulnerableFavoring TikTok over national security, releasing rioters, undermining global health efforts — these actions put all of us at risk. 1327051
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/01/2025AOC: I don’t care what Elon Musk is doing behind the presidential seal, but in this country we hate Nazis. Kind of like a foundational defining thing. Two of the foundational things about American history is that we beat the confederates and we beat the Nazis. 1144474639829
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialTristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 11/01/2025BREAKING — Joe Biden has pulled off the impossible: positive job growth EVERY SINGLE MONTH of his presidency. The last negative month was the last full month of Trump’s first term, December 2020. 23288053140
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialHemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Everyone wants to talk about the goofballs driving two hours for a loaf of bread. I would also humbly point out that there was one campaign that had an actual policy plan to address the cost of "groceries, housing, higher ed, and healthcare" & the press simply buried or panned it 321598277
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 31/12/2024"Handing the reins to Harris in July, rather than sticking it out, wasn’t one of his mistakes. His mistake was that he didn’t do so sooner." New from @saletan.bsky.social, on the fantasy that Biden would have beaten Trump:thebulwark.comBiden World Thinks He Should Have Stayed in the Race. What Are They Smoking?The question is not whether he should have dropped out. It’s why he didn’t do so earlier. 9456552
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialCarter Dougherty @carterd.bsky.social · 31/12/2024This is good 0328
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialJohn Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 11/12/2024None of this is normal. 401108631289
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 11/12/2024I hope the Senate hears this important message.comicsands.com77 Nobel Prize Winners Write Open Letter Urging Senate Not To Confirm RFK Jr. As HHS SecretaryThey know what's at stake. 613136182775
jasonheil.bsky.social @jasonheil.bsky.social · 11/12/2024I have a longer post coming (I swear), but this is the kind of think piece that is making me so mad right now.theatlantic.comThe Conversation Democrats Need to HaveThe party should stop talking to itself and start hearing what voters have to say. 110
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialKolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 07/12/2024As someone who has a PhD in studying misinformation, I can professionally say that this is a fucking stupid idea. 28562331329
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 07/12/2024 120425157
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Every resistance act matters. 13190701595
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialGod @thegodshow.com · 07/12/2024You know who everyone trusted as kids? Smokey Bear. We need a Smokey Bear but for preventing fascism. 1252304185
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialCarter Dougherty @carterd.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Over on the bird site, Musk is calling for the elimination of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, possibly the most effective government agency for the protection of consumers More MAGA populism! 1/2 172
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 30/11/2024I’ve noticed this, too. (Post by @mmpadellan.bsky.social) 629279303431
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialHeather Turiello @heatherturiello.bsky.social · 01/12/2024 25840224
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Trump throws down the gauntlet. The answer from the Senate MUST be no. Kash Patel cannot be put in charge of the FBI. 579103102559
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialAlex Lopez @alexlopezwrites.bsky.social · 28/11/2024can’t stop thinking about this Mary Oliver poem 🥹 17187091615
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialAmericans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 27/11/2024While billionaire industry tech, Elon Musk cries for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be deleted, the CFPB continues to stand up for the little guy and stop industry that gouges us with junk fees, high prices, and unfair treatment #ProtectConsumers www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...washingtonpost.comElon Musk wants to ‘delete’ federal financial watchdog as ‘DOGE’ begins work“Delete CFPB,” Elon Musk, the billionaire tech executive running the “Department of Government Efficiency,” said in an early-morning post on X. 087
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/11/2024It’s a question we ask all the time. 412198823348
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.social𝑀𝒶𝓎𝓇𝒶°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:・🫧 @lepapillonblue.bsky.social · 27/11/2024We will never forget. 12605456311027
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 24/11/2024The other exploding area of dark money in politics is the crypto lobby. They have dumped insane sums in elections in both parties (Dem primaries + GOP general elections). It’s pretty bad 519127222197
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Bondi must be asked at her confirmation hearing if Trump lost the election in 2020. Unless her answer is yes, the Senate must reject her nomination. You can't be an election denier & the attorney general joycevance.substack.com/p/gaetz-out 520141573651
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialGod @thegodshow.com · 25/11/2024Please be nice to each other. We’re all doing our best. 557159451657
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialSadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 23/11/2024You're not "late to the party" when you enjoy an old book for the first time. Books don't have an RSVP deadline. The party started long ago, and guests show up when they're meant to. 680358564087
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialGod @thegodshow.com · 22/11/2024There IS a left-wing agenda, and it’s to prioritize compassion over greed. Kindness isn't a limited resource. 841501197712
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialJaysen Waller @jaysenwaller.bsky.social · 20/11/2024🌀 ⭕️♥️🙏🏼 #ServeLove #love #TruePower #OpenHeart #path #practice #bodhisattvas #JinpaLhaga #JMWart 001
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20/11/2024A true class act.comicsands.comNation's First Trans Congresswoman Slams GOP's Proposed Bathroom Ban At U.S. CapitolA true class act. 3547409700
Reposted by @jasonheil.bsky.socialCarter Dougherty @carterd.bsky.social · 18/11/2024The Fed sucks. Chair Powell pressed moderate Sen. Warner (VA) to take the top slot on the Senate Banking Committee to box out #WallStreet critic Sen. Warren (MA). Powell wants Fed independence from politics but reserves the right to meddle when he wants. Hat tip: @ddayen.bsky.socialprospect.orgFed Chair Powell Enlisted in Failed Bid to Undercut Elizabeth WarrenWall Street’s effort to keep Warren from becoming ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee did not succeed. 04111
jasonheil.bsky.social @jasonheil.bsky.social · 16/11/2024I’ll start with a dog pic. Say hi to Sadie! 1100