Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Patrick Gaspard was the U.S. ambassador to South Africa from 2013 to 2016. 🇺🇸 🇿🇦 576147154191 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/05/2025If only Christian charity were as easy as accessorizing. 628195363960 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Crockett: Right now, it seems like you don’t care about the constitution unless it’s the second amendment and that’s misinterpreted as well. There’s other amendments.. And we don’t get to just change it because our fearless leader says that he doesn’t like it 494281107114 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialBrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 21/05/2025trump 2.0 has: - measles running rampant - planes falling out of the sky - FEMA not responding to disasters - citizens being snatched off the streets - Americans paying more because of tariffs. But hey, at least you got to make trans people uncomfortable. Fucking jackasses. 562488513 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialGiotto @giottodibondone.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Vladimir Trumpone! 916335 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/05/2025Boyle: "Out from CBO, just tonight, are the distributional effects of this bill. And what does it show? The bottom 10 percent of Americans will actually be poorer as a result of this bill with the biggest benefit going to the top 1 percent." 23787243364 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20/05/2025“The press doesn't give a shit.” 775216905942 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 20/05/2025Is it too much to ask for an IRS Commissioner who understands the law? 1279369888058 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 21/05/2025The Spanish government ordered Airbnb to remove nearly 66,000 listings from its platform, widening a crackdown on tourist rentals as it seeks to alleviate a housing crisis that has become among the worst in Europe.nytimes.comSpain Orders Airbnb to Take Down 66,000 Rental Listings 21558631332 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialRebeccat @acceber.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Lawrence just got the CBO score on the bill the Rs want to pass tonight. It cuts 500 BILLION FROM MEDICARE! Medicare!!! Just called my R congresscreep and screamed bloody murder into the machine! YOU CALL YOURS. We have to stop this insanity! Congressional switchboard: 202-224-3121 77037 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialMallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · 20/05/2025The DeVos family is back at it and about to write some big, big checks to try to turn *everything* in Michigan red. There's a lot more to this story – so I want to break it down 🧵 13226861237 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/05/2025McGovern: "Now of course you don't want anybody to know what you're doing here. It's because you know this bill betrays the people who voted for you...you are intentionally hiding what you are doing...that's what you guys think is big and beautiful: greed, corruption, & tax breaks for billionaires." 7247191393 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Sen. Chris Van Hollen to Marco Rubio: "I regret voting for you." 3226576875 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 20/05/2025“The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.” -Euripides 822086825 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/05/2025Don't let up. Hold their feet to the fire. (DoJ: I do not mean to literally light feet on fire.) 735135864444 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialPhiladelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 20/05/2025“We’re here to demand justice today and every other day until Eddie’s family gets justice.” — Talia Giles, of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, which organized the gathering. (1/2)inquirer.comSupporters of Eddie Irizarry, killed by a Philly cop in 2023, rally on second day of trialSupporters of the Irizarry family called for former Officer Mark Dial, who shot and killed Irizarry in 2023, to be sentenced to prison. 229064 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 20/05/2025And now, an emergency motion for a temporary injunction to keep the government from deporting people in another case to South Sudan. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 19250121688 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/05/2025Boyle cites CBO numbers: "For people in the bottom 1%, they will experience a 4% loss household wealth. Meanwhile, for people in the top 10%, they will see their household resources increase by 2%. It is as simple as that." 8632451194 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 20/05/2025REPORTER: You campaigned on lowering the price of groceries. How can you justify cutting food assistance in this bill? 6422858692 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Holding a hearing at 1:00 AM? What is it? They’re hiding? Good opportunity for us to all set our alarms and get up for a little midnight popcorn & airing of the truth. 21476272414 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 20/05/2025“Habeas corpus is the legal principle that requires the government to provide a public reason for detaining and imprisoning people. If not for that protection, the government could simply arrest people, including American citizens, and hold them indefinitely for no reason.”motherjones.comDoes Kristi Noem even know what habeas corpus is?The Homeland Security secretary's word salad raised even more questions about the administration's assault on fundamental rights. 1804180134916 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Adriana Smith’s story MUST be told so America can understand what’s at stake when draconian abortion laws like the one in GA keep a brain dead pregnant woman on life support just so the fetus can be delivered. What kind of dystopian hellscape has Dobbs created? m.youtube.com/watch?v=wNYT...m.youtube.comGOP Bill Faces INTESE SCRUTINY Amidst Shocking TRAGEDYYouTube video by Katie Phang 25160312089 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/05/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/u... 58918173 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/05/2025After-tax income under the Trump/GOP budget: -People making less than $17/k year: LOSE $1000 -People making between $17k and $51k/yr: LOSE $700 -People making over $4.3M/year: GAIN $389,000 This is what class warfare looks like. 12959052397 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/05/2025This flew under the radar, but thanks to Trump's EPA cuts, Energy Star could shut down for good. Energy Star isn't just a sticker on your appliances. It's an important program that saves consumers $40B/year. So much for all that talk about "efficiency." 12257271724 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/05/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/u... 24256811968 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialTheRightIsWrong (TRIW) @therightiswrong100.bsky.social · 18/05/2025This 👇 is our American Embarrassment; talking about Taylor Swift & wasting our Tax Dollars on Golfing, Military Parades & $4 Trillion Tax Cuts for the Rich 6647288 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialJoeinNJfightsfordemocracy @progavalanche.bsky.social · 18/05/2025WTF is the War Department? We truly have put the dumbest f^cks in the country in charge. 1931103152124 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Vile. Despicable. Loathsome. Odious. Abhorrent. Cruel. Heartless. Disgusting. Detestable. I really can’t find the right word to describe how I feel about Donald Trump’s spawn. 6545045803 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18/05/2025The Director of the FBI is openly lying to the American public about Canada being a major source of fentanyl. In the first three months of 2025, a grand total of 1.35 lbs of fentanyl was seized by border officials at our border with Canada — 0.06% of total seizures. 38154232095 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 19/05/2025Breaking news: The UK and EU have agreed a historic post-Brexit reset of ties ahead of a summit in London on Monday, officials said www.ft.com/content/78f1... 1883902643 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialGeorge Hahn @georgehahn.com · 18/05/2025Oh, ABC. You blew it when you caved the first time and cut a $16m check. Don’t give Shitler another inch or another dime, and tell him to go fuck himself. #GoHarvard #GoMaine 782136102548 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialoliviajulianna.bsky.social @oliviajulianna.bsky.social · 18/05/2025How many of you could have spent your time going after the felon who’s been deporting kids with cancer instead of beating up on the former President who has an aggressive form of cancer himself? Absolutely sick. I will never trust you or your leadership again. 221035173 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/05/2025It seems to me that this administration will keep firing intelligence analysts until they can find one who will lie to justify the regime disappearing perceived enemies to foreign torture dungeons. 442180524190 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/05/2025The president’s son. 4244131222061 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/05/2025‼️‼️ 1024217308136 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 19/05/2025They really are vile people. 1727157512035 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Beneath contempt. 3647267545063 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.sociallindsay berger sacks @lindsaybergersacks.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Pres, Gagliardi, of the 🇺🇸 Federation of Musicians: “We will not remain silent as 2 of our members Bruce Springsteen & Taylor Swift r singled out & personally attacked by the POTUS. S&S r not just brilliant musicians, they r role models & inspirations 2 millions of ppl in the US & across the🌍” 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 861396367809 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 17/05/2025My Saturday PSA: Joe Biden isn’t the president anymore. Instead, we’ve got a mentally deranged and ethically compromised old man with the nuclear codes trespassing in the Oval Office. Stop talking about Joe Biden. Start talking about the Convicted Felon, Donald Trump. 37882932250 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/05/2025He wants Comey arrested for his 86 comment and then he goes online and threatens Bruce Springsteen. I can’t believe this is the world we live in… 1146101842229 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialPaul Djupe @pauldjupe.bsky.social · 16/05/2025After reading excellent reporting from @oyousef.bsky.social on NPR about the violent gender ideology behind the anti-abortion movement, we (@brooklynwalker.bsky.social + I) had to dig into our data to see whether this exists in the mass (Christian) public. 1/2 religioninpublic.blog/2025/05/16/t...religioninpublic.blogThe Gender Ideology Behind Christian Nationalism and the Anti-Abortion MovementBy Paul A. Djupe and Brooklyn Walker [Image credit: Tennessee Lookout] A recent story from NPR helps make the connections between extraordinarily restrictive anti-abortion policies and a broader mo… 37396129 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 17/05/2025Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor used an audience of lawyers to deliver a stern message to the legal profession: stand up for democracy, take on the hard fights and do whatever you can to win. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/just...democracydocket.comJustice Sotomayor’s Message to Lawyers: Stand Up, Fight and WinIn an era when judges are often assessed by their commitment to democracy, Justice Sonia Sotomayor stands as a stalwart in the pro-democracy camp. 552993913 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/05/2025I hope they do arrest James Comey for the photo of sea shells. It will vividly illustrate to Americans who ignore politics and political news until a couple months before elections how truly demented and autocratic these freaks are, because they are just getting started. 844161382938 0
Reposted by @jazzafagga.bsky.socialCongresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 13/05/2025Let’s clear something up: SNAP stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — the LARGEST federal program to fight hunger in the country! It blows my mind that the party that touts its “Christian values” is the same party that is SET on taking food from the hungry. 1169280447608 0
