Reposted by Jill C JonesSenator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 27/09/2025There are credible reports that federal agents may be replaying the 2020 playbook and surging into Portland with the goal of provoking conflict and violence in my hometown. I am in close contact with state and local officials to monitor this activity. 511182915642
Reposted by Jill C JonesJMoonlight @jmoonlight.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Any book worth banning is a book worth reading" — Isaac Asimov 342573551
Reposted by Jill C JonesTandy⁷ @tandyhard.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Because y'all liked the other bot farm I posted about, here's another. Remember 60-75% of the internet is fake. You're arguing with no one and you're boosting the algorithm towards hate when you do. Don't let bots continue to control you. #Resist 22408147
Reposted by Jill C JonesWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/09/2025War-ravaged Portland 538184344332
Reposted by Jill C JonesTexas Freedom to Read Project @txfreedomread.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Removing To Kill a Mockingbird and The House on Mango Street from Texas classrooms does not protect Texas kids. The Texas GOP and Governor Abbott need to answer for this. Shameful. www.fox7austin.com/news/leander...fox7austin.comLeander ISD pauses dozens of books in classrooms in response to state law 24518
Reposted by Jill C JonesLaura Ansley @lmansley.bsky.social · 27/09/2025R. F. Kuang’s Babel was, at its heart, a critique of imperialism and 19th-century academia’s role in it. I’m about a quarter into her new novel, Katabasis, and it is a blistering takedown of academia *today*. Here are reasons people are in the pride section of hell: 610118
Reposted by Jill C JonesThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 27/09/2025BREAKING: The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest that followed the death of George Floyd, AP sources say.bit.lyFBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources sayThe FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. 1398104145607
Reposted by Jill C JonesEleanor from outside @theboatfromjaws.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Last night in Portland I went to an event where a guy read poems from his second story window at sundown. Last week a crowd gathered to watch birds nest in a chimney. Today there's a big family-friendly picnic and a river cleanup event. By all means, send in the troops to this war torn hellhole 214038
Reposted by Jill C Jonessarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 27/09/2025just sipping on my coffee in my city of portland, and thinking about this post 301679168
Reposted by Jill C JonesAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 26/09/2025If a full accounting of Epstein’s crimes - and his accomplices - is ever made public, people on the left and the right are going to feel really dumb that we’ve been arguing with each other while the elites of both parties pal around and do abhorrent shit. 673125673087
Reposted by Jill C JonesAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Comey: My heart is broken for the Department of Justice. But I have great confidence in the federal judicial system and I'm innocent, so let's have a trial. 44890571963
Reposted by Jill C JonesRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Trump has signed an Executive Order officially approving the sale of TikTok to a group of U.S. companies. That includes Oracle, owned by billionaire and Trump donor Larry Ellison, whose media company now oversees CBS News and may soon control CNN. What could go wrong? 1331869614
Reposted by Jill C JonesTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 25/09/2025This is, without any exaggeration, exactly how Putin and Orbán proceeded — using antisemitism to discredit the idea of civil society and political opposition, and as an excuse to undo the rule of law. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...nytimes.comJustice Dept. Official Pushes Prosecutors to Investigate George Soros’s Foundation 39082683923
Reposted by Jill C JonesRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2025CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down. 666208817801
Reposted by Jill C JonesAmy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 25/09/2025When prosecutors stand up in court, they represent the United States, not the president. We need the Attorney General to stand up for the rule of law and the Constitution—not fold to the president’s tweets. 55689172
Reposted by Jill C JonesForbes @forbes.com · 24/09/2025This week’s Fresh Take newsletter includes our dispatch from New York City’s Climate Week, plus a billion-dollar war over red sauce, foraging’s revival and more.forbes.comDr. Jane Goodall’s Take On Sustainability In Trying Times: ‘Have Courage’This week’s Fresh Take newsletter includes our dispatch from New York City’s Climate Week, plus a billion-dollar war over red sauce, foraging’s revival and more. 211917422
Reposted by Jill C JonesMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 25/09/2025This is what Ice is doing in front of the cameras, imagine what they’re doing when no one is filming 56264452239
Reposted by Jill C JonesFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 26/09/2025James Comey's indictment for 'serious crimes related to the disclosure of sensitive information' comes just days after the US president called for swift prosecution of his opponents on.ft.com/4gJuuCj 96422
Reposted by Jill C JonesChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 25/09/2025This weak, brazen attempt by Stephen Miller both to chill free speech and to set up a premise to criminalize it — and, to be clear, this is the very type of speech most central to First Amendment protections — would be laughably embarrassing if this man did not have the power that he has. 10968301527
Reposted by Jill C JonesNPR @npr.org · 23/09/2025Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are asking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for answers after more than a dozen people died in immigration detention, as the department rushes to expand.n.prGeorgia senators demand answers on more than a dozen deaths in immigration detentionSens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are asking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for answers after more than a dozen people died in immigration detention, as the department rushes to expand. 24563872989
Reposted by Jill C JonesMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/09/2025BREAKING: The Epstein Files just got one step closer to being released. With Adelita Grijalva’s victory in AZ-07, Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna now have the magic number — 218 votes — needed for the discharge petition to force a vote on releasing the full Epstein Files. 768243016244
Reposted by Jill C JonesRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Attempting to rig elections on his behalf. Turning the military on citizens. Toying with the idea of declaring martial law. Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out against his regime. If this were happening in another country, what would you call it? 43979212193
Reposted by Jill C JonesRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2025800 detainees are missing after being held in Alligator Alcatraz in July, showing no record of their location in ICE’s database. Other detainees have been mistakenly deported or sent to detention centers thousands of miles away. The cruelty is the point. 789155186225
Reposted by Jill C JonesThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/09/2025In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The Trump administration and its MAGA allies have abandoned all pretense of supporting free speech in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, using the murder to justify an accelerating drive to criminalize criticism of the president,” Thomas Edsall writes.nyti.msOpinion | The Trump Vengeance Tour Is Coming to a Stadium Near YouThe MAGA movement’s encirclement maneuver is gaining ground. 2823076
Reposted by Jill C JonesRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2025The disappearance of America’s leadership class at a time like this means that the rest of us have to be leaders. We can no longer wait to be led by those with the power and authority to lead. You must lead, I must lead, all of us must lead. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for. 339121073438
Reposted by Jill C JonesGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 22/09/2025"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.variety.comJimmy Kimmel Returns: ABC Ends Suspension Starting TuesdayJimmy Kimmel will return to late night on Tuesday 1357412468962
Reposted by Jill C Jones50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 22/09/2025On October 18, we rise! Not to defend broken systems, but to defend each other! Because our communities deserve more than fear, silence, and billion-dollar bailouts for the powerful. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. FIND or HOST a 10/18 action at www.FiftyFifty.one #NoKings #Oct18 #50501Movement 431903851
Reposted by Jill C JonesRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game. The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed. 387129273815
Reposted by Jill C JonesHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Jimmy Kimmel and other late-night comedians have certainly said things about me that I found offensive, even outrageous. It never crossed my mind to call up the networks and say, "Hey, get rid of this guy." Because that's not how America works. play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...play.prx.orgThe Political Scene | The New YorkerThe Washington Roundtable is joined by the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo, the dean of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, to discuss... 1087281947032
Reposted by Jill C JonesGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Thank you for coming to my Teddy talk. 159117513389
Reposted by Jill C JonesJeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social · 18/09/2025This is the biggest attack on free speech since the McCarthy era but it also has significantly less popular consensus behind it than the second Red Scare. It's being done on behalf of a minority faction led by the most unpopular president in modern history. Organizing against this can win. 176146583797
Reposted by Jill C JonesGod @thegodshow.com · 19/09/2025Goodbye, Disney+!thegodpodcast.comBless All The People Boycotting DisneyThou shalt defend free speech. 771174973954
Reposted by Jill C JonesNBC News @nbcnews.com · 19/09/2025Federal officers in camouflage and riot gear use tear gas against demonstrators in the Chicago area, after the Trump administration's stepped-up immigration enforcement.nbcnews.toTear gas used on protesters at Chicago-area ICE site as immigration crackdown escalatesFederal officers in camouflage and riot gear clashed as demonstrators blocked vehicles in protest of Trump's expanding enforcement sweep. 135334
Reposted by Jill C JonesSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 19/09/2025"There will be tough days ahead, I can guarantee it...But let’s stay strong, refuse to be scared into silence and embrace our shared obligation to stand up for America." www.americaamerica.news/p/capitulati...americaamerica.newsCapitulation and the Attack on Free SpeechThe crackdown on Jimmy Kimmel is an outrage that puts us all at risk 391849512
Reposted by Jill C JonesAmy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 18/09/2025Asked by Senator Hassan, former CDC Director Susan Monarez testified that RFK Jr. told her to ignore her oath of office, abandon public health best practices, and promise to rubber-stamp his immunization policies—regardless of the evidence. When she refused, he fired her. 431142377
Reposted by Jill C JonesGremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 15/09/2025The Pitt does feel like the top-notch, best version of the new kind of thing that is unnervingly similar to the old kind of thing 2044021
Reposted by Jill C JonesGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16/09/2025Political violence and threats are not the answer. This is a watershed moment — we can choose to stay silent and live in fear, or we can choose to be loud for peace and compassion. We must work together to stop this crisis, and it should start from the top with the President. 760200125293
Reposted by Jill C JonesGod @thegodshow.com · 16/09/2025Thou shalt not claim to be a champion of free speech out of one side of your mouth whilst crushing free speech out the other. 12391611892
Reposted by Jill C JonesCulture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 15/09/2025Jean Smart wins the Emmy for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for 'Hacks' It's her fourth win in a row 530934
Reposted by Jill C JonesJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 13/09/2025Elon, speaking at the Tommy Robinson march today: “This is a government against the people and not for the people, this is why everyone is gathered here today…we don’t have another four years…there’s got to be a dissolution of parliament” And the government just…continues to use X. 681364416
Reposted by Jill C JonesJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 13/09/2025I’m tired of being pitted against my neighbor. I’m tired of being told to hate my neighbor. People across the political spectrum are hungry for a new kind of politics. 20866561726
Reposted by Jill C JonesKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 13/09/2025I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast. 146265846469
Reposted by Jill C JonesAlyssa MacKenzie @alyssamackenzie.bsky.social · 12/09/2025I hate it here. 77524
Reposted by Jill C JonesAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 12/09/2025If you have a screenshot of a US politician or leader blaming the left, or declaring some war, or anything before we knew who the shooter was, please post in the comments. We will need to keep these 1546228606003