Reposted by Jan DohnerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3hWhen -- not if, when -- Republicans respond to their losses this fall by crying about "voter fraud" and demanding Congress or the courts review the results, we have good lawyers and elected officials ready to push back. But the rest of us need to take a page from 2000 and mock them as sore losers. 301283278
Reposted by Jan DohnerAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 6hZelenskyy approval rating: 54% Trump approval rating: 32% 1002266495
Jan Dohner @jdohner.bsky.social · 3hNo one should be surprised. Trump believes it’s perfectly fine to invade other countries and take over their land and resources. 011
Reposted by Jan DohnerKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026So let's get this straight: Russia just murdered over 65 people in Ukraine in less than 48 hours. Crushed a building on top of sleeping families to celebrate Putin's birthday. And today, the U.S. announces that they are lifting sanctions on Russian diesel and planning to buy some, 15526381214
Reposted by Jan Dohner DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is clearly not acceptable 83594923222
Reposted by Jan DohnerJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 09/10/2026Kind of a buried lede in the results of this Supreme Court approval rating poll from Marquette: Overall support for Supreme Court expansion, which even Democratic politicians were dismissing as "radical" just a few years ago, is now at 53 percent today.marquette.edu/2026/09/marq... 492769783
Jan Dohner @jdohner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026But heaven forbid Secretary Pete daring to take family leave to help care for his premature infant twins with serious health issues. 020
Reposted by Jan DohnerDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is shameful. It speaks to a character that enjoys turning power into violence. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comFort Hood shooter’s execution will be live-streamed, Defense Dept. says“We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday about the firing squad execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan. 68571117
Reposted by Jan DohnerSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The First Amendment wasn’t actually “first.” The original First Amendment was meant to ensure that the House of Representatives grew in loose proportion to the country. Instead, the House’s size hasn’t changed since 1911. Today’s “One First” on that history—and the problems a capped House creates:stevevladeck.comBonus 256: The Original “First” AmendmentThe only provision from the original Bill of Rights that was never adopted would've grown the House in proportion to the country. We should revisit it. 34867229
Reposted by Jan DohnerMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2026NEWS: New York City just recorded the fewest shootings, shooting victims, and murders in recorded history through the first nine months of the year. Major crime is down 6.6% citywide, the largest year-to-date drop in 17 years, with declines in all five boroughs. 1/ 463196844727
Reposted by Jan DohnerThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Bidenomics was working. 46324
Reposted by Jan DohnerAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 06/10/202632 states permit child marriage. More states allow child marriage and minors to drink alcohol than those that allow access to hormones prescribed by their doctor with the support of their parents. None of it is logical and it's entirely based on moral panic. 445295
Reposted by Jan DohnerAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026We didn’t learn anything from Covid. People are already confidently calling the plague a nothingburger. Sure, we have cipro and doxycycline. The obvious concern here is that this strain was modified to be antibiotic resistant or spread more easily. We simply don’t know yet. 83760441539
Reposted by Jan DohnerJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026There does seem to be an interesting subset of folks who seem huffily annoyed that creators might want to be compensated for their stolen work by the people whose intentional acts of theft has literally allowed to become billionaires, I mean, how dare we, right 291937192
Reposted by Jan DohnerThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“For $45 you can start a school and charge $7000 per student — no background checks, they weren’t teachers — and taxpayers foot the bill… SCHOOL VOUCHERS ARE A SCAM.” @GovBillLee (H/T @piper_for_missouri) Pro Publica’s expose: www.propublica.org/article/prop... 501851842
Reposted by Jan DohnerThe Alternate Histoween 🎃 @althistorian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026All these polls for close Senate races say the same thing: voters think the Dem would do a better job, but they just wish they were a bit more racist. 1025667
Jan Dohner @jdohner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026He also believes we will actually get more hours of daylight each day. 4642
Jan Dohner @jdohner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Trump magically thinks we will get more hours of daylight with this bill. 🤦🏼♀️ 010
Jan Dohner @jdohner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“Up until now, REAP has allowed farms to build arrays that generate more power than they use, helping farmers not only slash their own utility bills but also earn revenue by selling clean energy back to the grid.” www.canarymedia.com/articles/foo...canarymedia.comThe USDA just made it way harder for farmers to get grants for solarEven farmers who were already promised funds from the REAP program may never get them under the Trump admin’s new restrictions. Some are suing. 111
Reposted by Jan DohnerThe Weekend on MS NOW @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"America is pissed. I have a lot of people who come up saying 'I am a Republican.'...and then they talk about how important they think it is for Democrats to win in a few weeks," @petebuttigieg.bsky.social shares what he hears from voters as President Trump's policies become more unpopular. 520351
Reposted by Jan DohnerDoug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Dems’ 2028 platform should include stuff like letting soldiers have beards, letting TSA agents sit down, letting generals get their promotions, etc. The deep state isn’t real but civil and uniformed services are. We need them to know which side respects their human dignity before MAGA’s next coup. 1040587
Reposted by Jan DohnerAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026You really can’t make this shit up. 791150014407
Reposted by Jan DohnerJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇 900264989107
Reposted by Jan DohnerAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026Today I learned that Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clark fan and that Amy Klobuchar knows more about sports than Eric Schmitt. 645216843583
Reposted by Jan DohnerHeadquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Trump administration has formally rescinded Title IX protections for LGBTQ+ students nationwide. 114482337
Reposted by Jan DohnerBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Our country is staring into the abyss, and much of our national press corps lacks the fortitude that this moment demands www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/b...nytimes.comTV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN (Gift Article)The White House TV pool went dark this past week amid a standoff between CNN and the president. Network leaders, however, believe an indefinite suspension may be untenable. 50937247
Reposted by Jan DohnerPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026U.S. manufacturing jobs are down under Trump, including in the auto industry. His strategy failed, and so will this. Lowering standards will accelerate what he has already been doing: handing the clean tech future to China and forcing Americans to pay more at the pump. 3162702771
Reposted by Jan DohnerMary Joy @maryjoy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I know this gets old and I hate myself for doing it (not enough to stop me obviously), but what would have happened if Michele Obama had worn a meanswear style suit that was a riff on her husband's tux. How normal would Fox had been about it? 031
Reposted by Jan DohnerSeth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Interviewing the inventor of napalm about his hats 33372991087
Jan Dohner @jdohner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026And the GOP wonders why they are struggling in farming states. Congress didn’t stand up to the tariffs and this is the consequence. 020
Reposted by Jan DohnerPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It matters to have leaders who care about the right things - as I was reminded during my last flight out of Pittsburgh International Airport. Here's why. 442368414
Reposted by Jan DohnerJohn Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Thread on solar vs. farmland debate: 1/n Enviro writer Bill McKibben: "“If you care about the future of agriculture on this planet,” he added, “you should be focused on driving down carbon emissions so we will still be able to grow things.”" www.canarymedia.com/.../lowell-v....canarymedia.com 14517
Reposted by Jan DohnerUnion of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 21/09/2026The Trump administration is, once again, threatening to take control of billions of dollars of biomedical and public health research funds at the National Institutes of Health, an agency focused on facilitating research and producing reliable data on public health and safety to protect all of us.nytimes.comWhite House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants (Gift Article)Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending. 13824
Reposted by Jan DohnerHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I'm in love.youtube.com2026: Time for the MidtermsYouTube video by Hamilton 15040821906
Reposted by Jan DohnerAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...theatlantic.comWhat the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return RevealsA previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover. 15138541806
Reposted by Jan DohnerVoteVets @votevets.org · 16/09/2026For the first time, the US military has publicly acknowledged that it has space weaponry, violating its policy of secrecy. Experts warn the revelation will cause our adversaries to launch a new arms race in space. One said "I don't think this is going to be in the interest of US national security.” 89638
Reposted by Jan DohnerMichael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Don't be taken in by wedge issues manufactured by bad actors looking to divide us & deflect our attention from the defining issue of this election: defeating a fascist, antidemocratic, racist, misogynistic, bigoted, xenophobic, destructive Trump/GOP agenda. #VoteBlue #Midterms 313846
Reposted by Jan DohnerSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I said this in 2018. Trump’s continuing betrayal of our beloved country is more unforgivable now. 1201838586
Reposted by Jan DohnerRandi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 16/09/2026And scene. 15957672301
Reposted by Jan DohnerAndrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 15/09/2026There’s obviously a lot going on right now, but a Russian oligarch bankrolling the wedding of the president’s son is the kind of story that should dominate headlines in any functioning political culture. 11246211322
Reposted by Jan DohnerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... " 1376339708301
Reposted by Jan DohnerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026Buttigieg: "I was shocked to hear Speaker Johnson just now saying 'we shouldn't be rushing, shouldn't be moving too quickly on this.' You know what is moving quickly? AI. For Congress to sit on its hands is deeply dangerous it to the American people ... what have they been doing this entire time?" 1122918794
Reposted by Jan DohnerJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The shit is about to hit the fan. 66883712844