Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.social🇺🇸𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕪 ℝ𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕘𝕖𝕖🇺🇸 ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖˡᵉˢˢ ᵁˢᴬ @indyrefugee.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Sean Duffy’s — the reality TV Transportation Secretary charged with keeping us safe during travels — plan for fixing our defunct airports is to let Jesus take the wheel. That’s it. We are all fucked, with the believers. 40669159
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 13/05/2025You can't make this up. ICE left a 12-year-old completely abandoned on the street after abducting the adult he was with. www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/... 13343541771
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialJennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 13/05/2025Why are HSI agents smashing car windows & abducting immigrants in Waltham, MA—again? No ID. No warrant. Just masked men asking “Are you legal?” like it’s 1942 Germany. Ramos Arucha stayed silent—as is his RIGHT. They shattered glass anyway. This is Gestapo-level terror #OnYourSide 181714383
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialMurshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 13/05/2025The word is that @gallego.senate.gov + @markwarner.bsky.social are trying again to gather Dem votes to advance the shady GENIUS Act that will end up helping the Trump family to get richer off crypto this Thursday. Call you Sens today 202-224-3121 ask them to vote against the dumb GENIUS bill. 27283153
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/05/2025What happened before Mayor Baraka’s arrest needs daylight. Did masked ICE agents let him in just so they could arrest and perp walk him to send a message of fear. Because that’s what it looks like. We’re sliding into fascism—and fast. And if we don’t stop it now, we may not get another chance. 898148786241
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/05/2025@billshaner.bsky.social reports from the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.com“They’re trying to kidnap someone”On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts. 1195133505369
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 10/05/2025If you have to repeatedly break the law to arrest those you claim have broken the law, you’re not enforcing the law. ICE has morphed into a terrorizing Gestapo-like goon squad. They must be held accountable. 822222146257
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Stephen Miller Threatens to Suspend Habeas Corpus because He Got Caught Lying www.emptywheel.net/2025/05/10/s...emptywheel.netStephen Miller Threatens to Suspend Habeas Corpus because He Got Caught Lying - emptywheelJudges are doing a better job than journalists are at calling out Stephen Miller's lies as lies. 21744211573
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialLeia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Some residents tried to form a human ring around the mother and daughters. One person asked to see a warrant. “We don’t have to show you anything,” an ICE agent reportedly told the crowd. Tell me how this lowers prices, or makes life better for anyone. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...independent.co.ukMoment ‘fed up’ crowd in Massachusetts swarms ICE agents attempting to arrest motherWorcester locals formed a ‘human ring’ around the mother and her two children before cops ‘slammed’ her teen daughter’s face into the ground 46780281
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialBiggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 10/05/2025This right here...... 488293616833
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/05/2025WATCH: “This is how Fox spreads disinformation. It’s sad to see Alexis McAdams be part of that machine.” Receipts of Fox News lying to their audience about the arrest of Mayor Ras Baraka with false headlines and selectively edited clips. As usual. 23047762040
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10/05/2025DOGE Is Bringing Back a Deadly Disease Cuts to agencies that protect workers’ lungs are going to result in the resurgence of a preventable illness.theatlantic.comDOGE Is Bringing Back a Deadly DiseaseCuts to agencies that protect workers’ lungs are going to result in the resurgence of a preventable illness. 28376141
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Just amazing: Trump grew angry over a Biden-era program with the word "equity" in its name, so he ended it. But a key part of the program was sending money to red states to expand internet access in rural/MAGA country. Now they might not get it. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1950...newrepublic.comAngry Trump Kills “Woke” Program—and Accidentally Screws MAGA VotersIt’s called the Digital Equity Act. That word—“equity”—caught the White House’s attention. So now Trump is moving to nix funding—but it could cut off millions destined for red America. 26838591301
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialChristopher Reader @xopherx.bsky.social · 10/05/2025"Abortion legislation moving through the Texas Legislature would give the attorney general power to enforce a pre-Roe law that could criminalize pregnant people." 54437
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Welcome to the liquidation of American dominance in science 1102455944
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 07/05/2025Two fighter jets gone in a week, totaling over $100 million. Hopefully Hegseth can put the bottle down long enough to explain to DOGE. www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-fig...cbsnews.comFor second time in 8 days, U.S. fighter jet assigned to USS Truman is lost in Red SeaTwo pilots suffered minor injuries in the ordeal. 2073215757
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Crockett: Instead of the President cosplaying as the next pope, he may want to cosplay as an actual President of these United States. That means he may have to do a little bit of research and understand that he swore a an oath to defend and protect the constitution. 8804255010367
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialArt Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Donald Trump is speaking tonight at a $1.5 million-a-head fundraiser for his MAGA Inc. Super PAC at his Trump National Golf Club in Virginia. This comes after him telling people to buy less toys for their children. Man of the people. 🙄 58954310
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialJohn Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 05/05/2025 576111223090
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialRicky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 06/05/2025If anyone deserves to be in Alcatraz or any maximum security prison it’s the orange convicted felon for committing espionage, treason, sedition and fraud. 2315313873
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 01/05/2025What could possibly go wrong 881731468
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 01/05/2025"Seven times he said MS-13 was written on his knuckles... that is the level of delusion, and gaslighting, and dishonesty in this White House... is Donald Trump mentally competent?" From my debate on the 100 days with former Trump ambassador Carla Sands on BBC Newsnight tonight: 1613264599
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialAlt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 01/05/2025The Memorial Wall honoring USAID employees who lost their lives in service was taken down today. We will not forget. 😢🇺🇲 wtop.com/government/2...wtop.comMemorial wall to fallen USAID staffers is removed from the agency’s former building - WTOP NewsWASHINGTON (AP) — Contractors hired by the Trump administration have removed a memorial wall to fallen staffers from the now-closed headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development… 25347158
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialKevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Can we maybe start by impeaching this motherfucker 2254873
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialLorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Ok I am completely broken by this. The Hague and UN need to see this. #Texas 579258978396
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 30/04/2025revenge campaign against the american people 272283394
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 28/04/2025 16660011232
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 26/04/2025You have been watching the greatest economic disaster strategy from an American President in history. 2111483748211
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 26/04/2025A 2-year old US Citizen was deported Friday to Honduras. “The judge on Friday scheduled a hearing for May 16, which he said was ‘in the interest of dispelling our strong suspicion that the Government just deported a U.S. citizen with no meaningful process.’” www.politico.com/news/2025/04...politico.comJudge says 2-year-old US citizen appears to have been deported with ‘no meaningful process’The girl was deported Friday with her mother to Honduras, despite her father’s efforts to keep her in the United States. 36055042218
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/04/2025Bragging about being “close to a trade deal” with South Korea is a joke—we already have one: KORUS—a free trade agreement signed in 2007 & updated in 2018. Nearly all tariffs are already gone. PS— Bessett sounds like a terrible negotiator. “We’ll see if they actually follow through.” Clown show. 33063171723
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25/04/2025NYT: One estimate finds that DOGE’s “firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers” will actually COST taxpayers “upward of $135 billion this fiscal year.” @nytimes.com 🤡 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u... 29264452658
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/04/2025⚠️ First, Trump targets sites like ActBlue that help fund his opponents. ⚠️ Next, it’ll be the voters themselves. And we better take that seriously. 23535981474
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialJoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 25/04/2025This shit just gets worse by the second doesn’t it? 2061700294
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialCongresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 23/04/2025Pete Hegseth is treating the Pentagon like it’s a Fox News set—ordering a makeup studio while leaking sensitive information in Signal chats. This is what happens when you put clout-chasers in charge of national security.cbsnews.comHegseth orders makeup studio installed at PentagonDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth has not given any press briefings in the briefing room but has used the room as a backdrop for TV hits with Fox News. 980113322887
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/04/2025Robert Wolf on Fox News: "I've been in finance for 40 years. This is probably the biggest manufactured crisis I've seen with a bunch of unforced errors. The execution of 'liberation day' was pathetic." 1243298817256
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22/04/2025"The FDA is suspending a quality control program for testing milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division... Another disruption to food safety programs after the termination and departure of 20,000 HHS employees..." www.reuters.com/business/hea...reuters.comUS FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cutsThe Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division, according to an internal email seen by Reuters. 60166112817
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23/04/2025You’re going to keep hearing stories like this—because Trump doesn’t GAF about these folks. WAKE UP! “We have a quarter million dollars in inventory stuck in China… we don’t have $400K to pay the tariffs… so we had to freeze all shipments… and let go of most of our people already this year.” 21029831322
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialPeter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 22/04/2025The @WSJ headline says it all: Dow Headed for Worst April Since 1932 as Investors Send ‘No Confidence’ Signal. @hannaherinlang.bsky.social www.wsj.com/finance/inve...wsj.comDow Headed for Worst April Since 1932 as Investors Send ‘No Confidence’ SignalFew think the administration’s negotiations with trade partners will yield results soon enough to ease the strain. 39538183
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialAdam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Kseniia Petrova literally does things nobody else can do She was recruited by Harvard because of her genius Now she's in an ICE holding cell Trump claimed he wanted more skilled immigrants in the US Another lie "over 1,550 international students and..graduates..had their..status changed" 10191100
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 22/04/2025“Trump Is Serious About Sending US Citizens to an El Salvador Prison. That Should Worry Us All” It's time to set aside our individual and collective denialism and face the truth, writes law professor @kimwehle.bsky.social for Zeteo: The threat to all Americans is real.zeteo.comTrump Is Serious About Sending US Citizens to an El Salvador Prison. That Should Worry Us AllIt's time to set aside our individual and collective denialism and face the truth: The threat to all Americans is real. 411341304
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialEric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Harvard has some of the best scientists inventing new ways to early detect and cure cancer. But Trump’s ICE locks them in a detention center— for 2 months! 631653702
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 22/04/2025So here we have a guy whose main achievement is spreading lies on Russian state television trying to block life-saving American medical research and intimidate American scientists. www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgTrump administration targets academic journals with attorney letter, proposed funding cutsBudget plan would kill two CDC journals, while U.S. prosecutor accuses some nongovernmental publications of being “partisans” 401346458
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 22/04/2025Good morning! Just a reminder that DOGE is not a real department. It’s fake 39999461604
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialChris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Personally, I think it should be front page news for at least a month if a sitting US President is using falsified evidence to try and deny due process to a man who has committed no crime, but that’s just me 7825178011287
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialDeedDoer @deeddoer.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Ron Johnson and Benny Johnson - known Russian shills. Nothing to see here. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...msnbc.comRon Johnson rejects Ukraine aid, says Putin’s points are ‘accurate’GOP Sen. Ron Johnson didn't just criticize U.S. sanctions on Russia, he also pointed to Vladimir Putin's recent rhetoric as "accurate" and "obvious." 42910
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Amen. 18770111193
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialAaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 20/04/2025The United States is losing more than $90 billion in revenue because tourism is being driven away. www.nbcnews.com/business/con...nbcnews.comAs international tourists pull back on U.S. travel and purchases, $90 billion in lost revenue loomsVisits from Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom have seen particularly significant declines. 24837021197
Reposted by @jeanettetarter.bsky.socialsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Two backpacking German teenagers who had obtained ESTA approval from DHS were detained by CBP at the Honolulu airport, strip searched, jailed overnight, and ultimately deported to Japan because immigration officials weren’t satisfied with their lodging arrangements. beatofhawaii.com/why-these-ha... 28844932237