Reposted by JewelofHopedkn60.bsky.social @dkn60.bsky.social · 09/10/2026www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...theatlantic.comWhy Is Kash Patel Planning to Visit Russia?Democrats in Congress are asking the FBI director to cancel the reported trip. 023
Reposted by JewelofHopeknemma.bsky.social @knemma.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/m...nytimes.comAshley St. Clair Was Offered Millions for Her Silence on Elon Musk. She Spoke Out Instead. (Gift Article)In the documentary “Musk,” Ashley St. Clair, a former right-wing influencer and mother of one of Musk’s children, speaks about her relationship with him. 022
Reposted by JewelofHopeMillie Cassese ⚖️ @millienyc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Millions Lose Private Medicare Plans and Face Rising Costs www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/b...nytimes.comPrivate Medicare Plans Are Raising Costs And Forcing Millions To Find New Insurance (Gift Article)As enrollment for Medicare Advantage begins this month, older Americans are confronting fewer options because insurers are discontinuing coverage in many areas. 011
Reposted by JewelofHopeStephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Reading has become an endangered species. Which is half the problem with American political life. Maybe more than half. If you can't read, you can't think. Then you can fall for anything. The idea, for instance, that the truth is fake news. 1573671789
Reposted by JewelofHopeKate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 521873618
Reposted by JewelofHopederek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Pope reminds me of a version of Catholicism I knew growing up as a young man attending anti-war and anti-death penalty protests, where I met elderly Catholics who shared their version of faith with me. I learned that Catholicism was about love and mercy for the weak, the condemned, and the poor. 1166710918
Reposted by JewelofHopeElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 22/09/2026John Oliver is right: One huge company shouldn’t own your doctor, your insurer, and your pharmacy – AND get to squeeze every penny out of you at each step. 19362142005
Reposted by JewelofHopeBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 12/09/2026In my opinion Democrats get nothing nothing NOTHING by betraying trans people. They hurt themselves with a good deal of their committed voter base, and still don’t get the Republican votes they are so fucking obsessed with winning over. Lose-lose! People hate voting for squishy moral cowards!! 6447261007
Reposted by JewelofHopeElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Since people are noticing what Trump is trying to do with the Census, here’s what I wrote a couple of weeks ago when he first proposed it www.thenation.com/article/poli...thenation.comThe Trump Plan to Cook the Census Books 4401146
Reposted by JewelofHopeMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 10/09/2026A special report by Will Bunch on local police teaming with ICE to terrorize people. 28134
Reposted by JewelofHopeChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/09/2026Republicans control Congress, the White House and the United States Supreme Court. Take America back from whom? 19548211
Reposted by JewelofHopeDean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The fact Donald Trump told his supporters last night to "Cheat like hell" in 2026 election BUT that isn't the headline nationwide shows you again how corporate media is complicit. 752139829
Reposted by JewelofHopejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/09/2026this is a man so hollow, pathetic and power hungry that he is actively trying to ingratiate himself with neo-nazi groypers who think he is a race traitor 16465161021
Reposted by JewelofHopePhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Behind the scenes JD Vance is planting stories in the press 1873491
Reposted by JewelofHopeRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026If the money Trump claims to pay is tied to an election result, it isn’t a “cash payment” or “dividend” or “rebate” or “stimulus.” It is a bribe. Plain and simple. Calling it anything else accepts a false premise and helps Trump and Republicans cover up how corrupt it truly is. 1362756692
Reposted by JewelofHope🇺🇸𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕪 ℝ𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕘𝕖𝕖🇺🇸 ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖˡᵉˢˢ ᵁˢᴬ @indyrefugee.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Millions of people rely on the information they obtain via a search engine corporation which just proved it would alter digital reality if instructed to do so by those in political power. That’s some crazy shit, Google. 32480382575
Reposted by JewelofHopeJay Kirell @jasonkirell.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Kurt Schlicter once told a disabled veteran to off himself. I know because I was that veteran. 7934591248
Reposted by JewelofHopeRuth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 25/08/2026There is no comparison for how fast Trump has destructed government and wrecked the nation. But he’s also more unpopular than he ever has been — and that should encourage us to continue resisting, speaking out, and voting. 812810791
JewelofHope @jewelofhope.bsky.social · 18/07/2026I can't believe John Lewis has been gone for 6yrs—yet his legacy remains and his words live in me during hard times, reminding me to continue to rise. ❤🙏✊ 120
Reposted by JewelofHopeWool-Encased Tea Addict @passeriform.bsky.social · 10/07/2026share.inquirer.com/d0a0jM?utm_s...share.inquirer.comICE killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. They want you to be apathetic. Don’t be. | Will BunchSalgado came from Mexico, built the American dream, sent his sons to college, and was senselessly killed by ICE. 094
Reposted by JewelofHopeAri Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Gift www.wsj.com/politics/elections/the-… 037
Reposted by JewelofHopeSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 02/07/2026Students with disabilities are students first. For 50 years, the Dept of Education has been tasked with ensuring students with disabilities have the opportunity to learn & grow. The Trump admin's decision to move that responsibility to HHS & DOJ will only hurt these students. It's shameful. 32734274
Reposted by JewelofHopeMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Not one man who used Jeffrey Epstein to help them rape underage girls has been arrested. But a man has been arrested for placing his hand the Reflecting Pool's water. #NationalPriorities 8937891442
Reposted by JewelofHopeNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Statement from Counsel for Olympian Davey Hearn -- Norm Eisen, Democracy Defenders Fund & Mary Dohrmann, Washington Litigation Group 591634577
Reposted by JewelofHopeSFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 28/06/2026"In a United States with liberty for billionaires and justice for none, what are we even celebrating?" The latest from @willbunch.bsky.social... 🎁🔗inquirer.comAmerica at 250: 50-year sentences for progressive protesters. Freedom for millionaires. | Will BunchThe shocking 50-to-100-year prison sentences to leftist Texas protesters are more fascism than true criminal justice. 07127
Reposted by JewelofHopeVoice4Justice @voices4justice.bsky.social · 26/06/2026#Hegspin www.cbsnews.com/news/wounded...cbsnews.comWounded soldiers, families accuse Army of downplaying war injuriesSoldiers say the Army disregarded warnings about thin defenses and ignored requests for medical supplies. Now they question whether the Army is being transparent about their injuries. 7329159
Reposted by JewelofHopeAdam "I Was Hoping We Could Keep It" Laats @adamlaats.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Gift link:nytimes.comTexas Public School Students May Soon Be Required to Read the Bible 251
Reposted by JewelofHopeReuters @reuters.com · 25/06/2026More than 4.7 million people nationwide have lost their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, also known as food stamps, since Trump’s signature tax and spending law took effect last July, according to data through March from the Department of Agriculture — about 11% of participants. 1115892
Reposted by JewelofHopeAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026He’s threatening to sue the media over pool coverage. What an unbelievable, petulant manchild. Everyone knew he was going to fuck up the reflecting pool. He fucked up the reflecting pool, and now he’s invented vandals (despite the fact that the pool is under 24/7 video surveillance) to blame. 655118193045
Reposted by JewelofHopeLarry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Anthony Head was an Ambassador for Battersea Dogs and Cats home for more than two decades. Thanks for everything Tony x 162169692163
Reposted by JewelofHopeJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Ken Paxton just gave an Epstein-style deal to a pedophile. Paxton released Adam Hoffman — an admitted child rapist — back on our streets after Paxton’s rich lawyer friend got involved. The Epstein Class has no place in Texas. Ken Paxton has no place in the US Senate. 17967482361
Reposted by JewelofHopeThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18/05/2026"'The idea you would have the very same people that are getting maximum contracts now controlling the contracting process—if that is not just the ultimate level of corruption, I don’t know what is.'"lnk.thebulwark.comTrump Just Handed Mass Detention Policy to a Private Prison ExecutivePlus: The new DHS chief starts the way Noem ended—by losing. 1525889
Reposted by JewelofHopeThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18/05/2026And while we're on the subject, go check out @saletan.bsky.social's masterful history of Lindsey Graham's Trumpian heel turn, and what it says about the Trump era and the Republican party:specialto.thebulwark.comThe Corruption of Lindsey GrahamA case study in the rise of authoritarianism. Sen. Lindsey Graham is a central player in the Republican party’s capitulation to Donald Trump. We can watch the GOP's turn to authoritarianism by reviewing Graham's many public statements. 79418
Reposted by JewelofHopeGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/05/2026Ring the bell because for the first time ever: Jim Cramer is stunned silent. Just like the rest of us, he’s seeing the President commit insider trading right in front of our very eyes. 15657621664
Reposted by JewelofHopeCrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 13/05/2026Before being tapped to serve as acting director of ICE, David Venturella oversaw contracts for detention centers at GEO Group. It could not be clearer: what Trump calls "the largest deportation program in the history of America” is calculated to enrich his allies in the private prison industry. 49760
Reposted by JewelofHopeJesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 13/05/2026This would constitute one of the most brazen, most appalling acts of corruption in U.S. history. I know we’re numb to all of this but this is a seven-alarm fire. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/b...nytimes.comJustice Dept. Officials Consider Settling Trump Suit Against I.R.S. 30668982840
Reposted by JewelofHopejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/05/2026very good and it zeroes in on a really important dynamic: the way the professionalization of the court and the industry around it serves to insulate the justices from democratic feedback as well as contribute to the idea that the justices are law wizards to whom we *ought* to defer. 482730642
Reposted by JewelofHopeJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 11/05/2026I know that it's Calvinball now but saying you're going to dismantle a district because it's 47% African American sure seems like the intentional racial discrimination that's still banned 153731847
Reposted by JewelofHopeGlockymolo🥑 @bblanco718.bsky.social · 11/05/2026NOTICE: Do you have an elderly or disabled neighbor in NYC? Be a good neighbor and let them know about the free air conditioner program. If they earn $3473 or less a month, NYC will cover the costs of an A/C. Remember…last summer we had 95 degree weather. Look out for them 1229402131
Reposted by JewelofHopeRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 23/04/2026People with preexisting conditions also don’t deserve to die 8451031095
Reposted by JewelofHopeHarvey G. Cohen @cultrhack.bsky.social · 19/04/2026It’s sad, even tragic, that the U.S. government is currently militating against democracy and for terrorist authoritarian Putin, especially in the case of heroic, inspiring Ukraine🇺🇦. So, as this new article documents, Ukraine has given up on the U.S. 🙏: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comUkraine Has Finally Given Up on TrumpZelensky has written off the United States. 033
Reposted by JewelofHope𝒩𝑜𝓇𝓂𝒶 𝒫 @gemdrgn1.bsky.social · 19/04/2026👀 www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comThe FBI Director Is MIAKash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences. 052
Reposted by JewelofHopeAmbassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Everyone should read this description of how the Roberts Court abused the Supreme Courts own rules and traditions to turn the previously rarely used "shadow docket" into a tool for legislating a right wing agenda from the bench. These "interim rulings" aren't interim; they are policy. Gift article.nytimes.comThe Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court 18501268
Reposted by JewelofHopeNPR @npr.org · 18/04/2026A provision in the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill Act will make Rosa María Carranza and an estimated 100,000 other lawfully present immigrant seniors ineligible. Her once secure retirement is in question.n.prShe paid into Medicare for years. Trump's immigration policy will end her coverageA provision in the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill Act will make Rosa María Carranza and an estimated 100,000 other lawfully present immigrant seniors ineligible. Her once secure retirement is in question. 7228111
Reposted by JewelofHopederek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 17/04/2026this morning, mamdani’s team got in touch with me to float a new tax proposal: if your net worth exceeds $5 million and you dress badly, you’ll be hit with a 10% annual levy for “visual pollution.” i would be in charge of deciding if the outfits are bad. 453176761349
Reposted by JewelofHopeJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 18/04/2026The FBI guy is on a paranoid bender and won’t leave his room. The War guy quotes bible passages from Pulp Fiction. The Health guy collects raccoon dicks. It’s an Idiocracy on steroids. 611171025124