Reposted by Janet H PJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 1hIt’s time to leave it all on the field. As every Texan knows: Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose. Join us on tour: www.mobilize.us/talaricofort... 301144309
Reposted by Janet H PKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 3hREMINDER: Today by 12 pm ET, Todd Blanche shall submit, in REDACTED form, to the Court for in camera review the FBI interview notes for the South Carolina woman who alleges she was 13 years old when she was sexually and physically abused by Donald Trump. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 22442481654
Reposted by Janet H PSteven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 6hOne of the senators' concerns is that degraded intel put at risk US diplomats and the security personnel who protect them, who they said did not have time to get to bunkers during attacks because of lack of warnings. 432753
Reposted by Janet H PAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3hDoes arresting the wife of an enlisted man and mother of four US citizen children, a person who’s been here since she was 6 years old, make our country great again? 20138841583
Reposted by Janet H PMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 4hOf course, birds of a feather 1502689683
Reposted by Janet H PIan Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 8hEvery claim Trump makes here is false. He swims in a sea of Kremlin disinformation & his own fantasies. I know why European leaders, having failed for years to invest in defence, feel they have to keep in Trump’s good graces; but they shd see now they can't rely on him, & accelerate rearmament. 29521158
Reposted by Janet H PTom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 5hIn early 2025, I assumed the Trump regime would delete the Department of Justice’s press releases and other statements related to more than 1,000 Jan. 6 cases. So I downloaded them. We’ve now made them available to the public with a search tool. They can’t erase history. jan6memoryproject.orgjan6memoryproject.orgThe January 6 Memory ProjectA public archive of Department of Justice news releases and related court filings concerning prosecutions from the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. 652326869
Reposted by Janet H PEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 19hSome people Vance has accused of ingratitude or similar: Abdul El-Sayed Kamala Harris Zohran Mamdani Ilhan Omar Joy Reid Volodymyr Zelensky I couldn't find any white Christians. 851796389
Reposted by Janet H PKaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 7hWe see no indication from Russia that it wants to end this war, or pursue any form of truce or peace. That's why we need to help Ukrainians get through winter and defend their country. Ukrainians need more air defence. We need to increase pressure on Russia to make it clear they have to negotiate. 33709194
Reposted by Janet H PJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 16h“Similar past claims..of illegal voters have fallen apart..Last month election officials in Nevada said that they had examined a list..of 185 names of supposed noncitizens who had been improperly registered to vote & found that every person on the list was a..citizen. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/u...nytimes.comTrump Administration Sues California Over Voter Rolls (Gift Article)The lawsuit seeks to temporarily block the state from counting mail ballots of voters it claims are likely noncitizens, opening a new front in the administration’s legal fights with election officials... 10683266
Reposted by Janet H PRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7hThe reality is, all these fake MAGA tough guys from Trump on down are just whiny crybabies and perpetual victims. 2003490756
Reposted by Janet H PKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 13hAttorneys for ICE detainees held at El Paso's Camp East Montana say "dangerous and inhumane" conditions have led to deaths, abuse, sickness and trauma. They're submitting dozens of firsthand declarations and asking a court for emergency relief storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 321060552
Reposted by Janet H PConor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 19hElon Musk is single-handedly funding the Ken Paxton campaign: 3863302124
Reposted by Janet H PJames Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 16h"Seven years ago, a political appointee in the first Trump administration approached U.S. immigration authorities with a request that alarmed career staffers: Scrub the immigration records of Rep. Ilhan Omar." Officials "ultimately determined there was insufficient evidence of wrongdoing."wapo.stTrump officials scrutinized Omar in 2019. They didn’t find citizenship issues.The earlier review of Omar’s immigration records looked at many of the same issues being investigated now. 7278126
Reposted by Janet H PProPublica @propublica.org · 15hRecords show Texas Attorney General Paxton has taken 82 more out-of-state trips with a taxpayer-funded security detail than Gov. Greg Abbott — and nearly as many as the governor and lieutenant governor combined. with @texastribune.orgpropublica.orgKen Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta... 20670302
Reposted by Janet H PNancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 20hThis sums up the traitorous Trump regime. VOTE 15217
Reposted by Janet H PCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16hA teenager in suburban Chicago was arrested before carrying out what was planned to be a mass shooting at a Hindu temple last weekend www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/u...nytimes.comTeen Arrested Over Plan to Attack Hindu Temple, Officials SayThe suspect in suburban Chicago was in the parking lot of the temple on Sunday and told a co-worker that his gun had jammed, the authorities said. 119146
Reposted by Janet H PJenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 22hHuge story with implications for the MAGA takeover of Latin America: “U.S. goes to bizarre lengths to protect its man in Bolivia” 10/13/26 share.google/y5vbw0MiWl3p...share.googleU.S. goes to bizarre lengths to protect its man in BoliviaU.S. efforts to shore up conservative Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz’s troubled, almost year-long tenure recently took a bizarre turn. Measures taken to protect one of Washington’s agents have gone to... 06943
Reposted by Janet H PDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Heckuva job you’re doing running the State Department Marco. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...politico.comNasty email fight between 2 top Trump appointees spills into the openThe messages offer a window into interpersonal conflicts within the administration. 1015939
Reposted by Janet H PJenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 22hIn Aug, Fernando Cerimedo—a far right Latin American troll farm operator & ally of Brad Parscale—was arrested in Bolivia for attempted femicide. But in Sept, the Trump admin accused the *prosecutor* of bribery, triggering his arrest in Bolivia in what some call US interference. 1/wsws.orgBolivia jails prosecutor investigating Trump operative Cerimedo on Washington’s ordersBolivia arrested its attorney general two days after US sanctions, removing the prosecutor whose case against Fernando Cerimedo threatened to expose the criminal connections behind Trump’s “Shield of ... 35732
Reposted by Janet H PAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20hTheir theory that it’s a supremacy clause violation not to immediately segregate the votes of anyone DHS flags as a *possible* noncitizen is WILD. Like, absolutely going to be laughed out of court. 720921
Reposted by Janet H PNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 21hBREAKING: The FBI made a video trashing Democrats & hyping Kash Patel, then posted it during early voting Spending your tax dollars to campaign or to hype the director is illegal -- This video did BOTH We want watchdogs to find out who signed off Our @democracydefendersfund.org letter👇 -TN 228103933969
Reposted by Janet H PAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21hThe Trump admin claims it found 20,000 possible noncitizens on the voting rolls in California and is seeking a court order forcing the state to segregate every ballot sent to those individuals. Remember what happened the last time they made wild claims like this? DHS has ZERO credibility here. 301222393
Reposted by Janet H PKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 23hProsecutors are seeking LIFE in prison for the Alexander Brothers after they were found guilty on all counts for their decades of sex trafficking & rape of young women & girls. I detail the Govt’s sentencing memo & how Trump World is connected to the Alexander Brothers. youtu.be/sSHOelxzDnI?...youtu.beTrump World ROCKED As Alexander Brothers FACE LIFE In PRISON!?!YouTube video by Katie Phang 621830625
Reposted by Janet H PMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15/10/2026🚨BREAKING: DOJ’s demand that California prevent an unverified list of alleged noncitizens from voting or face legal action “appears to be a plausible threat that DOJ will attempt to engage in warrant-based ballot seizure,” the DNC said in a new court filing. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comDOJ’s California demand threatens ‘warrant-based ballot seizure,’ Democrats’ court filing warnsDOJ's new demand that California prevent an unverified federal list of alleged noncitizens from voting or face legal action “appears to be a plausible threat that DOJ will attempt to engage in warrant... 14232701827
Reposted by Janet H Pemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 23hKnives Out! Habba versus Grenell and Zampolli versus Landau and Guilfoyle versus Everyone and Everyone versus Wiles emptywheel.net/2026/10/15/k...emptywheel.netKnives Out! Habba versus Grenell and Zampolli versus Landau and Guilfoyle versus Everyone and Everyone versus Wiles - emptywheelBetween Trump's corrupt flunkies trying to take out rival vultures and other corrupt flunkies trying to get ahead of the midterms scapegoating, we're getting an unprecedented flood of infighting among... 31775203
Reposted by Janet H PCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 15/10/2026While Bo Hines was leading the White House’s push to pass the Genius Act, Tether—the company with the most at stake in the bill—was steering millions of dollars to a company he co-owned. Right after the bill passed, Tether hired him to run its YS operations. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...wsj.comHe Crafted a Crypto Law for Trump—as His Company Got Millions From a Crypto GiantMoney from Tether flowed to Nxum while Bo Hines worked in the White House on landmark stablecoin legislation. Once the law passed, Tether hired him as its U.S. chief. 614352
Reposted by Janet H PProPublica @propublica.org · 15/10/2026NEW on “Paper Trail”: A defense contractor CEO told the FBI that he had bribed politicians — and that Susan Collins was his most important patron. Then Trump shut down an elite FBI anti-corruption unit. So we took it upon ourselves to investigate.propublica.orgPodcast: Susan Collins and the Case of the Disappearing FBI Probe 101042528
Reposted by Janet H PChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22hHere we go again with this bullshit… Just weeks before midterms, Trump is laying the groundwork to delegitimize our results. Trump & his allies have targeted CA for years, with investigations repeatedly failing to uncover noncitizen voting. It won’t work, California is ready! #TrumpsAbuseOfPower 621049424
Reposted by Janet H PGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 22hIt’s *interesting* to read that six days ago the Trump admin told a federal judge it was working to “facilitate” Ahmed Soliman’s return to the US…then watch ICE removal planes fly right by the island where he’s being held on Tuesday, Wednesday, and probably again tonight. www.npr.org/2026/10/09/g... 4282145
Reposted by Janet H PKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 23hNine FBI agents who were fired for their work on the Trump classified documents case are suing the bureau and director Kash Patel for what they say was unlawful retribution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 533045772
Reposted by Janet H PBarb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Either they failed to anticipate the public backlash to a livestreamed execution or it was always just intended to be a distraction. Either way, these people are unfit to serve our country. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/u...nytimes.comTrump Cancels Planned Livestream of Fort Hood Shooter’s ExecutionThe president said only immediate families of the victims of the mass shooting in 2009 would witness the execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. 29635141
Reposted by Janet H PMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 15/10/2026🧵🧵🧵 The NY Times posted a 15-minute video today in which I got to tell NYT what’s wrong with its coverage. They said they saw my critical posts on Bluesky and invited me to do a video with them to air my grievances. Weird, right? I didn’t hold back. I blasted their sanewashing of MAGA extremism.nytimes.comVideo: A Reader on What He Thinks We Get Wrong About TrumpIn this first installment of “Sound Off,” Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for The New York Times, speaks with Mark Jacob, former metro editor for The Chicago Tribune, who shares his criticism... 60858411486
Reposted by Janet H PJonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 15/10/2026sciencebasedmedicine.orgDr. Jay Bhattacharya on Measles: “I Think I’ve Done My Best.”As football coach Bill Parcells famously said, “you are what your record says you are”. 351881740
Reposted by Janet H PRyan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Seizing the passport, phones, and computer of an opposition lawmaker is straight-up authoritarianism. There is no other way to describe it. www.wsj.com/politics/pol... 9729191
Reposted by Janet H PJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15/10/2026This is about Ilhan Omar. But it's also about control, intimidation, & authoritarianism. The message is: we can do this to a member of Congress; no foreign-born American is safe. The administration is using fear as a tactic to discourage people from voicing opposition. 952357772
Reposted by Janet H PCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 15/10/2026reminder that Gaetz was Trump's first choice for attorney general 21451105
Reposted by Janet H PAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Another lawsuit to keep an eye on. M.V.M., the main contractor, is the same one that in 2018 was caught holding some unaccompanied children they were transporting to shelters in an office building overnight, and making them bathe in the office sinks. 220791
Reposted by Janet H PAndrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 15/10/2026A $330,000,000 ballroom fund backed by hidden bank accounts, shell companies, and anonymous corporate interests is an open bribery scheme. 16313101
Reposted by Janet H PAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/10/2026Donors of $333 million to the ballroom include "contributors who have benefited from regulatory decisions, government contracts and, in one case, a pardon for a family member." From @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4yiUDPxwapo.stSecret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump’s ballroomThe records offer a panoramic view of a fundraising campaign that is extraordinary for its size and opacity. 14422761063
Reposted by Janet H PJames Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 15/10/2026"A list obtained by The Washington Post reveals all the major donors to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project.... Tech giants Nvidia and Apple each committed $25 million....Absent from the list is Trump himself, who has said that he is helping to pay for the project."wapo.stSecret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump’s ballroomThe records offer a panoramic view of a fundraising campaign that is extraordinary for its size and opacity. 72840438
Reposted by Janet H Pemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Playbook reports that Trump is considering replacing Susie Wiles, the last thing from preventing his Admin from REALLY going off the rails. He wants to blame SUSIE that people hate him and is considering promoting Stephen Miller, one main reason why people DO hate him. www.politico.com/playbook 89805278
Reposted by Janet H PAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/10/2026some deranged lunatic is going to storm an elementary school with an ar15 looking for the schools surgical center and the media is going to pretend we have no idea where they got that idea from 441106492528
Reposted by Janet H PAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Your regular reminder that for DECADES, a consistent majority of the American public have told pollsters that undocumented immigrants living here for years should have a chance to "fix their papers." The "deport them all" crowd are the minority, and always have been. 4415113
Reposted by Janet H PAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/10/2026The person who trained the officer testified that ICE does not consider pulling a gun on someone a "use of force" and that ICE has no policies expressly banning pointing guns at other motorists. However, he was so evasive on the stand that the judge considered disregarding his whole testimony. 25724153
Reposted by Janet H PChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15/10/2026Instead of Texans sending Ken Paxton to Washington, they should ask where the hell he’s been for the last decade. Here’s what investigators uncovered: 📌 730 workdays: Left blank on Paxton's official calendars, equivalent to nearly 3 years of standard workdays 16652342574
Reposted by Janet H PDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Always very interesting when WSJ gets a scoop and Fox, with same ownership, downplays or buries it. 836954
Reposted by Janet H PMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Hard to believe that empowering a pack of crooks and psychos isn’t working out. 1535362
Janet H P @jhptx.bsky.social · 15/10/2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-14...heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 14, 2026According to Ukrainian presidential advisor Serhiy Beskrestnov, last night, without warning, Elon Musk’s SpaceX restricted the speed limits for the Starlink terminals Ukraine’s military uses, known as... 000
