Reposted by JonelFascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 4hSorry, bit late on this. HR 7008 failed to pass cloture on a party line vote 53-47. The bill is effectively dead. There is vote about utilities regulations (HR 9340), which will then be followed by the cloture vote for Sonderling. 1212
Reposted by JonelKUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 4hThe Pentagon made last-minute changes to forms that many overseas U.S. citizens use for absentee voting, removing a category of citizens that Republicans have been pushing to block from voting.kuow.orgTrump officials changed forms for overseas voters amid a GOP push to restrict votingThe Pentagon made last-minute changes to forms that many overseas U.S. citizens use for absentee voting, removing a category of citizens that Republicans have been pushing to block from voting. 01413
Reposted by JonelTennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 4hThe federal government has begun supplying COVID-19 vaccines to states, including Tennessee, to be used as part of a free immunization program for low-income children, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Tuesday. From @anitawadhwani.bsky.social.tennesseelookout.comAfter weeks of limbo, federal government now distributing COVID vaccines to low-income kids • Tennessee LookoutThe federal government will supply COVID-19 vaccines to Tennessee, to be used as part of a free immunization program for low-income children. 11811
Reposted by JonelMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4h🚨BREAKING: The bill failed to clear the 60-vote threshold to end debate in the Senate, 53-47. Every Democratic and independent senator voted against the measure. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comGOP voter ID bill falls short in SenateThe floor stunt attempted to give Republicans facing tough reelection fights something to campaign on as voters sour on the GOP’s willingness to acquiesce to Trump on artificial intelligence, the war ... 421581504
Reposted by JonelAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 16hState Department employees were falsely accused of "censoring" Americans. When do they get justice? thehill.com/opinion/nati...thehill.comWe need accountability for federal employee purges made on false pretensesI was grilling chicken on a sweltering summer night in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, when I peeked at my phone and saw that a senior official in the administration had just accused me of lying to C… 17795211
Reposted by Joneldarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 16hi assure u if this were an actual legal document that held them responsible for anything they would fuckin proofread it for a misplaced double space after a period 63249
Reposted by JonelHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 15hSeptember 29, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 29, 2026The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S. 53994331
Reposted by JonelMichael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 11hdlvr.itMedia’s Little White Lie: There’s No Such Thing As an ‘Evangelical Christian’How evangelical Christianity became part of the biggest myth in American media. 412830
Reposted by JonelImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 9hNetflix has made a hetero hockey show? I don't think they understand what people like so much about Heated Rivalry. Two white straight people fall in love. Wow groundbreaking. Never seen that on screen before 1028322
Reposted by JonelJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 8hIf you’re not from Missouri, you may not know that Eric Schmitt got his start in MAGA politics by suing public schools for mask mandates while their teachers died during a pandemic. The really strange thing? He never sued his own kids’ school for their mask mandate. He’s a piece of Schitt. 662434740
Reposted by JonelProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 8hThe funny thing when Me-Too came around, my two best friends from law school and I were like between the law schools and the law firms, our first five years of practice, was just one horror story after another, and we just thought it was the price you paid for practice. 0191
Reposted by JonelProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 8hWhen I entered into legal academia, it was called the Meat Market and we met in hotel rooms, too. My favorite interview was when they told me I was the affirmative action candidate while one man was in jean short-shorts, while they all smoked cigars. Yes, it was George Mason. 89112
Reposted by JonelProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 7hAnd that it why it totally irks me when Pete Hegseth blathers on and on about the “first not being the best”. Dude, every “first” woman I worked with had nerves of steel. 1362
Reposted by JonelImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 7h✍🏾 MY LATEST: I wrote about the moral panic Republicans manufactured about trans girls in sports. I decided to turn all my yelling on social media about trans girls in sports into a column.rewirenewsgroup.comThe Panic Over Trans Athletes is Fake: OpinionRepublicans have manufactured a crisis in women’s sports, just in time for the midterm elections. Democrats should find the courage to defend trans children—or at the very least, leave them alone. 218778
Reposted by JonelImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 7hPrecisely. And I make that point in the pod! If there's one thing SCOTUS hates more than Black people voting, it's lower courts ignoring its orders. That's why SCOTUS smacked the 8th Circuit upside the head. The goal wasn't to help Black voters in KC. That was just a happy accident.youtube.comSCOTUS Did Something Nice for Black Voters in Missouri. I Know.YouTube video by Rewire News Group 27418
Reposted by Jonelsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 7hIt is actually completely clear from context clues. 642049264
Reposted by JonelAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6hTrump is standing like no human has ever stood before 136466131262
Reposted by JonelACLU @aclu.org · 6hGovernor Lee's 615-741-2001 mailbox is full — contacting him through this form is the quickest way to reach his office. 16114
Reposted by JonelACLU @aclu.org · 6hURGENT: Hours before Tennessee was set to execute the first woman in the state in more than 200 years today, a federal court temporarily paused Christa Pike's execution. Tell Governor Lee to respect the court's decision and call off her execution NOW.tn.govShare my Opinion with the Governor's Office 317844
Reposted by Joneldarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 6hi think this is a fealty test trump daring republicans to show disloyalty 2440736
Reposted by Joneldarthburkie.bsky.social @darthburkie.bsky.social · 20hBurn fraternity culture to the ground 021011
Reposted by JonelDr. Lindsay Stallones Marshall (she/her) @lindstorian.bsky.social · 19hYep. We didn't do a damn thing after Sandy Hook or Uvalde. We are not a society that has the will to stop systemic violence. We could choose to be one that does anytime. But we'll have to choose it. 430011
Reposted by JonelKelly @justkelly.bsky.social · 21hShe was doxxed by a Chi Phi alum who implored his followers to “help a Chi Phi.” Just in case anyone thought that organization was remotely redeemable. 413548572
Jonel @jonelstr.bsky.social · 4hGODDAMMIT! Men double down on being absolute fucking psychos while women are begging them to step up?!?! JFC 000
Reposted by JonelErica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 5hIn San Francisco, Lurie's RV ban—on which Dan Strauss' similar proposed ban in Seattle appears to be modeled—hasn't gotten people into shelter, but it has pushed them outside city limits, often after losing their RVs and becoming unsheltered. Is this what "success" will look like here?missionlocal.orgS.F. cracked down on RV dwellers. A year later, many have left the city altogether.Data shows that a year after San Francisco's RV ban, 1/3 of RV dwellers using city aid have moved outside city limits. 1017751
Reposted by JonelFascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 6hWill note that HR 7008 needs 60 votes to pass cloture, which means 7 Dems have to vote yea for it. If the bill was still originally a very weak attempt to regulate Congressional ownership of stocks, it'd probably pass. But adding a version of the SAVE Act to it makes for a taller task. 1214
Reposted by JonelFascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 6hToday at 10:30am, the Senate will begin motions to invoke cloture on fascist bill HR 7008 (a bill that would gut mail in voting and require ID to vote) and to confirm horror show Keith Sonderling as Secretary of Labor. This will be the thread for the votes. 13710
Reposted by JonelCommon Power @ourcommonpower.bsky.social · 4hThe question for Iowa now is: can Democratic nominees make it a swing state again? While door-knocking for Rob Sand and Josh Turek, Iowa voters shared their fatigue concerning corruption and the general lack of affordability. These issues will decide the race. 021
Reposted by JonelACLU @aclu.org · 4hThe multiple deaths at Delaney Hall are the predictable outcome of a rapidly expanding detention system, with no transparency or accountability. Congress must pass the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act to end mandatory detention, family detention, and private facilities like Delaney Hall.aclu-nj.orgA Congressman said reports of deadly conditions at an ICE detention center were a “false narrative.” Then two more people died. - ACLU of New JerseyImmigration detention is cruel and inhumane. It’s also deadly. 12263110
Reposted by JonelKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 4hTrump and the tech oligarch's new "AI accord" is a meaningless and toothless performance -- designed to pre-empt real oversight and propped up by a pathetic U.S. press:karlbode.comTrump's New 'AI Guardrails' Are Worthless Gibberish Propped Up By A Shitty PressTech and media giants are desperate to convince the electorate that meaningful corporate oversight isn't necessary. 614842
Reposted by JonelDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There's a shit-ton of actual anti-Semitism in the world today, but Netanyahu's fraudulent misuse of the term devalues it dangerously. Hamas is anti-Semitic and murderous. Netanyahu is a cynical, murderous shitheel. Mamdani is an American politician with a perverse impulse to tell blunt truths. 371665273
Reposted by JonelMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 7hI don't find the Schmitt Senate fiasco remotely funny. It's just McCarthyism but more incompetent. It's appalling, & a constitutional order that can't end this level of unserious lying & extremist nonsense isn't worth saving. We need massive institutional reform to make sure it never happens again. 36720164
Reposted by JonelBlack Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 7hWho is running against this man? 4756190
Reposted by JonelRep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 7hTrump cuts healthcare for millions of Americans. Healthcare costs skyrocket. Trump slaps tariffs on basically everything—including food. Grocery prices go up. Trump starts ANOTHER war in the oil-rich Middle East. Gas prices go up. See the pattern? 34813
Reposted by JonelWatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 7hTell Congress: Demand AG Blanche release ALL of the Epstein files now. Write a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...actionnetwork.orgTell Congress: Demand AG Blanche release ALL of the Epstein files nowContact Congress today! 11711
Reposted by JonelPortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 7hMore empty #Foxconn promises. An Indian owned steel plant promised to Iowa. Now a South Korean project for Alaska. States they risk losing. And how's that Foxconn deal going, Wisconsin? BTW? MAGA racists not happy. "This isn't America First!" apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comTrump will unveil $54 billion in South Korean investment in Alaska, site of a tight Senate racePresident Donald Trump is expected to announce plans for South Korea to invest roughly $54 billion in a project to export natural gas from Alaska, a proposal long backed by Republican Sen. 0127
Reposted by JonelLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 7hPeople are apparently getting varying answers, but it seems clear some changes are underway. 211229
Reposted by JonelNed Pyle @nedpyle.com · 29/09/2026A super dumbfuck trying to make people say super intelligence is super lol 0151
Reposted by JonelHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We know how this story goes…. 1137629
Reposted by JonelAndrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 29/09/2026Why the press needs to ask Susan Collins a LOT of questions substack.com/note/m-ba0e9...substack.comAlex + Andrew Weissmann LIVE!A recording from Andrew Weissmann and Alex Wagner's live video 718642
Reposted by JonelDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026What's especially notable is that after having his nose rubbed deep in the unwashed crack of his own stupidity, the Honorable Senator doubles down and insists Jack Smith is a perjuring dirtball. Even Emily Latella, on being lurched back to reality, offers up a quiet "nevermind." 4163471
Reposted by JonelKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 23hit would be cool if U.S. journalism could clearly inform readers that the trump administration dismantled what was left of our already shaky regulators and replaced them with perfomative vibes 412434
Reposted by JonelAlberta Clipper @albertaclipper1.bsky.social · 20h“Bari Weiss sits down with Senator Eric Schmitt to talk about life lessons and standing up for one’s principles. Plus she finds out where to find the best butter cake in Saint Louis. That, and Ross Douthat coming up on the next 60 Minutes” 251
Reposted by JonelElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026These Republicans are actual fucking clowns 631002146
Reposted by JonelElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Get you "friends" who make fun of your team in their lede graphs, AND THEN TELL YOU that you're not paranoid and the swipe was meant *specifically* for you. :( 830819
Reposted by JonelImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 21hPlease vote for B*tch, Listen to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award for the episode in which @elienyc.bsky.social and I talk about how the Constitution is trash but it's working exactly the way the white slaver founders intended. You can vote here. You have to sign up. Do it! Do it now! Please?vote.signalaward.comThe Signal Listener's Choice Award needs YOUI just voted for this finalist to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award. You should too. 67325
Jonel @jonelstr.bsky.social · 20hELIEEEEEEE @elienyc.bsky.social this interview with Imani is my fave interview you've done this year! (the one with Jay will always be good because of this 🔽) Folks, go vote for Imani's podcast! 000
Reposted by JonelImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 21hMy podcast is only a year old. I'm so geeked to be nominated for this particular episode because it's an episode ERRRRYBODY needs to listen to. 220132