Reposted by Sicilian Johnny MnemonicJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 26/08/2026I’m here in Salisbury, MD today, where Rev. William Barber is leading a protest in support of the local Haitian community. Around 10% of Salisbury is Haitian, and many are facing potential deportation after the Trump admin ended their TPS status. Joined by faith leaders, reps from Sens and the Gov 171478430
Reposted by Sicilian Johnny MnemonicThe American Prospect @prospect.org · 24/08/2026The mainstream media has treated the collapse of trade talks with Canada as a symmetrical crisis, with each side blaming the other for a needless trade war. What these accounts leave out is the fact that all of Trump’s gratuitously imposed tariffs were illegal to begin with. buff.ly/jqL1tQ4prospect.orgCanada Stands Up to Trump’s Illegal Tariffs - The American ProspectAfter the U.S. increased demands over the weekend, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney rightly concluded that deals with this president are a fool’s errand. 31476206
Sicilian Johnny Mnemonic @jonsalvia.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Help your friendly neighborhood webslinger fight fascism incurred legal fees, fine reader. 010
Sicilian Johnny Mnemonic @jonsalvia.bsky.social · 23/08/2026www.mediaite.com/media/news/t... “The two men have stayed in touch since they worked together on a criminal justice bill midway through Mr. Trump’s first term... Mr. Kushner suggested that Mr. Jeffries should meet with the White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles...” These quotes are brutal.mediaite.comHakeem Jeffries Meeting With Jared Kushner Roils the LeftProminent Trump critics are furious over news of a reported secret meeting between Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner — with some calling for Jeffries's job. 140
Sicilian Johnny Mnemonic @jonsalvia.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Fired for breaking the news about the deplorable conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln. The people responsible for the deplorable conditions? Firmly employed. www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...stripes.comPentagon fires Stars and Stripes editor, publisher and reporterThe Pentagon on Friday moved to fire the editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes as well as its retiring publisher and a civilian reporter who covers the Middle East. 010
Reposted by Sicilian Johnny Mnemonic404 Media @404media.co · 20/08/2026And now, the video of “Darth Vader”on why he wants Flock in San Diego. Read the full story here: www.404media.co/darth-vader-... 21953373
Reposted by Sicilian Johnny MnemonicThe Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Oh he ain't gonna apologize gents 411665221
Sicilian Johnny Mnemonic @jonsalvia.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I block people just for posting annoying gifs sometimes and have never regretted it. 000
Reposted by Sicilian Johnny Mnemonicdr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 18/08/2026the fact that john ossoff can kick off a two-day media cycle by saying that the president is uninterested in doing his job and is sleeping through meetings and traveling around with a young blonde, suggests that not enough of these guys are speaking plainly and effectively about these assholes 121126372126
Sicilian Johnny Mnemonic @jonsalvia.bsky.social · 18/08/2026What Ossoff said about Trump's need to "Travel with Natalie" is simply true. There's nothing insinuated. It's not a euphemism for sex. But half of the reporters and pundits yakking about it are treating it as if it's some kind of insinuation. If you think there's something going on, go investigate! 000
Sicilian Johnny Mnemonic @jonsalvia.bsky.social · 16/08/2026"The President sleeps through his meetings. He golfs and trades stocks. He doesn't want to do the job. He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the Emir of Qatar." - @ossoff.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/lbLUN6K...youtube.comRally with Jon Ossoff | 08.16.2026 | Atlanta, GAYouTube video by Jon Ossoff 000
Sicilian Johnny Mnemonic @jonsalvia.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Yes, we need more stories about the fact that teachers are heroes because it's true and because the force runners on the Right want to annihilate education. 000
Sicilian Johnny Mnemonic @jonsalvia.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Republicans normalized their bad faith propaganda appearances on Sunday Shows long ago. With Lindsey Graham no longer available to respectfully lie viewers are subjected to Todd Blance levels of crude sycophancy. This in turn churns @atrupar.com reskeets like steam coming out of the ears of a robot. 100
Sicilian Johnny Mnemonic @jonsalvia.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Double dog dare Dems to say The Pandemic could have been prevented if Trump had not removed key CDC. politifact.com/factchecks/2...politifact.comKey US staff in CDC China office fell to zero under TrumpThe U.S. had 44 CDC staffers “in China to observe what was going on. (President Trump) brought home the vast majority of them, I think left only four in place.” 000
Sicilian Johnny Mnemonic @jonsalvia.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Great song, great music video youtu.be/i2ET3XPz-yI?...youtu.beCass McCombs - Seeing The Elephant (Official Video)YouTube video by Cass McCombs 010
Sicilian Johnny Mnemonic @jonsalvia.bsky.social · 13/08/2026www.liberalcurrents.com/what-is-woke... Key insight imho "Woke 2 presents itself not as exclusionary, but as the fulfillment of broadly shared values. That means the embrace of Americana—American flags, American history, American aspiration. The better angels of our nature."liberalcurrents.comWhat Is Woke 2?Woke 2 is Woke 1 with an honest relation to power. 000
Reposted by Sicilian Johnny MnemonicTina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 13/08/2026The White House normally gets $2.5 million a year for maintenance. Trump’s team has allocated $875 million. That’s 350 years’ worth of the usual budget spent by a single administration. 24332851507
Reposted by Sicilian Johnny Mnemonicp.s @p-s-v.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The moon completely covers the sun during a total solar eclipse as seen from the Javalambre Astrophysical Observatory in in Arcos de las Salinas, near Teruel, Spain. 12.8.26 Photograph: Christian Hartmann/Reuters www.reutersconnect.com/item/solar-e... 225891
Reposted by Sicilian Johnny MnemonicJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 12/08/2026the best part of this story is the vivid illustration of who gets a seat on the MAGA life boat and who gets thrown to the sharks when push comes to shove 59912223
Reposted by Sicilian Johnny MnemonicJosh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 12/08/2026If the Democrats really want to run on an anti corruption platform (and i think they should), this means coming out against prediction markets, crypto, and sports betting, all of which are either directly corrupt or facilitate corrupt acts. 261784324
Sicilian Johnny Mnemonic @jonsalvia.bsky.social · 12/08/2026PBS isn't fucking around, they get right into #SnackForceOne www.youtube.com/live/aUo8FuC...youtube.comPBS News Hour live episode, August 11, 2026YouTube video by PBS NewsHour 000
Reposted by Sicilian Johnny MnemonicGil Durán @gilduran.com · 11/08/2026This is so great. Paulina Borsook deserves her flowers. One of the best things about the past year has been (accidentally) helping to get her book re-published. Paulina is one of the only tech critics who got it right. Buy her book! Put her on your show! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comA tech prophet finally gets her second comingIn 2000, Paulina Borsook published a book foretelling the anti-government sentiments of the tech world. Now that it’s too late, people are ready to listen. 11406145
Sicilian Johnny Mnemonic @jonsalvia.bsky.social · 11/08/2026At a minimum there will be some creative Halloween costumes that result from this turn of events. 000
Sicilian Johnny Mnemonic @jonsalvia.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I do wonder if Frank Luntz is focus testing Democrat Socialist against Democratic Socialist as the new Republican slur de jure. 000
Reposted by Sicilian Johnny MnemonicMai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 09/08/2026This Tuesday, @freedcproject.bsky.social will be bringing DC residents together to mark this one year anniversary and to tell stories of how DC's residents have been harmed over the last year. More here: freedcproject.org/event-list/o... 04118
Reposted by Sicilian Johnny MnemonicKevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Historians may have played a decisive role last week in a judge's ruling that overturning a school board's decision to change the names of public school honoring Confederate generals ignored its impact on Black students. Historians matter. #CivilWarMemory 🗃️ kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/what-the-h...kevinmlevin.substack.comWhat the Historians Proved in Shenandoah County, VirginiaExpert testimony from two historians helped overturn a school board's 2024 decision, and showed exactly why the profession still matters. 8622166
Reposted by Sicilian Johnny MnemonicSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 08/08/2026My latest: open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...open.substack.comRepublican Senate Confirms Trump As Attorney GeneralThe Vote to Confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General is Catastrophic 27395158
Sicilian Johnny Mnemonic @jonsalvia.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Friday April 18, 2008 5 years into the Iraq War 6 years into the Afghanistan War (thank you for ending it Joe Biden) 7 years into GWoT The Great Recession and election? Months away. The great Nellie McKay? Singing truth to power and cheering up WRNR listeners. youtu.be/GZWH1bUqm9U?...youtu.beNellie McKay - Mother of PearlYouTube video by Salvia On Salvia 000
Sicilian Johnny Mnemonic @jonsalvia.bsky.social · 30/07/2026At least one radio station edited out the siren sounds in this song due to listeners in their cars, just like Odysseus trying to get home from a long journey, freaking out. Listen if you dare! youtu.be/StFlPZ602tQ?...youtu.bePanda Bear & Sonic Boom - A ? of WHENYouTube video by FloridTV 000
Reposted by Sicilian Johnny MnemonicMel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I, personally, think public discourse surrounding adaptations of epic poetry by leading scholars in the field is fantastic lol Tickles the brain, man. Very good stuff 1928
Sicilian Johnny Mnemonic @jonsalvia.bsky.social · 26/07/2026“Today, the financial sector operates by mafia rules; it is not that the mafia has become financialised, but that the financial sector has become mafia-like.” 041
Reposted by Sicilian Johnny MnemonicPeter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Have been a member of the @whca.bsky.social almost continuously since the 1990s. Our mission is to defend the First Amendment rights of White House correspondents to report on the president without fear or favor. Unfortunately last night did not advance that cause. Time to rethink the dinner. 4353304574
Sicilian Johnny Mnemonic @jonsalvia.bsky.social · 24/07/2026New low budget YouTuber directed movie coming out in 2027 called "Fake Walls". 000
Reposted by Sicilian Johnny MnemonicEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Now everyone’s referencing the Odyssey 2424
Reposted by Sicilian Johnny MnemonicFlint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 18/07/2026[NEW VIDEO] Meet the translator behind Christopher Nolan's Odyssey Emily Wilson has been vilified on social media for the last two months We chat about all things Odyssey: heroes, gods, feminism, vegetarianism, and translation Watch it now! Link: youtu.be/9p5VeyX1PJE 412326
Sicilian Johnny Mnemonic @jonsalvia.bsky.social · 17/07/2026One Watergate per day keeps the impeachment away. 0111
Sicilian Johnny Mnemonic @jonsalvia.bsky.social · 17/07/2026philosophical exploration of the right to freedom of movement in public spaces supported by the Supreme Court's "round" rejection of prior restraint 000
Sicilian Johnny Mnemonic @jonsalvia.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Ahh yes the guy who helped build out The Hill's digital media disinfo initiatives. 000
Reposted by Sicilian Johnny MnemonicScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 16/07/2026About Pete Hegseth’s talk about testosterone for service members … Rep Becca Balint (D-VT): “There are so many people in this Administration that have some weird, intense homoerotic feelings toward men, while also being homophobic”… 1602911886
Sicilian Johnny Mnemonic @jonsalvia.bsky.social · 14/07/2026It's a legitimate question. youtu.be/X9vvpam-xxI?...youtu.beIs Nigel Farage better than a trash can? 'Count Binface' challenges far-right party leaderYouTube video by MS NOW 000
Reposted by Sicilian Johnny Mnemonicyellowschwinn.bsky.social @yellowschwinn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Say his name: Lorenzo Salgado Araujo 07829
Reposted by Sicilian Johnny MnemonicSicilian Johnny Mnemonic @jonsalvia.bsky.social · 02/07/2026This is the frustration I have with many "centrists" in the Democratic party: they see themselves apart from the Dem party while also being the only "real" Dems. If you want a functional and strong Republican party, go join it and make it the new center right party. That would be more helpful. 051
Reposted by Sicilian Johnny MnemonicRebecca Brückmann @historleans.bsky.social · 01/07/2026I have decided to just pretend that Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's concurring opinion on birthright citizenship is the official 250th anniversary speech for the United States. Happy 250th anniversary, USA 🎉! And here is part of Justice Jackson's conclusion - as the rest of this text, it is fire. 🗃️ 0320117