Reposted by jontekAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 15/01/2026The administration needs to be asked directly how many J6ers, and anyone convicted of seditious conspiracy, are now ICE agents with a badge and a gun. 26942851262
Reposted by jontekPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Things are pretty grim here in Chicago, but we at least have the advantage of getting a lot of national coverage. There are other places that aren't... like this case in Durango, CO. coloradosun.com/2025/10/28/p...coloradosun.comHundreds protest outside ICE building in Durango after 2 children, father detainedFederal agents used pepper spray, rubber bullets on peaceful protesters. The family was detained on their way to school, according to local nonprofit 8325103
Reposted by jontekJustice for Justin (STILL!) @ish-not.bsky.social · 25/10/2025He is correct. But let me tell you why this dude also makes my buttcheeks pucker in a non-pleasant way: Dude has actively twirled the “both sides bad” purity baton for YEARS. The current times are the results of the impact of that… So the “this is bad” schtick NOW is 🗑️ 1612531
Reposted by jontekCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Page One. @washingtonpost.com 25895522354
Reposted by jontekJohnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Having read and legally briefed Project 2025, I assure you: violence against MAGA will be incorporated into their justification for formal Martial Law and the suspension of even more rights than they already have. It’s all happening. 37227
Reposted by jontekGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2025The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...doomsdayscenario.coAmerica Tips Into FascismToday is different than before. 44498594054
Reposted by jontekMAGA IS LOUD BUT FRAGILE @reesetheone.bsky.social · 07/08/2025This black man knew better. Y’all don’t care about minorities…. You just see them as lab rats in your progressive experiments. Inflicting pain to try to force them left is part of your plans. 273
Reposted by jontekHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 06/08/2025It's the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, and two things are true at once: The law has never been more under threat, and it's more important than ever to fight for its promise of an equal voice for every citizen. 23894402680
Reposted by jontekBrennan Center @brennancenter.org · 04/08/2025The Trump administration is undertaking an unprecedented strategy to try to undermine our elections. They are doing so by rewriting election rules, targeting election officials, supporting election deniers, and retreating from protecting voting rights. bit.ly/4l1lUPPbrennancenter.orgThe Trump Administration’s Campaign to Undermine the Next ElectionThe executive branch is interfering in U.S. elections in unprecedented ways. 7270175
Reposted by jontekClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Sidewalk art getting real 210214812772
Reposted by jontekGod @thegodshow.com · 27/04/2025You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like. 5384401811687
Reposted by jontekMAGA IS LOUD BUT FRAGILE @reesetheone.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Dems passed comprehensive immigration reform in 2013…. Its time to remind America of that. 23613
Reposted by jontekDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/04/2025This is exceptionally well reported: in case after case Trump has surrendered long time US interests to favor Russia and gained nothing in return. When you put it all together it a staggering surrender. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...nytimes.comHow Trump Plays Into Putin’s Hands, From Ukraine to Slashing U.S. Institutions (Gift Article)Many of President Trump’s actions have been seen as benefiting Russia either directly or indirectly, so much so that Russian officials have celebrated some of his moves. 9825041068
Reposted by jontekHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Donald Trump isn’t just illegally removing U.S. citizens from the country without due process. He’s illegally removing U.S. citizens who are literal children undergoing care for cancer. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... 25857242293
Reposted by jontek2strong2silence.bsky.social @2strong2silence.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Again everyone all over the world marveled at the Biden economy but to the media? Nah chaos & clicks were all they thought about. Our economy was the envy of the world & countries wanted to do business with us. Fuck your ratings. 25624
Reposted by jontekjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/04/2025DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States 5403963613162
Reposted by jontekJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Remarkable. A whole article that might be titled how all us super powerful people turned out to be Donald Trump bitches www.politico.com/news/2025/04... 1611901428
Reposted by jontekMia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Lithuanian president & people paid their respects to 4 American servicemen who died during training exercise. When the soldier’s remains arrived at Dover Air force Base, no US president was there to honor them on behalf of a grateful nation. Trump was golfing & will dine with rich Saudis 1532392914
Reposted by jontekThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/04/2025"We have the government we deserve. The American age is over. And it ended because the American people were no longer worthy of it."thebulwark.comThe American Age Is OverEmergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide. 27557131327
Reposted by jontekSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 02/04/2025“We must dissent because America can do better.” Good to hear Wisconsin Judge Susan Crawford quote Justice Thurgood Marshall in her victory speech tonight. 272368995431
Reposted by jontekSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Assigning Sen. Thurmond’s “longest filibuster” of the Civil Rights Act to the dustbin of history is a powerful part of the story. Because no matter what, that’s where they’re all going, no matter how hard they fight it. Men who fight the future are the most foolish of all men. 492689432
Reposted by jontekSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble. For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity. What will you do? 9295393210116
Reposted by jontekMagdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Vance gave his comments re: Greenland in front of US troops. NatSec Teams in EU will absolutely start planning war games that involve both a hostile--even aggressive--US, along w/ RU. I'm not saying what will happen in terms of US actions. I'm saying the EU will begin to prepare for this possibility 47423
Reposted by jontekTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Important to realize that Trump’s approach to Canada and Greenland is like his approach to Ukraine. It’s not even simply American imperialism. It is America enabling Russian imperialism. (1/3) 10855661849
Reposted by jontekDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 27/03/2025There is no way this massive cut in HHS employees is predicated on a careful and deliberate evaluation of the department’s resources, needs, and missions—and what’s best for the public. 60557201
Reposted by jontekJohn Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Just a reminder that America will in fact crush fascism. It will take a while and it will be messy. But bet on it. 1013182923022
Reposted by jontekTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18/03/2025When you erase the history of the code talkers, you are erasing the history of the Second World War. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...washingtonpost.comAmid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiserPages celebrating Navajo code talkers and other minority service members were also erased. 927169256800
Reposted by jontekDr Alfredo Carpineti @drcarpineti.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Happy ides of march! Today it is tradition to give the gift of stabbing to would-be dictators 🫶🏻 20771781543
Reposted by jontekjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/03/2025re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens 4334850210698
Reposted by jontekDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 08/03/2025NEW: Trump's speech this week was a reminder that he's running a disinformation operation to impose a mix of oligarchy, autocracy & kleptocracy. And the Democrats just don't seem to get it. I explain all in my OUR LAND newsletter. link.motherjones.com/public/38917... Subscribe at davidcorn.com. 651037290
Reposted by jontekDavid Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Then-VP Kamala Harris with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy: "...My support for the people of Ukraine is unwavering. I've been proud to stand with Ukraine. I will continue to stand with Ukraine and I will work to ensure Ukraine prevails in this war." www.youtube.com/live/60I18rw...youtube.comVice President Harris and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy deliver remarks — 9/26/24YouTube video by CNBC Television 0697
Reposted by jontekStrictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Nailed this too. 014253
Reposted by jontekJim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 22/02/2025“Freedom of speech for me and not for thee,” sounds like something a king would say. As many of us have noted this week, we don’t do kings in America. Some thoughts on the AP’s lawsuit: open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...open.substack.comScore 1 for 1A: AP Takes Trump to Court over "Gulf of America" Ban at White HouseIn its lawsuit, the Associated Press rightly accuses the Trump White House of violating its First Amendment rights 512537418
Reposted by jontekNancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 22/02/2025✅ DEI Employer of the Day™ Volkswagen "This commitment to Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) forms a central foundation for the economic success of our company" 200+ corporations state commitments to diversity, equity & inclusion. Thanks for suggestions to the list: www.impactivize.org/dei-employer... 521141
Reposted by jontekNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 22/02/2025By replacing a black 4-star general with a white 3-star general, we are finally bringing meritocracy back to the Department of Defense. by Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump 222298327
Reposted by jontekPortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 22/02/2025I shared this with friends who unlike me, aren't political junkies or history nerds. Figured others may have those in their circles. From 2018...still applies...more than ever. www.startribune.com/good-germans...startribune.com'Good Germans,' 'Good Americans': Where are we headed?To take the right route, we must defend the values that made America great and resist the lies that undermine it. 33719
Reposted by jontekAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/02/2025CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80… 1246229938678
Reposted by jontekTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks. 1273424648544
Reposted by jontekAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds. Gov Mills: See you in court 2178199514389
Reposted by jontekjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20/02/2025hey @mattyglesias.bsky.social, the piece that you link to here — my piece — does not say that “all DEI critics want to reimpose segregation” and i would appreciate it if you didn’t lie to your audience about what my work says. 329180782222
Reposted by jontekEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 20/02/2025New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge... 8114280416471
Reposted by jontekjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20/02/2025gravedigger of american democracy. a more malign influence than john c calhoun. 1350320703894