Reposted by Josie and LoriJacquie (Postseason Edition) @lajacq.bsky.social · 16hI think we are all too lazy to do a world war again but every country is going to slip into a fascist malaise 3381
Reposted by Josie and Lorinyc5265.bsky.social @nyc5265.bsky.social · 15hReagan and Thatcher rose to prominence once no could remember the Gilded Age. Glass-Steagal was repealed when no one could remember the Depression and look where we are now that no one can remember World War II... 110626
Reposted by Josie and LoriEllin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social · 17hWorth mentioning that Facebook wouldn't take Lula's ads? 154
Reposted by Josie and Lorishit-the-nyt-says.bsky.social @shit-the-nyt-says.bsky.social · 19hAnother man too old to do the job dooming their country to fascism. 001
Reposted by Josie and LoriIt’s a floor wax and a dessert topping! @pipercat.bsky.social · 20hYeah, between this and the likelyhood of LePenn winning in France, the rest of the world isn’t exactly proving they’re much smarter than us. 1283
Reposted by Josie and Lorizachhaitz.bsky.social @zachhaitz.bsky.social · 20hVoters in every country just bouncing between normals and Nazis 1253
Reposted by Josie and LoriAn Anarchist Who Tried Her Best @nataliereed84.bsky.social · 15hWe really need to stop acting like we can shame, logic, and argue our way out of the situation we’re in. A lot of people are essentially saying “but that’s illegal and unfair!” to a mugger taking their wallet. You have to reframe your expectation that this is all a courtroom with an impartial jury. 1286
Reposted by Josie and LoriOrion Kidder @orionkidder.bsky.social · 15hMy little soap-box on this is that "social media" is a term invented to describe for-profit platforms. Fidonet and Usenet were *social* media. Discussion groups were *social* media. Facebook--and all its imitators, including Bluesky!--are advertising platforms. 2203
Reposted by Josie and LoriCassander @drsbaitso.zip · 15hYup. Not kneecapping Zuck when he started monopolizing with Insta and WhatsApp, and then after Cambridge Analytica was a terrible, terrible mistake. Should have done the same when Goog ate YT too. 0525
Reposted by Josie and LoriMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 17hWe murdered four more people in a boat today 11723431003
Reposted by Josie and LoriThe Nerdskull @nerdskull.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It’s so easy to spot a Nazi pretending to be a liberal in order to try to normalize hating trans people. They genuinely have no idea what actual liberals talk like. 10717
Reposted by Josie and LoriMartin Fregeau @fregeus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I don’t know. Americans are very comfortable in their little houses, with their little jobs making their little salary. I honestly thought there would of been more protests by now. People are just afraid enough not to rock the boat. A see a lot of comments like yours but very little action. 251678
Reposted by Josie and LoriPam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 04/10/2026🚨 We knew rights of the disabled would be attacked by this eliminationist regime — & they aren't playing. They want the disabled institutionalized. A federal judge allowed stripping out mentions that mandate services provided in the "most integrated setting." 🧾 www.npr.org/2026/10/01/n...npr.orgTrump administration reverses stance on integration of people with disabilitiesDisability rights advocates are angered by the latest reversal but are rallying behind proposed legislation and working with states to strengthen protections for community integration. 23018
Reposted by Josie and LoriCGray @cgray52.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The Trump administration has plans to ban mifepristone but are holding off until after the midterms to implement it. From Tom Hartmann. 001
Reposted by Josie and LoriPure Michigan @roberams.bsky.social · 03/10/2026One thing I’ve learned during the Trump era is that a solid 25-30% of Americans are ignorantly and unruly racist and nativist. I should have seen this coming. America has a big basket of deplorables. 021
Reposted by Josie and LoriUncle Mojtaba's Cavern Complex @wellburrowed.bsky.social · 30/08/2026A great idea for Reconstruction 2 would be minor changes to the law around 501c3s. Making this one person influence shop thing even slightly more difficult would just DDT the right wing 021
Reposted by Josie and LoriVicki, Who Still Loves Al Gore @vickimstein.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Mike Rogers has a terrible ad on right now featuring a "Persian" kid wearing a cross who claims that El-Sayed is linked to terrorists, with no sources or context. I hate this stuff. 001
Reposted by Josie and LoriCarol @carolrd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Our institutions of higher learning are going fascist now, too. 001
Reposted by Josie and LoriValerie A. Traina @v3ndettaval.bsky.social · 03/10/2026🔥The more people who learn about the longstanding culture of impunity at Cornell, the more pressure will build for the administration to make real change there‼️ Please share and empower‼️💪✊ 062
Reposted by Josie and LoriNathan Newman @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026With approval of Paramount takeover of HBOMax, I am sad to report pirate sites now so extensive they "helpfully list movies and TV shows categorized by provider, including HBO Max" Terrible thing if people dropped subscriptions yet could keep watching the shows www.theverge.com/streaming/87...theverge.comEveryone is stealing TVFed up with increasing subscription prices, viewers embrace rogue streaming boxes. 2176
Reposted by Josie and LoriStephen Spaulding @stevespaulding.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Majority Leader John Thune already said earlier this summer that the Senate would jam through a successor in the lame duck if the Senate flips and a justice retires. 313536
Reposted by Josie and LoriMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I just checked my voter registration. I encourage all of you to do the same. Try your state's official site. AVOID VoteSafe.Org. It's an Elon Musk scam to harvest data. 13943852285
Reposted by Josie and LoriBarking Squirrel 🏳️🌈👩🏻🦰🇺🇸🇨🇦 @barkingsquirrel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026#Montana, The attack ads targeting Sam Forstag are complete lies. Who’s behind it? No Going Back PAC Inc is directly connected to trump’s MAGA PAC. Flint is a Trump bootlicker and these ads use the same lies about trans and drag queens. Your kids are much safer around a drag Queen than a Republican! 283
Reposted by Josie and LoriCharles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A Michigan rabbis' 'nonnegotiable' petition demanding El-Sayed disown Hasan Piker reveals a harsh truth for El-Sayed: that no amount of pandering will satisfy critics who want anti-Zionism expelled from the Democratic party outright. 183
Reposted by Josie and LoriBob Chauvin, the Caffeine Squirrel @bobchauvin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026@abdulelsayed.bsky.social is facing a version of the #uncommitted movement, and it's as bad an idea as the original. forward.com/opinion/8505... #nonnegotiable is just dumb.forward.comWhat Black voters can teach Michigan Jews about Abdul El-SayedFrom FDR to Clinton, Black Americans have voted for the imperfect candidate to stop the worse one. Jews may need to do the same in November. 243
Reposted by Josie and LoriMother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/10/2026The police said she lied about being raped. Then she hit record.motherjones.comPolice didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record.“If I didn’t find the evidence for them, I wasn’t too sure they would find it.” 17528188
Reposted by Josie and LoriGirl from Downers Grove @goodhart1989.bsky.social · 02/10/2026She would be proud. My condolences--I lost my mom when she was 93. It seems strange to mourn someone who has lived such a long and full life, but that also means we've had them around us for so long. Lucky and grateful, but still sad to see them pass on. 131
Reposted by Josie and LoriMike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Put another way, Ford wants to spend more on removing bike lanes in Toronto ($48M) than he's spent protecting all of Ontario's businesses from an international trade war. Ontario deserves serious leadership, that follows through on promises, and actually puts people before profits. 4280132
Reposted by Josie and LoriGonzo @gonzonorthwest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Who owns them? Mainstream media is basically dead as a useful source of information. Streaming services are the next thing. But can we keep the Internet up and running long enough? Will opposition sites be targeted and silenced? We are almost to Pirate Radio stage, folks. 001
Reposted by Josie and LoriLonnietoft @lonnietoft.bsky.social · 17/05/2026The CONFEDERACY has been resurrected. “The South’s gonna do it again” …sang Charlie Daniels. BOYCOTT JIM CROW STATES! No sports, concerts No business conventions No vacations No college No blue state funding Start the next Great Migration! Good people, go north, go west. STARVE THE RACISTS! 011
Reposted by Josie and LoriLonnietoft @lonnietoft.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If producing it was a crime, then so was distributing it. Will Rachel, Lawrence or Joe cover it as such or are they now in on the grift? 001
Reposted by Josie and LoriKennwick from X @kennwickman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I stopped watching cable news, they have sold their souls. 061
Reposted by Josie and Loribeth4.bsky.social @beth4.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Media stations that are owned by billionaires have a conflict of interest. 061
Reposted by Josie and LoriMe moi ich @hellhound24.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Another in a long line of reasons I quit watching MSM years ago. They all have corporate masters and do their bidding. There is no "liberal" media. It's all corporate media. 041
Reposted by Josie and Lorimemilym.bsky.social @memilym.bsky.social · 02/10/2026We left Spotify when they ran ICE recruiting ads. This is no different. Boycott! 011
Reposted by Josie and LoriAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026And we need federal action to ensure that those who commit sexual assault and the institutions that protect them face consequences. 241924211
Reposted by Josie and LoriMike Pantuso @mikep57.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Yesyesyes. Fuck these privileged class evil assholes 022
Reposted by Josie and LoriSoumya Rangarajan, MD, MPP @soumya-goblue.bsky.social · 02/10/2026What are we doing here? student creatives I met at Literati today…seem to be having a lot more fun with their #education “it takes great effort to secure an interview for a CS internship, widely regarded as essential step. “it’s really hard these days to get an internship in software engineering”michigandaily.comHow UMich computer science students are navigating a shifting job marketIn today’s highly competitive technology industry, the perception of computer science as having strong job security is quickly changing. 241
Reposted by Josie and LoriGender Liberation Movement @genderlib.com · 02/10/2026Over a hundred protesters picketed NewYork-Presbyterian for ending care for trans youth. We're picketing a hospital on the first Thursday of each month through Pride. See you on the streets Nov. 5 121108296
Reposted by Josie and LoriLeon [the] English [are already scary enough] @leonenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Right wing media ecosystem at work baby 141
Reposted by Josie and LoriScholars for a New Deal for Higher Ed @sfndhe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This right here!!! Budget activism, engaging w mechanisms of power over the $$$. Have to rebuild shared governance on campuses even as we understand it's NOT ENOUGH. Higher ed as public good and pursuit of knowledge under assault. Contact your state reps!!!!!!!!! @aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social 073
Reposted by Josie and LoriAmanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026With respect, if you want to be a pro-democracy network you shouldn’t take stolen taxpayer money to air authoritarian propaganda. Give the money back and say no. 1313230
Reposted by Josie and LoriRoosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 01/10/2026Today, NYC's first-in-the-nation click-to-cancel rule goes live. A basic rule with big implications: sign up with one click, cancel with one click. Here’s @hellodcwp.bsky.social Commissioner @saalevine.bsky.social citing our research: it'll save New Yorkers up to $160M and 600,000 hours a year 👇 39836
Reposted by Josie and LoriJennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026They took away Medicaid from my 82 year old mom. They don't answer the phone and when she showed up in person, they refused to talk to her and told her to go home and call them. She got her low income senior housing because she qualified for Medicaid. 18218861233
Reposted by Josie and LoriRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We are paying CNN and MS NOW to run ads for Donald Trump right before the midterms. You and I are paying for them. And CNN and MS NOW are taking the cash while their hosts and guests say the scheme is illegal. That is the current state of corporate media in America. 30854601897
Reposted by Josie and LoriAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Thank you, Oswego, for standing up against ICE! ✊ 283128381
Reposted by Josie and LoriLeon [the] English [are already scary enough] @leonenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026They truly have no idea how to handle democrats who punch back 2-3 decades of the other side largely being Norms Respecters has made them soft 011
Reposted by Josie and Loriwizardkitten @wizardkitten.bsky.social · 25/09/2026FOX17/Scripps, WWMT/Sinclair, WZZM/Tegna, all have this vigil as lead. FOX, in particular, is really bringing the tragedy to light: working guy, just trying to support his family. WOOD/Nexstar apparently didn't bother to cover it, but they have the denial from ICE up top. Choose your news wisely.wwmt.com'Justice for Mario': Grand Rapids vigil calls for answers after crashCommunity members gathered in Grand Rapids Thursday night for a vigil honoring Mario David Coronado Juarez, who died Sunday after crashing his vehicle. 013