Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3hImmigrants have been awarded 40% of the Nobel Prizes won by Americans in chemistry, medicine and physics since 2000 nfap.com/research/new... 22513160
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialMeidas Sassy™ 🐬 @filosia.bsky.social · 8hKnowingly stripping Ukraine of defensive capacity while Russian attacks continue is not legally trivial. It can raise liability for aiding war crimes under Rome Statute Art. 25(3)(c), and conflict with Geneva Common Art. 1’s duty not to encourage IHL violations. Knowledge and foreseeability matter.reuters.comEXCLUSIVE: Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources sayThe order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefe... 26407260
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialAaron 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? 23342731746
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.social🇺🇸IBWizard🏳️🌈 🇺🇦 🌻😷 🖖 @ibwizard.bsky.social · 13/10/2026 335164574565
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialchris @ckab.bsky.social · 11/10/2026ok, yeah, the Neapolitan Novels fucked me up 051
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026"The 2.25m barrels of diesel Putin offered Trump will have zero net impact on the world price of diesel. But accepting them will collapse the US-led sanctions regime on Russia—and align Trump with Putin against Ukraine's attacks on Russian energy production..." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...theatlantic.comTrump Is an Easy Mark for PutinThe president’s diesel deal sells out Ukraine, and does nothing for Americans. 19930651350
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialAdam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Not to mention that we could’ve gotten plenty of diesel fuel-and cheaper, too-without helping Putin kill innocent Ukrainians. But now, the stain of their blood will forever remain on the hands of Trump and his soulless, hypocritical acolytes in the Republican party May they rot in hell 291046510
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialAdam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026It was inevitable that Trump would betray Ukraine-and the US-while funding Putin’s war by purchasing red-dye diesel fuel We knew it when Marco Rubio’s Senate Committee showed innumerable ties between his campaign and Russia The dumbest part-this “big deal” will only cover about 3 days of fuel 59797328
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Trump has denied disaster relief for Illinois following severe storms in August. Trump approved a request from Indiana for damage resulting from the same storms. One is a "blue state." The other is a "red state." No other president has politicized natural disasters the way that Trump has. 20859152729
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialGloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The fed government will lose a large chunk of the $26bn in payroll taxes from unauthorized immigrants, taxes needed for the social security fund. Even Scott Bessent & RFK Jr warn that lower net immigration threatens social security funding & could mean cuts to entitlements. #MomSkytheguardian.comTrump immigrant purge could cut social security for Americans by $2,000 a yearNew report on economic cost of anti-immigration campaign projects 8.6% reduction in retirement payments by 2034 94127
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books 4073529510623
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialPeggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 07/10/2026When agents stop people for how they look, US citizens are caught as a matter of course. When filming agents leads to arrest, warning your neighbors becomes a risk. When a citizen can be held with no lawyer, no phone call, the only protection for any American is whether an agent believes them.forwardky.comOver 500 U.S. citizens have been arrested and detained by ICEExperts have long warned that immigration dragnets and the erosion of civil rights for immigrants will inevitably result in the erosion of rights for citizens. Those warnings are coming true. 44235
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialCharles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The federal government is lying to you. And we have the receipts. projects.propublica.org/american-cit... 8563227
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It's almost like putting a quack anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of the nation's health policy has consequences. "The United States has now had more measles deaths in the past two years than we have had in the previous three decades combined...": www.ms.now/news/pennsyl...ms.nowPennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the U.S.The state has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, health officials said Monday, making it the largest outbreak in the U.S. in more than three decades. 21952222302
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"Driver-volunteers go to homes to drop off diapers, baby formula, toilet paper, groceries... "Drivers switch routes and cars, write addresses on paper, and carry a water bottle so they can drop the paper in water and obscure the addresses if stopped... kansasreflector.com/2026/10/02/t...kansasreflector.comTrump's immigration sweeps leave southwest Kansas communities looking for way forward • Kansas ReflectorDODGE CITY — Southwest Kansas communities reeling from President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown — which included random stops to check status — are looking for ways to recover as fear continues ... 351356486
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointee in New York, rebukes ICE for arresting two people erroneously — including a U.S. citizen — and later claiming "mistaken identity." "ICE agents falsified official records," he says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 632683930
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.social California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026BREAKING: Trump announces he will withhold federal funding from Ohio if they vote blue in November… Isn’t EXTORTION, a typical mob tactic?! RICO. CHARGES. FORTHCOMING. 😎✨ 45871282170
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/10/2026A tiny bit of gentle advice for the men: before you try to explain or pontificate anything about the Cornell 7 to a woman, please remember chances are she’s already an expert 🙏🏻 371111222230
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is why technofascists, oligarchs, and their servants, such as JD Vance, hate this Pope. 401818468
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026RFK Jr. has been transforming a government that long championed vaccines into one that questions their safety. This is what could happen over the next 25 years if shots are unavailable even to the people who want them. (Published March)projects.propublica.orgThe Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines VanishResearchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available. 25481253
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed... "How will you pay for it?" The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts... "How much do you need?" It doesn't have to be this way. 209122673896
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care. Congenital measles is a disease that’s rarely, if ever, seen in the U.S..." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...nbcnews.comAmerica had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected. 43261763161
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Go Canada 🇨🇦 👏💥 1521267
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialAgentJoeMcJoe 🇺🇸 @joemcjoe11.bsky.social · 19/09/2026We should all be disgusted of the White House Press Corp. No one walked out No one told Trumpy to go fuck himself. No one said mean things to Trumpy after he chopped down another pillar of American Democracy. No one asked for proof any of them published 'fake news'. No one did anything. Sad. 930152053952
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026👇👇👇👇 16592723912109
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026… 336230048043
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026He’s got a point! 523183205388
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialPaul @endthecaste.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Blue States are the donor States for federal taxes, and Red States ride our wave as TAKER States THAT is the damn truth! 21356961961
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Indeed, it's far worse than that... Trump is running up a tab of many millions in taxpayer funds for purposes of promoting his own golf course. And the proper word for that is *corrupt.* 35873722826
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialBrian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"This is not the first time you've been demoted to YouTube... Why are they so scared of you?" Here is @jimmykimmel.com's online-only sit-down with @jamestalarico.bsky.social youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...youtu.beJimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To SeeYouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live 10942951613
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2026Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...youtu.beJimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To SeeYouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live 4541897511180
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialPeggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Here's the Kimmel show with the Talarico interview. Let's make this YouTube video go viral! youtu.be/gIbSEScdV2o?...youtu.beTrump Makes 9/11 About Himself, A.I. Ready to Kill Us & Jimmy to Interview James Talarico on YouTubeYouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live 13426
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialPEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Anonymous - Trump offers a bribe of $5,000 in exchange for votes, the bribe is promoted as a dividend and would cost $1.2 trillion dollars. This is a felony under 18 U.S.C. § 597, bribing someone to vote a certain way is a federal crime punishable by prison. #cdnpoli 3322778
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/09/2026BREAKING: Jimmy Kimmel says his interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico will NOT air on ABC due to threats from Trump’s FCC. The interview will instead be posted to YouTube. 53784133454
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialStacesCases2 🇨🇦 📎 @stacescases2.bsky.social · 08/09/2026 16739171190
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I wonder if Iranian schoolgirls and wedding guests massacred by the Trump regime thought it was a "war." 814246
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialkeven-pittsinger.bsky.social @keven-pittsinger.bsky.social · 04/09/2026 189132124193
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026It's nuts that Republicans in Congress DRAGGED Secretary of Defense LLoyd Austin through hearings for going to the doctor one day, but Mitch McConnell is out for four months and that's totes fine. 20368401863
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialTobique Mike🇨🇦 @tobiquemike.bsky.social · 03/09/2026With the recent promising successes in mRNA technology defeating pancreatic and now glioblastoma (brain cancer), it’s looking like anti-vaxxers may be the only ones that will die from these diseases soon. Dolly Parton backed mRNA research. This may end up being her greatest gift. #science 20669151526
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/09/2026This iconic 1971 photo of Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes has always said so much without saying a word. Two women. Two raised fists. One shared fight for equality. Dorothy passed in 2022. Now Gloria is gone too. Two giants who helped change America. Rest in power, Gloria. ✊🏼✊🏾 307155704126
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialkamimagic @kamimagic.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Libby Klinner's military husband died March 12 during a mission, leaving her and her 3 children ineligible for certain benefits. Why? Because Congress has not officially declared war against Iran. But, go on about how the US values their military. #ProudBlue www.notus.org/defense/air-...notus.orgAir Force Probing Iran War Widow’s ‘Missing’ BenefitsLibby Klinner said she was deemed ineligible for certain benefits because Congress had not officially declared war against Iran. 941490923
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialDr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 01/09/2026RFK Jr. has cancelled hundreds of millions in mRNA vaccine funding - the same technology that holds enormous promise for future cancer vaccines. Who on earth looks at a technology that could help prevent or treat cancer and says, “Let’s stop investing in it”? 168932
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I recently had my first doctor refuse to wear a mask for me. They confidently told me “new science shows you only have to wear one when you’re sick”. I reminded them that asymptomatic transmission is real and that I’m immunocompromised & have been hospitalized for a cold… 🧵 2052313456
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialJust ‘Steve’ 💙 @steveplou.bsky.social · 01/09/2026When everything you do is a knee-jerk reaction with no thought or consideration of the consequences of your actions. 31864821633
Reposted by @justrational.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026PabloReports: What do you make of Trump saying Americans who oppose data centers are backwards and poor? AOC: I mean, how about we put one in Mar-a-Lago? I love that. Let’s put a data center at Mar-a-Lago, and we’ll see how backwards and poor he is in response to that. 272117282988