Reposted by Jennifer Vroomm @keptsimple.bsky.social · 14/10/2026many centrists are as disdainful of science as MAGA these days. virtually every study on the topic, and there have been many, show that youth programs reduce crime. it's a settled question. this is no different from claiming vaccines are a hoax. 1184116779 4.1K
Reposted by Jennifer VroomJenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 16/10/2026😡😡😡 “Meta employees acknowledged in internal communications that the Instagram accounts of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva were hindered by restrictions during [Brazil’s] election” & that Meta “recommended the profile of challenger…Flavio Bolsonaro” & “his WhatsApp channel…” 1/ 16933891746 3.4K
Reposted by Jennifer VroomMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 16/10/2026If I were on Talarico's team, I'd devote a nontrivial amount of advertising to "How do you feel about Elon Musk wanting to build unregulated data centers across the state of Texas while trying to buy the election?" 224441 244
Reposted by Jennifer VroomSteven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Nobody seems to want to take responsibility for ordering the code red on Starshield — controlled by the US — degrading Ukraine's air defenses without warning at a time when Russia was stepping up attacks on civilians and power stations. Bipartisan senators have asked DOD IG to investigate. 701371342 1.4K
Reposted by Jennifer VroomAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/10/2026The ICE officer who faces charges for road raging in Minneapolis (pulling a gun on a random motorist who blocked him from driving his unmarked SUV on the shoulder) broke into tears on the stand and said he was under a lot of stress, ok? 1201594471 1.6K
Reposted by Jennifer VroomAmanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Really hard to separate why live-streaming executions by firing squad could possibly be good when they casually throw around stuff like this. 26664111 664
Reposted by Jennifer VroomJason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I’m sorry, did a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate just ‘Won’t somebody think of the neo-Nazis?’ during a live TV debate? 17346351245 4.6K
Reposted by Jennifer VroomPatrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 13/10/2026“Sir, we are cratering in the polls, please try and not do anything nuts for the next month. Maybe on social, just keep it benign.” “Like what?” “I don’t know. People like animals. A lot of people just post like cat videos and stuff.” “Gotcha, say no more.” 491372275 1.4K
Reposted by Jennifer VroomAhmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Watching Katie Zacharia repeat the Trump Admin’s blatant lies without the usual shameless confidence we’re used to is jarring. Shows you how much of this administration’s unreality is being upheld by pure dishonest bravado. The lies fall even flatter without it. 291032166 1K
Reposted by Jennifer VroomConnor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 14/10/2026It would be easy to mistake this as accountability for gross misconduct when in reality it's punishment for freelancing and insufficient discretion. Grifting is the norm, not the exception, in this administration. But Guilfoyle made the mistake of getting caught and not dealing The Big Man in.bbc.comTrump ousts US ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle amid corruption allegationsAsked about misconduct allegations against Kimberly Guilfoyle, Trump says she was doing a good job but he didn't like what he was reading. 0144 14
Jennifer Vroom @jvtacoma.bsky.social · 14/10/2026In third grade, I had several lengthy absences due to illness. It was 1978 - the year of the Jonestown Kool-Aid drinkers and TWO papal conclaves (we weren't even Catholic). I was obsessed. Read/watched the news religiously. I also read books on lighting design. Miraculously, I had friends. 020 2
Reposted by Jennifer VroomGregg Rosenthal @greggrosenthal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Rams tackle Alaric Jackson, who is facing a potential suspension for punching Bills DE Bradley Chubb, was not suspended by the NFL after an arrest for felony domestic violence this June. 9505119 505
Reposted by Jennifer VroomCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/10/2026chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/1...chicago.suntimes.comGroup cheered as woman was sexually assaulted at University of Chicago frat house, police report saysThe 21-year-old woman told police the assault happened during a party at the Alpha Epsilon Pi house, according to the report. Her account was backed up by two friends, who stated they intervened by ba... 1618777 187
Reposted by Jennifer VroomCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 13/10/2026A U.S. Air Force member jailed since August for publicly calling for President Donald Trump's impeachment is being held in solitary confinement 24 hours a day, according to his attorney. www.military.com/air-force-ma...military.comAir Force Maj. Jason Watson is in Solitary 24 Hours Daily After Publicly Calling For Trump’s ImpeachmentMaj. Jason Watson has been jailed since August after publicly opining on the president and his administration, drawing a big legal battle. 58884497 884
Reposted by Jennifer VroomJ.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com · 14/10/2026One weird trick to solve all your AI problems: Make the creators of AI legally liable for foreseeable problems their product causes, just like every other damn product in the world. 461235405 1.2K
Jennifer Vroom @jvtacoma.bsky.social · 14/10/2026This makes me sad because I remember seeing him at a Dukakis rally back in 1988. I looked it up to make sure I wasn't imagining things. 000 0
Reposted by Jennifer VroomProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 13/10/2026President Trump and the Republicans had a two year romp through every political fantasy nourished in their heart since The John Birch Society and Richard Nixon, and you know what: it turns out their ideas were bad and are tanking the economy. 152015364 2K
Reposted by Jennifer VroomMax Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 14/10/2026These fucking people. If you want to save humanity, save it *here* and *now*. Bezos could easily move the needle on climate change if he wanted to try. 59723153 723
Reposted by Jennifer VroomAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026Real America's Voice interviewed a guy at the Trump rally in Ohio who blasted Trump for peddling "lies and garbage." He went so hard on Trump and JD Vance that they cut the interview short. 389101302588 10.1K
Reposted by Jennifer VroomKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Any Democrat announcing pre-emptively that they won't impeach Trump is not just failing to fulfill their constitutional duties, they're signaling to Trump that he can ramp up the abuses because they're not going to hold him accountable. Nope. 382214450 2.2K
Reposted by Jennifer Vroomcapitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 12/10/2026No president can abuse power alone: he needs a complicit Congress, and contractors to do the physical work. Riverbend's owner Logan Jones could have said "we can't start that fast", or "we need to wait for the court order". He didn't. You can call and tell him what you think. 2/ riverbendva.comriverbendva.comRiverbend Tree Service | Serving Fairfax & Loudoun Counties, VARiverbend is proud to provide quality tree care, tree removal, pruning, pest & disease management, landscape maintenance, drainage, grading & lot clearing to northern VA. 16628213 628
Reposted by Jennifer VroomJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Why would a physical search of Omar’s home in 2026 be relevant to or necessary for an investigation into whether her dad filled out a form incorrectly decades ago? 374334761 4.3K
Reposted by Jennifer Vroomjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/10/2026before this is over i will not be surprised if trump cuts down every cherry tree he can find just to spite DC 1364875880 4.9K
Reposted by Jennifer VroomMother Jones @motherjones.com · 11/10/2026The 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.” 622014619 2K
Reposted by Jennifer VroomCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comFDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmedRegulator looks to expand loophole to allow dangerous compounds in food as long as they’re not carcinogenic 114835465 835
Reposted by Jennifer VroomBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Brown University’s widget shows that the energy costs of the Iran war have just passed $1,000 per household iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu 5830901409 3.1K
Reposted by Jennifer VroomAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026Trump: "You can no longer say, 'Hi mom.' It's, 'Hi gestating. I love you so much gestating.'" 353704138 704
Reposted by Jennifer VroomCity of Minneapolis @minneapolismn.gov · 09/10/2026Today, and every day, we stand with the Somali community. 42121411605 12.1K
Reposted by Jennifer Vroomderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Trump's suit appears to be part of Jos. A. Bank's Traveler line. The suit is listed as having been made abroad using a wool-polyester-spandex blend. The company describes it as having the "ultimate stretch" and was designed to minimize body odor. 59993741604 9.4K
Reposted by Jennifer VroomAmanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Trump & Hegseth aren't just proposing to livestream an execution for willing viewers. Even if you support the death penalty, consider what happens next: Footage of a man being shot to death, pushed into our kids' feeds. It won't be contained. Hope the parents in the Trump Admin are cool with that 2516041 160
Reposted by Jennifer VroomThorpe Langton @mspdawg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Just a reminder how much Tom Emmer has debased himself for power: 601120270 1.1K
Reposted by Jennifer VroomKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Universities bring in foreign students ... to undercut the wages of American residents? What? This is exactly backwards. Foreign students subsidize the tuition of American students. I wonder why the VP who follows Nazis online has this all wrong. Probably an innocent, non-racist mistake. 1433225854 3.2K
Reposted by Jennifer VroomWIRED @wired.com · 09/10/2026An ICE agent on the scene of a shooting in upper Manhattan on Thursday has repeatedly been accused in federal court of unlawful arrests and using force during arrests in New York and Minneapolis, a WIRED investigation finds.wired.comICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal ArrestsBrenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court. 10677300 677
Reposted by Jennifer VroomMike Masnick @masnick.com · 08/10/2026All these guys spent all this effort to get "fuck you" money and can't even bring themselves, even once, to use it to say "fuck you" to Trump. Pathetic. 563173480 3.2K
Reposted by Jennifer VroomPwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 07/10/2026If Democrats win, johnson will not be speaker at the point where they are swearing in the new Congress. They are sworn in by the speaker elect, who is chosen by the member elects 522873587 2.9K
Reposted by Jennifer VroomAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This segment is about DHS's claim that they have identified and arrested over 2,000 "terrorists," a claim laughable on its face. This is largely because the admin has reclassified multiple criminal gangs as "foreign terrorist organizations," and ICE's gang identification is notorious sloppy. 29742208 742
Reposted by Jennifer Vroom𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 09/10/2026Hey, wanna see a murder? 1372332618 2.3K
Reposted by Jennifer Vroomdarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026impeach hegseth should be on the list day one it is not even debatable tbh 573527407 3.5K
Reposted by Jennifer VroomCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026For the first time on record, a majority of Americans have not much/no confidence in the government to ensure food safety. news.gallup.com/poll/715430/... 20432154 432
Reposted by Jennifer Vroomjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent 459175852701 17.6K
Reposted by Jennifer VroomThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Devastating 💔 Abolish ice www.instagram.com/reel/DePkMcN... 127486924622 8.7K
Reposted by Jennifer VroomPBS News @pbsnews.org · 08/10/2026Tropical Storm Isaias could make landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane this weekend, hours before No. 2 Georgia plays at No. 6 Alabama in a major college football game on Saturday night that President Trump is planning to attend. to.pbs.org/4hC7lUIpbs.orgTropical storm threat churns planning for Georgia-Alabama game with Trump set to attendTropical Storm Isaias could make landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane this weekend, hours before No. 2 Georgia plays at No. 6 Alabama in a major college football game on Saturday night that ... 144611 46
Reposted by Jennifer Vroom#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 03/10/2026Since 👇 post 9 days ago, Elon has spent almost $11 million more, over a million bucks a day. In the Senate races alone, he's spent: $8.7m in Texas $4.5m in Ohio $4m in Michigan 38607258 607
Jennifer Vroom @jvtacoma.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Granted, I'm a Mariners fan, but Bryan Woo and former Mariner Eugenio Suárez have got to be part of the conversation. I think Ohtani is cute, though. 020 2
Reposted by Jennifer VroomSolomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 07/10/2026We can’t have anything!!!! WE DO NOT WANT YOU HERE!!! sports.yahoo.com/articles/gon...sports.yahoo.com‘It’s gonna be a nightmare’: Alabama-Georgia faces a ‘perfect storm’ with President Trump visit and hurricaneSaturday’s showdown between the No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs and the No. 6 Alabama Crimson Tide was already a massive, high-profile game, but add in a College GameDay during the morning, and a visit from Un... 3604 60
Reposted by Jennifer VroomCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“.. defense companies backed by the president's sons, including Anduril, have now raked in more than $6 billion dollars in active or promised government contracts since those investments were made, according to the government's official contract reporting. abcnews.com/Politics/tru... 1501287702 1.3K
Reposted by Jennifer VroomAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026Trump ends his mumbly, low energy speech and then YMCA starts blaring as he waits for applause that never really comes 4903654795 3.7K