Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialCarole with an e @crwright.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Having lived through those years, I remember the fear many reporters faced but carried on despite all. Thank you. 412190755413
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Rule of law, free & fair elections, fighting corruption: our three pillars This week @democracydefendersfund.org & partners won on all three, w/ 45 days until midterms It's thanks to you Contrarians. Every win is in this week's publisher's note @ContrarianNews.org 👇 -TNcontrariannews.orgWe’re Winning, Contrarians — And We Won’t Back Down Publisher’s Roundup 85 453039928
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialRaySCline @lastmandarin.bsky.social · 18/09/202636 mental Health professionals state their professional opinion that Mr. Trump is unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office of the United States Presidency, due to what are his severe psychological instabilities, that present an imminent danger to the Republic. 96999441
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialSeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 18/09/2026If NFL owners want to censor who performs in stadiums, they shouldn't ask taxpayers to help build them. You can't take public subsidies for stadiums then use them as your personal editorial board. Pay for it all out of your own pocket and hold as many Kid Rock concerts as you want to. 33101712857
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026THIS 👇 HERE....... 1106206027455
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is straight out of Handmaids Tale. A high school trying to force girls to disclose the dates and lengths of their menstrual cycle. Don’t comply? You lose a grade. There’s absolutely no reason a school needs this information other than to exert control over our bodies. 118286933766
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/09/2026The man who won't let you have paid sick leave or health care returns to Congress after getting free health care and 90 days paid sick leave 863166535263
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026For 33 years, McConnell has voted against family and medical leave for working Americans. Then he disappears from the Senate for 92 days and keeps collecting his full paycheck. Apparently, paid leave is only a problem when someone else gets it. 804164555313
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialDean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 14/09/2026An AI expert warned that there is about a 10% chance that AI could wipe out humanity. If experts said there was a 10% chance that r could wipe out humanity, I wouldn't use my vacuum cleaner again until we figured out ways to protect humanity from it! 2364
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 05/09/2026BonesSpurs McDraftDodger had the unmitigated gall to post this image & I just threw up in my mouth a little. At long last, sir, have you no sense of decency? #StolenValor 3120184664154
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialGod @thegodshow.com · 29/08/2026It is SO blatantly obvious everything that’s happening is because both parties are owned almost entirely by AIPAC. They don’t actually believe in anything. They’re just in it for the money. They will fritter and fetterman away your whole country. 40274321773
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026When this nation’s first president chopped down one cherry tree, he was honest and contrite. When the current president chopped down a slew of cherry trees, he did so in violation of a court order—and didn’t give a shit. 429122743692
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialResist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 27/08/2026"People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth." Greta Thunberg in UN Speech, 2019 17976347
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialPatrick Lovell The Producer @patricklovellpresentsthecleannewdeal.com · 27/08/2026Can anyone tell me why the American people are so paralyzed, impotent, or just stupid? Who doesn't understand our government is a crime syndicate? Who doesn't understand the law is dead? Who doesn't understand fascism is here and it's going to get worse? The American people are flaccid. Why? 6963808971
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 17/08/2026ProPublica reporter @maxblau.bsky.social spent a year reporting on abuses of farmworkers. It left him with a question: Is the produce he buys at the grocery store part of the problem? Watch his quest to find the answer. 13550226
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialcharliecordero44.bsky.social @charliecordero44.bsky.social · 10/08/2026This would be a massive demand on resignation in every democratic country in the world. American media is a disgrace! 41588053628
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/08/2026TODAY: @katiephang.bsky.social is a badass. Judge Sullivan has ordered Todd Blanche and the Justice Department to explain his Epstein redactions in open court this week. I'll speak to Katie today at NOON PT / 3 PM ET her case. www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-judge-...muellershewrote.comNEW: Judge Orders Todd Blanche to Explain Epstein Redactions in Open CourtToday, I'll speak with Katie Phang about her case, and what we can expect in court this week over Todd Blanche's failure to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act 283125823521
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialoriginaldvd.bsky.social @originaldvd.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Lake Meade is running out of water. This is outrageous. We are in deep trouble 37842391511
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Phang: The breaking news is… an order was just entered within the last hour by Judge Sullivan in my lawsuit against Todd Blanche. The reason why this is so momentous is that Judge Sullivan has pretty much said in this order, “Todd Blanche, you have now defied my orders.” 456167494708
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/08/2026A caucus of violent, drunk ex-husbands controls three branches of government and both chambers of Congress. 435120432615
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 22/07/2026With Andy Biggs winning the primary election for Governor in Arizona, we have all the evidence I need to see (like I really needed to see ANY more) that January the 6th, 2.0, 2028 is in full swing. 511231364
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialCAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 22/07/2026What if hostile foreign governments were able to control social network algorithms in the United States, suppressing information vital to our survival as a democracy? That would be weird. 1170132216694
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Luttig: As a candidate for attorney general of the United States of America, Blanche is an embarrassment to America itself. If the Republican Senate confirms this man, based on his record, to be the next attorney general, it will mark the end of the rule of law in America. 19148112058
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialMichael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 14/07/2026The goals of war must always be clear. Americans cannot be ordered into battle to die if our objectives can be achieved by other means or if the aims of war are trivial or ambiguous. Read more: michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/trumps-fai...michaelmcfaul.substack.comTrump’s Failed War against IranStarting an unnecessary war was imprudent. Losing it is Trump’s greatest foreign policy failure so far. 1020659
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialJoanne in Boston @vtgal.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Trump is a nightmare we can’t wake up from. It’s taking a monumental toll on the collective mental, physical, and spiritual health of us all. Not only in the US, but globally…none of us are safe from him. When will it end? 72665129
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialPam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 13/07/2026That photo of Mitch was from 2016. His office should be subpoenaed by Congress. This is insane. It’s a form of election tampering 98128
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/07/2026MAINE: “Vote her out! Vote her out!” 20072402154
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialBruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Maine is in absolute outrage! Protesters took over Senator Susan Collins’ office chanting "VOTE HER OUT" after an ICE thug brutally executed a 26-year-old Colombian man. They are demanding immediate accountability for this state-sponsored murder! Enough is enough! 23367732072
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 12/07/2026So important. 162006413
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialWatchdog Progressive @watchdogprg.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Thoughts -- Want to ask Chief Justice Roberts if Trump's crypto scam is part of his daily presidential duties. As well... all that daily trading which.... seems to me, takes away from his actual daily duties. And lastly.... what about that billion dollar mining deal?? www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/w...nytimes.comTrump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal. His Sons Stand to Profit. 21710
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialPhlox’s nephew @gravelguy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Partisan much? Phucking hypocrites. 11155961775
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I do not think there is sufficient appreciation for how catastrophic yesterday’s decision in Slaughter is for this country. As Justice Sotomayor said in her dissent and she intoned from the bench yesterday, “today the majority reshapes our Govt.” 17566262025
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Basically, Alito is going to retire. Someone jumped the gun, but he's going to give Trump his 4th Supreme Court Justice before the midterms. If this doesn't make the case for Supreme Court expansion, then you might be a masochist who enjoys suffering. 851375309
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialMa Carol @caroodles.bsky.social · 30/06/2026We are at North Korea levels of corruption. We are no longer a functional democracy. 25052551620
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 28/06/2026This is really stupid, but the president has repeatedly claimed that Iran’s military capabilities were totally destroyed, so I feel obligated to rhetorically ask what the US is shooting at and retaliating to if Iran has no military anymore? Why does anyone indulges such transparent lies at all? 18863151416
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialAbilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 28/06/2026What they taught in school: GDP up = good. What they left out: The atmosphere has a limit Soil can die Water runs out 8 billion people need a living planet, not just a growing economy 15853071586
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialDr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 25/06/2026"President Trump is a man who has never defended the Constitution of the United States and he doesn't have a single member of his family serving in uniform to defend this nation – and yet he wants to take the liberties and freedoms away everyone else." Sen. Tammy Duckworth 461892637
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialThe Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Right now, the Postmaster General is refusing to deliver ballots. This is election sabotage happening in real time. Tell Congress to stop these attacks on our voting rights before it’s too late.actionnetwork.orgTell Congress: Push back on Trump's attacks on our voting rightsContact Congress today! 11215100
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Anytime any respectable journalist mentions our two chief negotiators with Iran, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, they should note both receive sizeable paychecks from Middle Eastern nations with deep equities in these talks. It is a fundamental corruption. 480145555264
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.social🇨🇦Tadhg Dalaigh @tadhgdalaigh.bsky.social · 21/06/2026@mark-carney.bsky.social “Israel bombed Lebanon with banned phosphorus munitions, violating Security Council resolution SCR 1701, ceasefire agreement, and international law with absolutely no consequences. This is another war crime and the International Criminal Court remains silent.” 50804383
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialAnders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Trump has made himself the laughing stock of the world by his persistent lying. He has also concentrated all power in his own hands, while refuting all competence. As a result, the US has become unable to pursue international negotiations. 29551133
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 20/06/2026NEW: 35 retired fed judges escalate challenge against Trump $1.7 billion slush fund & IRS deal They say Trump Admin's latest filing "underscores the need to investigate whether the parties have perpetrated a fraud on this Court & corrupted the integrity of the judicial process" 7246491501
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 20/06/2026You paid for a plane with "a level of luxury that nobody has never seen before". And he's apparently taking it with him once he leaves the White House. The plane. The ballroom. The corruption. This guy thinks taxpayers are dopes. Your money is just his to live a life of luxury. 43944061308
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Hey Donald Trump, do you ever ask yourself why your doctors keep testing you for dementia? Hello? Yo! You there? When you wake up, watch this! 752982657
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Oh, honey. . . I think we *all* know who vandalized the Reflecting Pool. We saw you circling around in the Beast to approve of what they were doing. And then we saw the next vandals on TV making the prior vandalization worse by pouring in big bottles of hydrogen peroxide. They too were sent by you. 52855361542
Reposted by @kipps17.bsky.socialintrusive_thoughts_librarian 💭📚 @sgeez.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Inequality in the usa is now the same as during the French Revolution - Downtown Los Angeles June 2026 872124683