Reposted by LadidaTroy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 10hSenator Collins keeps giving tax cuts to the wealthiest people while cutting SNAP benefits and threatening health care—she doesn't care about working Mainers. 322877
Reposted by Ladidajamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h1) vance has this weird preoccupation with demanding that people show him gratitude 2) this is just another expression of the idea that some americans don’t count and at most should be seen and not heard 2646469851
Reposted by LadidaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10hTrump: "Zelenskyy is not a good guy for us to deal with ... I'm not a big fan of Zelenskyy. They've destroyed that country." (Note that Trump also blames Obama for the war, but never Putin!) 1551453351
Reposted by LadidaAmbassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 15hThe snippet below, taken from a Guardian article on the Trump-related corruption scandal roiling Serbian politics, provides a perfect summary of how Trump approaches his job and foreign relations -- as a grift to enrich himself and his family. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o... 16033
Reposted by LadidaJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7hTroy Jackson won tonight’s debate because he made the stakes crystal clear: Susan Collins talks about independence, but when it matters most, she keeps enabling Trump. Jackson was sharper, more forceful, and far more in touch with the urgency of this moment. Maine deserves a fighter. #MESen 9816222
Reposted by LadidaThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14hCAT GOT YOUR TONGUE? Alabama Republican lawmakers have gone silent after one of their own Rep. Brett Easterbrook was arrested for attempting to solicit sex from an underage prostitute. Sure does remind us of the TNGOP with Rep. David Byrd. www.al.com/politics/202... 19634891582
Reposted by LadidaCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h“.. The complaint adds to the growing list of legal challenges to the mass terminations under FBI Director Kash Patel of agents who participated in investigations of the Republican president ..” @apnews.com apnews.com/article/fire... 13598186
Reposted by LadidaJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 10h“Similar past claims..of illegal voters have fallen apart..Last month election officials in Nevada said that they had examined a list..of 185 names of supposed noncitizens who had been improperly registered to vote & found that every person on the list was a..citizen. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/u...nytimes.comTrump Administration Sues California Over Voter Rolls (Gift Article)The lawsuit seeks to temporarily block the state from counting mail ballots of voters it claims are likely noncitizens, opening a new front in the administration’s legal fights with election officials... 9565214
Reposted by LadidaRep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 12hProud to join @warren.senate.gov in introducing bipartisan legislation aimed at holding banks accountable for enabling Epstein's crimes. The Epstein Wall Street Records Act demands answers on what these financial institutions knew about Epstein and whether they complied with the law.nytimes.comMidterms Could Shift Focus of Epstein Abuse to Banks’ RoleWith an eye on retaking control of Congress, Democrats are introducing a bill that would hold banks accountable for their handling of Jeffrey Epstein’s finances. 827676
Reposted by LadidaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15hA Massachusetts woman pays $500 a month to get her electricity from a privately owned utility. Her neighbor, less than 2,000 feet away, pays just $130 a month because he’s served by a publicly owned utility. How are privately owned utilities getting away with this price gouging? Watch.youtu.beThe Secret Behind High Electricity BillsPrivate utility companies like PG&E, Duke, and Exelon control electricity for nearly 70% of Americans — and they're usin 20929454
Reposted by LadidaThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14hPEARSON: “Data centers are the clearest example of billionaires versus the rest of us” TN-9 Dem congressional candidate Justin J. Pearson tells Democracy Now no one—rural or in cities—wants data centers. His GOP opponent Brent Taylor takes money from Big Tech and carries bills for Elon/XAI. 231426548
Reposted by LadidaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11hQ: Can you name a time when you voted against Trump and it changed the outcome? SUSAN COLLINS: At one point, I had organized people to vote against Sec. Hegseth. At the very last minute one of our Republicans changed his mind. Otherwise he would've been defeated. Q: So it didn't change the outcome 2384537998
Reposted by LadidaBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 15hLast year, Trump and 98% of elected GOP enacted the biggest Medicaid cuts in history, bigger even than Reagan's Medicaid cuts. By 2034, 7.5 million people will lose their Medicaid because of the cuts. Clinics are already closing and hospitals are already cutting services, citing OBBBA as a reason. 13429247
Reposted by LadidaTroy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 10hI'm not even in the legislature anymore and people are calling me because Senator Collins won't do anything. 217342
Reposted by LadidaTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 15/10/2026James Talarico: We are often told that the only way to tackle the deficit or the debt is on the backs of working people — and that’s not true. We can close the deficit by closing billionaire tax loopholes. 6589167
Reposted by LadidaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11hIf think you know someone who may not vote who is struggling to pay their bills, let them know this is what the Republican Party was working on today to improve their life. 1741160420
Reposted by LadidaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11hA protester yelling that data centers are "poisoning our waters!" interrupts the Collins-Jackson debate, prompting Collins to say "this is obviously one of Troy's supporters" "Oh, shut up," Jackson replies 1773289663
Reposted by LadidaMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 10hThe federal government tried to turn our public servants into deportation agents and force New York City to carry out ICE’s cruel agenda. Today, a federal court rejected that effort and upheld our laws. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...reuters.comUS judge tosses Trump administration lawsuit over New York City 'sanctuary' lawsA federal judge on Thursday threw out a Trump administration lawsuit that sought to block New York City laws limiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, finding the government did not... 6054871494
Reposted by LadidaThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12hPaxton is bought and paid for 14735761487
Reposted by LadidaSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 14hNew @washingtonpost.com reporting shows a majority of the money Trump has "raised" for his ballroom has come from companies or wealthy people with interests before the federal govt. Make no mistake this is a two-way street: every single one of these donors wants something in return. 918757
Reposted by LadidaChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1hActually, it’s ignorant, racist white people like this who are the real problem. They need to leave the rest of us alone so we can live in peace. 4018557
Reposted by LadidaThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h“I’m a lawyer… I practiced corporate law… I was a corporate lawyer…” 17 seconds of Trump’s new Secretary of Lying lying about her resume 🤥 (she just admitted to @seanhannity it isn’t true) 851450507
Reposted by LadidaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11hEl- Sayed: "Here‘s the thing about it – no matter who you are, how you love, how you pray, how you identify, it just should not be this hard... Shouldn‘t be this hard to keep our money here. Spend it on roads and bridges here, build our schools here, provide healthcare here. Shouldn‘t be this hard" 7052181220
Reposted by LadidaTroy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 10hDoes Senator Collins regret her vote to confirm RFK Jr? "No." 12260109
Reposted by LadidaChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16hHere we go again with this bullshit… Just weeks before midterms, Trump is laying the groundwork to delegitimize our results. Trump & his allies have targeted CA for years, with investigations repeatedly failing to uncover noncitizen voting. It won’t work, California is ready! #TrumpsAbuseOfPower 611011409
Reposted by LadidaTroy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 13hSenator Collins should’ve asked Navatek to run these ads for her. They know where to send the money. And they know who’s going to deliver for them. 114854
Reposted by LadidaScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10hJUST FILED: What happens next if Team Trump continues to defy the courts youtu.be/g9ptWYONPgg?...youtu.beTrump BLOCKED from DESTROYING DC TREES!YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports 1325685
Reposted by LadidaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11hThe most powerful force in American politics today is anti-establishment fury at a rigged economic system. To counter Trump’s culture wars and fake populism, progressives must mount a real battle against economic elites who have rigged the game — and shafted millions of working class people. 36861316
Reposted by LadidaCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h“.. at least 15 social media posts identifying her as an ‘attorney’ over the past two years, despite having failed the California bar exam and acknowledging publicly she had been advised not to use that term.” @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/10/15/p... 47588167
Reposted by LadidaHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 21hTrump: “I travel with doctors. If people get sick in the audience, they leave them alone. You know what they call them? Collateral damage. That person right over there looks like shit. He looks ready to have a heart attack. If he did, my doctors would leave him alone.” Courtesy @acyn.bsky.social 273831415
Reposted by LadidaMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10hThe Department of Justice’s alarming lawsuit to stop California from counting roughly 20,000 ballots from people suspected of being noncitizens could lay the groundwork for challenges to Election Day results, experts warned. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comTrump DOJ suing California marks major ‘escalation’ in election interference attempts, experts warnThe concern extended beyond Democratic officials. 25906392
Reposted by LadidaThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12hNailed it, @acyn.bsky.social: 49843250
Reposted by LadidaChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14hDear Trump voters, You wanted mass deportations. Well, hundreds of thousands of people have been deported. NOW WHAT? • Did you get that job they supposedly took from you? • Did grocery prices drop? • Is rent cheaper? • Did your health insurance premiums drop? #TrumpsAbuseOfPower 🧵 14464292139
Reposted by LadidaMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 10hDictator Move of the Day.abcnews.comTrump claims executive privilege to keep Kennedy Center conversations secretA White House lawyer said Trump's executive privilege would also cover his conversations with advisers who don't serve in government. 23540191
Reposted by LadidaTroy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 10hSusan Collins greenlit the largest tax cut increase to the wealthiest people in the history of this country—billionaires like Elon Musk. And then Elon takes a percentage of that tax cut and pumps it into Maine to support her campaign. It's corruption plain and simple. 6346116
Reposted by LadidaKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 12hJeffrey Epstein, Jean-Luc Brunel, & other predators from the international modeling industry preyed on young women & children for decades. But, where's the accountability? @justandro.bsky.social joins on her compelling series “The Pipeline to Predators” for @msmagazine.com youtu.be/IsKN3OZvz-A?...youtu.beBOMBSHELL Reporting BLOWS UP EPSTEIN’s International COVER-UP!!YouTube video by Katie Phang 161352588
Reposted by LadidaKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14hWASHINGTON (AP) - FBI agents and analysts fired for their roles in the Trump classified files investigation sue to get their jobs back. 251491357
Reposted by LadidaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16hWe don’t allow corporations to come up with new nuclear weapons or biological pathogens. If a product is potentially dangerous, it should be regulated and corporations should be held accountable for wrongdoing. Why would AI be any different?cnbc.comOpenAI sued by 8 states over ChatGPT safety concerns OpenAI is facing mounting scrutiny over its safety and security practices, including around how the company is working t 5326171048
Reposted by LadidaCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h“.. Today, Skydance has a market cap of under $40 billion — less than half the predecessor companies’ combined value.” @variety.com $SKYD variety.com/2026/film/ne... 1621391373
Reposted by LadidaAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16hThis is highway robbery thanks to Republicans. Have you received your estimated plan cost for 2027? If so, please reply with details you're willing to share. 851081498
Reposted by LadidaProPublica @propublica.org · 9hRecords show Texas Attorney General Paxton has taken 82 more out-of-state trips with a taxpayer-funded security detail than Gov. Greg Abbott — and nearly as many as the governor and lieutenant governor combined. with @texastribune.orgpropublica.orgKen Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta... 17564267
Reposted by LadidaAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21hThe 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? 1171534454
Reposted by LadidaMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14h🚨 An Indiana resident warns a new data center will pull 34 MILLION gallons/day for cooling and dump 22 MILLION gallons/day of wastewater back into the river. She says the community's water is ALREADY contaminated. WATCH MORE: www.meidasplus.com/p/in-your-ba... 7019931042
Reposted by LadidaTroy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 10hSenator Collins voted to continue the Iran War FIVE times. That's five times she's failed to stand up to Donald Trump and fight for Maine families. Even worse? Her and her husband are profiting off of it. She's only interested in her bottom line. 122474
Reposted by LadidaCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h(Reuters) - The 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 briefed on the matter. @reuters.com 🇺🇦 www.reuters.com/world/europe... 34240271965
Reposted by LadidaChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10hPete Hegseth is a liar. He takes no responsibility for anything, and he’s one cocky motherfucker. Protesters repeatedly interrupt him at an Army conference, confronting him over the war in Iran and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. They call him a “coward” and a “war criminal.” 1261421463
Reposted by LadidaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11hTroy Jackson: "Elon Musk is running ads for you. In fact, they're running ads in Portland, Oregon, for you. But you also got an ad where you use a Teamster official saying that he supports you. He's asked you for a cease and desist." 8648961354
