Reposted by LanaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/10/2026JD Vance running around the country saying he’s fighting health care fraud while his nominee for the senate in TX who he completely supports is partying in Dubai with a guy whole stole over $300 million in health care fraud and gave Paxton $190,000. This is the Republican Party. 17486882965
Reposted by LanaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle." 427181304783
Reposted by LanaDavid Nir @davidnir.com · 10/10/2026Roger Marshall charged his patients 18% annual interest on their unpaid bills. His bakery bill for $678.75 was due six years ago. At 18% interest compounded annually, the total he'd owe would be at least $1,800. Marshall just paid the bakery $1,300—far less than what his patients would owe. 402245561
Reposted by LanaMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The first Russian diesel cargo heading for the US left St Petersburg on September 22, two weeks *before* Trump announced the deal with Putin, Windward reports. The Greek-flagged tanker Minerva Zen carrying 275,000 barrels of diesel/gasoil is due at the US East Coast around 11–12 October. 28728961613
Reposted by LanaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Trump wants the US to fund Putin’s evil regime. 31261972385
Reposted by Lanaemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Also, buy @benwikler.bsky.social's book, where he discusses this. 4338124
Reposted by LanaBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“It’s about degrading the people. It’s about desensitizing the public. The United States military is far better than this. Senior officials should protest, and if necessary resign, rather than being complicit in the voyeuristic degradation of our democracy.” www.thebulwark.com/p/hegseth-wa...thebulwark.comHegseth Wants You to Watch a Snuff FilmNeo-fascism as spectacles of violence. 55749182
Reposted by LanaAndrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 07/10/2026Promising to pay voters if they vote for a Republican? A federal crime, but no one pays attention -- not DOJ, not Congress. Will voters, or will enough of them normalize such behavior? 37450161
Reposted by LanaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The Trump Crime Family 68883263436
Reposted by LanaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A BFD. As people get ready to fill their heating oil tanks for the winter, they learn it will cost 80% more than last year. Your early Christmas Gift from Trump and the Republican Party is that your Christmas present budget will now go to their friends in the oil business. 29341791731
Reposted by LanaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I thought Trump’s tariffs were specifically designed to dramatically reduce this number to zero. 38084672779
Reposted by LanaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Hawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.youtube.comCould This Actually End Citizens United?Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti 225120534125
Reposted by LanaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If Trump just takes money appropriated by Congress for a specific purpose & seizes it to use it for an entirely different purpose, what is the point of having a Congress or appropriating money for anything? I’m sure the Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins must be concerned. 32063921634
Reposted by LanaThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/10/2026"Congress has already said no to taxpayer funding for the big, beautiful ballroom, and this should have been a stop order on the project." So if Congress already said no, how is this pet project getting taxpayer dollars? 24466163
Reposted by LanaMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Allison Gill has obtained descriptions of NINE FBI training videos showing agents were instructed to flag Epstein documents containing Donald Trump’s name for supervisory review. The DOJ is still refusing to release the actual videos. 👉 www.youtube.com/live/dYiQOhP... 11941251775
Reposted by LanaAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president… 283169775882
Reposted by LanaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026Trump: "We've gonna shove it up their ass ... They are a bunch of dumb son of a bitches" Remember when presidents had dignity? Here's a lowlight supercut from Trump's rally tonight in Ohio: 107859091700
Reposted by LanaHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌 1502231306532
Reposted by LanaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I guess he missed Hegseth’s speech at Quantico this week. 36554001285
Reposted by LanaNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026BREAKING: Davey Hearn reflecting pool prosecution dismissed WITH PREJUDICE That means the case cannot be brought again  Huge victory for Davey, for us at @democracydefendersfund.org & our legal team colleagues Washington Litigation Group and Steptoe--& for rule of law More to follow! 490147423115
Reposted by LanaSemafor @semafor.com · 30/09/2026Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2... 62731531119
Reposted by LanaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/202636 minutes before the hearing started. 1783118942259
Reposted by LanaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Ken Paxton blaming Trump for his bad poll numbers. bsky.app/profile/head... 691002286
Reposted by LanaAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics. 323164724674
Reposted by LanaCharlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026charliesykes.substack.com/p/the-gops-s... 611536
Reposted by LanaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence: 2635210095726
Reposted by LanaJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇 899265119112
Reposted by LanaScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers” 297214155947
Reposted by LanaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort." 692279709555
Reposted by LanaGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In a normal administration counterintelligence agents at the FBI would be investigating this photo. In this administration, the FBI director is in the photo. 17744701802
Reposted by LanaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026So far Trump has tried to rig the midterms by: 1. Attempted to nationalize voter registration & voting requirements. 2. Mid-decade gerrymanders. 3. Tried to use the USPS to obstruct mail-in balloting. 4. Used taxpayer money for ads. 5. Intimidation of election officials. 20435741305
Reposted by LanaMimi Rocah @mimirocah1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My book is now available for preorder! a.co/d/06rJS7xu 112046
Reposted by LanaBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"As Cardinal McElroy put it, we need to not avert our eyes but to 'recognize the evil that is being carried out in our name and fight it.' And we need to 'seek to convert our political representatives or replace them.' In five weeks, we can replace a lot of them." www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-los...thebulwark.com‘We Are Losing Our Soul as a Nation’What we saw in Springfield, Ohio. 12398101
Reposted by LanaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I guess the hundreds of millions Republicans are getting from billionaires for ads in the midterms aren’t enough so they are just going to steal taxpayer dollars to run more of them. 592373582
Reposted by LanaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/20265 weeks before the midterms, American taxpayers are paying to air an ad from the 2024 Trump campaign. You are paying for this political ad. bsky.app/profile/bayl... 1591322487
Reposted by LanaCharlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Trump’s efforts to the steal the election. Susan Glasser on the “To the Contrary” Podcast youtube.com/shorts/OeG9c...youtube.comTrump's Efforts to Steal the ElectionsYouTube video by To the Contrary With Charlie Sykes 05819
Reposted by LanaAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 27/09/2026An alliance of ideologues and grifters is remaking U.S. foreign policy, from Iran and Ukraine to Venezuela and Cuba. On @firinglineshow.bsky.social Watch here: youtu.be/4okBq3W_E-oyoutu.beAnne Applebaum | Full Episode 9.25.26 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBSYouTube video by Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS 18759258
Reposted by LanaAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...wsj.comThe Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across EuropeChristos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece. 33236951890
Reposted by LanaAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026Incredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comOleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and waterThe BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled". 7619071179
Reposted by LanaTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026These summits are too embarrassing - and too dangerous, with Trump's instability - and the country would be safer and better off if our president weren't hosting them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comTrump Should Stop Hosting SummitsHe’s turned them into a pointless ritual. 991340303
Reposted by LanaAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 25/09/2026"internal financial documents show that ticket sales steeply declined after Mr. Trump’s takeover of the institution, and plunged even further after his name was added to the building" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/a...nytimes.comKennedy Center Shelved Repairs Now Cited for Closure, Whistle-Blowers Say (Gift Article)In a letter to Congress, former employees say the center delayed a plan to address the leaks that its officials now cite as a serious safety risk. 32998350
Reposted by LanaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Every single one of these people view their government appointments as an opportunity to promote themselves and make money grifting while we pay them to do it. 23150601283
Reposted by LanaRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health OfficeThe cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026. 27774943154
Reposted by LanaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I was told by a guy on Truth Social who wears orange makeup that leaking to the press was treason and people should be prosecuted for it. 454138554320
Reposted by LanaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Every one of these people view their positions in the government as an opportunity to cash in on multiple grifts while traveling the world and having a great time at our expense. 15737461335
Reposted by LanaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Unbelievable. Trump touts fake “investments” being made in the US by these countries but in reality he wants US taxpayers to pay for damage caused to their countries by Iran. This has been an expensive fiasco from the beginning - like Trump Shuttle airlines & Trump University. 991491468
Reposted by LanaGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"Navatek’s CEO, Martin Kao, sent an initial $150,000 to the Collins super PAC using the shell company. Two months later, he told Navatek executives that Collins committed to getting the company $32 million in naval contracts, according to an internal company email reviewed by ProPublica." 1172227882
Reposted by LanaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026When you’ve lost white people in Florida. 631152183649
Reposted by LanaProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment. Here’s what experts say you need to know.propublica.orgThis Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges... 161257671