Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Every day things are being done at home and abroad by this regime that will take decades to undo and the stain of which will mark America forever Too few understand that permanent damage is being done to our country by the hour—even considering that we only know a fraction of it 25487156
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026“Guys, they want us to go home.” 🔥 🇫🇷 French short film about what would happen to society if all the immigrants listened to angry old racist white men and left (aka the Republican agenda) 15246352045
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Nailed it 400221394485
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 07/09/2026GOOD NEWS! Phase I clinical trial results out of Johns Hopkins show a first-of-its-kind vaccine designed to target common KRAS mutations was safe AND stimulated KRAS-specific T-cell responses in 90% of study participants who were at HIGH risk of developing pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).insideprecisionmedicine.comPancreatic Cancer Vaccine Triggers Immune Response Before Tumors DevelopPhase I results show early promise for a vaccine designed to prevent pancreatic cancer in people at high risk of developing the disease. 4033391137
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 04/09/2026“Remember, the Constitution doesn’t begin with, ‘I, the president.’ It begins with, ‘We, the people.’ ” —Gloria Steinem at the 2017 Women’s March 252249256961
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/09/2026 5747951296
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Dolly Parton was they type of Christian that Christian Nationalists only *pretend* to be. Unlike Christian Nationalists, she didn't browbeat us with how CHRISTIAN she was. She just lived her life doing things that Jesus asked her to do, like heal the sick, help the children, and care for the poor. 511175623889
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Oh, honey . . . Dolly Parton disliked everything you are. You are a selfish, venal fool who mocks those with misfortunes, lies, and takes food and medicine away from children. She was a generous, incorruptible sage who comforted those with misfortunes, spoke the truth, and gave to children. 58894302262
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Donald Trump threatening to destroy the Kennedy Center if he doesn't get his way is called "extortion." Just one of the many ways this horrible man acts like a mobster. 1631665517
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/08/2026The Empire State Building went pink at exactly 9:25pm for Dolly Parton. Because of course they made it 9 to 5. That’s how you honor an icon. 🩷 381272866278
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 26/08/2026So much more than a Country Music Superstar. Philanthropist, humanitarian, defender of diversity & fierce advocate for the working class, she helped fund the Moderna Covid vaccine & donated 332+ million books to children. Thank you, Dolly. We will always love you.♥️ #RIPshorturl.atDolly Parton, Hardscrabble Storyteller Turned Global Entertainer, Dead at 80Dolly Parton, country music legend, dead at 80. 629311465088
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 25/08/2026Rest in power Dolly Parton 💔 221157278
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/08/2026♥️ 225164374314
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialAlex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com 69135038675
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialTea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Please don’t tell me there are 350,000 metric tons of wild horses out there. 37365151
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialGod @thegodshow.com · 19/08/2026Call me crazy, but perhaps being related to a Senator who died doesn’t qualify you to be a Senator. 812209233124
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19/08/2026This is the same person who shamed Kamala Harris for supposedly sleeping her way to success. She can take a seat and STFU. 1687211134600
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/08/2026A competent Secretary of Defense would be greatly alarmed about reports of squalor on the USS Abraham Lincoln and go see the conditions for himself. But Pete Hegseth is not competent—he’s just a vain and vapid TV talk show chatterbox. 22228931044
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 14/08/202614 years ago, Ken Paxton was caught on camera stealing a $1,000 pen from a security screening. The pen was recovered. The man to whom it belonged decided to not press charges. Today, that man is endorsing James Talarico. 231273352
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Steve Gunther recently celebrated the 20th birthday of his beloved cat, Dublin. Reaching 20 years of age is a rare milestone for cats and is often compared to a human living beyond 95 years. Original post 37412341891
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 13/08/2026🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: MIT engineers develop a breath test that detects pneumonia in minutes no X-rays, no lab wait. Just a single breath Two MIT engineers, Loza Tadesse and Aditya Garg, have developed a breath test that can detect pneumonia in minutes. 26798422682
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/08/2026I am absolutely thrilled to present to you: How to Build a Universe (Theoretically Speaking) available for pre-order now, wherever you buy your books! www.simonandschuster.ca/books/How-to... 1733303751
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026An important reminder to a nation full of pious busybodies: 462694839
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 04/07/2026It's important for us all to acknowledge these white supremacists aren't marching with masks and sunglasses in our Nation's Capital out of personal safety. They're masked because they're cowards. They lack conviction. They're gutless. They're timid. They're soft. 461498286
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/07/2026Mamdani: "As we mark 250 years ... we see the wealthiest country -- one where children go to sleep hungry while the world's first trillionaire hungers for more ... we see masked agents terrorizing our streets, eating food cooked by undocumented neighbors before spiriting them away in unmarked vans" 556286229498
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialAmee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Of course Social Security cuts are intended by the Trump administration after the midterm elections, I was writing about the plan to make cuts in 2024. shero.substack.com/p/make-no-mi...shero.substack.comMake No Mistake, Trump WILL cut Social Security and MedicareDonald Trump has bragged about cutting entitlements for a while now, but he seems to be purposely backtracking after the fallout this has caused with voters. 17244145
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/06/2026NYT headline when the economy added 266,000 jobs under Biden vs. NYT headline when BLS says the economy added 172,000 jobs under Trump. 36154301909
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 02/06/2026The heart of our constitutional crisis in one exchange between me and Sec. Mullin. When asked a simple question - if he will obey court orders - he says he will not because some court orders are "politicized". That's not how democracy works. And that's why we are in a crisis. 1046150395158
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Trump didn’t just pardon his followers who stormed the U.S. Capitol. He’s now set them up for payments through a slush fund he created to reward his allies—out of your tax dollars. You could not make this up. 36239091844
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/05/2026NEW: @annabower.bsky.social at @lawfaremedia.org has published the Fulton County grand jury transcripts in the criminal case against Trump for conspiring to overthrow the 2020 election. This is the first time they've been published. You can read them here: www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...lawfaremedia.orgRead Testimony Heard by the Trump Grand Jury in Fulton County 181282544
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialAndrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 07/05/2026There is something deeply pathological about Chief Justice Roberts insisting the Supreme Court isn’t political while sitting atop the most ideological supermajority in modern history.apnews.comChief Justice John Roberts says Supreme Court is not politicalChief Justice John Roberts says Supreme Court justices are not “political actors.” He says justices are making decisions based on the law, not their personal policy preferences. 116597102755
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 29/04/2026Quiet part out loud. 961794501
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Swalwell has announced his resignation from Congress. It’s impossible not to ask why Texas Republican Tony Gonzales hasn’t done the same. And why the GOP doesn’t insist the Epstein files, which repeatedly mention the head of their party, be fully released. 18050111320
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/04/2026The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it. 541234778166
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 13/04/2026This is very true! And as the research on the issue shows and as the Hungarian example confirms, and the Polish one before that, the key to large turnout is long-term, grass-roots organizational labor that helps people understand how their single vote is a dignified part of a larger transformation. 563056871
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Agree 100% . (Ron Fournier longtime AP bureau chief in DC.) 423327633
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 05/04/2026This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now. 25103837611479
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Now that at least one U.S. air crew member is alive on the ground in Iran, it's worth revisiting Pete Hegseth's commitment to "no quarter, no mercy for our enemies." This is the scenario he was warned about. 442245618
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialJohn Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 01/04/2026This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset. 168183426900
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialAlan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Male supremacists Joel Webbon and Wesley Todd want women to “shut up.” I wrote about this and the abuser politics on the right. www.liberalcurrents.com/abuser-polit...liberalcurrents.comAbuser Politics: Christian Male Supremacists Want Women to Shut UpThe desire for quiet women—really for silent women—in every public forum is neither about adherence to Biblical truth nor the revelation of natural law. 34736289
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 28/03/20261. Donald Trump held another one of those televised meetings Thursday during which the cabinet secretaries take turns fluffing him. It was obscene, per usual, but also oddly affirming. 1221159
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/03/2026SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico jury finds Meta's platforms are harmful to children's mental health and imposes $375 million penalty. 384147993337
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/03/2026 38990472638
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/03/2026I think staffing airport screening stations with incompetent, anti-social vigilantes who murder strangers isn’t ideal. 44196221923
Reposted by @laurabest765.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Senate Democrats voted multiple times to fund TSA separately from ICE. Republicans voted it down every time. Republicans are to blame for today’s airport chaos — all because they’re happy to keep letting Trump’s thugs terrorize our communities with no consequences. Remember this. 10245561629
