Reposted by LauraGGFrancis Ford Copulate @francis-f-copulate.bsky.social · 13/04/2026this new series is actually disappointing… 21466221004
Reposted by LauraGGRobert 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 LauraGGMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 25/09/2025I’ll just note again that we are completely unprepared in our political discourse for a world in which Biden/Democrats had <actually> proposed what it’s now clear voters actually wanted. The SOCIALISM & “Dems have veered too far left” headlines from the GOP & Ezra Klein basically write themselves. 49223
Reposted by LauraGGKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/09/2025The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed. 470334749204
Reposted by LauraGGGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 15/06/2025I am wondering why Lisa Leher from the @nytimes.com did not discuss the data that suggests political violence in the US in the current era mostly comes from the right. Seems like a strange fact to ignore. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/u...nytimes.comLike School Shootings, Political Violence Is Becoming Almost Routine 16552021236
Reposted by LauraGGSteven Crayne @startinggate.bsky.social · 01/06/2025My wife takes care of dementia patients for a living, she said it so obvious he has dementia. Even the town idiot's know this but not @jaketapper.bsky.social 1174
Reposted by LauraGGJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Good day to remember that a US President has no inherent power over tariffs whatsoever. It’s not like war powers or pardons. It’s entirely delegated by Congress to deal with emergencies. GOP Congress cld modify that law tonight and bring this to a screeching halt. 1078332769338
Reposted by LauraGGAndrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 27/03/2025Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now. 7613937410877
Reposted by LauraGGKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/03/2025This segment from @maryannefranks.bsky.social is an incredibly tight argument that captures the breadth of the Trump assault on free speech perfectly and in less than a minute. Spread it far and wide. 4946751971
Reposted by LauraGGFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 25/03/2025According to a source I have at the CIA, Director Radcliffe lied today under oath. Signal is absolutely not loaded on agency computers. As a matter of fact it’s specifically prohibited as an outside app. Skype is allowed for conference calls but not Signal. He’s lying. @markwarner.bsky.social 12613547212221
Reposted by LauraGGBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Right now, there’s an important race happening that will shape the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the next 10 years. Judge Susan Crawford is ready to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of all Wisconsinites. Make a plan to vote early today — don’t wait until April 1st: wisdems.org/votewisdems.orgFind Your Voting Locations | WISDEMS Voter Protection TeamThis searchable map shows you early voting and dropbox info for hundreds of villages, towns, and cities across Wisconsin. Enter the address you're registered at and your options will pop up! 7943761012172
Reposted by LauraGGAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/03/2025asked about texting war plans to a Signal group, Pete Hegseth deflects by attacking Jeffrey Goldberg as a "discredited so-called journalist." (MAGA's only plays are whataboutism and attacking the messenger. Every. Time.) 5703819673
Reposted by LauraGGjules, cowbell a f @catsrule0000.bsky.social · 22/02/2025the problem with General Brown was that he is not General White (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...nytimes.comTrump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Turmoil at Pentagon (Gift Article)The decision to fire Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. reflects the president’s insistence that the military’s leadership is too mired in diversity issues and has lost sight of its combat role. 052
Reposted by LauraGGKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 23/01/2025The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH** * Currently paused by Executive Order ** Grant reviews now all canceled www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...kcur.orgEgg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expectBird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores. 24095242817452
Reposted by LauraGGAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉 359718812641145
Reposted by LauraGGAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too. Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more. Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters. 231212018019145
Reposted by LauraGGAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism. We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive 688017288621466
Reposted by LauraGGRose 🌹 @rose.bsky.team · 27/11/2024We want Bluesky to be a great home for journalists, publishers, and creators. Unlike other platforms, we don't de-promote your links. Post all the links you want — Bluesky is a lobby to the open web. 499278793960
Reposted by LauraGGTizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Fun Fact: Anti-immigrant Elon Musk worked illegally on a student visa and faced concerns he would be “deported” when he started life in the United States. www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-wa...thedailybeast.comElon Musk Was Illegal Migrant Worker Who Abused his Student VisaHis brother also lied to border agents. Now he is campaigning against “open borders.” 52999414
Reposted by LauraGGMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Biden/Dems: We want to forgive student loan debt Media: Moral hazard, non-universal redistribution is unfair, THE DEBT, we can't possibly afford this Trump/GOP: We want to extend the 2017 tax cuts Media: What if we treat as worthy of analysis the GOP's claim that this won't cost anything? 🤷♂️🤦♂️ 09023
Reposted by LauraGGAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/11/2024There have been a lot of times where I feel like we need to have honest discussions on the left about what has worked and what hasn’t, share observations without judgement, but it feels like there isn’t much space for it. I think it’s holding us back. I wonder how and where we can accomplish that. 1994202961412
Reposted by LauraGGZane Schacht - Voice Goblin @voicesbyzane.bsky.social · 22/11/2024The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world. 19658112213921
Reposted by LauraGGGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/11/2024This is exactly right. Trump’s big advantage is that he’s playing tic-tac-toe without a pencil but somehow convinces people he’s multiverse time-travel chess. 777206172871
Reposted by LauraGGjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/11/2024the thing about being a political junkie is you have extremely difficult time conceptualizing how someone could be totally ignorant of politics but i would strongly encourage you to imagine the kind of person who googled “did biden drop out?” on november 4th and then cast a ballot on november 5th 460132331655
Reposted by LauraGGRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Trump will be the oldest president ever and is already showing cognitive decline. Yes, he'll be in the White House, but probably not in the driver's seat. I think that's why Elon Musk worked so hard to elect Trump and to position himself within the administration. 2904907682
Reposted by LauraGG🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Oddly, you never hear Fox News viewers criticized or even questioned for inhabiting a hermetically sealed bubble. It’s almost as if this entire canard is about the right’s ability to infect, infest, and dominate us. 198106391544
Reposted by LauraGGGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens. Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.” 14395980815908
LauraGG @lauragraham.bsky.social · 17/11/2024I am Trump. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile. 040
Reposted by LauraGGGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16/11/2024I have faced fascism before, in this very country. I was one of 120,000 Japanese Americans summarily rounded up and expelled from our homes at gunpoint, all for the crime of looking like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor. I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/ 9444051610503
Reposted by LauraGGNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 16/11/2024How many Manosphere podcasters and YouTubers spend a lot of time in feminist or queer spaces? Conservative white Evangelicals with Jews, Muslims, atheists, etc.? And so on. These “echo chamber” and “bubble” accusations mostly go one way, and often amount to “you must spend your time listening to me” 482435577
Reposted by LauraGGThomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Without exception, when mainstream parties adopt the rightwing framework on immigration, crime, national identity, etc, it is far-right parties that benefit. That’s true even in countries where the information environment is a lot less f***ed than what we have to work with here. 716944
Reposted by LauraGGRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Trump is now < 50%, and leads Harris < 2%. This election was extremely close. That margin will have enormous consequences. But it’s small enough that instead of debating which vulnerable groups and standards of decency Dems should abandon, they could just focus on how to better defend both. 723273863
Reposted by LauraGGDavid Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Donald Trump is now (1) below 50% popular vote and (2) has a margin of popular vote victory roughly HALF of Hillary's victory in 2016. They believe the left has to lay down and shut up because of this "landslide" victory. 31454891345
Reposted by LauraGGKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/11/2024This is why I said we needed to hold off on the day-after hot takes about What The Election Means. We still don’t have all the numbers but it’s clear any talk of a “mandate” was wildly overblown. He won, yes. But only narrowly. 20861301314
Reposted by LauraGGRuth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Authoritarians want you to betray each other but they also encourage you to betray yourself through an inner moral collapse- you give up your agency and let the leader "fix it," and you disregard your moral compass. 9939341018
Reposted by LauraGGryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 15/11/2024"A person who merely refuses to learn what can be known is not a skeptic, but rather an ignoramus; a person who raises questions but does not seek their answers is not a skeptic, but a bullshitter." defector.com/what-the-fuc...defector.comWhat The Fuck Is A "Vaccine Skeptic"? | DefectorAt darker moments, contesting this kind of stuff in the wake of the 2024 election—and all the shameless, shameful, unforgivable work the American media did to produce that election’s outcome—feels as ... 11571941666
Reposted by LauraGGHELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 15/11/2024I feel like not enough has been made of the fact that Trump's pick to be in charge of the nation's health is an ex-heroin addict carrying a dead carnivorous worm around in his brain. 48724153
Reposted by LauraGGKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Amazing work, NPR. I'm sure the sounds of iron lungs whirring away will go great with a soft bassoon intro when Morning Edition covers the "political headwinds" of a polio resurgence. 1412875440
Reposted by LauraGGDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is not a “skeptic” of vaccines. He has said there are no safe or effective vaccines. He is a foe of vaccines. 1553502177794
Reposted by LauraGGPhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 15/11/2024If any foreign governments want the USA and its people to survive they should immediately announce that if the US drops mandatory vaccinations it will be subjected to a travel ban and freight quarantine. Do not wait til after RFK is confirmed and starts the next pandemic. 15851262
Reposted by LauraGGAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 14/11/2024Gaetz is a literal pedophile and the GOP loves it. They are the Epstein party 615173373390
Reposted by LauraGGDTwyman @dtwyman.bsky.social · 14/11/2024So, today RFK Jr said he never knew anybody who was autistic when he was child. Given that his Aunt Eunice founded a day camp for children with autism (1962) & went on to found the Special Olympics in 1968, I’m going to have to put this in the RFK Jr lies folder. Clueless about his own family! 07119
Reposted by LauraGGJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Reporters proceeded to repeatedly astonish Collins by hiding a teddy bear behind their backs, then making it reappear. 411988327
Reposted by LauraGGSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Good morning. Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others. 672298605186
Reposted by LauraGGSteve Potts @otispott.bsky.social · 14/11/2024✋ '...for democratic resilience and resistance to triumph, “a sufficient number of citizens must still prefer a democratic form of government and have some degree of trust in democratic institutions.”' 37417