Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialHarry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 31/08/2025What a POS 46686178
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.social250 Years Ago News @250yearsagonews.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Aug. 31, 1775: The Pennsylvania Committee of Safety adopts a seal with a liberty cap in the center, surrounded by the motto "This is my right and I will defend it." Although this will not the seal for the colony as a whole, it hints at the pro-independence direction in which Pennsylvania is headed. 051
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/08/2025REP. BUDDY CARTER: We want to make sure that children are protected from trans and that we keep men out of girls' locker rooms REP. WESLEY BELL: So we're going back to attacking trans folks ... let's talk about what's actually happening here 2411946390
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/08/2025REP. BUDDY CARTER: What eroded confidence in the CDC was the covid vaccine BEDINGFIELD: Who was president in 2020? 84597732080
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/08/2025RADDATZ: One of the things they are trying to do in DC with the National Guard is have them back up local law enforcement WES MOORE: They are picking up trash 819127103323
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.social100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Aug. 31, 1925: Germany completes its first year under the Dawes Plan having fulfilled all its minimums for war reparations, with $238 million going to Allied nations. The German economy has had a growth spurt; however, it’s meeting the reparations only by incurring foreign debt. 191
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 31/08/2025News in this piece: 1) JB Pritzker's health officials are exploring the possibility of buying Covid vaccines in bulk to distribute to constituents 2) Mass Gov Maura Healey is leading a coalition of mostly blue states that could coordinate purchasing of pediatric vaccines Read all about this here: 9561182
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialJohn Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Trump “is turning away from the government’s responsibilities as a steward of information by minimizing, cherry-picking, misusing and sometimes even destroying data.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump Is Ruling by Willful Blindness 510525
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialJohn Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 31/08/2025“By turning away from evidence when it doesn’t suit, the administration is showing that it doesn’t think it matters whether it has the better argument, so long as it has the power to rule as it desires.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump Is Ruling by Willful Blindness 711928
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 19/07/2025I said this a couple weeks ago, but there’s some concern - particularly on the Hill - that Trump is largely inaccessible and that his staff is insulating him from even members of his own party. Basically, all the crap the books accused Biden of doing. 262166257
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 19/07/2025After the dominion lawsuit, I don’t think there’s a chance in hell WSJ wasn’t prepared for this story. Trump going to war with Murdoch isn’t going to go well for him. 342316200
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialkeynesaddiction.bsky.social @keynesaddiction.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Was Benghazi a waste of breath for Rs even though it was made up bullshit? They rode that to victory thought nothing came of Benghazi. The problem with Dem Leadership is that they dont believe in recovering fumbles, that they can change things. Everything is static for them-which is what donors like 011
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/06/2025"In a real sense, Trump went to war because Rupert Murdoch persuaded him to drop some bombs"publicnotice.coTrump’s reckless Iran strikes could backfire spectacularlyAmerica has entered few wars with less forethought, less deliberation, and more contempt for the public. 331000162
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23/06/2025He may change his mind twenty times but let’s hope this is where he lands. 7757863
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23/06/2025www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... 461113314
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialTPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 23/06/2025SCOTUS gave Trump a win: He can now avoid a due process requirement before deporting migrants to third countries. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/scotus-...talkingpointsmemo.comSCOTUS Removes Due Process Requirement On Deportations to Third CountriesThe Supreme Court’s conservative wing on Monday allowed the Trump administration to... 177635
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23/06/2025@delavegalaw.bsky.social 1591748367
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialGil Durán @gilduran.com · 23/06/2025Will she or won't she? Some mixed signals from Kamala world in this story. Personally, I think the race is over if Kamala enters. Though I'm not sure governor of California will be a fun job 2027-2030s... thehill.com/homenews/cam...thehill.comHarris gives California governor’s race a serious lookKamala Harris is leaning toward entering the California gubernatorial race, sources familiar with the former vice president’s thinking tell The Hill. While the sources caution that Harris hasn’t ma… 5398
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialPhil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 23/06/2025'No Kings' counter-protester faces federal gun charges for defying court order finding him incompetent www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...newschannel5.com'No Kings' counter-protester faces federal gun charges for defying court order finding him incompetentA 19-year-old Murfreesboro man faces federal charges for being in possession of a firearm despite a court order that he was not competent and preventing him from purchasing any guns on his own. 514229
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 23/06/2025This is Ando. He's been a high-risk explosives detection dog for 6 years, and last week he celebrated his final day on the job. His coworkers threw him a surprise retirement party by showering him with dummies, a special reward that detection dogs are trained to love. 14/10 congratulations Ando 324153871604
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialGil Durán @gilduran.com · 23/06/2025Why did Hitler storm out of the Olympics when Jesse Owens won gold? Same reason Trump is targeting Black arts and culture today. Saida Grundy with a mind-blowing analysis in the @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comTrump is terrified of Black culture. But not for the reasons you thinkA look back at 1960s Black arts movement explains why Trump is obsessed with eliminating Black artistry and the museums and institutions that support it 4287119
laurendownsouth.bsky.social @laurendownsouth.bsky.social · 24/05/2025We need to talk about deporting ICE and it’s supporters 010
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Aside from cutting health care for the elderly & poor, the Republican budget steers $160 BILLION to enrich private prisons + quadruple the size of Trump’s American Gestapo ICE — while making them immune from prosecution. TLDR: You are not alarmed enough. www.wola.org/analysis/160... 48923540
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialE. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com · 24/05/2025More importantly it doesn't demonstrate what the better options are. If the answer is a guy who doesn't think germ theory is real, Im not sure we have anything to tall about. We compare performance to the options on the table not to a standard that doesn't exist. 031
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialRick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 24/05/2025“…somewhere in Cuba or Venezuela tonight, there are cells waiting. In some field, a backhoe is cutting a long, shallow trench, six feet wide. Soon, those cell doors will close with a final, ugly clang. Soon, those trenches will be filled with bodies, covered in quicklime.“ bit.ly/3H7Tjdvlincolnsquare.mediaSo Much for Fighting CommunismTrump sends Cubans and Venezuelans to torture and death. 50917322
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.social100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 24/05/2025May 24, 1925: Anti-fascists jeer a procession of Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Philadelphia, setting off running clashes that twice interrupt a religious procession through the Little Italy neighborhood. 121
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialGil Durán @gilduran.com · 24/05/2025I had noticed Pogue's affiliation with Wagon Box and wondered about it. He was far ahead of many other journalists in covering this stuff, but seems to have largely dropped beneath the radar ... 2285
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialGil Durán @gilduran.com · 24/05/2025Here is James Pogue playing guitar in the tavern at Wagon Box DAO. This seems like a pretty cozy relationship for a journalist who covers the New Right for both Vanity Fair and the New York Times. Can one be a member of the Network State and also cover it for mainstream publications? 25012
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialRick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 24/05/2025He wants to be Don Jr’s VP 881010115
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.social100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 24/05/2025May 24, 1925: A monument to France's military medal recipients is dedicated in the court of the Invalides in Paris. Marshal Ferdinand Foch delivers an address. 031
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24/05/2025 2472754608
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 24/05/2025Fun interactive of how CBO estimates have underestimated the debt in that one. 47117
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 24/05/2025Trump’s Treasury Secretary coined a new euphemism for an inconvenient honesty: “D.C. style.” It leverages the base’s hatred of the status quo to hide administration sleight of hand. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...washingtonpost.comOpinion | When it comes to budget math, ‘D.C.-style’ actually means ‘honest’Trump administration officials routinely reject independent assessments that are proven correct. 612031
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.social250 Years Ago News @250yearsagonews.bsky.social · 24/05/2025May 24, 1775: John Hancock is elected president of the Second Continental Congress. The 39-year-old Massachusetts delegate succeeds Peyton Randolph, who leaves Philadelphia this morning to return to Virginia to serve in that colony’s Assembly. 041
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 24/05/2025Free to read: A quick look at how Trumpworld is weaponizing the Biden-age book. s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...s2.washingtonpost.comFollow Philip Bump: When it comes to budget math, ‘D.C.-style’ actually means ‘honest’ 1499
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/05/2025From @TNEdReport: “@GovBillLee’s legacy will be the undoing of Tennessee’s public ed system. First, through the ill-designed TISA formula, then vouchers… $150 million in year 1… by the time other programs are cut, Lee will no longer be governor…” tnedreport.com/2025/05/what... 14304112
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Chirping all the talking points, @MarshaBlackburn makes it clear she will vote to slash trillions in health care for regular folks to get Trump’s trillions in tax cuts for the rich passed, while exploding the debt she never really cared about. 92688201
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24/05/2025 691946449
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 24/05/2025Advertising used to be effective. 2022114
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 24/05/2025In the (free to read) charts newsletter this week, I went long on age and death in Congress. s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra... 1017951
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Funny, but when I was a federal prosecutor, people, including folks I know to be conservative Republicans, were absolutely adamant about prosecuting pay-to-play schemes that were much less bold and audacious than this one. Those folks all seem to have gone into hiding now. 821751516
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialAki H Heikkinen @akihheikkinen.bsky.social · 24/05/2025always a good day when x goes downmedia.tenor.coman advertisement for kingdom of the planet apes shows a gorillaALT: an advertisement for kingdom of the planet apes shows a gorilla 0191
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.social100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 24/05/2025May 24, 1925: Empire Day—marking the birthday of the late Queen Victoria—is celebrated on both sides of the Atlantic. A folk dance in Wales, and a gathering at Market Square in Edmonton. 061
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialJon-Christopher Bua @jcbua.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Disgraceful Political Rant MAGA Trump In Front Of Our Honorable West Point Graduates. What Would IKE Think? 011
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/05/2025Trump is wearing a campaign hat during his commencement speech 5172382441
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialTimInHonolulu @timinhonolulu.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Trump rifting off the teleprompter at West Point talking incoherently about some random developer Mr. Levin who went bankrupt. It ends with knowing when you've lost the momentum and knowing when to say it's time to get out. The audience is in stunned silence. 2268
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/05/2025Trump during his West Point commencement speech: "There will be no more critical race theory or transgender forced on to everyone ... we will not have men playing in women's sports." 287793165
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/05/2025Trump's West Point commencement audience is totally silent as he rants about trophy wives and yachts 173070411771
Reposted by @laurendownsouth.bsky.social100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 24/05/2025May 24, 1925: The Presbyterian Assembly is split over the movie industry. A church committee issues a report condemning films as unfit and accusing trade association chief Will Hays, a Presbyterian elder, of condoning immorality. The board of education repudiates the criticism. 171
