Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h> @axios.com 50708180
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialAnil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 7h"Fetterman largely holes up in his Capitol office, lying on the couch and scrolling Apple News, several former staffers said. "'Every day was a battle that by the end of the day you were physically and emotionally battered just by getting John to do any part of his job,' a former staffer said...."share.inquirer.comHow John Fetterman spends his time comes under more scrutiny as he weighs future in the SenateThe Pennsylvania Democrat has been labeled an absentee senator for years. As he floats the possibility of running again, what has he actually done? 31530162
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 22hIt's already illegal. Congress banned it near-unanimously in 2022. That law allows the ban to be lifted only if Russia withdraws from Ukraine. He's simply breaking the law that's already on the books. 5245861395
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Team Trump’s Putin sympathy and hope to see Russia’s aggression succeed has always been apparent. But now that it’s this explicit, lifting sanctions (illegally) and begging Ukraine to stop hitting Russian refineries (because it’s working) could the press finally stop calling their efforts “peace”? 1037483
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 7hThe "Party of Reagan" has the United States siding with Russian aggression against NATO allies and a brutal war on a European democratic US partner. Yes, the whole party. If they didn't, they would impeach and remove the president who is blatantly breaking US law to help fund Russia's war effort. 632472704
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialOlga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This is so sick. So a Russian blood diesel vessel is on its way to NC set to arrive tomorrow. It left St Petersburg on Sept 22nd. This Trump-Putin plan has been in the works for weeks can’t picture what allies America will have left after this 26834061567
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.social🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 20hno one reads the articles. all of the quotes assume this is because the party is broke because of (spins wheel) whatever that person is mad about today, but the reason they’re scrambling is because they’re trying to run moonshot campaigns in deep red districts they ordinarily would never attempt 282066452
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The discourse on antisemitism in the country is such that Mike Rogers can simultaneously attack Abdul El-Sayed *as* antisemitic, as a scary foreign Muslim critic of Israel, and also *with* antisemitism, as a tool of the foreign-born Jewish puppeteer. 251359359
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialI Nied braaaaiiiiins 🧟 @nied.bsky.social · 09/10/2026"When a Republican does something bad, we should not lose sight of who's fault this REALLY is: Democrats." 418920
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialDante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 10/10/2026It's not hard. Both Yglesias moderates and Khanna leftists give MAGA politicians legitimacy because they want MAGA's base. Ossoff simply does not give a shit about the MAGA base, which allows him to speak with fierce clarity about MAGA politicians. He is willing to bet on an anti-MAGA majority. 27993206
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Abolish ICE. 321476284
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 10/10/2026this is literally why you have uniforms and badges every member of the media pretending that any of this is due to anything else should be frogmarched out of public life 121530318
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialCharlotte Varnes @charlottevarnes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Another offseason, another opportunity for the Phillies to remake their outfield. Some very early thoughts about what could shape their approach: www.nytimes.com/athletic/766...nytimes.comFour questions that could shape the Phillies’ outfield this offseasonThe Phillies have work to do across the roster this offseason, but the outfield could be the easiest target for change. 1152
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialJamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Headline makes it sound like the DCCC spent all their money on hookers and blow and now rent is due but the real reason is Trump and the Republicans are so toxic the DCCC thinks it can compete in districts Trump won by 13-20 points. 19591165
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialJane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 09/10/2026he says this as an ASIDE to focus on how Collins wants to take money out of everyday communities to give it to the wealthy, he's running Air Raid and those corners are in HELL 1128529
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 10/10/2026my god 36950104
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comFDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmedRegulator looks to expand loophole to allow dangerous compounds in food as long as they’re not carcinogenic 111808454
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Trump announces that the U.S. will buy Russian oil. This is just a few weeks after Trump signed the Lindsey Graham Russia Sanctions bill, which authorized him to place 100% tariffs on countries that are the biggest importers of Russian oil/gas. Are we going to tariff ourselves now? 1792520771
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026NEWS: Eight major U.S. allies—including Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan—have issued a joint rebuke of the Trump regime’s sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court. They vow “unwavering support” for the ICC’s independence. 476102523542
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialJane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Jon Ossoff is going for 2 up 60 30105956
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Okay fine. I will win the NFC East. 54165770
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialGlonzo the Bureaucrat 🇬🇱 🌹 @snarkranger.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I am sick and tired of seeing this shit. DOGE was not a "missed opportunity," it was an intentional effort by billionaire oligarchs to destroy the federal government's capacity to do good things for the American people. 241724396
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Respectable Republican™️ Brian Fitzpatrick is very close to his good friend and political ally Dave Sommers. Sommers: “Every liberal Democrat female is a sexual assault survivor, especially the morning after, when the guy hasn’t fallen in love with her." www.thebulwark.com/p/brian-fitz...thebulwark.comThe Bigot Behind Brian Fitzpatrick’s Attack AdsThe embattled congressman has been pushing wild claims made by a family friend with a history of bizarre criminality and despicable social media posts. 1315931
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialDhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.wired.comICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal ArrestsBrenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court. 8829481365
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026> @dkthomp.bsky.social 16543169
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The news just since I left work: -A planned livestream of an execution by firing squad -Trump basically trying to incite a pogrom against Somalis Nothing mysterious or complicated about what's happening. 381838414
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 08/10/2026Brilliant idea to take a murderer motivated by ideology and publicly martyr him. 361288194
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialtreb @treblaw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026pick and roll with Maxey and LeBronstatic.klipy.comGuy Fieri Enthusiastically Eating a SandwichAlt: Guy Fieri fucking EATING 4588
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Sen. Ossoff: Mike Collins has brought dishonor to our state through his personal bigotry and his widely documented ties to white nationalists. And he's sold out Georgia in his pathetic childlike devotion to Donald Trump, voting for tariffs, healthcare cuts, and the Iran war. 422363
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026right. this isn’t a somber public execution to show people what it means for the state to murder someone. this is a celebration of violence for its own sake. the fact that the nidal hasan is helpless and infirm is no doubt part of the appeal. bsky.app/profile/spir... 593155317
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialDaniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I remember last year when ppl on here insisted that the effect of these devastating cuts from the OBBA legislation wouldnt hit until after the midterms, as if Republicans cared any more about being strategic instead of just being maximally cruel www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...washingtonpost.comHospitals are closing across America, and it’s only getting worseClosure rates were almost the same between urban and rural hospitals. 13910
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialKyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 08/10/2026NEW: A source familiar with the Colorado Chamber of Commerce Gov forum says the candidates were provided with moderator Ed Sealover’s questions, word for word, in advance. GOP candidate Victor Marx is reading prepared answers, word for word, from a notebook on his lap. 41535168
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Source: www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...npr.orgICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors sayThroughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated. 318786
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 08/10/2026a sure sign that something is "highly accepted" is if you have to threaten to impose the power of the state against those who don't accept it 771171196
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialRyan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 08/10/2026NEW: Harmeet Dhillon's Civil Rights Division is trying to indict former Trump White House official Cassidy Hutchinson, a star witness before the Jan. 6 Committee.nbcnews.comJustice Department seeks criminal charge for former Trump aide Cassidy HutchinsonThe former Trump aide was a star witness before the Jan. 6 committee. The case is being pursued by the Civil Rights Division, led by Harmeet Dhillon. 79517237
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 08/10/2026it was a sharp discontinuity from a brutal status quo 1050634
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 08/10/2026JUST POSTED: In Trump’s Russian Oil Deal, Middle East Funds Are the Biggest Owners A majority of ownership in a proposed multibillion-dollar deal would go to a group of Middle Eastern investors, including some with business ties to the Witkoff family and Kushner www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...nytimes.comIn Trump’s Russian Oil Deal, Middle East Funds Are the Biggest Owners 16253156
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This right here: “He’s not making sense,” Mr. Pasek, 80, said. “It confuses me, and then I just get disgusted and tune out.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...nytimes.com‘He’s Not Making Sense’: How Trump Has Alienated Voters for the G.O.P. (Gift Article)Signs are emerging that dispirited Republican voters may stay home in November, bringing a Democratic surge without many conversions. 912234
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Seems bad. 891552121
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialone dozen bats at a keyboard @panasonicdx4500.bsky.social · 07/10/2026 116423
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026the funny thing about this of course is that "athenian democracy" was a cautionary tale to the framers, who saw it as unstable and prone to demagogues and tyrants like the one rubio works for 1505663881
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialDaniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The last couple days involved not just the NYT saying they "didnt know what he was implying," but also ppl on this site filling up your mentions insisting that Trump wasnt saying exactly what he was saying and he here is not just saying it again but making it even more explicit. 711228
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I don’t think a 21X increase in the cost to get a tanker out of the Persian Gulf with lower total exports than before the war is an achievement. And I think it’s odd that so much of the press has been covering it as if we should see this as positive, with “Better Than You Think”-style “explainers.” 19645208
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialtreb @treblaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Lane Johnson first ballot Hall of Famer. Best RT ever. Salute, brother 717422
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/10/2026who knows if jackson can win this thing but i am glad that he is making clear that susan collins's whole scam is to do everything she can to make life worse for mainers and then take credit for mitigating it in the slightest way possible 107106211804
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialCharles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 06/10/2026ROFLMAO!! I *knew* it would come to this. 65533139
Reposted by @lbz215.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026WAPO: “.. The plan calls for a parcel of the private club to be designated a permanent, official sanctuary for foreign leaders and future U.S. presidents, designed to host international summits and house presidents when they take vacations in Florida ..” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... 126362167
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