Reposted by lcstemPaul Rieckhoff @rieckhoff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026We are not in a holy war. And our troops our not holy warriors on a crusade. This is deeply un-American, unacceptable, and unlawful. Who in Washington beyond Massie will speak out and stop him?🚨🇺🇸 735964
Reposted by lcstemPaul Rieckhoff @rieckhoff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026He is ALWAYS jamming in his form of religion. Always. Without reservation. Or accountability. This is not how any leader should EVER speak to our dedicated and diverse troops of all (and no) religious backgrounds. 2624461
Reposted by lcstemRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Wow, things are really getting bad when even the hardcore cultists don’t want to even mention Trump. 1911898464
Reposted by lcstemAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 25/08/2026Measles killing Pennsylvanians again 3426
Reposted by lcstemDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 16/09/2026🗳️ HEADS UP DELAWARE: A Republican challenge to a law that allows some voters to automatically receive an absentee ballot each election cycle will be heard by the state Supreme Court today. It's the latest example of Republican efforts to restrict access to mail voting ahead of the midterms.democracydocket.comDelaware Supreme Court to hear GOP challenge to absentee voting rules“Tens of thousands of veterans, senior citizens, and Delawareans with disabilities rely on permanent absentee voting,” state Attorney General Kathy Jennings said. 822395
Reposted by lcstemKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026So not only must universities host speakers who are hostile to their mission and members, but they've got to guarantee their safety while doing so? Kirk made a career off the Professor Watchlist, leading many academics to fear for their safety. Do they get to send TPUSA a bill for their troubles? 41939183
Reposted by lcstemBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026If I had a reporter covering the State Department, I’d ask that person to find out what Marco Rubio does all day, outside of cutting foreign aid. 721002233
Reposted by lcstemEuan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 06/09/2026And to nobody’s surprise in Ukraine, fascist Russia has broken the ceasefire - the air raid alarm sounded at 0222 (ended 0244, though Russian Banderol cruise missiles are still menacing the Ukrainian capital). 25729
Reposted by lcstemThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/09/2026In @nytopinion.nytimes.com JD Vance’s view of what it means to be an American “does not apply, for example, to the Haitians of Springfield,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes. “They can be smeared and libeled and hounded and hunted. They can be treated as less than human.”nyti.msOpinion | Pierre Damas Bel Should Still Be AliveThe price of unprotected status can be very high. 22353103
Reposted by lcstemKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The overriding motivation of this administration is fear. Fear of questions, fear of transparency, fear of the American people. 591453351
Reposted by lcstemNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The US munitions shortage is not entirely new, nor wholly Trump's fault. Defense analysts and strategists have raised concerns about US production for some time. But if anything, that makes Trump and Hegseth using up so much of America's advanced missile stockpiles on failing wars of choice worse. 615017
Reposted by lcstemNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Why would the Pentagon have addressed the munitions shortage when official US policy is the military was decimated by Biden but then turned into the strongest ever by Trump, and the key to war is straight white men doing pushups, saying "warrior" a lot, changing the name of DoD, and posting online? 18614121
Reposted by lcstemTrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 05/09/2026The above Hope Florida story is behind a paywall but I was able to stage the opening paragraphs that break down the essence of this new development. Ron DeSantis, James Ulthmeier, Ashley Moody and a host of other Florida Republicans are up to their neck in this. 1116
Reposted by lcstemTrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 05/09/2026The Hope Florida scandal gets worse. Not only did $10M in FL taxpayer money designated for sick kids get laundered into GOP PACs…but apparently an additional $800K meant to be reimbursed to the state was never returned. Search their pockets, folks. www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/09/05/i...orlandosentinel.comIn Hope Florida scandal, Florida shorted $800,000, grand jury saysThe money, “owed to Florida’s taxpayers,” was never paid, the grand jury’s report says. 15027
Reposted by lcstemJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Mr. Stolen valor does it again.👇 199591166
Reposted by lcstem@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 05/09/20262/ "The latest data shows Democrats with a 10-percentage-point advantage over Republicans when voters are asked which party they identify with and when independent voters are asked which party they lean toward." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/u...nytimes.comGallup Polls Show Democrats Outnumber Republicans Ahead of 2026 Midterm Elections (Gift Article)Data from Gallup shows that Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents have their largest advantage over Republicans since 2008. 0154
Reposted by lcstem@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026It's about 10 years too late but maybe just maybe msm news outlets could do some "Democratic voters" stories- Not the coffee shop/ pilates sterotype but talk to seniors worried about medicare & medicaid cuts; parents struggling to buy groceries & Black voters- the backbone of the Democratic party. 45821
Reposted by lcstemAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026There’s no legitimate purpose for ICE to have this information. There are a ton of nefarious ones, though. 69283343716
Reposted by lcstemBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 05/09/2026“The gulf between employers and the employed is constantly widening, and classes are rapidly forming…Corporations, which should be the creatures of the law and the servants of the people, are fast becoming the people’s masters.” — Grover Cleveland heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 4, 2026On September 5, 1882, workers in New York City celebrated the first Labor Day holiday with a parade. 9430114
Reposted by lcstemAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 29/08/2026For reference: When I had my background check it was held up because I had a speeding ticket from when I went home sophomore year in college that I forgot to put on my SF-86. I got grilled about why I didn’t disclose it (they eventually believed it was mistake). The FBI as we knew it is gone. 1343212987
Reposted by lcstemJohn Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 28/08/2026steadystate1.substack.com/p/steady-sta...steadystate1.substack.comSTEADY STATE FILES CRIMINAL REFERRAL OVER ALTERED IRAN WAR CASUALTY COUNTPDF VERSION AVAILABLE HERE 16532
Reposted by lcstemAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/08/2026Nazi Germany also pillaged the natural resources of countries it conquered 47452611566
Reposted by lcstemRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/08/2026And the sealant on the Reflecting Pool is peeling again. 471633222
Reposted by lcstemRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Iran that included George W. Bush & Iraq. A GOP Rep. banned Jelly Roll from his district because he made a fat joke about Trump. 241436191
Reposted by lcstemRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Just to review today: The Dept of Ed made a post saying they were just like Hitler. Ted Cruz had a retweet of an account named ‘Ted Cruz’s Tiny Penis’ The WH posted a screen shot of an eagle on top of a Canadian goose but in the video the goose wins. Trump made a ‘Mission Accomplished’ post on 1063128762
Reposted by lcstemJoshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 19/08/2026Real liberalism has been tried. First it created the Constitution. Then it abolished slavery. Then it ended segregation. Then it created the greatest surge of prosperity in history. Our problems today are not because liberalism failed. They are because we failed liberalism. 1547582
Reposted by lcstemTom Tell @thomastell.bsky.social · 20/08/2026"This [Hegseth's wife's role] is a deeply weird, deeply unprofessional, damaging to the defense dept. arrangement. It shouldn't be happening but it tells you something, not just about Pete Hegseth but about this circus that seems to be operating in the Administration." - @radiofreetom.bsky.social 620238
Reposted by lcstemTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Great job from the president yesterday, basically telling Iran "yes, you should get a nuke ASAP, so you can get the same treatment I give my friends in North Korea." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comDonald Trump Just Explained Why Iran Should Have a Nuclear WeaponHe may also have blurted out classified information about North Korea. 48881249
Reposted by lcstemamanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Here is a fun clip of Sean Duffy and his wife explaining to their daughter that Harvard, a top tier American university, is too woke and scary for her. This was brought to us by our own tax dollars, as part of a reality show purporting to be about a road trip across America. 521682328
Reposted by lcstemGail Helt @gailhelt.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Every university in East Tennessee is in shock and mourning today. This is unfathomable. 022
Reposted by lcstemJason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I remember when Bill Clinton—a FORMER president—met Obama’s sitting AG on an airplane and it was a massive scandal. Now, here’s Trump’s new AG just doing Trump political rallies like it’s NBD. 14245701426
Reposted by lcstemPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026White collar crime is legal now www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/u...nytimes.comTreasury Scales Back Scrutiny of U.S. Shell CompaniesThe Trump administration will not enforce reporting requirements of the 2021 Corporate Transparency Act, which was intended to crack down on money laundering. 27630229
Reposted by lcstemThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 10/08/2026Taylor Farms has recalled a wide range of prepared foods containing jalapeños, including dips, salsa and guacamole, as a multistate salmonella outbreak linked to peppers grown in Mexico expands through the U.S. food supply.washingtonpost.comTaylor Farms recalls foods made with jalapeños over salmonella concernsThe company had separately recalled iceberg lettuce connected to the largest cyclospora outbreak in the United States. 83327
Reposted by lcstemCody Ziglar @ NYCC AA-E38 @yayforzig.bsky.social · 10/08/2026They're calling it super Hindenburg 1435149
Reposted by lcstemCarolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026static.klipy.comGarak's 'Fuck Yeah!' in Star Trek DS9ALT: Garak's 'Fuck Yeah!' in Star Trek DS9 041
Reposted by lcstemNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I can't compete with this. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...nytimes.comIn Texas’ Most Eligible Senate Race, It’s Bachelor vs. Divorcé-to-BeKen Paxton is divorcing. James Talarico is dating a onetime staffer. Both have had their romantic lives scrutinized as part of their high-stakes campaigns. 831792230
Reposted by lcstemCarolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I really don't know how to deal with someone who takes medical advice from Mel Gibson. Strike 'em from the walk sheet, delete 'em from the call sheet, done. 1155
Reposted by lcstemCarolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Literally no one is "ineligible" for birthright citizenship 0142
Reposted by lcstemCarolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026That clacking sound you hear is two dozen Democratic attorneys general editing their previous birthright lawsuit -- which they won at SCOTUS -- to file against this new, also obviously unconstitutional trash www.cnn.com/2026/08/06/p...cnn.comTrump again tries to curb birthright citizenship and ‘birth tourism’ through executive action | CNN PoliticsPresident Donald Trump is taking another swing at so-called birth tourism and birthright citizenship, citing a “very unfortunate decision” in the Supreme Court this year. 410123
Reposted by lcstemResist Trump 🤬 🤦🏽♂️🇺🇸 💜💙💪🏽 @resist-trumps-rule.bsky.social · 06/08/2026🚨America Today🚨 263176866248
Reposted by lcstemSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 06/08/2026An important point from the former chief strategist for the Bush–Cheney 2004 campaign: 425377
Reposted by lcstemPBS News @pbsnews.org · 07/08/2026A Spokane County detective who interviewed the man accused of starting one of the city's wildfires said the man confessed, described his planning process and explained how he created a device to ignite the blaze. to.pbs.org/4xtFPOcpbs.orgMan charged with arson in Spokane told police he planned to spark wildfire for weeksA Spokane County detective who interviewed the man accused of starting one of the city’s wildfires said the man confessed, described his planning process and explained how he created a device to ignit... 77034
Reposted by lcstemMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/08/2026There are few things more crudely authoritarian than a corrupt “leader” using taxpayers’ own money to punish them for not voting for that corrupt leader. 411394485
Reposted by lcstemErik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 07/08/2026New: I found 97 cases around the country in which the Trump administration was ordered to pay attorneys’ fees after illegally detaining an immigrant. Another hidden cost of the mass deportation agenda — one that’s cost $1.1 million so far this year.courthousenews.comAttorney’s fees — a hidden cost of Trump’s mass immigrant detention agendaCourthouse News has identified nearly 100 cases this year in which the government was ordered to pay attorney’s fees to an immigrant it unlawfully detained, totaling more than $1.1 million. 321091
Reposted by lcstemBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 07/08/2026If only they had agency. (Congress could end this conflict at any time with a funding prohibition.) 1541493
Reposted by lcstemsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 04/08/2026So far by my count he’s wrecked the rose garden, the east wing, and the south lawn. When he eventually leaves office, will there be a blade of grass left on the site? 54873239
Reposted by lcstemandy™ @andylevy.net · 27/07/2026“why’d you leave your last job?” “changed a logo” 513914