Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialMiranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026You gotta wonder -- what really motivates a party to spend so much time fixated on whether students were born with a a penis or a vagina? 861423232
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialAunt Hoolia @aunthoolia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026“In a hallway, indoors, or a crowded classroom, the [Remington] 870 [pump-action shotgun] is brutal,” ChatGPT said. “Close quarters is its playground.” How chilling is that last sentence, coming from an AI chatbot? 12115
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialMark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The shooter also uploaded bloody images of violence and self-harm, and pushed ChatGPT for fictional narratives of mass killings. ChatGPT complied, in vivid detail. A shooter who livestreamed an attack that went viral, and another who stalked and terrorized victims www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0... 212135
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialWintersong @wintersong.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is horrifyingly and ironically familiar for anyone who has studied the Shoah: > …overall there was a noticeable detachment across the subjects. A just-following-orders mentality. “I understand how a man can blow up a place and go home to his degree in clinical psychology,” one subject said. 318160
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026Crush the arts (Kennedy Center), destroy the civil service (DOGE), control elections (gestures broadly), dismantle the press (gestures more broadly), decimate science (NIH), and demolish education (DeptEd). The authoritarian playbook. 17750181658
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com 745276688830
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Gas was about $3.70/gal when he tweeted this, by the way. 311962393
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialJosie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026B'tselem report identifies 5 main areas through which it says the 'elimination' mechanism operates against Palestinians in West Bank: violence, restrictions on movement, economic strangulation, social and political destruction, ethnic cleansing & territorial takeover www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...haaretz.comB'Tselem: Israel running 'elimination project' against West Bank PalestiniansThe report identifies five main areas through which it says the 'elimination' mechanism operates: violence and intimidation, restrictions on movement, economic strangulation, social and political dest... 02315
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialLiz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The measles/mumps/rubella vaccine is incredibly safe. There is zero evidence linking it to autism or other medical conditions. But one in five kids with measles ends up hospitalized. 14318
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Mitch McConnell is excited to get back to doing what he loves, taking away people's rights and healthcare 131049181
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 10/09/2026A new CNN poll shows Michigan voters are unhappy with Trump’s tariffs on Canada: 6️⃣4️⃣% say the tariffs are BAD, while only 1️⃣4️⃣% support the tariffs. Mike Rogers will continue to support them because daddy Trump asked him to. 481520395
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/08/2026Mike Rogers describes Egypt as "home" for Abdul El-Sayed (El-Sayed was in fact born in Michigan) 6163326845
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I wish Ken Paxton would protect puppies the way he protects pedophiles. 10935911120
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialBrynn Tannehill @brynntannehill.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Not really beating the accusations of preying on 13 and 14 year old girls here, is he? 2444586
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026America’s latest food crisis. In the last few weeks we’ve had lettuce, beef and now eggs. 17 states affected. Highest risk level.apple.newsSalmonella Egg Recall Is Now Class I, the FDA’s Highest Risk Level — TIMEAn egg recall linked to a salmonella outbreak was upgraded to the highest possible risk level by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday. Nearly 1.6 million dozen eggs were labeled “C... 40286159
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialGlenn Fleishman @glennf.com · 15/08/2026Healthcare? Well, we don’t have a plan, but we obviously oppose giving healthcare to people. 32995175
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialProf Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 12/08/2026PHOTO OF THE DAY: The graves of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband, seperated by a cemetery wall in the Netherlands (1888). 📷 google images 1474810853
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 10/08/2026The real story is pushed away in a mid/piece paragraph and does not get the same critical attention in the U.S. media. 3313132
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialTyler King @tyleraking.com · 10/08/2026RECALL: Taylor Farms is pulling pre-packaged salsa and guacamole for contaminated jalapenos.reuters.comTaylor Farms recalls salsa and guacamole over salmonella riskTaylor Farms on Sunday said it was recalling more than a dozen prepared food items containing jalapeños, including salsas and guacamole, from retailers over concerns about potential salmonella conta... 901552855
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 09/08/2026see this is why it’s so important to defend trans women — because attacks on them are almost always a veneer for attacks on ALL women 15545104
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/08/2026 El-Sayed: "Imagine if instead of paying that to your health insurance company, whose CEO makes $20m a year, you paid a little bit more in taxes for healthcare you wouldn't lose. I think all of us would a lot more interested in that system if we knew our healthcare would be free at point of care" 745163543784
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Boy, it'd be a real shame if this became a running thing at Paxton's public events. 181391329
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 09/08/2026on two occasions I have run into a dude who went with the "I identify as a woman" thing because he thinks its really funny and my learning has been that if you take his word for it and start calling him a woman he stops finding it funny in about 1 second and starts getting upset & so you don't stop 7178531170
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 08/08/2026huh wonder why people are rebelling against this technology oh well guess we’ll never know 13686871924
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialAna Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 07/08/2026"Women accounted for 100 percent of the decline in the labor force in July, according to a National Women’s Law Center analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s latest dismal jobs report. Overall, the economy lost 23,000 jobs in July: Women lost 32,000 jobs, while men gained 9,000."newrepublic.comTrump’s Terrible July Jobs Numbers Only Hurt WomenAnd the number of women who have left the workforce since January is more than double the number of men. 871774924
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/08/2026Since the beginning of the second Trump administration, 55 people have died in ICE detention, according to the agency’s own data. The mortality rate of ICE detainees is at the highest level in more than a decade and four times that of the Biden presidency.motherjones.comThe deaths ICE doesn’t countPrisciliano Trejo Ricano passed away in the hospital days after being released from detention. 13303189
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialStephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 07/08/2026The election was wigged 371116832901
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.social🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 06/08/2026One thing you have to keep in mind, instead of Anthony Fauci, Senate Republicans could be doing this to, say, Ghislaine Maxwell. 5480131
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialMarion Miller @mjm314.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Mitch McConnell is voting by proxy in the Senate?! This requires an investigation now. 521567
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialDana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026If you’re suddenly a fan of Sophie Cunningham but have never watched a minute of her basketball career, you’re not a fan of Sophie’s, you’re just a fan of bigotry. Congratulations. 27817109
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 06/08/2026They repeatedly position women like Sophie Cunningham and Caitlin Clark as damsels in need of saving because they don’t consider women’s sports an actual competition but a showcase more akin to a best baby pageant. 452264457
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/08/2026El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?" 491277476140
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 05/08/2026this name shit would be the perfect time for obama and/or mamdani to do a hit for el-sayed. "we've heard a lot of people attacking dr el-sayed over his name. well, for eight years they called me PRESIDENT hussein obama. and i'm MAYOR mamdani. so maybe its time for SENATOR el-sayed." 181451224
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 05/08/2026This is just rank Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism, based on the bigoted idea that there is something inherently scary about a president with the last name "El-Sayed." It is incumbent on all of us to call it out. 872113474
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 04/08/2026This will get a fraction of the attention that Zohran Mamdani got for calling Netanyahu a war criminal. 141246293
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 04/08/2026CNN’s Harry Enten: “In a word, ‘yikes’: Trump's moderate GOP support is collapsing. He led them by 69 points vs Harris in 2024. His net approval now is +10 pt. A 59 pt shift. He was more trusted vs Harris on the economy by 80 pt. Net approval now? +3 pt. A 77 pt shift! On inflation, he's at -17 pt!” 47577196
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 04/08/2026America’s concentration camps must be shut down now They are sites of horror: torture, rampant spread of infectious diseases, inadequate sanitation, hygiene, & medical care, & a mounting death toll Just as “better training of guards” wasn’t the answer to Auschwitz, you can’t “reform” these camps 5613275
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/08/2026So weird that he only wins at his own courses 3292132373
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialLaki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Damn... 300% higher yields for peppers 200% for tomatoes. 65% lower water use for jalapenos. #agsky #agrivoltaics ,🌱🌞🔌.. 192301855
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialBob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Well, President Klansman doesn't like to acknowledge slavery so I guess that's not included. And Native-Americans suffered quite a bit. Lincoln and Kennedy were shot in the head. But, sure, nobody has endured more than him. 130573511961
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialDan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I will go further: JD Vance has said, essentially, his own wife shouldn't have gotten automatic citizenship for being born here, which I guess would make his children with her subject to deportation 221333242
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialSandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 31/07/2026There is no non-complicit enjoyment of Harry Potter, in 2026. Every time you stream a Harry Potter movie or buy one of her books, etc., you are helping her campaign to end trans lives, full stop. 519352
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/07/2026Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo: "I don't get paid very much" (His salary is $170,000, over twice the median income in his state.) 1932135568
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 31/07/2026As I've said before: What high-paying long-term jobs do they pretend exist here? A data center isn't a place where execs come and do Big Deals. Go to the server room at your workplace; are there lots of rich people in there spending money? 54163401547
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 31/07/2026AI agents are trashing AI now to seem real. 620448
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialJosh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026gosh I wonder what would happen to the price of liver if lots of people took his advice and started eating more of it? 176912
Reposted by @lkwelch.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The caller on Rand Paul’s virtual town hall is all of us. 1306168664865
