Lmthorn @lmthorn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The decoy plane story is wild. Can anyone imagine Biden risking the lives of all those people while he went to safety? Yet Trump happy to risk all those human beings, and Stephen Miller 110
Reposted by LmthornReuters @reuters.com · 10/08/2026Taylor Farms recalls salsa and guacamole over salmonella risk reut.rs/4fO6aR6reut.rsTaylor 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 contamination. 1381005653
Reposted by LmthornBig Ernie McCracken @bigerniemccracken.bsky.social · 29/07/2026You would think Potus falling into a deep slumber, every day, on TV, would be a bigger story.... ....but Sleepy Joe.... Our media is hopelessly broken. 473130602852
Reposted by LmthornThe Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 27/07/2026A trillionaire can raid government funds and MAGA doesn't flinch. But god forbid someone making $30k a year uses SNAP to buy Pepsi. Oh my god, the horror! 420472
Reposted by LmthornGod @thegodshow.com · 24/07/2026Mitch McConnell is dead. Apparently so is investigative journalism. 520165743606
Reposted by LmthornChris Curtis @curtosis.bsky.social · 25/07/2026This is pretty stunning. Let me translate: A federal judge does not trust the acting AG is telling the truth—before the court, to be clear—about specific redactions, and ordered him to bring proof. Just a staggering taint on DoJ. 10866233
Reposted by LmthornMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/07/2026NEWS: In Katie Phang's lawsuit, a federal judge has ordered Trump's DOJ to hand over unredacted Epstein records for his private review, signaling he won't simply accept the government's explanations for its sweeping redactions.meidasnews.comJudge Demands to See What Trump's DOJ Is Hiding in Epstein FilesIn Katie Phang's lawsuit, Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered the Trump Justice Department to hand over unredacted Epstein records, signaling he won't simply accept the government's explanations for its swee... 13342001177
Reposted by LmthornJason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I think that we have to admit that post-apocalyptic movies seriously underplayed how much diarrhea and disease are involved in social collapse. 24271811073
Reposted by LmthornKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 25/07/2026BREAKING: In my lawsuit against Todd Blanche for the Epstein Files, Judge Sullivan has just ordered Blanche to produce, in camera (in chambers), the UNREDACTED emails & documents, and Blanche must bring documentation supporting his representations the DOJ’s redactions are what he claims they are. 1402330259271
Reposted by LmthornAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026It is genuinely bizarre that we’ve become acclimatized to right wingers throwing a tantrum every time a black person (particularly a black woman) is cast in something, but are also supposed to pretend that this is not racism but related to some other substantive concern. 485241835053
Reposted by LmthornRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Huge corporations like Amazon, Walmart, and Uber are among the top employers of SNAP and Medicaid recipients. Meanwhile, their CEOs are raking in multi-million dollar pay packages. How is this not a bigger scandal? 555130425549
Reposted by LmthornChris Jackson @chriscjackson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Trying to imagine the Fox News coverage if a Democratic President spent the entire weekend shoving himself into team photos for the World Cup while American soldiers were being killed overseas. 15565141596
Reposted by LmthornMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/07/2026The Pentagon is withholding causality and hit numbers. The CDC is withholding infection rates. The FDA is withholding information about food contamination. The EPA is withholding pollution and climate data. This corrupt administration is ALL about concealing the consequences of its incompetence. 1088226789797
Reposted by Lmthorn𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 17/07/2026My bar for humanity is so low, someone using a turn signal seems like an act of heroism. 731250120
Reposted by LmthornScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17/07/2026The documents that Trump released and endorsed clearly validate and detail a massive Russian intelligence service operation to elect Donald Trump of which he and his entourage were aware and in which they knowingly participated. Russiagate is real, we learn. 14144061737
Reposted by LmthornGeorge3May @texasbluedot70.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Ladies & Gentlemen, I present the mother of all self owns.. 301311414
Reposted by LmthornRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/07/20261) Corporations and the super-rich spend billions on elections 2) Elected officials rewrite laws in the donors' favor, enact huge tax cuts, and deregulate industries 3) Donors make huge profit 4) Repeat If we want to talk about "integrity" and our political system, let's talk about this. 602217755
Reposted by LmthornThe Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 16/07/2026How do you think it would have been covered if President Obama had to pay $5 million to a woman he sexually abused and defamed? Do you think the White House press would have asked him about it? 29375712322
Reposted by LmthornJerelle @shankhead.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I can’t remember another instance when major American news outlets wouldn’t air a presidential speech because they knew he’d just lie, as he always does…🙄 20758891131
Lmthorn @lmthorn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026So… these two bits of news read together paint quite the picture, don’t they? www.cnn.com/2026/07/16/u...cnn.comTrump promoted companies on Truth Social days after buying their stocks | CNNTrump has promoted more than 20 companies on his Truth Social account days after buying stock in those firms, a CNN investigation found. 000
Reposted by LmthornJon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Its funny how everyone's idea of heaven is a complete untouched paradise, crystal clear waters, lush green forests, enough food for everyone, classless, moneyless, stateless, a Utopia of peace, unity and happiness. But here on earth it's considered a leftist ideology. 46110843239
Reposted by LmthornMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/07/2026It's a sign of how shockingly corrupt this country has become that a nominee for Attorney General is given a hearing by the Senate *the very same week* he has been referred by a judge for possible disbarment for unethical behavior. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 646191797245
Reposted by LmthornGodless Leftist @godless-leftist.bsky.social · 16/07/2026In the eyes of MAGA there are two types of people, people who agree with Trump 100% and communists. 091
Reposted by LmthornBen Franklin’s ghost @ben-franklin-ghost.bsky.social · 16/07/2026For their purposes, they’re talking about you. And social democrats, and socialists, and centrists, and non-MAGA conservatives. They don’t know what communists are. They don’t care what communists are. They only know Americans hate communists. Therefore, anyone not MAGA is a communist. That’s what. 041
Reposted by LmthornThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15/07/2026Sen. Booker to Todd Blanche: "Your nomination should fail. The Attorney General's client is not the president, it's the American people. You've been protecting one person for most of your career…You should not be confirmed to this job." 650210105658
Reposted by LmthornAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/07/2026If the head of US intelligence isn't able to say who won the election in 2020, then maybe he shouldn't be head of US intelligence. 687237475558
Reposted by LmthornKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 13/07/2026JUST IN: 13th straight rejection of DOJ's legal effort to compel states to turn over their voter rolls. George W. Bush-appointed Judge Thomas Johnston wonders what DOJ is really driving at. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 12678932093
Reposted by LmthornMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Elias Law Group is currently litigating 80 voting and election cases in 41 states (incl. DC). 11055171238
Reposted by LmthornMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13/07/2026🚨BREAKING: Donald Trump and his two eldest sons’ $10-billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service was brought for “an improper purpose,” a Florida-based federal judge ruled. The judge also recommended attorney sanctions for the Trumps’ lawyers. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comJudge slams Trump’s IRS lawsuit as ‘improper,’ refers acting AG Blanche to barThe judge characterized Trump's suit as an unparalleled expression of self-dealing. 18258801768
Lmthorn @lmthorn.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Sure, I can no longer afford much fresh produce. But at least that makes me less likely to get cyclospora, right? Have to look for silver linings where we can these days 011
Reposted by LmthornRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/07/2026The Millers are such lovely people. 1776117391968
Reposted by LmthornFlying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social · 11/07/2026I’m old enough to remember when this kind of thing would end a presidency. 42392952777
Lmthorn @lmthorn.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Y’all… more on that story that popped up a while back about Trump rewriting Gov websites to collect visitors data with no oversight: ‘https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/28/government-website-visitor-tracking-surveillance-fears?CMP=share_btn_urltheguardian.com‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fearsThe National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websites 100
Lmthorn @lmthorn.bsky.social · 11/07/2026It’s so strange when I catch myself being affected by stories of sa piling up in the news and think, for the millionth time, “Oh, right. “Triggered” is actually a thing that happens.” Someone irl told a story yesterday. It just adds up when you’re not looking and then suddenly old memories flood in 000
Reposted by LmthornAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Look if you think it’s fine for Trump to corruptly get a red card revoked (or “suspended”) bc FIFA is already corrupt, maybe you understand the MAGA mindset better than you think. “All politicians are corrupt so it’s ok for Trump to be corrupt” is a very common maga rationalization 13457101206
Reposted by LmthornCongresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove @kamlager-dove.house.gov · 02/07/2026A medical company was under investigation for allegedly mismanaging a bacteria outbreak at a baby formula production facility with potential links to infant deaths. The Department of Justice spent years investigating them and believed they had a case. (1/2)wsj.comExclusive | The Baby Formula Probe Produced a Pile of Evidence. Then the DOJ Dropped the Case.Some prosecutors believed they had enough to charge Abbott Laboratories, but senior officials opted for civil settlement. 46839
Reposted by LmthornAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Here we see @stevevladeck.bsky.social vindicated again bsky.app/profile/prop... 7432116
Lmthorn @lmthorn.bsky.social · 02/07/2026FTA: “The freedom to move through our own country without stopping to account for ourselves, without proving to a masked, armed, anonymous officer answering to Trump that we have permission to be on the street, is one of the most ancient things … that separates a free people from a police state.” 001
Reposted by Lmthornleftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Clarence Thomas says the 14th Amendment should be read narrowly because it was written for formerly enslaved people. By that logic, the 2nd Amendment was written for muskets, not AR-15s. Funny how that kind of originalism only shows up when it's convenient. 1048287008160
Reposted by LmthornNiko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 01/07/2026You can’t own anything physical anymore, everything is digital, you can’t own anything digital now, storage is too expensive, you cant stream anything because they took it off the service once their parent company got bought out, you can’t get a McFlurry because the machine is broken 549701268
Reposted by LmthornScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/07/2026US media are generally ignoring the Gulf Arab grievances against Trump and Hegseth. But there's this: "The week before, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman turned down an invitation to attend the Group of Seven summit in France, protesting the U.S. handling of the war” www.wsj.com/world/middle...wsj.comExclusive | A Dispute Over Opening Hormuz Drives a Wedge Into U.S.-Saudi RelationsSaudi Arabia blocked Trump’s first big effort to open the strategic waterway, triggering a widening diplomatic rift. 1123579
Reposted by LmthornBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026This country was one person's vote away this morning from putting any birthright citizen in danger of being deported tomorrow. We are so much closer to the abyss than we think. Man oh man. 415192834459
Reposted by LmthornSean Thomason @seanthomason.bsky.social · 23/06/2026The crazy thing is that for most of my life I would go ten, fifteen, sometimes even thirty minutes at a time without thinking about the Reflecting Pool. 1467465908
Reposted by LmthornRep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 23/06/2026$2.5 BILLION. That’s how much the Trump Administration has now spent paying companies to cancel offshore wind projects that would have lowered your electric bill. Yes, you heard that right, they are PAYING to keep your energy bills high.nytimes.comTrump Administration to Pay $765 Million to Cancel 4 More Wind Projects 18025461421
Lmthorn @lmthorn.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Been in media/ad business 30 years. For the GOP, ALL communication is an ad. We explain/debate. They sell. We must sell, and this is the playbook. Their playbook — minus the complete lies. We have to cede that one “advantage,” but it will be our superpower in the end. Time to herd some cats y’all 110
Reposted by LmthornDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 04/06/2026NEW: Chad Bianco, the California sheriff who seized 650k ballots cast in last year's redistricting referendum, appears poised to lose his primary bid for the state's gubernatorial race. While only 56% of the votes have been reported so far, Bianco currently sits in a distant fourth place.democracydocket.comChad Bianco, election denier sheriff who seized ballots, set to lose California governor bidBianco rose to national prominence earlier this year when it was revealed his office seized more than 650,000 ballots in the Golden State’s November redistricting special election. 58573125
Reposted by LmthornThe Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Imagine if a woman president crashed the economy and started a war with no end in sight, and her biggest, seemingly ONLY concern was building a ballroom and redecorating the White House. 638228805840