Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/05/2025it is fun to read profiles of this guy which play him up as some diabolical mastermind and then watch him in action and see a huge loser 1827241443634 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialPiyush Mittal @piyushmittal.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Greg Abbott and his minions are spreading conspiracy theories to help defund public schools 52606217 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialSimon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Kennedy is among the most malevolent figures in all of American history. 1664047658 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialParker Butler @parkerbutler.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Just incredible 1393280828982 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/04/2025these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism 770436138810 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/04/2025Someone on X pointed out the scant coverage of Ron Johnson saying 9/11 was an inside job. The press assumes Republicans are crazy and malevolent, so when they say crazy stuff it doesn't get covered. But they assume Dems are competent & sane, so any data point to the contrary is treated as big news. 1605038997 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialCall me Rick. @potusbumblephuq.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Fact. 1348867 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialdbarkhuff.bsky.social @dbarkhuff.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Ironic that Hegseth is now in trouble for telling his wife things. 1884461 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/04/2025First question of the briefing comes from Tim Pool 13722631394 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/04/2025Van Hollen on Fox News Sunday: "I'm not vouching for the man. I'm vouching for the man's rights. His constitutional rights to due process." 754373107172 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialNYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo @originalist.bsky.social · 19/04/2025"Germans call this "a permanent bailout." We just call it "Missouri." "California is the chief reason America is the only developed economy to achieve record GDP growth "U.S. growth traced to California laws promoting clean energy, government accountability and protections for undocumented people 26110 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/04/2025anyone who writes about or talks about the ongoing impact of racism in the united states is accused of a "victim mentality," but this here is the actual victim mentality 542138072034 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialJamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 18/04/2025The other thing to note is that this is not “the universities’ money” in the sense in which lotto winnings is your money. It’s real people’s jobs and livelihoods and real research to try to better people’s lives. 318535 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17/04/2025Reporters need to stop showing up at the White House. 103791932582 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/04/2025Burchett on medical research at universities: "They want to destroy this country. The research stops when the money stops. That's bull. We ought to put it out in the private sector...and we find out that a majority of their students aren't even American citizens?...it's a disloyalty to our country." 24054483 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/04/2025This "WHO'S NEVER COMING BACK" document published by the White House should be "EXHIBIT A" in any forthcoming hearing where a judge/justice has asked the White House to prove how it is "facilitating" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. 1279284268026 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 16/04/2025It’s Space Mountain for fascists, with the same photo opportunities for everyone bsky.app/profile/mari... 518522 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 16/04/2025You genuinely would've been better prepared for how to deal with Trump by watching all the Lando scenes from Empire Strikes Back than by hiring the world's most expensive lawyers and asking them what to do 1963987 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialSarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Oh. "This is about whether we have functional constitutional government in this country. If the IRS can go after you because of what you think or what you believe or what you do, we'd no longer live in a free country.“ 894107992796 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 16/04/2025Told you so. 351737297 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/04/2025REPORTER: There are laws on the book that make it a criminal offense to harbor illegal immigrants, like sanctuary state leaders have been doing. Do you think they should be prosecuted and possibly put in prison? HOMAN: Absolutely. And hold tight on that one, because it's coming. 129045241837 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/04/2025DOOCY: Deporting American citizens to Central American prisons -- is it legal? LEAVITT: Well, it's another question that the president has raised. It's a legal question that the president is looking into. 108146391273 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/04/2025Swan to Leavitt: "The president has long said that it would be an abuse of power for a president to direct prosecutors to investigate him. Last week, President Trump explicitly directed the DOJ to scrutinize Chris Krebs ... how is that not an abuse of power?" (Note that Leavitt has no response.) 1632119512 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialCorey Atad @coreyatad.com · 14/04/2025this is Mohsen Mahdawi, the green card holder who was just arrested by ICE for rendition at his citizenship interview 371169415630 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialLiz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 15/04/2025He sees the catastrophic ideological purging in the US as a thing to emulate. Who is this meant to appeal to, apart from a rabid base? 2134 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 15/04/2025A Russian court convicted four journalists of extremism for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Each was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison.bit.lyFour journalists accused of working for Kremlin foe Navalny convicted of extremismA Russian court has convicted four journalists of extremism for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and sentenced them to 5 1/2 years in prison each. 2417960 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/04/2025“If we normalize this, there’s no end.” This is what @schumer.senate.gov said he was waiting for. Defying court orders. We are there. Now what? 37487212854 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/04/2025DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States 5403962613159 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Musk’s Doge fired self-drive car safety experts at agency that regulates Tesla www.ft.com/content/ede5...ft.comMusk’s Doge fired self-drive car safety experts at agency that regulates TeslaCull of watchdog’s workers disproportionately affected staff overseeing tech on which billionaire has staked his company’s future 55893402 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Make it make sense 585215556115 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Since ARKANSAS Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders is who came to help push Gov. Lee’s voucher scam — let’s see how things are going with their program… 🤔 arktimes.com/arkansas-blo... 23856581882 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialScarlet guyette @scarletguyette.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Morning. Song,,🐦🐦 260129021145 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialdylan matthews @dylanmatt.bsky.social · 11/04/2025This is an impressive, intellectually honest decision. 328763 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialBrian Barrett @brbarrett.bsky.social · 11/04/2025DOGE wants the IRS to build a "mega API" to make it easier to centralize and access taxpayer data. Guess who they invited to help? (Palantir. They invited Palantir.) from @makenakelly.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/palant...wired.comPalantir Is Helping DOGE With a Massive IRS Data ProjectFor the last three days, DOGE and a handful of Palantir representatives, along with dozens of career IRS engineers, have been collaborating to build a "mega API," WIRED has learned. 2030287 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/04/2025"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...snyder.substack.comTwenty Lessons, read by John LithgowKey selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing 447203555509 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 12/04/2025Childhood lead exposure can cause serious developmental delays, hearing loss, and behavioral problems. The CDC has long had the technology and the people power to efficiently and effectively mitigate lead exposure. RFK Jr. cut the program. What's more un-American than that? #StandUpForScience 728189 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 12/04/2025 403112663791 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 12/04/2025In a reasonable world, these statements wouldn't be considered anti-Christian but Rubio definitely thinks of them that way: -- The meek shall inherit the earth. -- God and Christ are always superior to Trump. -- Judge not, lest ye be judged. -- It's very difficult for the rich to enter Heaven. 461311338 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/04/2025New in PN: Yes, they voted for this "Perhaps the most damning commentary about the US electorate and media is that Trump never even tried to conceal his malicious intentions and deranged policy positions."publicnotice.coYes, they voted for this"You knew damn well I was a snake before you brought me in." 1493254764 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Camus: Under conditions so desperate, the hard, marvelous task of this century is to create justice in the most unjust of worlds, and to protect freedom from those souls who, out of principle, choose servitude. If we fail, man will return to darkness. But at least we will have fought to find light. 121245330 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/04/2025"I think we made the right decision" -- Tom Homan on the deportation of a Maryland dad to a gulag in El Salvador that the administration has already admitted was a mistake 129263931672 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/04/2025gee i wonder why voters might've been confused about the existential stakes of the last election 19384001304 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialSeth Stern @seth-stern.bsky.social · 10/04/2025The administration argued in court today that having to temporarily stop retaliating against news outlets it doesn't like would cause it irreparable harm. Usually that'd be the most bonkers legal argument of the day. Not today. media.freedom.press/media/docume...media.freedom.press 853581 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 10/04/2025www.motherjones.com/politics/202... They are stacking these shit birds deep.motherjones.comGabbard’s pick to run a counterterrorism center aided the start of a right-wing paramilitary groupJoe Kent, a promoter of conspiracy theories, has long associated with extremists. 39164702463 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/04/2025when rfk makes america healthy again, the children afflicted by sickle cell will just be sent to the labor camps…err…work farms where they can recover 1443813999 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/04/2025"Wouldn't it make sense to prosecute him?" -- even Fox News thinks it's suspicious that Karoline Leavitt can't cite any actual evidence justifying the administration's deportations to a gulag in El Salvador without due process (note Leavitt claiming "this administration is doing things differently") 62770091623 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/04/2025WATCH— @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “Why are you making fun of smart people that calculate things?” Jessica points out Trump is making it seem like he paused all the tariffs but the Yale budget lab says those remaining will cost each 🇺🇸 household $4400, the highest tariff rate since 1909. 681433418 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Wha happened today would be treated as crime if they didn’t now also control all the law enforcement agencies 385125674268 0
Reposted by @longbottom-leaf.bsky.socialWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 10/04/2025I love how now that the news narrative is "Trump ends tariff crisis" the S&P being down 5% is described as "market jitters" 1136530 0
