Reposted by LowFlutinAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026Look at the shabby state and increasingly authoritarian trajectory of the country and ask yourself if we can endure 2 more years of a lawless Trump administration wreaking havoc with no check from Congress, then vote accordingly. This is not the time for a protest vote or purity politics. 1105132333742
Reposted by LowFlutinCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026For the first time on record, a majority of Americans have not much/no confidence in the government to ensure food safety. news.gallup.com/poll/715430/... 20432154
Reposted by LowFlutinAdam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 05/10/2026"They buried Pierre Damas Bel on Saturday. That night, Donald Trump came to town to take a victory lap on the policies that killed him." Powerful piece: www.thebulwark.com/p/a-death-a-...thebulwark.comA Death. A Funeral. And the Trump Rally Down the Block.On the day Springfield held a funeral for Pierre Damas Bel, the president held a rally 25 miles away. We went to both. 24211
Reposted by LowFlutinSue Stone @knittingknots.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed them www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...yahoo.comSoldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed themArturo Lincón's body like shattered glass. One chunk of metal lodged into the left side of his jaw. 074
Reposted by LowFlutinKate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 521876619
Reposted by LowFlutinlucaswaldron.bsky.social @lucaswaldron.bsky.social · 09/09/2026New analysis from @propublica.org: Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans. www.propublica.org/article/ecto... 10296164
Reposted by LowFlutinBenjamin Slyngstad @slyngstad.bsky.social · 06/09/2026He’s telling you exactly what he thinks of their sacrifice. 32964952435
Reposted by LowFlutinPaul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The Trump administration promised to make America healthy again. It was just another lie as federal health data shows foodborne illness outbreaks are up 400% this year. They’re making Americans sicker due to budget cuts and easing regulations.😢🤬🤬🤬 0239
Reposted by LowFlutinIDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · 11/08/2026At a time when measles outbreaks are already threatening communities across the country, making vaccination more complicated and burdensome risks leaving more children vulnerable. Our response to the vaccine executive order: www.idsociety.org/news--public... 317472
Reposted by LowFlutinJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Lowering teen pregnancy rates has been a major public health win, and Republicans want to undo that. newrepublic.com/post/213391/...newrepublic.comTrump Orders Schools to Make Chilling Change to Sex Ed ProgramsDonald Trump has gutted programs aimed at preventing teen pregnancy. 69534
Reposted by LowFlutinLeonard Pierce @leonardpierce.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Part of the reason we end up with periodic outbreaks of food-borne illness is because the people who harvest, process, and prepare food are some of the lowest-paid workers with the fewest labor protections and most miserable working conditions in America 517057
Reposted by LowFlutinForbes @forbes.com · 17/07/2026Taylor Farms, which supplies major fast food and grocery chains, was identified as the possible source of the cyclosporiasis outbreak Thursday.forbes.comTaylor Farms Recalls Iceberg Lettuce Traced To Farm In Mexico Amid Cyclosporiasis OutbreakTaylor Farms, which supplies major fast food and grocery chains, was identified as the possible source of the cyclosporiasis outbreak Thursday. 27135141497
Reposted by LowFlutinAnne 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. 686237415557
Reposted by LowFlutinJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 16/07/2026When Republicans dismantle food safety and disease prevention infrastructure, there's an inevitable outcome. prospect.org/2026/07/16/h...prospect.orgHow Donald Trump Created the Worst Diarrhea Outbreak This Century - The American ProspectThe ‘MAHA Trots’ are what happens when Republicans implement their anti-government agenda. 04117
Reposted by LowFlutinNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I can't breathe the air, I can't eat lettuce, I can't afford gas, and my kids have measles. But at least now our soldiers will have enough testosterone. 633762942
Reposted by LowFlutinDr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 15/07/2026As a 14-year military doc, I measured every policy by one question: Will it keep more service members healthy and mission-ready? Routine flu vaccination passed that test. Mandatory testosterone screening for everyone does not. Culture-war medicine isn’t real medicine 16521131
Reposted by LowFlutin🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 14/07/2026The number of Democrats who posted bullshit about Lindsey Graham is astonishing given the givings. It cannot be that the GOP is an existential threat but also you really liked how Graham negotiated with humor and wit. It cannot be that Trump is a fascist but also you're confirming his nominees 1340973
Reposted by LowFlutinAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/07/2026Mamdani: "As we mark 250 years ... we see the wealthiest country -- one where children go to sleep hungry while the world's first trillionaire hungers for more ... we see masked agents terrorizing our streets, eating food cooked by undocumented neighbors before spiriting them away in unmarked vans" 555286169494
Reposted by LowFlutinNPR @npr.org · 02/07/2026Former White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter says President Trump "stands alone" in having substantial financial conflicts of interest and that, "for every other executive branch official, it would be a violation." n.pr/4gQq3ron.prFormer ethics lawyer says Trump's crypto poses 'clear conflict of interest'Former White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter says President Trump "stands alone" in having substantial financial conflicts of interest and that, "for every other executive branch official, it would be a violation." 3742499
Reposted by LowFlutinJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/06/2026The Supreme Court’s Corruption Must Be Broken talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...talkingpointsmemo.comThe Supreme Court’s Corruption Must Be BrokenThis likely goes without saying. But I’ll say it anyway and add... 15429138
Reposted by LowFlutinDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/06/2026"I run the protection program. We’ll take care of you." The clear point is that Republicans have turned Congress into an body that does not engage in oversight, that operates to protect the president's family, the cabinet, his donors, friends. 812022601
Reposted by LowFlutinCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 26/06/2026In a real society, in a real country where laws were applied to everyone and consequences were a thing, saying "I will protect the pedophiles and crooks in this room from justice" would be the end of this guy's career and he'd be in jail 151420430
Reposted by LowFlutinSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 18/06/2026This isn't an exaggeration: Republicans literally kicked KIDS off of food assistance so they could give billionaires more tax breaks. This wasn't an accident this was a deliberate Republican policy CHOICE.propublica.orgMore Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food ProgramRepublican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show ch... 34446222
Reposted by LowFlutinChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 15/06/20261/ Iran has reportedly assessed that Donald Trump is "mentally incompetent" and has incorporated psychologists into its negotiating team to adapt the wording of the proposed agreement "as if the recipient were a [mental] patient ... whose capacity is limited." ⬇️ 21740249
Reposted by LowFlutin🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 15/06/2026ngl, the space x IPO being largely successful immediately after elon musk spent a week fomenting racist pogroms in northern ireland is one of the more blackpilling events of the year for me 362305344
Reposted by LowFlutinRep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 14/06/2026The 28th annual bi-partisan wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, to honor fallen servicewomen, was cancelled after several branches of the military would not participate due to White House and Pentagon policies. The DWC honored our servicewomen who have served our nation. 🇺🇸 26255100
Reposted by LowFlutinJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Wouldn’t it be nice if the world’s first trillionaire wasn’t responsible for policies that led to the deaths of several hundred thousand people worldwide? 53038341191
Reposted by LowFlutinCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11/06/2026War Crimes Seem To Be Official US Policy Now open.substack.com/pub/phillips...open.substack.comWar Crimes Seem To Be Official US Policy NowWe Will Rue The Day 1528183
Reposted by LowFlutinKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/06/2026"I think Democrats stole the election in Los Angeles. Do I have any proof? No." "Well, I think you molested animals at a petting zoo. Do I have any proof? No." 46989127
Reposted by LowFlutinClint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I've spent months speaking to current & retired Black service members about being part of the military in this political moment. What I found were officers and soldiers despondent at the resurgence of racism, yet often insistent that they were fighting for what this country could be, not what it is.theatlantic.comThe Betrayal of Black PatriotsThey devoted their lives to serving the United States. Now the nation’s top military leader is sending the message that they’re not welcome. 592787926
Reposted by LowFlutinjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/06/2026wonderful piece from @clintsmithiii.bsky.social that, among other things, makes abundantly clear that pete hegseth and the trump administration are engaged in a racist purge of black officers under the belief that being black and having "merit" are mutually exclusive.theatlantic.comThe Betrayal of Black PatriotsThey devoted their lives to serving the United States. Now the nation’s top military leader is sending the message that they’re not welcome. 7234121215
Reposted by LowFlutinSam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 09/06/2026This @clintsmithiii.bsky.social article is so good. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...theatlantic.comBeing Black in Pete Hegseth’s MilitaryThe secretary of defense is sending the message that Black service members are not welcome. 23116
Reposted by LowFlutinProPublica @propublica.org · 09/06/2026NEW: Regulators have linked Mark McAfee’s raw dairy farm to more than a dozen recalls and outbreaks that left hundreds of people ill. “I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital,” McAfee said. “But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer.”propublica.orgHe Profits Off Raw Milk That's Making People Sick. The Government Isn't Stopping Him.With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that's been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 51528171125
Reposted by LowFlutinAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 06/06/2026Senior researchers at a meeting of the American Diabetes Association were handing out copies of an editorial, published in the association's journal, condemning Trump administration cuts to diabetes research. Police came to arrest them. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/w...nytimes.comPolice Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump Administration 12620321025
Reposted by LowFlutin🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 05/06/2026i know no one cares, nothing matters, it’s all blasé to the median voter and pundit, but a sitting AG (even just acting) making these kinds of boldly partisan remarks would have been seen, in the past, as grounds for removal on a bipartisan basis 561718440
Reposted by LowFlutinAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 05/06/2026With its recent rulings, the Roberts Court has now entirely perverted the purpose of the 15th Amendment, turning an outright ban on racial discrimination in voting into a right to discriminate against black voters. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comThe Supreme Court Has Invented a Right to DiscriminateAlabama gambled on the Court’s partisanship, and won. 16470752773
Reposted by LowFlutinGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Trump just said his new Director of National Intelligence "may find out some things about the rigged elections." What??? How did no one ask what Trump wants his DNI to "find out" about the elections, what he wants his DNI to do to them, and why he thinks that's the DNI's job? 881276378
Reposted by LowFlutinKevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 04/06/2026The Heritage Was Always the Hate #CivilWarMemory open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...open.substack.comThe Heritage Was Always the HateA 1963 letter on Confederate letterhead shows exactly what the Sons of Confederate Veterans were fighting for—and it wasn't history. 1417
Reposted by LowFlutinBlack Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 03/06/2026Imagine how much less worse things would be if the supreme court weren't corrupt. 312521
Reposted by LowFlutinGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Trump's pick of Bill Pulte as DNI is worse than you think. It hands the "vast powers" of our "national security apparatus" to the guy who's working to jail Trump's enemies, says @leahlitman.bsky.social, and that's "terrifying." On the pod, Litman pulls no punches: newrepublic.com/article/2112...newrepublic.comTrump Push to Jail Foes Takes Darker Turn—and GOP Senators Are RattledAs Trump picks the guy who worked to jail his enemies as his new Director of National Intelligence, a legal observer explains why this could lead to a true nightmare scenario. 19509217
Reposted by LowFlutinWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 03/06/2026This may be @jamellebouie.net 's best column ever, which is really saying something. Here's a gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/o...nytimes.comOpinion | America Broke Something When It Gave Trump a Second Chance 37526229
Reposted by LowFlutinWolf Hour @wolfhour.bsky.social · 28/05/2026(cartoon Clay Bennett) #politics 131105553087
Reposted by LowFlutinAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 18/05/2026The “we don’t have the votes” excuse for refusing to force a vote on impeachment is conceding the point and saying even the opposition party doesn’t think this high crime merits removal from office. It’s not being politically astute and pragmatic, it’s self-defeating in its cowardice. 663239828
Reposted by LowFlutinBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 14/05/2026This is a deeply reported story that is not just about vapes, but about how powerful corporations and wealthy people get their way by using access and methods that simply aren’t available to the rest of the country. 6306138
Reposted by LowFlutin🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Women’s risk of maternal death in Texas was 155% higher than in California Have you ever heard that before? I wanted to check my thesis: Texas is our best example of hating women. There were arguments that the bump in maternal mortality was an aberration. But it's gotten even worse under the ban.thegepi.orgMaternal Mortality in the United States After Abortion Bans - Gender Equity Policy Institute (GEPI)Mothers Living in Abortion Ban States at Significantly Higher Risk of Death During Pregnancy and Childbirth 14519
Reposted by LowFlutinAhmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 08/05/2026There is no clearer case for the necessity of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 than how quickly southern states moved to eliminate Black-majority districts and dilute Black power after SCOTUS eroded Section 2. SCOTUS’s reasoning was immediately disproven by reality. 379114223774
Reposted by LowFlutinKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 08/05/2026One side is like “can we disenfranchise all the Black voters by this weekend” and the other is like gotta follow the rules that govern the rules that control the rulebook 105112912894
Reposted by LowFlutinAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 07/05/2026its true that i dont understand how the supreme court operates. for example do you get the free RV and house for your mom before or after issuing favorable rulings? is it a *wink wink* deal or more explicit? these are the things the general public doesnt understand 20765241647
Reposted by LowFlutinLeah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 07/05/2026This dropped around the same time as this interview - Neil Gorsuch on Megyn Kelly’s show. He was talking about how “young conservatives must have courage to stand by their beliefs.” Sounds apolitical to me! 19139901058