Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 02/10/2026Gross. How much creepy behavior does Patel have to get caught in before he gets booted?newrepublic.comKash Patel Caught With Suspected Double Agent at Alina Habba’s WeddingThe FBI director was spotted in a photo with an FBI informant suspected of being a double agent. 981122504
Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵 @lucypesk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Probably this was the very reason he was installed in the first place. 031
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵accidentalflyer 🇨🇦🇹🇼🇺🇸🇺🇦 @accidentalflyer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Everyday Elon Musk goes out there to prove to the world he's very dumb and very ignorant (example here) yet somehow he's the richest guy in the world and given more power than ever by the corrupt Trump regime. On the bright side this is strong circumstantial evidence there is no god. 1525559
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Call the Ken Paxton Corruption Hotline at 844-WHOS-KEN. Learn about his record and leave him a voicemail. (It’s a real number.) 7427921087
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement. 371119283434
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/10/2026NEW: Emma Joyce died at 3 years old. The next year, her sister Ava Joan died. Then their brother died from the same complication of untreated diabetes that killed Ava Joan. Later, a fourth sibling died. Their parents believed in prayer, not medicine.propublica.orgFour Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr... 50132701478
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🎉🎉🎉 12274001899
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Yep Mark So Damn Insane 15212
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵ECP408 @ecp408.dev · 02/10/2026Our staunchly pro-life governor is putting those professed principles into action. 🙄🙄 2167
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks. 60376362272
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Episcopalian, Lutheran, and Catholic Bishops ask Tennessee Gov to commute death sentence of Christa Pike: “Such an act does not deny justice. It declares that justice need not become vengeance and that the State of Tennessee can choose restraint, human dignity, and mercy.” dioet.org/2026/10/01/b...dioet.orgBishops of Tennessee Issue Letter to Governor Lee on Attempted Christa Pike Execution | The Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee 58825
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This article about what went wrong with the Christa Pike execution notes that she tried to help her executioners do it better. Finally, in paragraphs 24-26, we come to the "of course he did" explanation. Cruelty and barbarism are this administration's hallmarks. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/s... 28260107
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/10/2026Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute Christa Pike has intensified bipartisan concerns about the state’s ability to effectively carry out lethal injections. Public support for capital punishment has faltered across the U.S., and the drugs needed for lethal injections have become harder to obtain.nyti.msTennessee’s Botched Attempt to Execute Christa Pike Intensifies Concerns Over Lethal InjectionsThe failed attempt with Christa Pike has intensified bipartisan concerns about Tennessee’s ability to effectively carry out lethal injections. 86623
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026That would be much more useful than learning how to do-si-do. 549119552469
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026UPDATE: Despite being ordered by Judge Sullivan to produce a certified list of the contents of the Administrative Record by Oct. 1st, Todd Blanche once again has decided he doesn't want to comply. I explain why Blanche would want to avoid producing this court-ordered info: youtu.be/junhrisxRlg?...youtu.be🚨AG Blanche IGNORES JUDGE'S ORDERS And TRIES To DELAY MY Epstein LAWSUIT!!YouTube video by Katie Phang 66168312713
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Sliwa getting a flu shot: This could be very embarrassing. I’m supposed to be a tough guy, right? Mamdani: I can hold your hand. Sliwa: What happens if I faint? Mamdani: I got you. Doctor: You’re in great hands, literally. New Yorkers can find free flu shots and locations at nyc.gov/healthmap 488154662918
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵Frenemy of the People @frenemyofthepeople.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The staffer who assured Eric Schmitt that Jack Smith was definitely at an Atlanta Hawks game has been identifiedstatic.klipy.comDumb and Dumber: Lloyd & Harry's Enthusiastic ClapALT: Dumb and Dumber: Lloyd & Harry's Enthusiastic Clap 552143314
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Mark my words. We’ll be lucky to get out of the Trump administration without some sort of nuclear detonation. 101825129
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵Democracy USA @oilgaschemicals.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hey Texans... Rapepublicans have been carelessly running your state for over 20 years.. Isn't it time for a change Talarico is not a criminal seeking office to continue to commit crimes with your tax dollars. Ken Paxton is... TIME FOR A CHANGE... 14250481430
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026CSPAN: “We should mention that Senator Schmitt was supposed to appear on this program with Sen. Coons but he pulled out the day after that hearing.” 44885551696
Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵 @lucypesk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Donald Trump always used his fame and handlers to “kill” stories, strong-arm anyone he saw as a threat. He repeats what he knows. He thinks he can do the same things not just to select individuals but to all of us. And in fact, I think he will die trying. This is his mathematical error. 020
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026BREAKING: NY Governor, Kathy Hochul, has named NY Attorney General, Letitia James, as the Special Prosecutor to investigate the Cornell rape case. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...nytimes.comHochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell CaseGov. Kathy Hochul appointed the New York State attorney general to investigate allegations by a former Cornell University student that several men sexually assaulted her. 33973371569
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵I did NOT vote for the rapist @sarahgies.bsky.social · 01/10/2026 225149783383
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026When you realize that Genghis Khan and Chaka Khan are not the same person. You’re a Schmitt-head. 58195371828
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Exactly 😤😡 491211915929
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Well, gee, this certainly makes $6 per gallon diesel worth it 1536106282141
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 01/10/2026Fuckface claimed 86% of the popular vote. He got 49.8. He said Israelis love him 99%, but that poll doesn't exist, and his convention speech didn't beat the NFL either. $2.5 million viewers against 25 million. Pathological liar with a Sharpie.rawstory.com‘Does not exist’: Trump’s sweeping Time interview claims get brutally fact-checkedPresident Donald Trump boasted that he won “86% [of the] popular vote” in the 2024 election during his latest Time interview — but the magazine’s fact-checkers deflated that claim with the actual resu... 771186390
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Love it! 👏👇 492173343659
Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵 @lucypesk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Can you even imagine waking up from this nightmare? And then being told you’re on death row again, with a new date so these imbeciles can try again? Have you not gotten the message from Jesus? Hellooo? 010
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"Receiving lifesaving medical care" after a botched execution is the most American thing I can possibly imagine. 1931269
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We are a failed country. www.tmz.com/2026/10/01/c...tmz.comChrista Pike Said Arm Felt Like It Was About to Burst During Botched ExecutionChrista Pike repeatedly pointed out a shooting pain in her arm during her horrifically failed execution attempt ... according to one eyewitness. 4047985
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I’ve known many other defense secretaries, starting with Cap Weinberger, who served as defense secretary under Reagan. I can say without fear of contradiction that Pete Hegseth is the stupidest and least qualified of them all. He is a danger to the entire world. He must be impeached. 15353581543
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵Rep. Aftyn Behn @aftynbehn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Rep. Behn is calling on Governor Lee to issue an immediate reprieve for Gary Sutton and every scheduled execution following tonight’s botched execution of Christa Pike. aftynbehnfortnpress.substack.com/p/rep-behn-c... 312339
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 01/10/2026Here's a list of 64 previous botched executions in the United States. Christa Pike will make 65.deathpenaltyinfo.orgBotched Executions | Death Penalty Information CenterThe Death Penalty Information Center (DPI) is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to serve the media, policymakers, and the general public… 6333196
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026So not only did @GovBillLee’s sadistic clown car mess up another execution, neither Lee or AG Skrmetti had anyone on-call during a scheduled execution?? Insane. 50844292
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026she asked to be hanged precisely because she was afraid of a botched lethal injection. jesus christ 14712121
Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵 @lucypesk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Thry have one job. If the executioner can’t place an iv properly… thou shalt not kill! 010
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵Lulu @lulu.sheshed.rocks · 01/10/2026A lot of people are missing the tragic truth to Pike’s story. Sexually abused at TWO years old, then again at 11 and 17, the system failed to help or protect her. I’m not condoning murder, but when you normalize and trivialize a culture of sexual violence against women, it’s unsurprising. 4175
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Absolutely. 👇 477117832516
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026James Talarico walks out to a standing ovation from 50,000 Texans at the State Fair Classic. 14299301857
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 30/09/2026Today's Kinzinger Report is out and we cover: - Ken Paxton caught on tape admitting Trump hurt his campaign - Hispanic voters abandoning Trump and flipping the GOP's own map - The White House censoring its own chatbot after it fact-checked Trump open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...open.substack.comBREAKING: Paxton Caught on Tape Trashing Trump, Hispanic Voters Bolt From GOP, White House Censors Its Own Chatbot, and more...Top Stories for September 30, 2026. 18976262
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The Trump DOJ keeps violating the law & keeps losing in the courts. So now they’re filing judicial misconduct complaints against judges they don’t like, even Trump appointees. I call out Todd Blanche for his rank hypocrisy as he runs around the country in partisan events. youtu.be/nZ_nR2s-ReU?...youtu.beTrump DOJ DECLARES WAR On Judges After MAJOR COURT LOSSES!!YouTube video by Katie Phang 712523863
Reposted by Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist 🩵padresalsa.bsky.social @padresalsa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Still waiting . . . 🤷♀️ 03125