Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialMatt Ortega @mattortega.com · 2hWhy do lawmakers just stand around in befuddlement every time the president illegally rescinds congressionally-appropriated funds or illegally spends those funds on other programs without legislation? 44417
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 4hOf all the politicians Navatek’s CEO courted, Susan Collins was its most important patron. The senator’s office steered federal contracts worth millions toward the company while her campaign was pumping its CEO and his network for donations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqyiFFB7Kjgyoutube.comWe Uncovered Bribery Allegations Against Susan CollinsYouTube video by ProPublica 9595245
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 2hA child in an Idaho faith-healing family died of a treatable condition. Then another died — and another, and another. Idaho’s child abuse laws contain such broad religious exemptions that authorities didn’t intervene — before or after the deaths.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... 54617263
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 19hJUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...nytimes.comU.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter... 22327911667
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 3hThe Trump administration has moved to cripple Title IX protections against sexual assault and harassment on the same day New York prosecutors reopened the investigation into heinous allegations of a fraternity gang rape at Cornell University. trib.al/KbxIxZVtrib.alTrump Weakens Title IX Rules Amid Cornell Gang Rape InvestigationThe Education Department has just weakened protections for sexual assault victims in schools. 711985
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialStrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 6hMore MAGANAZISM: For nearly 50 years, the federal government has said people with disabilities should live, work and learn in the most integrated setting possible rather than be segregated in institutions like nursing homes. Trump is reversing this policy. www.npr.org/2026/10/01/n...npr.orgTrump administration reverses stance on integration of people with disabilitiesDisability rights advocates are angered by the latest reversal but are rallying behind proposed legislation and working with states to strengthen protections for community integration. 45031
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 6hICE just spent $16.7 million arming agents with shock gloves—wearable devices that deliver a painful electric shock. Human rights organizations like Amnesty International say the gloves “could be readily misused for torture.” Mother Jones' @hurwitz.bsky.social investigates: bit.ly/472ZbhV 36313171
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Unearthed footage of Susan Collins defending government contractors from disclosing political contributions (Collins was under FBI investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a government contractor) 36426
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The presumptions of good faith and of regularity are made up court creations that fly in the face of commonsense and the structure of the Constitution. It should be a priority for Democrats and progressives to undo both. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comCourt upholds Tennessee’s GOP gerrymander, saying lawmakers deserve ‘presumption of good faith’A federal court dismissed a lawsuit challenging a gerrymandered map adopted by Tennessee Republicans that eliminated what was the state’s one Black-majority congressional district, based in Memphis. 44962347
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Trump’s ICE expansion received over $100 billion as arrests and detention surged. Watchdogs were gutted, courts documented repeated violations, deaths mounted, and DHS’s own inspector general accused the department of obstructing oversight.yacnews.comMiller set the arrest target, a former GEO executive took over ICE and DHS gutted its own watchdogsCongress gave ICE more than $100 billion and Miller set the arrest target. DHS cut its civil rights office, closed its detention ombudsman, stopped reviewing deaths after release and was accused by i... 11254129
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialAaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A transcript like this underscores how much news outlets -- including print and edited TV news -- routinely clean up his quotes or don't quote the elliptical non sequiturs. Worth comparing to what happens when, for instance, Rep. AOC says "uh" or "um" while discussing foreign policy. 35113
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The 2020 election has been relentlessly studied by our most experienced experts and by our most craven partisan hacks for 6y now, and every examination has wound up demonstrating the integrity of Biden’s victory in that election and the malignity of Trump’s obsession with undermining it. 14832192
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A label is a small confession. It tells the buyer what the seller would rather have kept to himself. Soon, a confession like that could be stuck on every package of ground beef in American refrigerated cases, and the man who set it in 13211
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 02/10/2026Good’s partner and brother filed two lawsuits, one against the government and one against a group of immigration officials. trib.al/6Wy0tWytrib.alTrump and His Team Hit With Two Lawsuits Over Renee Good’s DeathGood’s partner and brother are suing the federal government and a group of immigration officials. 09321
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I was canvassing local businesses for a revitalization project not 2 hours ago, and the owners were still livid about ICE and telling me how much revenue they lost donating to mutual aid rent funds for immigrants in hiding. Every single business in Minneapolis has a sign like this, still: 643173
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialJason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I’d 100% be clipping and saving this for 2028. In really any race where you want to run against the open corruption of this Republican regime. 310020
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“.. We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” @semafor.com www.semafor.com/article/09/2... 3732177669
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Signs you might really have crossed a line: The torture guy is suggesting a firing squad as a more humane alternative 1271624313
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 01/10/2026The Trump administration is planning to build a national surveillance database using the Flock cameras in your neighborhood. trib.al/G3UVJkBtrib.alTrump Uses Decades-Old Law to Collect Flock Data NationwideThe Trump administration is planning to build a national surveillance database using the Flock cameras in your neighborhood. 54948
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026The death penalty is a moral abomination. State-sanctioned barbarism pushed by incompetent morons and sanctioned by the Supreme Court. Absolute ghoul shit. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... 11946861165
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026"Republicans hoped to discredit Smith’s prosecutions of Trump & foster a narrative he weaponized the DOJ at the behest of Biden. And they hoped to catch him in some way that could be fashioned into the perjury indictment Trump has demanded over and over. But Schmitt’s f*ckup didn’t help the cause."publicnotice.coSchmitt happens all over effort to perjury trap Jack SmithWhen gotchas go disastrously wrong. 891482241
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I hope this headline haunts Eric Schmitt for the rest of his pathetic political career. 1160159644517
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026RFK Jr. has been transforming a government that long championed vaccines into one that questions their safety. This is what could happen over the next 25 years if shots are unavailable even to the people who want them. (Published March)projects.propublica.orgThe Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines VanishResearchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available. 25480253
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/07/2026🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump Thursday dismissed all remaining commissioners on the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), a bipartisan federal agency created to help states administer elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comIn sweeping attack on elections, Trump fires leadership of key federal voting assistance commissionThe dismissals leave the elections assistance agency without leadership just months before the upcoming 2026 midterms. 33234902216
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again. 867297408680
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.” 834195856174
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialS.J.💙🩵💙🦋🦓 @glimmers2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A study in valor. Imagine testifying against the most powerful criminal on the planet? 18874101855
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026NEW: California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But that’s not what happened.propublica.orgA Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But... 22624771195
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Ex-WV police chief violently attacked a woman over an expired registration. Though innocent, she spent five days in jail before the charge was dismissed. He resigned and was decertified. 102450692504
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialsemperloquatius.bsky.social @semperloquatius.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (again) and hands the GOP senators' butts to them. 20789382126
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A disabled Downey resident was detained Tuesday shortly before 10 a.m. by masked individuals during what appeared to be a federal immigration operation near Smallwood Avenue and 4th Street. 23622791239
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialBen Franklin’s ghost @ben-franklin-ghost.bsky.social · 30/09/2026They (GOP) know this to be true and it will always be true. 368144914279
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Mike Rogers has the audacity to lie to you about his plan like he didn't vote 4 times to stop you from getting cheaper medication from Canada, take $1M from Big Pharma, and vote 19 times to keep prescription drug prices higher. GTFOH. 215113054006
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America. 15980453611
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialMourning NAVALNY😢 @jan-readsalot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I can’t wait for this day. 323157673613
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t... 14726691204
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialBrant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pathetic….. 1527222315789
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I’m disgusted by today’s press coverage, which mostly just regurgitates the DOJ press release. The story should be that a) they indicted the guy who got shot, not the guy who shot him and b) previous attempts by ICE to blame shooting victims have all been lies, so no reason to believe this. Shame. 120160
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Ken Paxton defends sweetheart deal he gave to a pedophile www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...dailykos.comKen Paxton defends sweetheart deal he gave to a pedophileTexas Attorney General and Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton once again proved on Monday that he is a generationally bad candidate when he defended a sweetheart deal he gave to a pedophile charged… 0247
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "I will not be silenced by the continued threats of prosecution from the President or others." 9368291579
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 29/09/2026AMAZING! Sean Hannity’s Twitter account is trying to frame Eric Schmitt's embarrassing screwup as a win, claiming he put Jack Smith "on the spot." 86908129
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026extremely weird shit during the Jack Smith hearing -- Sen. Eric Schmitt's team briefly displays a poster board that Schmitt claims contains evidence Smith committed perjury, but then Schmitt's team takes it down before anybody can read it and refuses to show Smith what it says 78882362033
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇 896264409087
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort." 694278779533
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialm @keptsimple.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I think Smith could successfully sue Schmitt for defamation now, since he's restating the falsehood outside of the Senate hearing, and by this point he clearly knows what he's saying is false 19761148
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.social@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Nothing to see here. Just an orchestrated media campaign built around Sen Schmitt's perjury ploy at the Jack Smith hearing today. It began with the Axios 'he could be VP' piece posted this AM & includes this surely pre-planned spot on the Kirk show with the failed attack sandwiched in the middle. 34320
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialSahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED 61969381561
Reposted by @m4m1y47.bsky.socialRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It is really remarkable that in a time of historic impasse in Congress, with both houses have been reduced to complete standstills despite a mounting number of political, economic, and ethical crises, both parties have spent months working to pass a bill limiting the pay of college athletes 11646160
