Polly Nator @madeincleveland.bsky.social · 26/09/2026September 26th. First Christmas commercial I've seen. Walmart. Is this a record? 000
Reposted by Polly NatorScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026NYT has now independently corroborated Ha'aretz's reporting.nytimes.comNetanyahu Said to Have Been Warned by Emirati Leader About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7The warning from the leader of the United Arab Emirates, which lacked specific details about the nature of an attack, never reached the chiefs of Israel’s security establishment, Israeli officials sai... 810150
Reposted by Polly NatorRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Trump regime has killed at least 234 people by bombing boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean since last September. Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it. This is a danger to us all. 21833031500
Reposted by Polly NatorAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026Shot in the back. No criminal record. 55979293853
Reposted by Polly NatorScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026In sworn testimony, the Treasury Department says it hasn't seen the money from Venezuela, and doesn't know where it's gone. Time to figure out who's pocketing it. In an overall kleptocracy, this may well be the most brazen act of embezzlement so far. www.ft.com/content/0588...ft.comUS state department under pressure to disclose Venezuelan oil takingsTrump administration holds back from revealing how much money it has collected and how much it has sent back to Caracas 29431227
Reposted by Polly NatorHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 16/09/2026This is why they wanted Pentagon reporters to sign an oath promising to seek approval before publishing anything. They wanted to lie without pushback. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...aljazeera.comDozens of aircraft, hundreds of buildings: US loss to Iran attacks revealedThe Pentagon watchdog's report paints a picture of significant losses to US forces and facilities in the region. 13343144
Reposted by Polly NatorKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026You should read Alito’s dissent. It’s unhinged. 41759136
Polly Nator @madeincleveland.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Do you all remember how nervous everyone was to return to comedy after 9/11? Late night talk shows, SNL.... People were so unsteady about how to move forward. I remember watching them all thread a very small needle. 100
Reposted by Polly NatorThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/20269/11 victim Michael Massaroli’s son: "You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all victims no honor using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to spend 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, people who don't look like them." 442225386063
Reposted by Polly NatorI Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 06/09/2026We remember Botham Jean. It’s been 6 years to this day when he was killed while sitting on his couch eating ice cream. 5789190
Reposted by Polly NatorMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/09/2026“The administration wrote to several grantees working on maternal health that while ‘maternal and infant health are important issues,’ their work ‘does not advance minority health with regards to OMH’s current priority areas.’” we don’t loathe these people enough. 341397449
Reposted by Polly NatorScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Gerry Baker's essay on how America lost its way after 9/11 is a remarkably astute set of observations taking us from the Iraq War to the present military misadventures—read it all. "The Iraq war was not only an ill-conceived and ill-executed misadventure. It not only diverted attention and resourcesthetimes.comHow America lost its way after 9/11In the 25 years since the terror attacks, the US has squandered its global dominance. Today’s populist politics flow directly from the war on terror’s failings 45117
Polly Nator @madeincleveland.bsky.social · 04/09/2026They weren't HIS cherry trees. They weren't HIS willows. They aren't HIS national parks. It wasn't HIS rose garden. It's not HIS house. It's not HIS money. The war is HIS. The economy is HIS. The food poisoning is HIS. The measles are HIS. The corruption, crime and treason. All HIS. 010
Polly Nator @madeincleveland.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Everything I'm seeing is awful. What good news do you have to share? Anyone? 😩 000
Reposted by Polly NatorThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Absolute insanity. And if you try to do something about it they call you a communist. 521139480
Reposted by Polly NatorThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/09/2026You’re not alarmed enough 🚨 51885294310
Polly Nator @madeincleveland.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Mainers, the Maine Data Center Advisory Council is taking public comment on data center policy. Tonight is the last public listening session. You can find information here: www.maine.gov/energy/datac... 100
Polly Nator @madeincleveland.bsky.social · 31/08/2026It is not a liberal media. It is a corporate media. 010
Reposted by Polly NatorTroy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Susan Collins, will you join us at one our three town halls this week? It'd be your first public town hall in 25 years. 10488176
Reposted by Polly Nator[The Great War & Modern Memory] @ps9714.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Ten people who were deported and taken to #Liberia this month described a harrowing journey that included months in detention in the U.S. before being sent to nations where they had no ties. All of them said they experienced or witnessed what they described as #abusive or violent treatment by #ICE.trib.alDeportees Sent to Liberia Recount Harrowing Details of U.S. Expulsion and Treatment by ICETen deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties. 8209108
Reposted by Polly NatorNIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Russell Vought has been deleting some of your comments on the proposed OMB rule to politicize grantmaking. Particularly ones that mention him by name and that his daughter was treated for CF with an NIH-funded therapeutic.statnews.comComments on OMB research rule mysteriously removed from federal websiteSome comments on a proposed OMB research rule have been mysteriously removed from a public-facing government webpage. 171239535
Reposted by Polly NatorJames Myall @jamesxmyall.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Diesel is more expensive because of Trump’s war. Equipment is more expensive because of Trump’s tariffs. And now it will be harder to sell lobsters thanks to Trump’s trade war. A rotten time to be a Maine lobsterman #mepolitics www.bangordailynews.com/2026/08/26/p...bangordailynews.comMaine lobstermen warn of ‘devastating’ consequences from Canadian trade warThe Maine Lobstermen's Association called on the Trump administration to “act immediately to protect American fishermen.” 31611
Polly Nator @madeincleveland.bsky.social · 25/08/2026What a heartbreak. There will never be another like Dolly. 000
Reposted by Polly NatorChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/08/2026PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO DATA CENTERS IS NON-PARTISAN Sherrod Brown is putting Jon Husted’s record on blast. Husted was the point man as data centers poured in, benefiting from billions in tax breaks while communities were left dealing with higher electricity costs. 11655581832
Reposted by Polly NatorRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities. 430108555458
Reposted by Polly NatorAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/08/2026New in PN: DHS's abuse of power in Minnesota was even worse than we knew "When the Department of Justice indicted 15 Minnesotans earlier this summer, it was painfully clear that this was a cobbled-together mess, a transparent attempt to criminalize dissent. But boy, we didn’t know the half of it."publicnotice.coDHS's abuse of power in Minnesota was even worse than we knewIt's the stuff of East Germany. 6324361059
Reposted by Polly NatorD. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 15/08/2026📌So, MSM, are you even living in the same country we are??? How is it the most serious homegrown attack on America since the Civil War STILL isn’t grabbing every headline, every day??? Because here’s the thing, you self-important clowns, if this attack continues apace, we are done. DO YOUR JOBS. 42706316
Reposted by Polly NatorBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 29/07/2026So, I finally did a TED talk, and it got released today. I seem to have been quite intense, but I'm grateful they left in my Trump joke. www.ted.com/talks/bill_m...ted.comOur last, best chance to cool the EarthWe're living through oil wars, wildfire smoke and extreme weather driven by a warming planet. But environmentalist Bill McKibben says one thing is finally going right: the price of clean energy has pl... 21526222
Polly Nator @madeincleveland.bsky.social · 02/08/2026A couple of 20-something men in a car with Texas license plates visited our door last night, canvassing for Susan Collins. From Texas. In Maine. That's gonna go over like a lead balloon for Mainers. 020
Reposted by Polly Nator70's Superhero Billy Jack @billyjackliberal.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Just think if they went after Epstein criminals who raped children like they are going after Dr. Fauci. 14866202330
Reposted by Polly NatorDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026OMG! Fauci tried to get the guy who mismanaged the Covid pandemic—leading to the avoidable deaths of tens of thousands of Americans—to slow the spread. Hang him! 391080194
Reposted by Polly NatorAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/07/2026Fauci accuses Rand Paul of having an "unhinged obsession with calling for my prosecution" and of making "repeated slanderous comments," then says "although it pains me to do so... under advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under the 5th Amendment to refrain from answering your questions." 1351185634399
Polly Nator @madeincleveland.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Say "NO" to EPA Guidance on PFAS in Sludge. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...actionnetwork.orgSay "NO" to EPA Guidance on PFAS in SludgeIf you farm or garden organically in Maine, you already know what PFAS contamination can do. Maine's farmers have lost fields, livestock, and livelihoods after decades of sludge spreading, leading to ... 010
Reposted by Polly NatorMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 28/07/2026It’s crazy to me this isn’t a daily refrain from Democrats. 22060381989
Reposted by Polly NatorReuters @reuters.com · 27/07/2026Palestinians say settler violence and military raids are bringing them to breaking point reut.rs/4vXSYhfreut.rsPalestinians say settler violence and military raids are bringing them to breaking pointPalestinian villagers in the occupied West Bank said on Monday the area was coming close to breaking point after increasing incursions by Israeli settlers and violent stand-offs, such as one that left six people shot dead last week. 34628
Polly Nator @madeincleveland.bsky.social · 25/07/2026This is just the beginning, hint of how awful this will all be. Capitalism did this. 000
Reposted by Polly NatorNPR @npr.org · 25/07/2026Water is often a scarce commodity in Nairobi's largest slum. The only source may be a local cartel — and with that comes the risk of sexual threats and attacks. n.pr/4vJPOxrn.prSextortion: That's the threat for women who are simply trying to buy clean waterWater is often a scarce commodity in Nairobi's largest slum. The only source may be a local cartel — and with that comes the risk of sexual threats and attacks. 314661
Reposted by Polly NatorAlicia @aliciablackgirl.bsky.social · 25/07/2026What's the difference between Iran and Vietnam? President bonespurs had a way to get out of Vietnam. 612529
Reposted by Polly NatorPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Representatives for Taylor Farms called the White House to try to delay a recall tied to one of the largest foodborne illness outbreaks in U.S. history www.wsj.com/health/taylo... 8835811534
Reposted by Polly NatorRobert 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? 555130445549
Reposted by Polly NatorBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 24/07/2026They died serving our country. They should be honored, not erased. Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Hawaii Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Texas Sgt. Angel Rampersad, 28, of New York Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of North Carolina 32078662866
Reposted by Polly NatorRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Amazon workers on federal aid nearly tripled between 2020 and 2025. During that time, Jeff Bezos saw his net worth jump by $139B as Amazon profits hit record highs. No corporation as profitable as Amazon should be paying its workers so little they must rely on food stamps and Medicaid to survive. 31457392460
Reposted by Polly NatorAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/07/2026WARREN: Do you still work for Capital One today? JOHNSON: I do. I'm here today in my personal capacity W: Ok. But they're paying you to get confirmed for this job. I also understand they're letting you keep a bonus you haven't yet earned. They must be really excited about getting you confirmed. 251120093800
Reposted by Polly NatorDavid Manning @photodave219.fightins.online · 23/07/2026A White Cop straight up executed a black man on the streets of Madison, Wisconsin today. It brings to mind South Vietnamese police chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan shooting a Viet Cong prisoner.madison.comPolice shooting on Madison’s Willy Street leaves 1 deadAfter an officer killed a man police said was armed with a knife, protesters marched to the Capitol and demanded answers. 0252179
Reposted by Polly NatorDave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Video available online shows police shot this man at point-blank range while he was already on the ground. Police in the United States have killed more than 10,000 people since 2016 alone. 2725271
Reposted by Polly NatorRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Police violently tackle a Black woman to the ground on a metal bike for simply watching them on a public sidewalk. Then, two officers push her face down and straddle her backside, with her skirt to ride up. 169579493
Polly Nator @madeincleveland.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Just so we're clear and correct me if I'm wrong.... We're doing a nuclear deal with the country most clearly responsible for 9/11. 000