Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Today's federal presence at Governor Newsom's press conference was a clear and brazen message designed to intimidate. The message was: *Regardless* of whether California redistricts to negate Texas gerrymandering, the federal government intends to use force to sway the next election in its favor. 52886325
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 14/08/2025Last month, we reported that the IRS was preparing a system that would share millions of taxpayers' data with ICE. Now we can confirm data was officially transferred ⤵️propublica.orgThe IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICEProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts. 8818261281
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Don't forget: DOGE is still effectively cutting Social Security. Here's how. 401178526
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 28/06/2025Transgender medicaid ban and definition of sex are back in the federal bill - Dems can raise a point of order and force a vote, and as long as we don't lose 7 dems on this, Dems can keep it out. Definitely worth some phone calls folks. bsky.app/profile/eric... 3925071323
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialJ Easterbrooks 🌻 @easterbrooksj.bsky.social · 28/06/2025On the state of American democracy and historical comparisons and lessons, this conversation between historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social is just outstanding. And yes, it’s even kind of optimistic. Highly recommend ✌️ 13406133
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/06/2025 266115843874
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialDaniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 26/06/2025I feel like I'm losing my mind. Here is the transcript of what Zohran Mamdani actually said about the phrase "globalize the intifada." This is his "refusal to disavow it." This is what has people terrified. Just fucking read it. Source: podscripts.co/podcasts/the... 19186962850
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.social🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 29/06/2025idk how to tell rural americans who vote for republicans that the republican plan for those americans is to just get sick and die. it just is. that’s it. die and stop costing the country money, that’s money they think rich people should have. 772240605
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialWTFGOP a.k.a on Twitter @Doggintrump @wtfgop.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Holy Shit 👇 Lisa Murkowski from Alaska didn’t like new cuts to federal programs. So Republicans just said “Okay, we’ll exempt Alaska from the cuts.” And so she voted for the cuts for everyone else. They’ll cut your benefits, just not their own. 57562268
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialThree👁️Eyed👁️Devil👁️ @anarcish.bsky.social · 28/06/2025“Independence day is canceled because of fear of secret police raids” is really a level of on the nose political symbolism you just can’t make up. 88136955573
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 13/06/2025What a week today has been. 1057974
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Put this on a billboard. 98110502811
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialthe beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 12/06/2025"you're unhappy because you spend too much time on your phone" speak for yourself i'm posting this shit from desktop like a true lunatic 7590632038
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialS.E. Danesti @seedanesti.bsky.social · 13/06/2025After 40 years, Mel Brooks has finally announced a sequel to Spaceballs... Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money will come to theaters on July 4th, 2027. 682489308
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/06/2025A judge blocked Trump from deploying the National Guard in Los Angeles! The ruling orders the administration to return control of the National Guard to the California governor. It takes effect on Friday! 964854607
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialмɑгκ @drumrollplease.bsky.social · 11/06/2025𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼, 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀. ✊🏻 342137826029
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialMelissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 11/03/2025I believe this was the correct call by NATO. Trump &Hegseth are serious security risks for the NATO countries. 24490137
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialRebekah Young @rebekahwyoung.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Evergreen statement 011
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialWIRED @wired.com · 11/03/2025Fatal crashes. A door blowout. Grounded planes. Inside the citizen-led, obsessive campaign to hold Boeing accountable and prevent the next disaster.wrd.cmThe Worst 7 Years in Boeing’s History—and the Man Who Won’t Stop Fighting for AnswersFatal crashes. A door blowout. Grounded planes. Inside the citizen-led, obsessive campaign to hold Boeing accountable and prevent the next disaster. 1156278
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialMichael J. Corliss @corliss.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Here is a guide to steps you can take, Senator Klobuchar: bsky.app/profile/sena... You aren't helpless; please help. 0133
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialJenn Kauffman @jennaudrey.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Despite RFK Jr.'s efforts to convince the public otherwise, none of this is normal. And we got here because of the disinformation he has promoted and profited off of. #GetVaccinated and if you were vaccinated before 1968, check your titers. 111
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 06/03/2025“let” 39558621222
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 06/03/2025I’m reviewing an official DOGE staff list. Everybody’s number. Everybody’s email. Yes, including Elon’s. This Amy Gleason isn’t even on the list. 26790481941
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 06/03/2025I’ve got some free time this afternoon - let’s do a quick Q&A. Share your questions below, and I’ll answer as many as I can. 7684311134159
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialMichelle Ye Hee Lee @myhlee.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Two South Korean fighter jets accidentally dropped bombs on a rural village about 20 miles from the border with North Korea during joint military exercises with the United States, injuring 15. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...washingtonpost.comSouth Korean jets mistakenly bomb village, injuring 15Two KF-16 fighter jets dropped eight bombs in a rural area near the North Korean border. Footage showed plumes of smoke and damaged trucks, houses and a church. 57131
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 06/03/2025The confusion surrounding which or how many federal buildings the Trump administration plans to off-load underscores the broader chaos that has accompanied its plunge into an effort to shrink the federal government, leaving agencies scrambling to make sense of the rapidly changing information.washingtonpost.comHow 443 federal properties were targeted for sale, then suddenly weren’tThe Trump administration posted a list of properties eligible for sale, then shortened it and finally removed it altogether, causing confusion across the government. 3514857
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialWIRED @wired.com · 05/03/2025On Tuesday, the GSA published a list of more than 400 federal properties to be sold, including the FBI headquarters, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Justice, and other key federal facilities. By Wednesday, the entire list had disappeared from the GSA website.wired.comHere's a Map of the For-Sale Government Properties the GSA Pulled From Its WebsiteThe General Services Administration plans to sell hundreds of government buildings, including FBI headquarters. Use our interactive tools to see where they are—and the Congressional districts they're ... 1927793
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 05/03/2025No, Democrats, these little auction signs aren't it. You're acting like Wes Anderson characters who don't understand that they're in a Tarantino movie. 16590831871
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 04/03/2025The Democrats came through for trans people today, when every single senate Democrat voted against a federal sports ban: apnews.com/article/tran... 141266
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialContrariwise @mrcontrariwise.bsky.social · 04/03/2025The fact that they haven't been using their procedural tools to the absolute maximum makes me crazy. The Republicans, in a similar position, would have obstructed everything. *Everything*. 1264
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/03/2025robertreich.substack.comDemocrats! Wake the hell up!Boycott Trump’s address to Congress tonight. If you must go, make good trouble. 1422551574
marijayne-writing.bsky.social @marijayne-writing.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Something something darkest timeline 010
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialThomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Abominable, arrogant prick. 6,500 British service members killed or wounded fighting alongside American troops since 2003. 9484111
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 04/03/2025This is unreal. DOJ filed a statement of interest in former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters’s … habeas corpus case?! This is so far outside of the Justice Department’s ordinary actions. Most of the “reasonable concerns” they claim to have about the case could be raised about virtually anyone. 461114342
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialBrandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 04/03/2025For those of us who lost a loved one because Trump refused to address Covid like a normal leader instead of a psychopath during the pandemic, I present your newest nightmare: 25924
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.social🎃👻 peppermint.jack-o'-lantern 🎃👻 @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 04/03/2025it continues to be one of the most shocking instances of political malpractice in my lifetime that two weeks ago the trump DOJ had its own version of the Saturday Night Massacre that doomed nixon's presidency but it's already been forgotten because democrats refused to treat it like a scandal 04013
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialkate conger @kateconger.com · 28/02/2025How Elon Musk planned for DOGE: Our investigation found that he raised the idea in 2023, becoming fixated on gaining insider access to federal systems. By Dec., he chose USDS as a landing place, and future DOGE members began applying for jobs there. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...nytimes.comHow Elon Musk Executed His Takeover of the Federal Bureaucracy (Gift Article)The operation was driven with a frenetic focus by the billionaire, who channeled his resentment of regulatory oversight into a drastic overhaul of government agencies. 12827181418
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 28/02/2025this was always the agenda and some of us said so and were called hysterical bsky.app/profile/jame... 441396329
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news. 8104066816914
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/02/2025Let's go!! 19983144
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialTina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 28/02/2025Musk and DOGE are putting people’s lives and safety at risk — where are the Republicans ready to stand up and protect your constituents? 831585403
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 27/02/2025110 of 363 Taxpayer Assistance Centers and 5 of 10 call centers are going to be shut down, per a meeting that just happened at the IRS. During tax season. 12727511244
Reposted by @marijayne-writing.bsky.social🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 27/02/2025Seven law professors at my (quite conservative institution) published a call for a return to a constitutional order (more of this please) www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...deseret.comOpinion: Why everyone should care about the Constitution’s separation of powersConstitutional separation of powers safeguards individual rights, limits private entities, promotes the rule of law and protects against the tyranny of unchecked power. 112033