Reposted by Mark LaportaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10hNot sure if the point of Angela Paxton’s video was to cause people to search Angela Paxton’s name only to find out that she helped facilitate Ken Paxton’s corruption for many years before ultimately filing to divorce him on “biblical grounds”, but that’s what happened. 13853361191
Mark Laporta @marklaporta.bsky.social · 11hThis is a point that should be restated every time journalists report on an ICE kidnapping. Why can’t they step up to support the truth? 000
Reposted by Mark LaportaMoon-Watcher @bobsmyusername.bsky.social · 20hSo anyway being undocumented in the United States is a civil violation of the law not a criminal one 661797407
Reposted by Mark LaportaRightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 19hThe challenger in Los Angeles is Nithya Raman, an Indian-born urban planner and two-term City Council member who is trying to unseat Democratic Mayor Karen Bass on Nov. 3. Note: The latest poll I saw showed Nithya Raman ahead.axios.comNew York has a socialist mayor. Los Angeles may be nextCould L.A. join New York's new urban left? 992000423
Reposted by Mark LaportaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16hAt a time in history when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, democracy, and decency, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction — fawning over the most dangerous authoritarian America has ever witnessed. Do not forget this. 13559481840
Reposted by Mark LaportaStan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Despite having having far more people, Russia also has about an equivalent GDP to California minus Los Angeles and Santa Clara County. Seems pretty low T and beta! 46449711173
Reposted by Mark LaportaFreethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 19h 560103703515
Reposted by Mark LaportaBanned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 14h"It's up to all of us to ensure that the illuminating power of the written word is not under malicious control." We're proud to have Honorary Chair Tony Weaver, Jr. leading #BannedBooksWeek! #LetBooksBe ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 8443131
Reposted by Mark LaportaMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 20hIt's Fire Prevention Week in New York City. Learn more about fire safety at fdnysmart.org. 302409574
Reposted by Mark LaportaMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15hJustice Alito is confusing court reform with attacking the court. Many of us simply want the Court to be better. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comSupreme Court expansion is ‘a concerted effort to intimidate the court,' Justice Alito saysDespite Americans' eroding trust in the Supreme Court, Alito says he's not discussed growing calls for expanding the court and setting term limits. 61963751748
Mark Laporta @marklaporta.bsky.social · 19hCaring for each other isn’t controversial, no matter how loudly MAGA yells. You know who made “bad choices?” Everyone who stifled their empathy at an early age. 010
Reposted by Mark LaportaAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 22hI believe in Medicare for All like I believe in public schools. There for you no matter what. 264129423264
Reposted by Mark LaportaBunkunin @bunkunin.bsky.social · 22hJewish human rights barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine Action www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...aljazeera.com‘I’m rather proud’: Barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine ActionMargaret Owen OBE, a celebrated human rights lawyer and friend of Ed Miliband’s late mother, talks to Al Jazeera. 482095653
Reposted by Mark LaportaGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This is psychosis. The president of the United States is psychotic. Is the media going to start talking about this, or continue to normalize it? 41539061142
Reposted by Mark LaportaJon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 04/10/2026www.reuters.com/sustainabili...reuters.comDutch eyewear chain Hans Anders halts sale of Meta glasses, citing privacy concernsOne of the largest Dutch eyewear retail chains said on Friday it had suspended sales of Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses in the Netherlands and Belgium amid growing privacy concerns, in one of the first ... 111830502
Reposted by Mark LaportaHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I don’t remember anyone giving Jerome Powell a check for $100 million. Who gave it to Kevin Warsh, days before he was confirmed and why? 635107214824
Reposted by Mark LaportaProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 03/10/2026What basic research is in science: it is looking—for years—at the spit of toad, or the quiet collection of data over a child’s cough. I will explain it another way: it is the Lionel Messi of science. It is sitting back quietly and then all sudden: boom, a swift innovation that changes our lives. 271085267
Reposted by Mark LaportaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A few years ago, I said greedy egg producers like Cal-Maine were using their market power to deliberately drive up egg prices. My right-wing critics fried me for saying this — but now they all have egg on their face.youtube.comFox News Mocked Me For Being RightWhen I said three years ago that egg companies were using the avian flu as cover to price-gouge, Fox News called me craz 12758831902
Reposted by Mark Laportamigas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Funny. I cannot recall any "diplomat" seeing their net worth rise by roughly 📈 $100 million to $200 million since taking the position. Yet Jared Kushner has. So, spare me any BS about his job description. It has nothing to do with diplomacy. 18650761768
Reposted by Mark LaportaLe Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 04/10/2026Germany's Merz visits Kyiv as Russia steps up attacks on Ukrainian citieslemonde.frGermany's Merz visits Kyiv as Russia steps up attacks on Ukrainian citiesThe German chancellor was visiting Kyiv as Moscow has intensified attacks on the Ukrainian capital. 16454168
Reposted by Mark LaportaJohn Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026On this day in 1944, a 13 year old German Jewish girl arrived at Auschwitz from Westerbork with her mother where they were murdered after selection. Her mother is recorded as having perished on the 6 Oct 1944. Her name was Eva Voss Support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social 641019375
Reposted by Mark LaportaSATX Indivisible @satx-indivisible.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Earlier today, we were at the #SanAntonio March for Freedom and Justice protesting the #ICEdetentioncenter concentration camp proposed on the East Side. #ICEout #CloseTheCamps @50501satx.bsky.social 352233727
Reposted by Mark LaportaEvery Bite Counts @sandybeach805.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Some good news. Today, retired US Navy Captains and former NASA Astronauts Mark Kelly and Scott Kelly are being inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame. 703748787
Reposted by Mark LaportaDavid Combest @decombest.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Innocent Couple Confused When Armed Cops Surround Their Home Following a Wild Tip From a Flock Camera futurism.com/future-socie...futurism.comInnocent Couple Confused When Armed Cops Surround Their Home Following a Wild Tip From a Flock CameraA family in Lexington, Kentucky is demanding answers after police descended on their homes with guns drawn following a lead from an ALPR. 15215150
Reposted by Mark LaportaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026There is no moral equivalence between bullies and the bullied, between tyranny and democracy, or between brutality and decency. No individual can be free in a society devoid of justice. There can be no liberty where brutality reigns. 10355481671
Reposted by Mark LaportaPeggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A Growing Movement Is Working to Evict ICE From Its Buffalo Command Center truthout.org/articles/a-g...truthout.orgA Growing Movement Is Working to Evict ICE From Its Buffalo Command CenterActivists are pressuring Buffalo corporations to kick ICE out of the office building where it is imprisoning children. 241950603
Reposted by Mark LaportaEloise Powers @elnopower.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Blue-winged Teal One of the smaller members of the dabbling duck group, it occurs in North America, where it breeds from Alaska to Nova Scotia, and south to Texas. It winters along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts and south into the Caribbean islands and Central America. 📸: @mikullashbee 211215161
Reposted by Mark LaportaMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Georgia’s election board asked the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate a leading nonpartisan voter roll maintenance program, potentially adding yet another probe based on hyper-partisan conspiracy theories to the department’s portfolio. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comGeorgia’s GOP-controlled election board wants DOJ to investigate nonpartisan voter roll maintenance programDespite his request for a federal investigation into ERIC, the board's executive director appeared to know very little about the organization during a meeting earlier this week. 351248543
Mark Laporta @marklaporta.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Will the judge order the ICE agents and their DHS supervisor jailed for defying a court order? “I was just following the voices in my head,” is not a defense. 031
Reposted by Mark Laportaconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026From Josh Helfgott: CE handcuffed a nurse in front of her 3-year-old son on their way to Disneyland—even though a judge already ruled she could NOT be sent back to Indonesia. After 15 days behind bars, a federal magistrate just ordered her FREE. 9130651011
Reposted by Mark LaportaGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“He’s gotta resign. … We have to let our own people and everybody else know why it had to be done—because of what’s on the tape, because he lied.” — White House speechwriter Patrick J. Buchanan to White House chief of staff Alexander M. Haig, August 2, 1974 47443991264
Reposted by Mark LaportaCovie @covie93.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Can't believe trump would be bribing voters after Susan Collins assured us that he learned his lesson when she voted to acquit him in the Senate after he was impeached for trying to bribe Ukraine. 421227313
Reposted by Mark LaportaMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Some say they haven't signed up for Democracy Docket because they don't want spam or endless solicitations. Democracy Docket doesn't sell its list. It doesn't solicit products or services. It sends you the news/information you sign-up for. Try it and see! demdock.com/4w6emld 411387478
Reposted by Mark LaportaMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/10/2026Katie Phang: "Get the fuck out of here. Are you kidding me? You think it's a good use of taxpayers time and money to be able to do illegal redactions and withholds that are now forcing me to have to go and sue? Are you joking? But this is how Todd Blanche thinks." 485151034410
Reposted by Mark LaportaPBS News @pbsnews.org · 03/10/2026The U.S. and its G7 allies will release 100 million barrels of oil over the next four months, including “substantial amounts of diesel.” In a statement Friday, the group said the action would start immediately as nations grapple with sky-high energy prices. 184522
Mark Laporta @marklaporta.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Sick people are *more* of a burden on society than universal healthcare. 3/3 000
Mark Laporta @marklaporta.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Worse, they think that needing help is weak and immoral — all until it happens to them. Our schools teach nothing about the way this country works, when they teach anything at all. Ultimately, they can only feel empathy for characters on a film or TV series. Not to mention the obvious: 2/3 100
Mark Laporta @marklaporta.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Some of these fools think that people only get sick when they make “bad choices.” They see illness as a punishment from an imaginary being and forget about accidental injuries. They don’t understand inherited diseases or conditions or how corrupt the healthcare system is that drives up prices 1/3 110
Reposted by Mark LaportaBob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026What I've always wondered about MAGA voters so against "socialized medicine": Does it seem fair to them that we so often see charity events and GoFundMe pages for people who have worked hard, played by the rules, and are going bankrupt simply because they got sick? www.gofundme.com/discover/med...gofundme.comGoFundMe - Discover Medical fundraisersView Medical fundraisers on GoFundMe, the world’s #1 most trusted fundraising platform. 283
Mark Laporta @marklaporta.bsky.social · 03/10/2026They take revenge on T by ruining their own political futures? Even their defiance is tainted with the same madness. It’s like setting yourself on fire to protest the actions of an arsonist. 000
Reposted by Mark LaportaKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Playbook: Sen. Thom Tillis lashed out in private texts to Trump earlier this year, saying he refused to take his "bullshit" and that, had Trump directly threatened him with a primary challenge, he would've "immediately told you to fuck yourself" and announced his retirement early. 73517114
Reposted by Mark LaportaSJSCentralTX @sjscentraltx.bsky.social · 03/10/2026KUT reports on more ICE fuckery, from checking license plates for immigration status to lack of body cameras or ICE turning them off when it suits their purpose.kut.orgICE is checking 'random' license plates in Austin and other takeaways from Garces Perez hearingA hearing over charges alleging that Wilber Garces Perez assaulted and resisted federal officers provided rare insight into ICE operations in Austin. 16206139
Reposted by Mark LaportaKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026BREAKING MS NOW: Kash Patel has commissioned a classified report examining purported past FBI shortcomings — including in the Russia and special counsel probes — in what current and former officials see as the Trump admin's latest effort to rewrite history in Trump's favor.ms.nowKash Patel commissions classified, internal FBI report to examine department ‘failures’Sources tell MS NOW the ‘Patel Report’ may be the latest effort to re-write history in President Trump’s favor. 84711300
Reposted by Mark LaportaJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/10/2026U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham suggested British voters could be given the chance to reverse Brexit, the country’s highly contentious departure from the European Union a decade ago. Burnham said it was “possible” a referendum on rejoining the EU could be included in a future election manifesto.cnbc.comA Brexit reversal is on the table 10 years on from the vote that changed Britain. Here’s what’s at stakeBritain voted to leave the European Union in 2016. 56995254
Reposted by Mark LaportaThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/10/2026We spoke with dozens of librarians from across the U.S. about the challenges and triumphs of running a library. Here is what they told us. nyti.ms/4yw4O4k 3212443