Reposted by MarthaAndrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 31/08/2026Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Festival raised $10 million for women’s rights. Melinda French Gates matched it. $20 MILLION. 🔥 #SheShed 13465183 465
Reposted by MarthaBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026This quote is from last February. Good work sir! 5341751019 4.2K
Reposted by MarthaZeteo @zeteo.com · 24/08/2026“You want to repeal the 19th amendment so that a woman wouldn't be able to vote…How is that not discrimination?” @mehdirhasan.bsky.social calls out Christian Nationalist Pastor Doug Wilson—who preached at Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon in February— on his misogynist views. zeteo.com/p/christian-... 2613039 130
Reposted by MarthaIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 24/08/2026Early voting will be one of the most important tools for defeating Trump’s election sabotage. The good news is that early voting will be available for 97% of eligible midterms voters! (via our friends at @brennancenter.org)brennancenter.orgA Guide to Early VotingMany Americans will vote before Election Day. 12337177 337
Reposted by MarthaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/08/2026This is alarming: ICE will spend $20M on electric shock gloves for its agents. This comes as ICE whistleblowers continue warn of new recruits' lack of training and violent backgrounds. Meanwhile the social safety net is gutted — just to funnel billions to Trump's masked thugs. 27431021191 3.1K
Reposted by Martha🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 24/07/2026He cares so much. No one has ever cared more about 726121 261
Reposted by MarthaGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Yep. @polphilpod.bsky.social and I made this point in this essay on Elon Musk's real fascist worldview, which all of you should read if you haven't yet, because (we immodestly insist) it breaks new ground. Also see the interview with one of the authors of "Muskism." newrepublic.com/article/2119... 441051404 1.1K
Reposted by MarthaRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Feel like "every Jessica is a good Jessica" is one of those slogans that can work on multiple levels 9886154 886
Reposted by MarthaPetter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 07/07/2026‘Polarization’ has become the master concept for diagnosing our current democratic crisis. But this is not polarization. It is the radicalization of the political right. By misdiagnosing it, we risk becoming complicit in the crisis. 🧵 Just out in Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153... 4934481433 3.4K
Reposted by MarthaJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Please RT this piece and share on other social channels talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...talkingpointsmemo.comExclusive: DOJ Taps Gang, Terrorism Prosecutors to Crack Down on Political GroupsThe Department of Justice has tapped two prosecutors with expertise in organized... 10439419 439
Reposted by MarthaNational Lawyers Guild @nlg.org · 17/06/2026Remember, if the feds come knocking, shut the f*ck up, and call the Federal Defense Hotline at 212-679-2811. 15645 56
Reposted by MarthaLeah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Mike Johnson: Members of Congress are ENTITLED to insider stock trading because their salary is *only* $174k. Also Mike Johnson: Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security are *entitlement programs* and we will cut them next year. MAGA is getting rich selling out everyday Americans. 17435201 435
Reposted by MarthaAshton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 07/06/2026I cannot take seriously anyone who looks up to this despicable, malignant, pathological, misogynistic liar. 6877 87
Reposted by MarthaMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 06/06/2026It melts my brain to see ADA call the cops to stop them handing out an article they co-wrote with John Buse. Buse isn't some rabble-rouser, he's a quintessential big pharma guy who has been doing GLP-1RA work for 20+ years. This is what his disclosure looks like. Apparently too radical! 🤷♂️ 218952 189
Reposted by MarthaSenator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 04/06/2026Senate Republicans just started a marathon voting session known as vote-a-rama in the Senate. Not to improve your life. Not to lower your costs. But to funnel $70 billion more to ICE and the abuses I saw at Delaney Hall. Not another dime. 9344551445 4.5K
Reposted by MarthaClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/05/20264/ Here is Andy Kim literally putting himself in harms way to keep ICE from brutalizing protestors bsky.app/profile/ecmc... 322064 220
Reposted by MarthaKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Fox poll: 71% of registered voters disapprove of Trump's handling of the economy 76% disapprove of Trump's handling of inflation 61% disapprove of trump's overall job performance 77% say the economy is in bad shape 51% say their family's finances are worse now than two years ago 861461521 1.5K
Reposted by Marthaawkword @awkword.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Your iPhone tracks everything you do — and say. Here are three quick-fixes to tighten your security settings. P.S. No technology is safe. 661069558 1.1K
Reposted by MarthaBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 11/05/2026if you read the NYT piece out today about the Trump admin condemning Black people to live in raw sewage in the name of fighting "illegal DEI," please make sure you also read and share the piece I wrote about this over a year ago! ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...ballsandstrikes.orgTrump DOJ: Providing Basic Sewer Services to Black People Is Actually “Illegal DEI”The Trump administration has nixed a 2023 settlement that was building modern sanitation infrastructure in Lowndes County, a predominantly Black county in Alabama. 6334157 334
Reposted by MarthaSenator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 06/05/2026This National Nurses Week and every week, let’s recognize the exceptional nurses in our communities that keep us safe and healthy. From supporting their mental health to addressing health care staffing shortages, I’m going to keep doing all I can to stand with our healers. 624247 242
Reposted by MarthaGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/04/2026"Under Trump and the contemporary GOP, a great national Southernization of politics appears underway." Interesting big picture look at the aftermath of the SCOTUS debacle: 15252110 252
Reposted by Marthazinniastrong.bsky.social @zinniastrong.bsky.social · 01/05/2026cohen.house.gov/media-center...cohen.house.govCongressman Cohen Responds to Trump’s Meddling in Tennessee Electoral RepresentationWASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today reviewed President Trump’s social media broadside calling for Congressional redistricting in Tennessee, and made the following statement: 001 1
Reposted by MarthaBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Congratulations, Virginia! Republicans are trying to tilt the midterm elections in their favor, but they haven’t done it yet. Thanks for showing us what it looks like to stand up for our democracy and fight back. 616433307889 43.3K
Reposted by MarthaJeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 15/04/2026here's today's post: "Couchfuck McGee speaks to an empty arena. try not to laugh" — JD Vance lectures the Pope. hilarity ensues. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —bit.lyCouchfuck McGee speaks to an empty arena. try not to laughJD Vance lectures the Pope. hilarity ensues. 481078218 1.1K
Reposted by MarthaBenjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 15/04/2026“I encourage you to explore the review and the different ways that Sal Khan’s book is bullshit, because it goes beyond the claim of an AI revolution in education. The bullshit is spread deep and it is spread wide.” - @biblioracle.bsky.social 01612 16
Reposted by MarthaRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 12/04/2026A very happy fuck all fascists day today and every day and thank you to Hungary for giving us all hope 470598 705
Reposted by MarthaGregory @gkasabian.bsky.social · 11/04/2026All you had to do was pay us enough to live 16315 63
Reposted by MarthaChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 08/04/2026The "duped voter" narrative is a comforting myth. If only we had better messaging. The reality is tens of millions of voters looked at a platform of mass deportation, ethnic cleansing, state violence, and the dismantling of civil rights, clearly understood it, and said, "Yes, that is what I want." 733575810 3.6K
Reposted by MarthaThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 06/04/2026"Perhaps the president merely got carried away at his keyboard, as one does." He quickly dispelled that possibility by telling ABC that “We’re blowing up the whole country” if there's no deal. Impeach. Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:lnk.thebulwark.comImpeach Him AgainAnd create friction against him within the executive branch. 1226449 264
Reposted by MarthaWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 05/04/2026This Reddit post is formatted like a joke but it’s actually a very dry recitation - at times, direct quotes - of America’s public war strategy over the last month. This can’t go on. This is deranged. Impeach and imprison. 392209750 2.2K
Reposted by MarthaArt Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Magnificent No Kings protest sign in Ellsworth, Maine. 10/10. 192556587 2.6K
Reposted by MarthaRep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 29/03/2026Thanks to Trump’s war in Iran, every package you get is about to hit you with an 8% TAX. Groceries, gas, and now the mail. There is nothing this president hasn’t made more expensive.theguardian.comUS Postal Service to introduce 8% fuel surcharge on packagesSurcharge, spurred by oil price spikes due to the Iran war, is set to take effect on 26 April and run until January 2027 65431 54
Reposted by MarthaJosh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 25/03/2026the girl guides in the UK just kicked out all their trans members specifically bc they were threatened with a lawsuit from a rowling-funded group 694094294 9.4K
Reposted by MarthaScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Michael Flynn illegally took money from the Turkish government while he, a retired head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, was advising Trump's campaign and serving as his National Security Advisor. He got caught. Trump is now forcing his DOJ to pay Flynn $1.2 mn for having prosecuted this crime.abcnews.comDOJ to pay ex-Trump adviser Michael Flynn $1M to settle malicious prosecution suit: SourcesThe DOJ has reached an agreement with ex-Trump adviser Michael Flynn to pay him roughly $1.2 million to settle claims that he was politically prosecuted, sources say. 44580301 580
Reposted by MarthaJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 22/03/2026The framing on men and academic achievement was always sus. It was never “yay! Girls are succeeding!” It was always “oh no! Boys are falling behind!” Even when girls/women are showing agency, the framing strips it from them and poses their success not as success but as men’s failure. 12951326 951
Reposted by MarthaElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 19/03/2026Imagine a newspaper publisher refusing to let libraries keep copies of its paper. That’s effectively what’s starting online, as big publishers block the Internet Archive from preserving news sites. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...eff.orgBlocking the Internet Archive Won’t Stop AI, But It Will Erase theImagine a newspaper publisher announcing it will no longer allow libraries to keep copies of its paper. That’s effectively what’s begun happening online in the last few months. The Internet 9225100 225
Reposted by MarthaSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 19/03/2026Republicans blocked our bill to fully fund TSA & their agents. This is the 8th time they've blocked our attempts to reopen TSA, FEMA, & other agencies outside of ICE & CBP at DHS. But they would rather hold these agencies hostage to give Trump's ICE & CBP another blank check. 641863802 1.9K
Reposted by MarthaBrennan Center @brennancenter.org · 19/03/2026STOP the SAVE Act: the anti-voter law would require voters to show a passport or birth certificate to register to vote, but 21 million American citizens don’t have those documents readily available. Call your senators: bit.ly/4srDVLB 04422 44
Reposted by MarthaDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Just a year ago, we heard reducing the deficit was so important Elon Musk had to fire as many scientists, forest rangers and Black women on the government’s payroll that he could find. Now? 🤷🏾♂️ 8345831769 4.6K
Reposted by MarthaRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 14/03/2026I worked in Office of General Counsel at Department of Defense. This by Dan Maurer, former JAG, is spot on. Hypothetical Legal Advice to SecDef Hegseth on “No Quarter” Statement (from Office of General Counsel) Warns of criminal liability Gives legal precedents Recommends retraction of statementjustsecurity.orgHypothetical Legal Advice to SecDef Hegseth on “No Quarter” Statement (from Office of General Counsel)A hypothetical legal memorandum on what the DoD General Counsel would advise Secretary Hegseth about his "no quarter" statement in Iran war. 20430190 430
Reposted by MarthaDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 14/03/2026I believe the hashtag back in the day was #LowerEd 17013 70
Reposted by MarthaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Search-and-rescue crews were “flying blind” trying to rescue survivors from deadly tornadoes that hit the Midwest last week. Why? Because Kristi Noem hadn't approved FEMA’s $200,000 contract with a tornado-tracking tool. But she had time to spend $220 million on anti-immigrant ads. Priorities. 506196148158 19.6K
Reposted by MarthaTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/03/2026NEW: Believe it or not, it’s that time of year: the Wisconsin Supreme Court election is next month. Liberals have a huge opportunity: if they win, they can lock down the majority of this court thru 2030. That means they’d have it in the next presidential race, a big democracy guardrail. Share:boltsmag.orgEyeing Voting Rights, Liberals Aim to Secure Wisconsin’s Supreme Court through 2030 - BoltsAfter flipping the court in 2023, Wisconsin liberals now hope to expand their majority on a body that could be a critical backstop for voting rights during the next presidential election. 422532869 2.5K
Reposted by MarthaGovernor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 05/03/2026Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone. But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota. 1454401569075 40.2K
Reposted by MarthaJacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Following this story's publication, a local reporter found that Rakhi Israni only recently registered as a Democrat from “No Party Preference" in Nov. 2025 and infrequently voted. Someone else tipped me off to the fact that she was endorsed by the 4th largest donor to MAGA Inc/ 15423175 423
Reposted by MarthaTony Stark @tonystark.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Hooo boy. There we go. It was about domestic surveillance after all. 141429445 1.4K
Reposted by MarthaElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 28/02/2026“They claim they might be looking for smugglers or … cartel members, but that’s not who they’re collecting data on,” EFF’s @Maassive.bsky.social told @CalMatters.org. “(The program) is primarily collecting data on people who live in the region.” calmatters.org/justice/202...calmatters.orgHe saw an abandoned trailer. Then, he uncovered a surveillance network on California's borderCalifornia residents are noticing new license plate readers that appear to be operated by the Border Patrol. Some have had confusing encounters with agents. 011150 111
Reposted by MarthaIndivisible49 ❌👑 @indivisible49.com · 28/02/2026Indivisible49 statement on the US and Israeli attack on Iran. 072 7
Reposted by MarthaSarah S. Brannen @sarahsbrannen.bsky.social · 26/02/2026"These bills aren’t about removing books; books are just one of the tools. These bills are about the complete and total erasure and removal of queer people from American life." 01713 17
Reposted by MarthaAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 25/02/2026📢 CALL TO ACTION: Casey Means has a confirmation hearing tomorrow to be Surgeon General. 📞 Call your Congresspeople to protest her confirmation! Why? Well... in short, she's a wellness influencer/grifter who loves to ignore science Meta-thread 🧵👇 from us & others about some of her pseudoscience 312367 123
