Reposted by Mary WasmuthDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 10hI know this isn’t useful but it’s weird how “the president should be coherent” was a Very Important Thing just a few years ago and then suddenly wasn’t. 14849701043
Reposted by Mary WasmuthClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 13hThis is about climate change 418260
Reposted by Mary WasmuthMassachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy (MIRA) Coalition @miracoalition.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Roughly 15,000 documented immigrants in New England will lose full Medicaid coverage on Thursday, the most recent in a series of deep purges mandated by Congress’s Big, Beautiful Bill." ow.ly/7ujg50ZTYOWow.lyThese New England immigrants arrived legally. Now, thousands will lose Medicaid benefits. - The Boston GlobeIn Massachusetts alone, 7,300 people are expected to lose access to full Medicaid coverage Thursday. 022
Reposted by Mary WasmuthRise Up Western Mass Indivisible ❌👑 @ruwmi.bsky.social · 15hICEtrocities West Springfield, MA 383
Reposted by Mary WasmuthCovie @covie93.bsky.social · 15hCan'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. 30902223
Reposted by Mary WasmuthRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 14hJust one day after another of cartoonish villainy 12347111
Reposted by Mary WasmuthTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 16hliterally in the next 48 hours! be aware! 5694464
Reposted by Mary WasmuthHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 16hThis guy is really good, not just for Maine news but for how to put together a news story so you understand the context. 18946324
Reposted by Mary WasmuthTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16hJust made donations to three Ohio campaigns I care about. If you can, please pick some candidates in close races and do the same. 16510126
Reposted by Mary WasmuthTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16hData centers on the gubernatorial ballot in Ohio. Acton against, Ramaswamy for (and personally invested in). www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...dispatch.comRamaswamy is in bed with data center owners. He'll get richer at your expense | Amy ActonAmy Acton: Vivek Ramaswamy is bought and paid for by data center owners. He'll never get everyday Ohioans like I do. 10553235
Reposted by Mary WasmuthBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 17hICE's shameless stupid cruelty continues unabated. Here's a truly wrenching account from our wonderful local Vermont newspaper, which I imagine could be multiplied a thousandfold every day across America. Many thanks to Liza Cochran, its author bravelittlevoices.substack.com/p/terror-in-...bravelittlevoices.substack.comTerror in the Backyard:ICE’s Shadow Surge in Vermont 29230
Reposted by Mary Wasmuth🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 18hForget AI. The innovation of the century is that someone finally invented a technology that could fact-check Donald Trump at scale: gas pumps.thefarce.orgWhat if Democrats let Elon Musk and the massive forces of capital buy this election?It’s not victim-blaming to say that we must blame the villains if we want to make voters heroes. 16214
Reposted by Mary WasmuthBen Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 21hTom Tiffany tried to overturn the 2020 election and throw out your votes. Now, MAGA billionaires are spending millions to make him the governor ahead of the 2028 election. Tiffany tried to throw out your votes once. We can’t give him another chance. 18525
Reposted by Mary WasmuthSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 21hTrumpster motto: “no conflict, no interest.”nytimes.comU.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump AlliesPresident 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... 1213151
Reposted by Mary WasmuthTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 20hGOP ads right now are all about attacking trans people. Over, and over, and over. I was a gay teen in 2004 watching the Bush campaign try to win on attacking gay marriage, but the resort to this hate drive in campaign ads feels so dialed up now. I can’t imagine being an lgbt kid watching tv today. 632226450
Reposted by Mary WasmuthWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Journalists (and also non-journalists), please read this important statement and consider signing it Democracy is on the line 18330
Reposted by Mary WasmuthJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 23hSpent all that money rehabbing his bugged jet only to not use it. Just plundering the public constantly. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...huffpost.comTrump Stops Using Luxurious But Defenseless Jet He Solicited From QatarThe president has for his five most recent trips, including Friday’s, used the real Air Force One built for that purpose. The White House refuses to explain the switch. 34116
Reposted by Mary WasmuthWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026TIRED: Defund the police WIRED: Defund the police widows and orphans 12476205
Reposted by Mary WasmuthAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Notice how they also brag about the number of naturalizations having plummeted; a sign of how much they detest legal immigration. /also, the removals number is largely fake. The actual number is 650-700k. 35927298
Reposted by Mary WasmuthRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Be the iceberg you want to see in the world. 14827135
Reposted by Mary WasmuthBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“I will get my chisel and I will be right over there with everybody, tearing it down.” So proud of Third Act colleagues in the nation's capitol who organized a big protest against the proposed Arch www.arlnow.com/2026/10/01/c...arlnow.comCrowds, lawmakers protest Trump’s arch in Memorial Circle | ARLnow.comA crowd of protesters joined several members of Congress and local officials this morning (Thursday) to protest plans for a towering arch in Memorial Circle. Speakers including U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-... 1032284
Reposted by Mary WasmuthGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Very good points from @mjtoma.bsky.social here: Any movement (and president!) that are nutball enough to go down Eric Schmitt-style rabbit holes will be willing to steal the election and much worse. This humiliation won't dissuade them in the slightest: newrepublic.com/post/216176/...newrepublic.comEric Schmitt’s a Joke. The Assaults on Jack Smith Are Anything But.The Missouri senator and other Republicans made fools of themselves Tuesday. But that won’t stop them lying about—and trying to destroy—Donald Trump’s prosecutor. 417652
Reposted by Mary WasmuthJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It’s always shocking to me when RCV supporters back top two because it fixes nothing that RCV fixes and creates new problems. No on 3 24011
Reposted by Mary WasmuthGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Big development: Dems are growing increasingly bullish on sweeping the big House races in South Texas. A DCCC official tells me internal polling shows Trump's approval cratering in key districts there: TX-15: 36% TX-28: 28% TX-34: 35% This and much more on the pod: newrepublic.com/article/2161...newrepublic.comTrump’s Weird Tirade on Midterms Accidentally Reveals Key GOP WeaknessAs Trump’s monologue about his Texas midterm convention exposes a problem for the GOP, a Democratic operative argues that his collapse in South Texas is a real tell about what’s coming. 14493126
Reposted by Mary WasmuthAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026Trump on global warming: "That didn't work out because the planet got cooler. In fact, you know the ice that was melting? It right now just set a record. It's the biggest ice cube that's ever been in the history of the world ... they're doing the scam with data centers, by the way." 3391168290
Reposted by Mary WasmuthPhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Every Dems’s dream stump speech 1591295
Reposted by Mary WasmuthNancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Our tax dollars at work. VOTE 0148
Reposted by Mary WasmuthAnat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Engage the base. Persuade the middle. Marginalize the opposition by exposing precisely the slime they are. Go Angie! 010925
Mary Wasmuth @maryawasmuth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🧵Many thanks for pushback on this horrendous ad. 000
Reposted by Mary WasmuthStraight Outta Cortisol @silvawolves.bsky.social · 01/10/2026From the Maine Democratic Party via Facebook. #MEPolitics 041
Reposted by Mary WasmuthThe Downballot @the-downballot.com · 01/10/2026Even more vividly, Republicans are outspending Democrats in both #OHSen & #NCSen, but Democrats are nonetheless airing *more* ads. Why? Because, by law, candidates pay the cheapest ad rates, while super PACs pay market rates—and GOP spending is heavily reliant on super PACs. 06319