Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7hTrump's hand is looking real nasty today (REUTERS/Evan Vucci) 138771118
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialJorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 9h🚨 Just in: The US has sanctioned the ICC. "We will ban transactions with this rogue court, cutting off their resources and crippling its ability to operate," Marco Rubio said in a statement.reuters.comEXCLUSIVE: US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace PrizeThe Trump administration has long been hostile to the court and has previously imposed sanctions on its prosecutors and judges. 91470257
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 7hThe president hasn’t stopped those taxpayer-funded advertisements, despite promising he would. trib.al/6CMhoIotrib.alTrump Is Still Airing Campaign Ads With Your Money by the WayThe president hasn’t stopped those taxpayer-funded advertisements, despite promising he would. 2113368
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 10hHard to overstate how much Hegseth's execution stream mirrors the U.S. military's traditional description of ISIS propaganda: broadcast killings designed to send a message, strike fear and create a social media spectacle. Will almost certainly be repurposed by online terror cells 561772673
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialNo on 3 @voterrightsma.bsky.social · 8hNo on 3 welcomes @wutrain.bsky.social into our coalition to protect working class families. 1178
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 7hprojects.propublica.org/american-cit...projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati... 42701362
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialAndrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 21hTerrible news: I just heard from @jonathanslaght.com that Dr. Soniya Rozenfeld, a talented and dedicated Russian Arctic biologist, has just been jailed for 3.5 years over an anti-corruption donation made years ago. See the details in his Facebook post, linked here.facebook.com 26824
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Abolish ICE, prosecute ICE. Every employee. 4558140
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialAndrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 23hI wrote back in the first week of January that this would be "the century-long year," and I regret to inform you that the mayhem will likely be even worse this month. So buckle up to get through it, and let's make sure these are the death throes of Trumpism and everything it stands for. 322149
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 17hThey’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission. 9343441301
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23hQ: Many feel you have not addressed the fact your son in law is a white supremacist influencer. What have you said to your family? COLLINS: That's my family OSSOFF: Imagine running for Senate while neo-Nazi propaganda is disseminated to an audience of millions from your home. That's Mike Collins. 24449001159
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 7hNewsletter time. Alito is on the ballot in the midterms, in case creeping fascism wasn’t enough of a reason to vote. www.thenation.com/article/poli...thenation.comThis November, Vote Like Alito Is on the BallotIn this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent gives Democrats another reason to vote in November. Plus: How Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s Medicaid unmasked the racists. 10567144
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 7hNEW: A private-equity executive took a top Pentagon role to help secure weapons contracts and critical minerals for the Department of Defense. After he joined, a firm he has ties to began landing major military contracts.propublica.orgThe Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department OfficialThe top Pentagon official left Alvarez & Marsal Capital after ProPublica started looking into his financial ties. The contracts with a related company are another example of firms close to the Trump a... 23490280
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 7hWe can't have a functional democracy when the president lies constantly and invents wacko conspiracies that never happened. He has turned our country into a madhouse. Vote against all Republicans to bring some level of sanity back. 21409124
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 7hFrom Sly Comics: He covets the peace prize while managing to glorify killing at every turn. 17727224
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11hNEW: When Christa Pike became the first person to survive multiple lethal injections, witnesses at the prison that day suddenly became a part of history. I spoke with @iamstevenhale.bsky.social of Nashville Banner about the things he saw in the execution chamber—and the things he could only hear:thehandbasket.coWhat it's like to witness a botched executionQ+A with Steven Hale of The Nashville Banner, who watched as Christa Pike survived two lethal injections. 10943231
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 8hChrista Pike "had passed on her final meal. And it turns out she actually asked for the $20 that's allotted for that meal to be used to buy pizza for people living on the streets in downtown Nashville, which some of the advocates in town later did."thehandbasket.coWhat it's like to witness a botched executionQ+A with Steven Hale of The Nashville Banner, who watched as Christa Pike survived two lethal injections. 632060
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9hWhat many people don't realize is that with lethal injection executions, there's so much even the witnesses can't see. But between a mic in the chamber and simply being able to hear through the window, much of it is experienced through sound. www.thehandbasket.co/p/christa-pi... 415918
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.social✊🏼Indigiqueer Hummingbird @riotousmuse.bsky.social · 7hY'all seeing this?! 0106
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialNihilistic Wrong Hordak 🏳️⚧️ @shadow27.bsky.social · 7hMachine gun toting terrorists from Mississippi on the streets of DC. #ThankYouForYourService? 084
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialdcvspatz.bsky.social @dcvspatz.bsky.social · 6hNot sure when video was shot but I took this picture and posted it to the guard-watch website at around 4:25 p.m. on Oct 8. So that might give some timeframe. Many other folks were taking photos, and the guards seem a little nervous after awhile. I did not engage them, other than taking the photo. 172
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialFree DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 7hSoldiers positioned at voting locations is not legal behavior. These are Mississippi National Guard troops at a DC ballot dropbox yesterday. We demand the governors of Mississippi, Florida, and Georgia get your soldiers OUT NOW. 13211127
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.social🖤💋SammieSam💋🖤 @sammiestsam.sheshed.rocks · 12hGood Friyay morning, friends!! Here's a giggle to kick it off with! Have a day, y'all! #SheShed #Vote 77548
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialHugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 7hNEW @wired.com: Federal prosecutors have been weighing a possible perjury and obstruction case against Cassidy Hutchinson — though charges likely will not come until at least after the midterms, per people familiar www.wired.com/story/the-do...wired.comThe DOJ Is Weighing Perjury Charges Against Cassidy HutchinsonThe Justice Department is considering a perjury and obstruction of justice case against Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide who testified against Donald Trump to the January 6 committee. 3022256
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialRebecca E ❌👑 @spoutiblegirl.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Blanche promised to make Dobbs “permanent in every single state,” and the White House wants that quiet until after November 🤬 Your opinion apparently expires on election night, and women in every state would pay for it. Furious doesn’t cover it. #CostOfTrumpsCorruption 01613
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialWendy the Woke @nomorex61.bsky.social · 8h“Soliman came to the U.S. at the age of four with his family on a religious visa.” “40 of those cases.. granted U.S. legal protection after being persecuted for their LGBTQ status were deported to..countries in Africa that either criminalize same-sex relations” #Sheshed www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...cbc.caJudge orders Trump administration to return deported U.S. resident who had guns pointed at him in Africa | CBC NewsA U.S. judge has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the release and return of an Egyptian man who was deported to Equatorial Guinea this year and has since been jailed there. 23929
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialEric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 8hSome ~personal~ news: After five years, I have been laid off from @the-independent.com. I am grateful for the time I have had there. With that in mind, I am absolutely looking for new work opportunities, especially ahead if the midterms. My email is EMGarcia2009@gmail.com. My signal is emgarcia.85 1641226389
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialCongresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 6hDHS is the biggest threat to our communities. The pain and trauma they have inflicted on our children is unforgivable. But we can choose to change course, dismantle DHS, protect our children, and reimagine the safety of our communities. 23019
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Senate Judiciary Democrats are asking Chair Chuck Grassley to apologize to Jack Smith on the behalf of his GOP committee members — especially for Republican Eric Schmitt. The letter also demands Grassley turn over the underlying records Schmitt used during the hearing.politico.comDemocrats call on Chuck Grassley to apologize to Jack Smith for basketball gaffeThe top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Republicans violated Senate rules. 1313059927
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialPatrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 09/10/2026"Witnesses told officers they heard five to six gunshots and people screaming, according to police officials." www.cnn.com/2026/10/08/u...cnn.comPerson shot during encounter with ICE agents in New York City, source says | CNNA person was shot during an encounter with federal immigration agents in the Bronx on Thursday afternoon, according to the New York Police Department. 021
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialPatrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"One senior official said a 5-year-old child was in the back seat of the car at the time of the incident." www.nbcnewyork.com/new-york-cit...nbcnewyork.comPerson shot by ICE officers in Upper ManhattanOne source said the person shot was apparently in a vehicle when at least one officer opened fire. 164
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialonekade @onekade.bsky.social · 08/10/2026But I guess I shouldn’t be entirely shocked, given that this is the same monstrous person who has been bombing fisherman in the ocean and showing the snuff films to anyone with an Internet connection. Depraved group of people. 171
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialonekade @onekade.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Among all the unhinged KKK things the Trump guys are doing every single day, the plan to execute by firing squad on livestream a person who is paralyzed and uses a wheelchair is on another level entirely. 1102
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialAnn Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026My collaboration with the great satirist, Andy Borowitz @borowitzreport.bsky.social anntelnaes.substack.com/p/unfit-to-s...anntelnaes.substack.comUnfit to ServeLast week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made headlines by offering this vision of the military: “No fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals.” Inspired by this wisdom, we’... 934985
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026While the 911 calls we obtained may be difficult to listen to, they offer a glimpse into a place reporters cannot access. And they show failures in responding to mental health and medical emergencies in a place where three people died over six weeks.propublica.orgListen to 911 Calls From Inside an Immigration Detention Center: “We Just Need to Take Him to the Hospital”Reporters don’t have access to Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country. Emergency calls from the Texas facility offer a glimpse of unfolding crises faced by ... 14668417
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026"Lupe" shared this video saying, "It’s 96° in Gonzales. CA law requires employers to provide shade for workers. But in this non-union cauliflower field, there’s only one shade structure for over 40 workers. It isn't right to put workers' lives at risk." #WeFeedYou 14481189
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialCongresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 09/10/2026DHS is a weapon used to violate our rights and punish resistance. Ya’kub is a DACA recipient who has been unlawfully held in detention for over a year because he dared to dissent. I joined Rep. Rashida Tlaib in demanding his immediate release. 04217
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/10/2026BREAKING: Former President Barack Obama endorses Troy Jackson for U.S. Senate in Maine: "Troy Jackson is running to be your next senator and I'm proud to be on board" Obama cites Jackson’s record on wages, drug prices, school meals, and abortion rights as Democrats target Susan Collins' seat. 141104923122
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Whoa. @haleaziz.bsky.social has the scoop on a truly insane plan to use some military training ships for deportations, with people presumably shackled or locked in cells for days at a time as they transit to Central and South America. Each journey would be staggeringly expensive — and dangerous.nytimes.comTrump Administration Considers Using Ships to Deport Immigrants (Gift Article)Journeys to destinations including El Salvador and Venezuela could take days and cost millions. Officials cautioned that discussions are still preliminary. 1991545838
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Can’t be repeated enough… 835179806983
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialAmee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 09/10/2026You know what would be fantastic? If this Truth Social post from Trump had the opposite effect and drove up donations for James Talarico. Donate here: secure.actblue.com/donate/jt-ad... 1210540
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026An ICE officer shot and wounded a man today around 4:00 in Manhattan. Exact details are still coming in. I'm not seeing any further information other than that the man is at a hospital now. 14648277
Reposted by @maryeb2.bsky.socialRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Witnesses captured the moment NYPD officers rushed to the scene of a shooting involving federal goons in the Bronx this afternoon. Officers ran to the scene and carried a man into the back of a car to transport him to the hospital. 1191567989