Reposted by Mary PezzuloNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 23hBREAKING: @democracydefendersfund.org & partners just sued ICE over a nasty catch-22 ICE detains people, takes their IDs & work papers, releases them, keeps the papers. Now they can't work & risk getting picked up again for having no ID We're going to court to get it ALL back -TN 12672202708
Reposted by Mary PezzuloRepublican Crimes Tracker @gopcrimes.bsky.social · 17h#196/2026 Elected Louisiana GOP official Chad Hardy was charged with theft after he made numerous purchases using an account owned by a local Knights of Columbus charity. Stealing from a religious charity to enrich yourself is low even by modern MAGA standards.acadiananewsfirst.comElected official arrested in Arnaudville, police sayA St. Martin Parish elected official has been arrested, accused of theft from the Knights of Columbus, Arnaudville Police say. 23296142
Reposted by Mary PezzuloJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 20hTrump isn’t fooling anyone about his corruption. The newest AP/NORC poll shows “about 6 in 10 U.S. adults believe he is either illegally profiting or doing something unethical but not illegal.”contrariannews.orgMore Outrageous Weaponization of the Justice DepartmentThey can’t contain their fascism. 1831797
Reposted by Mary PezzuloAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h😬 Katie Zacharia's first press briefing was brutally bad 😬 Trump managed to find a press secretary who can barely read, but she does have the number one qualification -- looking like Ivanka Here's a supercut from Zacharia's first briefing, which made Karoline Leavitt seem like Ronald Reagan 216096232413
Reposted by Mary PezzuloUNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 17h🚨 BREAKING: Russia strikes Kyiv with ballistic missiles, hitting TEC-4 power station. Intelligence indicates Russia is preparing further ballistic launches, warns President Zelenskyy. 10311155
Reposted by Mary PezzuloJosh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 19hJUST IN: Mag. judge in EDVA clears former FEMA CFO Mary Comans of claims she directed tens of millions in payments for housing undocumented immigrants in NYC. Judge: Statements by Musk & others were 'little more than state-sanctioned intimidation.' Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...documentcloud.orgComans101326 401696497
Reposted by Mary PezzuloAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19hWOW. Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, among others, "chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an impeccable record of public service. ... The attacks against Ms. Comans were based entirely on false information" and many officials "knew [they] were untrue." 12853472170
Reposted by Mary PezzuloMary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 18h$9.37 for heating fuel in Kotzebue, a hub in the Northwest Arctic. We heat our homes with diesel in most of Alaska, and families here are bracing for a winter where they’ll have to decide between heat and food. It’s apocalyptic – and Dan Sullivan's votes are to blame. 12664237
Reposted by Mary PezzuloKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14hMy God, imagine getting laughed off the stage at a League of Women Voters event. 1573368602
Reposted by Mary PezzuloAmerican Bridge 21st Century @ab21.bsky.social · 14hWhile Mainers pay more for the Iran war, Susan Collins’ pockets deepen because of it. #MESen 219084
Reposted by Mary PezzuloScott Colom @scolom.bsky.social · 16hIf you like high gas prices, high groceries, no healthcare and endless corruption in D.C., then Cindy High Prices is right for you. But if you're ready for a new direction and a fighter for Mississippi, then I'm your guy. Let's go win on November 3rd! #MississippiMatters 5370115
Reposted by Mary PezzuloDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16hExcerpts from Michael Lewis on DOGE (Guardian article). 1. Gavin Kliger, white nationalist, refused to shake hands with the Black IRS staffer who briefed him on privacy issues. Or pay attention. Kliger now has a defense start-up valued at 1.4B thanks to DOGE. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... 5028081293
Reposted by Mary PezzuloAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12hTrump is now signing pardons on stage at his rally in Alaska (note that the documents are brought on stage by Natalie!) 1581156358
Reposted by Mary PezzuloAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14hTroy Jackson: "Sen. Collins keeps talking about all the power and authority she has, but she never has it unless it's for one of her donors" 842876613
Reposted by Mary PezzuloProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 11hAs an early, early @scolom.bsky.social booster, I told you so. 846593
Reposted by Mary PezzuloAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13hOssoff: "When the congressman voted for this Medicaid cuts, the largest in history, he knew that 50% of all births in our state are covered by Medicaid. He still voted for them. And as a result, a labor and delivery unit in his own district had to shut down. He also supports a total ban on abortion" 352321573
Reposted by Mary PezzuloJason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 13hI’m sorry, did a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate just ‘Won’t somebody think of the neo-Nazis?’ during a live TV debate? 16744161173
Reposted by Mary PezzuloHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 10hOctober 13, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 13, 2026This afternoon, the President of the United States posted two videos of lions and tigers attacking humans. 31717240
Reposted by Mary PezzuloAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9hLook at the shabby state and increasingly authoritarian trajectory of the country and ask yourself if we can endure 2 more years of a lawless Trump administration wreaking havoc with no check from Congress, then vote accordingly. This is not the time for a protest vote or purity politics. 28989302521
Reposted by Mary PezzuloSarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 16hBP has locked out its workers in Whiting, Indiana for 6.5 months and counting. The company is now appealing their unemployment benefits, a move that could force union members to pay back the assistance they've already received. Workers told me the company is trying to starve them.inthesetimes.com“They’re Trying to Starve Us”: BP Opposes Unemployment Benefits for Locked-Out WorkersSix and a half months into a lockout, the oil giant is appealing workers’ unemployment, a move that could force union members to pay back the benefits they've received. 312463
Reposted by Mary PezzuloWhitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 2hNew from me in @prospect.org: ICE is fast-tracking a new domestic spy program that surveillance experts told me would give the agency even more power to terrorize anyone and everyone.prospect.orgICE Planning $100 Million ‘Nightmare’ Domestic Spy Program - The American ProspectUnder ERO ONE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to hire 142 intelligence contractors with top secret clearances and deploy them in cities across the country. 8153109
Reposted by Mary PezzuloThe Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1hThe global cocaine trade is flourishing. U.S. airstrikes merely redirected the flow.on.wsj.comWhy U.S. Airstrikes Are Failing to Stop the Global Cocaine BoomSmugglers are shifting routes and using new tactics to evade military targeting, resulting in record supplies and plunging prices. 108033
Reposted by Mary PezzuloUNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 1h🚨 Russia launched a massive attack targeting all Kyiv’s power plants.united24media.comRussia Targets All Three of Kyiv’s Heat and Power Plants in Massive Missile AttackRussian forces struck all three Kyiv combined heat and power plants, with over 39 missiles and 120 drones causing major power outages across Ukraine. 913282
Reposted by Mary PezzuloCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1hPage One @washingtonpost.com 57516128
Reposted by Mary PezzuloProPublica @propublica.org · 1hNEW: The women were victims of domestic abuse. That’s what they told police officers, attorneys and anyone who would listen. It didn’t matter. They were all taken to an immigration detention center.propublica.orgThese Women Were Trying to Escape Domestic Abuse. ICE Detained Them Instead.It’s especially intimidating for immigrants suffering abuse to call 911. With this in mind, Congress has long treated people who need help as victims, not targets for deportation. Under the Trump admi... 13569321
Reposted by Mary PezzuloAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 2hEvery war is paid for by the people who fought it. Florida is home to 1.5 million veterans, and they deserve more than speeches and empty promises to care. Our veterans kept their promise. It’s time we keep ours, on time and without excuses. #AngieForFlorida 3451110
Reposted by Mary PezzuloJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 2hMe: We need affordable housing and healthcare and good paying jobs and funded schools — we need someone to work on the economy and inflation and rising costs and corruption. My Republican lawmakers: You just want men in women’s sports… 10519115
Reposted by Mary PezzuloSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2hThe Oregon far right activist who cooked up the fake “Talarico was in a mental health facility in Ohio” story has now moved on to fantasizing about “hunting down” Ilhan Omar. 43685201
Reposted by Mary PezzuloUNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 2h🔴 Unannounced SpaceX speed restrictions on military Starlink terminals are directly hindering Ukraine’s ability to intercept jet-powered Shahed drones. 🔗 united24media.com/war-in-ukrai... 2021795
Reposted by Mary PezzuloUNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 2h⚡️ BREAKING: President Zelenskyy has arrived in the UK for official high-level meetings. He is scheduled to meet with King Charles III and Prime Minister Burnham." 329447
Reposted by Mary PezzuloIan Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 2hThis should set off a siren in every defence ministry in Europe: there needs to be much more urgency about developing autonomous capabilities, not subject to US caprices, for early warning of attacks, countering ballistic missiles, communicating with forces or controlling offensive weapons. 26588242
Reposted by Mary PezzuloPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 4hPutin, Trump and Musk all colluding to defeat Ukraine 43734381
Reposted by Mary PezzuloCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2hFour days after Musk wrote, “Zelensky has gone too far.” @financialtimes.com #ukraine www.ft.com/content/3708... 21123501136
Reposted by Mary PezzuloCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h#tariffs 🇺🇸 www.foxnews.com/politics/ame... 56775271
Reposted by Mary PezzuloBrian Poindexter For Congress @poindexterforcongress.com · 1h"Everybody is just struggling right now." I had a great conversation with this Republican voter in Loudonville, Ohio. 222265
Reposted by Mary PezzuloThe Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1hInflation heated up last month. Consumer prices rose 3.7%, while a core reading picked up to 2.6%.on.wsj.comInflation Rose to 3.7% in September, Hotter Than ExpectedConsumer prices were up 3.7% in September from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Wednesday, hotter than August’s gain of 3.4%. 1811363
Reposted by Mary PezzuloStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 1hAccessibility challenges, stuck at work, a caregiver with parents, kids or patients, or live in a No Kings rally desert? Join our virtual rally! 🧵 16934
Reposted by Mary PezzuloKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 1hJust so you understand the scale of betrayal: first, our "partners" didn't warn Ukraine about the incoming ballistic missiles, so the air raid alert wasn't activated before impact, robbing people of their chance to survive. Then, Starlink was restricted to stop working at speeds above 100 mph. 451267561
Reposted by Mary PezzuloMolly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 1hWhat Trump and his minions are doing to Ukraine is monstrous, cruel, and absolutely without basis in justification except as torment 23434183
Reposted by Mary PezzuloAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 6hUkrainian presidential advisor Serhiy Beskrestnov confirms Elon Musk's Space X crippled Ukrainian capabilities last night. In other words, the US deliberately sabotaged European defence operations mid-mission. Every country in the world should move away from buying American hardware ASAP. 11335921605
Reposted by Mary PezzuloZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 1hScoop: "More than half of the top holders listed as competing for seats at President Trump's next meme coin dinner have used cryptocurrency exchanges that prohibit U.S. customers" @gabekaminsky.bsky.social, Madeline May,Steve Reilly for @cbsnews.comcbsnews.comTop bidders to attend Trump meme coin dinner appear to be based in foreign countriesAt least 52 $TRUMP holders moved funds through crypto exchanges that bar U.S. customers. 414072
Reposted by Mary PezzuloBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19hIt does appear the "data center eliminated Nazi and otherwise fuckface bots" narrative is basically wishcasting, it does show you how popular getting rid of this shit would broadly be, and that maybe a smart person should run on it. 794173733
Reposted by Mary PezzuloNigel Goldenfeld @nigelgoldenfeld.bsky.social · 21h🧪⚛️Mary Tsingou Menzel is her name. Her discovery, collaborating with Fermi, Pasta, Ulam was a surprise. The first computational test of a foundation of statistical mechanics (equipartition). It failed. This work was fundamental to the development of nonlinear dynamics and applied mathematics.nytimes.comMathematician Who Waited 50 Years for Proper Credit for Her Work Has Died (Gift Article)At the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mary Tsingou Menzel’s computer programming helped set the stage for chaos theory and other fields. 122464
Reposted by Mary PezzuloNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1hCan’t Allow Elon Musk the Power to Intervene in Wars No individual should be able to disrupt military ops like Musk did with Ukraine’s. I wrote that when he did it in 2023. Was told the problem was contract rules. Nope. Happened again. The problem is too much power, esp for an enemy of democracy.thedailybeast.comThe U.S. Government Can’t Allow Elon Musk the Power to Intervene in WarsThe billionaire’s interference in Ukrainian military operations shows he’s a national security risk. No private citizen should have that much power. 39873292
Reposted by Mary PezzuloChristopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 5hNEW: Ukrainian troops were caught off guard by restrictions on Starlink satellite internet systems that disrupted frontline operations, as Kyiv received no advance warning from its partners of a Russian missile attack on its energy facilities for the second day running, Ukrainian officials tell me.ft.comUkraine blindsided by Starlink restrictions and intelligence gaps during Russian attackMoscow ignores Donald Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’ while Kyiv’s forces experience connectivity problems on Elon Musk’s satellite network 28407200
Reposted by Mary PezzuloNancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 12hAnd Zacharia has repeatedly and publicly claimed to be an attorney, which is a crime in the United States if you haven’t passed the bar exam. 1420849