Reposted by Maryann Mmainewomenforward.bsky.social @mainewomenforward.bsky.social · 16/01/2026The American people want the Epstein Files, not Greenland. 274165954522
Reposted by Maryann MMar-rick @marrickg.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Let's talk about the midterms. ICE is terrorizing and punishing blue states and cities to suppress your votes using fear from ICE- yes it's already started. Blue states need to wake up and have a plan to deploy the National Guard to protect polling stations & voters from the federal government! 585138623957
Reposted by Maryann MAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/01/2026And here we are: the entire transatlantic alliance is now talking about Greenland, instead of talking about ending the war in Ukraine. 35693152708
Reposted by Maryann MRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Renee Nicole Good was murdered. Marimar Martinez was shot. Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and jailed. The next could be you. What’s at stake isn’t just American democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones. This is personal — to every one of us. 296107903472
Reposted by Maryann MAyanna Pressley @ayannapressley.bsky.social · 15/01/2026"No" is a complete sentence. Thank you for your righteous refusal. Thank you for being a catalyst for my freedoms. Rest in power, our dear sister, Claudette Colvin. 012419
Reposted by Maryann MRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Remember: The real freeloaders in this country are the rich — not the poor or immigrants or any other group of people vilified as scapegoats. The richest 1% evade $163 billion in taxes every year. The United States literally has yacht and private jet tax deductions. Hello? 21285203242
Reposted by Maryann MMichelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 03/01/2026I remember when they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty. 11365161747
Reposted by Maryann MSabrina Fernandes @sabrinafernandes.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Rubio is claiming that they did not need Congress permission because it was a law enforcement mission. The US is behaving as a global police state, extending its own arbitrary legal decisions to the whole world. This is not a problem just for Venezuela. 1668289636843
Reposted by Maryann MRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs. A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut. If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity. 10053307910394
Reposted by Maryann MWHO @who.int · 27/06/2025Frank lives with #deafblindness. He communicates through tactile sign language. When his communication needs are not considered, he can miss out on vital health information. #HealthForAll means making sure no one is left behind. Read his story 👉 bit.ly/44wNteR #InternationalDayOfDeafblindness 022456
Reposted by Maryann MEd Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 27/06/2025To every LGBTQ+ kid watching the Supreme Court erase your stories from the classroom today: I’m sorry. You deserve to see yourself in the world and in the books you read. This campaign of censorship and cruelty will not win. We’re not backing down. 537778
Reposted by Maryann MAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/06/2025Murray to Vought: This should be a yes or no. What I hear is all kind of word salad to make sure you are letting us know that you intend to do things that are outside the intent of the law. 25491842650
Reposted by Maryann MAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/06/2025MERKLEY: How do you feel about being responsible for hundreds of thousands of kids dying because of your sudden interruption in these key programs? VOUGHT: I reject the assertion MERKLEY: I find your response both ignorant & callous. Few Americans have had a more devastating & disastrous impact 942230297442
Reposted by Maryann MACLU @aclu.org · 23/06/2025The former vice chief of the National Guard is calling for an end to President Trump's dangerous deployment of troops in Los Angeles to carry out his political agenda. Military troops shouldn't police their own communities.foxnews.comI led National Guard and regular Army units. Using the military to intimidate Americans is 100% wrongFormer Army and Guard leader criticizes president's deployment of military to American cities, arguing it undermines readiness and threatens constitutional freedoms 12882224
Reposted by Maryann MACLU @aclu.org · 24/06/2025As a brutal heat wave overtakes much of the country, almost every single state lacks universal air conditioning in their prisons, where temperatures can exceed 120 degrees. This isn’t an issue of comfort or luxury — it's an issue of life or death for many incarcerated people. 7339061213
Reposted by Maryann MAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/06/2025VEASEY: You've credited the 12 steps in your recovery. What's step 4? RFK JR: Making a fearless inventory VEASEY: Of ourselves. Do you remember step 12? RFK JR: We try to help other addicts VEASEY: Does cutting off treatment from people still suffering align with step 4 or step 12? 540183414804
Reposted by Maryann MAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/06/2025RUIZ: Did you read the report & fact-check its sources prior to publication? RFK JR: I did not fact check RUIZ: It included citations to sources that don't exist. How does that happen? RFK JR: All of the foundational assertions are accurate RUIZ: They did not exist. How can they be accurate? 793211755721
Reposted by Maryann MMother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/06/2025Today marks the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. What's happened since? A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.motherjones.comCriminalizing pregnancy: A record number of women were prosecuted the year after DobbsThey were targeted for substance use, miscarriages, and stillbirths, largely driven by fetal personhood laws. 652131755910
Reposted by Maryann MAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/06/2025Schrier to RFK Jr: You gave Cassidy the answer he needed to hear in order to get his confirmation vote, then as soon as you were secretary you turned around & fired all 17 members. You lied. I also want to be clear that I will lay all responsibility for every vaccine-preventable death at your feet. 1036336489776
Reposted by Maryann MSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 24/06/2025This is oligarchy. This is obscene. While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%. End this oligarchy. 12804039812754
Reposted by Maryann MACLU @aclu.org · 24/06/2025We asked trans rights activists how they’re navigating President Trump’s escalating abuses of power and how they’re finding joy this Pride month. Hear their answers on the newest episode of At Liberty.aclu.orgWho We Fight For: The Journey to Trans Liberation | American Civil Liberties Union 331752
Reposted by Maryann MZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 23/06/2025On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park. New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets. 268145652523
Reposted by Maryann MAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/06/2025Jeffries: "Not a scintilla of evidence to date has been presented that I have seen to justify the notion that there was an imminent threat to the United States of America. If the administration has evidence to the contrary, come up to present it." 906166564189
Reposted by Maryann MRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Be warned: Trump will likely use his war with Iran as a pretext to further suppress dissent at home. We must resist his efforts to stifle freedom of speech, make warrantless searches and arrests of Americans, and put more military onto our streets. 22771591947
Reposted by Maryann MAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/06/2025DEAN: Do you have any concerns about your conflicts of interest and the president's? BONDI: What I would be concerned about in Pennsylvania is all the child sex cases DEAN: Did you hear my question? 1498169834353
Reposted by Maryann MCongresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 22/06/2025Here is yet another reminder that the Constitution is not optional… Congress must authorize military force before any president—including Trump—launches a strike. 63884551740
Reposted by Maryann MAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/06/2025We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman. 28036864021835
Reposted by Maryann MRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/06/2025That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they? Hello? 17104185911407
Reposted by Maryann MAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Mahmoud Khalil is finally home with his beautiful wife and newborn son. Each one of the 104 days he spent detained was a grave injustice. From the moment of his detention, @ccrjustice.org + @aclu.org engaged my office as we worked closely to help secure his release. They did remarkable work here. 269217473003
Reposted by Maryann MPBS News @pbsnews.org · 17/06/2025President Donald Trump said he won't be calling Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz about the shootings of two state lawmakers, saying it would "waste time." 10927996
Reposted by Maryann MRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/06/2025"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953 175107742914
Reposted by Maryann MRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 13/06/2025It is bizarre the way people with guns, bulletproof vests, riot shields, tanks, and other military gear act like rocks are an equal threat. It’s madness! If you are scared of rocks and think the punishment for having them thrown at you should be death, you shouldn’t be in law enforcement! 267105562041
Reposted by Maryann MAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12/06/2025AOC: When they say illegal vs legal immigration—they are trying to end legal status in the US making people undocumented and then they have the audacity to call them illegal when they were here documented. 391321719018
Reposted by Maryann MAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 13/06/2025It is actually nuts that even when the NYC political establishment was presented with a broad field of talented candidates w/ many ideas, in a time of generational change & anti-corruption, they STILL chose to line up behind scandal-ridden Andrew Cuomo. It’s cowardice. 1051409645427
Reposted by Maryann MThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12/06/2025Rep. Tran: "Sen. Padilla was physically assaulted and arrested for attending Sec. Noem's press event...Would you have me forcibly removed from your press event if I walked in?" Hegseth: "I'm not going to speculate on a hypothetical." Rep. Tran: "I'll take that as a yes." 341297371
Reposted by Maryann MMother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/06/2025A DHS spokesperson defended the detainment, accusing Sen. Padilla of failing to properly identify himself during Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference. But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.motherjones.comSen. Padilla pushed to ground, handcuffed for demanding DHS not lieForcibly removing a sitting US senator, as they opposed the president's immigration policy, is a part of a broader slide. 1449185716176
Reposted by Maryann MBobbi Elman @autismadvocate.co.uk · 11/06/2025“Dog chases down ambulance that owner is being transported in. When EMS realise, they let the dog in.” Love this 🥰❤️ #DogSky #Reddit r\NextF***ingLevel 659187913035
Reposted by Maryann MRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants. Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this. Do not. 390138684128
Reposted by Maryann MAxios @axios.com · 12/06/2025Columbia University alumnus Mahmoud Khalil cannot be detained nor deported from the U.S. based on evidence provided by the Trump administration, a federal judge ruled today.axios.comJudge says Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil can't be detainedThe case of the legal U.S. resident marks a historic test of immigrants' speech rights. 9615104
Reposted by Maryann MLorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Well we still have famine to look forward to. How great for us. 51086003290
Reposted by Maryann MCongresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 10/06/2025RFK Jr., who's supposed to be all about "facts and logic," is out here removing members of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee?!? Y’all, these aren’t political appointees. These are public health experts—people who’ve spent their careers working to keep Americans safe from disease.apnews.comRFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committeeHealth Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines. 626110453166
Reposted by Maryann MSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 10/06/2025My thoughts on what’s going on in Los Angeles: 837171466582
Reposted by Maryann MMother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/06/2025An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house." The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.motherjones.comAn LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house"The practice, an expert warns, could lead to "reprisals and retribution by the police for your politics.” 1234159486468
Reposted by Maryann MPeter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Well, that will certainly show those liberals in, let me see, Florida, Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and South Carolina. "Trump plans to “wean” states off FEMA assistance after hurricane season ends." www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...washingtonpost.comTrump says governors should be able to handle disasters without FEMAIn remarks to reporters, the president said the administration plans to “wean” states off FEMA assistance after hurricane season ends. 2223862
Reposted by Maryann MAlly to Democracy @allyhartwell.bsky.social · 08/06/2025🦋 Representative talks to National Guard at LA anti-ICE protest Maxine Waters represents CA-43 which includes Compton in Los Angeles county, site of yesterday's car fire. She has represented her district for 34 years. "This is wrong & I hope that none of you will use those guns to shoot anybody" 🦋 22549229
Reposted by Maryann MAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/06/2025Bernie Sanders: "We have a president who is moving this country rapidly toward authoritarianism...to a large degree the future of this country rests with a small number of Republicans in the House & Senate who know better, who do know what the Constitution is about, and it's high time they stood up" 28575422059
Reposted by Maryann MAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/06/2025DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas? LUTNICK: Generally 10% DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8% LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America 29204666511338
Reposted by Maryann MThe Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 29/05/2025When the president of Harvard did something a fraction as severe as this, the Times covered it breathlessly for weeks. Just so we’re aware of the standard they set for themselves. 4388110
