Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/05/2026I rarely say “major breaking” and rarely put out these video hits, but this is pretty major. 1042139877361 0
mcfinney1.bsky.social @mcfinney1.bsky.social · 26/01/2026open.substack.com/pub/kathleen...open.substack.comKathleen Finnemore chatJoin now in the Substack app 000 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 25/01/2026The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault. 30515979919365 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 25/01/2026 18893462319 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026Klobuchar: "Somehow 50,000 peaceful protesters in 10 below weather were able to march without any problems, and then the next day half a dozen ICE and CBP agents couldn't handle a guy with a cell phone taking video of them and shot him. I think it's pretty obvious what's going on here." 625245937764 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 25/01/2026Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents. 15775579213725 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/01/2026The party that has spent unlimited resources and energy getting states to pass laws to allow citizens to openly carry loaded weapons anywhere - now believes that exercising this right is permission for law enforcement to murder you. Honestly, how dumb do they think we are? 56390162554 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Breaking NYT: The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.nytimes.comF.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns 516174977595 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted. 7654072012373 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialCongresswoman Robin Kelly @robinkelly.house.gov · 08/01/2026I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy. She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end. 21936310914169 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/12/2025Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?" 773241336715 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/12/2025Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton. 1673281757135 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialJason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 21/11/2025If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey. This isn’t controversial. A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place. 250157074607 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12/11/2025A normal reaction to today's news, dear Nancy, would be to express shock and horror at the significant possibility that the president of the United States is a child molester. 1883237395707 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/10/2025Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA." 569267458479 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Sen. Paul is right. These are murders. 32774972007 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/10/2025Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting." 7913337210589 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/10/2025The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today. 23592998116226 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Ignore all laws about altering historic properties ✅ Pave over Rose Garden for tacky Mar-A-Lardo Patio ✅ Demolish East Wing after lying that "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it" ✅ Build gaudy $250M Ballroom as public struggles financially ✅ #Ugh🤢✅ 1648225077832 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21/10/2025 1403224186426 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialForbes @forbes.com · 18/10/2025The Coast Guard spent $172 million on the jets, according to The New York Times. forbes.comCoast Guard Reportedly Spent $172 Million On Private Jets For Kristi Noem’s UseThe Coast Guard spent $172 million on the jets, according to The New York Times. 75749162351 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Cancel SPOTIFY. They are running ICE ads. F them. www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...snopes.comIs Spotify running ICE recruitment ads? Here are the factsThe advertising "is part of a broad campaign the US government is running" across various platforms — not just Spotify, a spokesperson told Snopes. 756129015759 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/10/2025The furious debate over whether Meghan McCain's seemingly willful stupidity is willful or just stupidity has now ended in a draw 117797601561 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/10/2025I keep seeing ads for Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on 60 Minutes tonight to discuss the "peace deal." Wonder if they'll update it with the news today that the ceasefire has been broken? "We taped this interview before the entire deal fell apart, but here it is anyhow..." 622112852416 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialPeggy Shinners @pshinkicker61.bsky.social · 19/10/2025This is what Democracy looks like. #NoKings 947287 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/10/2025Rand Paul: "When you kill someone, if you're not in a declared war, you really need to know someone's name at least. You have to accuse them of something. You have to present evidence. So all of these people have been blown up without any evidence of a crime." 1434261857447 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/10/2025This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win. 847299177413 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/10/2025Jeffries: "They care about George Santos and freeing him than they do about providing healthcare to everyday Americans." 363124493194 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Finally came across video of an arrest at a #NoKings event yesterday. 🙄 12504184310976 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialThe Rooster @rooster.info · 19/10/2025Big news: Vivek Ramaswamy has secured the endorsement of a convicted heroin dealer ahead of the 2026 gubernatorial election. 44430123 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialGovernor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 18/10/2025This is a profoundly absurd show of force that could put Californians directly in harm's way. Flying live rounds over a busy highway without coordination between state, federal, and local partners isn't just wrong — it's dangerous. 885120634312 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Pritzker: Illinois is not a place you can conquer and our people are not your subjects 302215195510 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/10/2025 1661162194472 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in. Why the delay? Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files. 579151104290 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialRep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 10/10/2025And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services. 371134323708 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/10/2025 358121843970 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 08/10/2025 796190946534 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2025Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War." 8623183010552 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2025RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition? JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back R: Why not now? J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants 2023149045142 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialDemocracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 06/10/2025No one is above the law. The public deserves transparency & accountability from government leaders. We'll be in court to get answers. 19993453107 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialdabxdee.bsky.social @dabxdee.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Blue states need to stop funding the Red States 51120262 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2025The judge is a woman. 1349125513199 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialGraceCallahan @gratefulg.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Bomb Moscow! No mercy! 🌐☮️🇺🇦💪🏽💪🏻💪💪🏿🤨 066 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Violent thugs are terrorizing Americans and they were sent by the White House. 285113763506 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Abolish ICE. Pass it on. 12657271978 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialAmy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 04/10/2025Starting yesterday, notifications of higher premiums are being sent to 90,000 Minnesotans. I heard from a small business owner in Eagan whose premium will increase by *at least* $450 a month. That’s $5,400 a year. That’s why we’re fighting to extend the health care tax credit. 1072507858 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/10/2025Fox News reporter to Mike Johnson: "How can you say 'they take no pleasure in this,' and then the next minute say, 'Oh, they're just having fun and trolling?'" 1540187544818 0
Reposted by @mcfinney1.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2025BlackRock will buy AES, one of the largest publicly traded utility companies in the U.S. AES is a major power provider for Big Tech companies building out data centers. Yes: while these data centers drive up your electricity costs, wealthy financiers are going to make a killing. 30277513355 0