Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialMickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 17/05/2026ICE agents were directly told to violate the constitution, and the agency tried to hide that fact. Here’s a source: apnews.com/article/ice-... 17645812292
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialDaily Kos @dailykos.com · 18/05/2026It’s to fight all that fraud, okay? www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...dailykos.comVance cuts off Medicaid funding to California families out of spiteOn Wednesday, the Trump administration announced that $1.3 billion in vital Medicaid funding would be deferred for six months for unspecified “fraud,” a significant financial punishment to the… 33116
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Trump just put him in charge of the FDA. He has no medical background at all. But he does turkey hunt with Don Junior so ok. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...rollingstone.comTrump Taps Don Jr.'s 38-Year-Old Turkey-Hunting Pal to Lead FDAKyle Diamantas, a hunting buddy of Donald Trump Jr., has been tapped to lead the Food and Drug Administration on an acting basis. 42646112250
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17/05/2026The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...open.substack.comSelma Rejects Jim Crow 2.0Half of the population in Dallas County, Alabama, where Selma is located, was African American in 1965. 225178929062
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Hawaii just enacted a law that effectively neuters Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.youtube.comCould This Actually End Citizens United?Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti 311146704805
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Yesterday, a new generation of civil rights activists marched from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights. As states across the country try to make it harder for citizens to be heard, we need to learn the lessons of those who came before us and refuse to take our democracy for granted.alabamareflector.comThousands attend protests in Selma and Montgomery for voting rights | Alabama ReflectorSpeakers at the All Roads Lead to the South events urge people to mobilize to oppose redistricting efforts by Legislatures in the south. 431264277448
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18/05/2026"The commutation 'signals it's open season on our election and election officials' “Gov. Polis is bending the knee to the same voices and conspiracy theories undermining belief in our democratic institutions. This is now Polis’ legacy. He will not be able to run from it” apnews.com/article/tina...apnews.comColorado's Democratic governor commutes ex-election clerk Tina Peters' sentence after Trump pressureColorado Gov. Jared Polis is commuting the sentence of a former county clerk and election conspiracy theorist following pressure from President Donald Trump. 1862343824
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialNiall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Our senior dogs had a big beach day out. I promise this will make you smile from ear to ear ❤️ 1706518888
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialBrant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 17/05/2026This Needs to Happen…. Idea: a law that says if you’re going to build a data center, you have to also build enough solar panels to power it. We can call it the Bring Your Own Damn Grid Act. 51585302236
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialMitch Jackson ⚖️ @mitch.social · 17/05/2026REPORTERS, WE NEED TO TALK. SIGNED, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE This video delivers an open letter directly to every reporter in the briefing room, on Air Force One, and the reporters who have forgotten who works for who. youtube.com/shorts/NpGkM...youtube.comReporters… We Need To Talk. — Signed, The American PeopleYouTube video by Uncensored Objection 1661820826
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 18/05/2026DHS officials previously insisted children were not zip-tied during this raid, but in his claim, a 16-year-old boy who hyperventilated at the sight of agents assaulting immigrants said he and his mom were zip-tied outside the building.propublica.orgImmigrants Detained in Chicago Military-Style Raid Seek Millions in DamagesNew accounts from 17 men, women and children taken in a midnight raid paint a violent, terrifying portrait of the federal agents’ alleged actions. These descriptions form the basis of claims filed thi... 11699255
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialRosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 18/05/2026Coffee prices are heavily tied to climate change too. Arabica beans are more costly because of drought in Vietnam and Brazil uwaterloo.ca/climate-inst...uwaterloo.caClimate Change Brewing: Your Coffee’s Price Surge Explained | Waterloo Climate Institute | University of WaterlooDroughts in Brazil and Vietnam have driven coffee prices up 80%, worrying roasters and hinting at higher costs for consumers soon. 19625
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialResist the World’s Oligarchy @greyghost65.bsky.social · 17/05/2026😁 🖕🚫👑🍊💩🌮 33752621309
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialJocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 17/05/2026A Sandhill Crane couple guides their colts over the metal bridge. This is the same couple that raised a Canada Goose several years ago. I can tell as the male Sandhill Crane is missing part of a toe on his left foot. 523189405
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialDaily Kos @dailykos.com · 17/05/2026Totally the move you want from the secretary of defense. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...dailykos.comHegseth slashes Army training as Trump’s war rages onDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth is drastically cutting Army training to pinch a few pennies. 52814
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 17/05/2026ICYMI, I wrote about Project Seahorse The Organization Helping to Protect Seahorses, Sea Dragons and Pipefish Many species of seahorse, pipefish, and sea dragons are threatened with extinction—Project Seahorse can help www.scubadiving.com/organization...scubadiving.comThe Organization Helping to Protect Seahorses, Sea Dragons and Pipefish<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">In the latest "Organizations Divers Should Know," David Shiffman, Ph.D. explores Project Seahorse, a collaboration of researchers and conservationists working to study and… 16523
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialAubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Daughter woke me up this morning saying, “Daddy, play ‘Walking on, walking on,” by which she means this specific performance of Annie Lennox doing “Walking on Broken Glass” on Jools Holland. I guess I’m doing something right.youtu.beAnnie Lennox - Walking on Broken Glass (Later Archive)YouTube video by BBC Music 1403471321
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 17/05/2026A 57-year-old resident with no criminal history was detained on a layover as she traveled home from visiting her ailing father in France. She was forced to spend the night in a holding cell and was threatened with deportation.propublica.orgA Noncitizen Says She Was Told She Could Vote. Then Customs Detained Her at the Airport and Threatened to Deport Her.The case, which hasn’t previously been reported, marks a new escalation in the Trump administration’s efforts to find and prosecute instances of noncitizen voting, despite evidence that it is rare. 6328137
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/05/2026Buttigieg on Duffy: "I love roadtrips. I love America. I actually took a taxpayer-funded roadtrip lasted about 7 months. It was in Afghanistan. This is something very different. To make roadtrips unaffordable & then go around celebrating your own roadtrip is actually why people are frustrated about" 409175384908
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialBob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 17/05/2026The president of the United States is, mentally, eight years old. 161780511725
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialSassySenora701 @sassysenior70.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Supreme Racism. A political cartoon by Bob Whitmore about the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Supreme Court. 372140544914
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialpenboyasgod.bsky.social @penboyasgod.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Easily, the most corrupt president in history: 687147375079
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/05/2026No one in this regime will face federal criminal accountability unless we reform the Supreme Court first. That's what folks should be running on. That should be the lesson of the Jack Smith prosecutions: it doesn't matter who the AG is. 557158134166
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialJulie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Every American who has been out in the streets protesting this administration and standing up to ICE is thousands of times braver than 90 percent of Congress. What a sad state of affairs. 843624711
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialWilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 08/04/2026The National Park Service is proposing a new rule that allows for cruel and grossly unethical hunting practices on America’s National Preserves in Alaska, including on over eight million acres of Wilderness. Raise your voice by April 9! >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/ak-hunting-t...wildernesswatch.salsalabs.orgSpeak up against cruel hunting practices on National Preserves in AlaskaYour comments needed by April 9. 02013
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialTheir Devil @iamdevil.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Pretty obvious. 21991523551
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Remember when Trump fawned over his wealthy donors, calling them “rich as hell” while promising to give them tax cuts? That's one campaign promise he didn't break. But everyone else didn't get so lucky. [@itep.org] 341293561
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialMark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 08/04/2026www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...theguardian.comIn a war with no winners, Netanyahu looks like the biggest loserAs Iran and US agree fragile ceasefire, Israel’s conflict has turned out to be a bust and, say opponents, ‘a political disaster’ 2022045
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 08/04/2026Trump may be using Nixon’s ‘madman theory’ – and similar infamy may awaittheguardian.comTrump may be using Nixon’s ‘madman theory’ – and similar infamy may awaitNixon’s Vietnam strategy appears at play in Trump’s Iran threats, but he may want to ponder the ex-president’s fate 247530
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialBrant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 08/04/2026All of Us Should Be Able To Agree With This….. 1638297927431
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialmspwhistles.bsky.social @mspwhistles.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Today is day 127 of the ICE occupation of MN. ICE is still here. Neighbors are still being abducted. So we’re here too. Still carrying whistles. Still standing watch in our neighborhoods. Still doing mutual aid. Still fighting for ICE OUT EVERYWHERE. 13869902508
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/04/2026I'd really like to see leadership calling for impeachment and removal, regardless of whether they have the votes to get it done. Same way we called for marriage equality before we had the votes. A leader's job is to lead. If a genocidal threat isn't impeachable, then nothing is. 886295987643
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialMark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 08/04/2026The world intelligence agencies have a two week window to leak the complete Epstein Files. It’s actually a very prudent and economical act of national defense. We can’t keep letting him put us through this. 15070251699
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialPeggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Take heart — people are in the streets. Chicago marched through the Loop demanding accountability. You can’t bully the world into peace. You can’t terrorize people in the name of humanity. #ImpeachAndRemoveNow 12480272114
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/04/2026BREAKING: Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf says the U.S. has already violated key clauses of Iran’s 10-point framework before negotiations even begin — citing Lebanon ceasefire breaches, a drone incursion, and denial of enrichment rights. He calls talks “unreasonable” under current conditions. 1/ 25846661665
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Their disabilities didn't stop these dogs from enjoying life. Original post 1785602826
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialShelley Davis @shelleymdavis63.bsky.social · 08/04/2026That's for sure. He is definitely not American citizens first. 622255896181
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Cartoon by @danboriscreates.bsky.social. Stable Genius Crisis Manager. 433147294284
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialLisaLisa @lisalisa42.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Congress is completely useless at this point. 1316303517579
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/04/2026This man needs to resign his position in Congress now. 1652448714
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/04/2026We're living through the doom loop once again. 305100912887
Reposted by @mefay.bsky.socialWilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 07/04/2026The National Park Service is proposing a new rule that allows for cruel and grossly unethical hunting practices on America’s National Preserves in Alaska, including on over eight million acres of Wilderness. Tap for full details and talking points >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/ak-hunting-t... 0115
