Mena Burke @menaburke.bsky.social · 4hBeyond embarrassing, shameful, disgusting. Trump has destroyed our standing in the world. And he’s destroying an ally for Putin 000
Mena Burke @menaburke.bsky.social · 4hWas it Mark Twain who said: All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure. For sure, we’d be overstating the intelligence of the l « investors » (and the lug nuts who pay hundreds of thousands to reserve this nonsense) to call them ignorant. 010
Mena Burke @menaburke.bsky.social · 5hTrump has backed Netanyahu and his genocidal cronies to the point that not even US citizens clearly id’d as « press » are safe. The « settlers » are committing atrocities daily in the West Bank. 010
Mena Burke @menaburke.bsky.social · 6hwww.bbc.com/sport/footba... I can’t even …bbc.comVinicius Junior: From contract uncertainty to conspiracy theories and a four-match banVinicius Jr speaks to the press after being handed a four-match ban following his red card against Villarreal. 010
Mena Burke @menaburke.bsky.social · 19hFairfax County EV now more than 1/2 of total vote in 2022. And yet we still have only have 3 in-person locations open. More open 10/22. Make your plan to vote. www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/ea...fairfaxcounty.govIn-Person Early Voting | ElectionsFairfax County, Virginia - Learn about in-person early voting in Fairfax County, including locations, dates and times. 000
Mena Burke @menaburke.bsky.social · 19hapnews.com/article/oreg... “Multiple victims were children.” We should be profoundly ashamed that a teenager had too easy access to guns and decided to attack an elementary school. Whoever allowed that murderer the gun needs to be charged & deserves to be put away forever. We need gun control now.apnews.com5 people believed dead following shooting at Oregon elementary school, 2 officials tell APAuthorities believe at least five people are dead following a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon. 020
Mena Burke @menaburke.bsky.social · 15/10/2026There’s now won of those police surveillance cameras above the circle in front of Arlington - I guess they’re going to harass protestors of Trump’s Penile Implant Substitute Arch. 000
Mena Burke @menaburke.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I turn it off… . Can’t watch the rest so I assume Palace win 000
Mena Burke @menaburke.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I thought I must have missed something but they didn’t show a replay so …I guess I didn’t miss something 000
Mena Burke @menaburke.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Commentator running through the players Palace has lost over the last few years just to depress us. 000
Mena Burke @menaburke.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Well that’s a disheartening start in under 8 minutes 010
Mena Burke @menaburke.bsky.social · 15/10/2026If you’re a lawyer doing this at DoJ, you should be profoundly ashamed & you should be disciplined. 000
Mena Burke @menaburke.bsky.social · 15/10/2026wtop.com/virginia/202... So masked men put these flyers in cars. ICE cowards? Are they wasting our money on this too?wtop.com‘Anti-immigration’ flyers placed on cars in Alexandria neighborhood; Community worries it may discourage voting – WTOP NewsA neighborhood in Alexandria, Virginia, woke up to "anti-immigration" flyers on their car windshields. 000
Mena Burke @menaburke.bsky.social · 15/10/2026This guy is such a f*cking liar and he’s going get people killed with this. Remember the guy who believed Republican nonsense lies and decided to storm a basement-less neighborhood pizza place to search for non-existent trafficked children? 010
Mena Burke @menaburke.bsky.social · 15/10/2026www.usatoday.com/story/sports... This is interesting.usatoday.comMLB team payrolls from highest to lowest: Money isn't everything in 2026MLB's most expensive team fell flat on its face in 2026 while the lowest payroll in baseball made the playoffs. 000
Reposted by Mena Burkeemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Jon Ossoff has chased coordinated spending out of the Senate race and now he has $$ to spend. Curious to see whether he can pull others across the line. 833569
Reposted by Mena BurkeSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Let me be specific: Donald Trump is an f-ing traitor. He is in cahoots with Putin and Russia to break our democratic ally, Ukraine, which makes all of us less safe. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/w...nytimes.comUkraine’s Vulnerability Grows as Starlink Is Restricted and Russia EscalatesA huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning. 24551461964
Mena Burke @menaburke.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Republicans lie. Corrupt, unprincipled, anti-American liars 000
Reposted by Mena BurkeBlue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Love seeing @bethmacy.bsky.social wiping the smarmy, smug smile off of pathetic Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA06)'s face - great video by the Macy campaign! bluevirginia.us/2026/10/wedn... 22914
Mena Burke @menaburke.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Even with the republicans stopping the redistricting we the people voted for. 000
Reposted by Mena BurkeBlue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 14/10/2026NEW AD: Shannon Taylor Calls Out Rob Wittman for Cashing In on Data Center Stocks While Virginians’ Utility Bills Skyrocket ("Wittman traded data center stocks while voting to hand the industry billions in tax breaks") bluevirginia.us/2026/10/new-... 0147
Mena Burke @menaburke.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Corruption - the Trump family and regime is a giant criminal enterprise. 000
Reposted by Mena BurkeAmerican Bridge 21st Century @ab21.bsky.social · 13/10/2026WATCH: Andy Harris has a crash out after his constituents laugh at him for trying to blame higher gas prices on... Democrats. "You are rude!" #MD01 5323872773
Reposted by Mena BurkeThe Intercept @theintercept.com · 13/10/2026After a woman obtained public records indicating a Google datacenter would cover only one-third of the cost of a new solar plant to power the facility — contradicting its promises that ratepayers would not be on the hook — her electricity company sued her.theintercept.comAn Arkansas Mom Obtained Public Records About a New Data Center. Then She Got Sued.Cases in Arkansas and California show how desperately we need a federal law against lawsuits intended to chill free speech. 4621721176
Reposted by Mena BurkeCorey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 13/10/2026This thread illustrates, in horrifying detail, that when the media uncritically reports statements of the Trump administration, it's not just failing in its job, it's actively contributing to the evils the administration propagates. 6728234
Reposted by Mena BurkePeggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026My daughter is growing up with fewer rights than the 3 generations before her. Michele Tafoya may celebrate that, but I refuse to let it stay that way. 9585143
Mena Burke @menaburke.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I’d say this is astounding but Bari is intellectually dishonest and a propagandist for Netanyahu, Trump and the right-wing billionaire class concerns so …totally on brand. 010
Reposted by Mena BurkeChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/10/2026Holy shit. Rick Jackson didn’t just duck a debate with Keisha Lance Bottoms. He left her debating an empty podium. And the moderator made damn sure everyone knew it. Moderator Jeff Hullinger: “Mayor Bottoms, you may now ask a question to your opponent represented by the empty podium.” 11541041451
Mena Burke @menaburke.bsky.social · 14/10/2026May watch the repeat when I get back home tomorrow-ish. 000
Reposted by Mena Burkejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/10/2026of all the people who should not want to play this particular game, jd vance is at the top of the list 3468182767
Reposted by Mena BurkeCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/10/2026“.. 14.5% of home-purchase agreements that went under contract fell through in September, the highest rate for any September on record.” - Kobeissi 🏠 12388141
Reposted by Mena BurkeI may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 12/10/2026It was literally something Harris said on the campaign trail and other Black people said and were roundly dismissed as crazy bold faced liars. "this could never happen here" , said the people oblivious to American history and dooming us to repeat it. 510035
Reposted by Mena BurkeThe 51st @51st.news · 12/10/2026We go deep on the Revada Arts Center, a new multidisciplinary arts space with a black-box theater and cinema space that opens later this month in Southwest. 51st.news/southwest-dc...51st.newsSouthwest DC is getting a radical new arts spaceThe Revada Arts Center will be home to a theater company, film house, and “anti-opera” collective. 1186
Mena Burke @menaburke.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Let’s see: they’re using it for relationship advice, giving it their banking and other info and smoking to destroy their bodies …maybe they’ll go extinct before their product kills us by hacking water treatment facilities or blowing up a nuclear site? 000
Reposted by Mena BurkeCharles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 13/10/2026It sounds like this may end up being a self-correcting problem. It’ll take a few years, though… 8587
Reposted by Mena BurkeMatthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Catholic Archbishop for the Military Services with pastoral responsibility for US soldiers issues statement saying Catholic military personnel are morally obligated to refuse to participate in a potential livestreamed execution of Nidal Hasan. www.milarch.org/archbishop-b...milarch.orgArchbishop Broglio Issues Statement on Proposed Execution Livestream - Archdiocese for the Military, USAArchbishop Broglio has issued a statement on the proposal to livestream the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad. 17993298
Reposted by Mena BurkeIreland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Chants of 'Don't protect the women, we can fight. We don't need your fascist shite' rang out in Glasgow tonight. As anti-fascists, women's rights groups and trade unionists protested against 'patriot platform' and their supporters pushing their racist agenda in the city. Things you love to see ✊ 5359781484