Reposted by Kristin PMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The thing to remember about Mike Pompeo is that he is an untruthful, fundamentally unserious person, with terrible ideas about foreign policy & everything else, who weakened & embarrassed the State Dept & was the worst Secretary of State in 🇺🇸 history. This is embarrassing & shameful from SIPA. 38514
Reposted by Kristin PMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Fascism Doesn’t Always Arrive by Force. Sometimes It Comes as Law" A visit to the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam showed me how changes in the law were used by the Nazis to push their agenda. It’s a warning from history we must heed before it's too late. @kimwehle.bsky.social for Zeteo:zeteo.comFascism Doesn’t Always Arrive by Force. Sometimes It Comes as LawA visit to the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam showed me how changes in the law were used by the Nazis to push their agenda. It’s a warning from history we must heed before it’s too late. 321529513
Reposted by Kristin Ptimkawakami.bsky.social @timkawakami.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The Giants will not lose 100 games this year. Champagne is optional. 1391
Reposted by Kristin PJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 16/09/2026In reply to some comments: Of course it's not just DC But the devastation is tangible and inescapable here, even more than elsewhere (From Kennedy Center to Reflecting Pool to stupid 'Arch' to National Guard troops to Cage Fight to cut-down cherry trees to NIH/USAID/Voice of America and much more) 2134023
Reposted by Kristin PAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia. 5953724913399
Reposted by Kristin PTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I think tearing down Trump's monstrosities, and scraping all that gold crap off the walls, would be healthy symbolism about recovering the country. In addition, fire all his appointees. He's the guy who wanted Schedule F - the next Dem POTUS should use it, then cancel Schedule F. But use it first. 71951181
Reposted by Kristin Pjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/09/2026funny thing about this podcast of course is it might get like 200 views, tops 2980810
Reposted by Kristin POlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 07/09/2026When someone causes damage and claims it is "for your own good," it is most accurately called toxic justification or abusive rationalization. People use this tactic to avoid guilt and control others. 1011382427
Reposted by Kristin PMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This is what happens when you send a couple of witless real estate guys out to do serious work. 2/2 763449
Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This should be a fun watch apple.news/AiF7Ib_S9QC2...apple.newsA plane full of weed crashed in Yosemite. A new documentary retells the wild legend — San Francisco ChronicleIt’s a classic bit of Yosemite campfire lore. Back in the 1970s, a smugglers’ airplane loaded with Mexican marijuana crashed in a backcountry alpine lake deep inside the national park. The dirtbag roc... 010
Reposted by Kristin PNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Fresh off failing to end the Iran war, secure any concessions, or even make US surrender stick, and riding on the apparent, deepening failure of their Gaza plan, Jared and Steve head to Moscow to resume their failing effort to get Ukraine to bow down to Putin and reward Russia for its aggression.bbc.comTrump envoys arrive in Moscow ahead of Ukraine talksSteve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are due to hold talks with Russia before travelling to Ukraine on Sunday. 2223096
Reposted by Kristin PJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 04/09/202620% growth isn't optimistic, it's fiction. Growth in 2025 was slower than 2024. So far in 2026, slower still. At some point you have to just call it what it is: a lie. Let's stop debating the number and talk about the actual economy. Full video: youtu.be/GWMlhf2eSRQ 32843284
Reposted by Kristin PLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026I don’t know what ESPN is saying about the Clippers because it’s the most expensive single channel in the universe & it’s like six hours straight of a guy in a tank top that would make me put my headphones on if I was in line behind him at a Costco. 865576
Reposted by Kristin PSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Not when he’s got his prescription pad out 1053385454
Reposted by Kristin PMike Levin @mikelevin.org · 03/09/2026Driscoll’s departure is the latest in a steady purge of our top military leaders, coming six months into an unauthorized war that commanders have warned is unsustainable. Why does Hegseth still have the job? www.militarytimes.com/breaking-new...militarytimes.comArmy Secretary Dan Driscoll resigns on short notice amid reported friction with HegsethDan Driscoll, who has served as the Army’s civilian leader since February 2025, tendered his resignation Monday. 710638
Reposted by Kristin PMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 02/09/2026They called him “Mayor 1%” in Chicago because he catered to the moneyed crowd. 0152
Reposted by Kristin PRep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · 31/08/2026The Trump Administration is trying to dismantle some of our most cherished public lands. Our National Parks are for every American. They aren’t for sale. 16797279
Reposted by Kristin PKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Put simply -- either Democrats hold Republicans accountable for this mess when they retake Congress, or voters will blame Democrats for it down the line. 611442263
Reposted by Kristin PGeorge Hahn @georgehahn.com · 28/08/2026We’ll all be better off when the red team is out of power and Trumpism is out of our lives. It starts with the midterms just 10 weeks away. Make sure your registration is in order and VOTE THEM OUT. 20667061678
Reposted by Kristin PJon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 19/08/2026He's like a scandal piñata. Every time you shake him, more misdeeds fall out… 772112696
Reposted by Kristin PBrynn Tannehill @brynntannehill.bsky.social · 20/08/2026There are no transgender athletes in South Carolina. They're banned by state law. Taiwan, however, produces most of the semiconductors in the US, and is the lynchpin of US policy in the Western Pacific. Anyone that votes for her is a an even bigger idiot than she is. 419648
Reposted by Kristin PMekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 19/08/2026People don't even stop to think about why most Black women aren't MAHA. One day, people will hold adult white Americans accountable for their own actions, and stop trying to find out who tricked them into every bad decision that they made. No one tricked them into making these bad decisions. 1756
Reposted by Kristin PJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 18/08/2026The pearls are being clutched so hard they're turning into dust. 6647032924
Reposted by Kristin PMekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 18/08/2026It's 2026, and white Dem politicians are still moving like all of those Black votes are locked in and automatic. I'm here to tell you that they are not.🤷🏿♂️ This isn't a debate. This isn't an opinion poll. This isn't a discussion. 26112
Reposted by Kristin PAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/08/2026Ossoff: "I have zero interest in running for president in 2028, and frankly zero interest in the 2028 fantasy football right now ... these midterms are the whole ballgame ... I don't know that we have a free and fair election in 2028 unless we restore checks and balances in these 2026 midterms." 518242076097
Reposted by Kristin PNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026A person without any govt position, who has numerous financial conflicts of interest, should not conduct US foreign policy. And that’s before we get to the fact that he uses this role to corruptly solicit money for himself. It’s wrong. Many seem to have accepted it, but I’ll never stop objecting.nytimes.comKushner Meets With Hamas to Advance Trump’s Gaza PlanThe president’s son-in-law met the Palestinian militant group’s leaders in Egypt, officials said. He will soon see Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli leader. 892818876
Reposted by Kristin PRep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 15/08/2026If this report is true, Trump official Michael Boren is using the U.S. Forest Service as his personal firefighting force, and is abusing his position. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...washingtonpost.comTop Trump official asked for more aircraft to fight a small fire near his Idaho ranchMichael Boren, who oversees the U.S. Forest Service, asked for more resources to contain a seven-acre blaze last month, officials said. 1112862
Reposted by Kristin PDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026TBF if you want experts on selling out principles for attention, these are your go-to-guys 2369965
Reposted by Kristin PMike Levin @mikelevin.org · 12/08/2026Today would be a great day for Trump to fire Pete Hegseth and replace him with someone who is actually competent. Every American and every soldier deployed abroad would be safer for it. 129022
Reposted by Kristin PJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 10/08/2026We spend so much time looking for God that we miss God in the person sitting next to us. In the face of a neighbor, we glimpse the face of God. We love God by loving our neighbors. 891831357
Reposted by Kristin PRep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 07/08/2026My Republican colleagues aren’t powerless, they are just refusing to do their jobs. Reining in an out-of-control President is literally in the job description. We are supposed to be a system of checks and balances. 501552338
Reposted by Kristin PDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 07/08/2026It’s like there’s no one left at the SEC. 51487
Reposted by Kristin PNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026American law abhors wrongful accusations against an innocent person For now our focus is getting Davey Hearn’s case dismissed w/ prejudice—& then all options are on the table We discussed @CNN.com👇 471993396
Reposted by Kristin PChris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 07/08/2026This is the difference between a winner and a loser. “Yeah you wanna try? Go ahead and fucking try. I’m gonna kick your ass anyways, and if I lose, I’m coming back twice as hard. If you’re on my team, we’re gonna smoke em.” vs. “WAAAH WAAAAH WAAAAAH” <fifth place benchwarmer diarrhea noises> 161778257
Reposted by Kristin PYour Evil Twin, Skippy 🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️ @twinskippy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Golden State Valkyries forward Gabby Williams: “There’s a lot of discourse around trans athletes and what they can compete in. I would welcome a trans athlete on my team or against my team. Anytime. I don’t think it’s a problem in the world, it’s just another way to kind of attack trans people.” 105157693498
Reposted by Kristin PMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Three years ago, the Biden White House attacked me for saying "Democrats should be fighting on every possible front — filing a flurry of lawsuits and exerting public pressure through the media." "The president's team wants to be more selective in picking legal fights." I feel sadly vindicated. 1102628439
Reposted by Kristin PGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 04/08/2026You could grow a spine and do your damn jobs. 781154033523
Reposted by Kristin PMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/08/2026David Ellison may think we are stupid, but we know who he is. We know what he has done to CBS. We know what he wants to do to CNN. Support independent media. 514113313379
Reposted by Kristin PAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 03/08/2026the next president has a duty to the country to prove that “tax immunity” is a completely made up thing that doesnt exist. they need to do this through intense prosecution to signal to future leaders what will happen if they try this 231766436
Reposted by Kristin PMike Levin @mikelevin.org · 28/07/2026This is a man who still lies that he won in 2020, who sent a mob to the Capitol to overturn an election he lost, and who now floats staying in power past the two terms the Constitution allows. There is no third term. There is the Constitution, and there is the door.theguardian.comInsults, potshots and quip about a third term: Trump’s rambling gala addressPresident mocks opponents and journalists in mostly lighthearted speech at White House correspondents’ dinner 24215
Reposted by Kristin PGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 26/07/2026Worth remembering that Talarico raised so much money he just gave some away to other Texas candidates and Mamdani raised so much money during the primary that he told people to donate to Adrienne Adams. People aren't giving up on Ds. They just don't like the DNC. The DNC should think about that! 282923649
Reposted by Kristin PMike Levin @mikelevin.org · 27/07/2026In an Appropriations Committee hearing earlier this year, I questioned Energy Secretary Chris Wright about the billions his department canceled in clean energy grants. He looked me in the eye and told me the decisions were made on the merits and had nothing to do with politics. That was a lie. 22537150
Reposted by Kristin PDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Writing code is now cheap but acquiring customers is not. New app submissions to Apple’s App Store are up almost 100% from 600K in 2025 to 560K so far in 2026. However app downloads are only up 2%. AI has led to a lot of new apps but not much more usage. This pattern will repeat across industries.nytimes.comA.I. ‘Vibecoded’ Apps Are Flooding Apple’s App StoreMobile apps are easy to make with artificial intelligence. That doesn’t mean people are excited to use them. 1013521
Reposted by Kristin PTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 17/07/2026The documents Trump cited don't even make his case - and actually refute much of it. But that didn'tg matter. No foreign regime, no spies, no saboteurs have yet matched the damage that America’s own president just did tonight to faith in U.S. elections. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comTrump Just Did More Damage to Elections Than ChinaHis speech was a mashup of charges that aren’t supported by the documents he released. 13540261214
Reposted by Kristin PRyan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Straight-up banana republic loser vibe 87813
Reposted by Kristin Pjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/07/2026stuff like this is why one important avenue for court reform is just nixing the shadow docket altogether and forcing these people to explain themselves to the public when they issue orders. also, making their records property of the united states and subject to publication when they leave the bench. 166103972710
Reposted by Kristin PAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10/07/2026MacFarlane: Welcome back to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which has retained its very swampy, green-like color. It’s still fenced off. It’s still inaccessible. It’s still not in its best shape. It is reflecting again, but it’s almost like it’s quarantined in its green-like state. 478118633306
Reposted by Kristin Pjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/07/2026and besides being nothing but lost cause cliches, these are the words of a coward who can’t bring himself to say anything of real substance or conviction for fear of alienating the wrong people. 2978892