Reposted by mightiestpenMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/04/2025🚨 Trump’s massive tariffs on nearly all imports into the U.S. are now in effect. This is one of the biggest tax increases on Americans in the history of the United States. 1143091764
mightiestpen @mightiestpen.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Americans are having our services gutted while facing a massive cost of living increase. The economic anxiety is palpable. And yet he wants to spend $90M for a military parade for his birthday. Republicans are ok with this waste, fraud, and abuse? www.cnn.com/2025/04/07/p...cnn.comTrump admin in early stages of planning a June military parade in Washington, DC | CNN PoliticsThe Trump administration is in the early stages of planning for a military parade to take place in Washington, DC, in June to commemorate the Army’s 250th anniversary, two defense officials told CNN o... 042
Reposted by mightiestpenTristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 07/04/2025The Constitution gives CONGRESS power over tariffs. Congress gave that power away to the president over the years. The Republican-majority Congress could STOP Trump's tariffs. Right now. BUT THEY ARE CHOOSING NOT TO. 602234632
Reposted by mightiestpenEzra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Local Indivisible member was abducted by ICE in Washington. If you're in the state, please elevate this thread to your electeds and ask for their help in getting his release. 5035392050
mightiestpen @mightiestpen.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Just an FYI, even the Conservative subreddit is demanding consequences for this COLOSSAL fuckup. That’s how you KNOW it’s bad. This isn’t leadership. It’s the clown conducting a circus. apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comTrump downplays national security team texting military operation plan on Signal as a minor 'glitch'President Donald Trump is downplaying the texting of attack plans to a group chat that included a journalist as “the only glitch in two months” of his administration. 130
mightiestpen @mightiestpen.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Dissolve the Department of Education. Create an FBI Tesla Task Force. The regime only serves the billionaires. www.cnbc.com/2025/03/24/f...cnbc.comFBI launches Tesla threats task force: 'This is domestic terrorism'Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his DOGE team are leading efforts by the Trump administration to drastically cut federal government spending and staff. 020
mightiestpen @mightiestpen.bsky.social · 25/03/2025I think they’re all culpable for this, not just Waltz. The fact it happened at all is wild, but none of the other people in the chat even bothered to validate who was on the call? And this wouldn’t have even been an issue had they not been using an *iPhone app* to conduct war planning. 100
mightiestpen @mightiestpen.bsky.social · 24/03/2025“The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.” —Aldous Huxley 010
mightiestpen @mightiestpen.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Exactly what I’ve been saying. I’m shocked this hasn’t happened sooner. 000
Reposted by mightiestpenChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 21/03/2025This is really the whole ball game right now, *particularly* among the institutions that make up civil society. (my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up) 435267315500
Reposted by mightiestpenClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 22/03/2025There are scores of anti Trump/DOGE/Musk protests planned for April 5 handsoff2025.com 11464152055
mightiestpen @mightiestpen.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Guy at my gym wearing a MAGA hat with a “LION OVER SHEEP” tank top. Oh, the irony… 000
Reposted by mightiestpenThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Amen. 🇺🇸 They want you to believe this is radical. It isn’t. 460278215583
Reposted by mightiestpenRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Millions of seniors who rely on Social Security as a lifeline could see their benefits disrupted once DOGE cuts crucial phone services. Why the cuts? To address fraud that amounts to less than 0.00625% of what the government sends out in benefits each year. Hello? 36589202942
mightiestpen @mightiestpen.bsky.social · 21/03/2025“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” —Edmund Burke 010
Reposted by mightiestpenAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/03/2025The decisive test of our society in my lifetime was the 2024 election and our failure was spectacular and total. I will never again have any faith in the American electorate to do the obviously right thing. 2029343555180
Reposted by mightiestpenCovie @covie93.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Imagine calling yourself the master race and have to resort to erasing the achievements of minorities to make yourself feel better. 923345038545
Reposted by mightiestpen@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Boycott Airbnb! They’re DOGE! 685174448141
mightiestpen @mightiestpen.bsky.social · 19/03/2025I’m waiting for an executive order that bans seat belts. 010
Reposted by mightiestpenJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Here’s your president America. He believes he should be able to do WHATEVER he wants. And no judge/court should be able to stop him. So I ask you America: Do u agree with him? Should he be able to do WHATEVER he wants? Even if a judge/court says it’s illegal or unconstitutional? 9940097
mightiestpen @mightiestpen.bsky.social · 17/03/2025This tweet is from a DOGE “engineer.” Anyone, like myself, who works with data for a living knows how ridiculous this claim is on multiple levels. These people have NO idea what they’re doing. 210
mightiestpen @mightiestpen.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Trump claimed “The world will respect us again!” Two months into office, France is starting a motion to repossess the Statue of Liberty on the grounds that America is no longer a symbol of liberty. This isn’t The Onion… www.france24.com/en/france/20...france24.comFrench MEP demands the US 'give us back the Statue of Liberty'A French member of the European parliament has called for the US to return the Statue of Liberty originally gifted by the French people to mark the centennial of American independence because the US… 020
Reposted by mightiestpenBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 16/03/2025I am begging blue state governors to have lunch this week with your adjutant general of the National Guard. Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future. 613334778671
mightiestpen @mightiestpen.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Trump doesn’t respect veterans because they’re veterans of other presidents’ wars. Fighting for your country means nothing to him. It doesn’t register in the mind of a malignant narcissist. This is why he has no problem abandoning them. time.com/7266955/trum...time.comTrump’s Massive Cuts to the VA Betrays Veterans Like MeSlashing VA jobs is not just a policy failure; it is a betrayal of the oath we took to serve and protect this nation. 000
mightiestpen @mightiestpen.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Democratic leadership www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2g8d2rv/tiktok.comChris Hayes-“There’s essentially an unconstitutional assault on the government right now.” Cuck Schumer-“There is. These guys are the worst and we have to fight them every step of the way.” Chris Ha...TikTok video by Olivia Carstens 000
Reposted by mightiestpenIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 16/03/2025Our Democratic senators need to step up and call for new leadership. Send your senators an email and urge them to publicly demand that Sen. Schumer steps aside.act.indivisible.orgEmail Your Democratic Senator and Demand They Call on Senator Schumer to Step AsideOn March 14, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer failed to stand up against Donald Trump’s power grab. Instead of using the leverage Senate Democrats had, he caved—paving the way for extreme funding ... 821662531
mightiestpen @mightiestpen.bsky.social · 15/03/2025The #TeslaTakedown protest in Smithtown, NY earlier today was at least double the size of the same protest 2 weeks ago —same day of the week, time, and location. The movement is growing! Join the movement. 🫡 indivisible.org 131
mightiestpen @mightiestpen.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Walz keeping it real. I hope to keep seeing more of him. www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/...reddit.comFrom the minnesota community on Reddit: Gov. Walz, "There’s nothing conservative about an unelected South African nepo baby firing people at the VA."Explore this post and more from the minnesota community 000
Reposted by mightiestpenArt Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Time to boycott Senate donations and sign petitions. Chuck Schumer has gotta go.change.orgSign the PetitionBoycott Contributions to Senate Democrats Until Chuck Schumer Steps Down 2213496793
Reposted by mightiestpenMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 14/03/2025. @annecaprara.bsky.social is correct here 17980531490
Reposted by mightiestpenAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/03/2025Merkley: "The best time to take on a tyrant is as early as possible. And this is the moment." 529208134575
Reposted by mightiestpenAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025New Yorkers: Call Sen. Gillibrand’s office to vote NO on cloture and NO on the Republican Spending Bill. They vote in the morning. ☎️: (202) 224-4451 1011307907834
Reposted by mightiestpenAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable. Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes. Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason. 491513102424236
Reposted by mightiestpenThe Onion @theonion.com · 14/03/2025Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Themtheonion.comDemocratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices ThemWASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe... 676358867220
Reposted by mightiestpenTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 11/03/2025It's not that the kid is wrong, it's that he's wrong with utter and serene confidence. When people ask me why I wrote The Death of Expertise, it wasn't ignorance that compelled me to write, it was this kind of unbreakable, completely self-assured ignorance that did it. 38865111284
mightiestpen @mightiestpen.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Don’t let Trump’s Tesla promotion at the White House distract you from the unlawful destruction of the Department of Education. 000
mightiestpen @mightiestpen.bsky.social · 12/03/2025This is completely reckless. Imagine half of your workplace being fired with no warning or strategy. The sheer chaos will result in mass dysfunction, which is the point. This is an act of war on public education. This cannot be tolerated. Join the cause: @indivisible.org apnews.com/article/educ...apnews.comEducation Department cuts half its staff as Trump vows to wind the agency downThe Education Department plans to lay off more than 1,300 of its employees as part of an effort to halve the organization’s staff -- a prelude to President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the agency. 000
Reposted by mightiestpenMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Funny....All of a sudden, no one's performing arbitrary sex-change operations on unexpecting grade-schoolers anymore. 17597284813861
Reposted by mightiestpenChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Musk and Trump could not possibly be sending a clearer signal that the Tesla protests are working than this pathetic stunt today. 1034448687332
Reposted by mightiestpenChavah @evecuyen.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Don't fall for lies, and don't obey in advance. 12585179
Reposted by mightiestpenIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 05/03/2025Donald Trump stood in front of Congress tonight and reinforced what we already knew: He’s a corrupt megalomaniac lunatic who is running our country to the ground. These are not normal times. Everything is not fine. We are in crisis. 593014689
Reposted by mightiestpenRep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 05/03/2025This is not normal. 49858271186