Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Think about the core tenets of American conservatism: a government serving 300 million people and leading the world should be “small” and that we should orient all policy around servicing the rich so that they throw us gruel. It’s fucking stupid and we should say so. 16896220
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialAnne 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. 5943728413399
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialDaily Kos @dailykos.com · 13/09/2026Comic ✍️: Devil's advocate by Mike Luckovich Get more comics in your inbox 👉️: signup.dailykos.com 03915
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Senate Republicans refused to convict Trump after Jan 6. Republican SCOTUS appointees gave him immunity. Republicans in Congress today stand idly by as he unleashes death and destruction across the globe. We are now at the whims of a mad king because GOP leaders have refused to constrain him. 17240221267
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 02/09/2026There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved” 20591013162
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026seems like a good time to remind people that Niemöller (the author of the confession memorialized in the "First they came for the Communists" poem) was a Hitler supporter, and made that confession after spending time in the Dachau concentration camp 3540911147
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 27/08/2026As incredible as this new therapeutic is, it took over 100 years of this treatment to come to fruition. This breakthrough was only made possible thank to federal funding, which is currently under attack. Get involved here: zurl.co/MjIIs or donate here: zurl.co/yS8Xb 14818
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Solar power made up 12.1% of US electricity this June, up from 10.3% last year Over the last twelve months, solar has made up 9.3% of US electricity, another record high! 227936
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Official monthly data is in today, and US solar power generation hit a new record high, up 20% compared to this time last year! 161504292
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 23/08/2026I've heard thousands of climate denial arguments over the last few decades. But do you know they all fall into one of 5 categories? 1. It's not real 2. It's not us 3. It's not bad 4. We can't fix it 5. You can't trust the info/experts Source: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 39785354
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026REPUBLICANS STARTING A WAR: Understanding history is for the weak, we have big bombs so our glorious victory is inevitable REPUBLICANS WHEN THE WAR GOES SOUTH: This is Jimmy Carter's fault 37526
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Bookmark Firemap.live for updates.firemap.liveFireMap: Track Wildfires in Real-Time with NASA & Local DataExplore real-time global wildfire tracking with data from NASA FIRMS, EFFIS, and local authorities on FireMap.live. 3217
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/07/2026We didn't previously integrate wildfire-smoke costs into the supposed cost of climate change for the US, and it turns out to be bigger than all those other costs combined. Oops! Gosh I wonder if we're underestimating anything else. Probably shoulda done something about this. Ah well.heatmap.newsWhat Worries Me Most About This Wildfire SmokeWe didn’t know days like this could happen. Then we learned how bad they really are. 501483548
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 18/07/2026We can make a society that exists for the care and thriving and enjoyment of the actual people rather than for the enrichment of parasitical greed freaks and the comfort of creepy-minded religious bigots. All that's needed is for more people to stop fearing good things and start fighting for them. 61104264
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialJorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 14/11/2024We are all going to have so many kinds of diarrhea 14675731702
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialTom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 17/07/2026🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug - The MAGAs, in "Stigmatized!" IN WHICH the intrepid couple do their own scientific research. 39925
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 14/07/2026PHASE ONE of our fight against the OMB rule is complete and YOU ALL SHOWED UP!!! HALF A MILLION COMMENTS is WILD. We absolutely exceeded our goal of 100,000! So, what happens next??? Welcome to PHASE TWO: Pressure and Preparation! 1/x 1595227
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialJim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45... 18383624295
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 12/07/2026victory lapping on this one 231143452460
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 09/07/2026The Trump admin continues to dismantle our clean energy sectors and defund research into clean energy. The new OMB rule will further enable political appointees to block funding for climate research. Fight back by leaving your public comment here: zurl.co/2ZHsp Article: zurl.co/RXK6Szurl.coEuropean countries top ‘scorecard’ on climate progress while US slips to 27thEstonia, Luxembourg and UK are the top three in biennial Yale University index in tackling pollution and other issues 06432
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialPetter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 07/07/2026Then meeting them halfway is not a remedy. It can be complicity. Then treating both sides as equivalent is not neutrality. It can be normalization. Then conflict and resistance are not the disease. They can be part of the solution. 135274
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialPetter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 07/07/2026Why does it matter what term we use? Because diagnoses imply remedies. If the problem is polarization, the solution is civility. Dialogue. Lowering the temperature. Finding common ground. Compromise. But what if the problem is right-wing radicalization? 235985
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialPetter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 07/07/2026‘Polarization’ has become the master concept for diagnosing our current democratic crisis. But this is not polarization. It is the radicalization of the political right. By misdiagnosing it, we risk becoming complicit in the crisis. 🧵 Just out in Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153... 4934511433
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 08/07/2026WAIT FOR IT WAIT. FOR. IT! 🪶 🐣 18192292238
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialDr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Fifteen years ago, Republicans fought to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Now, with the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill,” many Americans are expected to face higher healthcare costs or lose coverage over the coming year. Who, in their right mind, keeps voting for this party? Listen to this. 59033
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialYour Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 06/07/2026new toon: a late night visitor www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...dailykos.comThe visitorA cartoon by Tom Tomorrow. 11490114
mikeconnaghan.bsky.social @mikeconnaghan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Fox News is an extremist propaganda operation, and they don't care how many people they [hurt]. 010
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 01/07/2026America: Birth Of A Nation | Official Trailer The Onion's look back on 250 years of American exceptionalism premieres July 3, just as our Founding Fathers predicted. 161114180
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialMolly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 01/07/2026These are not “far left” positions. These are incredibly popular positions. 402296427
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 30/06/2026In a sane world (an alt reality) today's dissents would sufficient to warrant Thomas, Gorsuch and Alito's impeachment and removal from office. If you defy the plain words, meaning, intent, history, precedent of a black letter constitutional injunction u are abusing your power and should be removed. 6846501272
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 30/06/2026BY a 5-4 margin, the U.S. Supreme Court has determined the U.S. Constitution has plain words that actually mean what they say. In a dissenting opinion, Justices Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch & Kavanaugh argue they are dread pirates and therefore the U.S. Constitution is more a guideline than a hard rule. 36595139
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialPaul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 30/06/2026A Brief History of Kids Today Are Selfish 🧵 18628251
mikeconnaghan.bsky.social @mikeconnaghan.bsky.social · 30/06/2026The more people who realize how blatantly anti-reality these corrupt murderous clowns are, the better. Though it's hard for many to accept, that just means the effort to show it must be relentless. 010
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 29/06/2026TMZ DC with perhaps the most brutal video from Trump's Great American State Fair, showing Dr. Oz on stage bragging to Dean Cain about how big the crowd is, only for the reporter to pan around and show absolutely nobody is there. Original post: x.com/i/status/207... 472120583790
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/06/2026AOC: The Republican Party’s brand is fear. They constantly want Americans in fear of somebody because, if you are not afraid of someone who is your neighbor, you’re going to realize who’s actually pickpocketing you. 16773882143
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 24/06/2026For the first time on record, solar generated more electricity than coal across the entire U.S. - despite active federal policy pushing the other direction. Read more at the link below!patreon.comThe great solar-coal flip | Talking Climate with Katharine HayhoeSolar passes coal, super El Niño looms, and show your warming stripes Coal built the Industrial Revolution - now wind and solar are beating 311704550
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Ms. Rachel: As the American Academy of Pediatrics says, there is no safe amount of time for a child to be in detention. The Dilley immigration detention center must be shut down. We need to end the cruel policies of family detention and family separation. 182203165463
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialStandplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 12/06/2026 332648596
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Today is a good day to remind people of the report about ads being placed beside Nazi content on Elon Musk’s Twitter that so triggered Musk he is trying to destroy Media Matters www.mediamatters.org/twitter/musk...mediamatters.orgAs Musk endorses antisemitic conspiracy theory, X has been placing ads for Apple, Bravo, IBM, Oracle, and Xfinity next to pro-Nazi content 114060
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialEzra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 09/06/2026The people of Albania have been protesting the Trump family for 11 days straight because Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner want to build a $2 billion luxury resort on an environmentally sensitive coast site. Solidarity with the people of Albania standing up to billionaire greed. 🇦🇱 🎥 @olsimeraj on IG 7939921252
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialMatt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 05/06/2026There are 6 days to go in this Kickstarter and a $10k gap to close. I am genuinely wondering if we get there. If you have thought about backing this project, now is the time. www.kickstarter.com/projects/gle...kickstarter.comThat One Matt Bors ComicA book about how “we should improve society somewhat” conquered the discourse 410280
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialCJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 05/06/2026For comparison, more than 13,000 eligible federal inmates were released early to home confinement during COVID, a policy which the Trump administration tried to reverse. By 2023, only 22 had reoffended. 4410184
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 04/06/2026Demand that Republicans vote NO on the reconciliation bill and focus on funding our communities instead of Trump’s secret police. Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-yo... Call: indivisible.org/actions/gop-...indivisible.orgTell Your Republican Senator to Stop Bankrolling ICE Brutality | IndivisibleRepublicans are trying to ram through billions more taxpayer dollars for ICE to terrorize our communities, on top of the slush funds they got from the Big Ugly Bill last year. Tell them to vote no and... 315359
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialMaggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 01/06/2026My god, Octavia Butler, just miss ONCE 176113873797
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 30/05/2026Right-wing think tanks and climate skeptics glommed onto this debate to make a handful of bad-faith arguments that have relatively little to do with the generally good-faith academic discussions about the merits of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. trib.al/tkVEbWGtrib.alTrump Twisted a Climate Debate Beyond RecognitionResearchers concluded that one future climate scenario is unlikely to happen. Right-wingers went wild. 44215
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialJohn Lansing @pipedreaming.bsky.social · 29/05/2026If solar panels or heat pumps blew up entire apartment buildings as often as natural gas systems do, they would be banned tomorrow.youtube.comBREAKING: At least 11 people unaccounted for after explosion at apartment building in DallasYouTube video by NBC News 171617306
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 29/05/2026Close Delaney Hall. Close them all. 35962481
Reposted by @mikeconnaghan.bsky.socialOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 28/05/2026“James Talarico thinks real men protect kids instead of listening to some gravely voiced fuck stick who wants to give them mother fucking polio because he doesn’t believe in science and went to the ‘I fucking made it up’ school of medicine” Sorry but responding to this shit ain’t hard. 614134