Reposted by miriConor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Elon Musk is single-handedly funding the Ken Paxton campaign: 3867722261 1
Reposted by miriSteve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 15/10/2026The Iran War has drained America’s strategic petroleum reserve to its lowest level since 1982. 19372209 0
miri @mirsasha.bsky.social · 15/10/2026What's a matter with him? He's a little weasel who should shut his mouth and show some gratitude. Aka, following the lead of the projector in chief. 000 0
Reposted by miriBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Last year, Trump and 98% of elected GOP enacted the biggest Medicaid cuts in history, bigger even than Reagan's Medicaid cuts. By 2034, 7.5 million people will lose their Medicaid because of the cuts. Clinics are already closing and hospitals are already cutting services, citing OBBBA as a reason. 13459262 0
Reposted by miriMelissa Sanchez @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Officials in Kent County, Mich., promised they'd stop handing over immigrants in jail to ICE w/o judicial warrant. That didn't happen. Many of those arrested weren't charged w/ a crime - including women who say they're the victims of domestic violence. Our story: www.propublica.org/article/dome...propublica.orgThese Women Were Trying to Escape Domestic Abuse. ICE Detained Them Instead.It’s especially intimidating for immigrants suffering abuse to call 911. With this in mind, Congress has long treated people who need help as victims, not targets for deportation. Under the Trump admi... 8349170 0
Reposted by miriCory Booker @corybooker.com · 14/10/2026They slashed services Americans rely on. Now they’re leveraging it to build private fortunes. Reporting via The Washington Post 79646 0
Reposted by miriJosh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social · 13/10/2026A White House ballroom donor who organized meetings for Don Jr. and 1789 Capital in Europe has had a good year: he's been named as chair of a $201 million government-backed enterprise fund, received a waiver on sanctions, and more. Meet Konstantin Sokolov talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-ballr...talkingpointsmemo.comA Ballroom Donor, a Sanctions Waiver, $201 Million in Public Money: The Mystery of Konstantin SokolovEver since he contributed to the White House ballroom project last year,... 6398209 0
miri @mirsasha.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Sign I need my hearing checked: McDonald's advert - "when Morman hunger strikes" Um. "morning" 000 0
Reposted by miriSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 13/10/2026The Trump thugs raid Rep Ilhan Omar in an effort to find reasons to deny her immigration history and deport her. How about Melania and Musk? 932716687 0
miri @mirsasha.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Poor Scott Jennings. All those embarrassing lies on behalf of the Trump admin and he doesn't get the press secretary job. *womp womp* 000 0
miri @mirsasha.bsky.social · 11/10/2026This. They've probably paid more to defeat the wealth tax than they would have paid in wealth tax. 020 0
Reposted by miriRoger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Judge Brown ordered the ICE field office director, on pain of contempt, to explain within 21 days how he’d ensure ICE acts lawfully in future. @wired.com & others have reported that an officer identified in Brown’s ruling was present at the subsequent Bronx shooting, brandishing a weapon. 2/2 632098 0
miri @mirsasha.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Story would like you to notice how lady-like she crosses her paws on my knee while we relax in the sofa. #dogsofbluesky #adoptdontshop #rescuedog #supermutt 0112 0
Reposted by miriMike Masnick @masnick.com · 09/10/2026Who went through all the major platforms where the Pentagon might stream their barbaric firing squad "livestream" execution to see if it violated their policies? Me. I did it. 341463434 0
Reposted by miriSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 09/10/2026Trump started a stupid & illegal war in Iran that has driven up diesel prices. Now he wants to bankroll Putin's illegal war against Ukraine by buying diesel from him. One strategic disaster after the next. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...politico.comTrump lifts sanctions on Russian diesel, suggests US may buy amid surging fuel pricesThe move comes weeks ahead of the midterm elections. 1451775635 0
miri @mirsasha.bsky.social · 10/10/2026ICE really needs a better understanding of directionality. Driving away does not mean driving at. 000 0
Reposted by miriThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 09/10/2026President Trump bought between $1 million and $5 million in debt issued by SpaceX just days before the White House announced a new space-travel policy, the president’s latest financial disclosure form shows.washingtonpost.comTrump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policyThe purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk. 23248134 0
Reposted by miriDemocracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 07/10/2026Following our FOIA requests, we obtained groundbreaking records showing ICE’s attempts to silence voters. ICE obtained 48.4 million records from Heather Honey, a known election denier, as a “strategic line of effort” to pursue voter fraud investigations. nytimes.comTrump Officials Ramp Up Investigations Into Voter Registration GroupsThe Trump administration is investigating nonprofits that it says may be recruiting noncitizens for voter registration, documents show, even though noncitizen voting in the United States is rare. 310555 0
Reposted by miriMother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/10/2026Everything you've been told about lethal injection is a liemotherjones.comEverything you've been told about lethal injection is a lieDeath by drugs is brutal—and designed for political optics. Christa Pike's failed execution pulled back the curtain. 410236 0
miri @mirsasha.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I'm glad they are fighting in court, but I am still giving side-eye for adjusting their election coverage 000 0
Reposted by miriLaw360 @law360.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A former FBI agent has come forward with a claim that when U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove was at the U.S. Department of Justice, he directed the Los Angeles field office to illegally investigate protesters. www.law360.com/artic... 331161440 0
miri @mirsasha.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Of course not. He said it for the sound-byte that the kool-aid drinkers would believe. 000 0
miri @mirsasha.bsky.social · 07/10/2026So very tired of the non-stop anti-Talarico and anti-Trans adverts. 010 0
Reposted by miriAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 06/10/2026BREAKING: For the first time in 10 months, the U.S. admitted a refugee who is not a white South African. In September, the U.S. admitted 3,386 white South Africans and two Afghans (in D.C.) In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 16,287 white South Africans, five Afghans, and nobody else.rpc.state.gov 11816348 0
Reposted by miriPatrick Clarkin @patrickclarkin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026One of these things is not like the other. Top 5 countries by number of refugees to the U.S. each fiscal year www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... 16022 0
miri @mirsasha.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It's seriously not a health system. It's a money machine. 010 0
Reposted by miriBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is blatantly unconstitutional and an Antideficiency Act violation. Congress set the ADA penalty in 1906: 2 years in jail and/or a $5,000 fine. It would’ve taken the typical person 31,250 hours of work to pay the fine then, meaning it’s the equivalent of a $1.2 million fine today. 1617570 0
Reposted by miriTexas Tribune @texastribune.org · 01/10/2026Experts say President Donald Trump's goal of lowering gas prices by prohibiting diesel exports would devastate the energy sector and cause fuel shortages.texastribune.orgTrump’s proposed diesel exports ban could hurt Texas refineriesExperts say the president’s goal of lowering gas prices by prohibiting exports would devastate the energy sector and cause fuel shortages. 24918 0
miri @mirsasha.bsky.social · 01/10/2026How to tell the world everyone called you stupid and low IQ when you were growing up.... 000 0
Reposted by miriChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should. 523101962233 0
miri @mirsasha.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I really hate that this season of Ted Lasso has me hating Tracey Ullman. One should never be made to dislike Tracey Ullman. 010 0
miri @mirsasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In one advert, Abbott says that the state doesn't control property taxes, but then promises to lower them as governor. In another, he says opponent Hinajosa voted to raise property taxes 40 times. So, which is it? State control or not? (Not) www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...houstonchronicle.comFact check: Abbott ad says Gina Hinojosa voted 40 times to raise property taxesHinojosa never directly voted to “make your property taxes go even higher.” The state legislature does not levy property taxes – counties and school districts do. 001 0
Reposted by miriAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort." 692279719555 0
miri @mirsasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Glad things went well. Hope her recovery is smooth and without complications. 010 0
Reposted by miriDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is as hilariously incompetent as it is relentlessly vile. 1828750 0
Reposted by miriSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21275902510 0
Reposted by miriRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“‘Ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation or promoted voluntary return of non-white immigrants'... This is, of course, beyond alarming...” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...washingtonpost.comHow Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operationInside the secret deals powering the president’s push to deport migrants to countries not their own. 441177577 0
Reposted by miriDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Pathetic collapse of journalistic solidarity. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/business…nytimes.comTV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN (Gift Article)The White House TV pool went dark this past week amid a standoff between CNN and the president. Network leaders, however, believe an indefinite suspension may be untenable. 741389334 0
miri @mirsasha.bsky.social · 27/09/2026So tired (and disgusted) by all the pro Ken Paxton ads. (or should I say anti-Talarico ads.) 000 0
Reposted by miriJill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Unnerving @washingtonpost.com exclusive: US and Russia worked in secret to remove "a range of provisions designed to safeguard the use of artificial intelligence in weapons." For instance, leave targeting to AI, no human review required. Gift link 🎁 wapo.st/4yWadkRwapo.stU.S., Russia stripped human oversight from global AI weapons pactThe two nations weakened a range of safeguards in a landmark U.N. effort to try to regulate the use of lethal autonomous weaponry. The global negotiations earlier this month marked the furthest progre... 37622410 0