Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 23/09/2026I wrote about how Trump is treating presidential power like it's his own possession and using it to punish blue states — but also about how at least he's promised lots of cash for all of us. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar... 552967771
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialSenator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 03/09/2026The Trump administration has repeatedly sought Americans’ private data. Now CPSC wants names, addresses, birthdates, diagnoses, and other sensitive information from emergency room patients. CPSC must immediately halt this sweeping and invasive data collection. 56823
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Slotkin Asks Hegseth to Confirm He Won’t Send Troops to Polls talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...talkingpointsmemo.comSlotkin Asks Hegseth to Confirm He Won’t Send Troops to Polls‘Laying the Breadcrumbs’ Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) sent a letter to Defense... 1026567
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialNatural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 08/08/2026It’s #InternationalCatDay, and the ratings are in! 🐱 Come and celebrate with some of the undomesticated cats that have clawed their way into our hearts… 🐾 626175
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialMaj @lif3asmaj.blacksky.app · 02/08/2026This is deadass every republican campaign ad here in the south. I'm not even REMOTELY JOKING. 17061171630
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialChris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Short-sighted, stupid cuts to the UKRI budget include shutting down Jodrell Bank, the icon of British astronomy. (Many other cuts too, including 20% to our brand new @vrubinobs.bsky.social). Interesting politically to shut down a major facility in...um..Manchester 🔭 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukJodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understandsAstronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained. 57742319
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 24/07/2026If President Trump were to ask for my advice on Iran - not that I would expect him to listen - here is what I'd say: 481522342
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialOssoff's Office @ossoff.senate.gov · 20/07/2026Sen. Ossoff slams HHS Secretary RFK Jr. after he terminated the CDC's required surveillance of the parasite causing cyclosporiasis: "Your foolish and self-indulgent demolition of critical public health programs puts Americans at risk. The Trump Administration is actively undermining food safety." 12316129
mjspieglan.bsky.social @mjspieglan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Obviously. Just look at all that shit on the walls. 000
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11/07/2026BREAKING NYT: The Trump admin just issued subpoenas to several journalists for The New York Times, after the outlet reported on security concerns involving Trump's Qatari-gifted Air Force One. The subpoenas seek to force the reporters to testify before a federal grand jury on Wednesday.nytimes.comTimes Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on MediaThe Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.” 2141836784
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialDante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 01/07/2026The US literally did build this plane, it was built by union workers at Boeing. What Trump really means here is that that the US WOULDN'T build a plane like this because that sort of shit is reserved for petrodictatorships 28589187
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialTammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 11/07/2026$1 billion of your taxpayer money went toward retrofitting a luxury jet Donald Trump received from Qatar— And it's still not even safe for him to fly home in. The American people paid seven figures for a flying national security risk. What a waste. 3031093
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22/06/2026Masterclass 🔥 The Trump administration in 60 seconds. The only thing missing is the literal dumpster fire. 311189439
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/06/2026Michelle Obama: "No one has the right to sit in judgment of who is American enough. And that's why, folks, we simply don't have the luxury or time to be cynical or complacent." 291134033668
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Only one of these is an actual police mugshot. 16720
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialFrankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Welp there’s no unseeing this 260194395008
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/06/2025The guiding forces in today’s GOP are nihilism, narcissism, and sadism. 691409244
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Trump plans to steal $1.7B from taxpayers to pay off the terrorists he already freed from prison. abcnews.com/US/trump-poi...abcnews.comTrump poised to drop IRS suit, launch $1.7B 'weaponization' fund for allies: SourcesPresident Trump is expected to drop his $10 billion IRS suit in exchange for the creation of a $1.7 billion fund for victims of governmental "weaponization," sources say. 1211805794
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/05/2026If we play our cards right, soon we’ll be able to send handguns through the postal service but not birth control or ballots 1232788977
mjspieglan.bsky.social @mjspieglan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Check out the real-time updates on President Trump's corrupt earnings, gifts, and crypto gains. www.americanprogress.org/feature/trum...americanprogress.orgTrump’s Take: Tracking the cash and gifts made from selling the presidency.Tracking the cash and gifts made from selling the presidency. 000
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialPatrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 04/05/2026tremendous jumps in average gas prices, these are the top 10 states seeing average prices surge the most, all of them over 30c/gal higher from a week ago 20249107
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/04/2026The housing crisis is echoing across the nation. Our BUILD plan is one of the most comprehensive to tackle it — making it easier, faster, and more effective to build homes here.chicagotribune.comGov. JB Pritzker’s ambitious housing plan for Illinois: More four-flats, looser rulesA cornerstone initiative from Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker would loosen zoning restrictions for multiunit buildings, drawing excitement from housing advocates but concerns from local officials. 28865160
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialYIMBY Action @yimbyaction.bsky.social · 19/04/2026A new YouGov survey from @abundanthousingil.bsky.social shows overwhelming support for more housing: -84% say housing costs are a problem -82% want action Thank you to our AHIL members! Let's turn this growing support into more homes nationwide. Read more: suntimes.pulse.ly/cuswyxcwge 1175
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialAbundant Housing Illinois @abundanthousingil.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Please quote us with a ✅ when you’re done. 🥺 061
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 05/04/2026👇🎯 Some of us were, but no one was listening & the rest didn't want to hear it. Unprecedented lawless authoritarianism & violations of the Constitution, on a level so staggering in scope & scale that we still haven't even begun to admit it as a country. 15808192
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialTammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 27/03/2026He says he wants to bring meritocracy back to our military. He says he has our warfighters' backs. But here he is, the most unqualified SecDef in history, denying troops a promotion that their fellow warfighters decided they've earned. Hegseth is a disgrace to our heroes. 671077369
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/03/2026 39692852345
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Just a year ago, we heard reducing the deficit was so important Elon Musk had to fire as many scientists, forest rangers and Black women on the government’s payroll that he could find. Now? 🤷🏾♂️ 8345841769
mjspieglan.bsky.social @mjspieglan.bsky.social · 19/03/2026"I would not want to bias the outcome by doing my job." 🤣🤣🤣 000
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.social🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 19/03/2026US Postmaster General David Steiner says the USPS could be out of money to pay employees by October 2026. Yes, you read that correctly - One month before the midterm elections when mail-in ballots are sent and returned. Steiner was personally backed by Trump and replaced DeJoy in May 2025. 101987752
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialAnne Laurie @annelaurie.bsky.social · 16/03/2026President TREMENDOUS CONTENT!, our Very Serious Media's hero... 1219
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialAlistair Barrie @alistairbarrie.com · 06/03/2026Pretty difficult to refute a single thing in this perfect assessment of where the f**k we are, from @iandunt.bsky.social: 452172495399
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 07/03/2026He lies through his teeth. He changes his mind continuously. He acts on whim. He’s driven by vengeance, hate and money. He wants more power for no good but only to feed his insatiable broken ego that never gets enough. Woe to everything you may love. Giving up or giving in are not options. 882560638
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/02/2026Hillary Clinton: "It then got quite unusual because I started being asked about UFOs and Pizzagate" 44693372271
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialPeter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 07/02/2026As FBI agents equipped with a signed warrant prepared to document blood spatter and bullet holes in Renee Good’s SUV, they were ordered to stop by officials in Washington worried that an investigation would contradict Trump’s version of events. @londonoe.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...nytimes.comProsecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop. 21257133
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 26/01/2026Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution. If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people. 985225325956
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/01/2026“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.” 9032495211661
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Truly insane 29763982660
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 29/01/2026 511734339
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/01/2026This giant ICE Army they are building this year is also likely to be at polling places during the midterms in heavily Democratic precincts with the excuse being that they are looking for “illegals trying to vote.” 1160168055831
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/01/2026RAND PAUL: If a country bombed our air defense missiles, captured & removed our president, & blockaded our country, would that be considered an act of war? RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war! 1583263397487
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2026Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it." 8624493314047
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialPeter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 20/01/2026The three highest-ranking Roman Catholic clerics who lead archdioceses in the U.S. say that America’s “moral role in confronting evil around the world” is in question for the first time in decades. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...nytimes.comTop Catholic Clerics Denounce U.S. Foreign Policy 821476374
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialCajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 20/01/2026🚨”If everyone who came before me had just complied and complied and complied, then I probably would have entered this theater, any theater, through a colored section. Every good thing you have in your life is a product of someone else’s struggle.” ~ Josh Johnson Message: Do Not Comply 262248848
Reposted by @mjspieglan.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.thezebra.orgDr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away 545270689543