Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialNancy MacLean @nancymaclean.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Want to reclaim some of the states whose loss paved the way for the Trump regime? This is a fantastic organization doing vital work. I just pledged monthly though the 2026 election. Can you help out? statesproject.org 165 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 09/06/2025June 8, 2025heathercoxrichardson.substack.comJune 8, 2025Flatbed train cars carrying thousands of tanks rolled into Washington, D.C., yesterday in preparation for the military parade planned for June 14. 561448476 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/06/2025DeLauro uses her opening statement to tear Russ Vought a new one 536154384337 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/05/2025I think of my good friend Robbie on Memorial Day, as I do of others who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. He was one of the kindest and thoughtful young men I've ever met. I wanted to share some thoughts about my friend — and what we owe each other as Americans.robertreich.substack.comRemembering RobbieA Memorial Day reflection 502880479 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Both Rubio's tweet, and the response, are remarkable artifacts. You have a Secretary of State tweeting right wing talking points to defend Neo Nazis, and the country where Nazis originated telling him to sod off. 913786981 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialAnn @annk1950.bsky.social · 23/04/2025I stopped watching corporate news media right before the election. They are all obeying in advance. I watch The Meidas Touch Podcast, The Bulwark Podcast and Jim Acosta Substack. Just the truth no bullshit. 1152 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialBill Leavy @vanderbilt44.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Trump is definitely to blame, but so is CBS: the network is more concerned with ensuring its parent company's merger is approved than it is with defending journalistic integrity and serving the public interest. 1412 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialaustinlybrand.bsky.social @austinlybrand.bsky.social · 17/04/2025On April 4 Ken heard someone behind him. As Ken turned, the man punched him hard in the eye. Ken flew off his chair onto the ground, bleeding profusely. The assailant fled. The hospital was able to rule out a concussion and broken bones, and Ken’s injuries are slowly healing. #protest #handsoff 134 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem? 15775157714595 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 04/04/2025"Our constitutional system was never meant to be vulnerable to the whims and fantasies of one man. But due to the cowardice and cupidity of the GOP and others, we’ve lost our antibodies to strongman rule, and find ourselves bowing before a power-drunk man-child." www.thebulwark.com/p/trade-and-...thebulwark.comOn Trade and Tariffs, Trump’s Stubborn Ignorance Shines BrightThe president can't be taught. And we’re suffering for it. 38809199 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialBrian Foley @kansashoops.bsky.social · 03/04/2025This is so incredibly stupid. We are going to run trade deficits with most countries simply because we are the larger country. They could be buying our stuff like crazy, but if their population is 1/10th of ours, it is going to be very difficult for them to buy as much from us as we buy from them. 614316 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 03/04/2025That said I still have no idea how they came up with this nonsense formula (assuming not ChatGPT, as some have suggested). Nothing in this formula tells you anything about either tariffs or non-tariff trade barriers 4793782 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Please reporters and editors. I’m begging you! 302133092529 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 03/04/2025A reminder to reporters: Because Trump tariff numbers are made-up nonsense, using the phrase “reciprocal tariffs” is lying to your audience. The phrase itself is propaganda. They are not reciprocal. 6983412188 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Why We Have Due Process open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...open.substack.comWhy We Have Due ProcessHere’s a textbook explanation for why due process is so important: the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a native of El Salvador, who was included on the third plane full of aliens the Trump admin... 281238264 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 02/04/2025It's getting a lot of attn today. But even before today most of the country had very little idea of what has happened at NIH or through it the entire ecosystem of biomedical research in the US. Simply put, Musk, Kennedy & Trump exploded a bomb right in the middle of cancer cure research in the US. 16272252698 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialMindy Schwartz @mindyanns.bsky.social · 01/04/2025The SAVE Act doesn’t save anything. Its main effect is to make it harder for women to vote, especially those like me who changed our names when we married. Hands Off Her Vote www.digitaldrumbeat.com/p/gop-plan-d...digitaldrumbeat.comGOP Plan: Deny MILLIONS of Women the Right to VoteThey see the election results, and they know women are a threat to their majority. 14353822280 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialDan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator. In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”washingtonpost.comRFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientistMarks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.” 11933224913315 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Remember when student debt forgiveness was attacked as "buying votes"? 872006632 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialDemocracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 27/03/2025We're standing up for the legal profession — and the rule of law. Join 1,000+ lawyers and organizations and sign this letter calling on AG Bondi to oppose the use of the federal government to attack lawyers, law firms, and legal organizations. 🖋️ democracyforward.org/action/open-letter-ag/ 217649 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 25/03/2025This is egregiously unacceptable, @washingtonpost.com. Trump cannot do this. It's illegal. You know it! You say it! And yet, you *still* give him the headline. This is journalistic malpractice, with democracy hanging in the balance. 1073002882 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/03/2025🚨 CBS News has received an internal NSA bulletin from Feb 2025 warning staff NOT to use Signal app for sensitive info, citing vulnerabilities to Russian hackers. These docs were sent pre-Houthi chat scandal with Jeffrey Goldberg.cbsnews.comNSA warned of vulnerabilities in Signal app a month before Houthi strike chatThe National Security Agency sent a bulletin in February warning of Russian hackers trying to access encrypted conversations on Signal. 10392964211226 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17/03/2025It’s not going to be a fun week. 111498161672 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 15/03/2025If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...wunc.orgUSDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banksThe USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the progr... 20175093119376 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 11/03/2025There were howls of protest and denial from the GOP any time we pointed out that Republicans want to cut Social Security. Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate." 1457222767511 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 07/03/2025March 6, 2025:heathercoxrichardson.substack.comMarch 6, 2025This morning, Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke of Reuters reported that the Trump administration is preparing to deport the 240,000 Ukrainians who fled Russia’s attacks on Ukraine and have temporary lega... 611817485 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialRosemarie Downey-McCarthy, Ph.D. @rosemariedm.bsky.social · 04/03/2025I can’t be the only one who sees this. 0357 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialJezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 28/02/2025“I look forward to once I'm free being with Donald Trump in person,” Andrew Tate told reporters, shortly after returning to the U.S. from Romania. www.jezebel.com/andrew-tate-...jezebel.comAndrew Tate Says He Talks to Barron, Is ‘Very Close to the Trump Family'“I look forward to once I'm free being with Donald Trump in person,” Andrew Tate told reporters, shortly after returning to the U.S. from Romania. 94375148 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 28/02/2025 772871536 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Decent people thank Ukraine. 220142812216 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 28/02/2025Trump berates Zelensky, the leader of a democratic country courageously fighting Russian imperialism, while he allies himself with Putin, a dictator who started the bloodiest European war in 80 years. Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism. 797236964302 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 28/02/2025February 27, 2025heathercoxrichardson.substack.comFebruary 27, 2025Yesterday an unvaccinated child in Texas died of measles as nearly 140 people in Texas and New Mexico have been reported ill with the disease. 973798991 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Everything that we warned the American public about regarding RFK Jr. is already happening. An excerpt from an OpEd that @jimalwine.bsky.social and I published. We wrote about about what happened in Samoa with the measles outbreak there and said, simply: “The same will happen here”. 433137124207 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialSimon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 25/02/2025From Hopium: - Trump-House GOP budget vote today - make your calls, and let’s defeat this godawful bill! - Dem Leader Jeffries joined MSNBC last night, updated us on the path forward - Trump = The Great Betrayer, Donald The Weak, Putin’s Poodle More 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/house-budg...hopiumchronicles.comHouse Budget Vote Today, Leader Jeffries on MSNBC, Let's Keep Making Calls People!Hopium's 2nd Anniversary Is March 7th/Welcome New Subscribers! 1016344 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 23/02/2025February 22, 2025heathercoxrichardson.substack.comFebruary 22, 2025Last night’s Friday Night News Dump was a doozy: Trump has purged the country’s military leadership. 682616665 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialJosh Wilson @ronmexico007.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Dems need to hang this around the neck of Tillis. He could have ended Hegseth but flipped. He would have been #51 after Collins, Murkowski, & McConnell voted against - no Vance tie breaker needed. 082 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialLaura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · 14/02/2025I mean I'm on board with this idea. 27450651388 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would. 4102146414813 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 08/02/2025February 7, 2025open.substack.comFebruary 7, 2024Maya Miller of the New York Times reported today that the congressional phone system has been jammed with tens of millions of calls from outraged constituents contacting their representatives to deman... 653098700 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialDamon Kiesow @kiesow.net · 08/02/2025The last report for the state university system in Missouri showed $6.5 billion in economic impacts and 69,000 jobs. Trump and Musk are threatening that success. That is the message that needs to be shared in every state. 4527180 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/02/2025Black excellence: Twice as qualified, half as respected, and still passed over or labeled as a ‘DEI hire.’ Black folks have always known this because we’ve seen it happen to our own family members. I know I have. 13023723111759 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/02/2025At least Musk still lets Trump sign stuff so he thinks he’s still in charge. 28774191236 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Reagan-appointed judge again blocks Trump’s unconstitutional attempt to rescind birthright citizenship. “In this courtroom and under my watch, the rule of law is a bright beacon which I intend to follow.” www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...seattletimes.com 8825155 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Banks and other businesses with sensitive personnel info inform customers when their data may have been compromised. Now that non-government operatives have stolen federal student loan data, it stands to reason that higher education institutions inform students and their families. Good idea. 15664213 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/02/2025"A letter submitted to the Senate sent by 'physicians' in support of Kennedy's nomination includes names of doctors who have had their licenses revoked, suspended or faced other discipline, the AP has found..." www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr...huffpost.comDoctors Whose Licenses Were Revoked, Suspended Named In Pro-RFK Jr. Letter To SenateThe letter was meant to lend credibility to Kennedy’s nomination, which has faced strenuous opposition from experts due to his decades of anti-vaccine activism. 54798452789 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 01/02/2025"A private citizen with zero Constitutional authority is effectively seizing control of critical government functions. The Constitution explicitly requires Senate confirmation for anyone wielding significant federal power" www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...techdirt.comElon’s Twitter Destruction Playbook Hits The US Government, And It’s Even More DangerousRemember how Elon Musk destroyed Twitter by ripping apart its infrastructure without understanding it? Now imagine that same playbook applied to the federal government. It’s happening, and th… 11427061088 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socials. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 01/02/2025I just wanted to note for the record that we have a decorated Iraq war veteran who flew combat missions in a Blackhawk as sitting member of Congress! Who also happens to be a woman! And if you don’t know who Tammy Duckworth is, you’re in for a treat (complimentary). 106180021945 0
Reposted by @mmkbzb.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 28/01/2025January 27, 2025open.substack.comJanuary 27, 2025Yesterday, President Donald Trump began a trade war with Colombia after that country’s president refused to permit two U.S. 572275468 0
