Reposted by Marcia SmilackGreg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Since Jared Kushner is now willing to “put the facts and supporting information out publicly” in those (implicitly infrequent) instances “when the truth matters,” I have put together a list of questions for his consideration.gregolear.substack.comTruth Matters: Questions for Jared KushnerAs the United States Special Envoy for Peace is now responding to news stories about his “increasingly distorted” record, I would like some answers, please. 724897
Reposted by Marcia SmilackMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 6hFrench Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot: “The United States and China, through massive amounts of storytelling, make sure the whole world knows that they are at the cutting edge of technology. “Yet every day in France we see a completely different reality. So it is up to us to tell that story. 819842
Reposted by Marcia SmilackMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 5hReports of another Russian who’s fallen ill.apple.newsWHO demands answers from Russia about ‘second plague victim’ — The TelegraphPressure increases on Moscow to disclose information about lab worker’s death following reports of another employee contracting the disease 42343144
Reposted by Marcia SmilackKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) - Cornell says ex-deputy attorney general Sally Yates will lead review of university's handling of sex assault claims. 681806389
Reposted by Marcia SmilackNancy Terhune @nancyterhune.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Why isn’t everyone in Washington on their feet screaming for Trump to be removed from office immediately and making it happen? It is extremely, unacceptably dangerous for him to be in office one more hour. His people are saying “It’s a joke” and “We’re owning the libs.” That’s not what this is, FGS 263
Reposted by Marcia SmilackGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A simple, factual, and effective message. 304115512838
Reposted by Marcia SmilackDavid French @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"Here’s one way to think of Paxton — he possesses all of Donald Trump’s corruption and none of Trump’s charisma." My dispatch from the most important Senate race in America: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The ‘God Gap’ Is Narrowing in TexasIt may not be enough for James Talarico to win. But might it also be a sign of a change to come? 913620
Reposted by Marcia SmilackGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 05/10/2026He is totally unhinged.comicsands.comTrump Gives Out MAGA Senator's Cell Number In Angry Screed Over His Opposition To Daylight Saving Time Bill 4554471
Marcia Smilack @msmilack75.bsky.social · 06/10/2026He reminds me of a family annihilator except the family in his case is all of us. If he can't get what he wants, he'll scorch the earth and take us all with him. 000
Reposted by Marcia SmilackBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Trump made some bizarre comments tonight about Iran, gas prices, and nuking 2 West Coast cities. I’ve removed a post about it because nothing he said made a lick of sense. And I don’t think it’s as benign as his defenders would have us believe. But who knows? 88013
Reposted by Marcia SmilackBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026She could not be more contrite, Gov. Polis. 719532
Reposted by Marcia SmilackMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Can one politician or journalist tell him he's disgusting, to his face, on camera? One. (1). 40766143
Reposted by Marcia SmilackMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm two episodes into East of Eden and this is the best limited series I've seen since Adolescence. It's real filmmaking, serious writing, and storytelling that has been carefully thought-through at every step. 2122212
Marcia Smilack @msmilack75.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Thanks for that. I'm so attached to the original version I've been reluctant to be open-minded to watch a new version but you have convinced me I am wrong to dismiss it in advance. 010
Marcia Smilack @msmilack75.bsky.social · 06/10/2026would it be a small thing if they take out Mar-a-lago with all of your family inside it with you? 000
Reposted by Marcia SmilackAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026An American president is encouraging an enemy to destroy American cities. This is treason, though he will claim we are not at war. 61366052458
Reposted by Marcia SmilackNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A hallmark of democratic backsliding is government leaders stealing from taxpayers and using public funds to try to get themselves electoral advantages. Backsliding countries keep the form of elections, but corrupt leaders render them no longer free and fair by putting a state thumb on the scale. 7932277
Reposted by Marcia SmilackxJ4cks @xj4cks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Yep, we used to think they knew what their oath of office means. They clearly do not. 163
Reposted by Marcia SmilackRobert S @bob0482.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Ireland 🇮🇪 voicing their love for trump 😂 www.samsung-news.com/articles/E1m...samsung-news.comSamsung News'Narcissist' Trump faces 25th amendment calls as he says 'I know more about everything than anyone' 011
Marcia Smilack @msmilack75.bsky.social · 06/10/2026even casually saying it's no big deal if we lose a few cities implies the use of nuclear - his megalomania makes me wish to be the first world leader to use nuclear 010
Reposted by Marcia Smilackjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/10/2026this for RFK Jr. is mission accomplished 8045511081
Reposted by Marcia SmilackPhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026so: Iran forces US retreat from UK? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...nytimes.comU.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New ThreatsThe withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation. 34322113
Reposted by Marcia SmilackEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“The threats that we’re getting now are mostly from our own government,” said Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, a Republican. “The way elections are being handled by the federal government right now is dangerous, disruptive and in bad faith.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comWith threats to midterms, states say Trump administration isn’t helpingU.S. spy agencies see Russia and others plotting to sow distrust and misinformation in the upcoming elections. 214156
Reposted by Marcia SmilackPhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026There is nothing he knows now that he can have any excuse for not having known then. 713621
Marcia Smilack @msmilack75.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I say "better late then never" because regardless of when he knew it, it needs to be said now so others know it too - coming from him is still meaningful 000
Reposted by Marcia SmilackMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A good article, but the GOP committing to defense of democracy won't happen. We must create disincentives for lawlessness and collaboration with fascists, and that means punishment. Either we impose consequences or we allow the GOP to keep making things worse as it has continually done since Nixon. 531866
Reposted by Marcia SmilackStephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Reading has become an endangered species. Which is half the problem with American political life. Maybe more than half. If you can't read, you can't think. Then you can fall for anything. The idea, for instance, that the truth is fake news. 1513563766
Reposted by Marcia SmilackKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The Warden of Delaney Hall, the subject of allegations of abuse & neglect, has lent his name & likeness to an org founded by a woman doing 9 years in federal prison for a forced labor sex cult & who's in the Epstein Files. Why oversight of detention centers is so critical. youtu.be/uCy71zDQVZw?...youtu.beSHOCKING Epstein Connection EXPOSED Between DISTURBING Cult & Trump ICE Facility!?!YouTube video by Katie Phang 4923031132
Reposted by Marcia SmilackMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is both bad, as it was in 2016, & also it's the only way to get to a grand bargain on SCOTUS reform. Fire with fire. The GOP could've made other choices, & Neil Gorsuch should never have accepted an illegitimate seat. But he did, so here we are. The norms & duct tape have already been shredded. 1023939
