Reposted by Mary DuffyBusiness Insider @businessinsider.com · 23/03/2025The Elias Law Group hit back at Trump after it was namedropped in a White House memo targeting law firms' "frivolous" suits against his administration.businessinsider.com'No negotiation': A law firm targeted by Trump says it won't change who it representsThe Elias Law Group hit back at Trump after it was namedropped in a White House memo targeting law firms' "frivolous" suits against his administration. 271002170
Reposted by Mary DuffyThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22/03/2025Acting Social Security commissioner Leland Dudek threatened Thursday evening to bar Social Security Administration employees from accessing its computer systems in response to a judge’s order blocking the U.S. DOGE Service from accessing sensitive taxpayer data.wapo.stFederal judge pushes back on acting Social Security head over threat to close agencyLeland Dudek argued that a ruling blocking Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team from access to sensitive taxpayer data could apply to all employees. 4322797
Reposted by Mary DuffyJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 10/03/2025You. Cannot. Take. A. Private. Company. Approach. To. The. Federal. Government. Dumb. Ass. 24587241686
Reposted by Mary DuffyMadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 11/03/2025US intelligence is so critical to the Ukrainians... this sounds like extortion to me, again. Zelenskyy has no choice but to accept this. This only helps out the Russians to resupply and regroup. 0145
Reposted by Mary DuffyKeith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Donald Trump is literally running a Tesla ad in front of the White House to help Elon’s failing stock. This entire administration is a scam. 2732746693
Reposted by Mary DuffyRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Pete Doocy coming up with a better one-line talking point for Democrats than 90% of Democrats. You don’t have to always speak in run-on paragraphs to try and fail to make your point. Voters remember lines like this, they don’t remember verbal policy essays. 18446181083
Reposted by Mary DuffyGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 02/03/2025If it walks like a Nazi, talks like a Nazi, and salutes like a Nazi… Keep the online pressure up, friends. And boycott Tesla. Find out more about local protests at teslatakedown.com 2589298716323
Reposted by Mary DuffyLee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 02/03/2025You know it’s a REALLY bad train wreck when the official Kremlin spokesman says Trump’s #foreignpolicy “coincides with our vision”!!! kyivindependent.com/kremlin-comm...kyivindependent.comKremlin says perceived US foreign policy shift aligns with its 'vision'Trump, echoing Kremlin rhetoric on the war in Ukraine, said at the end of February the country should "forget" about joining NATO, which the country sees as a security guarantee against a future Russi... 66033
Reposted by Mary DuffyStephanie Chang @stephanielilychang.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Two years ago, Michigan passed language access legislation by me and @ranjeevpuri.bsky.social because we recognized the importance of ALL people being able to access government services and participate fully in our society. #languageaccess🧵 wdet.org/2023/12/11/g...wdet.orgGov. Whitmer signs language access bills into law - WDET 101.9 FMTwo new state laws aim to help more than 900,000 people in Michigan who are not proficient English speakers. 1245
Reposted by Mary Duffy💙 KissTheEarth @wearetheworld1.bsky.social · 27/02/2025This is what we all need to do! Stop supporting trump supporting entities in every way possible. Buy only what we absolutely need. 1295
Reposted by Mary DuffyThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/02/2025Here’s a look at some of the highlights worth watching from late-night TV.nytimes.comColbert Has Little Sympathy for Trump Voters With Buyers’ Remorse“The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert said that Trump voters keep coming back for the same unappetizing thing they’ve been served time and again. 2035842
Reposted by Mary DuffyPeter Nova Scotia @peternovascotia.bsky.social · 26/02/2025“Trump’s threats to Canada are illegal”: Bob Rae #CanPoli #FuckTrumpyoutube.com“Trump’s threats to Canada are illegal”: Bob Rae – February 25, 2025YouTube video by cpac 02912
Reposted by Mary DuffyMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.” There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism. 11323759713701
Reposted by Mary DuffySenseidai2547❌👑 @senseidai.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Elon #Muskolini is firing people who are looking into his business violations. He's threatening countries who won't do business with him. He's not trying to help the American people. This is about lining his own pockets. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue www.muskwatch.com/p/the-week-i...muskwatch.comThe Week in Musk: Who runs DOGE?A month has passed since Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing the U.S. 1312276
Reposted by Mary DuffyNotorious RBG’s Collar 🐸 @dawnting.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Powerful letter penned by Marc Elias to Elon Musk. 💥🗽 #DemVoice1 www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...democracydocket.comMy Open Letter to Elon MuskFrom Marc | Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” This is my response. 48040
Reposted by Mary DuffyScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 21/02/2025I love this special dog....a true empathetic being...we would do well to take animal's sense of emotion and emulate them. #ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DemsUnited 1211539
Reposted by Mary DuffyJoeinNJfightsfordemocracy @progavalanche.bsky.social · 21/02/2025As Felon47 delegates more & more of his job to Elon Musk, senior officials from prior administrations, including his own, are being stripped of their security clearances. Both co presidents know their actions will not stand the scrutiny of experienced policy makers. #DemVoice1 89045
Reposted by Mary DuffyScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 21/02/2025The cowards, who are now accomplices, have fallen to a new low against democracy and will not prevent American's private data from being accessible to DOGE criminal/mobsters. #ProudBlue #DemsUnited #DemVoice1 97854
Reposted by Mary Duffyresist4harris.bsky.social @resist4harris.bsky.social · 22/02/2025@donna4harris.bsky.social needs love ! Please follow and repost 13813
Reposted by Mary DuffyMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 22/02/2025“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today. 5545464415952
Reposted by Mary DuffyMarysBoutique @marysboutique.bsky.social · 21/02/2025#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue 🧵In Texas, their abortion ban is costing women their lives. ProPublica did an analysis and took a detailed look at women getting sepsis, which is a very serious and severe life threatening infection which can lead to 1/8 www.propublica.org/article/texa...propublica.orgTexas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban. 14219133
Reposted by Mary DuffyScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 21/02/2025The U.S. objects to calling Russia "aggressor" in G7 statement on Ukraine invasion. Stating what Russia is, offends #45? Truth must not be said? Flagrant lying. RUSSIA IS THE AGGRESSOR AND VICIOUSLY ATTACKED UKRAINE FIRST! #ProudBlue #DemVoice1 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/w...nytimes.comU.S. Objects to Calling Russia ‘Aggressor’ in G7 Statement on Ukraine InvasionThe American opposition to a draft of a Group of 7 statement marking the third anniversary of Russia’s attack on Ukraine comes after President Trump blamed Kyiv for starting the war. 146643
Reposted by Mary DuffyDC🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 21/02/2025🚨 Ukrainian military officer Dmitry Tishetsky's question to the American people. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #DemsUnited 43500271
Reposted by Mary DuffyDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 19/02/2025Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) sued the Trump administration to release over $3 billion of federal funding allocated to his state’s agencies. @marcelias.bsky.social explains:youtube.comPennsylvania Governor Sues Trump to Unfreeze Billions in Federal FundsPennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) sued the Trump administration to release over $3 billion of federal funding allocated to his state’s agencies, saying that... 181358216
Reposted by Mary DuffyChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17/02/2025RED STATES: Remember this when you’re on your own… Trump said: “If it was up to me … I’d end (FEMA) right now.” He wants your state to handle disasters alone—no federal help. 38057022392
Reposted by Mary DuffyChuck @chuckmakescalls.bsky.social · 17/02/2025CDC, NIH, FEMA, NOAA, NNSA, FAA... 49523
Reposted by Mary DuffyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/02/2025Murphy: "Donald Trump's contempt for the rule of law is unprecedented. What we are all watching right now is Donald Trump throw away the idea that laws apply to everyone equally. And it is astonishing to watch so many of my Republican colleagues fall in line." 1113444771
Reposted by Mary Duffy~Kitty👻Kat~On the turning away~Pink Floyd~📚🌸🪴🌸📚 We, The People… @katarinakriz.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Sociopathic Administration 091
Reposted by Mary DuffySteph Scythes: 1775-2025+ 💀☢️🇺🇸☣️💀 The American Devolution @stephscythes.bsky.social · 19/02/2025robertreich.substack.com/p/say-what-i... #RobertReich 🔥🇺🇸🔥 #couprobertreich.substack.comSay what this is: a coup.Friends, 022
Reposted by Mary DuffyJoanna Lamb Looby 🇺🇸🌎🇺🇦 @joannalamblooby.bsky.social · 19/02/2025D.O.G.E. Destroy Our Great Entrepreneurs Experiments Economy Empathy Equity … 2239
Reposted by Mary DuffyOlga Diem 🇺🇦🌊🇺🇸 @olgadiem.bsky.social · 19/02/2025If you consider a people who died due to gun violence because no sane gun laws can be passed since russia controls Nra and Republicans, will it as many people as from the war in Ukraine? 🤔 042
Reposted by Mary DuffyAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 19/02/2025I hate to ask this but i have to, are we now the bad guys? adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/are-we-now...adamkinzinger.substack.comAre We Now the Bad Guys?There was a time, not too long ago, when America stood as the beacon of freedom, the defender of democracy, and the steadfast ally of those who resisted oppression. 4735185833153
Reposted by Mary DuffyDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19/02/2025It is very clear that this and other DOGE officials did not pass any serious security background check, even as they are being handed access to the most sensitive data in government. www.wired.com/story/edward...wired.comDOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted HackersExperts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems. 14732236
Reposted by Mary DuffyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/02/2025Duckworth: "He essentially just surrendered to Putin." 748191675039
Reposted by Mary DuffyMia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 11/02/2025We may never recover the kind of belief that people in power generally tell the truth & know what they’re doing-that we used to have. Nor should we. But if we stand up to the kakistocracy-rule by the worst-that’s emerging as we speak, we may eventually find our way back to a better world. - Krugman 411217247
Reposted by Mary DuffyHuffPost @huffpost.com · 11/02/2025Pope Francis rejected the vice president's interpretation of the Catholic concept of “ordo amoris,” as the pontiff blasted Trump's immigration crackdown.huffpost.comPope Lays Into JD Vance's Justification For Mass DeportationsPope Francis rejected the vice president's interpretation of the Catholic concept of “ordo amoris,” as the pontiff blasted Trump's immigration crackdown. 1019459
Reposted by Mary DuffyNicholas Dawes @nicdawes.bsky.social · 10/02/2025"Mayor Eric Adams gathered his top commissioners and officials early Monday to give marching orders under the new administration: don’t criticize President Trump, don’t interfere with immigration enforcement and trust the mayor", @katiehonan.bsky.social reports.thecity.nycMayor Adams to Top Commissioners: Don’t Criticize Trump, Don’t Interfere with Immigration EnforcementAfter weeks of confusing messaging on ICE raids, the mayor ordered his staff to stifle criticism of the feds and that he alone will make sure NYC doesn’t lose funding. 3116065
Reposted by Mary DuffyMia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Richard Friedman: “Transgender people have a brain that is structurally different than the brain of a nontransgender male or female — someplace in between men and women. “ www.nytimes.com/2015/08/23/o...nytimes.comOpinion | How Changeable Is Gender? (Published 2015)Our identity has a neural basis and exists on a spectrum. 1822543
Reposted by Mary DuffyAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Maddow: If you don't have Bluesky yet, I recommend it. It is a social media network that doesn't make me want to stab myself in the eye with a rusty fork 801552478332
Reposted by Mary DuffyMia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 11/02/2025So if politicians suck up to Trump - they can have their crimes disappear - they will be offered highest government office. Cool. 3658175
Reposted by Mary DuffyCharles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 11/02/2025“These investments inform the entire education system at all levels about the condition of education and the distribution of students, teachers, and resources in school districts across America.” DOGE Decimates Education Department Arm That Tracks National School Performancepropublica.orgElon Musk’s Team Decimates Education Department Arm That Tracks National School PerformanceThe Trump administration canceled $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, which partners with scientists and education companies to compile and make public data abou... 43472214
Reposted by Mary DuffyEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Courts *ordered* the Trump admin to stop its spending freeze Yet ProPublica found place after place where $ is still frozen -hot meals for elderly and disabled -groceries for those in need -maternal & child health services -a clinic that serves the poor www.propublica.org/article/trum...propublica.orgThe Courts Blocked Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze. Agencies Are Withholding Money Anyway.Agencies continue to suspend funding, despite multiple court orders blocking the federal freeze. Experts say the Trump administration’s actions set the stage for challenges to Congress’ authority — an... 15660952694