Reposted by NancyMAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9hAOC: "When no one was watching, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed was getting glasses for kids ... but when no one was looking, Mike Rogers was taking checks from pharmaceutical interests. When no one was watching, he went to go work for them in the revolving door after he left Congress." 4053481463
Reposted by NancyMbenfranklinsaid.bsky.social @benfranklinsaid.bsky.social · 8hHow many unregistered foreign agents occupy the White House on any given day do you suppose 4686
Reposted by NancyMCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h(Reuters) - The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter. @reuters.com 🇺🇦 www.reuters.com/world/europe... 32738561870
Reposted by NancyMRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12hKroger just announced the largest layoffs in its history, with plans to cut 3,000 employees as it ramps up use of AI. Reminder that Kroger has spent $12.3B on stock buybacks since 2019 and paid its CEO $14M last year — 417x its median worker's pay. AI is turbo-charging corporate greed.newsweek.comKroger plans largest layoffs in its nearly 150-year historyThe company's CEO said it was committed to "simplifying" operations and "deploying more resources where they matter most 64390644529
Reposted by NancyMMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 16hAn attempted attack on a Hindu temple came amid a weeks-long right-wing frenzy over "The Indian Question"; police found a manifesto from the alleged shooter "containing statements expressing white supremacist and extremist ideologies." 331755677
Reposted by NancyMCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15hFEDWATCH: Today’s PPI “delivered something the Fed cannot easily look past: synchronized acceleration across every PPI component that feeds into core PCE. .. the mix points to a clearly hot September core PCE print—one that sits well outside anything the Committee can dismiss as noise.” 418573
Reposted by NancyMThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15hShort version: Russia was never a hoax 11138231625
Reposted by NancyMMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 15hI don’t understand why the NY Times let me rant against the Times on its own website. Healy seems like a sincere person, and I give him credit for making it happen. But the NY Times needs to stop pretending this is some brief detour in American politics when, in fact, a dictatorship is descending. 551938193
Reposted by NancyMMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 15h“Do you think that Trump is attempting to overthrow democracy?” I asked. “Because I do, and think it’s obvious that he is. And I think that the fact that mainstream media won't say it makes it more likely that it’s going to happen.” 161624175
Reposted by NancyMMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 15h🧵🧵🧵 The NY Times posted a 15-minute video today in which I got to tell NYT what’s wrong with its coverage. They said they saw my critical posts on Bluesky and invited me to do a video with them to air my grievances. Weird, right? I didn’t hold back. I blasted their sanewashing of MAGA extremism.nytimes.comVideo: A Reader on What He Thinks We Get Wrong About TrumpIn this first installment of “Sound Off,” Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for The New York Times, speaks with Mark Jacob, former metro editor for The Chicago Tribune, who shares his criticism... 51249191264
Reposted by NancyMHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 16hEx-Congressman Matt Gaetz is accused of sex trafficking. www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/10/15/e...sun-sentinel.comEx-Florida congressman Matt Gaetz accused in suit of sex trafficking young womenTwo women filed a federal civil lawsuit accusing former Congressman Matt Gaetz of a sex trafficking and drug scheme. Gaetz denies the allegations. 113994003399
Reposted by NancyMCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18hWAPO: “.. all the major donors to .. Trump’s White House ballroom project, including previously undisclosed contributors who have benefited from regulatory decisions, government contracts and, in one case, a pardon for a family member.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... 691381767
Reposted by NancyMCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18hWASHINGTON (AP) - Trump, after bipartisan backlash, says Pentagon won't livestream firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter. @apnews.com 3953489
Reposted by NancyMCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17hRBADVISERS: “.. Manufacturing pricing intentions lead the Core #PPI and they suggest today’s 5% Core PPI might not be a ceiling on inflation.” #empire 111229
Reposted by NancyMAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 14/10/2026What even is GOP’s sales pitch for the midterms? Inflation - up Gas prices - way up War in Ukraine - still going War in Iran - still going Houthis - out of control Beef prices - record highs Public health - people are dying from the fucking measles No wins to speak of. 40447241347
Reposted by NancyMCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/10/2026WAPO: The lining “failed in at least 85 places because of errors in the renovation, including the premature refilling of the basin before the liner had fully dried ..” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... 1652691881
Reposted by NancyMCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h“.. Nearly three-quarters said they struggled to pay for food, housing, medical care or daily transportation in the past year compared with 13 percent of upper-income adults.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/b... 36557250
Reposted by NancyMThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/10/2026P.S. Thiel wrote this in 2009 — right after Obama won🤔 29679263
Reposted by NancyMMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Trump Is sending a 600-strong battalion from the 10th Mountain Division to Panama for, allegedly, a campaign against drug cartels, NYT reports. 4220193
Reposted by NancyMMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14/10/2026If Trump and Musk succeed in putting a knife into the ribs of Ukraine, it will be a permanent stain on the U.S. and a reminder that no country should ever trust us again.nytimes.comUkraine’s Vulnerability Grows as Starlink Is Restricted and Russia Escalates (Gift Article)A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning. 93813298
Reposted by NancyMThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/10/2026“Real average hourly earnings down for the sixth straight month… rich people are making a lot of money — God, I sound like Marx. I really don’t want to sound like Marx, but I’m looking at the data.” The Trump/Republican agenda, folks. (H/T @atrupar.com ) 561864698
Reposted by NancyMThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Trump again comes out as pro-inflation 27739941645
Reposted by NancyMMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14/10/2026How Trump destroyed the US economy.apple.newsNew Numbers Show Just How Badly Trump Wrecked the Economy — Rolling StoneInflation and gas prices are up — and they’re not coming down anytime soon 23371139
Reposted by NancyMMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14/10/2026The job description: Be blonde and smile at the dictator. 61422102
Reposted by NancyMCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/10/2026These heds are beginning to pile up. @wsj.com @financialtimes.com @bloomberg.com 37725263
Reposted by NancyMCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Four days after Musk wrote, “Zelensky has gone too far.” @financialtimes.com #ukraine www.ft.com/content/3708... 32842071904
Reposted by NancyMRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/10/2026What a total scumbag. Another one to vote out. These people are not just awful legislators, they are just terrible human beings. bsky.app/profile/theb... 2462864815
Reposted by NancyMMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Elon Musk is helping both the Russians and the Republicans. Not a coincidence.nytimes.comSudden Starlink Restrictions Deepen Ukraine’s Vulnerability as Russia Escalates (Gift Article)A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite program appeared to be curbed without warning. 761126579
Reposted by NancyMMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14/10/2026French Far Right Rassemblement National leader and Putin puppet Marine Le Pen told the FT she would end French financial aid to Ukraine within six months of becoming president, oppose Ukraine’s EU membership and reconsider EU sanctions on Russia. 41247149
Reposted by NancyMThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/10/2026ICYMI — @ossoff.bsky.social after @RepMikeCollins pathetically attempted to dodge the Q: “The question was about the war in Iran… Congress is full of congressmen’s sons like Mike Collins perfectly happy to send other people's children to die in war.” 321028317
Reposted by NancyMRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/10/2026So now Kevin Hassett will go on TV again and smile while telling us how the terrible inflation numbers are actually great news for everyone and how we are really winning even though we keep having to pay more for everything because of stupid tariffs and an even dumber war. 1982973652
Reposted by NancyMMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14/10/2026The annual rate of inflation was 3.0% in the last month of Biden's presidency. It's 3.7% now. But Trump keeps saying, “Prices are coming down," and he's not going to stop lying.cnbc.comConsumer prices rose at 3.7% annual rate in September as gas costs skyrocketThe consumer price index was expected to increase 0.6% in September on a monthly basis and 3.6% from a year ago, according to the Dow Jones consensus forecast. 824798
Reposted by NancyMMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Never thought we’d reach the stage where elections are a choice between democracy or fascism. 56681151
Reposted by NancyMRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Trump and Musk are doing everything they can to try and force Ukraine to surrender to Putin while Musk spends over $300 million to try and buy the midterm elections to maintain total power. The American government under Republicans are on the side of evil. Vote them out. 494104284092
Reposted by NancyMMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14/10/2026What's it going to take for people to realize that Elon Musk is trying to ruin our country – and the rest of the world too? 64669185
Reposted by NancyMThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/10/2026It was the biggest jump in costs since May. We’re all paying more for everything because of Trump’s pointless war. Trump’s Golden Age? www.nbcnews.com/business/eco... 31719287
Reposted by NancyMAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026"When Trump plucked Katie Zacharia from obscurity & appointed her as his new press sec, he called her 'an attorney.' This is also how Zacharia describes herself. But Popular Information searched for evidence in all 50 states, plus DC, that she was admitted to practice law anywhere — & found none."popular.infoTrump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, claims she’s a lawyer. Is she?There is no evidence Zacharia has ever been licensed to practice law — and the White House did not provide any 53250721637