NowBaxter (she/her) @nowbaxter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Also, you’re 86? And have dementia so your daughter is helping? But Epic only allows you to use a cellphone # once unless you sacrifice a ram to the Epic Gods at 2:36 am on Thursday, so she can’t help you?! 020
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is a community note for the ages. 6659151176
NowBaxter (she/her) @nowbaxter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Is there anything awesome this guy won’t do 032
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The questions for MA are so weirdly written this year. I liked the set up and explanations here: ballotpedia.org/Massachusett... Remember, you can bring in a piece of paper to help you remember how you want to vote.ballotpedia.orgMassachusetts 2026 ballot measures 242
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21275902509
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 29/09/2026If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway 23940281044
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026They are trying to get DCF to return the teen to their custody even though the teen has a restraining order against them that they agreed to abide by as part of a plea agreement. They're also trying to stop DCF from helping the teen get testosterone. 4123193
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 12/09/2026As I was standing by this gas pump filling up my truck with six dollar gas I couldn’t help but think that this was a small price to pay so that every child wanting to play sports in elementary school has to submit to mandatory genital inspections 555444945
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I think this is a very beautiful idea. Shana tova, everyone. 220625
NowBaxter (she/her) @nowbaxter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I think it says something about the NYT, WE’RE fine 011
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Core, The (DO NOT PERCEIVE) @the-core.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Michael Phelps being genetically built like someone developed him in a lab specifically for swimmers: celebrated Olympic hero A girl whose only “crime” is being born with the incorrect parts is the second best player on her volleyball team: HELLO, HUMAN RESOURCES?! 011223
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 09/09/2026There’s such an easy answer to this “gotcha” question and it’s “Sports are inherently unsafe and unfair and it’s ridiculous to single out trans athletes when we allow 150 pound linebackers to go up against 260 pound linemen in freshman football on a daily basis. Let kids play with their friends.” 12561101622
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Jordan aka Jirdan @slclunk.com · 09/09/2026Any answer other than “who gives a shit, republicans are using a dozen kids playing JV volleyball as a distraction from looting the county and covering for elite pedophiles” is cowardly horseshit 7448751044
NowBaxter (she/her) @nowbaxter.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Maybe it’s not an increase, b/c there were already a lot?! (Too many) 010
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 12/08/2026SCOOP: He was one of a handful of Democrats who joined Republicans in May to pass an anti-trans bill through the House. Last night, instead of listening to trans constituents at a meeting that I attended, Eugene Vindman got angry. It went downhill from there. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...advocate.comVirginia congressman's meeting with transgender Democrats erupts into profanity. Then he walked outConstituents in King George County confronted Rep. Eugene Vindman over his vote for Republican-backed legislation affecting trans students, triggering a heated exchange. 111842502
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Last month, the head of Belgium's diamond industry presented Trump with a gift: a specially-made 18-karat gold ring worth an estimated $25,000 that celebrated Trump's two terms. Four weeks later, his admin approved a tariff exemption worth billions of dollars to Belgium's diamond industry.ms.nowDemocrats want answers about 18-karat gold ring given to TrumpWeeks after Belgium’s diamond industry gave Trump a ring with 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds and six rubies, it was exempted from paying a U.S. tariff. 1091809942
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)WBUR @wbur.org · 11/08/2026With supplies running dangerously low, the American Red Cross is urging people to donate blood -- particularly people with type O blood.trib.alRed Cross urges more donations amid supply shortageThe organization has limited distributions of the most commonly transfused blood type to hospitals in order to ensure its available for patients with life-threatening emergencies. 01517
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 11/08/2026“The supreme court justice Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from his fossil fuel interests between 2005 and 2024, a new review of financial disclosures shows.”theguardian.comSamuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from oil and gas assets since joining supreme court, analysis showsCritics argue US high court justice should recuse himself from upcoming fossil fuel firms’ climate accountability case 1419579
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 10/08/2026Trump is raiding wildfire prevention funding to pay for his vanity projects while over 2.3 million acres burn in Oregon 421198552
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 10/08/2026José Olivares's continued coverage of ICE force-feeding hunger striking detainees, widely considered torture: "DHS sources told the Guardian over the weekend that between January 2025 and 4 August, 2026 ICE obtained court orders for involuntary medical treatment for 18 hunger strikers."theguardian.comKurdish hunger striker says ICE force-feeding ‘mentally broke me’Exclusive: Film-maker Gabar Choli describes how he endured coercive treatment over eight months in detention in Texas 06838
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 08/08/2026They had contracted Blue Angels for 43 years; 43 years The owner says she never received a personal notice that Hegseth was canceling her or any reminder that her contract renewal was coming up This is how the Trump administration treats people, especially Black people 341792685
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026In honor of Ross Douthat's last day at the NYT, let's remember this particular headline tweak from just last year. 712852579
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 07/08/2026To quote Harry Reid on Collins, "always there when you don't need her." 232885458
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Seems relevant: Canada is creating jobs at a rate that is roughly 4x that in the United States. 12433261240
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I see mass deportations have ushered in a golden age of American prosperity, exactly as promised. 412400693
NowBaxter (she/her) @nowbaxter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Hey in case no one says it - THANK YOU! That is hard, grinding work - thank you! 141
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Laura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social · 07/08/2026We flipped two local office seats in Tennessee tonight. School board & county commission. It's been 30+ years since a Democrat won any race in our county. Holy smokes. We did it. 211040131
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 07/08/2026🎯 17055314110300
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 07/08/2026If you exclude one specific scene, Mrs. Lincoln actually enjoyed the Ford's Theatre production of "Our American Cousin" 2043984818
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 07/08/2026NEWS: Knox County is Tennessee's 3rd largest county, and it voted for Trump by 20%. It has a GOP-run school board known for banning books & approving controversial charter schools. Democrats last night flipped control of the school board in Knox County. 424347911
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Beth @girlanachronism.bsky.social · 06/08/2026popular.info/p/senate-rep...popular.infoSenate Republicans launch network of fake news sitesOne Nation, the Senate GOP's primary dark money group, is producing propaganda masquerading as journalism. 111
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Third Way is not a 'leading centrist group'. It is the far right fringe of people who don't call themselves Republicans, and a foil for reporters like you to bash mainstream Democrats to further a right-of-center agenda. It has no popular support. 21085
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)AW Stiles @awstiles.bsky.social · 06/08/2026bsky.app/profile/mich... 081
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 06/08/2026i'm the eldest of 5, 3 are boys; the self esteem problems they've faced stem from how men (plus misogynists) talk about gender. it's not feminism! it's transphobia! it's white supremacy! stop fucking acting like men are being oppressed by anything but patriarchy! literally what year is it! 321316
NowBaxter (she/her) @nowbaxter.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I was today’s year old when I found out Ray Flynn came from this (in my defense I live in Cambridge) 000
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026@abdulelsayed.bsky.social triumphing over something like $60 million, $32-ish million of it AIPAC money, is not a "narrow" victory, it's a people's earthquake. This kind of spending is oligarchy in action, to smother democracy through its formal channels, and is getting normalized. Still he won. 271865378
Reposted by NowBaxter (she/her)Alex Bradley @alexbradley.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Seth Moulton is so desperate for power he threw together a fake Epstein attack to slander Ed Markey. The good people of @wgbh.org tore it apart. #mapoli 05633