Reposted by BillMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon swears in new civil rights division lawyers at the DOJ. Because nothing says “we care about civil rights” quite like only hiring white people. 42249231866
Reposted by BillMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/07/2026Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear sent a public letter to Sen. Mitch McConnell requesting a full update on his health, citing weeks of limited information since McConnell’s June 14 hospitalization. Beshear called for transparency about his ability to serve. 825155384060
Reposted by BillRay Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 07/07/2026FULL SPEECH: Major Jason Watson’s Speech Before Being Arrested in Peaceful Capitol Protest Calling on Congress to Impeach, Remove and Convict Trump freespeechforpeople.org/full-speech-...freespeechforpeople.orgFULL SPEECH: Major Jason Watson's Speech Before Being Arrested in Peaceful Capitol Protest Calling on Congress to Impeach, Remove and Convict Trump - Free Speech For PeopleThe following transcript comes from a press conference on Capitol Hill on July 1, 2026 Hello everyone. Thank you for being here. First and foremost, I’d like to thank Jessica Denson for making all of... 063
Reposted by BillRay Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 07/07/2026[What an idiot.] Trump at NATO Summit: Greenland 'Should Be Controlled by the United States, Not by Denmark' www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...commondreams.orgTrump at NATO Summit: Greenland 'Should Be Controlled by the United States, Not by Denmark' | Common Dreams"This will not happen," Denmark's prime minister said for the umpteenth time. 011
Reposted by BillRay Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 07/07/2026RFK Jr. Now Has to Deal With Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak newrepublic.com/post/212789/...newrepublic.comRFK Jr. Now Has to Deal With Explosive Diarrhea OutbreakThe health secretary will have to contend with a growing diarrhea parasite. 5212938
Reposted by BillWill McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 07/07/2026“Nothing I did in my career, ever, was planned.” Farewell to Louise Lasser (1939-2026) — a singular presence on stage, TV commercials, in films like BANANAS (1971) and, most unforgettably, as the title character on the Emmy-winning, Norman Lear-produced MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN (1976-77). 661335211
Reposted by BillResist Trump 🤬 🤦🏽♂️🇺🇸 💜💙💪🏽 @resist-trumps-rule.bsky.social · 07/07/2026A new sequel 🤣🤣💙 381126663493
Reposted by BillHelen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Happy birthday Ringo Starr, 86 today. He still owns Maureen's red vinyl raincoat. 16753889
Reposted by BillJohnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Hey so, if you use Waymo driverless car services, you are aiding and abetting fascism. Waymo helps ICE agents locate people to terrorize and abduct. The company willingly shares all facial recognition, license plate and GPS data with ICE and other law enforcement agencies—no subpoena required.static.klipy.comWaymo Self-Driving Jaguar at Traffic LightALT: Waymo Self-Driving Jaguar at Traffic Light 35264563439
Reposted by BillWanted in Rome @wantedinrome.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Bologna opens a new library containing more than 32,000 books from Umberto Eco's private study - arranged exactly as he left them - a decade after his death.wantedinmilan.comUmberto Eco library opens in Bologna, 10 years after his deathThe University of Bologna has opened a new public library housing the personal book collection of writer Umberto Eco, a decade after his death. 503324846
Reposted by BillHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Belgium trolled the US with a savage two-word message after knocking them out of the World Cup: “Overturn this.” 489139412380
Reposted by BillProPublica @propublica.org · 07/07/2026NEW: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.” with @texastribune.orgpropublica.orgKen Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law.The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent yo... 1228194698713
Reposted by BillGordon Wark 🤬💥😡🔥🕗🕕🕓🕖 @1stwark.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Send these fuckers packing in November. 17889132556
Reposted by BillChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 06/07/2026I 🤎 this depiction. The ancestors are telling us something. 332105592199
Reposted by BillLawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 06/07/2026BREAKING: SUPREME COURT RULES 6-3 THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP AS UNLIMITED PARDON POWER AT FIFA. #Satire 79723
Reposted by BillThe Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 05/07/2026The same Republicans who were hysterical when asked to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID19 have no problem wearing masks to spread their White Nationalist Christian hatred. 979111523590
Reposted by BillRay Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 04/07/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.com‘All men are created equal’: America has lost its values. It’s time to go back to the founding text | Ted WidmerAs the US celebrates 250 years, the Declaration of Independence has been curiously absent. Yet its language on the consent of the governed is more relevant than ever 052
Reposted by BillRay Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Timothy Snyder: “On Tyranny” and Our 250th Birthday dianeravitch.net/2026/07/04/t...dianeravitch.netTimothy Snyder: “On Tyranny” and Our 250th BirthdayTimothy Snyder is a leading historian of Europe. He was a professor at Yale University. Last year, he accepted a professorship and chair at the University of Toronto, because he feared that Trump w… 043
Reposted by BillJason Scott @textfiles.com · 03/07/2026I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving. 8883365112532
Reposted by BillAllison Marsh @mamafoo2000.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Corruption in full view. @hcrichardson.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... 19854711964
Reposted by Billalexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Americans are inspecting the luggage of the Argentine national team before departure — even Messi was not exempt USA, lame country 74752961747
Reposted by Bill@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Trump will not extend the US-Mexico-#Canada free trade agreement. "Trump said his country didn’t “need anything” its partners had to offer." Oh really now.semafor.comUS expected not to extend USMCA agreementMexico City and Ottawa have tried repeatedly to reach an agreement with Washington to prolong the deal, under which $2 trillion is traded annually. 61115
Reposted by BillKafka @kafkaesque2024.bsky.social · 28/06/2026#AlphabetChallenge #WeekYForYonder Concrete reaches for the clouds as trees whisper to the water. #BnW #InfraredPhotography #SensoryArt #PointOfView #Infrared #Scape #Photography #CityScapes #UrbanGaze #ECK #StreetPhotography #Architecture #Skyscrapers #BWPhotography #LongExposure #ClassicMono 1464
Reposted by BillMalena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Would you like to be a hero and help families get released from immigration detention where rampant #ICELawlessness is causing immense suffering? Volunteer today to help pull documents at habeasdockets.org Because if not you, who? 6395292
Reposted by BillThe Verge @theverge.com · 27/06/2026Despite promises of smooth travel for the World Cup, fans’ and even players’ visa chaos further illustrates the Trump administration’s goals. Read more from @gabydvj.bsky.social:theverge.comThe World Cup puts the US’s nightmarish immigration policies front and centerTrump’s immigration crackdown isn’t sparing world cup fans — or players 28519219
Reposted by BillDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 27/06/2026NEW: Acting national intelligence director Bill Pulte picks Christina Norton, known for running the GOP’s controversial 2024 poll watcher operation, as his chief of staff. The hire fuels concerns that he’ll use the intelligence office to advance Trump’s subversion of this year’s midterms.democracydocket.comPulte picks RNC’s former election integrity director for his national intelligence agency's chief of staffActing national intelligence director Bill Pulte picked Christina Norton, known for running the GOP’s 2024 poll watcher program, as his chief of staff. 24321192
Reposted by BillMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Class, in accordance with Texas’s new law, we are going to engage in Bible study. Please open you Bibles to Ezekiel 23:20. “There she lusted after her lovers, whose penises were like those of donkeys and whose ejaculations were like that of horses.” The Bible, pornography for the WHOLE family! 45853751828
Reposted by BillMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/06/2026TEXAS EVANGELICALS: "You MUST follow our religion!" THE REST OF US: "You first."salon.comTexas mandates Bible readings and Christian-infused curriculum in public schools - Salon.comEducation board decision fuels debate over where teaching about religion ends and religious instruction begins 36242291115
Reposted by BillAdmirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Babe Didrikson Zaharias--AP's Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th Century--was born #OTD in 1911. 3 Olympic medals 🥇 🥇 🥈 Track & Field, 1932 Founding member, LPGA 10 major LPGA championships #golf Only woman in history to make the cut in a PGA Tour event 3x All-American #basketball #SportsHistory 321949
Reposted by BillReally American @reallyamerican.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Today, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called for an investigation into deaths at ICE concentration camps. @theguardian.com and @france24.com covered it. Can anyone find AMERICAN coverage of this development? Our media is complicit in the coverup: news.un.org/en/story/202...news.un.orgDeaths in US immigration custody must be investigated: UN rights chiefUN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday called for stronger independent oversight of the United States immigration detention system and investigations into all deaths in US Immigra... 8325041186
Reposted by BillQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 26/06/2026SCOTUS handed down 4 major rulings this week. Corporate media covered each in isolation, buried in legal jargon, stripped of stakes. That ends here. Four assaults on human rights. One clear message: corporations and the powerful win, everyone else loses. Here is my non-legalese analysis.qasimrashid.comBreaking Down This Week's 4 Major SCOTUS RulingsFour assaults on human rights. One clear message: corporations and the powerful win, everyone else loses 501691884
Reposted by BillJulie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I’m haunted by our future. #AbolishICE 8230401020
Reposted by BillTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Two ICE agents tracked down a woman *inside a polling place* yesterday. Why? They demanded that she take down an Instagram post in which she named Jonathan Ross as the man who shot & killed Renee Good (after the Star Tribune identified Ross). www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...syracuse.comFederal agents track down Syracuse woman, demand she remove Instagram post about ICEShe believes the warning was related to a post about the ICE agent who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis. 1054150007741
Reposted by BillAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Himes: I got a little bit more of an up-close-and-personal look at some of the damage that was done. I’ll tell you what: the Iranians hit our embassies. They hit pretty much all of our military facilities in the area. 26570252840
Reposted by BillBluesky @bsky.app · 25/06/2026Bluesky launched in February 2023 as an invite-only platform. As of June 2026, we have 45 million users. For reference, that's almost the population of Argentina. Thank you for being here with us 💙 Here’s to the next 45 million accounts. 1008298723575
Reposted by BillCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 26/06/2026(Bloomberg) - SpaceX’s blockbuster bond sale is weakening so quickly in the secondary market that traders say they can’t recall another recent deal that widened this sharply. @bloomberg.com $SPCX www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comBond Traders Stunned as Losses on SpaceX’s New Debt Keep GrowingSpaceX’s blockbuster bond sale is weakening so quickly in the secondary market that traders say they can’t recall another recent deal that widened this sharply. 2603065891
Reposted by BillB Allen Scoop (Vote Democrat) @thescoop.bsky.social · 26/06/2026The practice of stripping a tyrant’s name from monuments after death is historically known as damnatio memoriae (a Roman custom of condemning a person's memory). It’s society's way to erase a disgraced leader from history and sever ties with their oppressive legacy… can’t wait! 55914
Reposted by BillThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 26/06/2026Judges aren't just neutral umpires who call balls and strikes, they're competing on the field and making decisions that reflect their personal preferences. Eric Scarfee's latest looks at how the Supreme Court has devolved its neutrality in court and uses some recent cases to illustrate that. 1272555932
Reposted by BillNiera 🏳️⚧️ @mywifecallsmeacat.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Every FIFA world cup team has the opportunity to do the funniest thing possible by letting Iran's team win and force the president to hand them the trophy. 1263783609
Reposted by BillMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Steve Hutkins, a retired New York University professor and a leading advocate for the USPS through savethepostoffice.com, told Democracy Docket that if the agency ultimately moves forward with the proposal, he believes “it will destroy the Postal Service.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.com‘It will destroy the Postal Service’: USPS plan to crack down on mail voting spurs alarm“It won’t just be tainted. Its whole brand will be destroyed," one leading Postal Service advocate told Democracy Docket. 25634351739
Reposted by BillMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/06/2026Q: Why did you give a plea deal to a child sex predator? Do you have anything to say about that? Paxton: (No response.) Q: Should he be registered as a sex offender in Texas? Paxton: (No response.) Q: What do you have to say to the victim of Adam Hoffman? Paxton: (No response.) 734100714291
Reposted by BillTrëy @quiksnowboard7.bsky.social · 24/06/2026#MusicHistory On this day 1967, The Jefferson Airplane released "White Rabbit", from their 2nd album, Surrealistic Pillow. Written by Grace Slick, she turned Alice in Wonderland into one of rock’s great psychedelic anthems & a defining sound of the Summer of Love. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANN...youtube.comJefferson Airplane -White Rabbit-YouTube video by dustasdu 1251768359
Reposted by BillDemocracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 24/06/2026DHS is refusing to release records about an unlawful anti-protester database designed to punish people for exercising their First Amendment rights – a tactic that ICE agents have been threatening protesters with for months. We're suing on behalf of @theintercept.com to expose the truth. 410936
Reposted by BillNathan Johnson @nathanfortexas.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Texans have endured abuses of power and discriminatory actions that weaken their voice and limit opportunity. We cannot allow the law to be twisted to disadvantage people or undermine their rights. As Attorney General, I'll stand by your side, not in your way. 20676192
Reposted by Bill@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Provide the cash on the condition that Trump's guy allows mail in voting to continue as is, no interference. 193
Reposted by BillJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 24/06/2026101 former judges have asked New York disciplinary authorities to investigate Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, alleging ethics violations tied to his conduct at DOJ. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...open.substack.com101 Former Judges Ask the New York Bar to Investigate Acting Attorney General Todd BlancheToday, 101 former judges filed a complaint, asking the New York State Bar Attorney Grievance Commission to “initiate an investigation into Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche (Registration No. 311122354316