Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2hTrump: "We want them to talk about diversitay, as I say. One of theszeeumsm -- diversitay, very elegant person" 122532103
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialMatt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 2hOssoff talking directly to @atrupar.com. 292479350
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4hOSSOFF: Mike Collins called for killing immigrants by throwing them to their deaths out of helicopters. I'd like to hear if Mike Collins stands by that statement. Do you still believe in the extrajudicial killing of immigrants? MIKE COLLINS: *changes topic* 903180896
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialJon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 2hI will always stand up to powerful interests on your behalf. 730761
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2hHard not to notice that Democrats who are doing the best are the ones who are leaving this whole civility-and-norms, we-go-high, we-need-a-strong-Republican-Party bullshit behind and are simply giving Republicans exactly what they all ought to get at all times, which is undisguised contempt. 322606657
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2hA long day. My only ask: subscribe to Democracy Docket. It’s free, and it means we can reach you directly, without depending on any algorithm. demdock.com/4w6emld 13584154
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1hLet me fix that: “I think I gave ICE too much money to hire far too many officers under a president who I knew would insist on deploying them without adequate vetting and training.” 10602113
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 1hWho’s at the center of the Trump administration’s hunt for voter fraud ahead of the midterms? Notorious election denier Heather Honey, who’s now a top DHS election official. Marc Elias breaks down her role. They want you tuned out. We help you stay in the fight: demdock.com/3U05Y9c 018677
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 1hAmericans are voting in three weeks. It’s time to vote out the Trump enablers | Robert Reichtheguardian.comAmericans are voting in three weeks. It’s time to vote out the Trump enablers | Robert ReichWar profiteering, AI grift and tariff shenanigans spell defeat for Trump’s party 616047
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.social𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 1hWhen you lie on your resume but get the job anyway. 105683143
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3hOssoff: "When the congressman voted for this Medicaid cuts, the largest in history, he knew that 50% of all births in our state are covered by Medicaid. He still voted for them. And as a result, a labor and delivery unit in his own district had to shut down. He also supports a total ban on abortion" 291642396
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialJason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 3hI’m sorry, did a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate just ‘Won’t somebody think of the neo-Nazis?’ during a live TV debate? 1473591990
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 1hICYMI: Until six months ago, White House press secretary Katie Zacharia worked with an organization that wants to prosecute people who have abortions for homicide—yes, throw women in prison. And last year, she claimed that abortion pills have ties to Nazi Germany.autonomynews.coNew White House Press Secretary Served on Board of Abortion ‘Abolitionist’ Group: October 12 News RoundupKatie Zacharia worked with an organization that wants to jail people for having abortions and claimed that abortion pills have ties to Nazi Germany. 116780
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialMorgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 1hFUCKING MASTERCLASS! Watch Collins' attack on Jon Ossoff spectacularly backfire 👇 Collins: You didn't lift a finger to help Laken Riley get justice. Ossoff: Mike, you know I voted for the bill. You're not just lying about my record. 816139
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialMorgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 1hYou're lying about a young woman's death because your campaign is in collapse. The whole state knows you are under federal investigation for the illegal misuse of tax dollars. 1869
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5h@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social reacts to Trump’s hateful speech against Rep. Ilhan Omar at an Ohio rally last night: “The whole thing's ludicrous…It's particularly kind of appalling, a member of Congress.” 49425
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialAdam Mockler @adammockler.com · 5hzelensky got no warning before the missiles hit 1317268
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5hIn 2024, Kroger made 35% of its net income from the “precision marketing division," which sells customer data to other companies, according to Consumer Reports. 314546
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5hAI is arguably the most powerful wage suppression machine of my lifetime. You just hang it over every employee’s head. 723457
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5hThe beauty of this for bosses is that AI doesn't even need to be good enough to actually replace you. All they need is the threat that it could replace you just over the horizon. That's the three years. Better not ask for a higher salary since AI *could* replace you. 618947
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12h🚨 Our DC Chief Scott MacFarlane was INSIDE the courtroom as federal Judge Ana Reyes erupted at Trump's DOJ lawyers. “I've never seen anything like that before.” Scott describes the judge screaming at the top of her lungs after the gov cut down hundreds of trees despite assurances to the court 42259142130
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 8hDerrick Van Orden ripped Wisconsinites' healthcare away, and was proud to do it. He'd do it again, don't give him the chance. 24630221
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialSemafor @semafor.com · 8hIn April, the fund still forecast Saudi Arabia and the UAE would grow. Both will still do better than Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar, whose emir said today that government revenue was down 42% in the first half of the year. Read more: www.semafor.com/article/10/1...semafor.comThe IMF cuts its 2026 growth forecasts across the GulfThe Middle East and North Africa is now expected to be the only region to shrink this year. In April, the IMF forecast Saudi Arabia and the UAE would grow. 001
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialDr. Amy Acton @amyactonoh.bsky.social · 10hIncredibly honored to have President Obama's support in this fight. 11669168
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 10hThe FAA rolled out a new AI tool for air traffic control in DC without publishing a safety evaluation or sufficiently consulting labor. @repaprildelaney.bsky.social and I are urging the FAA to stop the rollout until we have answers. Air traffic control leaves zero margin for error. 401253361
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9hThey’really trying to lie their way through it 🤥 91897582666
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h"Most nations avoid public executions for the pretty obvious reason that turning a person’s death into propaganda is an assault on human dignity. It creates perverse incentives for jackals like Hegseth to target individuals for spectacular acts of violence in the name of self-aggrandizement."publicnotice.coThe fascist spectacle of streamed executionsIt’s a sign of a deeply sick society. 621509404
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialMike Masnick @masnick.com · 10hRemembering that time when some big name accounts were arguing that X is all good now and the algorithm has been de-Elon'd. Wait, that was yesterday. The same time this was happening. 323305999
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialDan Shafer @danshafer.bsky.social · 10hNEW from @angelalang8.bsky.social: 'Don’t fall for the sneaky language: Why you should vote NO on Question 3' The intentionally confusing language makes it seem like it’s anti-discrimination, but the devil is in the details. Let's recombobulate: www.therecombobulationarea.com/p/dont-fall-...therecombobulationarea.comDon’t fall for the sneaky language: Why you should vote NO on Question 3This constitutional amendment question will be on every ballot across the state, and its intentionally confusing language makes it seem like it’s anti-discrimination, but the devil is in the details. 0187
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13hContrast this with the lack of serious punishment Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller got, whose conduct was far worse. Scheller then got a senior appointment in the Pentagon from Hegseth. 13729051335
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialKylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 10hincredibly fucking juvenile/weird and you have to wonder if he'll regret it when, in the coming years, he has 0 political future because all the MAGA groypers he's trying to appeal to will be calling *him* fat, gay, and calling his family racial slurs 01237157
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 10hThe pre-midterm defenestration of ACA enrollees looks like political madness – but the president appears to believe hitting poor people might work for himtheguardian.comIs punishing the poor Trump’s last hand to play? 31812
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11hJD Vance: "You ask Ken Paxton a simple question and you will get a direct answer" NARRATOR: Paxton has refused to answer Qs about why he won't debate, why he went to England on July 4 w/ his mistress, why he went to Dubai with his mistress, his 15 homes, or how his net worth has increased 7,000%... 37379132304
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialMike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 11hI think she needs to go to the Derek Zoolander Center For Children Who Can't Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too 881466145
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h"He's just a guy who shows a weird focus on transgender kids ... typically people who say stuff like that tend to have some unusual search histories" -- JD Vance, who is obsessed with demagoguing trans issues, baselessly suggests that Talarico is a pedo 8272629577
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12h"I believe that our education, like, such as in South Africa and the—Iraq everywhere, like, such as and I believe that they should—our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., or should help South Africa, and should help the Iraq, and the Asian countries." -- Miss South Carolina 1901470337
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12hQ: On Guilfoyle, she was almost a member of your family. How surprised were you to learn about these allegations? TRUMP: No, she wasn't a member of my family. She I guess dated my son a long time ago. 6943850
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12hQ: On Guilfoyle, she was almost a member of your family. How surprised were you to learn about these allegations? TRUMP: No, she wasn't a member of my family. She I guess dated my son a long time ago. 184787127
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialMaine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 13h10/13 New reporting from the Press Herald Tuesday says that Senator Susan Collins and the pro-Collins super PAC run by a family friend are still paying the DC fundraising firm connected to the alleged pay-to-play scheme that the FBI wanted to investigate as recently as last year. #maine #MEpolitics 521391
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13hMike Johnson threatens us with a good time: "If this group took over, they would turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body. They'd spend every day investigating the president, the first family, the cabinet, donors to the party, leaders of business ... " 132370791360
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h"If these people take over Congress, they're going to use its powers exactly how the Founders intended! Can you imagine that? Congress doing its job?! Heaven forfend!" 361499252
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12hTrump mocks a reporter for trying to ask him about Iran 76633175
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12hQ: You said Zacharia is an attorney. Where did she pass the bar exam? What state? ZACHARIA: When I moved to China 8433521924
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12hTrump bullshit 🧵: “Russia is not releasing diesel to us. They're releasing it to the entire world.” 1628965
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12hU.S. presidential envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner tried to convince the Ukrainian delegation at a meeting in Miami that a diesel deal with Russia could help bring the Kremlin back to the negotiating table, three sources told Reuters.meduza.ioReuters: Witkoff and Kushner told Kyiv that a diesel deal with Russia would help bring the Kremlin back to the negotiating table — MeduzaU.S. presidential envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner tried to convince the Ukrainian delegation at a meeting in Miami that a diesel deal with Russia could help bring the Kremlin back to the negoti... 134636
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12hThe Strategic Petroleum Reserve is now the lowest ever relative to Refinery Inputs. (via RB Advisers) #SPR 751307545
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13hBREAKING: Our @lukeradel.bsky.social was in the room when the new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia delivered her first briefing… before she ABRUPTLY LEFT after taking only a few questions 1071800552
Reposted by @oldlady73big.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13hjust think -- Scott Jennings couldn't beat THAT out for the press secretary job 😆 2282949390
