Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/04/2025They bought votes and still lost. 830375874636
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms. 128210232914216
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 02/04/2025If you like what you've seen from Sen. Cory Booker and other Democratic lawmakers this week, call and email their offices and let them know that. Evidence of public support gives lawmakers more clout with their colleagues to keep doing what they're doing. Constituent encouragement becomes influence. 5093861880
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialSen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 02/04/2025After getting some rest, I am in awe of everyone who continues to lift their voice and speak out. This is a moment for our country, and we must make a choice about the America we want to be. 42158297510780
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Project 2025 was unpopular because of things like the plan for Trump to shut down the CFPB, which helps you get your money back if a bank cheats you. 533285035245
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialSantiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 10/02/2025THE CHIEFS CAN STILL WIN IF MIKE PENCE HAS THE COURAGE 733269322
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do. Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work. 203111507216589
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Absolutely brutal scroll on Fox. 2639367779557
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialArt Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Congratulations to David Hogg for being elected the new Vice Chair of the DNC! Be sure to follow him: @davidhogg.bsky.social 1897193996
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 01/02/2025This is the correct take on Cynicism 14669711097
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialArt Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 01/02/2025DNC Chair Nominee Ben Wikler: "When a group of would-be oligarchs are shredding this country to hand off pieces to people who already own everything in this nation. And to fight back, and to win, this party needs to change...we know we need to communicate everywhere." 🔥🔥🔥 791508397
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Idgaf I’m still fighting for guaranteed healthcare. Aspiration is the answer. Not just “we’re not the bad guys.” We need something more meaningful than that. I want a future worth fighting for. They have no vision. We do. Lean into our strengths and knock them out. 👊🏽 316911870513329
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 31/01/2025I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO 413414532024033
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Just wanted to say thanks to everyone here at Bluesky for the follows and the conversations and the constructive, substantive interaction. It's a great forum, a great resource for circulating and talking about the news, and -- most of all -- a pleasure. I'm grateful! 3977883435895
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 31/01/2025i just cannot get over how much the administration’s response to the crash shows a profound disrespect for the lives of the people they are supposed to serve 20818643010632
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/01/2025i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country 220912614324430
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 31/01/2025This is a reminder that no one can convince Trump voters to no longer support Trump, better than Trump can. 33659291110522
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialDean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Jim Acosta just powerfully announced on air he is leaving CNN with the words: "It is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant." He added, "Don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to the fear. Hold on to the truth and to hope." Amen. Jim will be missed. 555234975127
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialArt Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 28/01/2025CNN's Jim Acosta signing off: "I will not give in to the lies. I will not give into the fear. Post it on your social media so people can hear from you too." I will not give in to the lies. I will not give into the fear. Post it on your social media so people can hear from you too. Pass it on. 6663443311367
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialHarry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Good morning y'all. Do something today for your mental health. Love most of you. 🫶🏽 77012663847
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialLaurenWalshArt @laurenwalshart.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Creativity is like a houseplant, not an endless well. You need to seek out sunlight, water, and nutrients in art, shows, music, experiences, and more to tend to it. And just like plants it has its dormant and active periods and you may not seem improvement for some time. 161142763215
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 23/01/2025I’ll be curious to see how long this alliance lasts 2684002533
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 22/01/2025The goal is to overwhelm us so we give up. Don't do that! 1332457428758
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialArt Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Remember when Donald Trump said he'd immediately end the war in Ukraine? Now his answer is "you're going to have to ask Russia." MAGA got conned. Hard. 1111690332
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialRoxi Wheels @roxiwheels.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Today and in the coming days, remember 2783933311773
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialJohn Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 06/01/2025This man and a small group of capitol police officers singlehandedly saved our democracy four years ago. In November, 77 million Americans said "to hell with them" and voted for the insurrectionists. Your "Back the Blue" flags are a pathetic disgrace and your patriotism is bullsh*t. 11945148612915
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialJoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Well this is a photo I shall cherish forever. 🥹 756221361123
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/01/2025A real photo and perfect metaphor heading into 2025. 21117914717446
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialChris D. Jackson @chrisdjackson.bsky.social · 01/01/2025"Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.” 2024 may have knocked us down, but 2025 is our chance to rise, stay engaged, and keep fighting for what matters. Wishing everyone a happy, healthy, and productive year ahead! 935556
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Congratulations! We are all within hours of surviving 2024 & ready to face the challenges of the decade that will be 2025.media.tenor.coma man with a beard is standing in front of a red wall and making a gesture with his hand .ALT: a man with a beard is standing in front of a red wall and making a gesture with his hand . 1535449734567
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/01/2025HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 3498675520
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialArt Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Unlike Donald Trump, President Biden says he's going to wait for "the facts" before commenting on the investigation on the suspect who rammed a truck into a crowd of people in New Orleans. Thank God we have sanity in the White House, unlike Donald who wrongly fear mongers about illegal immigrants. 1164137741
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Recently took a peek at Twitter and the disinformation is getting substantially more dangerous. Someone could get killed. The tactics of constantly repeating outright lies, targeting specific people, repurposing years-old footage and presenting them as new is getting to another level. It’s scary. 34877878813519
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 22/12/2024I said this on the show, but something that hasn’t sunk in, I think. We haven’t had a “new” president who is sworn in and is immediately a lame duck in the nation’s entire history. When Grover Cleveland was sworn in a second time we didn’t have the 22nd amendment! 455102151468
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialPalmer Report @palmerreport.com · 22/12/2024If the media hadn’t been so busy pretending Biden was senile, they might have noticed that House Republicans have allegedly been hiding one of their senile members in an assisted living facility for the past six months 531558533
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialeve6 @eve6.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Regular ass guy: damn this country has a lotta problems it would be great if we could solve one of them Our elites: we're going to bring back polio 472881448
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialvo @vanillaopinions.bsky.social · 17/12/2024house does hit a bit different after the opioid epidemic 3622
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/12/2024New in PN: Trump's Time interview provides a sobering reminder "In some ways, Trump trying to sound halfway normal is the most frightening Trump."publicnotice.coTrump's Time interview provides a sobering reminderHe's staggeringly unfit. Always has been. Always will be. 1222634541
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Tried my best. Sorry I couldn’t pull it through everyone - we live to fight another day. ♥️ 91271134835877
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/12/2024"Trump barely pretends to understand the broad outlines, much less the nuances, of his own agenda. Pressed on actual issues, he flatters himself and talks about how great he’s going to make everything. But he offers few details, and when he does, they're conspiracy theories and lies."publicnotice.coTrump's Time interview provides a sobering reminderHe's staggeringly unfit. Always has been. Always will be. 41978582026
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialGabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Writing is an act of rebellion. Writing is an act of creation. Writing is an act of salvation. Writing is an act of exploration. Writing is an act of emotion. Writing is an act of confession. Writing is an act of speculation. Writing is an act of reflection. Keep writing. 366260645421
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 17/12/2024WE ARE STILL IN THIS. Wipe your tears. This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation. We do not give up. We run through the tape. Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉 Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this. 31348619010807
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialAngela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Can't stress this enough: a random story you write on a lark may end up being the one that gets you the most recognition while the one you really love may get few reads and/or your worst reviews. Don't overthink it. Publishing is a gamble. You'll win some; you'll lose some. 802650280
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialPop Base @popbase.tv · 13/12/2024Bluesky has passed a milestone of 25 MILLION users. 1208263645
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialScott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Tell me something good. Some sort of positive news. Big, small, personal, whatever it is, I just want some good vibes. I have a wonderful medical procedure today I need to be distracted from. 😀👍 12072617228
Reposted by @optimalist.bsky.socialMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 10/12/2024“We are a country that stands on the precipice, just six weeks away from swearing in, for the second time, a wannabe “dictator” with ambitions to wildly reshape our democracy. There is a desire to tune out. I get it.” www.vanityfair.com/news/story/w...vanityfair.comWe Can’t Just Tune Out Donald TrumpExhaustion is understandable after a bitter election, but ignoring what’s happening won’t make it go away. 77198312754
