Pam Burks @pamburks03.bsky.social · 24/03/2026open.substack.com/pub/robertre...open.substack.comA Report You Need to ReadFriends, 000
Reposted by Pam BurksMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue. 15080072233
Reposted by Pam BurksThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/09/2025AP: “The median pay package for CEOs rose to $17.1M, up 9.7%. Meanwhile, the median employee at companies in the survey earned $85,419, reflecting a 1.7% increase year over year.” The economy is rigged by a political system controlled by the rich. apnews.com/article/ceo-... 33834308
Reposted by Pam BurksHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 15/08/2025On one hand, Republican officials call themselves "warfighters." On the other, they become whiny crybabies at the thought of setting foot in DC streets and New York City subways that literal schoolchildren navigate every day without incident. Real macho stuff. 23186642072
Reposted by Pam BurksSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 15/08/2025The thing is, it’s a more important piece of white American history. 562438588
Reposted by Pam BurksAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/08/2025So, no national guard on January 6th, but definitely on August 11th. Makes total sense. 641223795660
Reposted by Pam BurksHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 10/08/2025August 9, 2025heathercoxrichardson.substack.comAugust 9, 2025Last Thursday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposted a video in which Christian nationalist pastors express their opposition to the idea of women voting. 34955284
Reposted by Pam BurksBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 09/08/2025@genefortexas.bsky.social: "We're buying time for Texans to wake up... To not only deal with TX but deal w/ this in every other state. If ppl who lie, cheat, and steal are allowed to win the day, that is the end of our country... Get off your ass! This is our last shot at saving the American dream." 282143224884
Reposted by Pam BurksAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Our parks are in survival mode and they need more staff!fox13seattle.comWA hiker’s viral video shows overgrown trails, full toilets in national park 27382372605
Reposted by Pam BurksKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Exactly right. They simply want the end product — whether it’s an actual production of art or music or the end result of hard work like a PhD — without doing the work. It’s cheat codes all the way down. 903068587
Reposted by Pam BurksHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 28/07/2025I doubt that there is a single family in America that hasn’t benefitted directly from the NIH. 654821605
Reposted by Pam BurksHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 29/07/2025“Hello 911, I’d like to report a murder.” 621844371
Reposted by Pam BurksJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 15/07/20251. Former Congressman Alex Mooney (R-WV) stepped down in January after spending a decade in Congress. A few weeks later, video obtained by Popular Information reveals, he was working at a lobbying firm.popular.infoHow a former Congressman is gaming the systemOn January 3, 2025, Congressman Alex Mooney (R-WV) ended his tenure in Congress after representing the Mountain State for a decade. 4321140
Reposted by Pam Burksborn miserable @bornmiserable.bsky.social · 15/07/2025not pictured: all the graves of Native Americans pillaged, raped, tortured, slaughtered, and enslaved 1026346
Reposted by Pam BurksAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/07/2025At the DeSantis Everglades detention camp, people with green cards are being held in terrible conditions, with maggots in the food, the lights kept on 24 hours a day, and delayed access to medicine. One guy had his Bible taken and was told "here there is no right to religion." 21146472566
Reposted by Pam BurksThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/07/2025SENATOR @warnock.senate.gov : “Are we reading the same Book? The Book I know says ‘I was hungry, and you fed me… I was a stranger, and you welcomed me… insomuch as you’ve done it to the least of these, you’ve done it also unto me.’” #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer 793237385601
Reposted by Pam BurksJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 16/06/2025The Atlantic should be ashamed of publishing this nightmare piece from Liz Bruenig, whose callous dismissal of Adriana Smith's dignity is one of the most shocking things I've ever read. 51894681973
Reposted by Pam BurksWIRED @wired.com · 16/06/2025RFK Jr. orders HHS to give undocumented migrants’ Medicaid data to DHS, spyware is found on two Italian journalists’ phones, and Meta announces a crackdown on “adversarial advertisers.” @evystadium.bsky.social has more: 1231796
Reposted by Pam BurksPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 14/06/2025My kids know an American flag when they see one – but they don't yet know all that it represents. When they're old enough, here is what I'm going to tell them: 475150193844
Pam Burks @pamburks03.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Good read open.substack.com/pub/eliseunl...open.substack.comFeminism for F*ck-Ups and How to Fight the Patriarchy When You’re a MessBecause flawless activism is a myth—and you're still part of the revolution. 010
Reposted by Pam BurksRevDr Kate Rodger | Ph.D, M.Div 🪷🐝☕🌻 ⚖️ ⚛️ 💞🌍 @katerodger.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Stay home at night. Protest peacefully. When the guard shows up, go home. Then protest again. Peacefully. They are putting agitators in. Do not engage. Protest peacefully. 13641226
Reposted by Pam BurksEzra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Ahead of No Kings Day, a couple trainings we have coming up that might be useful: Safety and Deescalation: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even... Know Your Rights (w/ACLU): act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-t...mobilize.usNo Kings: Safety and Deescalation Training for Hosts & Core Teams · No Kings_**Gather in-person with your planning and safety team to participate in this virtual training.**_ Get together a team of fellow No Kings organizers IN PERSON and dial in as a group for this virtual ... 4221621153
Reposted by Pam BurksAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 08/06/2025The Los Angeles Police Department has stated that demonstrations in the city have remained peaceful. Let that sink in. 410283837231
Reposted by Pam BurksWonkette @wonkettemedia.bsky.social · 07/06/2025You Know What The Kennedy Center Is Missing? A Giant Gold Trump Statue! www.wonkette.com/p/you-know-w... By Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.socialwonkette.comYou Know What The Kennedy Center Is Missing? A Giant Gold Trump Statue!But maybe our brain-addled president will soon fix that. 0205
Reposted by Pam BurksSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Ever wondered why Trump & MAGA always lie so wildly about numbers without a care in the world? Watch Angela Lansbury explain the reason. It’s crucial to understanding Steve Bannon’s “flood the zone” tactic. 16640178
Reposted by Pam BurksMrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 14/05/2025God what absolute fucking losers these people are 318637
Reposted by Pam BurksNEW POPULAR FRONT Survivor❤️🩹 Ally🏳️🌈 Ukraine Must Win🇺🇦 @ouaisouaisdubuffet.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Episcopal Church won't resettle white Afrikaners, ends work with U.S. government www.npr.org/2025/05/12/g...npr.orgEpiscopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, citing moral oppositionThe church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa. 944584
Reposted by Pam BurksTee Vixen Sutton @vixenbite.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Effective May 10, NOAA is gone. NOAA protects food systems, disaster preparation and public health, clean air and portable water When NOAA dies, parts if civil society dies. This is just brutal. We, as a society, are going to suffer incredibly. 131506686
Pam Burks @pamburks03.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Blessings and good tipping to all the restaurant folks working today 200
Reposted by Pam BurksAdam Schiff @adamschiff.com · 03/04/2025Tariffs like these raise prices and don't work. But if you skipped class the day we all learned that – here's a refresher: 18462501810
Reposted by Pam BurksWIRED @wired.com · 28/03/2025“Of course one of the big risks is not underpayment or overpayment per se but [it’s also] not paying someone at all and not knowing about it. The invisible errors and omissions,” an SSA technologist tells WIRED. Read the full scoop here:wired.comDOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System CollapseSocial Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months. 691041351
Pam Burks @pamburks03.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Interesting www.scientificamerican.com/article/risi...scientificamerican.comRising Acceptance of Political Violence Promises Nothing Good for the U.S.Left-leaning Americans at peaceful demonstrations are becoming more likely to believe that political violence will be necessary to save America 010
Pam Burks @pamburks03.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Made an abstract thing at camera club last night. If you're interested in some nice folks to take a photographic journey with, check out Central Maryland Photography Guild at cmpg.photography. Very chill vibe, non-competitive, all skill levels welcome. #photography 070
Reposted by Pam BurksAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 08/03/2025"Russia’s long-range strikes, by cruise missiles that are among the most costly weapons in its nonnuclear arsenal, are aimed using satellite imagery provided by U.S. companies" From Graeme Wood www.theatlantic.com/internationa...theatlantic.comA Suspicious Pattern Alarming the Ukrainian MilitaryA Ukrainian military source believes that Russia’s long-range strikes are aimed using satellite imagery provided by U.S. companies. 35055042895
Reposted by Pam BurksKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/03/2025The Department of Homeland Security has begun performing polygraph tests on employees to determine who might be leaking information to the media about immigration operations. Tom Homan and Kristi Noem blame lower-than-expected ICE arrest numbers on recent leaks. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...nbcnews.comDHS has begun performing polygraph tests on employees to find leakersDHS Secretary Kristi Noem and border czar Tom Homan have blamed lower-than-expected ICE arrest numbers on recent leaks about planned operations. 47728381271
Reposted by Pam BurksAmanda Terkel @aterkel.bsky.social · 06/03/2025NEW — Social Security Administration tells employees they can no longer read the news on work devices www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru... by @allansmith.bsky.socialnbcnews.comSocial Security Administration bars employees from reading the news at workIn a Thursday morning email, the Social Security Administration said it was “implementing additional restrictions” on web-browsing. 2642059974
Reposted by Pam BurksPam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 06/03/2025SSA is in complete chaos. Buried in this article is a service worker noting that "the phone never stops ringing" and **retirement claims aren't being processed**. Hard to overstate the significance of that. End goal is to privatize the agency. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comDOGE is driving Social Security cuts and will make mistakes, acting head says privatelyThe Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner said members of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team are outsiders who are unfamiliar with the nuances of the agency’s programs. 561192652
Pam Burks @pamburks03.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Looking forward to the alums breathing fire at this guy 000
Reposted by Pam BurksRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/03/2025"It’s the 12th highest monthly job cuts total in the 32 years Challenger has been tracking them. "The 11 others (4 came during the Covid pandemic) all occurred when the US was in a recession..." www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/e...cnn.comUS employers cut more jobs last month than any February since 2009 | CNN BusinessThe Trump administration’s massive federal cuts and swelling feelings of economic uncertainty helped fuel a recession-level spike in layoffs last month, new data showed Thursday. 1272257768
Reposted by Pam BurksRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/03/2025"as agencies spar over responsibility for operations there and over blame for what has gone wrong, there is a growing recognition within the administration that it was a political decision that is just not working..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...nbcnews.comTrump administration rethinking Guantánamo immigrant detention plan amid cost issues and power strugglesTrump still wants to use the base for detention, but a scaled-down version is the likeliest outcome, sources said. 1932302505
Reposted by Pam BurksRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/03/2025From Russian State Media. This is playing out exactly the way Putin planned it with Trump. 18631771041
Reposted by Pam BurksDrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 05/03/2025This is the way. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social , please encourage others to follow @robertgarcia.bsky.social 's lead. bsky.app/profile/robe... 👇👇👇👇👇 752400645
Reposted by Pam BurksMother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/03/2025DOD's deputy press secretary is an overt internet troll with a long history of bigoted, xenophobic, and deliberately provocative shitposting.motherjones.comThis Pentagon press secretary has a long history of bigoted and xenophobic posts“Be unapologetically right-wing. It will pay off.” 46881320
Reposted by Pam BurksDivider Decider 👩🏻⚖️🌊⚖️(Renee GOOD, ICE BAD) @dividerdecider.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Uniter 433 Protests at 433 Park Sites #BlueEarth 🌐 #ResistanceEarth DOGE Coup Math just doesn’t add up! They want to end $4 billion in fed. government spending on the U.S. National Parks System. But parks & small, local businesses take in $50 billion in tourist dollars. via IG catpowerofficial 20726218
Reposted by Pam BurksAlexander S. Vindman @avindman.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Pausing the US-Ukraine intel exchange is an enormous mistake and incredibly harmful to US interests. The U.S. benefits as much if not more it. Anyone who’s touched this will tell you that Ukraine has proven to be enormously consequential in helping us understand Russia. No one else comes even close. 52666186
Reposted by Pam BurksJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 05/03/20251. Trump is pushing forward with his plans to create a "Crypto Strategic Reserve." No one has bothered to explain why diverting government resources into crypto has ANY STRATEGIC BENEFIT FOR THE UNITED STATES. The only benefit is for people who are current investors in crypto. It's a grift.popular.infoStrategic corruption reservePresident Trump is hawking a memecoin and collecting most of the revenue from the sale of a separate coin from a company called World Liberty Financial. 1082191815