Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialJoel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry. 7243894111286
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Reminder: Dolly Parton helped fund the Moderna vaccine for COVID.nytimes.comDolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ (Published 2021)The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.” 247238535775
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialThat's HEDLEY! @hedleylamarr23.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Yesterday I tested positive for COVID, after spending a couple of days thinking it was hay fever and then realizing it wasn't. Largely due to the expertise and decades of hard work by this man, I am at home, in decent shape and not going to end up dead or in the hospital. Thank you, Dr. Fauci. 388193622965
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026Ossoff: "I am demanding Rep. Collins cooperate with this federal investigation into the illegal misuse of tax dollars, that he commit to testifying in this matter, and that he explain to Georgia voters and the press why he has refused to answer Qs, refused to testify, stonewalled, and obstructed..." 8186072279
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23/08/2026On 9/11, US airspace closed, Canada launched Operation Yellow Ribbon. Gander, a town of 10,000, received 38 airliners. Residents immediately sheltered, fed, clothed, and supported stranded passengers for days, providing this hospitality free of charge. interestingengineering.com/culture/oper... 1236235677688
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialPat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Happy June 14! #ObamaDay 9045041324
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.social🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Sea otters North Pacific Ocean Smallest marine mammal adapted to ocean life can live entirely in the water, eating sleeping, giving birth while floating on their back. Fast swimmers, amazing diving skills among the best parents in the animal world. 95116171961
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 24/05/2026The outbreaks of hantavirus and Ebola expose the shortsightedness of America’s retreat, under the Trump Administration, from its role as a global-health leader. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...newyorker.comHow Prepared Are We for a Public-Health Emergency?The outbreaks of hantavirus and Ebola expose the shortsightedness of America’s retreat, under the Trump Administration, from its role as a global-health leader. 911229
peacewager.bsky.social @peacewager.bsky.social · 10/04/2026It's tragic that this poem was even written based in reality today. In the words of Valarie Kaur, Is this the darkness of the tomb or the darkness of the womb? Who do you want to be in this moment in history? 000
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/01/2026Thanks to Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, millions of adults aged 55 to 64 may now be locked out of SNAP if they’re not able to work. And in a one-two punch, the USDA has terminated its annual food insecurity survey, making it impossible to know just how devastating Trump’s cuts will be.motherjones.comTrump's USDA is hiding the data on food stamp cutsThe agency's food insecurity survey was pointless "liberal fodder," a spokesperson said. 19253147
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said that the moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Here are five things you can do today to bend it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W-lVRQQGtIyoutube.comFive Ways to Fight Trump's FascismPeople are constantly asking me — what can I do?Between now and the 2026 midterm elections, here are five practical step 15816291
peacewager.bsky.social @peacewager.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Join me at Solidarity Free America Walkout action.womensmarch.com/events/solid...action.womensmarch.comSolidarity Free America WalkoutCan't walk-out? Not working? Fired, laid-off, stay at home parent, retired or other situation? That doesn't mean you can't participate in solidarity! Our collective wallets can speak for u... 000
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialHarry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Wish that members of this lunatic administration had the same energy about "complying with law enforcement " when it came to the insurrectionist who stormed the Capitol and assaulted law me and my coworkers. The mental gymnastics these clowns do is exhausting. Renee Nicole Good was murdered 702758697
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialGoodable - Good News Just For You! @goodable.bsky.social · 21/07/2025During the height of America's homelessness crisis in the 90's, Robin Williams asked if he could testify before the Senate. Whoopi Goldberg was by his side. It's the most powerful two minutes you'll see today... 612236
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/11/2025CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down. 490166506262
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 09/11/2025Tuesday was a great day at the ballot box for the planet, with climate-friendly initiatives and candidates winning nationwide.motherjones.comElection Day was a win for the climateThe results were a clear repudiation of the Trump administration's corrupt energy policies. 124747
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialJoshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 07/11/2025Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath? Character isn't something you tell people about. It's something you live. 586168224585
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today. The system is rigged. 18075612896
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/11/2025“The billionaire class has sought to convince those making $30-an-hour that their enemies are those earning $20-an-hour. They want the people to fight amongst ourselves so that we remain distracted from the work of remaking a long, broken system.” -Zohran Mamdani 533370915
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 05/11/2025The entire right-wing propaganda machine came after Zohran Mamdani. The president and his allies came after him. Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute. He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters. His politics can win anywhere. 471229584548
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Trump wants to use the Navy to build $10B worth of migrant detention camps. Let me get this straight: we "can't afford" to invest in public programs that make housing or healthcare more affordable — but we have endless funds to detain migrants and enrich defense contractors?cnn.comLooking to speed up building network of migrant detention centers, Trump administration turns to the US Navy | CNN PoliticsThe Department of Homeland Security is funneling $10 billion through the Navy to help facilitate the construction of a s 26032561464
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialMarshall Shepherd @drshepherd2013.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Thank you National Hurricane Center, NWS and flight crews working to warn us about #HurricaneMelissa even as the government remains shutdown 214836
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialTrish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm. 14874801918
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Project 2025’s roadmap for dismantling American government is 47% complete, according to the website Project 2025 Tracker. Remember when Trump denied knowing about the authoritarian playbook and many pundits and politicians gave him a pass? youtu.be/XmZm3zeSSDc?feature=sharedyoutu.beProject 2025: The MAGA Plan to Take Your Freedom | Robert ReichRobert Reich 701428689
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires. 20693792484
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 30/06/2025NEW: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show. She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.propublica.orgKristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political DonationsA dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics… 1681154356761
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialKatherine Clark @whipkclark.bsky.social · 17/07/2025George Retes is an American citizen and a disabled U.S. Army veteran. ICE agents dragged him out of his car, pepper sprayed him, and forced him to sit in detention for 3 days. If they'll do that to Mr. Retes, what will they do to you and your family? 28664272
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialIndivisible Georgia District 10 @indivisiblega10.bsky.social · 03/08/2025 022
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 31/07/2025Ousted members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices describe RFK Jr.’s first meeting—featuring anti-vaccine presenters pushing unfounded claims. They now call for the creation of an independent vaccine panel outside the federal government. zurl.co/x2itLzurl.coOusted vaccine panel members say rigorous science is being abandoned under RFK Jr.Seventeen experts ousted from a U.S. vaccine committee are expressing little faith in what the panel has become. 617563
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialmikestarace.bsky.social @mikestarace.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Last night, Tucson’s The Loft Cinema showed The Last Class to its sold-out 360-person theater, so today, it excitedly announced an encore screening. Here is the most up-to-date list of upcoming screenings. open.substack.com/pub/thelastc...open.substack.com"An antidote to despair!"Your reviews of The Last Class film about Robert Reich 536048
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/07/2025"America does not let its needy citizens fend for themselves." Watch this 1996 DNC speech from Superman actor Christopher Reeve about the need to support public medical research.youtube.comThe Wise Words of SupermanI watched the greatest Superman, Christopher Reeve, deliver this speech about what "family values" really means at the 1 6143121230
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Abrego Garcia’s lawyers are back in court with a brief that unstintingly puts the government on a collision course with the courts’ authority. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 16585312283
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 29/05/2025This happened because of you. You protested at TeslaTakedowns and made his name and his company’s product reviled. You protested outside federal agencies slated for DOGE cuts. You barred doors, protected data. You sued and won. You WORE HIM OUT. Don’t let them spin it any other way. 22861391396
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/05/2025This is absolutely incredible -- Kristi Noem repeatedly refuses to acknowledge that Trump brandished an doctored image of Abrego Garcia's tattoos, prompting Eric Swalwell to have a staffer of his brandish an image of them right in her face. Totally dystopian. 74181892284
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/05/2025AOC, talking Medicaid cuts — after Rep. Weber chides her for addressing the camera: “.. There are 13.7 million Americans on the other side of that screen. .. They deserve. To see. What is happening. Here.” @aoc.bsky.social 393141203534
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Weber: I'm glad you're addressing us instead of speaking to the camera. … AOC: There are 13.7 million Americans on the other side of that screen. Hello. I’m talking to you because I work for you. They deserve to see what is happening here.. 850222865353
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialNate @nateduty.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Steve Schmidt, what Republicans used to be. 1309
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 08/05/2025It's amazing that these MAGA extremists can so easily get away with peddling bonkers conspiracy theories. We're in a bad place. 71829212
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialScience for Good ☀️ @sciforgood.bsky.social · 08/05/2025🎤 Want to bring science to your community? We’re launching What’s the Big Idea? — Science for Good’s first local science communication initiative, and looking for pilot sites to host the first round of events! A science open mic night for everyone. No PhD required! 🧵👇 58131
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialJulianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 08/05/2025🚨Not getting enough attention: DOGE quietly killed millions in Labor Dept grants to train women in fields like construction & manufacturing & combat gender-based violence/harassment in the workplace Surprised there hasn't been more coverage. Read @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comDOGE killed dozens of grants that supported women workersAdvocates say the cancellations will lock women out of construction and manufacturing jobs—and may violate the law. 7200115
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/05/2025The Safe to Sleep program has been credited with a 50 percent reduction in SIDS deaths since its inception in 1994. The federal government has not offered any explanation as to why the program was canceled.motherjones.comThe Trump administration canceled a program that reduced SIDS. Enter the anti-vaxxers.RFK Jr. has promoted the false claim that vaccines cause Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. 61494219
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/05/2025www.nokings.org 933290809175
peacewager.bsky.social @peacewager.bsky.social · 29/04/2025This is a well written piece about the role of U.S. universities in the economy and well-being of all. The graphs show clearly what we stand to lose if this administration is allowed to continue down this path. Stand up for science! Defend democracy! www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...thecrimson.comTo Kill a University | Opinion | The Harvard CrimsonKilling American universities, arguably the greatest innovation engines in human history, will not only destroy higher education as a catalyst for social progress, it may also forever cripple the Amer... 000
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Wisconsin: "An overflow crowd Wednesday night praised commissioners for taking a stance against Trump Administration demands... "Commissioners echoed the defiance of the public saying they will do all legally possible to protect the privacy of employees and residents." www.wemu.org/wemu-news/20...wemu.orgWashtenaw County defiant against DHS subpoenaAn overflow crowd packed into the Washtenaw County Administrative Building Wednesday night to praise commissioners for taking a stance against the Department of Homeland Security and its demand for em... 1294560722
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18/04/2025"The effort, which DOGE has dubbed “Defend the Spend,” has left thousands of payments backed up, including funding for doctors’ and nurses’ salaries at federal health centers for the poor..." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comDOGE begins to freeze health-care payments for extra reviewDOGE is putting new curbs on billions of dollars in federal grants, requiring officials to manually review and approve payments that were previously routine. 1622565988
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialLawrence O'Donnell @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social · 18/04/2025This is what not giving up looks like. 24385201233
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10/04/2025"In addition to the check delays, Mayes said her office has received complaints about other Social Security disruptions..." ktar.com/arizona-news... 42688473088
Reposted by @peacewager.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/04/2025“They’ve been relentlessly dismantling every single civil rights agency in the federal government, and this could be the last one standing.” Garza added that she is “prepared to challenge any attempt to illegally remove me as chairwoman.” www.politico.com/news/2025/04...politico.comTrump is trying to quietly wrest control of a top federal civil rights boardHe wants to demote the Democratic chair and replace her with a hand-picked Republican. 16950211768
