Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialNoelle @finallynoelle.bsky.social · 15hSo we fly a pride flag in our front yard in a very conservative neighborhood and it’s been there for the last few years. Someone put this in our mailbox and my goodness… 18779541297
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 13/10/2026That $366 million Elon is spending to try and convince voters that Congress should stay Republican? It's more money than McCain's 2008 campaign spent. But it's also, relative to Musk's net worth, the same as a household at the median income spending $32.ctinsider.comThe 2026 question: Which is more powerful, money or people?Elon Musk has spent $366 million this election cycle. Philip Bump examines what that kind of money can buy in American politics. 401492636
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026To give a sense of scale, Musk is spending more on the midterms than he was on the 2024 election, and he was the biggest donor in that election. In 2025 he promised to pull back from politics and do much less political spending. Another lie. 251174433
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026TRUMP TODAY: "She wasn't a member of my family. She I guess dated my son a long time ago" TRUMP NOT EVEN 2 YEARS AGO: "Kimberly has been a close friend and ally" 41140581255
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 13/10/2026President Trump and the Republicans had a two year romp through every political fantasy nourished in their heart since The John Birch Society and Richard Nixon, and you know what: it turns out their ideas were bad and are tanking the economy. 152011364
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026In case facts still matter… Trump’s pointless war of choice spiked your diesel prices, not Ukraine defending themselves… 342359979
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialMiranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 11/10/2026“Why don’t more women report sexual assaults?” 8672157
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/10/2026(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t... 3601837786
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854 151151546523
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026If you’re wondering who exactly Trump and Republicans are looking out for…it’s probably not you. (@itep.org) itep.org/impact-of-trump-policies-o… 311232649
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialMS NOW @ms.now · 09/10/2026The FBI announced its intention to seek a sole-source contract with the UFC to train FBI agents in hand-to-hand combat. MS NOW's @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social has the latest 9310350
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialFRANCE 24 English @en.france24.com · 09/10/2026🇺🇦 The Russian-occupied town of Oleshky is beginning to starve. Former residents and Ukrainian refugees say those left in the town face an impossible choice: stay and risk starving to death or leave and risk being hit by a landmine or drone. Watch the story ⤵️ 214982
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem. 13940921858
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 08/10/2026It's telling that men would rather try to invent tech to replace humans' role in caregiving than step up as equal partners in parenting. Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care. 36151211276
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 07/10/2026reading this, recalling how quickly the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman slipped out of the newsphoenixnewtimes.comCongressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signsEmbarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. 1959861899
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Horrifying: Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by a man after he knocked her out. Another man approached her to do the same. “She began swinging her foot at him. ‘Not even worth it,’ she heard the man say as he moved away.”phoenixnewtimes.comCongressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signsEmbarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. 17242821627
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026Trump: "I could've done very bad things to Hillary Clinton. I could've done very very bad things to Joe Biden. I could've done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama ... I can do whatever I want, if I want." 304769842765
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 06/10/2026If there is any confusion after you speak as to whether you are rooting for two american cities to be hit by a nuclear weapon you probably should not be president of the united states 612037426
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialThe Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This gets my vote for the best thing I've seen on the Internet today: 441113992501
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialFrank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Don’t raise your sons to be rapists, or to aid those who do. Teach them to intervene. 29873218
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026CNN: “Trump's net approval rating among voters under 30 has dropped from -7 points in October 2024 to -47… young voters' trust in Trump on the economy has shifted 73 points (!!) to -62 net approval…” 58901312
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Incarcerated women report rampant sexual abuse by guards and the guards retaliate by spraying them with chemical agents and sending them to the hospital as a warning. Rape culture and brazen misogyny from the highest institution to the lowest. 4654295
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialCorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 02/10/2026🚨TRIGGER WARNING🚨 Discussion of rape/sexual violence & strong language. ☑️ Bear ☐ Man This spoken word poem stopped me in my tracks The bear was never really the point. The point is why so many women understood the answer immediately Listen to her words. They matter. —Claire Donohoe🐻💜 #SheShed 511053496
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026"What is becoming increasingly clear is that the administration does not see itself as a litigant before the court and does not see its attorneys as bound by court orders. It sees DOJ attorneys as somehow coequal with SCOTUS, the only attorneys in the federal system not bound by ethical rules."publicnotice.coThe mendaciousness of the latest DOJ attack on judgesBlanche created a new rule out of thin air and is mad it’s not being followed. 591595538
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialMadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Daragh Fleming gets the last word tonight. Good night friends. "Men being silent needs to stop. Silence is enforced by shame. You’re shamed for speaking, calling problematic behaviour out. We need to call out other men who are saying fucked up shit." 9839230
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialStars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Airmen and guardians must choose from a new, sharply condensed list of religious affiliations this fall after the Pentagon reduced roughly 180 faith and belief codes to 31. www.stripes.com/branches/air...stripes.comAirmen, guardians must update their religious affiliation under narrowed listAirmen and Guardians must update religious affiliation records by Oct. 16 as the Pentagon streamlines nearly 180 faith codes into 31 standardized categories. 81420
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/10/2026A little over a year after leaving government service, Elon Musk is set to return in a limited capacity, co-directing a Pentagon initiative known as Project Meridian, focused on the future of warfare, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced. wapo.st/4ytVaiG 13215681
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialK.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026a key reason why rape culture persists is because men do not fear reprisals from *other men*. they do not expect other men to care if they raped someone. they do not expect other men to treat them poorly. they believe that most men will doubt a victim's story and demand evidence. 518777
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media. 9734701079
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026like, every part of this is shot through with violent misogyny, down to "women need to be told the truth." because women can't discern it themselves? because being raped and and violated is unreadable to women unless there's a man there to recast it for them as their own frailty of the flesh? 1386
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialPolling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Jesus Christ dude 502371720
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power" 345125044630
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialHELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026When your big gotcha moment goes so epically wrong that it’s the other party sharing clips of it. 12675117
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort." 692279729555
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialHELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out. 5441391126
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In Trump’s defense the reflecting pool has never more accurately reflected the state the country is in 36766237
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026By openly announcing that bombing will be tied to the midterms, Trump proves he is too stupid to hide the fact that it is politics—not national security—that is driving his pointless war with Iran. 881460557
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialGary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Iran would like to open the Hormuz Strait, but the US controls the Hormuz Strait so it's a bad deal. Got it. 651110212
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialGreat Uncle Bob @greatunclebob.bsky.social · 26/09/2026From 16,000 to 185 to Zero. The Trump admin claimed as many as 16,000 noncitizens had been registered to vote in Nevada. Then DHS came back and said the number was actually 185. This week, Nevada told the admin every single person on the list was a lawful citizen. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...nytimes.comFrom 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada FizzleIt was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare. 110451
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"The president barred US reporters, while welcoming Chinese reporters who answer to the communist dictatorship in Beijing. This would be the same president who's running government-paid TV advertising vowing to stop the United States from becoming communist..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...nytimes.comIn Trump’s White House, China’s Dictator Is Welcome. American Media, Less So.The showdown over President Trump’s partial media ban played out as he welcomed President Xi Jinping, whose government is ranked among the most repressive in the world. 831549600
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026That he thinks it’s an issue of jealousy is just another layer of misogyny. He can only imagine women my age caring about sexual attention from men and not the safety of younger women 2474
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialJess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This courage— from the woman who witnessed and filmed Alex Pretti’s murder—is like nothing I’ve ever seen OMG 😭 Thank you to Senator Blumenthal and Rep. Garcia for giving Stella an opportunity to finally tell her story. 17661309
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026latest in a long running series of Republicans discovering that Republican policy preferences are bad when they’re applied to their loved ones 1102648633
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialHELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 22/09/2026I'm going to collect reports like this of staunch Republicans running away from Trump in this thread: 1926662
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialdr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 21/09/2026jd looks like he’s headed to shake down the nearest available human for sugar (in water) 3394
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026THIS 👇 HERE....... 1115206797484
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Montage of clips of Trump “guaranteeing” that he will end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office, that “it wouldn’t even be tough” for him to do, and that “everyone will be happy” with the end result. 34751431515
Reposted by @peggyspaghetti.bsky.socialAlan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza, but my solution to that is *not* that the country of Israel should cease to exist. I feel like this is a reasonable and humane position. 4815115
