Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/10/2026The goal of sane people must be to defund Elon Musk and get him as far away from politics as possible. robertreich.substack.com/p/defund-m… 20957072000
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Mike Rogers wife out here trying to by votes for $10 gas cards in Michigan Could this be more desperate? And How is this legal? 107652372366
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialDana Nessel @dananessel.bsky.social · 15/10/2026The number of threats of violence made against elected officials are rising across the country and, sadly, local leaders, even prosecutors, are not immune to this disturbing trend. www.mlive.com/news/2026/10...mlive.comMichigan man’s alleged threats to kill county prosecutor part of ‘disturbing trend,’ AG saysA Traverse City man faces a 20-year felony charge after allegedly threatening to kill a local elected official. 1134
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15/10/2026Instead of Texans sending Ken Paxton to Washington, they should ask where the hell he’s been for the last decade. Here’s what investigators uncovered: 📌 730 workdays: Left blank on Paxton's official calendars, equivalent to nearly 3 years of standard workdays 16652712589
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Elon Musk has spent at least $276 million since July to boost Republican candidates, a record-breaking sum. That’s just 0.028% of his total net worth. Oligarchs can rig the system at the expense of everyone else, and only spend pennies doing so. We must get Big Money out of politics. 11326171114
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Before you cast your midterm ballot, look at this graph and think about what Republicans are letting Trump get away with. 23987457
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 07/10/2026A federal judge dismissed a noncitizen voting case, stressing that only states — not the federal government — can decide who is qualified to vote. The decision could impact the future of proof-of-citizenship laws, a pillar of Trump’s crusade to restrict voting: demdock.com/4hydGAl 2420133
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialAndrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 07/10/2026Promising to pay voters if they vote for a Republican? A federal crime, but no one pays attention -- not DOJ, not Congress. Will voters, or will enough of them normalize such behavior? 37453164
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026If Democrats want to regain working people, they must disavow Big Money. They must hammer economic populism — and have a laser focus on the cost of living crisis in America. There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests. 631417469
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialVoteVets @votevets.org · 06/10/2026MAGA is so far gone that Donald Trump can joke about American cities being bombed, and his supporters will laugh along. You know who's not laughing? The millions of Americans living in San Diego and Los Angeles. 42344117
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?bbc.comParamount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood mergerThe merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition 675147736004
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It's almost like putting a quack anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of the nation's health policy has consequences. "The United States has now had more measles deaths in the past two years than we have had in the previous three decades combined...": www.ms.now/news/pennsyl...ms.nowPennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the U.S.The state has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, health officials said Monday, making it the largest outbreak in the U.S. in more than three decades. 21952222302
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The most basic function of government is to protect people from harm. Two growing phenomena — climate change and AI — pose escalating risks of extraordinary harm. What can be done about both? Two words: Liability law. Let me explain..robertreich.substack.comHere’s How To Reduce the Existential Risks If there’s no other way 17949383
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 03/10/2026⚠️ Weeks before the midterms, Georgia's GOP-controlled election board is asking the Trump DOJ to declare the state's federally certified voting machines illegal. It's an extraordinary attack by unelected officials — and the DOJ has no legal authority to do it.democracydocket.comGOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegalThe request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials. 8245137
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 03/10/2026It has been 118 years since the Supreme Court ruled the federal government owes tribes water, but Native American communities in northern Arizona are still fighting for their rights to the Colorado River. (Published June)propublica.orgNative American Tribes Came Together to Secure Their Rights to Colorado River Water. Four States Are Stalling the Deal.Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming are resisting the deal because it would allow the Navajo and Hopi to lease water to cities downstream, likely the growing towns around Phoenix. 91088446
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 03/10/2026Trump won’t take no for an answer. Not from voters or the loyalists he’s surrounded himself with. “He is assuming there will be no one in his administration to tell him no,” Marc Elias says. Attacks on voters work best when no one's watching. Keep an eye on Trump: demdock.com/3T3Owjg 14651230
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 02/10/2026🤔 When voters are stuck in hours-long lines on Election Day, can a judge keep the polls open? A Wisconsin appeals court said no. Now the state Supreme Court could decide whether voters in the battleground state have a lifeline when things go wrong at the polls.democracydocket.comWisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear case on expanded voting hours during Election Day disruptionsThe DNC is asking the justices to clarify whether Wisconsin courts can extend voting hours when election-day problems threaten voters’ constitutional right to vote. 1020282
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Household debt at a record high. Student loan defaults at a record high. Credit card debt at a near record high. Meanwhile, corporate profits are the highest they’ve ever been. CEOs are paid 325x more than their typical workers. U.S. billionaire wealth is up 30% in a year. It's unsustainable. 811972732
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialSenator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 30/09/2026I’m on the Senate floor to force a vote to block Trump’s illegal line item veto of funding already authorized by Congress. He’s violating the Constitution—we need to stop it! 621894404
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A win! A D.C. Superior Court judge has permanently barred Jeanine Pirro’s office from prosecuting a former Olympic canoeist over damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.apnews.comDC judge permanently dismisses case charging ex-Olympian with vandalizing Reflecting PoolA judge in Washington has agreed to permanently dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. 336108042199
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026Trump is now running pro-Iran War propaganda commercials on Fox News paid by for taxpayer dollars 2301270589
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026CNN and CBS News are now under the control of the Ellison family. We need independent, pro-democracy media to grow. If you agree, please subscribe to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld 13350501712
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The midterms are being flooded with dark money & Trump is doing everything he can to suppress the vote. But remember — WE THE PEOPLE outnumber Trump and his billionaire backers. Keep phoning. Keep canvassing. Keep getting out the vote for candidates on the side of working people. It is essential. 702611957
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026JUST IN: A federal judge just forced Trump’s DOJ to fast-track records involving Trump and the Epstein files, citing “possible questions about the government’s integrity that affect public confidence.” The records being sought are significant.meidasnews.comJudge Forces DOJ’s Hand in Explosive Trump-Epstein Records FightA federal judge ordered the Justice Department to fast-track records involving Trump and the administration’s handling of the Epstein files, finding the fight raises “possible questions about the gove... 15443501507
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS lawsuit to compel Georgia to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. DOJ is now 0-26. Elias Law Group remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...democracydocket.com🚨 United States of America v. RaffenspergerLearn more. 326135543543
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/09/2026It’s difficult to overstate how dangerous a national emergency declaration by Trump would be for American democracy if he wanted to take over elections. However, the emergency declaration likely wouldn’t accomplish what Trump wants it to: demdock.com/4hBati6 1127493
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Samuel Alito has recused himself from a Supreme Court climate case, after ethics watchdogs uncovered his fossil fuel stockholdings. Instead of relying on the justices to occasionally do the right thing, we need Congress to enact real SCOTUS reform.youtube.comHow to Fix a Broken Supreme Court | Robert ReichJustice Roberts refused to testify in a hearing on SCOTUS ethics.Thomas and Alito accepted luxury vacations from GOP meg 15667572173
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/09/2026⚠️ Trump’s DOJ has not denied that the administration has considered plans to seize ballots during the midterms. It has also not produced any records about such plans — despite a lawsuit requiring the department to do so.democracydocket.comTrump DOJ responds to DNC lawsuit, offers no records on ballot seizure plansThe Department of Justice’s (DOJ) 13-page answer did not deny whether the Trump administration has considered such plans, identify whether responsive records exist or offer a timeline for producing th... 7311147
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026In court filing, man accused of setting Jan 6 Capitol Hill pipe bombs asks court to suppress his "confession" Defense says agents conducted a "methodical dismantling of a man whose autism spectrum disorder left him unable to withstand the psychologically coercive tactics deployed against him" 35536191
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026Rep. Mike Collins, the Trump-endorsed GOP candidate for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat, said he was “fine” with the idea of federal troops at voting sites. In reality, deploying armed federal agents to polling places isn’t “fine” — it’s illegal: demdock.com/4ykNqzg 20484183
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It's already estimated that the richest 1% alone evade $163 billion in taxes every year. But Trump gutted the IRS — including the unit tasked with auditing billionaires. The agency's audit revenue fell 35%. Now, Trump's IRS is not publishing data on unpaid taxes. See the problem? 10739731706
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026JUST FILED: Sitting behind her desk in central North Carolina, Amy Beros warned me: “It’s really hard for people in the United States to understand the scale……” of what’s about to unfold macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/they-dont-... 851857945
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialDana Nessel @dananessel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Yesterday in Mount Clemens, State Rep. Denise Mentzer and I met with community members and celebrated 30 years of Care House’s work to support survivors and prevent child abuse. 02911
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23/09/2026As Trump rolls out the red carpet for Xi, Bloomberg reports China took possession of potentially sensitive F-35 parts inexplicably diverted to Hong Kong. China also rebuked Trump’s sanctions threats and vowed to keep allowing Iranian planes to land. 81946411
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A federal court has denied a request to halt the SpaceX land transfer. The Trump administration approved a deal giving SpaceX 715 acres of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge in exchange for 683 acres of SpaceX-owned land. 1161320722
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This warning from David Letterman to the media from just a year ago feels sadly too relevant today. He is right: You can't appease a tyrant. 261164615561
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 21/09/2026NEW: Democrats are demanding to see a DHS "checklist" for law enforcement on "voter integrity," which the agency has withheld since July. The document raises more questions about potential Trump administration plans to use armed federal agents to disrupt voting for the midterms.democracydocket.comDHS created a ‘law enforcement voter integrity’ checklist, new filing reveals. Dems want to see itThe document raises more questions about potential Trump administration plans to use armed federal agents to disrupt voting. 7279140
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The number of Americans using buy now, pay later loans for necessities like groceries and rent is on the rise. What does this say about the health of our economy? Should we be worried? Here's what you should know.youtube.comThe Hidden Cost of Buy Now, Pay LaterIs "Buy Now, Pay Later" too good to be true?Former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra shines a light on its hidden costs for bor 13831341193
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialRuth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Trump's ban on MSNOW, CNN, and Politico is not only part of the autocratic playbook, but the timing is no coincidence. Trump is well in the autocratic backfire process, thus, entire media outlets he sees as threats must be banished. This is a moment of reckoning for America. 421265398
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialMark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026To my friends in the Bay Area: I'm hearing Rob Bonta is about to cave and hand Warner Bros over to the Ellisons. We can't let him do that. Can you show up outside his AG office in Oakland tomorrow at 5pm to reject this backroom deal? Reject the deal. www.mobilize.us/notabovethel...mobilize.usBlock the Merger: Don't Settle with Paramount! · Not Above the LawJoin us to rally outside of the California Attorney General's Oakland office! We need Attorney General Rob Bonta to stand strong against a Paramount-Warner Brothers Merger. A core principle behind a... 361592652
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 20/09/2026NEW: Democratic officials say it is "extremely concerning" that DHS is keeping a list of places where election info is distributed in multiple languages. They're concerned the Trump admin is planning to target areas with non-English-speaking Americans as it searches for rare illegal voting.democracydocket.com‘Extremely concerning’: Democrats alarmed by DHS document listing places distributing non-English election infoDiscovery of the document occurs as DHS leaders have pledged sending ICE agents to polls, and reports the agency is illegally accessing state voter rolls. 5297140
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/09/2026🚨NEW: Todd Blanche has filed an appeal of Judge Emmet Sullivan’s order requiring him to turn over unredacted handwritten FBI notes and take other steps in Katie Phang’s Epstein files lawsuit by September 24. Phang says Blanche is continuing his “Herculean efforts” to avoid turning over the files.meidasnews.comTodd Blanche Fights Judge’s Order for Unredacted FBI Notes as Deadline LoomsAttorney General Todd Blanche is appealing a federal judge’s latest order in journalist and attorney Katie Phang’s lawsuit over the Justice Department’s 75574943071
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialVoteVets @votevets.org · 18/09/2026Leader Jeffries just dropped a stat that will make your jaw drop: more generals have been purged in the last 20 months than have left the military in the 160 years since the CIVIL WAR, and it's all thanks to Pete Hegseth. Hegseth is the architect of this Iran War, and its failure will be his legacy. 33434245
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/202625 years ago today, George W. Bush signed the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force into law. Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against it, warning it would be a blank check for forever wars. History has proven her lonely and courageous vote right. 309146434671
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/09/2026Lots of folks are comparing McConnell’s vote today to Feinstein’s finals days in the senate. The main difference is that Feinstein was co-sponsoring legislation to expand voting rights, while McConnell voted to cut SNAP and end environmental protections. 32489092474
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 17/09/2026Fox wants to buy Roku — yes, the same Fox as Fox News. This could let Fox steer their content to 80 MILLION U.S. households. We can’t let this happen. 1562807913
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026By now we’ve become accustomed to Trump’s moves but we’re still confused about his motives. Some blame Trump’s vanity. Others point to his flagrant narcissism. Or his insatiable need to glorify himself. Or his bottomless vindictiveness. It goes deeper. Let me explain.robertreich.substack.comTrump’s Worst FearHis vanity, narcissism, vainglory, and vindictiveness are mere symptoms 54667226
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialDana Nessel @dananessel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The anti-Human Trafficking bills passed UNANIMOUSLY through the MI Senate. Why is Speaker Matt Hall blocking them from a vote in the MI House? THIS IS SHAMEFUL! Contact Speaker Hall and ask him to pass the anti-Human Trafficking bills. (517) 373-1784 MattHall@house.mi.gov 01312
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialBrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Oh. My. Goodness. Can they put this on billboards ALL OVER TEXAS? Because they should know, before casting their votes, that Ken Paxton and Greg Abbott spent the past decade letting China buy up 162,000 acres of Texas soil. Seems important.🚨 5821551025
Reposted by @peric1314.bsky.socialScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 15/09/2026ALERT: Judge Christopher Cooper rules Kennedy Center Board cannot re-add Trump's name to facility. Cooper rules against board's proposal of adding "renovated and restored by Donald J. Trump” on the main building or renaming the campus the “President Donald J. Trump Plaza" 661846433
