Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026No way lmao 11679
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Scoop — I've ID'd the two men sitting behind Sen. Eric Schmitt during his botched attack on Jack Smith this morning. Ethan Harper (left) is Chief Counsel to Schmitt, and Andrew Ceonzo (right) is Counsel to Schmitt and the Senate Judiciary Committee. 2954494971
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialBenjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 29/09/2026It didn't falter. It collapsed. 1330526
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialJim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 29/09/2026If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway 24040011041
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Home state paper delivers.stltoday.comEric Schmitt shoots, misses while questioning ex-special counsel about basketball gameU.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt's attempt to catch a former special prosecutor of Donald Trump in a lie backfired. 725942
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/09/2026In which Eric Schmitt, rumored candidate for VP in an (ugh) JD Vance 2028 presidential run, pre-emptively loses 22 electoral votes in Georgia and Iowa 1061556275
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026NEW: A new White House rule would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives, including ones that help disabled Americans vote. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to restrict voting access.propublica.orgThis White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans VoteA new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr... 451050672
Reposted by @phillyfan.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 20483182
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Anyone notice how Pete Hegseth spent the first few weeks of the Iran bombing campaign in front of the cameras telling us how awesome it was going and now we haven’t seen him for months? 49995142
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/09/2026In Denmark, 96% of private individual vehicle sales are electric these days. 86% of total (fleets are slightly slower). 9496104
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants. 20752321418
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialThe Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“I will take pleasure in publishing a rape victim’s name” tells you all you need to know about the person who says it. 1244684
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialMickey’s favorite @momsapplepie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I just read up on his antics. With all the filthy misinformation he spews, If he’s not a Russian asset, he’s certainly auditioning to become one. 0401
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialLindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere. 12478601955
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialMichelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 29/09/2026And of course NYT buries all of this deep down, when it should actually BE the story. Also, more on GOP in MN not happy about their ore going to Iowa, which is actually not even in the NYT story. www.northernnewsnow.com/2026/09/28/m...northernnewsnow.com‘A missed opportunity for Minnesota’: Stauber, Igo react to Mesabi Metallics plan to build $15 billion Iowa steel millPresident Donald Trump, joined by owners and leadership from Mesabi Metallics, announced Monday from the Oval Office that the company is investing $15 billion to build a major steel production facilit... 3337
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialMichelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 29/09/2026And Republicans in Minnesota are rightly complaining that ore for the mill will be mined in MN but then brought to Iowa for the mill Trump is building there purely for political reasons with the midterms coming up. 2388
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialMichelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 29/09/2026So the mill Trump announced in Iowa will be built by a foreign company with a dodgy past, went broke, “a Mumbai-based conglomerate controlled by one of India’s wealthiest families.” And the money will be backed by billions in US taxpayer-funded loans. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...nytimes.comHow a Planned Steel Mill in Iowa Reveals Trump’s Midterm Strategy (Gift Article)As President Trump travels the country, he is expected to focus on his economic accomplishments at a time when Americans have expressed deep frustration with his policies. 1912167
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.social19thnews @19thnews.org · 29/09/2026Republican candidates, in states where limitations on transgender students have been in place for years, are continuing to rally against inclusive sports policies. bit.ly/4z4sDA2 1158
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialStatus @status.news · 29/09/2026Paramount is nearing a deal to pay an eye-popping sum for a documentary about the late Lindsey Graham that is also said to contain candid footage involving David Ellison himself, we have learned. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/paramount-...status.newsEllison’s Graham Doc GrabParamount is nearing a deal to pay an eye-popping sum for a documentary about the late Lindsey Graham that is also said to contain candid footage involving David Ellison himself, Status has learned. 94417
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialDo Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We have internment or concentrated detention camps. But not enough people care. Regime Change is coming Nov 3. #iceout #iceOutforGood #usDrmocracy #dv1 #voicra4victory 26692366
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 29/09/2026They voted in a secret ballot to stop memorials to slaughtered Jews. Because of course they did. Why stop? People will step on them, they claimed. That’s the point; the stones are in the course of everyday life. Gift article. German Town Votes to Stop Adding Memorials Outside Homes of Slain Jewsnytimes.comGerman Town Votes to Stop Adding Memorials Outside Homes of Slain Jews (Gift Article)Councilors in an eastern German town voted to stop installing memorial plaques outside homes of Holocaust victims, saying they would instead build a memorial at a cemetery. 109937
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialKeri Leigh Merritt @kerileighmerritt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Today is book release day!!! So thrilled that An Inconvenient Woman is finally out after years of research & writing. Thanks to everyone who has ordered or told their library to order - I truly appreciate you!♥️♥️♥️ @stmartinspress.bsky.social us.macmillan.com/books/978125...us.macmillan.comAn Inconvenient WomanA revelatory and immersive biography of a white Southern woman who was a key figure in the early civil rights movement, devoting her life to ending segregati... 411839
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialDiana Lucifera 🌟 @dianamcqueen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is what it looks like when you're popular for good reasons. 0679115
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialAnil Dash @anildash.com · 29/09/2026You will be able to set your watch by the frequency with which Musk sets his minions on people during this case, using their usual tactics of death threats and doxxing. And media will cover none of it. 8890228
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 29/09/2026chicagoreader.com/city-life/ch...chicagoreader.comRehearsing the end - Chicago ReaderA Chicago collective of death doulas wants to make dying and grieving something we do together again. 03014
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialA Dandelion @onedandelion.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This 🧵 unrolled ⤵️ skyview.social?url=https%3A...skyview.socialA BlueSky thread by Social Security Works on SkyviewSHAME: REPUBLICANS HELD AN EXCLUSIVE CLOSED-DOOR HEARING ABOUT CUTTING SOCIAL SECURITY FOR BILLIONAIRE HARLAN CROW ❌🚨 044
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialSocial Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 24/09/2026That’s why it’s so important that we showed up―to remind the media when they cover stunts like this that Social Security doesn’t add a single penny to the debt, but tax cuts for Billionaires like Harlan Crow sure do. 18336
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialSocial Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 24/09/2026Billionaires like Harlan Crow are the ones with the most to gain from Social Security cuts, because they have the extraordinary wealth that both allows them to bend Congress to their will and bribe Supreme Court Justices―and could close Social Security’s trust fund shortfall on its own.propublica.orgClarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Major GOP DonorIsland-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me tha... 15322
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialSocial Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 24/09/2026As Michelle Davis reported in her Substack, Lone Star Left, the hearing was held at a “business campus” owned by Crow. Republican budget chairman Jodey Arrington personally thanked Crow at the end of the hearing.lonestarleft.comCongressional GOP Gave Harlan Crow Private Hearing In Dallas, Seniors Waited OutsideCritics call it a death panel for Social Security. The GOP called it “America's Fiscal Future.” 1279
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialSocial Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 24/09/2026After an hour of waiting in the 100-degree Texas heat, Alex and his group of seniors and people with disabilities were told that only three chairs were available for members of the public. 1285
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialSocial Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 24/09/2026Why would the Republican budget committee chair hold the first “field hearing” in three decades in Texas, just months before the midterm elections? Why bother to bring Congress to Texas if the committee isn’t planning to make it open to the public? 1284
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialSocial Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 24/09/2026This week, SSW Executive Director Alex Lawson flew to Dallas to attend an official House of Representatives hearing about creating a new commission to cut Social Security. Confusing, right? 1275
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialSocial Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 24/09/2026SHAME: REPUBLICANS HELD AN EXCLUSIVE CLOSED-DOOR HEARING ABOUT CUTTING SOCIAL SECURITY FOR BILLIONAIRE HARLAN CROW ❌🚨 15259104
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.social"Joseph" ❌👑 @josephbogen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The mother of a friend is currently in ICE custody, and her family can't afford the bond. Please consider donating and sharing. Every little bit helps. www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...gofundme.comDonate to Stand With Olga and Her Family, organized by Dmitrii LebedevOn August 19, 2026, our family’s life changed overnight. My wife, Olga, was d… Dmitrii Lebedev needs your support for Stand With Olga and Her Family 01614
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialStarbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 24/09/2026It has never been more clear why baristas need the backing of a union. 536592
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialJonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care.” H/t @ameshaa.bsky.socialnbcnews.comAmerica had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected. 23535642005
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialKevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026They're...going to deregulate tobacco now? What year is it Also: they really are neo-Confederates, huh 541430256
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialJeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is Nazi rhetoric. Not similar. Not Nazi-like. It’s straight up lebensraum. 362974913
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026they really think we are all idiots 424101692861
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialRichard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026There's long been talk about Mullin but it's the first time I've seen it in the national press. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...advocate.comNothing to see here? DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin shares a D.C. home with a Republican congressmanThe homeland security secretary, who owns dozens of properties, met Rep. Jason Smith during bipartisan congressional workouts more than a decade ago. 55640137
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026the Court “cannot expect the public to have faith in our judicial system if, without clear explanation, we are consistently greenlighting harmful acts” i continue to think putting KBJ on the Court may be Biden's best decision, no other justice is doin it like her www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...nytimes.comJustice Jackson Calls Emergency Docket ‘Potentially Corrosive’Hours after fielding the Trump administration’s latest emergency application, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson gave a speech urging the Supreme Court to rethink such requests. 19620144
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health OfficeThe cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026. 27674883141
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It’s been a year since ICE drove a car through a crowd at Broadview, leading to the federal indictment of myself and five others. Today, those of us who could returned. The state can try all it wants, but it can’t silence us or our community’s fight for justice. 272686364
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It now costs the truck drivers on average $1,200 to fill up a single tank because of the war in Iran. Mike Rogers said it's a win-win-win. Are you winning? 503153534903
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 24/09/2026Having déjà vu to “Roe v. Wade is settled precedent” coming from the mouths of Supreme Court nominees 21809390
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialThe Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 24/09/2026YES!! WE ARE SO CLOSE!! We just sold another subscription. Now we need 39 new subscribers to reach our goal. LAST DAY OF SALE! GET IT HERE: www.theflytrapmedia.com/no-sloptheflytrapmedia.comThe FlytrapFeminist cultural criticism against the algorithm 0124
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialThe Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 24/09/2026WAIT, WE SOLD 160 SUBSCRIPTIONS ALREADY! We need to sell 40 subscriptions to reach our goal of 200 subscribers by the end of the day! This deal will go away forever at midnight: www.theflytrapmedia.com/no-sloptheflytrapmedia.comThe FlytrapFeminist cultural criticism against the algorithm 12515
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2026Please stop overestimating what a democratic Congress can do. The oligarchs are spending money to make you think a Dem Congress can arrest people and hold trials and pass laws without a POTUS signature so that you’ll be disappointed when they don’t do stuff they can’t do. Don’t fall for it. 1023131453807
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026BREAKING: James Talarico challenges Ken Paxton to a debate on Fox News. “Let’s go to Ken Paxton’s safe space.” 731927
Reposted by @phillyfan.bsky.socialEmmyEm 🇺🇸+🇬🇧💙 @emmyem24.bsky.social · 24/09/2026#NorthCarolina #BlueWaveIn40Days 0237
