Reposted by russIndivisible Brooklyn @bkindivisible.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Out-fucking-rageous behaviors and the bar for outrageous behaviors is VERY high for her. WTAF. 0212 0
russ @pqrsz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I watched the film NAZA. The director interviews Israeli intelligence officers about the killing of women, children, and civilian neighbors in Gaza air strikes. There is no question. The killing needs to stop. The US needs to stop selling munitions to Israel. 110 0
Reposted by russBrad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I want to address what happened over the weekend outside Madison Square Garden. A few loud numbskulls must not deter us from building multi-faith, multi-racial coalitions for justice. 491519255 0
Reposted by russCharlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Seeing people confused about Fauci taking the Fifth even though he was pre-emptively pardoned by Biden. Pardons only cover past conduct; they don't immunize future lawbreaking. Fauci's claim is Trump II DOJ would gin up a perjury investigation into him based on anything he says today. 461033291 0
russ @pqrsz.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Rand Paul is wrong that Fauci was motivated by fame and attention (that might be Paul projecting his own shadow side) but this is why the noble lie isn’t a stable equilibrium 010 0
Reposted by russSE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 26/05/2026notably massachusetts simply added a new top bracket with 4% extra, inflation-indexed what "top bracket" means, and let 'er rip many, many "tax the rich" proposals here on the west coast seem like they're competing to be the earth's cleverest tax and are clearly much worse ideas than this 11564103 0
russ @pqrsz.bsky.social · 27/05/2026from friends who were on the park slope food coop meeting: - discussion was mostly respectful - there were procedural plays to delay the vote - there were tech snafus with the zoom poll feature - both proposals passed quickly once it got to voting 140 0
Reposted by russDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 27/05/2026It's true. George W Bush, Bill Clinton and Donald Trump were all born in 1946. 0537 0
Reposted by russJoshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 27/05/2026The Park Slope Food Coop vote to boycott Israeli goods PASSES, 67%–31%, with 2% abstaining. 4,551 pro-boycott 2,083 anti-boycott (6,772 total present) 941277 0
russ @pqrsz.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Almost got run over by a car turning left against oncoming traffic last night I had the walk sign, he didn’t look for me at all before flooring it @mayor.nyc.gov Brooklyn needs traffic calming and *enforcement of speed limits* 020 0
Reposted by russAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 19/03/2026mind-boggling to me that i still have yet to see a single democrat utter the phrase “every republican president of your lifetime has destroyed the economy and started a war” 21279062229 0
Reposted by russebottcher.bsky.social @ebottcher.bsky.social · 11/02/2026They tried to take it down. We’re raising it back up. 🏳️🌈 ✊ Join us at the Stonewall National Monument to re-raise the Pride flag and send a clear message: our history will not be erased, and our pride is not up for debate. 📍 Stonewall National Monument 🕑 Thursday at 4 pm Show up. Stand proud. 0268 0
Reposted by russPolitico @politico.com · 10/02/2026NYC officials plan to reraise pride flag at Manhattan’s Stonewall monument after Trump administration removed itdlvr.itNYC officials plan to reraise pride flag at Manhattan’s Stonewall monument after Trump administration removed itThe Trump administration in January issued guidance drastically limiting the types of flags that could be displayed at NPS-managed sites. 10359105 0
russ @pqrsz.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Masked men in an unmarked red car pull a woman over at gunpoint and take her off to who knows where. It looks like a carjacking. This isn't how it's supposed to go in a civil society 010 0
Reposted by russDavid F Brand @davidfbrand.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Mayor Mamdani names criminal justice reformer Stanley Richards as NYC’s new Department of Correction commissioner Richards is the first formerly incarcerated person to lead the city’s jails system @gothamist.com @wnyc.org gothamist.com/news/mamdani...gothamist.comMamdani names reformer Stanley Richards to steer chaotic Rikers complexExactly one month into his term, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed a formerly incarcerated person to manage the facility. 172167519 0
russ @pqrsz.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Feels like we're ripe for a political realignment as big as the 60s-80s I wouldn't mind at all if it starts deep in the heart of Texas 120 0
Reposted by russAmanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 01/02/2026As you see the reports out of Texas SD-9, keep in mind: This was the cash discrepancy. Money speaks -- but it's not as loud as it used to be. 23972237 0
Reposted by russCongresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 27/01/2026There's no ICE accountability without ending qualified immunity. They're murdering people. There won't be justice for the lives they've stolen, but there must be accountability. My bill with @markey.senate.gov would ensure families can sue the agents murdering their loved ones. 10658551391 0
russ @pqrsz.bsky.social · 28/01/2026The people I know in Iowa aren’t concerned about “affordability,” they’re concerned about the southern rust fungal infection that almost killed the corn crop apnews.com/article/dona...apnews.comTrump visits Iowa trying to focus on affordability during fallout over shooting in MinneapolisPresident Donald Trump is making a big pitch in Iowa as the White House tries to focus on affordability ahead of midterm elections despite fallout over his administration's immigration crackdown. 100 0
Reposted by russChuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 27/01/2026In the wake of ICE’s abuses and the administration's recklessness, Senate Democrats will NOT pass the DHS budget until it is rewritten. I will vote no on any legislation that funds ICE until it is reined in and overhauled. 34534384 0
Reposted by russNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 27/01/2026A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all. Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities. 5068562842 0
Reposted by russ"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Yeah, body cameras don't matter a damn unless you have Jonathan Ross and Alex Pretti's murderers sitting in front of a jury visibly shaking in fear of a life sentence. Right now, ICE is just gonna destroy that footage if mildly inconvenient. 8722133 0
Reposted by russEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 26/01/2026This NYT video shows DHS using explosives to blow the door off a home of a U.S. citizen wanted for "injuring government property" in Huntington Park CA on 6/27 as Bovino watches nearby. The case, involving a collision with a CBP vehicle, was flimsy and later dropped. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100... 16618285 0
Reposted by russChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 26/01/2026I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list. 1488168626977 0
Reposted by russG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 24/01/2026Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this. 221131105032 0
Reposted by russG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 25/01/2026YouGov is out with a new poll after ICE killed another person in Minnesota today. Abolishing ICE is now +5 among all adults, and **+12 among independents** substack.com/@gelliottmor... 13869551818 0
Reposted by russNolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 25/01/2026House GOP committees doing this suggests Chernobyl levels of political fallout. 310416 0
Reposted by russJeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son." 1962468712664 0
Reposted by russAaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 25/01/2026A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son. 10054689318034 0
Reposted by russGarth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 18/01/2026imo a part of Zohran Mamdani's appeal is he interacts with regular people spontaneously and enthusiastically in an era where most nationally prominent politicians respond to a Normal Person like a vampire seeing a cross 81872344 0
Reposted by russBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Half the battle with this guy is just reiterating government can and already does good things that are so ubiquitous they’ve become invisible. He’s able to remind you in a way that you understand that good government can exist outside of a 24/7 vengeance operation, and in NYC already does. 163163072881 0
Reposted by russScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Barry Blitt, The New Yorker 4604225 0
Reposted by russJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 18/01/2026The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally. Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once. 35387752040 0
russ @pqrsz.bsky.social · 17/01/2026I mean yeah but also david didn’t just fafo goliath He knew the stakes, made sure the right people were watching, and had an edge 000 0
Reposted by russPrincess Consuela Bananahammock @angrybitchflo.bsky.social · 13/01/2026So much for the melting pot legacy. 011 0
Reposted by russKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Breaking NYT: The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter. The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status. That is a war crime called "perfidy."nytimes.comU.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane 14782765712097 0
Reposted by russIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 13/01/2026At nearly 1,200 events across all 50 states and DC, Americans honored Renee Nicole Good and mourned all the lives ICE has taken and destroyed. #ICEOutForGood 10035931431 0
Reposted by russDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/01/2026One basic pattern here is that DHS officials are engaging in violence simply because they are irritated at citizens protesting them. There is no plausible threat of violence here. He just wants to inflict pain, and believes there will be no penalty for doing so. 15250301745 0
Reposted by russG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 13/01/2026crazy how hard the administration is pushing on this 29691110 0
Reposted by russSecond Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 13/01/2026If you got rug-pulled by Eric Adams in 2026, you deserved it, and I am once again asking when Tish James or Alvin Bragg will indict this corrupt crook. 38817 0
Reposted by russjon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 13/01/2026Apparently Eric Adams already rug-pulled his own memecoin www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurr...reddit.comFrom the CryptoCurrency community on Reddit: Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams rugs his own memecoin just 30 minutes after launch and pockets over $2.5MExplore this post and more from the CryptoCurrency community 628577 0
russ @pqrsz.bsky.social · 11/01/2026A good look at the root causes of the ICE violence First and foremost- politicians playing the Great Replacement Theory card 100 0
Reposted by russIndivisible Brooklyn @bkindivisible.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Authoritarian violence doesn’t stop at borders. ICE in our streets. Bombs abroad.Same system. Same violence. No Kings. No ICE. No Wars. Join us Sunday at 1pm in Manhattan @60th&5th! HandsOffNYC.com/jan11 @indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @socialists.nyc 011341 0
