Reposted by Rachel RushefskyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/08/2026Mamdani: "If a New Yorker looks at what ICE is doing and wants to see more of it, they should vote for Bruce Blakeman, who has created his own militia in Nassau County. If they look at what ICE is doing and they are shocked by the inhumanity and cruelty, they should vote for Gov. Kathy Hochul." 221193994769
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyMaya Media @mayamedia.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Worse than I thought. I saw Kushner’s Albania resort up close — it is an environmental disaster. The damage at Vjosa-Narta is not fake news. Bulldozers are tearing into one of Europe’s most precious wetlands www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...aljazeera.comI saw Kushner’s Albania resort up close — it is an environmental disasterThe damage at Vjosa-Narta is not fake news. Bulldozers are tearing into one of Europe’s most precious wetlands. 772443655
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyNick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Literally every American should see this ad. Spread it everywhere. #TrumpLovesTheInflation 17771528
Reposted by Rachel Rushefskyryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 12/06/2026"We have a term for enterprises that look successful because they keep drawing in new investors and keep drawing in new investors because they look successful. They’re called Ponzi schemes." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/elon-musk-...paulkrugman.substack.comElon Musk, Human Ponzi SchemeWith Wall Street’s help, you’re about to be forced to buy stock in SpaceX 361869554
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyJennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 11/06/2026He promised to end inflation. He won on groceries. He took your vote. Then he started a war, drove energy up 23.5%, gutted SNAP, tanked your real wages — and when asked about YOUR suffering, he grinned and said ‘I love the inflation.’ You were never anything to him. Not ever. #TrumpLovesTheInflation 17731
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyLisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Learn what the "salami strategy" is — cutting your opposition into small enough slices where nobody really bothers fighting any one tiny element — and how well the Trump admin is using it to pillage our public lands: www.republic.land/the-salami-s...republic.landThe Salami StrategyThe Trump administration's transfer of national forest management to the states is hiding in plain sight—a coordinated strategy visible only if you're tracking all of it at once. 034
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Staggering levels of corruption. They’re using every possible lever of power to enrich themselves and their friends and families. And the “party of fiscal responsibility” simply doesn’t care. 774175237220
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyUS Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Trump Team Wanted to Force Immigrants Out by Declaring Them Dead A whistleblower revealed the horrific plan at the Social Security Administration. ...newrepublic.comTrump Team Wanted to Force Immigrants Out by Declaring Them DeadA whistleblower revealed the horrific plan at the Social Security Administration. 134
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 05/06/2026They’re packaging it like this so it looks like a shallow trend, but Gen Z has gone through two financial crises, a pandemic, rising fascism, active shooter drills since they were toddlers, and are now being told by the oligarchy they’re to be replaced by robots. Socialism is the logical conclusion. 2771821844
Reposted by Rachel Rushefsky#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 05/06/2026DOJ says Trump has the right to bulldoze the Statue of Liberty and no one can stop him #AlterNettwp.aiwww.alternet.orgDOJ says Trump has the right to bulldoze the Statue of Liberty and no one can stop him 198
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 01/06/2026Air conditioning is unapologetically a good thing because it helps people not die. And one good thing about air conditioning is that it largely needs to run during the day when solar power is at its maximum: it can and should align with clean energy goals. 4669531262
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 01/06/2026In 2024, experts said that as many as 1,360 children remained separated from their parents six years after the first Trump admin’s zero tolerance policy. Under mass deportation we now run the risk of repeating this permanent family separation—but on an even larger scale:americasvoicecnn.substack.comThe New Family Separation Crisis Is HereA horrific number of U.S. citizen children have been separated from a parent under the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda, a new study reveals. 13018
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyMichael @michaelnaphys.bsky.social · 28/05/2026On Day 7 of the anti-ICE protest/hunger strike, things only continue to escalate outside of ICE's Delaney Hall concentration camp, with reports of injuries sustained by protestors due to the terrorism tactics deployed by ICE. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.com‘We are not criminals’: protests erupt as hunger strike rocks New Jersey ICE jailA day after ICE officials pepper-spray senator, tensions ramp up outside facility on fifth day of hunger and labor strike 01617
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyQueen_Potato @queenpotato.bsky.social · 26/05/2026And there you have it. The anti trans campaign in Maine was never some "grassroots movement." It was bankrolled by billionaire Richard Uihlein, who poured over $800,000 into targeting trans kids over sports and bathrooms. 8462452351
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 25/05/2026The obsession with the birth rate, though, isn’t and has never actually been about the birth rate, any more than the “pro-life” movement was ever about babies. It’s about locking women down and chaining them to male partners. 27414
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyAmy @tangentsafari.bsky.social · 22/05/2026This is the same company building a colossus of a data center in York County, SC. They’re telling locals water won’t be an issue because it’s on a closed loop or something. But that is the same water system used in Georgia. South Carolina candidates need to be talking about this. #SCpol #SCnews 087
Reposted by Rachel Rushefskyray 鄺羡華 @raykwong.lol · 22/05/2026Good morning and happy Friday to everyone. Honestly, voting is like taking a bus. If there isn't one going exactly to your destination, you don't stay at home and sulk—you take the one going closest to where you want to be. We can vote better than they can cheat. 💙🗳️ 27741281174
Reposted by Rachel Rushefskyemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 19/05/2026This is exactly the way. Find some awful Jan6 story from your state, your CD, and start talking relentlessly about it, asking people if they want to pay that criminal. 411868818
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyDanielle Froom 🏳️🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Two of the "journalists" who helped cover up these pedophiles' crimes by driving a young trans woman into hiding are Dareh Gregorian, who works at NBC News, and Lucy Carne, who continues to write trans panic articles nearly 20 years later. 321071
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyOrpheus Condescending @maryscottoconnor.com · 10/01/2026Every current & former law enforcement officer says the same thing: It was totally against protocol, their training is shit & it was a bad shooting. Everyone says it was murder. Everyone says she was trying to turn the car away. The ONLY PEOPLE who disagree are Trump supporters. Weird, huh. 15413
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 08/01/2026ICE/CBP just shot two people in Portland. 691461499
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyJustin Seagull @pocketseagull.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Every Democrat needs to take notes. You have to run on immediately undoing all of this shit. 71947115
Reposted by Rachel Rushefskygeoffrey 💀 (scary now) @parsnip.bsky.social · 28/12/2025seems incredibly obvious by now that these should not be consumer-facing tech but that is what the companies making them want them to be 0348
Rachel Rushefsky @rachelrushefsky.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Finished this a little while ago, but finally got a picture of it. Polychromos colored pencil on Bristol vellum, 8”x10”. 141
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Medicare for All would save $450B a year. Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity. Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall. It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. 427203626883
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Until we have replicators, we will need wealth redistribution. 23272442136
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyTom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 12/11/2025It's scary how so many are fighting so hard against their own best interests with those who dont give a damn about them, theirs, or anyone's intere$t$ other than their OWN! Please educate yourself and others; share. 411342
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyCongressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Texans who get insurance from healthcare.gov can now see how much their plan will cost in 2026. Prices are higher for MILLIONS because Republicans are getting rid of critical tax credits. I asked Texans to share what this would mean for their family. ⬇️ 18397165
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyPolitico @politico.com · 12/11/2025Jeffrey Epstein claims he gave Russians insight into Trumpdlvr.itJeffrey Epstein claims he gave Russians insight into TrumpNewly released emails show the late convicted sex offender’s extensive network of foreign contacts, whom he corresponded with about Trump’s policy decisions. 36839311
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyGillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 12/11/2025My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far 441253656767
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2025BlackRock will buy AES, one of the largest publicly traded utility companies in the U.S. AES is a major power provider for Big Tech companies building out data centers. Yes: while these data centers drive up your electricity costs, wealthy financiers are going to make a killing. 30277513355
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 03/10/2025In the first quarter of 2025, farm bankruptcies increased by 95% Remember: the policies leading to bankruptcy are purposeful. Our food supply is in danger…there is no better way to bring a country to its knees than having control of its food supply. 35974022994
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyGreg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Respectfully: it’s worse than that. They are reveling in the fact that Americans will die because of Russ Vought’s Project 2025 agenda. The Grim Reaper doesn’t come just to do mass layoffs or cut social welfare programs. 918984
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyChuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 03/10/2025This is absolutely Brownshirt business. 38787297
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyCongressman Chris Deluzio @deluzio.house.gov · 04/10/2025Here’s what inaction on ACA tax credits means: A 60-year-old Western PA couple making $80,000/year seeing health insurance premiums go up $12,000 per year. It could be a crushing blow. That's what's coming, unless the Republicans work with Democrats to fix the healthcare crisis they've created. 12710
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyScott Easterly @scotteasterly.bsky.social · 18/08/2025The cruelty is the point. 48781213
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/08/2025James Madison was elected in 1812 during the War of 1812. Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1864 during the Civil War. FDR was elected in 1944 during WWII. JBJ & Nixon were elected in 1964 & 1972 during the Vietnam War. George W. Bush was elected in 2004 during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. 849134865029
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyCongresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 19/08/2025As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous. Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook. 12733624811328
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Trump just vowed to ban mail-in ballots and voting machines, citing debunked lies about voter fraud. Anyone that wants to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comTrump pledges to scrap mail ballots and voting machines before 2026 midtermsAnnouncement on Truth Social comes after Putin told Trump US elections were rigged because of postal ballots 28439481400
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 18/08/2025I know rural America because I live here. I know rural inside and out and I speak on it often because almost no one else does. I have the market on rural politics cornered because not many think it’s worth cornering. But it is. jesspiper.substack.com/p/they-cant-...jesspiper.substack.comThey Can't See What I SeeBecause they aren't from where I'm from 17245351185
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/08/2025"Newsom’s threat to retaliate in kind is not a divisive attack on good governance. It is, instead, the only hope for democracy. Bipartisanship right now is appeasement. Democrats cannot and should not hide behind neutrality and fairness as MAGA incinerates the remaining tatters of our republic."publicnotice.coGavin Newsom's momentDemocrats have found their fight. Newsom is leading the charge. 26389882540
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/08/2025Putin told him to do this. That’s a very important piece of the story. Im not kidding. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...rollingstone.comTrump Pledges Unconstitutional Order to Limit Mail-In Voting After Putin ChatPresident Trump pledged to eliminate mail-in voting and the use of voting machines following a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. 66176093114
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/08/2025TRUMP: President Stubb of Finland. He's uh, somebody that, where are we here? Huh? STUBB: I'm right here TRUMP: Oh. 5182713640
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2025The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today? 7402936311555
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Notice they don’t deny it. Corruption and grift at every turn. 🇺🇸 2033151846046
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Crime is down…he’s testing the waters. Wants to see how we will react to the militarization in DC. 36653981504
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 02/08/2025This is no time to go high. If GOP states redraw maps, then Democratic states should redraw maps. Give the same energy. They will never play fair or by the rules. Ever. 670146463671
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyCarl @subzidion.com · 12/07/2025What??? DOL is apparently providing ICE with access to private driver's license and vehicle information.king5.comExclusive: A Washington state agency is sharing drivers' private data with ICEThe KING 5 Investigators find Washington's Department of Licensing has been sharing driver's license data with federal immigration agents, sparking privacy concerns. 51688403
Reposted by Rachel RushefskyAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Bass: I just signed an executive directive that puts all city departments and leadership on notice to protect Angelenos—essentially from the federal government. We’re also filing a FOIA request because we want to know: Who are these masked men, and why are they masked in the first place? 949289558636