Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialIreshresists @eilishparker.bsky.social · 11hThe world’s love language…music. The other verse people usually leave out of Guthrie’s song is about property... “There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me. The sign was painted, said Private Property. But on the backside, it didn't say nothing. This land was made for you and me” 051
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 15hOctober 3, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 3, 2026On Saturday, October 3, the Power to the People festival, organized by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, took over the stage at the Merriweathe... 461113373
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Georgia’s election board asked the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate a leading nonpartisan voter roll maintenance program, potentially adding yet another probe based on hyper-partisan conspiracy theories to the department’s portfolio. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comGeorgia’s GOP-controlled election board wants DOJ to investigate nonpartisan voter roll maintenance programDespite his request for a federal investigation into ERIC, the board's executive director appeared to know very little about the organization during a meeting earlier this week. 351210518
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/10/2026Alito weighs retirement. We MUST win the Senate so we can block any Trump judicial nominee. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...politico.comJustice Alito confirms he is considering retirementThe conservative Supreme Court justice said in a CBS News interview that he’ll revisit the issue next year. 25843551232
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialKarly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 22hOne month ago, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Americans have NO constitutional right to clean drinking water. I’m still letting that sink in. 20287111
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I watched this ad and it’s amazing. Doesn’t even use his name. The very clear almost explicit subtext is: my dudes, if I can suck it up and vote for this lying sack of shit, you can too, okay? 721056192
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This guy is really good, not just for Maine news but for how to put together a news story so you understand the context. 181040359
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Or that many blue collar jobs are physically destructive and if you want to support blue collar work you don’t tie healthcare to employment (many blue collar tradespeople are independent contractors) 224129
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Also if you want to understand the real rewards and cost of a job look at salaries for 65 year olds and what kind of health problems they have, not entry level salaries for people who aren’t old enough to drink and can handle rigorous physical work for 8 hours a day (minimum) 417519
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.social50501 Georgia @50501ga.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It's official! No Kings Vote Early happens on October 17, 2026, and part of the Day of Action is an EXPANDED Op Overpass - MORE BANNERS. MORE OVERPASSES. MORE MOTORISTS TO REACH. And that means ALL HANDS ON DECK! 153
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I'm not into thing where we note fascists celebrating fascist--someone who celebrates murder--but then say, "but watch whoever complain about this guy who's verbal sins are lesser." I'm for eff em all, all attention-seeking fiends across the spectrum from real murderous to just murderously dumb. 3566
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Fair Q 10956881888
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026October 2, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 2, 2026Trump held a campaign rally tonight in Mobile, Alabama, the city where, as Shawn McCreesh of the New York Times recalled, his MAGA rallies really took off in August 2015, when more than 30,000 people ... 32785280
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialIreshresists @eilishparker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Heather Cox Richardson stopping by to explain why kids in this country are going hungry. Voting for the right candidate is so important but please if you can, get involved in your community to make sure children in our country are fed. @hcrichardson.bsky.social www.facebook.com/share/v/18Hd...facebook.com 042
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026October 1, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 1, 2026John Hudson of the Washington Post reported this evening that the Trump administration is openly defying Congress, taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Mid... 64751293
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialBrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026FACT CHECK: TRUE 352096540
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026September 30, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 30, 2026A Washington Post headline today read: “U.S. 45862282
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026September 29, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 29, 2026The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S. 551048345
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Oops you did it again 1572953
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialTea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Maybe Amy Klobuchar can explain to Eric Schmitt what an “own goal” is? 621033194
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026Area Dad Sure Knows A Lot About Local Weather Woman theonion.com/area-dad-sure-knows-a-… 897066
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026September 28, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 28, 2026It has become routine for Trump to spend the weekend posting wildly on social media, and this weekend was no exception. 30723243
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026An adult bear popped open a parked car in Gatlinburg, and the whole family piled in for a little retail therapy. They raided the car, grabbed what they could, then dumped the loot in the parking lot. 2222375562
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 28/09/2026🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration cannot leverage grants meant to help prevent terrorist attacks to force states and local governments to adopt a slate of new anti-voting measures, a federal judge ruled Monday in a major win for voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comJudge strikes down Trump’s bid to cut states’ anti-terror funds unless they impose new voting restrictionsThe judge ruled that FEMA had no “authority to extract unfunded reforms from states in exchange for grants.” 6731371117
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026September 27, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 27, 2026A friend tells me that when I take a night off, other people feel they can take a night off, too. 361306191
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 27/09/2026World's Scientists Admit They Just Don't Like Mice theonion.com/worlds-scientists-admi… 222607262
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Donald Trump is not himself the disease of our politics. He’s just the worst symptom. The disease is the system that allows corporations to buy and sell politicians so they can rig it against the rest of us. Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All. 20359931810
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026September 26, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 26, 2026Trump’s war on the free press is continuing. 35830315
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Here's how we get Medicare for All done: Make Medicare whole (no one can keep all the parts straight!) Include vision, dental, and hearing. Begin extending to more people, starting with children. We arrive at Medicare for All, which means great Medicare for everyone. 788178284785
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026September 25, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 25, 2026I learned late this afternoon that, in addition to being Dolly Parton Day, today is National Lobster Day, honoring the cultural and economic history of the lobster industry. 411248255
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Seriously. That’s no cartoon. 1103090980
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“The disillusionment is huge. Voters are hungry for a different way of operating. Parties that take power and then try to pick up where they left off by doing the same old thing — because it’s all they know — are quickly punished.”chadbourn.substack.comThe MidtermsThe message the Democrats need to hear 729173
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🔥 DR. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social : “Do you know how many terrible things @billmaher has said about people like me? But I WOULD go on his show — because I want to give people the image of watching him get his ass whooped on his own show by a guy who prays like I do.” 632258511
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“The United States seeks a more secure, more prosperous, more equitable world for all people because we know our future is bound to yours.” —President Joe Biden speaking at the UN, 2023 Remember when we had a leader who talked like a real president? www.americaamerica.news/p/this-cant-...americaamerica.newsThis Can’t Go On for Two More YearsSwooning over China’s repressive communist dictator and belligerently acting out at the United Nations. Yes, it’s a psychiatric emergency. 601074297
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialKarly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I’m not just going to forget that Mitch McConnell went missing for three months, popped back up, and all both sides of the aisle did was post videos of people talking to him like he’s a 4yo toddler with a learning disability, before simply moving on. We’re owed an explanation. 391097266
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Literally zero 331273349
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026September 23, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 23, 2026Yesterday, William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Molly Redden, and Kirsten Berg of ProPublica published a blockbuster story reporting that the anti-corruption group of the Federal Bureau of Investigatio... 46865331
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialIreshresists @eilishparker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Don’t get to excited y’all. They cheat. 032
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026Ossoff: "What did they spend the most political capital trying to do over the last 18 months? Cover up the Epstein files. They worked harder to cover up the Epstein files than they ever did to lower grocery prices." 289219846781
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026September 22, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 22, 2026In 1945, still reeling from World War II, representatives from 50 nations reached back to the U.S. 37917309
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Surely, a sane person goes to the United Nations and with one breath calls himself a peacemaker and with the next threatens to "annihilate" a nation of over 90 million people. Donald Trump is a psychiatric emergency. open.substack.com/pub/america/...open.substack.comWe Are Facing a Psychiatric EmergencyThe media needs to step up. Donald Trump needs to be removed from office. 951905569
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026September 21, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 21, 2026On September 18, while White House chief of staff Susie Wiles was out of town, Trump suddenly announced he was banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House. 44893304
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"One thing I see on this train is that Ukrainians choose to keep going. I don’t want to romanticize; the suffering and the grief are under the eyes, and in the public memorials, and everywhere. Every attack by the enemy hurts, as does every betrayal by an ally." snyder.substack.com/p/a-meditati...snyder.substack.comA Meditation on Train StationsOn Total War and Individual Responsibility, 2/2 10746219
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Technology never has been and never will be apolitical. The conveniences (for some) that modern tech has created are not without consequences. And a lot of people distrust Big Tech because they are living through those consequences. It's good for people to recognize all of these things 9672137
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/202628 years ago. 6846481677
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Driving east from Kyiv to Kharkiv, there was no place to get gas from Poltava eastwards, because all of the stations had been destroyed by distant Russian drone operators. The Russians send drones at the pumps, causing explosions, killing attendants and customers. snyder.substack.com/p/a-meditati...snyder.substack.comA Meditation on Gas StationsOn Total War and Individual Responsibility (1/2) 11523184
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026September 20, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 20, 2026Thousands of people gathered outside the John F. 36913326
Reposted by @raveon56.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026September 19, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 19, 2026On September 19, 1676, three hundred and fifty years ago today, Nathaniel Bacon and his followers burned Jamestown, the capital of the Virginia Colony. 34936314