Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 10/10/2026 10283132
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I’ve seen reports estimating that the Iran War is costing us $1 billion a day. Over ten years that’s $3.6 trillion. So how about we trade free college for a stupid war? 1229891
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Marco Rubio: “Iranians are radical religious lunatics.” Also: Have you met Paula White, the White House faith advisor? 2527181005937
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Through the end of August 2026, the House was in session for roughly 383 hours total. That’s an average of about 48 hours per month. Their average monthly floor time is well below the 80-hour monthly threshold the same Congress imposed on Medicaid recipients. 468104034640
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026If Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Elon Musk all agree that we have to slow down - and now - something serious clearly happened with a frontier AI model. Journalists should be digging in to this. We aren’t getting the whole story here. 47982312682
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Liberals🇨🇦🇺🇦 @saynotobs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026America is imploding and your pedophile, felon, grifter president is shit posting. The #Republicunt majority is asleep at the wheel. 11168
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/08/2026Pathetic -- Google is now referring to Lake Ontario as "Lake America" 3434143282986
I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough) @reelist.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I remember this. How we have allowed shame to be a national emotion - I still am amazed… 000
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 23/08/2026The damage from this presidency is generational. And that’s the best‑case scenario. 3146587
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/08/2026It's hard to fathom that anyone thinks ICE can be reformed or retrained. ICE needs to be dismantled and then cauterized so it can't grow back. #AbolishICE 86886533766
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Our tax dollars are funding efforts to defy a court order and prevent voters from casting ballots in the November election.  381043489
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)David Roberts @volts.wtf · 21/08/2026Read this account of a family -- green card-holding, valid, permanent residents of the US -- kidnapped by ICE, separated, and held in degrading concentration camps for 9 months and counting.thenation.comOne Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE DetentionMy husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare. 7332163
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I could not find a good article in English to share with you, nonetheless you can find a very detailed article in Spanish which goes into more depth. www.univision.com/local/washin...univision.comHispano despierta en el hospital tras operativo de ICE; denuncia agresión cuando iba al trabajoJosé Mejía relató que recibió descargas eléctricas por la espalda, por lo que perdió el conocimiento. Tras salir del hospital le colocaron un brazalete electrónico. 23523
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Jeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 @jeffrudd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026REMEMBER: They all knew. 6121772010513
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I proudly endorse this message from my grandparents ❤️ 692232725823
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Seven years ago today, this evil bastard was found dead under mysterious circumstances. Will we ever know what really happened? Yes, because we will not stop talking until the truth is revealed. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks www.politico.com/news/magazin...politico.comJeffrey Epstein’s Death Was Supposed to Bury the Truth. It Did the Opposite.Seven years later, the scandal is more consequential than ever. 9236127
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/08/2026This is whole story is horrifying, and as a journalist covering ICE flights, I was struck by this sentence: “We were shipped to Texas overnight from Los Angeles in horrible conditions that I won’t elaborate on in this letter.” 4578844266
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 05/08/2026It is beyond unconscionable, and morally indefensible, that more than six months have passed with no charges filed in the murders of Renee Good or Alex Pretti. 15624193
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Facts suck, if you're delusional and in a cult. 442189276467
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 05/08/2026“There is no substantive evidence to back up the charges that our elections aren't accurate & certainly not that they're fraudulent.” Ben Ginsberg joins @PreetBharara.bsky.social & me to discuss Trump’s election fraud claims on a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast: cafe.visitlink.me/e-y6fkcafe.visitlink.meAre the Midterms Safe?Republican election lawyer Ben Ginsberg joins the Insider podcast 15572171
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Jimmy Neutron’s dad is depicted as a clueless dimwit and his mom has a propensity for being easily hypnotized and manipulated, but aside from that…no notes. Brilliant post. 1320439
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 27/07/2026If these allegations are true, no member of Congress should be above accountability. Call your Representative and House leadership. Demand an ethics investigation and insist that allegations of domestic violence be taken seriously, no matter the party. 29329193
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/07/2026this can’t be real 2062240209
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/07/2026stuff like this is why one important avenue for court reform is just nixing the shadow docket altogether and forcing these people to explain themselves to the public when they issue orders. also, making their records property of the united states and subject to publication when they leave the bench. 166103912705
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/07/2026roberts et al have a mental model of racism as being defined entirely by the most atavistic mania of the jim crow south. if it isn’t that, if it wears suits and ties and speaks the language of national security and executive authority, then it not only doesn’t count, *it’s not racism* 733336689
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 10/07/2026The commitment of some men on the left to denying that rape is a crime that destroys lives, that it is a sustained campaign of political terrorism designed to oppress the majority of the population, should make you laugh at every claim they make about opposing human rights atrocities anywhere. 4546
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Classy Thomas Massie 1826443
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/07/2026We’re now going to allow GrabAGun which is affiliated with Con Junior to send guns via the USPD, but mail-in ballots would be too dangerous. 611107461
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Ms. Lonnie🦋🩵🫂 @lonsj.bsky.social · 29/06/2026New York Has known about the serial groper since before he was convicted of 53 felonies This woman deserves the truth to come out His threats don’t matter any longer open.substack.com/pub/alternet...open.substack.comTrump Accused of Groping Beauty Queen, Threatening Her Into SilenceSCOTUS just gave Trump the power to fire any regulator, Rep. Massie deflected affair allegations by asking a reporter about gay porn, and a shocking amount of Americans are skipping July 4 8214127
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I'm going to KEEP talking about how Florida Senator Rick Scott, the RICHEST man in all of Congress DEFRAUDED Medicare & is trying to CUT Social Security. Will you join me?🤚 (BTW: A Senator Alex Vindman can be THE voice for Floridians since Senator Rick Scott doesn't take calls📱 on his SUPER YACHT.) 10371190
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Legal Weed 4 SC 🌱 @legalweed4sc.bsky.social · 19/06/2026The rich made their money off the backs of us hard working class people. Why aren't they paying fully into Social Security? Why don't we LIFT THE CAP and keep this program solvent and expand the benefits? #HandsOffOurSocialSecurity #HandsOffOurMedicare 14316
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 19/06/2026In countries that have successfully reversed democratic backsliding in recent years—from Poland in 2023 to Hungary in 2026—opposition movements made prosecuting those who have broken laws a central campaign issue. 10731671181
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Taxpayers are on the hook for another $765 million to ensure four offshore wind farms are never built. Feds will buy out leases off NY, CA, and the Gulf of Maine, bringing total federal payouts to abandon wind leases to $2.5 billion. Art of the deal, amirite? www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/c... 37129041620
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 16/06/2026“I liked watching you zero in on your prey. Made me smile…I’m not a predator Just a lover.” Deepak Chopra The #EpsteinFiles are more depraved & involved than is imaginable. Don’t be distracted. Keep talking about the #EpsteinFiles. 38322206
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Old enough to remember when the people defending a UFC fighter for making a 'joke' about Michelle Obama at the WH wanted Jimmy Kimmel, a comedian, to be fired for making a joke about melania on his show. 11559581760
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 16/06/2026 13425771136
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Half of June has already gone and still no resolution to the war in Ukraine. But Moscow is reaping what is sows. This is THE daily thread for Tuesday - all the news every single day. We've reached Day 1574 733983
I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough) @reelist.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Top tier content right here folks! 000
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/05/2026As primary season continues, some Democrats claim the party needs to "move to the center" to win in November. Hogwash. Democrats can't repeat the same failed playbook of the last 50 years. It's time for them to grow a spine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQzG_TrhyrYyoutube.comThe Failures of “Centrism”By moving to the so-called “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening ine 31635051047
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/05/2026Trump’s Marie Antoinette ballroom went from costing taxpayers zero dollars to costing them $1 billion. Republicans are publicly standing with him through all of it. Talk about a rope-a-dope. 1730878
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)David Fickling @davidfickling.bsky.social · 25/04/2026I really think people don’t appreciate how much gas-fired generation is at risk from pure economics in the next few years. Probably a third to a half of the world’s LNG trade is feeding power stations which are already, or on the brink of, being permanently undercut by solar+batteries. 9494129
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Dr. Olaf Bachmann @falo2.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Ever noticed that Trumpists only cite from the pre-Christian Old Testament but ́never from the Christian New Testament ? 3132083308
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/04/2026The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it. 541234748164
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/04/2026💯 334192524401
Reposted by I’m a realist (yeah, it’s tough)Fred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 11/04/2026I'd rather spend $4 billion per NASA mission than give a dime to SpaceX. 3578
