Reposted by RenéeKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 30/05/2026This is bad. Three Washington state protesters have been found guilty of federal conspiracy charges for sitting in front of a bus taking people to an immigration detention center in Tacoma, and now face 6 years. Six others took plea deals rather than going to trial. newrepublic.com/post/211138/...newrepublic.comAnti-ICE Protesters Found Guilty in Case That Guts Free Speech RightsThree protesters were convicted of federal conspiracy charges. 45358123182
Reposted by RenéeBrett Shaw @brettshaw.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Corruption in plain sight. It will take a decade to fix this debacle. #TrumpCorruption 691152216196
Reposted by RenéeKirsten Gillibrand @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social · 25/05/2026They lie. They cheat. They profit. I'm fighting to ban members of Congress AND the president from trading stocks, because no one should be profiting off the backs of the people they were elected to serve. 37387572654
Reposted by Renéelororos.bsky.social @lororos.bsky.social · 19/05/2026It was a theft. bsky.app/profile/muel... 0209
Reposted by Renéesarahb1111.bsky.social @sarahb1111.bsky.social · 19/05/2026This IRS story is the most TRANSPARENT & least complicated story to tell. Yet I haven't seen it explained correctly by either MSM, social media reports or even congressional Democrats. A bogus lawsuit filed A bogus lawsuit WITHDRAWN to avoid judicial review DOJ steals $1.776b, hands it to Trump. 25333
Reposted by RenéeScott 𐚁 🦇 Cave 🦇 @hellabarnes.bsky.social · 01/05/2026REMEMBER WHAT THEY* TOOK FROM YOU 24612
Reposted by Renée California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 25/04/2026JUST THE FACTS: 👇 Felon Donald Trump has been president for only 2% of America's history… He is now responsible for 25% of our national debt. That’s 25%, folks! $39 trillion…and growing daily. 9226261127
Reposted by RenéeShipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Kuwait declares force majeure on oil shipments amid Hormuz blockade, Bloomberg News reports reut.rs/4vFA2ETreut.rsKuwait declares force majeure on oil shipments amid Hormuz blockade, Bloomberg News reportsKuwait has declared force majeure on shipments of crude oil and refined products after a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz prevented some vessels from entering the Persian Gulf, hindering its abi... 114757
Reposted by RenéePhillipUSA @phillipusa.bsky.social · 18/04/2026From the family led by an unethical pedophile who factually steals from charities: now going after billions of our tax dollars…citizensforethics.orgTrump is suing the IRS for $10 billion. Here’s what that actually means. - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in WashingtonTrump’s $10 billion cash grab from the IRS is an ethical disaster that would likely make him dramatically wealthier. 78036
Reposted by RenéeJen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Rep. Rosa DeLauro, top Dem on the House appropriations panel, says DHS is *choosing* not to pay TSA workers while paying its other employees. She says: 85% of ICE + CBP are being paid 75% of Secret Service 0% of TSA workers "The Department made that decision," DeLauro says on the House floor. 10348021996
Reposted by RenéeChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 24/03/2026It's just unreal how little thought or planning went into starting a new massive war in the Middle East. 539123054068
Reposted by RenéeDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Sean Duffy should resign.theguardian.comLaGuardia pilots raised safety alarms months before deadly runway crashNasa reports show repeated warnings of close calls before crash that killed two pilots and injured 41 others 12542165
Reposted by RenéeJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 23/03/2026There was ONE ATC in the tower at LGA during last night's crash. ONE ATC, at LGA!, dealing w ALL air and ground traffic, including a plane filling w a strange smell and no gate to return to. The Pentagon wants $200B for a vanity war, but our ATC towers are empty. Budgets are moral documents. 286145484932
Reposted by RenéeHumor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 23/03/2026“United,” yeah okay 291214163
Reposted by RenéeMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Up to 3.2 million Iranians and 800,000 Lebanese have been displaced from their homes by the Trump-Netanyahu war. That’s the equivalent of emptying the entire cities of Houston and Philadelphia. 1119397
Reposted by RenéeGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 11/03/2026$2bn/day, with $2.8bn/day in munitions alone over the first two days. I tend to think of myself as a Large Number Scale Understander but this is just mind-boggling amounts of money. 211103297
Reposted by RenéeMother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/03/2026Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.motherjones.comAt Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP ReportsCamp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves. 59792646005
Reposted by RenéeMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 07/03/2026"At one point he said he overheard a security guard talking about bets made among the staff over which detainee would be next to die by suicide. The guard said he had paid $500 into a pool, with the total pot riding on the outcome."apnews.comAttempted suicides, fights, pain: 911 calls reveal misery at ICE’s largest detention facilityThe calls to 911 poured in from staff at Camp East Montana, the nation's largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, in its first months of operation in El Paso, Texas. 513157
Reposted by RenéeBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/03/2026This moron has no idea how much of a third rail this is. If he goes through with a public fight with Dunkin he will never live this down. In the words of my people "fuck ya motha."bostonglobe.comRFK Jr. wants Dunkin’ to prove drinking its iced coffee is safe - The Boston GlobeThe warning comes as Kennedy is leaning heavily into his agenda to improve American diets. 1006105061670
Reposted by RenéeTheRoadie. @roadie63.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Markwayne Mullin: "The ACA is unaffordable". Argentina- $40 Billion Board Of Peace- $10 Billion Qatar Jet refit- $1 Billion ICE- $85 Billion increase Trump demands $10 Billion personally because we saw his taxes. And the kicker, $500 Billion MORE to the Pentagon But health care is "unaffordable"🙄 1282116801
Reposted by RenéeRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Remember back in the day when Congress used to be in charge of appropriations? 2338184367202
Reposted by RenéeRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/02/2026These are the oligarchs who seek to rule every aspect of our lives, and the current US regime is doing everything possible to facilitate that because it is owned by them. 105486583701
Reposted by RenéeJohn Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison. Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water. Our priorities are so fucked. 550252928423
Reposted by RenéeBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Me as a child: it must be very hard to become a CEO and be very hard work once you get the job Guy obviously on drugs speaking at a conference: the next five years of the economy should be about a dream I had where a dog spoke to me 485339939
Reposted by RenéeGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 13/02/2026MAHA: Eating a giant steak cooked in butter alongside beef tallow fries and washing it down with coffee spiked with butter Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes 951341143
Reposted by RenéeEoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.pressherald.comICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys sayAn Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false. 12943502661
Reposted by RenéeRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/02/2026In Minnesota, ICE agents are illegally racially profiling residents, drawing weapons during arrests, claiming people’s citizenship documents are fake, and leaving people with long-lasting injuries. There is no excuse for Democrats to continue funding these jackbooted thugs. 12248041480
Renée @reneethelibrarian.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Vogue is calling 2026 the “year of the cabbage” lol 000
Renée @reneethelibrarian.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Recession indicator: www.vogue.com/article/cabb...vogue.comThe Healthiest Green of 2026? CabbageDig in! 000
Reposted by RenéeLarry Colvin @larrycolvin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026One year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 www.cnn.com/2026/02/04/w...cnn.comOne year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 | CNNIt’s been one year since the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with aid cuts leading to the closure of HIV clinics in South Africa, the termination o... 034
Reposted by RenéeSam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 04/02/2026The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody 3563521702
Reposted by RenéeAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/01/2026This is Georgia Fort as she’s being arrested by federal agents. Apparently, they had a grand jury indictment in hand. She was arrested for being an independent journalist who filmed the Cities Church protest. 13626061228
Reposted by RenéeTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 30/01/2026“Independent” is doing too much work in this first wave. They are arresting journalists and just like everything else they’ve done, they’re testing the limits of our resistance by starting wt vulnerable margins. 63226844
Reposted by RenéePhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning I was sent this video of agents at her door: 646133357098
Reposted by RenéeAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 30/01/2026So this administration has charged an independent Black journalist reporting in Minnesota but not two white agents who murdered two citizens 17346141689
Reposted by RenéeThis is NOT ok!!! @donewiththisshit.bsky.social · 29/01/2026We're in a time in American history where the president of the United States is sending FBI agents out to help rig the midterms. This is not an administration, it's a mafia doing their dirty work for all to see & I am FURIOUS at everyone who helped normalize this level of crime in our government. 27975012632
Reposted by RenéeAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/01/2026in Hungary do they have masked agents of the state gunning down civilians in the street? I feel like we need to dial up our authoritarian regime comparisons quite a bit from where they were a year ago 671942357
Reposted by RenéeChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 27/01/2026It's not quite the most pressing issue at the moment, but the American people absolutely have a right to know the names of the federal officials who shot and killed a man peacefully protesting, who was on his knees, prone in the street when they shot him in the back. 1063342678004
Reposted by RenéeJohn Picacio @johnpicacio.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Thank you for sharing, @christl.bsky.social. The story isn’t just about Greg, but all of you who have reached out to him and DreamHaven Books. If you’ve been trying to order books from them, or you did order this weekend — watch this and feel good. ✊🏽 18016
Reposted by RenéeRepresentative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 27/01/2026Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record. 6702441310972
Reposted by RenéePestilence @pestilence4all.bsky.social · 27/01/2026If this doesn’t tug at your heart, make you well up with sadness, you are not human. 541214076359
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Reposted by RenéeBilly Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 26/01/2026I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...youtube.comBILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROESYouTube video by Billy Bragg 20258272380
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101) *PENTAGON OFFICIALS MET WITH LAWMAKERS ON IRAN ON TUESDAY: NYT BFW 16:35
102) *NYT CITES 3 PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING ON IRAN BFW 16:33
103) *PENTAGON SAYS IRAN WAR COST MORE THAN $11B IN FIRST WEEK: NYT BFW 16:33
03/11/2026 16:31:40[NYT]
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By Catie Edmondson
(New York Times) -- In a Capitol Hill briefing, officials gave their most
comprehensive assessment of the cost of the first six days of the war, but the
number omitted several aspects of the operation.
Pentagon officials told lawmakers in a closed-door briefing on Capitol Hill on
Tuesday that they estimated the cost of the war against Iran had exceeded
$11.3 billion in the first six days alone, according to three people familiar with
the briefing.
The estimate did not include many of the costs associated with the operation,
such as the buildup of military hardware and personnel ahead of the first
strikes. For that reason, lawmakers expect the number to grow considerably as
the Pentagon continues to calculate the costs that accumulated just in the first
week.
Still, it appeared to be the most comprehensive assessment Congress had
received so far amid mounting questions about the objectives, scope and time
frame for the war. The New York Times and The Washington Post reported
earlier that defense officials had said in recent congressional briefings that the
military used up $5.6 billion of munitions in the first two days of the war.
That is a far larger amount and munitions burn rate than had been publicly
disclosed. The Center for Strategic and International Studies had estimated that
the first 100 hours of the operation cost $3.7 billion, or $891.4 million each
day.
The first wave of the bombardment used weapons including the AGM-154 glide
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