Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 9hThe state has reported its fifth measles-related death. trib.al/hDNsA4dtrib.alPennsylvania Nears 1,000 Measles Cases as RFK Jr. Remains SilentThe state has reported its fifth measles-related death. 2010371
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14hI for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president 785217615121
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 29/09/20261. How has MAGA Inc. raised an unprecedented amount of money? Let’s review: 13701407
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 28/09/20261. Jay Feely, a former NFL kicker and a GOP candidate for Congress in Arizona, has made “protecting women’s sports” a centerpiece of his election campaign. So I reviewed years of Feely’s podcast appearances to see what he actually thinks about female athletes. 🧵 461540566
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like. 536153477203
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Countless immigrants have reported appalling conditions in the ICE camps. Especially if they’re disabled and/or chronically ill. Denying a diabetic their insulin is torture. It’s cruel and unusual punishment. It’s murder by neglect.nbcnews.comCosta Rican man complained of lack of care for diabetes before his death in ICE custody, family saysCarlos Josue Marchena Marchena’s condition worsened after he arrived at Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana, and he died less than a week later, his family said. 8255125
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Remember: Trump's attacks on the IRS were never about "efficiency." They were about making it easier for wealthy and powerful people like him to skirt what they owe. 301004398
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Since we made this video on Trump’s stock trading, he’s blown past the total number of trades we cite. In July alone, he reported making over 1,100 trades. They included AI companies, defense contractors, and Big Oil — all industries central to White House policy right now. This is not normal.youtube.comThe Danger of Trump’s Stock TradingTrump says AI doesn’t need guardrails — only a “strong and smart” president.He just so happens to be heavily invested in 22644270
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Re-upping this post because Trump keeps sinking further into mental illness and major media keep pretending the mad pilot isn’t flying us into the side of a mountain. 21307108
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 22/09/2026Phenomenal essay on the way the current moment is affecting prominent trans folks. It's a pressure cooker that is systematically breaking us down to take us out of the fight. 6670139
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22/09/2026The Ohio Democratic Party is repeatedly deleting criticism of Marcy Kaptur, who has released an ad calling transgender people an “ideology” that should be banned in schools. Still think Dems can’t become Labour? 341265332
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 20/09/2026"Unions might be a good idea at other workplaces, but it just so happens that they’re actually not a good idea at this workplace—where, coincidentally, I just so happen to own a substantial share of the company’s equity." buff.ly/xIVz3wTbuff.lyI Support Unions, but They’re Just Not the Right Fit for the Company I Happen to Own“Unions might be a good idea at other workplaces, but it just so happens that they’re actually not a good idea at this workplace—where, coincidentally, I jus... 119550
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com 747276588814
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Weird, she ‘moderated’ on trans rights and yet her opponent is still calling her a deranged leftist SJW. If only there was some kind of precedent for this so it could have been predicted in advance. 402943431
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialTheConnASSeur @theconnasseur.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Do you guys remember when we never had to see stupid shit like the Director of the FBI talking about "either side" of dog fucking? 212414
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026So with no due respect, absolutely nobody needs to accept that status "for the greater good." We know where that leads. Shut this shit down. Human rights are for EVERYONE. 11416181
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 13/09/2026One time, and I promise this is true, Bush gave a flip remark about violence while playing golf and it became a defining moment for his legacy. This president shrugging about a war he started while overseas at a golf tournament that is lining his own pockets won’t be remembered in two weeks. 1453586954
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Elon Musk is bankrolling an ad campaign to get you to check your voter registration through an innocent-sounding website. But his real goal is to collect and sell your personal data to advertising companies, Big Tech, and other Republican PACs.popular.infoThe hidden dangers of Musk’s votesafe.orgThe slick voter registration website, currently being promoted to millions of people, is a digital surveillance machine. 10222491560
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialDimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 08/09/2026If a news organization does not cover this as a clear case of: “president Trump tells story of 9/11 that glorifies himself but has no basis in fact” they are not worth listening to. Yes, I’m talking about you, @nytimes.com 331288245
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Curious how facts like this are all over the English press, but in US print media not to be found 35723330
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 06/09/2026they don’t even try to hide the fact that this is not about women’s sports this is about crushing anyone who doesn’t conform to their particular view of gender and what they actually want is to never see the wnba or its fandom ever again 282982576
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialWashington State Democrats @wadems.org · 04/09/2026This should be clear: if you voted, your vote deserved to be counted. A record number of WA ballots went uncounted after the August primary due to late postmarks. The Trump-Vance admin changed postmarking from local post offices to regional processing centers. 2139
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialWashington State Democrats @wadems.org · 05/09/2026Yikes. The WA GOP really saw “Protect Head Start” and decided helping working parents was the problem… Head Start helps kids learn, gives parents the freedom to work and improve our economy, and makes child care more accessible for families. 3199
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 05/09/2026@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Sep Advocate Alabama’s new library rules target every book about transgender people. Libraries have until Oct 1 to move all books relating to trans or the existence of more than two genders to the adult section or face state funding freeze.advocate.comAlabama’s new library rules target every book about transgender peopleLibraries have until October 1 to restrict young people’s access to transgender-related books or face a state funding freeze. 35235
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialGovernor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 05/09/2026Good news: he lost. 10334976410037
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts. But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy. In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states. This is why unions are vital. 12146091464
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously. 4331341632
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 31/08/2026Wait. Do republicans think doctors work for free under universal healthcare? Does she think doctors who see Medicare patients don’t get paid? 68849131096
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 31/08/2026the most difficult question in American politics is “who was president in 2020” the second most difficult question, apparently, is “who is president right now” 183148632
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialtrello @nicky.wiki · 31/08/2026Adding this to my "share with normie friends to demonstrate how bad it is right now at this very moment" list 07020
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/08/2026ICE arrests have hit a record high for Trump's second term. A vast majority of those who have been arrested are people with no criminal history. Remember that private prison companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group were some of Trump's biggest donors. They're now reporting billions in revenue. 671152569
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 27/08/2026Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed the U.S. is doing “a better job than any country in the world” at curbing measles. trib.al/nfYr7K5trib.alRFK Jr. Insists Measles Are Under Control Right After Two People DieRobert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed the U.S. is doing “a better job than any country in the world” at curbing measles. 334832
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 27/08/2026The morning that Cmdr. Elizabeth Nakagawa was scheduled to have a D&C to remove fetal tissue after losing a very wanted pregnancy, she learned the surgery had been canceled because the military’s health insurance plan refused to pay for it. (Published Dec. 2024)propublica.orgA Coast Guard Commander Miscarried. She Nearly Died After Being Denied Care.U.S. service members have long faced strict limits on abortions, even when used to resolve miscarriages. Under federal law, the military will only pay for abortions in cases of rape, incest or to save... 561020505
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 26/08/2026YIKES: The Trump regime tried to make Trump look tough. Instead, the Department of Education appears to have accidentally compared him to Hitler.meidasnews.comTrump Regime Accidentally Compares Him to Hitler in Bonkers VideoThe Education Department tried to hype Trump and wound up casting him as the villain in Churchill’s warning about Hitler. 1931647490
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialThe Lever @levernews.com · 25/08/2026🚨 Michigan is giving every public-school student free meals. Miami-Dade is ending its universal meal program after Trump’s budget cuts. Washington state plans to protect school meals with a millionaires’ tax. Politics is about choices — and these are the choices being made. 15525
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialToby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 24/08/2026the coming european reconquista 2763191
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialSteve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Trump promised to balance the budget. Musk projected $2 trillion in savings. This year, the deficit grew by 18% — with $200 billion of that due to refunds of his illegal tariffs. My @nytimes.com Chart 27631338
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 18/08/2026What folks miss is MAGA doesn't care if people think Trump cheated for the 1900th time. What worries is the image of an 80 yr old man wildly dependent on a clincially fangirlish 30-something who he appears to use as a kind of human emotional support blanket as his faculties & political power fade. 942306530
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities. 430108555458
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026August 14, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comAugust 14, 2026Today the Trump administration asked the United States Supreme Court to let it build Trump’s ballroom where the East Wing of the White House used to be. 45881296
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Did some accusations of transphobia turn out to be false? Sure. But that has roughly 1/100th the scale and severity of the impacts of anti-trans bigotry. Yet the media spent a decade amplifying the former and ignoring the latter. 332518
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 12/08/2026This incredible falsehood deserves a defamation suit. What a truly unhinged lie, trying to terrify people away from a safe, beneficial, and widely-used medical product. 1002633512
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/08/2026El-Sayed: "Notice how they used my full name, in echoes to exactly what they did against President Obama. At the end of the day, it's not radical to believe people should be able to afford their groceries, they should have healthcare, that the president should not be able to deny elections ... " 224102762593
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Trump Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins just called his SNAP cuts a "pretty big win". Throwing 5 million struggling Americans — including families with children — off food aid to fund tax cuts for the rich isn't a "win". It's a national disgrace. 16539911738
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialMichael Tomasky @mjtoma.bsky.social · 27/07/2026From @gregsargent.bsky.social + @polphilpod.bsky.social: In his explosive interview with The Economist, Elon Musk inadvertently revealed something darker about his true vision for the future—and about his affinities with global fascism. trib.al/q2TKEmutrib.alThe Real Reason Elon Musk Keeps Insisting DOGE Cuts Killed “Zero” KidsIn his explosive interview with The Economist, the SpaceX billionaire inadvertently revealed something darker about his true vision for the future—and about his affinities with global fascism. 25621
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/07/2026$100 to any reporter who asks him, "so you're saying Capitol Police should've shot dead everyone who breached the Capitol on January 6?" 607151734093
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement. 363133903808
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialreed eliot 🤌 🤌 @reedeliot.bsky.social · 07/07/2026This is a very good thread. Maybe I'll write my own response to it later but it captures much of my sentiment precisely. If you're trans, reading this will be predictable. If you're cis, please check in with it. 08125
Reposted by @rhysblue.bsky.socialAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 02/06/2026In what universe is this not grounds for immediate expulsion 893168721
