Reposted by Rich SwintonKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 10hLet's stop using anodyne labels like "the immigration debate" or "controversy over migrants" and start referring to things accurately. "Expelling children who, by law, are entitled to remain in the country" or "imprisoning toddlers in concentration camps" or "pogrom" 7268105
Reposted by Rich SwintonJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 3hThis should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives 71959521
Reposted by Rich SwintonJoan McRobbie @joanmcrobbie.bsky.social · 2h@normornstein.bsky.social warns that once Dems win they have to act fast or face backlash from the base. His list of priorities is excellent. 14312
Reposted by Rich SwintonPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 2hMichael Tracey actually staking out a pro-Epstein position (and this is far from the only recent example) is a sign the screenwriters are getting lazy. 1292
Reposted by Rich SwintonJames Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 2hThe Washington Post editorial page is now indistinguishable from a garbage right wing blog. Right down to the shitty writing. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...washingtonpost.comOpinion | The Supreme Court takes up climate change — and much moreColorado cannot be allowed to govern emissions in every other state. 051
Reposted by Rich SwintonMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3hWe murdered four more people in a boat today 40725368
Reposted by Rich SwintonOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 3hThink about the core tenets of American conservatism: a government serving 300 million people and leading the world should be “small” and that we should orient all policy around servicing the rich so that they throw us gruel. It’s fucking stupid and we should say so. 13572146
Reposted by Rich SwintonJack Murphy @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · 3hWe can't secure a fucking RAF airfield some sabotage teams? Sounds like Russian levels of incompetency. 1023333
Reposted by Rich SwintonDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 3hThis is essential. But has everyone in DC forgotten that Trump has a veto for the next two years? That word does not appear here once. The next two years have to be about getting everything lined up for 2029. And not overpromising deliverables in the meantime. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comTrump’s opponents are planning efforts to reverse his changes to presidencyAs the midterms approach, some of the president’s foes are working to ensure his aggressive approach to executive power doesn’t outlast him. 1619055
Reposted by Rich SwintonScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3hThis is now a standard part of Trump's campaign stump, a direct threat to voters: if you elect Democrats, I won't send you FEMA money, and I may take away your Medicare and Medicaid, too. These transcripts will be useful for litigation to follow. 851352477
Reposted by Rich SwintonSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 18hIt’s interesting how the standard bearer for the party whose message used to be “Democrats suck because they just buy votes by giving people free stuff” has decided the closing message for the midterms will just be “how many more checks do we have to send you in order to earn your vote?” 951480407
Reposted by Rich Swintonzenlike @zenlike.bsky.social · 10hSo, this very sympathetic piece where the subject is “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024”. 5 minutes of checking his facebook shows pro Trump posts as far back as 2019, and a post saying that he “stands with Trump” posted just a couple of days after Trumps coup. 19901243
Reposted by Rich SwintonSuper Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 6hThey can't let go of Texas. It's completely demoralizing. 3083453
Reposted by Rich Swintonceej @ceej.online · 04/10/2026“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap 144101852184
Reposted by Rich SwintonMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11hHe’s never going to give this one up, even if the Trump regime claims they got everything they wanted. 2518438
Rich Swinton @ricosuavejd.bsky.social · 11hThis trucker didn't do right by him because he knowingly voted for the people that said they'd do this 020
Reposted by Rich SwintonNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 13hNormalization is treating the president stealing from taxpayers to buy campaign ads and offer bribes to voters like it's just another day. Normalization is reacting with "won't work" or "polls poorly," and not "resign immediately or you'll be removed, we exist because of a revolution against that." 11385115
Reposted by Rich SwintonOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 13hAP: The Okinawa prefectural police said they arrested a 20-year-old US Marine stationed at the Futenma Air Station on suspicion of killing a 39-year-old local woman at a hotel in Naha, Okinawa’s capital city, and taking her wallet and backpack in the early hours of Saturday. 1014057
Reposted by Rich SwintonJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 14hThe talking points have been handed down from the White House to paint the bad polling numbers as a psyop. 87615
Rich Swinton @ricosuavejd.bsky.social · 14hA good example of how these guys are idiots but they just press what they believe (or might be paid to believe) Ending it with "Right" is such loser nonsense 010
Reposted by Rich SwintonMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 14hOh hell yes directly into my veins. 616812
Reposted by Rich SwintonScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14hThe shorter Kushner: you're wasting your time with all these exposés about my dealings with the Russians, Serbians, Albanians, Bosnians, Saudis, Emiratis and Qataris. I can do as I like, and I can evoke the power and authority of the US when I do it. I will never face accountability. In fact, I 811857
Rich Swinton @ricosuavejd.bsky.social · 14hHe tells himself this to justify all the terrible garbage he allows 000
Reposted by Rich SwintonPatrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social · 17hnew wolfenstein looks like shit 275115272293
Reposted by Rich SwintonScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The community note says it all. 16250102
Reposted by Rich SwintonMark Histed @markhisted.org · 03/10/2026Killed. NSF’s SBE was killed, in violation of law. The President does not have the power to choose to kill programs at a whim by defunding them. The imperial presidency was a mistake and we are in a separation of powers constitutional crisis. 151437527
Reposted by Rich SwintonLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026Doxxing your most racist loyalist because you missed Hannity because you thought it was 8 but it was actually 9. 121530
Reposted by Rich SwintonJosh 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? 721065196
Reposted by Rich Swintonthegrovedigger.bsky.social @thegrovedigger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Trump, the Epstein president, is disappearing kids. Republicans in Congress pay for it with our money, our taxes. 133
Reposted by Rich SwintonOatsie @alexcsinger86.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Imagine if President Obama had flown around the country with a substitute wife because Michelle hated his guts. The media would have filed impeachment papers themselves 913201601
Rich Swinton @ricosuavejd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026imagine this being Keitel's last film and final legacy 000
Reposted by Rich SwintonTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It appears that the National Guard shot and killed an unarmed man (in the back). www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comAutopsy shows National Guard fatally shot Memphis man in the backThe report conflicts with the authorities’ initial account, which said Tyrin Johnson had been shot in the chest. 7623191250
Reposted by Rich SwintonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/10/2026Trump: My Administration will, immediately, begin sending 'Checks' of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicare Part B premium ... This money will come from the Medicare Improvement Fund, a pointless 'Slush Fund' that has only been used by Dumocrats ... " 13822357600
Reposted by Rich SwintonCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Now he’s gone too far www.tpr.org/government-p...tpr.orgTrump tomato tariffs could spell the end of free chips, salsa at restaurantsThe 17% tariff on Mexican tomato imports, combined with bad weather in Florida and Mexico, has caused the price of salsa ingredients to spike in recent months. 651698384
Reposted by Rich SwintonOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 03/10/2026www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...the-independent.comTrump diverts Ukraine aid to authoritarian countries in Latin AmericaTrump has repeatedly acted to boost like-minded and authoritarian leaders across Latin America using funds allocated for the European defense against Putin 29269162
Reposted by Rich SwintonMicah @rincewind.run · 03/10/2026my dude you flew a stop the steal flag outside your house 362334422
Reposted by Rich SwintonSamantha Burns @cheesecakechik.bsky.social · 03/10/2026reporter basically asked him: do you have any morals And Durant just was like: Me? Nah 614321
Reposted by Rich SwintonJulia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"I'm supposed to be a tough guy," Curtis confided. "I can hold your hand," the mayor offered "What happens if I faint?" Sliwa asked. "I've got you," Mamdani assured him, grabbing his hand as Sliwa received his flu shot. abc7ny.com/post/nyc-may...abc7ny.comMayor Mamdani holds hands with one-time rival Curtis Sliwa to get flu shotAn apparent bromance has continued to blossom for the one-time political rivals. 122603355
Reposted by Rich SwintonAdotSad @adotsad.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Maine voters: I enjoy getting absolutely WRECKED 193
Reposted by Rich SwintonThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/10/2026The Holei Sea Arch at Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park collapsed into the ocean around the same time a tropical storm hit the Big Island in September, the National Park Service said.nyti.msThe Holei Sea Arch, a Centuries-Old Hawaii Wonder, Crumbles Into the PacificA tropical storm was moving through the area when the 90-foot lava rock formation disintegrated, the National Park Service said. 6110831
Reposted by Rich SwintonJeremy Diamond ☕️ @dmnd.me · 02/10/2026“Remigration Report” look these guys are all nazis 182
Reposted by Rich SwintonSophie Hurwitz @hurwitz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Got a weird one for you guys tonight www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comElon's fans erect 50-foot statue outside his company townA studio promising "art so epic it will raise the birthrate" gifted a huge bronze Prometheus to Musk's Starbase. 276011
Reposted by Rich SwintonElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026So much is just so wrong. 1323457
Reposted by Rich SwintonJoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Eight years ago today the Saudi government murdered WaPo columnist Jamaal Khashoggi. Today they own 49.5% of the biggest media/news company in America. 18637329