Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 14hBrought to you by the woman who thought Al was "A One". www.politico.com/news/2026/09... 79622167
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Jonathan @jonathansocials.com · 6hFunny how border security funds disappear to pay for Trump’s personal campaign ads, proving their "urgent crisis" was just another cash grab.nbcnews.comPro-Trump TV ads paid for with Customs and Border Protection...The ads, which the White House has described as “public service announcements,” drew bipartisan crit... 26725
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 6hAnother data point in the case for a new Administration to shut down DHS and start over on actually effective (and humane) homeland security. 27920
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 12hJack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers” 265186335277
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Raw Story @rawstory.com · 8hAmbassador David Perdue told Fox News that Trump, while discussing U.S. weapons sales to Taiwan, told Chinese President Xi Jinping, "Hey, we sell arms to other people around the world," and then "actually asked President Xi, would he like to buy some at one point?" Now Trump is denying the claim.bit.ly'Something profoundly amiss' as Trump official blurts 'mind-boggling' admission: analysisA startling claim from President Donald Trump's ambassador to China reveals "something profoundly amiss" in how the administration handles one of America's most consequential rivalries, according to a new analysis by MS NOW's Zeeshan Aleem.Ambassador David Perdue told Fox News on Sunday that Trump, ... 17734
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Raw Story @rawstory.com · 9hPresident Donald Trump dropped his final challenge to the $5.6 million payout to writer E. Jean Carroll, ending the case she won against him in 2023. The president also withdrew his bid to make Carroll return the money.bit.lyTrump quietly caves on $5.6M payout as E. Jean Carroll case ends: 'A first'President Donald Trump dropped his final challenge to the $5.6 million payout to writer E. Jean Carroll, ending the case she won against him in 2023.Trump agreed to dismiss his appeal "with prejudice," meaning he can never bring it again, according to a Sept. 25 order from the U.S. Court of Appeals ... 1519451
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6hIn Illinois, we strive to give everyone what they need to thrive. We take care of our neighbors — and together, we will fight to end poverty and food insecurity in our state. On Hunger Action Day, the need for action couldn’t be greater. 756189
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Paul Ferguson @fergdawg.bsky.social · 6h"Meanwhile, China is attracting more visitors with its visa-free entry policies, and Japan’s weak currency is drawing in a record number of tourists." www.semafor.com/article/09/2...semafor.comDecline in tourism hits US economyOverseas visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. 031
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.゚✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 11hEleventh Circuit refuses to block the district court's sanctions order in the "$1.776 billion Weaponization Fund Settlement" case I'm reading through the panel's 22-page decision now... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...storage.courtlistener.com#68 in Donald Trump v. Thirty-Five Former Federal Judges (11th Cir., 26-12692) – CourtListener.comORDER: The appellants’ motion for a stay is denied. The motions by Oversight Project and America First Legal Foundation to file amicus curiae briefs on the stay motion are denied. The motion of John K... 517837
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If a sentence in your newscast starts with “President Trump says…” you’re failing your audience. 823703524
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 6hCan't think of any reporter who speaks for me more than this guy— a Canadian. "Hundreds of hours immersed in Trump’s rhetoric has given me some insights and personal opinions about the nature of his lying, how it is received by the public and how it is covered..." www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...cnn.comI started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN PoliticsTen years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ... 1429094
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 6hToo young to legally consent to sign a contract. But old enough to consent away where they want to live to be shipped someplace random by a government that hates them. In a just world, Hollad would need to annex half of Belgium to find room for the expanded Hague prison thus all calls for. 111044
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Darin Self @darinself.com · 5hMy goodness, his mouth is making a cubic function 51268
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷🍁🍂 🎃 Diva for the Season 💚💙🏈🫶👠👑 @queenofthinair.bsky.social · 5hActually we do haveva choice. To say no. 284
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026You know, if you *really* cared about the wellbeing of women in college, instead of carping about the statistically insignificant number of trans athletes in sports minding their own business, you’d be railing against these Cornell fraternity cretins who drugged and gang-raped a passed-out women: 39871682840
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Sen. Lemon Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026it's called an off switch 41175
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In the name of humanity, put the so-called “Armed Forces of the Russian Federation” on the terror list. Do it now. 16319
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026These sound like non-trivial problems. 63939226
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 28/09/2026I think students should read full books. 1064973
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Okay cool. Please run this as an ad. 24942169
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Jonathan @jonathansocials.com · 27/09/2026Trump rejects a plan to de-escalate, then acts shocked when Iran says they don't trust Washington. The Art of the Deal, everyone.aljazeera.comWar with US ‘not over’ as Iran warns of ‘critical and decisi...US and 'Zionist regime' have been 'humiliated' after launching the February attack on Iran, top gene... 310434
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Valerie Bertinelli @wolfiesmom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026We could’ve had a woman who prosecuted rapists as a president. Instead, we got a rapist as a president.  19965011496
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026They are playing in our faces 407125715944
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026To see measles spread so wildly—so much so that congenital measles has now returned—has long been a dream of RFK Jr, arguably the world’s most extreme & dangerous anti-vaxx activist & eugenicist Now that he runs the US federal health system, RFK is able to make his longstanding dreams come true 😢 69149
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Molly White @molly.wiki · 27/09/2026new biggest crypto hack of the year just dropped 1339792
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Words to live by: “baby’s in his find out era.” 241752255
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“.. “We need to get some other voices in there to push back a little bit on this stuff,” said Nancy Danner, who farms thousands of acres of corn and soybeans with her husband, Kevin, in western Iowa. “We need as many changes as we can get.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/ele... 2862073488
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Rep. Rob Menendez @menendez.house.gov · 27/09/2026Wilber Rafael Garcés Perez needs medical care ASAP and justice must be served by holding ICE accountable. 02410
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵 19595843514
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Wow. Eleven days. What a hero. 119810
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A very long week in court. So, I am setting a another ambitious goal this weekend of 1000 new Democracy Docket subscribers. No spam, or unwanted emails. Just information and analysis about what is happening to voting and elections. Link: demdock.com/4w6emld 241916579
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026chat is this good? 11442811082
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“Muscular Christianity” means that when when you’re glazing the serial predator president who deports refugee children, executes fishermen, and builds idols to himself, you TYPE REALLY HARD. 5182434433
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Julie A. Su @juliesulabor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The DoorDash settlement is proof that enforcement matters. And in this administration, if you steal workers’ wages, it’s not enough to just pay what you should have paid in the first place. 1388
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Investigate DOGE @investigatedoge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026“Elon Musk and his DOGE operatives ran roughshod over our government...& created real-world disasters that impacted 100s of thousands of lives. We need lawmakers who will commit to issuing subpoenas & launching immediate investigations into Musk’s actions...” www.aol.com/articles/adv...aol.comAdvocacy Group Demands Congressional Pledges To Investigate Elon Musk’s DOGE - AOLAn advocacy coalition known as the Investigate DOGE campaign is urging congressional lawmakers and midterm candidates to commit to formal investigations into the Department of Government Efficiency, t... 221864
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026lol holy shit I wouldn't talk about literally anything else if I was the guy running against him. —"What do you think about trans kids in sp-" —"Did you hear my opponent had his patient, who was 8 months pregnant, arrested in front of her son because she didn't pay a $50 medical bill?" 8189082552
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 26/09/2026we sincerely apologize for our extraction class solidarityhollywoodreporter.comYouTube and Meta Reverse Course, Will Accept ‘Musk’ Trailer AdThe Google unit says the ad was "temporarily restricted" while Meta calls it "an error." TikTok and X remain silent. 210521
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It's absurd that the self-styled proponents of "peace and diplomacy" and tireless opponents of arms and militarization criticize Ukraine--the side that has offered an *immediate and unconditional ceasefire*-- instead of Russia-- the aggressor who rejects it. 417339
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Sen. Maria Cantwell @cantwell.senate.gov · 26/09/2026The Trump administration is threatening to repeal the Roadless Rule, which protects some of America’s last remaining wild forests from development. (1/2) 24215
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Montana Skeptic @montanaskeptic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’m sure our Free Speech Hero will quickly speak out against the censorship… 1215
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 26/09/2026I know this is cheesy as hell, but I mean it with my whole heart: Love, love is a verb Love is a doing word ✊ 513531
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026U.S. manufacturing jobs are down under Trump, including in the auto industry. His strategy failed, and so will this. Lowering standards will accelerate what he has already been doing: handing the clean tech future to China and forcing Americans to pay more at the pump. 3152685762
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷brianmoore2.bsky.social @brianmoore2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We must never let him forget this 4504122
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Quotes from the Forum @stoicquotes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026🔥 Enduring wisdom from Marcus Aurelius: “If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.” 041
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 26/09/2026If you're a cop, and you shoot someone, and your bodycam isn't working, you should just be automatically found guilty and thrown in prison. Sucks if your camera is actually on the fritz. But too bad. 721020
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026In addition to historic levels of presidential unpoplularity another factor is haunting Republcians: shit candidates in state after state talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/anoth...talkingpointsmemo.comAnother Factor: Bad CandidatesHere’s a secondary issue we’re currently seeing in a number of races... 2434156
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026If you want to support the work of Democracy Docket, please consider becoming a subscriber today. There are free and premium options. It's not on ActBlue or Substack. Link: demdock.com/4w6emld 131036391
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026when you look up ‘regulatory capture’ in the dictionary: 0254
Reposted by Along for the ride 🌮🐷Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 26/09/2026We’ve paid down more than $12 billion in debt, eliminated the old bill backlog, and grown our Rainy Day Fund from near zero to more than $2.5 billion. We have given Illinois a stronger financial cushion to protect taxpayers, invest, and grow even during hard times. 382025324