Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 3hJust like the Dark Ages was followed by the Renaissance, I think we’re going to move from the “You Can Just Say Stuff” to the “Actually, You Can’t Just Say Stuff“ period of enlightenment. At least I hope. 010
Reposted by Hillbilly_Ivy_LeagueMolly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social · 11hJR: On what universe did anyone in your office think that was acceptable? DOJ: Your honor, we did our best -- JR: No, you did not do your best. You did your absolute worst. 101890297
Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A WEST VIRGINIA REPUBLICAN SENATOR now on the record saying that ICE has gone too far.theguardian.comTrump ally urges administration to ‘step back’ and rethink immigration agendaRepublican senator Jim Justice of West Virginia criticizes immigration crackdown as ranchers’ associations condemn ICE activity 000
Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The time to delete your accounts on these apps was yesterday. 000
Reposted by Hillbilly_Ivy_LeagueTW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026this is fantastic and I learned something new 563222436
Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 22/09/2026At first read it sounds like even Trump’s first name is trying to disassociate from Trump. 000
Reposted by Hillbilly_Ivy_LeagueSpectrum News NY1 @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The last speaker at the 9/11 remembrance ceremony lost his father to the attacks. 9367841758
Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 08/09/2026“It’s fairly clear to me that Trump is hell-bent on corrupting the midterm elections,” Hinton says…. “If you wanted to corrupt those midterm elections and you wanted to use AI, all you needed to do was get detailed information on US citizens. And what Doge did looked like just what you would do.”theguardian.comState handouts, 10,000 lasers – and Trump’s election: six things we learned from the Elon Musk filmAlex Gibney’s marathon documentary delivers numerous eye-raising insights into the broligarch’s business deals, early idealism and apocalyptic appetite for fathering children 020
Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Oh look, more authoritarianism:theguardian.comUS health officials exclude measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania from countsRFK Jr, the health secretary, has suggested the death were ‘fabricated’ while the CDC claimed it was reviewing them 030
Reposted by Hillbilly_Ivy_LeagueWalking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 28/08/2026BREAKING: sucks to have stuff renamed by white people, doesn’t it? 363961975
Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I saw a mom and her small child waiting at a bus stop when a Cybertruck drove by and the kid pointed and yelled to his mom, “what the heck is that!?” The look of disgust and confusion on his face was the purest and funniest reaction to that hunk of metal that I have witnessed. 😆 020
Reposted by Hillbilly_Ivy_LeaguePhilip Bump @pbump.com · 16/07/2026This is a cool visualization of how trees cool us down and asphalt heats us up. www.ctinsider.com/projects/202...ctinsider.comAn over 20-degree temperature gap shows the cooling power of Connecticut’s treesMaps show how trees cool neighborhoods while roads and buildings create hotter urban areas across the state. 7314110
Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 10/07/2026it is hard to focus on any one bad thing right now, but i fear that the repercussions of this will be catastrophic for all living things, including us humans 💔nytimes.comTrump Cuts Habitat Protections for Endangered Species (Gift Article)The rule change ends a safeguard that had been in place for 50 years and could hasten the demise of imperiled animals. 031
Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 08/07/2026If you’re running in an election and you’re against data centers: you are going to win. This is in West Virginia and just one of several packed city council meetings about this issue.wtov9.comResidents pack council meeting to oppose data center at former Warwood foundry siteConcerned residents packed Wheeling City Council chambers Tuesday evening to press city leaders for answers about a proposed data center development tied to the 010
Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 25/06/2026If anyone would like to witness exactly what Syrians were fleeing when they lawfully entered the U.S. seeking safety, the documentary For Sama has left an indelible impression on me since the moment I watched it 7 years ago. I fear for Syrian and Haitian immigrants today. 💔m.youtube.comFOR SAMA (2019) | Official Trailer | PBS DistributionYouTube video by PBS Distribution 020
Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Every asshole not invited to your family’s wedding was on the White House lawn last night. 020
Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 12/06/2026And yet? He is still absolutely worthless. 010
Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I’m sorry but this NYT article describes events that happened nearly a year ago. How long were these reporters sitting on info for a lucrative book deal instead of releasing when it might actually act in the public‘s best interest??? (i.e. THE WHOLE POINT OF JOURNALISM)nytimes.comInside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files 030
Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Our present dystopian hellscape can be traced back to Obama taking the piss out of Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and you can’t convince me otherwise. If that cursed event didn’t exist Trump would be in another timeline selling steaks and ties and bankrupting but not at a fed level. 010
Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 03/06/2026A protest happening against Sen. Husted for accepting Epstein donations in an Ohio county that went 71% for Trump in ‘24.wtrf.comProtesters gather outside Jefferson County Courthouse over Epstein-related concernsJEFFERSON COUNTY, OH (WTRF) – Protesters gathered outside the Jefferson County Courthouse today calling on Ohio Senate candidate Jon Husted to answer questions surrounding alleged campaign do… 033
Reposted by Hillbilly_Ivy_LeagueMichael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 28/05/2026President of MIT not mincing words today in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s... 447188356434
Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 20/05/2026A friendly reminder that it is always the right time to delete your Amazon accounts and disengage from the many, many companies Amazon owns. An incomplete list: red-website-design.co.uk/everything-o... 010
Reposted by Hillbilly_Ivy_LeagueIsaac G. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act. 289292218269
Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 06/05/2026So many people on here saying “well actually Obama doesn’t talk like this” and get out of here with that sh*t. He won over my WV grandparents, none of whom had college educations, because he was authentic, told stories. Folks understood him! Not talking down doesn‘t mean you aren’t talking plain. 030
Reposted by Hillbilly_Ivy_LeagueIda Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 29/04/2026We must understand that the Voting Rights Act was not merely about ensuring Black Americans rights, it was about democratizing America. This ruling is not just a decimation of Black rights and Black Americans’ ability to have representation, it is a fatal blow to multiracial democracy. 128100083532
Reposted by Hillbilly_Ivy_LeagueIda Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I say it again and again: Because we don’t learn the real history of this country, we do not understand what this country is capable of. After 1870, 22 Black men served in Congress. By 1901, because of racist SCOTUS rulings, electoral coups and election cheating and violence, there were none. 2950021846
Reposted by Hillbilly_Ivy_LeagueAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Dear god. Very, very serious allegations of mass civil rights violations at the State of Florida's Everglades immigration detention center (officially known as "Alligator Alcatraz"). 11247412415
Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 14/04/2026The year is 2026. You, the biggest putz in the world, are Vice President to a man you once described as ”Hitler”. That president threatens genocide. The pope condemns war and genocide. You tell the Pope to stick to issues of morality. You somehow find a way to sleep at night. 001
Reposted by Hillbilly_Ivy_LeagueBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 12/04/2026All honor to the Hungarian people for showing the way. 836631766
Reposted by Hillbilly_Ivy_LeagueTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Given Trump’s Easter threats to carry out new war crimes in Iran, we should think one or two steps ahead about a coup attempt connected to the war. And then deter it. (1/17) 15358302565
Reposted by Hillbilly_Ivy_LeagueStephen Morrison @stephen-morrison.bsky.social · 05/04/2026"This Trump is totally different than the one we made up in our heads!" 4132648
Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Headline from West Virginia: wtov9.com/news/local/r...wtov9.comRising fuel costs strain Brooke County EMS budget, director saysRising fuel prices are starting to ripple into public safety budgets in Brooke County, where emergency management officials say suppliers are already warning of 000
Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Wheeling, West Virginia. #NoKings #WVwtrf.com 000
Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 25/03/2026It gets more difficult to recruit for ICE once a person’s prefrontal cortex fully matures. 000
Reposted by Hillbilly_Ivy_LeagueRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Last 14 months of Biden's term: +1.74m jobs First 14 months of Trump's term: 150,000 jobs (total! for the whole 14 months!) www.ms.now/rachel-maddo... 15641681836
Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 06/03/2026It may seem trivial, unglamorous, and even hackneyed, but this message is something I think about a lot these days and believe is the only redemptive path our culture has: www.neil.blog/full-speech-...neil.blog'What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness' by George Saunders — Neil PasrichaDelivered by George Saunders ( Source: The Ladders ) 000
Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Republicans breaking the bones of military veterans who are exercising their 1st Amendment rights seems like something that all Americans should be against but seriously questioning the morality of about 1/4 of us. 000
Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 03/03/2026I guess when you’re this rich it doesn’t matter that in a few decades one of your homes will be under the ocean.nytimes.comThe New Miami Gold Rush 110
Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Literally everything that is going wrong in the US is directly tied to our country’s inability to reckon with and overcome white patriarchy. It is our collective karma. 020
Reposted by Hillbilly_Ivy_LeagueTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Our federal government killed a disabled genocide survivor and is covering up for a child rapist. And that is just today’s news. It is just unconscionable to be treating this as normal or acceptable in any way. www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...investigativepost.orgBlind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol dies in Buffalo.A nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol miles from his home dies in Buffalo after having been missing for nearly a week. 40296434816
Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Hope this paradigm shifts outside of sports, too. 💛💛💛 010
Reposted by Hillbilly_Ivy_Leagueweeder @weeder.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Doc, does this gyre look like it's widening to you? 137010