Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It’s wild you’re expected to celebrate SCOTUS not allowing the president to dismantle a voting method used by tens of millions at the 11th hour — and also, at the same time, it absolutely is a big deal and couldn’t be taken for granted. 563107507
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 31/08/2026Oh, this needs to happen. No hiding or excuses. Just Darlene Graham and Annie Andrews on that debate stage. 🔥 “The television stations are ready. I’m ready. The only person we haven’t heard from is the woman who believes she deserves to be handed a six-year Senate term.” - Annie Andrews 277108683304
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialKayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Will Americans learn to stop taking boring but essential government function’s for granted now that they’ve learned about their existence the hard way 🤔 901411286
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/07/2026to hear Trump tell it, American elections were completely corrupted while he was president and he was helpless to stop it, then they were cleaned up by Biden ahead of Trump's victory in 2024, and now that Trump is president again they are once again becoming third world caliber 20588542609
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialTJ resists! Bluestormcoming! @tjjohnson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026"Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind." -Albert Einstein 13976991823
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/07/2026Ossoff: "Here's what's going to happen tonight: the world's most famous sore loser will deliver a prime-time presidential sour grapes address to pursue his 6-year-old grievances about the 2020 election, while his war in the Middle East spirals out of control & the cost of living continues to rise.." 10303267110168
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.social🔞Queerplatonic RadioApple 🔞 @fineblackinc.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Read books that make you look up words 1223214490
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialGod @thegodshow.com · 09/07/2026Mamdani got into office and instantly: • Froze rent for 2 million New Yorkers • Cut subway fares in half for low-income riders • Fully funded NYC parks • Added $680M for public schools • Launched free child care for 2-year-olds If establishment politicians actually wanted to help you, they could. 590260596973
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/07/2026CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 26%. Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"? 292107013839
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialleftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Clarence Thomas says the 14th Amendment should be read narrowly because it was written for formerly enslaved people. By that logic, the 2nd Amendment was written for muskets, not AR-15s. Funny how that kind of originalism only shows up when it's convenient. 1047286918159
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialThe Story of Writing @sownow.bsky.social · 27/06/2026“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” -American advocate and writer Helen Keller, born on this day in 1880 A co-founder of the ACLU, she helped blind and deaf people get better treatment and leave asylums. #WriterSky #BookSky #Activist #Advocate #History #BOTD 291461416
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Sounds like communism 73562101288
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialDavid Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 21/06/2026DACA approvals have ground to a halt under the xenophobic Trump & Vance. www.politico.com/news/2026/06...politico.comDACA renewal delays fuel worries Trump is quietly undermining ‘Dreamers’The backlog of renewal cases for DACA recipients awaiting processing at USCIS has increased dramatically, and approvals have ground to a halt. 32112
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Unless our people know ALL of our history — including the role racism and slavery played in shaping this country — they can’t possibly understand why we are where we are today, and what we must do to better live up to our ideals. 732206541
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 16/06/2026A picture is worth a thousand words. 68661721639
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialACLU @aclu.org · 26/05/2026BREAKING: A bipartisan majority of South Carolina lawmakers stopped a bill that would have redrawn Congressional maps, thrown out thousands of already-cast ballots, and disproportionately silenced Black voters. 1064348998
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialACLU of South Carolina @aclusc.bsky.social · 19/05/2026While rushing to redraw Congressional district maps for partisan gain during an ongoing primary election, South Carolina lawmakers called a special meeting to rewrite the rules of debate — and failed to adequately notify the public in the process. More here: www.aclusc.org/press-releas...aclusc.orgSC House committee violated open-meetings law to rush debate on redistricting - ACLU of South CarolinaEight minutes' prior notice was inadequate under South Carolina Freedom of Information Act 01613
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialDavid Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 12/05/2026The South Carolina Senate, which has a Republican supermajority, has voted to *not allow* a mid-decade redistricting during the sine die session that would have redistricted @repjamesclyburn.bsky.social out of his seat. Thank you to the SC Republicans & Democrats who voted against redistricting. 721154
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialNBC News @nbcnews.com · 12/05/2026Six DACA recipients tell NBC News that while the renewal process was previously painless for them, this year they have seen long delays. Those who applied months ago said they are still waiting — and losing their status in the meantime.nbcnews.toDACA recipients say monthslong renewal delays prevent them from working, putting their lives in limboDACA recipients said that while the renewal process was previously painless for them, this year long delays have led them to lose their status. 64730
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialSouth Carolina Democratic Party @scdemocrats.bsky.social · 01/05/2026The Freedom Caucus is calling to defund South Carolina State University for standing up for what’s right. Well, we’ve got something for that. Democrats across the state are running to retire the Freedom Caucus! This is how we stop them: we contest every race. #scpol #scdems 01614
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialDavid Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Precisely the kind of abuse of religion for political purposes that the Pope is speaking out against. 411410266
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Let's focus on something we ALL agree on: #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files 9494287112093
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialThe Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Why was a convicted felon allowed to vote in Florida elections when desantis made such a big deal about arresting felons who voted in past elections? 571157634133
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialAnarchoTerran @anarchoterran.bsky.social · 24/03/2026What kind of country permits one man to destroy all it has built over the last centuries, simply because he was elected? 807106022460
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialKeith Kurson @keithlaugh.love · 21/03/2026the same number of troops have died in this war that died in the evacuation of afghanistan fyi, weird how the media has decided that isn’t a point to drive home this time 343133194367
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialDr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 19/03/2026Lindsey Graham getting reelected over and over is kind of like how the mayor in Jaws is still the mayor in Jaws II. 17408101
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 15/02/2026🇵🇱 Sikorski: “It is a complete falsehood to claim that mass migration was a left-wing project. For decades, it was supported by Republican businessmen who wanted cheap labor from Latin America in the United States.” 22673221
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/02/2026The U.S. economy is growing and the stock market has soared. Today's January jobs report showed some growth, but 2025 was one of the worst years for hiring since 2003. On what really counts to most Americans — jobs and wages — the economy is shitty. It's just more trickle-up economics.nbcnews.comU.S. added 130,000 jobs in January, but labor market growth stalled in 2025The Bureau of Labor Statistics found that U.S. employers added 181,000 jobs last year, far fewer than the 1.46 million 77884249
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/02/2026Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal." 12725596418103
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialDavid Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 19/01/2026All of this insanity is being enabled by Lindsey Graham, who’s been in the DC swamp since 1995. South Carolina can do much better with an outsider like @drannieandrews.com 23113
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/01/2026$1.5T for the military budget $170B for ICE and Border Patrol $1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet $470M to send National Guard into cities $230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation" $200M for Kristi Noem's jets $100M for Trump's golf outings But no money to lower your healthcare costs. 26960942768
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialDavid Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Columbia’s Republican Mayor Daniel Rickenmann presenting a model of leadership that JD Vance is incapable of. Mayor Rickenmann encouraged attendees to welcome the monks marching for peace to SC, spoke against the violence in our nation, & presented a proclamation from the city to the monks. 0275
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialJeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 10/01/2026all my life I was told that America had the greatest system of government ever — but all I can see is one party high-fiving itself over the state-sponsored murder of its citizens, and the other party impotently writing strongly-worded letters about it. WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK 24742661120
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 27/12/2025It’s hard to believe that one man can cause so much stress, so much fear, so much pain and suffering…a man who took an oath to preserve and protect our Constitution. This man, who is inciting terror across our land, must be removed from office. In a sane world, it would happen immediately. 877155733714
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/01/2026"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936 14860961856
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Democrats need to grow a f*cking spine. No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment. Impeach. Convict. Remove. 1224235485749
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them. 503181665173
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialZack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 11/12/2025One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them 20448431581
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/12/2025On top of this, Trump has: -Prevented the NLRB from operating -Reversed Biden's minimum wage hike for federal contractors -Gutted OSHA -Rolled back dozens of workplace health & safety regulations -Dropped the FTC’s support for a noncompete ban The “pro-worker" president. 22787338
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Did Kristi and Kash get to Vegas in one of Kristi's Gulfstream G700 private jets taxpayers paid $200,000,000 for or did they use a $60,000,000 FBI private jet that taxpayers also paid for? These are incompetent fools only on the job for the attention and theft. 1412102787
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/11/2025"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936 340168704771
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/11/2025One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power. The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever. But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs. 527169494703
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/10/2025NEW: Trump's DOJ rewrote a federal sentencing memo — erasing all references to the Jan. 6 attack and Trump’s social media post that shared Barack Obama’s address. The career prosecutors who wrote the original memo have been suspended. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comDOJ Scrubs Jan. 6 Attack From Court Record After Suspending Career ProsecutorsRead more here. 50539357
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialCandace Avalos @candaceavalos.bsky.social · 18/09/2025The canceling of the Jimmy Kimmel show is yet another escalation of authoritarianism. Free speech has never been equally protected in this country, but this takes us to a new level of our constitutional rights being eroded with no challengers in sight. 🫨 Hold each other tight & stay in community. 🫶🏾 617123
Reposted by @ryhr.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16/09/2025All true. Except that we have a federal administration that is moving quickly through the classic fascistic and authoritarian playbook, with chilling parallels to evil regimes of history (and the present). And as Americans we need to recognize that. 2693488916
