Sandy @sandyshaye.bsky.social · 04/10/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...nytimes.comMost American Children Are Being Auto-Enrolled in Trump Accounts. What to Know. (Gift Article)The Trump administration may have just signed up your child — and more than 60 million others — for a 530A savings account (if you haven’t already done so). 000
Reposted by SandyMark 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. 151446528
Reposted by SandyBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail. 22997113093
Reposted by SandyRuth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“To the ICE agent who took away my mother: I hope it was worth it,” wrote Samuel Gonzalez Terrones before taking his own life. This is the reality of what mass deportation looks like. Not only impacting those who are detained but also leaving a path of destruction for the family they leave behind.latimes.comHis mom was detained by ICE. Two months later, he died by suicideSamuel Gonzalez Terrones, 21, struggled with depression and schizophrenia. His mom's arrest by ICE became too much to bear. 6400184
Reposted by SandySue Carr @scarr54.bsky.social · 28/09/2026He doesn’t care about anything historical or agricultural, people, air, nothing but himself and anything that enriches him. You realize he’s getting money off all these things he’s doing. People are paying him to do this stuff and bypass laws in place to protect all these things he’s destroying. 46427
Reposted by SandyCiara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 26/09/2026💥Ok I see other platforms are blocking this. I met Alex Gibney moons ago at ABCNY (the Association of the Bar for the City of New York). He’s the real deal. Here’s the trailer for Alex Gibney’s documentary about Musk. Let’s Streisand Effect this: www.firstshowing.net/2026/must-se... 👋🎥firstshowing.netMust See Full Trailer for Alex Gibney's 'Musk' Doc About a Fraudster | FirstShowing.net"Do we even know this man at all?" Bleecker Street has launched their main official trailer for the must see new documentary film titled simply Musk, about the uber-wealthy tech giant megalomaniac Elo... 22951619
Reposted by SandyDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026So apparently money can't buy happiness... 3634247
Reposted by SandyMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"Without due process, you'll have no way of showing ICE that you're a citizen" is pretty effective messaging for normies! Do I wish everyone cared about undocumented migrants as much as they care about themselves? Sure. But they don't, and it's fine to have different messages for different audiences 776747
Reposted by SandyDeva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Meanwhile the real miraculous future tech is solar & mRNA vaccines: preserving the planet and curing cancer. But we’re supposed to hand everything over to malevolent peeping toms and resource oubliettes for an ill defined ‘pay no attention to the man behind the curtain’ progress. It isn’t rational. 5841256
Reposted by SandyJen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 23/09/2026static.klipy.comI've Never Been So TiredAlt: I've Never Been So Tired in my life 49214
Reposted by SandyWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A billionaire dictator who'll lose everything if the opposition replaces him on Jan. 20, 2029 is stockpiling killer drones and high-powered rifles on towering monuments and ballroom roofs I'm sure it's nothing to worry about 1193079906
Reposted by SandyHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Look at the community notes on this one. 👇 697145904948
Reposted by SandyJason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...bloomberg.comInside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian SchoolPentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab. 11026681410
Reposted by SandyShana @shanamd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I am SORRY for sharing something that was posted on the other place, but this is too good. 160185193410
Reposted by SandySanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Sworn testimony from yesterday about the Kennedy Center: “Afterward, I saw a forklift carrying what appeared to be a more permanent form of fencing drive over to the north side of the building. I saw the forklift run into and hit the pillars on the building several times.” 25433
Reposted by SandyCongressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 16/09/2026Since returning to the White House, Donald Trump has traded more stocks and other investments than every Member of Congress combined. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202... 36024
Reposted by SandyRyan C. Smith @rcsmitheco.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This specific conceit is simply fraud by definition. If you are trying to leverage money through threatening all life on Earth, then you've got some straight-up extortion already. I mean, we've made movies about exactly this. What takes it to the level of fraud is the promise & threat are false.static.klipy.comDr. Evil Demands One Billion DollarsALT: Dr. Evil Demands One Billion Dollars 111
Reposted by SandyProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026Kremlev’s previously unreported relationship with Trump Jr. represents an extraordinary development: a member of Putin’s circle financially supporting the president’s son and gaining intimate access to the Trump family.propublica.orgDonald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian OligarchThe oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large... 12754245
Reposted by SandyAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia. 5953724913397
Reposted by Sandythatgirlinsb @34thparallel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Protesters at the Irish Open. shitler’s international golf links and hotel Doonbeg, Ireland. Thank you, Doonbeg! 564213484651
Reposted by SandyGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 13/09/2026Read the whole thread. Dr. Bender is one of the OG AI skeptics (which is to say, she speaks accurately about the research), and her book with @alexhanna.bsky.social is great at giving you language to talk about “AI” without anthropomorphizing of it. bsky.app/profile/emil... 14614
Reposted by SandyPatrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026With gasoline prices inching up and diesel well above $6/gal and climbing, Americans will pay $418 million more on gasoline and $310 million more on diesel today vs one year ago, or nearly ~$730 million combined. 99537
Reposted by SandyGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026There have to be so many prosecutions. This all can’t just be forgotten or papered over. 593238899
Reposted by SandyThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/09/2026“My son died unnecessarily.” A GOLD STAR FAMILY calls on the Trump regime to release the findings of their internal probe, after Capt. Cody Khork was among 6 🇺🇸 troops killed when an Iranian drone struck them in Kuwait during Trump’s pointless war. www.cbsnews.com/news/cody-kh... 221121388
Reposted by SandyGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/09/2026AN URGENT EXCLUSIVE: Ahmed Soliman, the 30-year-old gay man ICE expelled in April to Equatorial Guinea, a country he has no ties to, was arrested this morning and cannot be located, his attorneys say. They fear he may be in one of EG's torture prisons. prospect.org/2026/09/11/i...prospect.orgImmigrant Trump Sent to African Hotel Prison Arrested After Speaking With Media, Lawyers Say - The American ProspectAhmed Soliman’s attorneys fear he may have been sent to one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious torture prisons. 718081134
Reposted by SandyMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 11/08/2026NEW: The NIH is quietly restricting funding for research that evaluates how public policy impacts human health. According to internal documents I obtained, the agency no longer considers policymakers "mission relevant" — a massive shift for the biomedical funder. My latest for @nature.com:nature.comNIH limits funding for research on the health effects of public policyUS biomedical agency no longer considers policymakers as ‘mission relevant’, leaving dozens of grants in limbo. 19526385
Reposted by SandyThe TrumpRussiaGuide 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumprussiaties.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Elon Musk is no genius inventor — he’s a ‘stock pumper,’ filmmaker claims www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...independent.co.ukElon Musk is no genius inventor — he’s a ‘stock pumper,’ filmmaker claimsAlex Gibney's new documentary “Musk” premieres this week at the Venice Film Festival 931513450
Reposted by SandyCongressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 06/09/2026Trump promised “America First” but his administration is now secretly trying to steal money Congress legally obligated for cancer and other medical research to help cover the costs of his reckless and unnecessary war in Iran. It's wrong and illegal. 26828
Reposted by SandyT.J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Small potatoes have also wounded hundreds of Americans, rendered a vast swathe of our bases unusable, emptied our stockpiles of high-end strike munitions and interceptors, and are shellacking our economy. What are the big potatoes? 551158297
Reposted by SandyCongressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 04/09/2026Today is National Wildlife Day, serving as a reminder of the increasing strain on different species due to climate change. This reminder is especially needed now as the Trump Administration is destroying so much of the progress we've made to protect our endangered species. 3379
Reposted by SandyAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I’m livid. zeteo.com/p/trump-spri...zeteo.comInside Trump’s Nightmare for Haitians in Springfield: ‘We’re Following Our Orders’The most urgent moral test in all of Trump’s America today is happening in a small Ohio city – and we as a country are failing it miserably. 241277383
Reposted by SandyAbbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This is what living next door to a 30 megawatt data center sounds like. 61372994264
Reposted by SandyCongressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 02/09/2026Donald Trump and Republicans' SNAP cuts are making it harder for families to afford groceries, but it could also mean kids losing access to meals at school. It's unconscionable. Every child deserves to be fed, regardless of what their parents can afford. stateline.org/2026/09/01/s...stateline.orgSNAP cuts could lead to kids losing free school breakfast and lunch • StatelineCuts to the nation’s largest food assistance program will likely spill over into schools, causing students to lose access to free breakfast and lunch. More than 1 million American children have lost a... 34521
Reposted by SandyChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I don’t think there’s really even a colorable argument that this isn’t mass murder. theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...theintercept.comThe U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders”“The boat strikes are, perhaps, the most stark testament to the lawlessness of the Trump administration.” 22661802176
Reposted by SandyBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Pleased to speak with @nickturse.bsky.social about the Trump admin's yearlong killing spree. "There is no plausible legal justification for the strikes. They’re obviously not occurring in the context of an armed conflict and outside of armed conflict, the term for premeditated killing is murder." 411958
Reposted by SandyBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The pope prayed "for the conversion of many people, inside and outside of the church, who still do not recognize the urgency of caring for our common home." www.ncronline.org/news/pope-as...ncronline.orgPope asks Catholics to acknowledge 'unfaithful' attitudes for care of creationCelebrating a new form of the Catholic Mass "for the care of creation," Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to contemplate nature as well as the ways they have shirked their responsibility to care for it. 630374
Reposted by SandyKate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I think a lot about how there is apparently not a single GOP senator willing to put any kind of roadblock in Hegseth's way as he dismantles & weakens the military. They say nothing, do nothing, sit on their hands, & for all I know, are taking money from Putin or simply are too afraid or don't care. 3417
Reposted by SandyNolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 01/09/2026"These Generals Fought for Israel. Now They See ‘Jewish Terrorism’ as the Threat." -- www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/w...nytimes.comThese Generals Fought for Israel. Now They See ‘Jewish Terrorism’ as the Threat.A growing number of former Israeli generals, intelligence officials and prime ministers are accusing settlers in the West Bank of committing ethnic cleansing with government support. “Once a society b... 714135
Reposted by SandyGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Fun fact — and reminder: For all their focus on “officer safety” and arguments about aggressive tactics being necessary, no ICE officer has ever been killed in the line of duty. It is more deadly in the US to be an elementary school student than an ICE officer. 8032461202
Reposted by SandyRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/08/2026This report is totalitarian pseudo-science, aka corrupted science in the service of far-right authoritarianism. Who commits most of the political violence in this country has been clear for decades. It's not the left. It's not those of us who support trans rights and realities. 24972295
Reposted by SandyNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Are you worried that Elon Musk will alienate the independents you need to win? Elon Musk said [insanely bigoted thing, pick any recent one]. Do you agree? Are you rejecting his money? What do you say to voters concerned about Elon Musk spreading child porn? It isn't hard. They just don't want to. 9557107
Reposted by SandyYour Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 28/08/2026among many other things I would like to see dems campaigning on, it should be made clear to companies that profit from deals like this that any public lands or resources given to them by trump will be immediately nationalized with appropriate punitive fines 281740702
Reposted by SandyChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/08/2026This should be setting off alarm bells. Service members trying to leave the military on moral grounds have surged to SIX TIMES the normal rate since Trump’s war with Iran began in February. 7624781128
Reposted by SandyAndrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 27/08/2026We're heading into a decade of unprecedented climate disasters and one of the many unfortunate outcomes of this current civic unraveling is that no one is going to sign up to serve in the National Guard after this administration. 05913
Reposted by SandyChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 26/08/2026This morning in Danbury, ICE was arresting parents at school bus stops. But it’s more sinister. ICE waited until the kids were on the bus so when they are dropped off at the end of the day, they are alone, scared to death they can’t find their parents. I’m heading to Danbury. 964203007345
Reposted by SandyBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Terrible. "By the time the U.S. began attacking Iran, Central Command, which said it needed a minimum of nine of its 16 [civilian protection] staffers to function, was left with one person...A U.S. airstrike hit a school, killing more than 100 children." www.propublica.org/article/hegs...propublica.orgTop Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway.The U.S. military has killed hundreds of noncombatants since gutting its Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response mission last year. After significant blowback, the Defense Department is considering part... 1212018892
Reposted by SandyDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 25/08/2026A really excellent synthesis of the interconnected risks of climate change. Great resource to bookmark.homoneos.orgClimate as a Threat to the Economy and Society in the Years and Decades AheadAn interactive analytical report based on more than 200 scientific and institutional sources. 410841