Sign in

Shayleesbibi

@shayleesbibi.bsky.social
18K followers 16K following 1.5K posts

Retired RN, Veteran USPHS. VoteVets, Mom, bibi (grandma), amateur photographer, nature, politics, eat the rich, travel, Daughters, granddaughters, democracy, cursing encouraged, ally 🌈 💙✊🏽

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
#BlueStormComin1🌪️🦋🇺🇸 #Resistance 🦋🙌🏻 #Blues @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social · 1h
😂🙌🏻
1521379
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1h
Our supporters called America .gov “Selective Intelligence.” We agree. They’re rushing to change its answers to match what Trump wants to hear.
1029366
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1h
Eric Schmitt fucked up so badly today that even The New York Times isn't mincing words on how badly he fucked up.
NYT Headline: As Jack Smith Testifies, a Senator’s Accusation of Perjury Falls Apart

Subhed: A Republican eager to prove the former special counsel was dishonest appeared to instead demonstrate his own confusion over basic facts.
18743160
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 1h
I have one house.
482225563
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 1h
"He has one house" I lost it
412822
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h
There’s the false accusation from a former state AG who should know better accusing someone of committing a crime based on zero evidence. Then there’s the behavior before, during and after. All of it really shows America what we already knew - Schmitt is scum.
741528282
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2h
Sen. Eric Schmitt is an international laughingstock. He’s up for reelection in 2028, so we’ll have to work on him later.
1161585439
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1h
Yet another reason to run on oversight and accountability. Those are promises they can actually keep.
2249192
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h
Russell Brand is currently charged in the UK with 3 counts of rape, 3 counts of sex assault, and 1 count of indecent assault. He is set for trial in London in two weeks.
83998325
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 6h
Yeah, what could our military leaders learn from a bunch of civilians anyway? It's not like they're supposed to be citizen-soldiers with a well-rounded education.
37323
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 6h
The problem is, you know this is just an excuse for a political purge, nothing more.
46617
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.bsky.social · 6h
The artist who sings the song “Love Me” is threatening legal action against the White House after the Trump administration began using the song in a taxpayer-funded ad promoting the president. www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/tr…
washingtonsun.com
‘Love Me’ Artist Threatens Legal Action Over Taxpayer-Funded Trump Ad
The artist publicly objected after the ad began airing last week, saying he “would never authorize my music to be used for ANY political agenda or campaign.”
34912
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h
Amazing community note on threads
1283387745
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
VoteVets @votevets.org · 7h
Pete Hegseth is set to announce a 20% cut to future general and admiral positions. The move comes amid a massive purge of top commanders, and a war with Iran that continues to rage. The result is generational damage to our military. thehill.com/policy/defen...
thehill.com
Hegseth to cut 20 percent of admirals, generals in major Pentagon overhaul
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to announce a 20 percent cut to slots slated for admirals and generals at the Pentagon as part of his push to overhaul the outlook of the department, two Penta…
2615379
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.bsky.social · 7h
Republicans blocked the measure, which would have terminated Trump administration changes to the ACA marketplace. www.washingtonsun.com/congress/sena…
washingtonsun.com
Senate Democrats Force an Uncomfortable Vote on Health Care Costs
Republicans blocked the measure, which would have terminated Trump administration changes to the ACA marketplace.
34419
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 7h
Awful: The Supreme Court just let Trump's third-country deportations move forward. Still a shot at stopping them later but unlikely. Reminder: If Dems win power, they can and should defund both the white-nationalist Office of Remigration and third-country deportations, as I argue in this piece:
30586201
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h
Most swing state GOP Senate candidates took $$ from Jack Abramoff's now pardoned partner.
4274121
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 7h
Expand the Supreme Court www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...
huffpost.com
Supreme Court Lets Trump Continue Third-Country Deportations For Now
The decision allows the administration to continue removing immigrants to countries they’re not from and have never been to.
46512155
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8h
Check this out! Today, Democratic leaders in the Senate are holding a shadow hearing about the Trump admin's mass delegalization campaign. @immcouncil.org's Policy Director @naynagupta.bsky.social is on the ground in DC preparing to livetweet the hearing. Follower her thread for more. 👇
1373126
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 8h
The underlying theory Senate Republicans are going with is that Joe Biden secretly ordered DOJ to investigate Trump, something they have produced no evidence to support and also they're all fine with Trump publicly ordering DOJ to investigate his enemies.
25558159
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 8h
The latest polling for generic Congressional candidates is +16 percentage points for Democrats. If we show up in numbers too big to rig, we can save this democracy for a little while longer… at least until the Billionaire Oligarchs figure out a way to strip us of the rest of our rights.
1265
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 8h
What began as a moral panic over Silicon Valley censorship has turned into a desperate campaign to douse the flames of a conservative grassroots rebellion against AI data centers.
salon.com
Fox News tries to cool conservative anger over AI
Gutfeld, Watters, Ingraham and Cain are pushing back as data centers become a midterm issue
35319
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 8h
BREAKING: SCOTUS allows the Trump admin to restart third-country removals under a policy found by lower courts to violate federal law. The Democratic appointees dissent. The deportations will be OK'ed at least through the next several months, with SCOTUS agreeing to hear the case in December.
CERTIORARI GRANTED
DEPT. OF HOMELAND SEC., ET AL. V. D.V.D., ET AL.
The application for stay presented to Justice Jackson and
by her referred to the Court is granted. The February 25, 2026
order and judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 1:25-cv-10676, are stayed.
The application is also treated as a petition for a writ of
certiorari, and the petition is granted. The parties are directed to brief and argue the following questions: (1) Whether
the district court had jurisdiction over Respondents' claims.
(2) Whether the district court had authority to enter classwide declaratory relief and APA vacatur under 8 U. S. C. §1252(f) (1).
(3) Whether the Government's Guidance on third-country removals
is unlawful under 8 U.S. C. §1231(b), the Due Process Clause, or FARRA/CAT and its implementing regulations. (4) Such other
questions that the Government determines are appropriate for the
proper disposition of the case. The Clerk is directed to
establish a briefing schedule that will allow the case to be argued in the December 2026 argument session. The stay shall
terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.
Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson would deny the application for stay.
43411202
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 9h
NEW: The Supreme Court, over the objections of the 3 liberal justices, grants a stay in the D.V.D. litigation, authorizing the Trump admin to resume third country removals without any notice to people being sent to countries they've never been to. The Court also agrees to hear the case in December.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2026 CERTIORARI GRANTED 26-426 DEPT. OF HOMELAND SEC., ET AL. V. D.V.D., ET AL. (26A406) The application for stay presented to Justice Jackson and by her referred to the Court is granted. The February 25, 2026 order and judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 1:25-cv-10676, are stayed. The application is also treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari, and the petition is granted. The parties are directed to brief and argue the following questions: (1) Whether the district court had jurisdiction over Respondents’ claims. (2) Whether the district court had authority to enter classwide declaratory relief and APA vacatur under 8 U. S. C. §1252(f)(1). (3) Whether the Government’s Guidance on third-country removals is unlawful under 8 U. S. C. §1231(b), the Due Process Clause, or FARRA/CAT and its implementing regulations. (4) Such other questions that the Government determines are appropriate for the proper disposition of the case. The Clerk is directed to establish a briefing schedule that will allow the case to be argued in the December 2026 argument session. The stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court. Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson would deny the application for stay.
44368173
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9h
Scoop — I've ID'd the two men sitting behind Sen. Eric Schmitt during his botched attack on Jack Smith this morning. Ethan Harper (left) is Chief Counsel to Schmitt, and Andrew Ceonzo (right) is Counsel to Schmitt and the Senate Judiciary Committee.
2593738805
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 17h
This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere.
10269231731
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 8h
substack executives gave him a big cash advance to post on the platform
416351
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
OPB @opb.org · 9h
California-based energy company Copia, which has an office in Lake Oswego, submitted an application to site the Charlestown Data Center and Battery Energy Storage System in Umatilla County on 106 acres of BLM land.
opb.org
Data centers proposed on federal land in Eastern Oregon, Western states
A data center proposed on 100 acres of BLM land near Hermiston would be the first on federal public land in Oregon and one of a dozen proposed in six Western states.
31516
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
Trump is flanked by, among others, Jensen Huang and Musk, with Mike Johnson visible behind them as reporters are hustled out of the room
95736219
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 9h
these look more and more like late Brezhnev, late Chernenko photos
281031177
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h
When you are so unable to imagine the idea of community that even a virulent and deadly disease cannot convince you of our shared interests.
622233
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 9h
Is that David "Russia is obviously winning the war in Ukraine" Sachs behind him?
1237
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 9h
BREAKING: Eleventh Circuit denies Trump and lawyers’ request to stay the sanctions order in Trump v. IRS pending Trump and lawyers’ appeal of the sanctions order. Notably, the panel is unanimous and included a Trump appointee (Newsom). Background: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-irs-...
Before JORDAN, ROSENBAUM, and NEWSOM, Circuit Judges.
BY THE COURT:
The appellants, some of whom were the plaintiffs below, move for an order staying aspects of the district court's post-judg-ment sanctions order pending appeal. After review of the record and the parties' briefing, we deny the motion.!
431782
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 9h
Another prominent Trump loyalist working on the 'grand conspiracy' investigation into Trump's perceived political foes has abruptly left the probe. Election denier Kurt Olsen's departure follows the abrupt quitting of Trump ally Joe diGenova earlier this month.
washingtonpost.com
DOJ probe into Trump foes sees another prominent departure
Kurt Olsen, who previously worked as Trump’s election security czar, resigned from the so-called “grand conspiracy” investigation Monday.
25371139
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 9h
Yeah, Schmitt is lucky there’s a Speech or Debate Clause. This is inexcusable. Klobuchar focused on the “dirtbag” claim in Schmitt’s conclusion, but Schmitt also said to Smith, “I think you’ve already perjured yourself.”
2053399
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9h
if you know anything about senator schmitt's monumental fuck up in the jack smith hearing, i implore you to reach out. can be anonymous. signal: marisakabas.04 email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
652812539
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 10h
11th Cir. rejects Trump administration's attempt to block an order holding that Trump's IRS lawsuit and purported settlement were in bad faith, resulting in sanctions for Trump's lawyers and an ethics referral for AG Blanche. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Before JORDAN, ROSENBAUM, and NEWSOM, Circuit Judges. BY THE COURT: The appellants, some of whom were the plaintiffs below, move for an order staying aspects of the district court’s post-judgment sanctions order pending appeal.  After review of the record and the parties’ briefing, we deny the motion.1
117156
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10h
Incredible. The 11th Circuit, in a 3-0 opinion (two Obama appointees and one Trump 1.0 appointee), agrees that Trump and his lawyers have failed to rebut the judge's finding that the entire IRS settlement was collusive, highlighting that no other explanation for their conduct was even offered.
IV
The appellants mount two main attacks on the district
court’s speech-related sanction. First, they argue that the court
lacked a sufficient basis to find that the lawsuit and the settlement
were collusive and that Messrs. Brito and Epstein acted in bad faith.
Second, they contend that the sanction is a broad and impermissible gag order which constitutes a prior restraint and violates the
First Amendment. We conclude that the appellants have not made
a strong showing that they will succeed on either of these grounds.The appellants did not submit or offer any evidence to explain their litigation conduct or demonstrate that the lawsuit and the settlement were not collusive. Given the record before us, the
appellants have not made a strong showing that the district court
committed clear error in its collusion and bad faith findings
151326422
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h
You just know Schmitt had prebooked this show along with probably Ingraham and Hannity to launch his media tour after his big gotcha moment on Jack Smith that was going to propel him to be Vance's running mate. Instead, it's the Clown Show Power Hour. bsky.app/profile/atru...
681013212
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 10h
To be fair, I think we've just established that he would be PERFECT as Vance's running mate.
3566
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 10h
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David Cay Johnston explained on my show that "Donald Trump has fantasized about murdering people since he was a young man." That is why he views Trump as dangerous as people like Joseph Stalin. He enjoys making people suffer. My interview youtu.be/n_hr9qodvXY?...
youtu.be
David Cay Johnston: "Trump has fantasized about murdering people since he was a young man"
YouTube video by The Dean Obeidallah Show
48332
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Rep. Summer Lee @repsummerlee.bsky.social · 10h
The Trump admin is weaponizing Title IX to justify its hateful agenda, but recent events have shown we need more protections for students against sexual harassment & assault, not less. Protecting women means holding perpetrators accountable, not targeting trans students.
thehill.com
Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students
The Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati…
23519
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 10h
Think we're on the verge of the Eric Schmitt Hawks-Hawkeye mess up breaking through, please poll the normie in your life to check.
1013611
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10h
The Trump regime's new AI assistant confirmed Donald is a convicted felon, Biden won the 2020 election, and Trump is in the Epstein files before it stopped answering political questions.
732090769
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 10h
"What would you say if I had a series of text messages that I completely misunderstood before construing them as proof that you are lying?"
5535
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10h
This is among the most under-covered stories in America — Israel is now holding *THREE* young Americans in prison, and no mainstream media is touching it
016586
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 10h
"Two OpenAI employees said workers had raised concerns for months about potential safety issues with testing A.I. models, including not enough monitoring." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/t...
nytimes.com
OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models
Employees and security researchers said they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but OpenAI did not listen.
186
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 10h
Republicans cried that Trump needed money for the border and then he stole the money to pay for a millions in totally illegal, taxpayer funded campaign ads. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
wsj.com
Exclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads
White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.
34682335
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 10h
PM Tusk: "Every night, if not every day, we have to scramble our Air Force repeatedly, because Russian strikes near the Polish border, especially on border crossings and nearby infrastructur, have become quite constant." 📹:Obywatelska_KO
813940
Reposted by Shayleesbibi
Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 10h
US Goverment looking to sell the last 40 million barrels from the 172 million barrel SPR exchange announced back in March, but not many buyers looking. June RFP only saw about half a million bought. Oil isn't so much the challenge right now as global refining capacity.
16510