Reposted by Silent Recusantconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026From Robin Rouby-Progressive Cartoons 613182722
Reposted by Silent RecusantM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026THIS 👇 HERE TOO....... 21298833224
Silent Recusant @silentrecusant.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"Never again" means "never again." We've collectively failed miserably at that: Biafra, Indonesia, Cambodia, Guatemala, Rwanda, Bosnia, Uigyur, and Gaza. It's time humanity stepped up and followed through on these words, because so far, they're meaningless. 001
Reposted by Silent RecusantRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953 430115914865
Reposted by Silent RecusantKarly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Good question 7264502362
Reposted by Silent RecusantAnne 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. 5953725413396
Reposted by Silent RecusantGod @thegodshow.com · 12/09/2026Trump made people pledge to tamper with the midterm elections, ordering them to "cheat like hell." If you are a Democrat or a Progressive, you need to vote like your life depends on it this year. 63988293
Reposted by Silent RecusantWOBBLY BLACK CAT 🍉 @eleventimezones.com · 12/09/2026How do Americans still not understand that every time we attack another country we are inflicting a 9/11 ON THEM 31445108
Reposted by Silent RecusantAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/09/2026French prosecutors have found new investigative leads in the Epstein case, and have identified 13 new victims. www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...lemonde.frFrance's Epstein probe identifies 'potential recruiters'Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau revealed said that new leads had been identified as part of an investigation into alleged human trafficking. 400146085847
Reposted by Silent RecusantPops @pops131.bsky.social · 05/09/2026His wife, his staff, and Jennings should all face legal consequences. 😠😡 841186404788
Reposted by Silent RecusantThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Impeach Fetterman 587104073140
Reposted by Silent RecusantM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 31/08/2026RELEASE THE UNREDACTED TRUMPSTEIN FILES TODAY, TODD BLANCHE AND DONNIE DIPSHIT... 551124354292
Reposted by Silent RecusantBrian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Here’s your daily reminder that when you go to cast your ballot in November please vote all the way down the ballot. The further down you go, those races really do get closer to your front door and ultimately your wallet. Let’s turn these laboratories of autocracy back into democracy. 8932091643
Reposted by Silent RecusantRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/08/2026In the past, the rich used to pay higher taxes. Now, the government pays the rich interest on a swelling debt, caused largely by lower taxes on the rich. It's a big switcheroo that we need to talk about if we're going to talk about the national debt.youtu.beThe Secret Way the Rich are Getting RicherThe biggest untold story about how we pay for government involves a big switcheroo by America’s wealthy. Watch. 20982133464
Reposted by Silent RecusantGod @thegodshow.com · 29/08/2026The MAGA billionaires who own corporate media want you to keep fighting with each other over stupid bullshit so they never have to pay taxes. It’s not about left vs. right or left vs. center. It’s about the bottom vs. the top. 912833781
Reposted by Silent RecusantRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/08/2026In the 6 months since Trump launched his War on Iran: -Deaths: 7,900+, including 18 US troops -Military spending: $1B per day -Increase in gas prices: 38% -Big Oil profits: $93B+ -Strait of Hormuz: still closed He's losing his own war of choice — and we're paying for it. 741615668
Reposted by Silent RecusantMichael O' 🇮🇪🇺🇲🇨🇦 @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 26/08/2026BREAKING: Israel just bombed a water desalination plant in northern Gaza. Not a military base. An essential infrastructure built to provide water to civilians suffering through an extreme water crisis. Gaza is running out of water. This is an act of genocide. x.com/sahouraxo/st...x.comsarah (@sahouraxo) on XBREAKING: Israel just bombed a water desalination plant in northern Gaza. Not a military base. An essential infrastructure built to provide water to civilians suffering through an extreme water crisis. Gaza is running out of water. This is an act of genocide. 27328231
Reposted by Silent RecusantLady with an opinion @ladymitopinion.bsky.social · 25/08/2026When an illegitimate SCOTUS allows a criminal President to destroy the integrity of elections, that’s not just a problem - that’s a coup 13837971134
Reposted by Silent RecusantGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 24/08/2026"ICE tactics, already sadistic, are looking increasingly like torture," writes @judith-levine.bsky.social. "The slim avenues to legal recourse and the refusal of transparency or accountability by the perpetrators of de jure and de facto torture are driving detainees to desperate measures..."theguardian.comICE’s tactics look increasingly like torture | Judith LevinePlans for gloves that can deliver electric shocks underline the homeland security department’s sadistic practices 31955563083
Reposted by Silent RecusantA Republic If You Can Keep It @arepublicif.bsky.social · 23/08/2026North Korea is good. Canada is bad. Coal is good. Solar is bad. Measles is good. Vaccination is bad. Child rapists are good. Childcare is bad. Pointless wars are good. Universal healthcare is bad. Anyone supporting the unrelenting chaos of the #GOP deserves zero respect. #RemoveTrump 558194456350
Reposted by Silent RecusantRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country. Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high. Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record. Noticing a pattern? 795198337890
Reposted by Silent RecusantProPublica @propublica.org · 19/08/2026NEW: Congress appropriated $1 trillion for defense this year, more than twice as much as the combined budget for agencies overseeing health, veterans affairs, education, housing, agriculture and justice. We’re setting out to report on how this public money is being spent.propublica.orgThe $1 Trillion Black BoxThe U.S. military budget is vast and opaque. Projects touted as engineering marvels end up facing years of delays and ballooning costs. ProPublica has launched a series to report on the Pentagon’s spe... 33358222754
Reposted by Silent RecusantRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Dozens of gas-burning power plants are being built across the country, solely to power data centers. These plants could emit as much planet-warming pollution as half of all passenger vehicles in the entire country in a single YEAR. We need a data center moratorium — now. 482151035538
Reposted by Silent RecusantOdy @odeecs.bsky.social · 15/08/2026ICE doesn't need to simply be abolished. Its agents and officers need to see criminal trial for civil and human rights abuses. We're not joking when we demand Nuremberg 2.0 for these rat bastards. 1013857
Reposted by Silent RecusantAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/08/2026Listen to Commander Adama. 28974613121
Reposted by Silent RecusantRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/08/2026If all income in excess of $400,000 were subject to the Social Security payroll tax, Social Security’s solvency would be guaranteed forever. We could also expand Social Security benefits. There’s no reason even to consider reducing Social Security benefits or raising the age of eligibility. 339103124150
Reposted by Silent RecusantRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Thomson Reuters, which owns news agency Reuters, has signed a $125M deal giving ICE access to its databases of personal data. USA Today has partnered with Palantir to gain "actionable intelligence" on its audiences. The media should be opponents of Trump's police state — not collaborators. 47084383964
Reposted by Silent Recusantjimmycraig42.bsky.social @jimmycraig42.bsky.social · 10/08/2026We need to stop fining corporations for the crimes they commit and start jailing the execs who make the decision to commit crimes If corporations are people because people run corporations, then people ought to go to jail for the crimes the people running those corporations commit 21540191173
Silent Recusant @silentrecusant.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Libraries are the only "data centers" we need. When libraries disappear, we lose knowledge, history, culture, and a part of our community. We need to fund our libraries, and use them. 000
Reposted by Silent RecusantRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/08/2026America has experienced oligarchy thrice in its brief history. The first was under the slaveholding founders The second, the robber barons, a century later. A third American oligarchy emerged around 1980 — and has only gotten more powerful.robertreich.substack.comThe Enshittification of Everything (Part 2)And how to disempower the oligarchy 332118674478
Reposted by Silent RecusantMark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 06/08/2026This is significant. But it is not enough. Do not be satisfied with this administration's slow walking the release of files that were supposed to be released last December. 19851742146
Reposted by Silent RecusantGracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026These signs should be on every hiking trail in Oregon and across the US . 333133042828
Reposted by Silent RecusantTea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 03/08/2026If you don’t approve of Donald Trump, then you don’t approve of his Republican enablers. Every Republican in the House and Senate votes with Donald Trump over 99% of the time. Show them how you feel about that with your vote in November! 561708585
Reposted by Silent RecusantMarc Riggsbee @marcriggsbee.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Heed the warning. 495142365403
Reposted by Silent RecusantStefan 🥼 @stefank1117.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Hating Netanyahu and hating genocide is not one bit anti-semitic. 1112353595
Reposted by Silent RecusantPeterBMeme @peterbmeme.bsky.social · 29/07/2026“Same Script. Different Actor.” This editorial cartoon uses mirrored imagery from two different eras of American politics to invite viewers to consider how political rhetoric and public accusations can echo across generations. 24639701761
Reposted by Silent RecusantBitcoDavid (I am the enemy within) @bitcodavid.net · 27/07/2026I just heard something that hit home. ICE isn't law enforcement. It's a government agency hiring criminals to commit crimes against innocent Americans. 1215968
Reposted by Silent RecusantACLU @aclu.org · 26/07/2026The FCC is demanding certain ABC stations file license renewals earlier than they're otherwise scheduled to in apparent retaliation for Jimmy Kimmel's jokes about the Trump administration. Help us flood the FCC with comments objecting to this attack on freedom of speech and freedom of the press.fcc.gov 15720347
Reposted by Silent RecusantRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/07/2026This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office 2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor 3) Donors make huge profit 4) Repeat We must get big money out of politics. It is the root of our dysfunction. 17947981673
Reposted by Silent RecusantScott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 20/07/2026For months, Senate Republicans said Jack Smith "spied" on Congress and broke the law. A judge just unsealed the files. Inside: routine phone records—that a call happened, when, how long. No message content at all. They lied. Here's the proof:dworkinsubstack.comWhile Trump Ranted On TV, He Was Losing Everywhere ElseThe courts ruled against him again and again. Here’s the week he didn’t want you to see. 15345921907
Reposted by Silent RecusantRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/07/2026ICE shared Medicaid data, which it wasn't even supposed to have in the first place, with Palantir. Anyone else worried about this? Here's what you should know about Palantir. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_VwyhErd88youtube.comThe Most Dangerous Corporation in America?The AI surveillance state is real — and it's being built by Palantir. 711879910
Reposted by Silent RecusantMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/07/2026The Pentagon is withholding causality and hit numbers. The CDC is withholding infection rates. The FDA is withholding information about food contamination. The EPA is withholding pollution and climate data. This corrupt administration is ALL about concealing the consequences of its incompetence. 1088226779796
Silent Recusant @silentrecusant.bsky.social · 18/07/2026This is correct. Getting the money out of politics and reforming the judiciary is the key. Even after Trump, everyone who enabled him will still be around. There's a lot of work to do. 100
Reposted by Silent Recusant𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/07/2026This is how to speak to every single one of those sycophants. 1151210027659