Reposted by @softballmom.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23/03/2025This should INFURIATE you 387109432757
Reposted by @softballmom.bsky.socialTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 05/03/2025America does not need a ‘resistance,’ or stale slogans, or people putting those slogans on little paddles. It needs an opposition party that boldly defends the nation’s virtues, the rule of law, and the rights of its people. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...theatlantic.comDemocrats Are Acting Too NormalIn her response to Trump’s address, Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin failed to capture the hallucinatory nature of our national politics. 33759381290
Reposted by @softballmom.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Hold on to that Trump crypto! US taxpayers are coming to bail you out soon! 1491827335
Reposted by @softballmom.bsky.socialTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 28/02/2025I'll be posting a story shortly on that ghastly White House meeting. It will also go out in today's @theatlantic.com Daily, so if you want to read it for free, sign up for the Daily here. (It's free and in your mailbox every day.) www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...theatlantic.comThe Atlantic DailySign up for the The Atlantic Daily newsletter by David A. Graham, available Weekday Evenings and Sunday Mornings. 1241968330
Reposted by @softballmom.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/02/2025First day after a major storm disaster with fatalities & destruction across multiple states and Trump goes to a car race in Florida. Second day after a major disaster and Trump plays golf in FL. Dozens of posts about himself during that time. Not one word about the disaster. 42960711729
Reposted by @softballmom.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/02/2025There is going to come a time in the very near future where the only way to resolve this is for every non-MAGA media company to band together and simply refuse to walk into the presser or attend the event. Because he wants the coverage more than anything else. Divided you fall. 527109712960
Reposted by @softballmom.bsky.socialTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Getting easier by the day 34993121
Reposted by @softballmom.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Trump says he ordered the military to go into CA last night to “turn on the water.” CA responds. 68373492127
Reposted by @softballmom.bsky.socialJohn Foley @2008philz.bsky.social · 23/01/202526 of 30 MLB teams have created a Bluesky account - the Phillies have not onpattison.com/news/2025/ja...onpattison.com26 of 30 MLB teams have created a Bluesky account - the Phillies have notAs social media sites X and Bluesky become increasingly politically polarized, most MLB fans can find their favorite team on either platform. Phillies fans cannot. 2017046
Reposted by @softballmom.bsky.socialMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Exactly why @bsky.app is so important. Engaging on this platform is important. As is growing this platform. Which one of these men joins Tom Anderson and MySoace in the annals of history first ? Their greed is our opportunity. 879282073911
Reposted by @softballmom.bsky.socialMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 17/01/2025It’s amazing to me that politicians don’t commit to post first on @bsky.app and to engage with constituents here THIS is more powerful than CNN , MSNBC, The Post will ever be. You can broadcast for 9 mins on a declining medium, or engage here and start a real discussion. Which is more powerful? 417910124113326
Reposted by @softballmom.bsky.socialSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 04/12/2024I’d like to see more major-media reports on how the involvement of Elon Musk with a) the Presidential Transition, b) the House Republican Conference, c) the Senate Republican Conference, and d) lobbyists is already unlike anything America has ever seen with a non-government adviser. 100% horrifying. 26363551603
Reposted by @softballmom.bsky.socialTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 24/11/2024This is what demographic panic looks like. When people are this uninformed, democracy faces serious headwinds. from @jvl.bsky.social 29741871025
Reposted by @softballmom.bsky.socialTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 21/11/2024"But Tom, don't belittle their lived experience; they know the pain of inflation and..." blah blah blah 741861315
Reposted by @softballmom.bsky.socialGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Friendly reminder: The USG spends $290 billion on personnel. If you fired EVERYONE who worked for the federal government, you’d save 5% of the budget. You know where most of it goes? Defense and back to us in Social Security and Medicare. 761007380
Reposted by @softballmom.bsky.socialTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Intelligence guys you should follow: @davidpriess.bsky.social and @johnsipher.bsky.social and @markstout.bsky.social 1361162214
Reposted by @softballmom.bsky.socialThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 21/11/2024Pete Hegseth has a history of scandals and few qualifications to serve as secretary of defense—but this may be a distraction from a far greater danger, @radiofreetom.bsky.social tells Hanna Rosin on "Radio Atlantic":theatlantic.comWhat Pete Hegseth’s Nomination Is Really AboutRevenge on the military is just the start of it. 519055
Reposted by @softballmom.bsky.socialAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 20/11/2024Politics 101: Recess Appointments 702188063793
Reposted by @softballmom.bsky.socialJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Trump’s greatest legacy: The destruction of truth. Trump’s 2nd greatest legacy: The destruction of shame. Trump’s 3rd greatest legacy: Convincing millions & millions of Americans that their fellow Americans at the DOJ, the FBI, in military leadership, & in the intelligence community are our enemy. 31773171
Reposted by @softballmom.bsky.socialTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 19/11/2024So much fucking around, and now begins the finding out www.cnbc.com/2024/11/19/w...cnbc.comWalmart may have to raise some prices if Trump tariffs take effect, CFO saysThe discounter's comments are the latest warning from retail leaders about the potential impact of the tariffs. 46375661709
Reposted by @softballmom.bsky.socialTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 18/11/2024So, apparently one way of messing with people here is to put them on block lists - so if you’re going to use a block list, you might want to check ahead to make sure you’re not blocking people you’d like to follow. 831128137
