Reposted by SophieroseRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Men who commit this kind of violence with this kind of rhetoric are not protecting women and girls; they are trying to legislate which men have the right to harm women and girls (and of course it's men like them and not those other men). 131265374
Reposted by SophieroseJames M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Making sure every person can cast a ballot is more important than the speed at which they can be counted 02328522
Reposted by SophieroseCats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 11/06/2026THURSDAY ART SHOW! If you are a working artist (i.e. you depend on income from your art) just respond to this post with your non-pornographic, non-violent, non-Al generated CAT-RELATED art/crafts and I will repost! From now until 7:30 pm EDT. Include any relevant links like your website or etsy! 1428564
Reposted by SophieroseEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 12/06/2026I'm not a Buttigieg fan, but I'll say this - this is how I would hope to see every Democrat who was even thinking of running for prez in 2028 talk to have even a chance of reversing course after a trump. 331485204
Reposted by SophieroseAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I tried to warn everyone what the Roberts Court was about almost ten years ago www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...theatlantic.comThe Supreme Court Is Headed Back to the 19th CenturyThe justices again appear poised to pursue a purely theoretical liberty at the expense of the lives of people of color. 12641871363
Reposted by SophieroseMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 08/05/2026A bit of cheerleading for you: Even some gerrymandered seats are not 100% certain to go the way the GOP wants in a wave election. In the last five midterm elections, the incumbent's party lost 9, 13, 30, 40, and 63 seats. Do you know how many turnovers Democrats need to flip the House? Three. 16945297
Reposted by SophieroseGabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 01/05/2026If you’re mad about Louisiana, you can do something to help us in Louisiana. I literally grant write and fundraise alone so I can put women & girls through school, pay their rents, & provide them menstrual products. Don’t talk about us in Louisiana like we’re dead. tpfwoman2woman2026.funraise.org 3323253
Reposted by SophieroseI Liv, I Die, Oliviagain Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 01/05/2026"But we have to welcome people willing to change!" Sure. We can welcome them. They can put boots on the ground and do the work. Their lack of judgment says they should not be elevated to leadership positions. Not without a massive track record with clear lessons learned. That's not Platner. 310726
Reposted by SophieroseRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Re the dystopia of normalization: 333145
Reposted by SophierosePam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Was it another staged piece of theatre to draw sympathy for a very unpopular asshole who only understands stage-craft, not state-craft? Is it another “lone wolf” sacrificial lamb who the FBI doesn’t bother to investigate? I don’t give a fuck what happens to that guy, but I, for one, am absolutely 66614
Reposted by SophieroseBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/04/2026We’ve become way too inured to the constant violence because of all of the people in power who revel in it. What a joyless, artless, sexless, rudderless country we became so fast. 176110201499
Reposted by Sophieroseshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 26/04/2026so a rando pulled off what dozens of reporters were unwilling to do: get this shit canceled 1478788
Reposted by SophieroseBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Is there someone dead in the lobby or is there someone in custody? Was the person armed or not? Did he make it into the ballroom or not? Usually there should be a pretty wide grace period on finding this out, but there are literally hundreds of reporters in the room and nobody knows shit. 1129224223384
Reposted by SophieroseTim Williams Art @timwilliamsart.bsky.social · 19/04/2026I highly recommend this book. It's amazing. If you guys ever start a Bluesky Book Club, please tell me about it. 2541837185
Reposted by SophieroseGretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 11/04/2026"no nazis" and "no sexual predators" is not purity testing, it is the minimal standard for humane conduct. 1632156
Reposted by SophieroseJill Hasday @jillhasday.bsky.social · 10/04/2026On this day in 1880, Frances Perkins was born. As FDR’s Secretary of Labor, she played a vital role in the enactment of Social Security & the minimum wage. Through it all, she kept a file labeled “Notes on the Male Mind,” with strategies for dealing with sexism. #WeTheMen www.npr.org/2009/04/16/1... 291276367
Reposted by SophieroseAnti-Trumpism @forabettertomorrow.bsky.social · 09/04/2026From a post: “Told my wife to have dinner ready by 6 or I'll obliterate her entire civilization. So anyway, she now charges me a fee to use the bathroom that used to be free, and I didn't get any dinner, but I'm pretty sure I won that exchange.” 279128962936
Reposted by SophieroseAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Wrote about how Hegseth’s effort to resegregate the upper ranks of the US military ties into the larger MAGA project to restore hierarchies of race and gender: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... 472300831
Reposted by SophieroseLindsay (Tired Version) @swiftchai.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Converting to Catholicism and then threatening the Pope with military action because you don’t like that he uh, *checks notes* is following Catholic belief is absolutely insane behavior 5792011745
Reposted by SophieroseProPublica @propublica.org · 09/04/2026NEW: Kentucky’s largest drug rehab center touts a Christian message and a selfless commitment to helping others. But internally, the organization prioritized money over the well-being of its clients and staff, interviews show. W/ @kentucky.com www.propublica.org/article/kent... 34036331638
Reposted by SophierosePortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Like the Nazis did before Red Cross visits. "ICE caught frantically moving detainees from crowded cells before congressional visit" www.rawstory.com/ice-caught-f...rawstory.com 45623
Reposted by SophieroseMark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 08/04/2026We Americans all agree today there is much less stress than yesterday, while we’re all still trapped passengers in a bus driven by lunatic with no driver’s license. 1743722731
Reposted by SophieroseRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 08/04/2026"What we have learned is that local resistance works when it is persistent, scrappy, and deeply informed. This... fight has been built on facts, records, legal pressure, public health evidence, and relentless visibility..." blog.hagerstownrapidresponse.com/p/rachel-mad...blog.hagerstownrapidresponse.comRachel Maddow on Stopping the Hagerstown ICE Detention Facility: This Is the Moment to Increase Pressure, Not Reduce ItRachel Maddow tells her audience that Hagerstown Rapid Response may be the blueprint to stop ICE camps nationwide. 6645431455
Reposted by SophieroseRep. John Garamendi @repgaramendi.bsky.social · 08/04/2026I said what I said. We need to look at all options for removal immediately, including impeachment and invoking the 25th amendment. 44758174
Reposted by Sophierosejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/04/2026these are the stupidest people to ever live 1084725794
Reposted by SophieroseMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/04/2026you do not have to hand it to tucker carlson or marjorie taylor greene or alex jones or megyn kelly. they're all rats who see trump as a sinking ship and they're getting ready to jump in preparation for their next act. you do not have to fall for it. 301181073745
Reposted by SophieroseRick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 07/04/2026My one-hour special “Rick Steves Iran: Yesterday and Today,” which helps humanize 90 million Iranian people, is streaming free and ad-free at www.ricksteves.com/watch-iran.ricksteves.comIranJoin Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In a one-hour, ground-breaking travel special on public television, you'll discover the splendid monuments of... 3828931172
Reposted by Sophierose@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Add another one to the list #25A 0174
Reposted by SophieroseIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 07/04/2026"Why don't Americans–" Motherfucker, I live in Minneapolis 393684391
Reposted by SophieroseLAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 31/03/2026A Secretary bird which is a bird of prey native to Africa. 817415912
Reposted by Sophierosejoelunchpail.bsky.social @joelunchpail.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Fun facts: 1) Ukraine now manufactures 82% of its own weaponry. 2) Ukraine just signed several interceptor and naval drone supply agreements with Gulf States. 3) Donny doesn't want Ukraine's help. The Gulf State allies feel differently. 010526
Reposted by SophieroseCovie @covie93.bsky.social · 29/03/20268 million No Kings protesters Zero police officers beaten Zero police officers killed Zero feces smeared on walls. 534262626300
Reposted by SophieroseTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 29/03/2026I was at a #NoKings rally yesterday and rather than writing another essay about why this matters I will just say that it is pure joy to meet the people who want to stand out and the people who are doing the work. Thank you. 14394901413
Reposted by SophieroseTom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 29/03/2026I was hoping we'd grown out of this incredibly immature way of looking at the current movement, but I'm seeing it all over the place today. This is condescending misogyny. Doing it leftishly doesn't make it any less so 629028
Reposted by SophieroseSunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 29/03/2026I sincerely believe that people who say stuff like “neoliberalism and fascism are the same thing” could not coherently define either thing if called upon to do so And one ought to understand the things one is allegedly committed to fighting 46110
Reposted by SophieroseKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/03/2026If the estimates were right, there were about 9 million people at No Kings rallies today. That would mean this protest was THIRTY TIMES AS LARGE AS THE TEA PARTY PROTEST which we were told, over and over again, was a massively important sign that US politics had shifted dramatically to the right 143127134010
Reposted by SophieroseJoe Adalian @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 29/03/2026The NYT says today’s #NoKings protests had “no shortage of skeptics,” and then quoted exactly one of those skeptics: The chairman of the Ole Miss College Republicans (as of 2025.) But of course, the Times doesn’t ID him as such. He’s just a Concerned Youth. 36480592065
Reposted by SophieroseCathy Gellis @cathygellis.bsky.social · 28/03/2026I protested with a neighbor of mine who had worked with the campaign against apartheid years ago. He was saying how a purpose of protests was to make people defending what we were protesting to have to defend the indefensible. 0315
Reposted by SophieroseGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 28/03/2026This is a nationwide phenomenon. The centrists and normies are more viciously angry than the socialists and anarchists, who gave up long ago on the illusion of a working system. Would encourage leftists of all stripes to take it seriously, welcome them in while they’re receptive. 193362711
Reposted by SophieroseDr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 28/03/2026One thing you learn by going to No Kings protests is that there are waaaaay more old white ladies who hate Trump and fascism than you might have guessed 1971870239
Reposted by Sophierosejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/03/2026if nothing else, there is something to be said for spending time outside in the sun with thousands of people who share your anger at the state of things 157211932496
Reposted by SophieroseStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 28/03/2026Can't make it to your local #NoKings3 rally? Visit the link below to watch the Official No Kings 3 Virtual & Accessible Rally on YouTube hosted by Stand Up for Science! #NK3AR #NoKings #SUFS www.youtube.com/live/DCi21Rh...youtube.comStand Up for Science! Live StreamYouTube video by Stand Up for Science! 29032
Reposted by SophieroseDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 28/03/2026The DC #NoKings march will be passing Ft. McNair, where Stephen Miller has been living in military housing. Rig Madden, who says he served in the US Army for 22 years, has a message for Miller. 11940791250
Reposted by SophieroseLuca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 28/03/2026The frog squad came to encourage protesters at #NoKings in Washington DC! 301343444
Reposted by SophieroseMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 28/03/2026A predictable #NoKings take from Jeremy Peters: A small turnout will be ominous, a large one will be meaningless, all protests from the left are merely a "primal scream," and none of them mean much. The NYT has always loved protests as history but hated them as news. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/u...nytimes.comA Challenge for ‘No Kings’ Protests, the Third Time Around 743536506
Reposted by SophieroseBarbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Trump continues to try to slap his name on everything. The Kennedy Center and now a dollar bill. No living President has ever done this. He is not a monarch. Yet another reason to support the #NoKings rally tomorrow. 1844067854
Reposted by SophieroseAaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Over 100,000 people here at the #NoKings rally in St. Paul Minnesota. This amazing crowd continues to grow. Our country belongs to all of us, not one person. Trump is forgetting this. He acts like he owns America. He does not. On this day from Alaska to Maine we remind him! 7250421392
Reposted by SophieroseAndrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 27/03/2026Democrats caused the DHS shutdown about as much as Trump built Biden’s infrastructure projects, which is to say, not at all. 641684
Reposted by SophieroseAngelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 25/03/2026russia tried to erase us overnight. But here I am. Lying with my cat. Drinking coffee. Feeling that life, somehow, still exists. Because we’re still here. 378150871177
Reposted by SophieroseAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 25/03/2026When twitter was perceived as liberal it was a bubble and people should not take it seriously. But now that it's a cesspool of right-wing propaganda it's the Soul of America and the libs ignore it at their peril 416125141995