Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialAnu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 1hGrammatically listing “Trump and his gigantic wagon” like two completely separate dignitaries walking off the plane together.🤣 Give @atrupar.com the Pulitzer immediately. 2441946
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 1hEvery time Trump rejiggers his political ad scheme, he adds a new violation! First he broke the law, including illegally using a song written by one of our @democracydefendersaction.org clients Now he says his super PAC will pay for the ads--but he can't legally do that! More @ms.now👇 8342101
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 7hTrump ran $10M+ in TV ads promoting himself, paid for w/ your tax dollars Facing backlash, he now says his super PAC will cover it Small problem: presidents can't direct super PAC spending either I'll get into it w/ @ms.now at 11AM ET👇 -TNnytimes.comFacing Backlash, Trump Says His Super PAC Will Pay for Taxpayer-Funded AdsThe president said that his PAC, MAGA, Inc., would pay for TV ads promoting him that had been paid for with taxpayer money. 971367549
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialGovernor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 6hI am directing the State Threat Assessment Center to actively monitor the situation in the event that foreign actors interpret the President’s remarks as an invitation to target California. 46908208
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialGovernor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 6hDonald Trump’s remarks were dangerous — if not treasonous — putting a target on two of our biggest cities and one of America’s largest naval hubs. 1261699491
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5hAmazing how quickly rank-and-file adopt Trump's pro-Putin talking points 38672148
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3hMacFarlane: Fox is platforming Abdul El-sayed because it seems to do well for their ratings. It engages their audience. People on Fox seem to want to hear from him. It's not necessarily the case that they want to hear extemporaneous remarks at rallies right now from Trump. 23640156
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 22hYes, the White House sometimes serves as a branch Kremlin press office, which would be humiliating for anyone who had the slightest hint of patriotism or for that matter personal dignity. 461353470
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialAnu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 22hWe literally ran this guy out of PA over a crudite tray and he’s still on TV pretending he buys single sticks of butter for a buck.😐 28842107
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 22hTrump caved, but not before he forced JD Vance to walk the plank.😂 1154481
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22hTrump: "For many years, farm vehicles, construction equipment, and other off road vehicles have used what is know as red dye diesel. Do you know what that is? I don't know what the hell it is! But whatever it is, it's supposed to be very good. Does anybody want to explain it?" 110599114
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialJake Lahut @jakelahut.bsky.social · 22hTrump soft pitching a TV show with Natalie Harp is the type of nightmare fuel for GOP strategists that I didn’t even think was possible 17662103
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 22hhow do you send the guy who clowned himself on crudités out to do this 931602203
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21hTrump calls Natalie on stage, checks out her legs, calls her "perfect," then floats creating a reality show w/ her -- & other lowlights from his rally tonight in Nebraska (Including Trump saying of Iran, "Let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is very small price to pay") 5212732830
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialJason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · 19hNice good idea, let em take out the US Third Fleet, various air craft carriers and submarines , the marines at Pendleton, the Navy Seals, let’s see what else… 1131100188
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 19hU.S. forces are retreating. That's what this means. "Pulled out and returned to their home stations in the U.S. as potential Iranian threats raise base security concerns" is a fancy way of saying the Iranian military has the U.S. military in retreat. This is unbelievably embarrassing. 243013925
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialGovernor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 17hDisgusting and disqualifying. 2231555482
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9hTrump: "My Rally crowds & enthusiasm are unbelievable! Nobody has seen anything like it. We are flipping races all over... the Dumocrats never counted on this. Thanks you to the great Networks covering the Rallies in full. They are being rewarded with BIG RATINGS. Watch for the 'Midterm Surprise!'" 2881166208
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9hA simple, factual, and effective message. 27599112421
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialThe Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 8hYet the legacy media continue to use language to describe his “speeches” as ordinary political addresses and “interviews” as within the realm of normal presidential interactions with the press. More here:contrariannews.orgWords & Phrases: A Crazy Rant Isn’t a ‘Speech’ or an ‘Interview’🚨 28 Days to the Midterms 🚨 18914
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialThe Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 8hThis is not a speech. Last night in Nebraska, Trump said that a potential attack on Los Angeles or San Diego would be a “small price to pay”. This is a full blown psychological breakdown. 57424130
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8hFox Business commercial offers a roll of 25 Trump dollar coins for $49 😆 You do the math 1781347360
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8hEnten details how Trump has lost 44 points of support of support among naturalized citizens in the last two years 651340280
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8hmy friend @juddlegum.bsky.social has put together a cool new tool that allows you to photograph political mail and immediately learn who paid for it. Check it out here:paidforby.infoWho paid for this?Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads. 291564646
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialNoah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 7ha big part of being a good president is being smart about who to listen to, and organizing your office so you get good advice. trump is a uniquely terrible president bec (a) he refuses to listen to anyone who disagrees with him about anything, and (b) if you flatter him he'll do anything you ask. 22710118
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialAlan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 8hTillis is a coward who, even as his political career draws to an end, cannot bring himself to say Trump is bad. He still says the worst problem with Trump is advice he gets from *other people* 661184182
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h"Whatever conclusions reached by the commission of an octogenarian crank and two billionaires, they'll be handed off to Hegseth, who believes wars are won by whichever side can do the most pushups, and whose obsession with creating an all-white, all-male military is dragging DoD down by the day."publicnotice.co“Project Meridian” is the stuff of satireElon Musk, Newt Gingrich, and Palmer Luckey walk into a bar ... and are given the keys to the DoD. 741583500
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialMona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 7h"In short, what we have here is a commission made up of an octogenarian crank and two billionaires who look at a future of chaos as an opportunity to remake the world and accumulate even more billions." This is perfection! 12430107
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This kind of talk has always seemed to impress certain segments of the political class, but now that he’s imploding, they look like gullible suckers. He’s just a lout, nothing more. He insults people because he isn’t smart enough for anything else. He’ll become more loutish as he circles the drain. 641447257
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Unsurprisingly the Russians are paying off the Americans to take their side in the Russia’s criminal war of aggression. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...nytimes.comU.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump AlliesPresident Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter... 691379650
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026From accelerating Epstein file disclosures to reinstating illegally fired U.S. Attorney Roger Rogoff, DDF & DDA scored 5 major court wins this week A microcosm of how we're holding this administration accountable Full list in my weekly column @ContrarianNews.org 👇 -TNcontrariannews.orgWe Object! DOJ’s Latest Attack on our Heroic Federal JudgesPublisher’s Roundup 87 231173385
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president… 278168835856
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This is psychosis. The president of the United States is psychotic. Is the media going to start talking about this, or continue to normalize it? 42139721171
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialJohn Russell @murga65.bsky.social · 03/10/2026That is when presidential pardon power should have been first challenged. Your former VP, who becomes the president on your resignation, grants you a full pardon. presidential crimes that rises to level of impeachment should not be eligible for unconditional pardon. 626833
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026lmaoooooo 361414295
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Just made donations to three Ohio campaigns I care about. If you can, please pick some candidates in close races and do the same. 17559141
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Data centers on the gubernatorial ballot in Ohio. Acton against, Ramaswamy for (and personally invested in). www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...dispatch.comRamaswamy is in bed with data center owners. He'll get richer at your expense | Amy ActonAmy Acton: Vivek Ramaswamy is bought and paid for by data center owners. He'll never get everyday Ohioans like I do. 10608258
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The Access Hollywood approach to foreign relations 22721110
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...nytimes.comU.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter... 24630501790
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/10/2026New in PN: Diesel Don is tanking the GOP "Making matters even worse for Republicans, the bitter yet deserved irony is that key constituencies across Red America that elected Trump are particularly hard-hit: men, whites, farmers, rural citizens, and those from the South and West."publicnotice.coDiesel Don is tanking the GOPRecord high prices are one of Trump’s defining political failures. 1732195610
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialMichael Serafin-Wells @bipolarexplorer.info · 03/10/2026“The bitter, yet deserved irony…” Face meet leopard. 839556
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialMickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 02/10/2026washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/25/trump-classified-map-private-plane/ Bondi DOJ sent the Judiciary Committee files showing Trump stole records some pertinent to his Middle East licensing deals - top level intel, well above his remit to declassify, unsecured at his club #ThisIsTheStorywashingtonpost.comTrump showed classified map to passengers on his plane in 2022, memo saysThe document offers a snapshot of an early moment in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation and adds new shading to the public understanding of Smith’s probes. 082
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 02/10/202624. As Jack Smith said Tuesday, "grand juries in two separate districts reached this conclusion based on his actions ... Rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 presidential election, President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power." 3483119
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialRex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is a wild thread from @editorialboard.bsky.social about the Eric Schmitt faceplant: 210323
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 02/10/2026“In an influencer-occupied government, the functions of elected and unelected officials converge on the same goal, which is making little videos for their distractible boss to watch on his phone, and later to watch other people talking about on his TV.” defector.com/jack-smith-e...defector.comJack Smith Did Not Conspire Against Donald Trump While Watching Steph Curry Score 60 Points In An Overtime Loss To The Hawks | DefectorThe most salient part of the accusation that Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt lodged against former special prosecutor Jack Smith in a Senate hearing on Tuesday is that it was wrong. It was ecstatically and... 313136
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Hard to disagree with this. 914539946
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialThe Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 02/10/2026Chief Justice John Roberts’s plan to degrade Black voting rights was apparent even before his confirmation to the Supreme Court. @jenrubin.bsky.social spoke with journalists @ariberman.bsky.social and @pemalevy.bsky.social on the issue:contrariannews.orgBlack Voting Power Is Being Dismantled. Is It Too Late to Stop Its Erosion?Ari Berman and Pema Levy explain how the country arrived at this point and what can be done to avoid paying a greater po 311437
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialMike Levin @mikelevin.org · 02/10/2026Is it too much to want a Defense Secretary focused on ending the war in Iran, instead of whatever this is? 95913136
Reposted by @spicalight.bsky.socialRege @rjserinko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Russle Vought confuses himself with Congress. 461325279
