Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 08/06/2025ICE is a much greater threat to this country than illegal immigrants. The current administration ia by far the greatest threat this country faces. The problem is not st our borders. It is in the White House. 333177704585
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialRuth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Fascists want to provoke violence so they can justify crackdowns and get some good footage to distort for state propaganda outlets 442067711
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 08/06/2025ACLU: “Trump's deployment of federalized National Guard troops in response to protests is unnecessary, inflammatory, and an abuse of power. By taking this action, the Trump administration is… recklessly undermining our foundational democratic principle that the military should not police civilians" 401570438
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialRuth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 08/06/2025So do we get why I was banned from speaking about Pinochet at the Naval Academy now? 11380411981
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Does Kristi Noem carry $3,000 in cash in her Louis Vuitton because she can't get a credit card or because she doesn't want a credit card recording of where she spends money? 1200184303044
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/04/2025“We are definitely on a path towards full-on stage repression.” - Fiona Hill, Former Trump senior director for European & Russian affairs on the National Security Council 211099354
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialGovernor Josh Shapiro @governor.pa.gov · 13/04/2025Last night at about 2AM, my family and I woke up to bangs on the door from the Pennsylvania State Police after an arsonist set fire to the Governor’s Residence in Harrisburg. 1349150803992
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Marco Rubio just announced 10 more people were sent to be imprisoned in CECOT. They were flown there from Gitmo to be imprisoned potentially for life based not on any crime for which they were convicted, but on unproven allegations of gang membership with no due process. This is not lawful. 2239232488555
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Russian assets are in charge of our national security. I strongly suspect Russia will soon have access to all our national security secrets, if they don't already. Never in my lifetime (before Trump) has anyone in the government claimed the US was "very good friends" with Russia. 34269104
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15/03/2025The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money. He was not dead.seattletimes.comI found a ‘dead’ person collecting Social Security in Seattle“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back. 14224303017224
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 15/03/2025If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...wunc.orgUSDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banksThe USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the progr... 20185093719379
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialRicky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 13/03/2025I’ll always be on the side of Congresswoman Sarah McBride. Bigots can go to hell. 339213792833
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 13/03/2025The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate. 34507811515085
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialMarysBoutique @marysboutique.bsky.social · 14/03/2025#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue 🧵FFS - In West Virginia, Republicans passed a bill allowing health care providers to "visually or physically examine a minor child” for the purpose of identifying their "biological sex" without the "consent of the child’s 1/4 www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/gop-...lgbtqnation.comGOP lawmakers pass bill allowing child genital exams without parental consent - LGBTQ NationAnd that was actually an improvement over a previous version of the bill. 249173
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 14/03/2025@therickwilson.bsky.social has an urgent message for the Dems: SHUT IT DOWN! Watch:youtu.beRick Wilson Has an URGENT Message for Chuck Schumer: SHUT IT DOWN!YouTube video by The Lincoln Project 1077213566565
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/03/2025NEXT SENATE STOP for the cruel Senator Bo Watson bill to block undocumented kids from going to school: Finance Committee (Tuesday March 18th 830AM) Sen.First.Last@capitol.tn.gov 819663
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Senate Democrats, At the end of today, you're either going to own the shutdown or you're going own Trump's agenda of chaos and destruction. Choose wisely. 18556171217
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 12/03/2025🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121 25515379018598
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialChasten Glezman Buttigieg @chastenbuttigieg.bsky.social · 12/03/2025If Linda McMahon and the Department of Education believe in "efficiency and accountability" (after laying off half of the department), then I'm sure they'll gladly publish a list of every position that has been eliminated and why that position is no longer needed. 656207205613
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialShannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Per @aoc.bsky.social 1112580902
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 11/03/2025You have $100 in your checking account. One day, you check your balance and it's $60. You haven't made any withdrawals. You call the bank. They say $40 was taken as part of their "waste, fraud and abuse" program. Would you be ok with it? Coz it's happening to your social security and Medicaid. 195111003682
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialCongressman Jared Moskowitz @repmoskowitz.bsky.social · 05/03/2025I’m deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my colleague, Sylvester Turner from Houston, a city which he loved and dedicated his life to serving. My thoughts are with his friends, family, and community during this difficult time. 1871265
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/03/2025LA Times reportedly removes new AI tool from story after it downplayed KKKtheguardian.comLA Times reportedly removes new AI tool from story after it downplayed KKKA day after launch of contentious feature, its bias meter said some accounts see Klan as ‘responding to societal changes’ The Los Angeles Times has reportedly removed its new artificial intelligence (AI) tool from one of its articles, just a day after… 1021247
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialTristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 05/03/2025BREAKING -- Hungary to be STRIPPED of voting rights in European Parliament for engaging in pro-Putin, anti-Ukraine obstructionism Excellent news. Now kick them out of the EU entirely. 26271001648
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Ukrainians will die as a result of this. Full stop. www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/p...cnn.comCIA director says US has paused intelligence support to Ukraine | CNN PoliticsCIA Director John Ratcliffe said Wednesday that the US has paused weapons shipments and intelligence support to Ukraine following the clash in the Oval office between President Volodymyr Zelensky and ... 1612834
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.social𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 04/03/2025He’s threatening the constitutional rights of Americans. He’ll eventually get to the 2nd one… 2268156015314
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽 11276865720435
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 04/03/2025This is criminal 82184922439
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/03/2025Super-shocked. The ambush was a pretext to illegally impound Ukraine aid. 45189242186
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/03/2025BREAKING: Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, sues HHS, alleging that HHS's refusal to pay $36 million in open grant agreements has resulted in "over 100,000 eligible individuals and families losing access to critical services" and layoffs and furloughs across partner agencies. 783012952
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/03/2025“We are witnessing a frontal assault on America’s institutions and if it succeeds, the US will be in serious trouble. When it comes to courts and the military, everyone needs to pay attention. If judges and soldiers are neutralized or captured, democracy dies.”publicnotice.coMarcel Dirsus on the rise and fall of tyrants"The tyrant usually tries to destroy as many institutions as possible because they’re constraints on his power." 822116716
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialKara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 03/03/2025He is incompetent 26361461359
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/03/2025RFK Jr’s top spokesman at HHS resigns after just 2 weeks after reporting clashing with him about his response to the measles epidemic in Texas. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...politico.comTop HHS spokesperson quits after clashing with RFK Jr.Thomas Corry resigned over disagreements with the HHS secretary and his approach to the measles outbreak. 1375298379044
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 03/03/2025"No Other Land," the Palestinian-Israeli made film showing the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers, just won the Oscar for Best Documentary. It can't get a distributor in the US. Which tells you everything about censorship in the US. 234215696026
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialLeftist Connection @leftistconnection.bsky.social · 02/03/2025As the orange idiot and the ketamine kid lie about Social Security, it's important to remember how hugely successful it is! Here are the facts: www.cbpp.org/research/soc...cbpp.orgSocial Security Lifts More People Above the Poverty Line Than Any Other Program | Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesSocial Security benefits play a vital role in reducing poverty in every state. Without Social Security, 22.0 million more adults and children would be below the poverty line. 14411
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 01/03/2025This is exactly what a frightened abused wife would send to her family about her abusive husbands actions at thanksgiving, because he’s checking her phone It’s sick and sad 2120289835427
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 28/02/2025While I am stewing about what happened to Zelensky, I can easily fill out this Heritage Foundation form to fuck up their day… You can too. secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...secured.heritage.orgThe Heritage DOGE Survey | The Heritage Foundation 2141230433
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialGreg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Excellent piece by @snellarthur.bsky.social on the evidence and nature of Trump’s longtime relationship with Moscow. open.substack.com/pub/arthursn... 14320148
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialThe Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 01/03/2025The cowardice of the GOP has been astounding 👇 #TraitorTrump 14593816210829
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 01/03/2025This is not an effort to roll back "DEI" It's an effort to roll back civil rights "Agencies across the federal government are dismantling offices that enforce civil rights and antidiscrimination laws...weakening the government’s ability to deliver on legal obligations to protect workers’ rights"washingtonpost.comTrump officials start dismantling civil rights offices, as part of DOGE’s secret planLegal experts said that unwinding a civil rights-era bulwark designed to safeguard employees’ rights removes a crucial check on institutional power. 6931731085
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/03/2025KYIV INDEPENDENT: “It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.” kyivindependent.com/editorial-a-... 637295308381
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 701445538161
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialOlga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 28/02/2025At least Zelenskyy tried but as I said Ukraine and the rest of Europe are on their own and need to tell the Kremlin owned Trump regime to go to hell. And Vance has been a vile Russian spewing propagandist 61685236
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialDavid Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Trump & Vance are monsters. Just absolutely shocking to bring one of the leaders of the free world into the Oval Office and dress him down to demand he thank Trump for Trump's greatness, while this actual leader tries to protect capitalistic democracy from Trump's flailing autocratic petrostate boss 19450801191
Reposted by @spots15.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Wild how he keeps saying the entire Russia thing was a hoax even as he helps make all Putin’s wildest dreams come true 661756418
