Reposted by Stephen R WelchMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026This is as treasonous as it gets 1636172926223
Stephen R Welch @srwelch00.bsky.social · 08/10/2026“Corporations have neither bodies to be punished nor souls to be condemned. They therefore do as they like.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...nytimes.comOpinion | What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World 000
Reposted by Stephen R WelchLeah-Bug @leah-bug.bsky.social · 06/10/2026How does Russia take out 20% of the United States’ most senior military leadership without firing a shot? By turning to the same man who is responsible for the destruction dozens of bases in the Middle East, the depletion of our arsenal, and hiding it all from the American people, Petrov Hegseth. 11948291604
Reposted by Stephen R WelchAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This ancient Greek figure from the 2,500 year-old Douris Cup looks uncannily like someone working on a laptop! 😲 💻 He’s actually writing with a stylus on a hinged wax writing tablet! The technology has changed, the posture has not! 😂 Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me 321360326
Reposted by Stephen R WelchSaveDemocracy123 @savedemocracy123.bsky.social · 06/10/2026True, after losing all daddy’s $413M and going $3B in debt before going chapter 11 bankrupt; when no banks would loan to the shyster anymore. Trump would be a homeless popper if not for billion$ from Russian “banks”, managed by the State. He’s been. Kompromat paid employee of the Kremlin ever since. 932177855
Reposted by Stephen R WelchScott Bleeds Blue @democracy1112.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The Constitution, is only as good as the paper it's written on, if we don't enforce it. 1962900715
Reposted by Stephen R Welch🇨🇦DUNK🇨🇦 (Proud Part owner of Canada) @noofieninja.bsky.social · 05/10/2026 35292892296
Reposted by Stephen R WelchDaniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Many Maya heads like this formed part of the decoration of temple façades and friezes, representing deities, rulers, ancestors, or elite captives. Seen at the Gran Museo Maya in Mérida. #Maya #Archaeology 316831
Reposted by Stephen R WelchMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/10/2026Charlie Angus: Heavy crude from Alberta has served American refineries for a long time. It has served the US economy super well. But hey, you threaten us, well, we’ll have another pipeline and it can go elsewhere. The message to the MAGA administration is: Keep pushing, sucker, and see what happens 551832504
Reposted by Stephen R WelchMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/10/2026🚨 The last jobs report before the midterms is a disaster. Just 29,000 jobs added in September. Unemployment rose to 4.2%. July was revised down to a LOSS of 10,000 jobs, while August was revised down by 29,000 jobs, from 162,000 to 133,000. 1/ 1432881958
Reposted by Stephen R WelchCindy Michels 🇺🇲🇪🇺🇨🇦 @cindymichels.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Right, off to the airport 😎✈️ This image really sums up the USA loss against Iran and its attack on human rights 🤔 Enjoy ❤️ See you Monday 👀 10274812062
Reposted by Stephen R WelchThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 02/10/2026Bill Kristol: "Authoritarian governments and authoritarian movements...rewrite history, and they do so for a reason. They want to legitim[ize] what they're doing now, make it not extraordinary." 11399123
Reposted by Stephen R WelchSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Donald Trump incited a violent insurrection to reject the peaceful transfer of power & deny the people's will. He never should have been able to run again. GOP senators condemning Jack Smith for conducting a fact-based investigation as politics & worse are engaged in treachery of the worst order. 261051303
Reposted by Stephen R WelchResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Cartoonist: Daniel Boris 332126536
Reposted by Stephen R WelchMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 26/09/2026Trump rejected an Iran ceasefire and privately told aides he'll resume bombing after the midterms. Then he went to a football game. And that's just the start. Your Saturday recap is here:meidasplus.comSaturday Updates: Trump Rejects Peace, Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Xi, and Blames Biden for Everything – 9/26/26Important news. Paywall free. 1571660640
Reposted by Stephen R WelchLady Haha @lensman23.bsky.social · 26/09/2026An actual cartoon from Dutch cartoonist Siegfried Woldhek. 375136143884
Reposted by Stephen R WelchRepublicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 27/09/2026180 days later, and the war is still going. Imagine still believing anything this buffoon says 4538575
Reposted by Stephen R Welchborn2balive.bsky.social @born2balive.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The New Yorker posted exactly how I interpreted the whole visit. 250107793457
Reposted by Stephen R WelchAnthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A roar of loneliness. For #ReliefWednesday, this beautiful late C4 BCE Etruscan terracotta askos. Its deeply modelled mane echoes the frescoes of the François Tomb where it was found. The tomb's dispersion proves that scattering a collection destroys its context. #AncientBluesky 🏺 724660
Reposted by Stephen R WelchGovernor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 23/09/2026Donald Trump is temporary, but California will endure. My remarks to the United Nations Special Session on Climate Action:youtu.beCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom Speaks at the United NationsYouTube video by California Governor Gavin Newsom 6240393
Reposted by Stephen R WelchMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23/09/2026MI Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed unloaded on Trump over soaring gas prices and the war: “When you’re the president of the United States and people are struggling with gas, you don’t sit there and talk about your new helipad or your drapes in a ballroom.” “You actually go and do your damn job.”meidasnews.comEl-Sayed Torches Trump Over Gas Prices: 'Do Your Damn Job'El-Sayed told Trump to stop worrying about his ballroom drapes and get to work, while Republicans jump ship on the Iran war 522941752
Reposted by Stephen R Welchebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Solidarity 💥 7056041757
Reposted by Stephen R WelchKristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The newly discovered cuneiform tablet fragment contains text from a section of the Treaty of Kadesh related to the treatment of Hittite and Egyptian refugees in the Bronze Age (circa 1269 BC). 🧪🏺livescience.com'We have found traces of peace, thousands of years old': Fragment of world's oldest known peace treaty found in TurkeyArchaeologists excavating in the ancient Hittite capital of Hattusha have uncovered a fragment of the world's oldest peace treaty, signed around 1269 B.C. 111068327
Reposted by Stephen R WelchXela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026@deadder.bsky.social 😢😢😢 18854942162
Reposted by Stephen R WelchDaniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A Maya Chaac mask, the god of rain, with its characteristic long, curling nose and spiral eyes. These masks were used to decorate Maya architecture, invoking the rain essential to agriculture and life. #Maya #Archaeology #Mexico 013235
Reposted by Stephen R WelchSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The utter lack of self-awareness is on display with Trump sycophant Scott Bessent: “Across this country, Pres. Trump’s policies are reaching the very people they were designed to serve. He signed the largest tax cuts in history.” Designed to serve whom, Scott? Indifferent to which Americans, Scott? 38561126
Reposted by Stephen R WelchThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 10/09/2026Trump's criminal lawyer Todd Blanche: "If you choose violence, you will be held accountable" *unless you're a pardoned J6 rioter 901248325
Reposted by Stephen R WelchThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 08/09/2026@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: "There's a few places where Democrats do have to get in a better position with the American public, but then they've also got to think about building a bench of better communicators…Democrats live on defense. They've got to find a way to get on offense." 41462102
Reposted by Stephen R Welchcall634-5789 @call634-5789.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This fucking coward. Racist. Narcissist. Liar. Rapist. And if you're still feeding at the GQP trough of this onerous, wretched PIGGY, you're a lost soul. 1152601997
Reposted by Stephen R Welchmainewomenforward.bsky.social @mainewomenforward.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This cartoon was created by Pulitzer Prize winning artist Adam Zyglis for The Buffalo News in November, 2024. It hits even harder now. 198158894381
Reposted by Stephen R WelchBrandy @3dogz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Someone else said it for him. Love him. Miss him. 660246465564
Reposted by Stephen R WelchBenjamin Slyngstad @slyngstad.bsky.social · 06/09/2026He’s telling you exactly what he thinks of their sacrifice. 33064962436
Stephen R Welch @srwelch00.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Pete Hegseth Is a Wrecking Ball www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Pete Hegseth Is a Wrecking BallWe are already paying a high price for the defense secretary’s purges and whims. 000
Reposted by Stephen R WelchSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 04/09/2026“Remember, the Constitution doesn’t begin with, ‘I, the president.’ It begins with, ‘We, the people.’ ” —Gloria Steinem at the 2017 Women’s March 252249256961
Reposted by Stephen R WelchJake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Russian helicopters are falling out of the sky the fuel crisis in Russia is getting so bad. 1232554
Reposted by Stephen R WelchJake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Russia launched 16 satellites into space last month for their Starlink competitor, Rassvet. The satellites failed to make it into the proper orbit and some are now falling back to Earth. 29517124
Reposted by Stephen R WelchDave Whamond @davewhamond.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I know there's not much of a chance newspapers will print this one but you can't have a word like 'ballroom' and expect me not to do a joke about it. 23565282051
Reposted by Stephen R WelchCarausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This detail of an Athenian vase shows Thebe & Dionysus at the wedding of Peleus & Thetis. Thebe’s incredible dress is decorated with sphinxes, lions and goats while Dionysus waves a vine clipping heavy with grapes. 🕰️C6th BC 🏛️BM 📷me 13446101
Reposted by Stephen R WelchKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Hook this right into my veins. 10788021844
Reposted by Stephen R WelchThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 31/08/2026Abdul El-Sayed: “Canadians are like the only people in the world who are going to preemptively apologize for something they didn't even do. So if you're starting a trade war with Canada, it's because you're the asshole.” 369197764808
Reposted by Stephen R WelchMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/08/2026Canadian commentator @deanblundell.bsky.social absolutely unloads on Trump in an interview with @macfarlanenews.bsky.social: “We’re laughing at him. We’re mocking him… This is not a serious man. This is not a serious president.” He says Trump's become a “caricature” in Canada with “nowhere to go.” 13235951091
Reposted by Stephen R WelchJB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Farmers didn't start Trump's trade wars, but they're paying the price. While this administration creates uncertainty, states must fight for the people who keep our economies moving. Senator Duckworth and I are proud to say Illinois is leading the way. bit.ly/4zKS6j1bit.lyOpinion: While Washington closes doors, Illinois opens markets for farmersIllinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., argue that President Trump’s trade policies have destabilized key markets for Illinois farmers, forcing the state to step up with new expo... 47414
Reposted by Stephen R WelchBart van Zwieten @bvzw.bsky.social · 28/08/2026A striking sandstone sculpture of a standing male figure from Jesús Carranza, Veracruz, Mexico. Dating to the Postclassic period, c. 900–1521 CE, the figure wears an elaborate headdress, ear ornaments, necklace, loincloth and other regalia, reflecting the region’s rich artistic traditions. 214333
Reposted by Stephen R Welch👋I’m working on follow backs😊 @beaches1.bsky.social · 27/08/2026🎯🎯🎯 Political cartoon by @jesseduquette.bsky.social 218117633180
Reposted by Stephen R WelchThe Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 28/08/2026"The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." ~ Plato 16246691540
Reposted by Stephen R WelchDouglas Ogg @dougogg.bsky.social · 28/08/2026A lot of truth in this new cartoon from Nova Scotia's Bruce MacKinnon. BTW, King Dumbass is claiming (as usual, with no evidence) that Dolly Parton was a "huge fan" of him. Yeah, right. 24599912703
Reposted by Stephen R WelchDr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 27/08/2026@robralley.bsky.social says this is a sixteenth-century Cockapoo, and I’m not arguing. Lanercost Priory. 717931
