Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h"What will it take for you to admit you are ever wrong?" -- Troy Jackson nails Susan Collins on her vote to confirm Kavanaugh, 8 years to the day after Collins cast the vote that doomed Roe v Wade 45979661886
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17hTroy Jackson on the Iran War: "Sen. Collins voted for it 5 times before she started voting against it. By that time, we're already into it and we're in another forever war that you just heard her say, it's not thought out, we don't know what we're doing, but she made sure that it happened." 10253601415
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialHeadquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 17hTroy Jackson: Brett Kavanaugh was against abortion when Susan Collins met with him. She knew that was going to happen, and now after it's been overturned, she doesn't regret the vote. Everybody else in Maine and across this country regrets her vote. 7874255
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17hTroy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out" 23398702280
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16hwho knows if jackson can win this thing but i am glad that he is making clear that susan collins's whole scam is to do everything she can to make life worse for mainers and then take credit for mitigating it in the slightest way possible 10295041585
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21hA private company invited Gov. Wes Moore to a Baltimore event. Trump had him removed as a speaker. A Moore spokesperson: "Governor Moore has always said he will work with anyone when it comes to delivering for Marylanders but bow to no one when it comes to standing up for them."ms.nowA private company invited Gov. Wes Moore to a Baltimore event. Trump had him removed as a speaker.The president asked Anduril Industries to remove Maryland Gov. Moore from the speaking program at an event celebrating a defense tech investment in a working-class community. 26480190
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Justice Alito devotes an entire chapter of his new book to the emergency docket—and to responding to people like me (“the most prolific academic critic of the emergency docket”). As I explain over at “One First,” it … didn’t go well: www.stevevladeck.com/p/256-so-une... 1113657735
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialJeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026here's Tuesday's post: "No biggie, it’s just our shithole president, inviting Iran to ‘take out’ Los Angeles and San Diego" — What the fuck is wrong with this guy? thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —bit.lyNo biggie, it’s just our shithole president, inviting Iran to ‘take out’ Los Angeles and San DiegoWhat the fuck is wrong with this guy? 1441547423
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Ken Paxton continuing to lay the groundwork to blame Team Trump is he loses. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...politico.comCampaign ‘all coming from DC,’ Paxton says“I don’t control message or what we’re doing,” Texas GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton said during a small fundraising event in September. 1121111268
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Allison Gill has obtained descriptions of NINE FBI training videos showing agents were instructed to flag Epstein documents containing Donald Trump’s name for supervisory review. The DOJ is still refusing to release the actual videos. 👉 www.youtube.com/live/dYiQOhP... 11841171768
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialWuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Jack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass 1073243435215
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.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… 278169015862
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialJonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026He's doing his best!sciencebasedmedicine.orgDr. Jay Bhattacharya on Measles: “I Think I’ve Done My Best.”As football coach Bill Parcells famously said, “you are what your record says you are”. 111542
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Labor's share of income just hit an all-time low. That means for every dollar a company brings in, workers are taking home smaller and smaller slices. Income keeps shifting to the owners. With @svaneksmith .bsky.social newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/… 16583217
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialJeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026true story: when Donny was planning to kidnap Venezuela's leader, the Space Nazi's porn-bot Grok was egging him on, telling him it would be an awesome thing to do. thank you for your attention to today's post, in which I ask the obvious question: WHAT THE FUCK??? link is here: bit.ly/4j1RvUh 16745199
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialCharles Booker @booker4ky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026ICYMI: From local headlines to national coverage, I spent September sharing my vision for Kentucky. Catch up on the coverage as we head into the final stretch. 115849
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialScott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026One senator writes ICE's budget. The two companies that profit from every ICE raid send her campaign checks. She cashes them. Nearly three decades of "concern," and the one thing she's never once been troubled by is the money. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-fill... 11443256
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Kansas has 4 former, living GOP governors. Two have now endorsed Adam Hamilton, the Dem, for Senate. Mike Hayden just penned this oped in the Kansas City Star this morning; Adam Graves had done the same last month. 161623405
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialShanlon Wu @shanlonwu.com · 02/10/2026A student reports rape. The DA says there isn’t enough evidence. Who was supposed to look for it? You can’t find evidence you don’t look for. The Cornell case demands answers. Read the full piece: shanlonwu.substack.com/p/the-cornel… #Cornell #Accountability 34915
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It's as if he is TRYING to lose the midterms. With historically low approval ratings, it would be wise to avoid the press altogether. Instead, he gives TIME magazine this bonkers, unhinged & l-e-n-g-t-h-y stream-of consciousness interview, pathologically lying throughout. shorturl.at/PMvVBshorturl.atRead TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview TranscriptThe U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections. 58158791533
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Trump took over a solvent Kennedy Center, drove away donors & audiences, & now won't rule out tearing it down @democracydefendersaction.org & @washlitgroup.bsky.social fight on w/ Rep. Beatty to stop him I'll get into that & more w/ @ms.now at 1:35 ET 👇 -TNwashingtonpost.comThe Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed.The Post examined 15 years of the institution’s financial records to see why it went south after the president took over. 28362119
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 02/10/2026NEW: We’re reporters, not teachers. We have no business running a private school. But to show you just how easy it is to start one, we decided to test the process ourselves.propublica.orgAlmost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur... 9325681138
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Mike Rogers wants to put a data center in your backyard because he's getting rich off of them. 14654962189
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Shout out to the heroes in Maine who do NOT sit quietly when the man who is taking away their rights walks into a brewery. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...nytimes.comJohn Roberts Retreated to His Island. Supreme Court Critics Found Him.After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever. 241170200
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialScott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Kelly Loeffler's $62,000 check to help elect Whatley lists her employer as "Federal Government." At least she's honest about who she works for. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trumps-sen... 54717
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is the 59th death in ICE detention since Trump took office. 411376743
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026America today is a country where regulators won't allow private companies to air interviews of the opposition on TV, but declare that taxpayer funded propaganda is fine. 462219778
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026Here's footage of Jack Smith at the Iowa vs. Maryland game on February 3rd, 2024 btw 533140043600
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialScott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Leon Black paid Jeffrey Epstein $158 million and says it was for tax advice. The House held him in contempt this month. Republicans kept his checks.dworkinsubstack.comA Billionaire Paid Epstein $158 Million. These Republicans Kept His Checks.Also: an Alabama builder wins round one against ICE, California adds a buffer, and a judge refuses to let Rubio put 43,000 visa applicants back on hold. 110447
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialScott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Susan Collins's campaign took a check from Leon Black three days after the Times exposed his Epstein payments. It wasn't the last check from the Black household. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/a-billiona... 615980
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 29/09/2026They’re coming to drive your electricity prices through the roof, destroy your environment, take your water, pollute your air, deafen your ears, pervert your politics, enrich billionaires, obliterate your property values, take your jobs, & make you pay for the privilege. What’s not to love?¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 28035
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialMike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Trump's stupid AI website just declared him the LOSER of the 2020 presidential election. You can't make this shit up. 815045
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialNancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The community in Alexandria, Louisiana, is calling for the cancelation of the new ICE facility for unaccompanied kids at England Airpark. Get loud for the kids. bsky.app/profile/anat... 21461217
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort." 693279229541
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialsocialirreitant.bsky.social @socialirreitant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026@hcrichardson.bsky.social Greetings from Dorchester! 018439
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialOutspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Black folks don’t hang themselves from trees. 293137884630
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialTrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 27/09/2026I missed this in the now officially-competitive #MO02 House race. A GOP firm (no clue on how reliable they are) found an essentially tied race. How delicious would it be if Missouri wound up with a 5-3 map after aiming for a 7-1 map? @fpwellman.bsky.social www.firstalert4.com/2026/09/26/p...firstalert4.comPoll shows Wagner in statistical tie with Democratic challengerAs absentee voting gets underway for November’s midterm election, new polling indicates a tight race for Republicans in the state’s 2nd Congressional District 615738
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 28/09/2026How scared are Missouri Republicans about their anti-abortion amendment not passing in November? They are running commercials that don’t even mention the amendment will ban abortion… because they know we already gave women the constitutional right to abortion. VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT 3.   231006352
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialCharles Booker @booker4ky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’ve had enough of the corrupt status quo in Washington. My granddad taught me when you see a problem, you do something about it. Rising prices. Reckless tariffs. Broken healthcare. Endless war. ENOUGH! This campaign is our chance to do something about it. Kentucky, let’s take this seat back. 33816
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Raskin made a holy shit observation on MS Now this afternoon: Since taking office, Trump has made a million dollars per hour for himself. Every hour, he has made more than twice the president’s annual salary. 8141901740
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialTommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Dan Sullivan says cost diesel cost is “just too damn high.” Weird,since he voted 12 times to keep the war going that’s spiking it. Valdez is paying $6.75/gall for his math homework. Alaska doesn’t need his sudden concern,it needs him gone. Vote Peltola #BlueWaveIn40Days #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory 10983342
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialJohn Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"House Republicans will continue to hold Hunter Biden’s feet to the fire until we have his testimony...no one – not even the president’s son – is above the law.” - Tom Emmer, 1.17.24 "Don Jr is a private citizen and businessman so this unwarranted attack will go nowhere," Tom Emmer, 9.23.26 872655942
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The compassion of Ken Paxton 50731376
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Ossoff: Did you see this business about Don Jr.‘s wedding in the Bahamas? Where he received, apparently, a cash gift from a Russian oligarch connected to the Kremlin? This man, Kremlev, was apparently in China with Putin two days before he flew to the Bahamas for Don Jr.’s wedding… 502168485766
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026THE RETURN OF RUSSIAGATE: “There’s an expression known by everyone in Russia - ‘the only thing that’s free is the cheese in the mousetrap’… why is it always Russia?” (TLDR: Russia was never a hoax.) www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-return... 912577903
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialRuth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026In authoritarian states, “law” upholds lawlessness, and its first duty is to keep the leader safe from domestic or outside accountability processes. Judicial capture is the means, and the conversion of the law into what the leader and his enablers need it to be is the end. 6662233
Reposted by @stirrednotshaken.bsky.socialAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Looks pretty bad to me 57559169
