Reposted by RichardProPublica @propublica.org · 2hThe government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️ 4528501689
Reposted by RichardKyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 12hColorado GOP Gov candidate Victor Marx says he's not a domestic abuser. Marx says his recorded comments about slamming his wife into a door causing her to cry and throwing his toddler across a room have been taken out of context. 52371113
Reposted by RichardLinda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 22h“Players can’t be in bed with gambling outfits” should be perfectly and completely obvious to anyone with a shred of sense and integrity, but so should “leagues can’t be in bed with gambling outfits.” 21619155
Reposted by RichardRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18hThe answer is no. He couldn’t care less about her or her country. He just wants to plunder their natural resources. As we said from day one, despite delusional or dishonest Republicans claiming he was going to “liberate” the people and hold elections. 1001391316
Reposted by RichardThe Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 18hToday in “Imagine if Joe Biden had said this…” we bring to you: 424339
Reposted by Richardconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026From Robin Rouby-Progressive Cartoons 202955806
Reposted by RichardElizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 20hnever the wrong time for this classic 48110223274
Reposted by RichardPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 18hThis proves only two things. The Ukrainian campaign against Russian refineries is causing serious damage. Putin has asked Trump to help him out and the US president obliged. 861255409
Reposted by RichardKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 17hRelated trend: There seems to be an effort on the right (X) to convince people Trump's efforts to get the USPS to play a role in challenging mail-in ballots worked... and accompanying fear being spread on the left (FB/IG) that seems to suggest they're falling for it. Lots of posts like the following 65919
Reposted by RichardAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 05/10/2026All prisoners should have the right to vote while in prison 7452681030
Reposted by RichardBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026for reference, in the Dobbs opinion, Alito was like, women generally don't _plan_ to get an abortion, so how could they have a reliance interest in abortion? which is kind of an extension of 'you want health insurance? what, you plan on being sick?' 431164236
Reposted by RichardKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026You couldn't have scripted a more fitting endgame for the Republican Party than the cult members desperately trying to distance themselves from the cult leader, with the cult leader being too narcissistic to let them go and dragging them down with his sweaty smothering embrace 351012140
Reposted by RichardThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026🗣️Ex FTC Chair Lina Khan on A.I. Regulation: “The idea that just because we have new technological capabilities there’s some blanket exemption from the laws on the books is totally laughable.” 351987628
Reposted by RichardPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Let it go. The Greenland of his imagination has penguins. 6617
Reposted by RichardKarly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Wait, does he mean super news? 2032654
Reposted by RichardMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The collective ignorance of MAGA, a cult that mindlessly repeats whatever they've been told by liars—and knows no actual history. 388113463017
Reposted by RichardMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026Historian Tim Snyder compares what Trump is doing in Latin America to Soviet tactics in Eastern Europe after WWII: rig elections, apply threats, install the leadership you want. His description of Trump’s approach: “smash and grab.” 421732694
Reposted by Richardrahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Because it's buried at the bottom of the article and CNN is presenting it in a misleading way: before people worry, the "unknown" part is how the worker was exposed, the pathogen is good old fashioned Y. pestis which we understand extremely well and can treat just fine if caught early 5688207
Reposted by RichardKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Let's stop using anodyne labels like "the immigration debate" or "controversy over migrants" and start referring to things accurately. "Expelling children who, by law, are entitled to remain in the country" or "imprisoning toddlers in concentration camps" or "pogrom" 7481189
Reposted by RichardQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 16/09/2026ANGIE NIXON DID NOT COME TO PLAY. LETS GOOOOO! Click below and donate to her campaign for us senate❤️✊🏽 secure.actblue.com/donate/frien... 673427858
Reposted by RichardKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026More Democrats need to be telling the online casino owners behind Polymarket to shut the fuck up 453767732
Reposted by RichardJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Schmitt: Did you attend a concert wearing an anti-Trump shirt? Smith: I wore a “No Kings” shirt. It used to be a bipartisan American sentiment. 773352635
Reposted by RichardSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It’s interesting how the standard bearer for the party whose message used to be “Democrats suck because they just buy votes by giving people free stuff” has decided the closing message for the midterms will just be “how many more checks do we have to send you in order to earn your vote?” 991618452
Reposted by RichardMark Histed @markhisted.org · 04/10/2026Hi government employee here, who has visibility into how things worked before 2025 and since: This is correct. Rebuild government, prosecute DOGE and Trump officials, and think about contracting reform later. 6898204
Reposted by RichardKarly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026For the first time ever, Americans will vote in an election in which almost every aspect of the democratic process has been touched by AI. Is this the demise or is this where we get it back together and turn this ship around? 710720
Reposted by RichardRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This ad is obviously being made to tell Republicans to hold their nose & vote for her corrupt POS ex-husband who she covered for during his impeachment after he accepted a bribe to drop charges in exchange for his mistresses’ kitchen remodel, but she won’t even mention his name. 4802195562
Reposted by RichardJohn Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Our failure to support Ukraine will be a forever stain. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/w...nytimes.comRussia Is Planning Its Most Powerful Blow Yet to Try to Freeze UkraineUkraine showed European partners what it said were intercepted Russian plans to cut off major cities from power, heat and water this winter. 1628291
Reposted by RichardDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I know this isn’t useful but it’s weird how “the president should be coherent” was a Very Important Thing just a few years ago and then suddenly wasn’t. 17058681198
Reposted by Richardderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026please do not post photos of barbour jackets in early october if you're not also voting for policies to address global warming 494419379
Reposted by RichardTea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Did you ever think you’d see so many conservatives willing to take free government money to fight “socialism?” 581325314
Reposted by RichardJeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Fox News complains about fat sex workers, MAGA claims Nixon got framed by the deep state, and Dear Leader spews a lot of stupid shit. thank you for your attention to 'this week in stupid,' my every-Saturday wrap-up of the dumbest fucking idiocy that happened. link is here: bit.ly/4hZzS6C 33582131
Reposted by RichardJeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026it's Saturday, and it's time for: "This week in stupid: October 3 edition" — Donny’s in a ghost town, Gutfeld is the most clown, and so much more... thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —bit.lyThis week in stupid: October 3 edition, Donny spells it, and so much more... 18631128
Reposted by RichardMatt Ortega @mattortega.com · 03/10/2026These people don't want a "color-blind meritocracy"! They are white supremacists who believe non-whites are inferior and the benefits of our citizenship should reflect it. 19553123
Reposted by RichardRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Tim Snyder is correct: If Democrats want to regain working people, they must disavow Big Money and tackle our corrupt system. There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests. 17143341386
Reposted by RichardThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026FLORIDA — @angieforfl.bsky.social Nixon ♥️ : “I was a single mom for 12 years. I struggled. I was able to purchase a home for me and my daughter because the government did the right thing… Trump cut those programs. Those lived experiences are why I fight. You got me crying on TV.” 381750502
Reposted by RichardUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"María" is harvesting sweet potatoes. "I work 8 hours a day and earn CA minimum wage of $16.90/hr. The hardest part for me is having to get up at 2:00am to pack my lunch, wait for my ride and drive to the site. My shift runs from 4am. to 12:30 pm." #WeFeedYou 822472781
Reposted by RichardJacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In 1974, Cornell lecturer Lin Farley began recognizing a pattern in the experiences women shared in her Women and Work course: women were being pushed out of jobs by men’s sexual behavior. Farley coined the term, “sexual harassment.” 31366483
Reposted by RichardDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Conflicts of interest? Really? That's what we're calling crazed corruption and betrayal of US national interests these days? 23473185
Reposted by Richardwingador.bsky.social @wingador.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I feel like the GOP is just the American Chopper meme now 128248
Reposted by RichardSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It’s wild how every (putatively independent) federal agency has focused their social media messaging around the GOP’s midterm strategy of “stopping communism.” Also, how many American voters do you think could identify this “loser” who died 102 years ago and never set foot in the US? 1121243208
Reposted by RichardRep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 03/10/2026Under Republican control, the House has only been in session for 72 days this year. Literally just 26% of the calendar year. It is absurd. 27618227
Reposted by RichardRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement. 377120753481
Reposted by RichardKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It is 2006, and Karl Rove is mocking people for calling Republicans "Nazis" It is 2026, and Karl Rove is encouraging people to call Republicans "Nazis" 1272397591
Reposted by RichardSimon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Trump keeps stealing money from the government to bolster his political prospects. It should be seen as a crime spree not legitimate actions of an American government. 19873232
Reposted by RichardPlague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The climatologist told me the problem is we don’t see people far away as real people. The programmer told me the problem is we don’t see people online as real people. The ethicist told me the problem is we don’t see other people as real people. 17722
Reposted by RichardRep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026This corruption must be investigated. 894159856226
Reposted by Richard4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026She deserves justice 👇 389123832691