Reposted by Potato QueenRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 1h"Jailed for violating banking laws", much like Hitler met his end after losing a battle with suicidal ideation. 18784108
Reposted by Potato QueenThe Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 1hToday in “Imagine if Joe Biden had said this…” we bring to you: 315125
Reposted by Potato QueenMedia Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 2hMegyn Kelly: "...this is probably a first for her. She's probably thrilled to be so admired because she clearly didn't grow up the incredibly beautiful one."mediamatters.orgMegyn Kelly on Cornell's Jane Doe: "I'm just going to be honest, she's not the most attractive gal. She's extremely beefy in her arms and her legs." 19631371
Reposted by Potato QueenJim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 1hIt explains why he thought Melania’s $75 million budget was a good investment. 1144
Reposted by Potato QueenRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2hIn Austin, a 9-year-old watched ICE detain and drive away with his mother, leaving community members to scramble to find him care. Senate Republicans just blocked a bill that would bar ICE from making arrests at school bus stops. Their cruelty is endless.commondreams.org'It Has to Stop': Community Members Condemn ICE Arrests at Bus Stops After GOP Blocks Bill to Protect Kids | Common DreamsRepublicans in the US Senate blocked a bill to protect school bus stops from ICE arrests, leading to outrage in Pennsylv 1021893934
Reposted by Potato QueenJay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 8hThis is a community note for the ages. 443460691
Reposted by Potato QueenKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1hBREAKING: The Trump White House has blocked Politico from accessing Air Force One on Monday to carry out its pool responsibilities.ms.nowWhite House blocks Politico from Air Force OneThe news outlet was supposed to travel with the president to Nebraska on Monday. 68720342
Reposted by Potato QueenRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 1hICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.com“You kidnapped my son”ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.” 85987616
Reposted by Potato QueenRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3hTODAY is the last day to register to vote in several states. I urge you to double check your state's deadline, verify that you are registered, and make changes to your registration if needed. Then contact three friends or family members and have them do the same. whenweallvote.org 6319751466
Reposted by Potato Queengamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 1hMegyn is the kind of woman who'd hold another woman's arms down. 4539
Reposted by Potato QueenAG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 4hBREAKING: Donald Trump's new rule weakening fuel economy standards will raise your gas prices even higher. While Massachusetts residents are crushed by prices at the gas pump, Trump continues prioritizing the profits of fossil fuel companies. I'm suing to protect consumers and the planet. 03610
Reposted by Potato QueenElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 4hI was raped at a frat party. It’s a shockingly common experience and preventative interventions in college are way too late. 581549375
Reposted by Potato QueenElizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 3hnever the wrong time for this classic 2659331790
Reposted by Potato QueenFine. I’ll update with a word count when I start writing again. @legalminimum.bsky.social · 2hMay he hold open the door for some more to follow. 0142
Reposted by Potato QueenLauren W. (she/they) @livewildly.bsky.social · 2hWell that is some bullshit. 143
Reposted by Potato QueenSailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 6hatlantablackstar.com/2026/10/05/b...atlantablackstar.com‘I’m a Victim of Prejudice’: Black Teen Arrested for Carjacking Despite School Alibi, Wore Ankle Monitor for 7 Months Until Reporter Questioned CaseBaltimore prosecutors kept an innocent 17-year-old Black high school student on house arrest for seven months with an ankle monitor after falsely accusing 42419
Reposted by Potato QueenDemocratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 2hI hope someone has been able to do an oral history with her. Born in Georgia in 1910, Whitehead spent part of her childhood on a family farm, where she helped with the cotton and tobacco harvest. In 1930, she married Sylvester Whitehead and had three children. www.mundoamerica.com/entertainmen... 0288
Reposted by Potato QueenSalty Mom @thesaltyinkslinger.bsky.social · 2hHe’s incompetent AND wants us dead. I don’t think it’s wrong to be freaked out. 184
Reposted by Potato QueenHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 4hThe amount of money the administration is promising in order to buy votes is significantly less than the amount of money it is taking away in programs and services. And it's OUR money! 621538587
Reposted by Potato QueenThe Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 6hDennis Hastert, the former Republican House speaker whose political legacy was fouled by allegations that he molested high school athletes, has died.trib.alDennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who later went to prison, has died - The Boston GlobeHastert, who was speaker from 1999 until 2007, died Saturday of natural causes at his home while receiving hospice care. 1421
Reposted by Potato QueenJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 6hUnfuckingbelievable.... violates every canon of good, independent pro-democracy journalism www.contrariannews.org/p/you-can-he...contrariannews.orgYou Can Help Improve Legacy Media🚨33 Days to the Midterms🚨 1926450
Reposted by Potato QueenPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 6hThere's a case to be made against impeachment, but the alternative should be a scorched-earth effort to destroy and discredit the Trump administration and everything the Republican Party stands for. If you think "passing an ethics reform package" is the answer, my god what is wrong with you? 4225959
Reposted by Potato Queene.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 7hI don't know who needs to hear this, but the autonomous vehicle developers who most vocally argued that society must accept a certain number of deaths to enjoy the technology's safety benefits (Tesla & Uber ATG) were the only ones who killed people and never actually delivered on their promises 111334312
Reposted by Potato QueenPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 6hThis obit lists a remarkable number of lucky breaks in his career. One opponent gets sick, then another, another suddenly resigns, etc. and he continued to rise. You have to assume as all of this happened, he was always asking himself: “Will they ever find out?” 820032
Reposted by Potato QueenMatt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 14hQT if you've ever had a piece stolen by the Times It's a long, long list, I bet The most galling part of this account is the Times editor refusing to acknowledge the reporting they regurgitated, but offering a pity link 07021
Reposted by Potato QueenMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 6hAbsent major institutional reforms that turn us into a multiparty democracy, totally transform SCOTUS, & significantly rein in the imperial presidency, this is the <best case> scenario of what is going to happen. Other, more permanent authoritarian scenarios are also possible. 1433868
Reposted by Potato QueenBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 6hI'll be tuning in to the Supreme Court's oral argument in Suncor Energy v. Boulder County this morning--the case that Alito just belatedly recused from--which will determine whether communities can sue polluters to make em pay for the harms they caused to the climate www.lcv.org/blog/suncor-...lcv.orgSuncor v. Boulder: the Supreme Court climate lawsuit against Big Polluters, and what it means for youPolluter-caused climate change costs all of us money. This case will decide whether the American people can sue Big Polluters to make them pay their share. 06323
Reposted by Potato QueenThe Alternate Histoween 🎃 @althistorian.bsky.social · 6hI've seen a lot of small businesses move away from setting up their own websites because they can save money by just using Facebook instead and well it's probably not great we gave Zuck all that power. 1258
Reposted by Potato QueenKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9hThe guy sneering at "your precious liberal arts degree" majored in Philosophy at Harvard 1293147507
Potato Queen @sullivanpack.bsky.social · 6hI am the Queen of Potatoes and I approve this message (chick-a-wow-wow) 011
Reposted by Potato QueenRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7hSo we needed to start another war in Middle East because of a fictitious claim that a country possessed a weapon of mass destruction? At least we’ve never made that mistake before. bsky.app/profile/atru... 2372157503
Reposted by Potato QueenUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 6h“Octavio” and his coworkers are planting lettuce in Oxnard CA. "Some sit in the machine and drop the young seedlings through the funnel where they're rapidly planted. Others are walking behind the machine to replant the seedlings that don’t make it in the dirt right." #WeFeedYou 215942
Reposted by Potato QueenSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 6h“Horror as final post of banker who outed Howard Lutnick’s ties to Epstein resurfaces”rawstory.comHorror as final post of banker who outed Howard Lutnick’s ties to Epstein resurfacesThe final online post of a British banker who reportedly died by suicide shortly after outing Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s business ties to Jeffrey Epstein left several critics speechless on Su... 1178
Reposted by Potato QueenSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“Simon Andriesz, previously a managing director at a Wall Street firm, discovered an email chain from 2018 in which Lutnick and Epstein had discussed the prospects of a start-up business they were both involved in.“ Now he’s dead. 15372173
Reposted by Potato Queengwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 23hNew: As gay bars across the country say that Meta is flagging and deactivating their accounts without warning, I spoke to an Austin queer bar that says Meta nearly destroyed their ability to advertise events: www.chron.com/culture/arti...chron.comHow Meta's new content moderation upended a Texas gay barAt least one LGBTQ establishment in Texas says the social media giant has incorrectly disabled its social media account, potentially hurting business. 381683718
Reposted by Potato Queenamanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 6hBovino left and many people stopped giving a shit. 226478
Reposted by Potato QueenI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 6hThis guy just kind of being erased from popular US political history is still wild to me.nbcnews.comDisgraced former House Speaker Dennis Hastert dies at 84The Illinois Republican, the longest-serving GOP speaker in U.S. history, was sentenced to 15 months in prison after leaving Congress for scheming to cover up child molestation accusations. 2447273
Reposted by Potato Queenquaithe of the shadow asshai @clarkconquers.bsky.social · 6hShoot his uglass from a cannon 062
Reposted by Potato QueenThe Onion @theonion.com · 6hToddler Scientists Finally Determine Number Of Peas That Fit Into Ear Canal theonion.com/toddler-scientists-fin… 151588131
Reposted by Potato QueenReporters Committee for Freedom of the Press @rcfp.org · 6h@rcfp.org — joined by a coalition of 77 media organizations — filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO's challenge to the ongoing White House press ban.rcfp.orgMedia coalition: White House press ban targeting CNN, MS NOW, Politico is ‘illegal and unconstitutional’Dozens of media outlets joined Reporters Committee in urging a court to restore White House access to the news outlets. 044
Reposted by Potato QueenFreedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 6hHow much should records related to a single police officer’s misconduct file cost? $2.5 million, according to the city of Eugene, Ore. Read about this story and more in our secrecy newsletter, The Classifieds.freedom.pressA $2.5 million FOIA bill for one cop’s filesPlus: Is Trump serious about declassifying UFO information? 13728
Reposted by Potato QueenMaj @lif3asmaj.blacksky.app · 19hIt'd be interesting if someone there had a self aware moment and asked "So if Democrats win, it's just fuck us, huh?" 2165
Reposted by Potato QueenCharlenerd @cfhirsch.bsky.social · 21hI’m not the first one to make this suggestion, but if I were a Dem in a congressional hearing with this dude I would spend my entire five minutes or whatever just reading as many of these off to him as I could fit in. 1026322
Reposted by Potato QueenThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 04/10/2026Boulder, Colo., is hoping its novel lawsuit will be the environmental equivalent of the landmark litigation that produced billions in damages and settlements against Big Tobacco and opioid makers. The Supreme Court will take it up Monday.washingtonpost.comShould Big Oil pay for climate change? A Supreme Court case will help decide.Boulder, Colo., is hoping its novel lawsuit will be the environmental equivalent of the landmark litigation that produced billions in damages and settlements against Big Tobacco and opioid makers. 217924
Reposted by Potato QueenProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026“The ultimate goal was to create chaos and doubt in the vote-by-mail process,” said the American Postal Workers Union president. “You’re creating a rule to solve a problem that doesn’t exist.”propublica.orgThe Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In VotingProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near... 9527252
Reposted by Potato QueenDan Chibnall @bookowl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Guy who just woke up from a 10-year coma: Whoa, hey! So what's been going on? Doctor: Uh... 48222
Reposted by Potato QueenDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026That this is *not* the trust that has been broken astounds me. I gave feedback earlier this year on some restoring trust projects. I mentioned Cornell's president hitting a student and alum with apparently little regret as the type of damage these projects need to care about. Elite impunity matters. 341485
Reposted by Potato QueenElon Musk's Jet Tracking @elonjet.net · 04/10/2026 ~ 647 gallons (2,451 liters). ~ 4,339 lbs (1,968 kg) of jet fuel used. ~ $4,959 cost of fuel. ~ 7 tons of CO2 emissions. 1143