Reposted by BestemorMother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/09/2026We identified the top 100 sprayers of the controversial weedkiller Roundup in California—a state that produces more than three-quarters of the nation’s fruits and nuts and nearly half of its vegetables. Check out our new searchable database to find out who’s at the top of the list. bit.ly/3SqKXDZ 20646722641
Reposted by BestemorJustSayin @justsayin-fromx.bsky.social · 6hLONG BEACH - ICE IS OUT - PROTECT OUR PEOPLE!!! ✨✨✨REPOST✨✨✨ 075
Reposted by BestemorNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 6hBREAKING: @democracydefendersfund.org & Jacobson Lawyers Group just sued HUD for 10 housing nonprofits Trump's HUD delayed their grants for months while they kept helping families facing foreclosure. Then it canceled $56M outright Unlawful & unkind in equal measure -- See you in court👇 -TN 5438151
Reposted by BestemorTokyo-Jon @tokyo-jon.bsky.social · 14/01/2025And yet sadly, #MAGA will keep treating #CheetoJesus like he’s a deity. 5328
Reposted by BestemorMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 9hIt's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again. 578191075706
Reposted by BestemorMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 6hFREE LIVE STREAM: Join me at 6:30ET for an urgent update on how Trump and his DOJ are now attacking free and fair elections and what we are doing to fight back. www.youtube.com/live/269vb3e...youtube.comALERT: Trump's DOJ Is Now Taunting Judges to Rule Against ThemYouTube video by Democracy Docket 7481167
Reposted by BestemorLisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social · 13hThe proposed rule is from OMB, the office run by Russell Vought -- who has a history of opposing government efforts to expand access to voting. 322383
Reposted by BestemorSenate Democrats @democrats.senate.gov · 6hSenate Republicans JUST BLOCKED Democrats’ legislation to stop Pres. Trump from terminating health care for up to 2 million Americans on the Affordable Care Act @baldwin.senate.gov on how Trump and Republicans are jeopardizing care for millions of Americans and increasing costs. 43726
Reposted by BestemorPaul van der Meer @paulvandermeer.bsky.social · 18hBREAKING Hungary's parliament votes 139–0 to strip PM Péter Magyar's immunity, at his OWN REQUEST!! Two Orbán ex-ministers lose theirs too and can now be prosecuted. 23418
Reposted by BestemorPat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 11hMy office has handled a lot of sexual harassment cases. “Her shirt was too tight” “She drank too much” “Why did she put herself in that position” “She was asking for it.” No. No. No. No. It’s not HER job to be on DEFCON 5 at all times. It’s HIS job not to be a predator. ~ Attorney Ryan 12941631101
Reposted by BestemorUncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 10hPreserve the Kennedy Center, demolish Trump instead. 041
Reposted by BestemorNewshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 11hIf only it had been this way. Justice denied! 👇 👇 👇 👇 12242021021
Reposted by BestemorGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 12h“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETaxamericasvoicecnn.substack.comCHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive. 751932541
Reposted by BestemorRicky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 12hThis morning Special Counsel Jack Smith confirmed yet again that the orange felon committed serious crimes beyond a reasonable doubt regarding the 2020 election and said he will not be silenced by threats and stands by his findings. 271133287
Reposted by BestemorAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 16hMy Building a Healthier America Policy Agenda. 🌱🧑🌾🍏💧 16459082121
Reposted by BestemorMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13hThe Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism. 236113942301
Reposted by BestemorAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11hOur response to the State Department using Smokey last night. 9181082153
Reposted by BestemorMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12hThe government's AI chatbot is able to say something that no Trump nominee is allowed to. 562934879
Reposted by BestemorMichelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 17hDogs and mirrors core: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil... 742907499
Reposted by BestemorScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 12hJack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers” 264184055247
Reposted by BestemorKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 14hI literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you. 595214084488
Reposted by BestemorGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11hIf you ever feel the need to make people laugh but can't think of a good joke, just say the words "Senator Eric Schmitt" 2514912786
Reposted by BestemorAgentJoeMcJoe 🇺🇸 @joemcjoe11.bsky.social · 11hJACK SMITH IS AN AMERICAN HERO AND SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED BY HIS BRAVERY. 100 YEAR OLD CHUCKY GRASSHOLE IS STILL AN ASSHOLE. 863411779
Reposted by Bestemor🦋💔🇺🇸SEB🇺🇸💔🦋 @sebastiangarof5.bsky.social · 8hI hope you didn’t miss this.🤣🔄 1111631
Reposted by BestemorCongressman Eugene Vindman @repvindman.bsky.social · 8hThe Salvadorans who call VA-07 home are our friends, neighbors, and essential workers. Now, they’re living in fear and uncertainty about what comes next after their TPS expired. I introduced legislation to protect Salvadorans who have built their lives here. Read more 👇politico.comTrump has ended TPS for 13 countries. Salvadorans are still waiting for an answer.It’s been a week since the expiration date for Salvadorans came and went with neither an extension nor a termination, nor any indication of when an announcement might come. 061
Reposted by BestemorUncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 8hLet's be clear, despite amassing a huge campaign chest to run adds for the GOP for the midterms and beyond, Donald Trump is illegally using our taxpayers dollars, taxpayers who mostly don't support him, to run ads for himself. 123
Reposted by BestemorNew York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 8hMy office is making a Brooklyn landlord return all of his units to rent stabilization after he tried to ignore the law by failing to register units as rent-stabilized. Our laws are clear, and my office won't hesitate to enforce them. I'll always stand up for New York tenants. 720739
Reposted by BestemorMaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · 8hA free press is an important tool against a government entity trying to consolidate power. And it's a tool that scales, from local sheriffs to presidents. 115864
Reposted by BestemorElizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 8hDonald Trump cares about one person: Donald Trump. Bribes from industry. Buildings with his name. Gold coins with his face. Americans are paying the price for a president who's completely consumed by his own vanity. 30534137
Reposted by BestemorKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 8hNEW: We launched this tracker in May, when ICE's detentions had been rejected about 10,000 times by federal courts. It's doubled in less than five months. See and sort the latest numbers, plus read the rulings. www.politico.com/news/2026/05... 3303136
Reposted by BestemorChuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 8hTrump is the most corrupt, out of touch President in our nation’s history. Senate Democrats will pursue every avenue to ensure that these funds are distributed as the law demands. 106810
Reposted by BestemorChuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 8hDonald Trump is illegally stealing $810 million from programs that support education, small business, and clean air. All while tripling his own net worth and spending billions more on ballrooms, reflecting pools, and an illegal war nobody asked for. 217435
Reposted by BestemorResistLikeAMF! @pats73.bsky.social · 8hJack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers” 062
Reposted by BestemorJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 7hA DHS memo lays out a legal theory for getting around the law that keeps troops out of domestic policing. Here's what's in it: www.jackhopkinsnow.com 25233146
Reposted by BestemorAll American @blueskyairborne.bsky.social · 7hSmith won't be silenced, and he says unequivocally tRump committed the crimes. bsky.app/profile/jean... 284
Reposted by BestemorU.S. Mail Not For Sale @usmailnotforsale.bsky.social · 9hWhen you read a report based on anonymous sources, ask yourself, "why are they briefing?" "Career postal officials" want to tell you the White House was responsible. Perhaps they see which way the wind is blowing.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… 135
Reposted by BestemorAgentJoeMcJoe 🇺🇸 @joemcjoe11.bsky.social · 11hDarline Graham should not be on a committee she knows NOTHING ABOUT. She was given the script to read. Jack Smith did his job. He is the only one in this stupid hearing telling the truth. Darline is getting hammered. She said he's trying to hurt 'my brother'. Jack Smith SAID LINDSEY WAS A HERO. 1282689684
Reposted by BestemorSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 7hCongress passes a law to fund health care research, housing, and more. The President signs it into law. Now Trump wants to illegally refuse to spend it, STEALING from the American taxpayer. A top nonpartisan government watchdog agrees: this is ILLEGAL.washingtonsun.comCongressional Watchdog Says Trump’s ‘Pocket Rescissions’ Violate the LawThe GAO has the power to sue the Trump administration over the Impoundment Control Act. 1016562
Reposted by BestemorSenator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 7hDiesel prices are STILL above $6. That hurts farmers during harvest. And it raises your costs on EVERYTHING that comes on trucks – from groceries to online shopping. Remember – this is all because Trump decided to start a war of choice. 46714
Reposted by BestemorSenate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 7hSen. HIRONO: Each of the allegations in your indictment of President Trump had to be found to be supported by probable cause, correct? Former Special Counsel Jack Smith: Yes. Sen. HIRONO: And did you believe the allegations were provable beyond a reasonable doubt? Smith: Yes. 09028
Reposted by BestemorSenator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 7hI just forced a vote on my legislation to get immediate guardrails in place and stop a crisis before it happens – while it was blocked, I remain determined to work with Democrats and Republicans alike on securing strong testing, incident reporting, and safety requirements on AI systems. (2/2) 4554