Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialRob Reiner Fan @rob-reiner-fan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Just a reminder that Richard Nixon banished the New York Times and Washington Post during the Watergate scandal. How did that work out? 2268
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/08/2026www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/i...nbcbayarea.comICE agent’s gun found in SFO bathroomA flight attendant found the gun in a restroom stall and reported it to security, an airport spokesperson confirmed. 1081454570
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialGod @thegodshow.com · 27/08/2026Thou shalt refer to Howard Lutnick as "Howard Nutlick" from now on. The Lord has spoken. 771512374
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 27/08/2026BREAKING: Liam Tadeo was just deported by ICE. 69492325070
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialDavid Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 27/08/2026“Lake Ontario has been called Lake Ontario since at least the 1600s.”nbcnews.comTrump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’The move comes as Trump and Canada have become embroiled in a trade war. 4412726
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialJonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 27/08/2026From De Strandharker.. just lovely 251121402806
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 19/08/2026This is the most Republican story you will read all day. A Republican who represents Trump’s home district was arrested for molesting his OWN GRANDSON and could face the death penalty under a state law he sponsored. There has to be a German word for this.rawstory.comFlorida Republican could face death penalty under child abuse law he championedA Florida Republican from Donald Trump's home district could potentially face the death penalty under a law he had championed as a state legislator.Mike Caruso, the Palm Beach County clerk of courts a... 1762510847
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/08/2026BREAKING: The DOJ asks for a sealed hearing to discuss things. JUDGE: You raise an interesting point. I thought about brining DOJ in in sealed proceedings, but the public has a right to know what the hell is going on with this case. The victims deserve to know. The public deserves to know. 298147153869
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10/08/2026As this point lays out, there's some reason to believe that FBI claimed, under oath, that the woman took a picture of the pool BEFORE Davey got there (but maybe they lied about when it was taken), but in the MTD they attribute it (and the time) to someone else. emptywheel.net/2026/08/05/w...emptywheel.netWhat Did Jeanine Pirro Know and When Did She Know It? - emptywheelIn a bid to get the indictment against him dismissed with prejudice, Davey Hearn reveals that DOJ misrepresented the circumstances of a "before" picture proving he didn't damage the reflecting pool. 312827
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10/08/2026EXCLUSIVE: Internal National Park Service records show 5000% increase in money for Trump’s White House grounds upgrades and vanity projects youtu.be/6suNLuF9LHs?...youtu.beEXCLUSIVE: Trump White House OVERHAUL DRAINS Budget for KEY AgencyYouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports 29594336
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 10/08/2026A criminal act could also include: 1) helping a person update their address, 2) providing information on how to vote early or cast a ballot, and even 3) helping a person cancel their other voter registrations. 37317
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Holy sh*t 50908394
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 03/08/202611 years ago today, Ken Paxton surrendered at the Collin County Jail on felony securities fraud charges. This is his mugshot. 782112935186
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Big news here. After Salgado Araujo was killed by an ICE agent, *someone* leaked that a search warrant for the van showed FBI thought they might have seen drug baggies in it. The family said it was drink powder. Apparently the substance was tested and the family was correct. 442635794
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/07/2026After ICE shot and killed Lorenzo Araujo, the FBI leaked to Fox News a claim that he was found with possible meth in the van. His family said it was a total falsehood; it was a bag of salt to be used to make an electrolyte drink. And they were right. It was not drugs. 22077602659
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 25/07/2026On July 15, Jeff Novak, an attorney for the Department of Energy, handed the court a number that doesn't need any explanation. Out of 284 canceled federal grant awards, 283 were in states that gave their electoral votes to Kamala Harris in 2024 and were represented by 2 Democratic senators. 14495258
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialAdrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Important reporting from @nickmiroff.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comThe Shooter in Maine Was a New ICE RecruitThe agency’s second killing in as many weeks prompted an abrupt policy change on vehicle stops. 44519
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/07/2026President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) lost its 14th and 15th voter roll cases Tuesday, when federal judges dismissed* the government’s lawsuits seeking access to Virginia and New Mexico’s full voter records. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comDOJ is 0-15 after GOP-appointed judges toss voter roll lawsuits against Virginia, New MexicoStill, the fight is far from over. Last week, the DOJ filed a petition challenging its first appellate defeat in the voter roll crusade, asking the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a rulin... 882965869
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 14/07/2026In two big wins for voters, federal judges in both Virginia and New Mexico dismissed the DOJ’s lawsuits seeking access to each state’s full voter records. The judge in Virginia was a Trump appointee, making him the sixth Trump appointee to rule against the agency. bit.ly/3SXf5qo 15827246
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 13/07/2026Oklahoma approved oil field wastewater injection within a half-mile of a public water well, without making the company prove this would not pollute the city’s water. The site has repeatedly failed tests since, indicating a potential wastewater leak. with @readfrontier.bsky.socialpropublica.orgTo Protect Its Drinking Water, This City Has to Appeal to the Oil Regulators That Put It at RiskOklahoma restricts oil field wastewater injection within a half-mile of public water wells. Regulators have let companies do it anyway. But in the city of Enid, officials are pushing back against one ... 30574268
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialJohn Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 05/07/2026A Pulitzer Prize photo 241351222
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/06/2026NEW: Far-right election deniers are escalating lies about the midterms to justify calls for Trump to seize control of the 2026 elections. They’re openly floating the use of emergency powers, National Guard deployment and call for martial law.democracydocket.comFar-right stokes fears of ‘nightmare’ Democratic midterm sweep to push for election takeoverRecent comments raise concerns that conservative figures with close ties to the president may be using their connections to push the Trump administration to take drastic measures to interfere in… 34243165
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/06/2026🎉 MAJOR WIN FOR VOTERS: USPS has been blocked from implementing Trump’s 2026 anti-voting executive order ahead of the midterm elections in 23 states and D.C. Judge Indira Talwani found that major parts of Trump’s EO were “legally void” for exceeding the president’s power. bit.ly/4g75R4o 22820320
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialAdrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 25/06/2026The Reflecting Pool saga is not Trump's first paint-job drama. A reminder from @nickmiroff.bsky.social about the last time this happened: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comTrump’s Other Paint JobBefore he botched the Reflecting Pool, the president wanted the border wall black. 33718
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/06/2026Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy is using his official social media account to promote his wife's book, in clear violation of the law. 1111101433989
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialitsmab.bsky.social @itsmab.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Seen in Lynwood, WA. 151129863654
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 24/06/2026NEW: Federal judge Christopher Cooper orders Team Trump and Kennedy Center to file report in next month that “shall also indicate the purpose for and status of the tarp and scaffolding that Defendants have erected on the front portico of the Center” 1132016544
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialaltNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Can someone do a FOIA with NPS to find out exactly what paint was used on the reflecting pool? Was there a primer? Was there a sealant? Which company made them? Which product was it? We can science this with test/results! 50789154
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 18/06/2026Appreciate the continued commitment to Republican fiscal responsibility… truly inspiring work. 319529
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialSpooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 15/06/2026That water is greener than the Chicago River on St. Patty’s Day. 1860386
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/06/2026Workers attempt to clean algae out of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which has been painted blue at the direction of U.S. President Donald Trump, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 14, 2026. REUTERS/Eric Lee 2541603396
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Five Summer Outfits That Will Make You Look Like A Sexy Little Reflecting Pool 301108231895
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/06/2026the first truthful thing that has ever come out of this guy’s mouth 16569171252
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialRyan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 12/06/2026I've reported on Musk for around 8 years. I've co-authored a book on him. I don't think folks understand the rate of his wealth accumulation. Shortly after he helped elect Donald Trump in Nov 2024, his net worth was around $350 billion. That net worth has nearly tripled in less than two years. 18558652070
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Reuters: US JUDGE INDEFINITELY BLOCKS TRUMP'S ANTI-WEAPONIZATION FUND 181120199
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 08/06/2026This is an outrageous story. A farmer donated 87 acres to a small Texas city on the condition it be used as a public park. Years later, the farmer has passed away, the city sold the land to a developer, and now it will be the site of a 135,000 square foot data center www.404media.co/a-farmer-don...404media.coA Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Massive Data Center InsteadIn 1999, a farmer gave away 87 acres of land to a small Texas town to use as a park. The town sold to a data center developer for $10 million. 25466062967
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 18/05/20261. On March 11, Trump toured a Thermo Fisher Scientific facility in Ohio and repeatedly praised the company. On *the same day* Trump bought between $15,000 and $50,000 of Thermo Fisher stock. The purchase was "UNSOLICITED," meaning it was requested by the customer, not recommended by an advisor. 7525691162
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/05/2026DOJ identified 4 green card holders who voted in 2024 in NJ, or 0.00006% of total votes. As I wrote in 2024, noncitizen voting remains extraordinarily rare. Audits find only a tiny handful of cases, most often green card holders who got bad advice from others. 10434871138
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18/04/2026"She’s been a court interpreter for over 20 years, the only one licensed in Texas for Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu. Her language skills are requested nationwide..." "One of her children recently enlisted in the military... www.texasobserver.org/immigration-... 572110675547
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 15/04/2026This regime’s federal workforce changes cost the economy ~$165.6B. The real losses--expertise, programs, future lives saved--are immeasurable. NB: no one is more stubborn or recalcitrant than public servants who believe in their mission. GN, friends -- tomorrow we keep fighting for what’s right 💚govexec.comTrump’s federal workforce changes cost the economy more than $165.6B, analysis findsThe Partnership for Public Service report includes the costs of the deferred resignation program, severance pay for laid-off civil servants and federal employees who were on paid administrative leave while their firings were challenged in court. 419073
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialNicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Usually it's much later in the day when cops crack down on protesters in DTLA. Follow @melbuer.bsky.social for updates. 420430
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10/04/2026“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears. "She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.” “'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..." azmirror.com/2026/04/10/i... 789163207757
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 09/04/2026“‘They threw away all my drawings,’ said 15-year-old Cariexis Quintero on a video chat w/Terrazas … Her mother, displaying a pile of colorful paper scraps, detailed how the guards ‘stormed into her room looking for drawings and letters’ and then ‘destroyed what they found,’ Terrazas reports.” 27359
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/04/2026🚨BREAKING: A federal judge dismissed the DOJ’s lawsuit demanding Massachusetts’ unredacted voter rolls. The ruling marks its fourth consecutive loss of 30 active cases seeking access to sensitive voter data from states. bit.ly/4mhdfeq 353164644
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/04/2026So there’s no regime change, we lift all sanctions against them going back decades, they retain missile and drone capabilities, they control the strait and can charge tolls, and keep their enriched uranium. So much for “unconditional surrender.” 989134233355
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 07/04/2026 66792782251
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/04/2026The receipts. A complete timeline of the shifting rhetoric. More: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p... 496137445709
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/04/2026🚨🚨 Iran has shot down a U.S. fighter jet, per Iranian media and a source familiar with the incident, and a search and rescue effort is underway to locate two crew.axios.comU.S. fighter jet shot down in Iran, search underway for crewIt would be the first time since the beginning of the war that a U.S. jet was downed by enemy fire. 48317147
Reposted by @susanjohns1820.bsky.socialDavid Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Noem gave the Coast Guard Commandant THREE HOURS to clear out. Do we really not have an answer to this question yet? 152035430
