swimminlizard.bsky.social @swimminlizard.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Insane? Or a calculated move by Russia? Trump is merely a pawn for his master. Doesn’t make him any less evil nor sane but… 010
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Increase in productivity since 1979: 87% Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32% Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%. As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power. 21399193220
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialNPR @npr.org · 14/12/2025Walking with other people who are grieving a loss is one way to ease some of the pain and feel less alone. n.pr/4iW5b13n.prThe 'magic' of walking with griefWalking with other people who are grieving a loss is one way to ease some of the pain and feel less alone. 1156289
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/12/2025It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted 143758702986
swimminlizard.bsky.social @swimminlizard.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Huge piece of the ‘how we got here’ timeline is missing. Before oct 2025 it should read: April 2023: heritage foundation publishes Project 2025 laying out the plans to cut SNAP program. Jan 2025: Trump 2.0 starts to implement project 2025. 010
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Two policies, with the same price tag, yet only one is on the chopping block. Why? 16934364
swimminlizard.bsky.social @swimminlizard.bsky.social · 07/11/2025They seem to have forgotten that it was the flight attendant union that put an end to the last shutdown 020
swimminlizard.bsky.social @swimminlizard.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Tell American Latinos, other immigrants, unpaid gov workers, illegally fired workers & contractors that this isn’t a violent takeover… 0132
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving: $100 billion Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%: $100 billion One is decried as "welfare." One is not. Why? 482209917624
swimminlizard.bsky.social @swimminlizard.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Anyone else get a text from @workingfamilies.org and immediately have their SIM card stop working after? 000
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Breaking: Capitol Police have been called after a Republican congressional office was just caught displaying a swastika. This comes one day after group chat messages were leaked of young GOP officials saying “I love Hitler” and calling to put Democrats in “gas chambers.” 32537201492
swimminlizard.bsky.social @swimminlizard.bsky.social · 12/10/2025I do think that they underestimate the levels of racism in Idaho, tho… last time I checked Qataris weren’t white skinned 010
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialVigilantGrandma @vigilantgrandma.bsky.social · 11/10/2025#ShutDown #GOP 26709320
swimminlizard.bsky.social @swimminlizard.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Hi, I’m trying to watch your film, ‘convention’ …where can I stream it? 🙏🏽 000
swimminlizard.bsky.social @swimminlizard.bsky.social · 06/10/2025It’s almost like they’re following a censorship playbook… did you see the news of similar in Alaska? The state representative sent her threats on her office letterhead FFS 030
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 05/10/2025The House of Representatives has not held a vote since September 19th to avoid releasing the Epstein records. My opponent Ann Wagner hasn’t said thing about any of it. Enjoying her free vacation while the government is shut down. 6128151008
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialmweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Victims are not faceless. Kurt Reach was stripped of his citizenship and deported on Dec. 18, 1943, from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz, where he was murdered. 426681
swimminlizard.bsky.social @swimminlizard.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Would also love if you could devote a strong undercurrent of how to standardize government & civics education throughout the show to ensure that all ages know what democracy is & how important engagement is 110
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/09/2025For everyone saying this is an impeachable offense and worse than Watergate: Of course it is. But that doesn’t matter in the slightest, because this GOP Congress has completely abdicated their duty and will never do anything to hold him accountable. 742149244331
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialChief Pro-Democracy Vahingonilonen ❌👑 @retcw3.bsky.social · 30/08/2025 513428
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Crazy indeed. 421283351
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 11/08/2025It’s not a distraction. It’s fascism. 21069701682
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialNPR @npr.org · 11/08/2025The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.n.prVideo shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' copsThe Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration. 10220691107
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialChris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 11/08/2025I'm old enough to remember a year or two ago when both "we're not killing journalists that's illegal!" and "We're not bombing *hospitals* for god's sake" were major talking points. Violations of these things now no longer seem to even register. Christ. 323031008
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 10/08/2025This was an attack on a federal institution. An attack BECAUSE it is Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This was domestic terrorism. Why isn’t it getting more press coverage? Some coverage, not enough. Domestic. Terrorism. 612185659
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/08/2025When they show you who they are, believe them 25255311685
swimminlizard.bsky.social @swimminlizard.bsky.social · 25/07/2025This is another example of why shopping locally with retailers who pay salespeople livable wages is a good idea! Someone who is in the industry & being paid fairly will absolutely always sell in the best interest of the customer! A good salesperson would LOVE to b your personal @dieworkwear guide! 010
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialEric Champnella @echamp.bsky.social · 23/07/2025If you don't already, watch Colbert. He is a man with no more f*cks left to give. And it's glorious. Check out this song parody from last night's show: Mike Johnson Delays House Epstein Vote Until September 723290638720
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialPapaTJ 🤗 🌈 @papatj.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Mandy is pissed 😡 so am I 561619518
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 09/07/2025We want ICE out of our Hospitals. 541207166244
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Breaking: The US lost 33,000 jobs in June. They were expecting to *gain* 100,000.cnbc.comThe private sector lost 33,000 jobs in June, badly missing expectations for a 100,000 increase, ADP saysEconomists polled by Dow Jones forecasted an increase of 100,000 for the month. 1095128774892
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.social✨John Carpenter’s BOObies✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Good morning 🫡 132309496403
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Sickening, revealing stuff from someone with the president’s ear 881145164799
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 22/06/2025A question every reporter should be asking Trump and Republicans: If Trump doesn't trust his own Director of National Intelligence, and by extension, US intelligence, then which country's intelligence is he relying upon? 20859311434
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 21/06/2025Here's an idea. Dem Governors & Mayors should be ordering their local law enforcement to arrest any & all unidentified and masked alleged ICE agents. If a random guy in a mask grabbed someone and threw them in a vehicle, we'd call that a kidnapping. Why not here? 1/2 32596242833
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Just a reminder that Republicans in Congress could put a stop to this at any time. 22668261705
swimminlizard.bsky.social @swimminlizard.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Unless we make sure to make rank choice voting happen. This is the only chance at real change in terms of getting more than 2 parties at the table 000
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialMickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 18/06/2025 186212895913
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 10/06/2025The Pentagon confirms that the Trump regime's deployment of National Guard members and Marines to intimidate US citizens in an attempt to deny citizens of their First Amendment and peaceful protests over ICE ethnic cleansing operations in LA will cost tax payers $134 million. 951768775
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 05/06/2025I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data. 15896658114554
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialMack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 18/05/2025I ran across this one today. It made me spit my beer out. 😂 472337436
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialJeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 17/05/2025WSJ says Russ Vought takes over "DOGE". No, this reveals "DOGE" was not Musk's invention. It was Project 2025 all along. Elon was another puppet-clown--like Trump--successfully distracting journalists. Trump’s Budget Hawk Takes Over the DOGE Agenda. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...wsj.comTrump’s Budget Hawk Takes Over the DOGE Agenda. First Up: The Military.Russ Vought is picking up where Elon Musk is leaving off. He has already waded into a fight over military spending. 22268107
swimminlizard.bsky.social @swimminlizard.bsky.social · 14/05/2025We need you to urge your Zionist friends to let food in to Gaza to reach the hands of starving children 030
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 10/05/2025“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.” 14034451310043
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialTristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Forcing people to pay $130 for a passport in order to vote is just a Jim Crow poll tax by another name. It is blatantly unconstitutional. 14474797612724
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Are you listening? It’s the least you can do. Powerful, substantive, passionate. A clarion call to stand. www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...youtube.comLIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floorYouTube video by Associated Press 345106972042
Reposted by @swimminlizard.bsky.socialDevin⚓️ @devinrea.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Kendall Brown, Oklahoma constituent fighting for her husband (active duty soldier currently in Yemen), fighting for herself and her country… Great video showing how it’s done! @kendallyb.bsky.social 761877577
