Reposted by Jonathan MortonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Trump has launched three more boat strikes this week, bringing the total death toll to 177. Remember: No judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're taking Trump's word for it. This is murder. We must not lose sight of this lawlessness. 812286929
Reposted by Jonathan MortonPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 16/04/2026This is crazy if correct. No10 and Keir Starmer were reportedly unaware that Peter Mandelson failed his security vetting. How is such a thing even possible? With all the questions that were apparently asked of Mandelson surely someone would have thought to ask “did he pass his security vetting?” 5025156
Reposted by Jonathan MortonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/04/2026DOGGETT: Were you shocked to see that 850 people who were suspended for fraud had been reinstated at all once? RFK Jr: President Biden ... DOGGETT: Reclaiming my time. Biden's administration suspended 850 suspected fraudsters. Yours let them go back to work 422601743
Reposted by Jonathan MortonSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 16/04/2026The old Russian proverb that President Reagan parroted is “trust but verify.” As I explain in today's bonus issue of "One First," a major theme of any future agenda for rebuilding the stability of our government institutions needs to be “verify, don’t trust": www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-220-...stevevladeck.comBonus 220: Verify, Don't TrustThose who are starting to think about how to rebuild institutions that the current administration has undermined need to be clear-eyed about the prospect that their control of events will be fleeting. 824761
Reposted by Jonathan MortonAdam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 16/04/2026The Trump admin tried to end-run an order blocking the East Wing ballroom's construction by invoking an exception permitting work on the project’s “safety and security” features. Judge Leon indignantly clarifies: “That is neither a reasonable nor a correct reading of my Order!” buff.ly/kWARaBf 301406453
Reposted by Jonathan MortonPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Downing Street says that neither Keir Starmer nor David Lammy knew that Peter Mandelson failed his security vetting 304711
Reposted by Jonathan MortonPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 16/04/2026The prime minister did not know Lord Mandelson failed security vetting for the role of US ambassador until earlier this week, the government has said www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukKeir Starmer did not know Mandelson failed vetting, government saysA decision to go against the recommendation of the vetting agency was taken by officials in the Foreign Office, spokesperson says. 356415
Reposted by Jonathan MortonMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 16/04/2026posted without comment* *many thanks to @johnfugelsang.bsky.social 35392312083
Reposted by Jonathan MortonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/04/2026Enten: "You think of the working class, those who have incomes less than $50,000. Look at how much they have turned against the president. His approval rating at the beginning of his second term was +2 -- down he goes, into the smithereens. Now at -34. That's an over 35 point shift." 1032698726
Reposted by Jonathan MortonAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/04/2026Don't forget about the time he thought people here on a visa got free Visa credit cards. 662211619
Reposted by Jonathan MortonSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 16/04/2026Today, more than 80% of the Democratic caucus stood with the American people and voted to block U.S. military aid to Netanyahu and his horrific, illegal wars. 1353041665
Reposted by Jonathan MortonKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 16/04/2026[shocked pikachu.jpeg] 184116732504
Reposted by Jonathan MortonChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 16/04/2026I'm helping to lead a group of Senate Democrats who are planning to force a vote - every single week the Senate is in session - to end the war in Iran. We have that right under the Senate rules, and we are going to keep putting Republicans on record supporting this insane war. 27458681401
Reposted by Jonathan MortonAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/04/2026Holy shit. I don’t have words for how corrupt this is. Keep in mind, the Ukraine whistleblower is still anonymous. And Gabbard kept a whistleblower report from Congress about a call between foreign intel agents discussing someone close to Trump and Iran. @andrewbakaj.bsky.social 972400994
Reposted by Jonathan MortonMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Chuck Schumer's two votes tonight in favor of bombs and bulldozers to Israel is yet another reason Senate Democrats must vote to remove him as leader post the midterms. 468125942923
Reposted by Jonathan MortonAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/04/2026Here are the 7 senate democrats who voted to continue sending bombs to Netanyahu. Richard Blumenthal (CT) Chris Coons (DE) Catherine Cortez Masto (NV) John Fetterman (PA) Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) Jackie Rosen (NV) Chuck Schumer (NY) 62136772056
Reposted by Jonathan MortonThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/04/2026BERNIE: “The time is long overdue for members of Congress to listen to the American people and end US military aid to the extremist Netanyahu government.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... 440155304041
Reposted by Jonathan MortonGrizzly @thegrizzlyden.bsky.social · 15/04/2026The Iceberg Theory, visualized: 236168292968
Reposted by Jonathan MortonShimanti | Human Consequences @humanconsequences.com · 15/04/2026Hey, so ICE is still kidnapping and disappearing people in the United States. Just because they got quieter about it doesn't make it okay. Abolish ICE. Chinga la Migra. 14474762418
Reposted by Jonathan MortonBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Trump’s budget director Russ Vought was asked about this today by Rep. McGarvey. Vought responded by saying "our budget fully funds WIC." McGarvey corrected, "No it doesn't. It says it right here." The takeaway today was Vought actually couldn’t truthfully defend most of the attacks against him. 417761
Reposted by Jonathan MortonJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 15/04/2026useful reminder from Private Eye 8444141
Reposted by Jonathan MortonSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 15/04/2026For Netanyahu, the war in Gaza was not enough. Iran was not enough. He is now waging a full-blown war of expansion in Lebanon. The time is long overdue for Congress to listen to the American people and end U.S. military aid to the extremist Israeli government. 1553526919
Reposted by Jonathan MortonPolitics in the U.K. @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 15/04/2026The Daily Mail poll about whether the UK should re-join the European Union did not go according to plan. 1122291669
Reposted by Jonathan MortonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/04/2026A jury has ruled that Live Nation-Ticketmaster is an illegal monopoly. A judge will determine whether or not to break the company up, in addition to other damages. This is a big deal. Remember that the Trump admin tried to settle the lawsuit with a slap on the wrist — but state AGs said no way. 583116739
Reposted by Jonathan MortonJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/04/2026I will be really, REALLY happy when John Fetterman leaves the Senate. 886130152504
Reposted by Jonathan MortonAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 15/04/2026This GOP war with the Pope might be the new dumbest thing they’ve done, and as usual, it’s completely self-inflicted. 562149772270
Reposted by Jonathan MortonAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/04/2026NEW: Republicans (and Fetterman) just BLOCKED a war powers resolution in the Senate. Rand Paul voted with all Democrats. Senate Republicans (and Fetterman) are now on record in support of this illegal war. 36748461731
Reposted by Jonathan MortonAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 15/04/2026Hungary just elected a new PM who wasted zero time — he shut down state propaganda, called out the corrupt officials by name, and started the reckoning on day one. It made me want to write down exactly what that should look like here. So I did. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...open.substack.comHungary's New PM Just Showed Us What Courage Looks Like. Where's Ours?Hypothetically, if I was elected President, here are the opening salvos of restoration 373102292972
Reposted by Jonathan MortonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/04/2026It's reverse Robin Hood. 19354722699
Reposted by Jonathan MortonTammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 15/04/2026BREAKING: Senate Republicans blocked my War Powers Resolution that would have ended Trump's unnecessary, unjustified war against Iran. These cowards have had four chances to stop this chaos in the Middle East. And they put Trump's ego before America. Every damn time. 50795413229
Reposted by Jonathan MortonBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 15/04/2026It’s official: the UK is rejoining Erasmus! 👏🇪🇺 561804451
Reposted by Jonathan MortonKoreen Brennan @koreen.bsky.social · 15/04/2026France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces. Equals 10 nuclear reactors Reduces heat island, shades cars The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight. Why aren't we doing this? 2110297038679
Reposted by Jonathan MortonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Amazon will pay $20.5 million to settle allegations that two of its Oregon data centers helped contaminate groundwater. This is exactly why communities across the country are organizing to stop data centers — and winning. Never doubt your power to change the system. 566214477429
Reposted by Jonathan MortonKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 15/04/2026JUST IN: John Eastman, the conservative attorney who helped devise President Trump's last ditch strategy to overturn the 2020 presidential election, has officially been disbarred, per the California Supreme Court: 342108332517
Reposted by Jonathan MortonMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15/04/2026Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich. 795362467595
Reposted by Jonathan MortonJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 14/04/2026I thought this shit sounded familiar! 37912234
Reposted by Jonathan MortonAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Disgusting. This is why mass pardoning people for politics is never a good idea. 928154595660
Reposted by Jonathan Mortonneuse river hag @neuseriverhag.bsky.social · 14/04/2026it just lifts my heart to feel heard. thanks, ICE lawyer. 💜 11651241086
Reposted by Jonathan MortonGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/04/2026This isn't sound policy. It's reckless endangerment. 1021616268
Reposted by Jonathan MortonAlt Library of Congress @altlofc.altgov.info · 15/04/2026Knock knock. Who’s there? The Doctor. Jesus Christ, be right there! That’s Dr. Christ to you! I didn’t spend a decade in medical school to be so disrespected! 26313
Reposted by Jonathan MortonProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 15/04/2026Your periodic reminder that Tom Homan, the current chief ethnic cleanser of this administration, took a bribe of $50,000 in cash in a paper bag on video to award gov contracts and the DoJ is withholding that evidence from the public without a legal reason. 16323
Reposted by Jonathan MortonDavid Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 15/04/2026My brother just published a book about his experience blowing the whistle at USAID. I am biased, but the book is gripping and important. Please read it. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Into-t... 17657154
Reposted by Jonathan MortonMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 14/04/2026My god. Essential, horrifying reporting here. 9443751839
Reposted by Jonathan MortonCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/04/2026“.. Inflation was coming down in the United States — and then Trump’s tariffs happened.” @heathmayo.bsky.social 421767735
Reposted by Jonathan MortonBenedict #FBPE 🇬🇧 🇪🇺FBR💙 #NAFO #FELLAS @cosmogalaxy.bsky.social · 14/04/2026What a decent President says. 254162523464