Reposted by Laura LindamoodBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is Nazi rhetoric, full stop. It's not only a call to instigate a race war in the United States, but it's reminiscent of historic European justifications used to incite pogroms against Jews. People who say things like this are incredibly dangerous, as there is nothing they won't eventually do. 1140741328
Reposted by Laura LindamoodMother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/10/2026ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” The Trump administration's ultimate goal? “To make sure no one ever sends their kids to the US again.”motherjones.com“You kidnapped my son”ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.” 1317698
Reposted by Laura LindamoodRege @rjserinko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Russle Vought confuses himself with Congress. 461329282
Reposted by Laura LindamoodSemafor @semafor.com · 30/09/2026Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2... 62731531119
Reposted by Laura LindamoodJaime Fear Her 👻 @bogrosemary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The news cycle has moved on, the National Guard hasn't. Since Aug. 14 they've patrolled Trinidad daily, armed and w/ fed agents. That's 67,680 mins 1128 hrs 47 days almost 7 wks 12.88% of 2026 my child and others have asked why there are soldiers at their school and in front of our house. #FreeDC 1107
Reposted by Laura LindamoodMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Here’s your periodic reminder that Howard Lutnick is still Commerce secretary despite blatantly lying to the public about his personal and business ties with child molester Jeffrey Epstein. 7240101111
Reposted by Laura LindamoodSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Still unfathomable to me given the horrendous destruction of DOGE and how unfathomably heinous he continues to be on his social media duchy, that he can shovel cash to Republicans, go to a state dinner, and the press still doesn't treat him as remotely problematic as Hasan Piker. 20753156
Reposted by Laura LindamoodBen Harris @benharris1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Remember, it was this guy getting beaten up off U St that was the excuse for the National Guard’s deployment to DC. 510537
Reposted by Laura LindamoodScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Trump's comments always age so well. 24350771781
Reposted by Laura LindamoodChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026If executive branch creates a system so that people under government control can be located and then just stops listing some people in that system — despite their still being under government control — that should be a five-alarm fire for the other branches, the states, and the public. 141283543
Reposted by Laura LindamoodBen Harris @benharris1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I’m still seeing way too much credulity given to the stated purpose of the Guard’s deployment in DC, especially from people who should know better. There was never an emergency justifying their deployment; implying that there is any valid justification carries the administration’s water. 1178
Reposted by Laura LindamoodMichelle Chappell @michellechap76.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is outside Bruce Monroe Elementary in Ward 1, a bilingual Title 1 school with majority Spanish dominant kids. Three blocks from my house. Fuck this task force, send them home to WV #FreeDC 1209
Reposted by Laura LindamoodKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Your regular reminder -- yes, I'm going to keep on with this -- that Republicans in Congress are just fine with everything he's doing. 912769558
Reposted by Laura LindamoodClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Instead of dumping money into TV ads or dark influencer games, liberal billionaires could just set a good paper in a swing district up for success…but will they? No. 1011638
Laura Lindamood @talkingbird.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Crap. Ohio journalism friends, can we buy the Blade? 000
Reposted by Laura LindamoodPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The Toledo Blade, one of the oldest newspapers in the country, will publish its final edition on Dec. 31. if it can’t find a buyer “Founded in 1835, the newspaper is Toledo’s oldest continually operating business”toledoblade.comPossible final edition of Blade announced; company explores saleBlock Communications has announced its intention to explore a sale of The Blade’s assets, which, if unsuccessful, will result in the final edition of the ... 18462236
Reposted by Laura LindamoodJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I respect Lonnie Bunch enormously. He has done stellar work as a historian, on so many levels. His absence is indeed terrible news -- for the Smithsonian and the country. 26851228
Reposted by Laura LindamoodDavid DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 06/09/2026‘Springfield is under siege right now.’ ICE agents in Ohio have detained 2 Haitian pastors. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/31/s...ohiocapitaljournal.com'Springfield is under siege right now.' ICE agents in Ohio have detained 2 Haitian pastors. • Ohio Capital JournalMore than 40 Haitians in Springfield have been detained by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement after President Donald Trump revoked their legal status earlier this summer. 8464296
Reposted by Laura LindamoodKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Good thing he's not a Twitch streamer without any formal role in government or his entire political party would be compelled by the media to denounce him. Just a Nazi working in the State Department. No big deal! 211655536
Reposted by Laura LindamoodMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/09/2026the man who lunged at dr. amy acton had two guns and a taser. how is that not an assassination attempt?cleveland.comAmy Acton was attacked at the Canfield Fair — and both campaigns are respondingDemocratic gubernatorial nominee Amy Acton was attacked Sunday afternoon while visiting the Canfield Fair in Mahoning County, according to her campaign. 22999218
Reposted by Laura LindamoodBen Harris @benharris1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026They’re here to intimidate and to be used as a tool for an aspiring authoritarian government. The Guard is not here to help. 083
Reposted by Laura LindamoodFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 29/08/2026So sure, USAID was a tool of US soft power and political influence, and also, I sometimes get the sense that people saying this don’t quite comprehend the torrent of death, horror, and pain that is currently unfolding from the genuinely evil decision to suddenly destroy it. 32056304
Reposted by Laura LindamoodMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 30/08/2026there’s still crap everywhere, the grass is a mess, they clearly cut down some trees ….but you can actually go on the Mall again for the first time since like late May 122727
Reposted by Laura LindamoodAndrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 28/08/2026Every face on that wall was a person. Someone loved them. Someone misses them. They should still be here. #SheShed 🎥 IG: defiancedispatch 331455716
Reposted by Laura LindamoodKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Three journalists from Stars and Stripes, the nation's independent military newspaper, are suing Pete Hegseth and other top officials to prevent their firings — which they allege came in retaliation for negative news coverage and speaking out about the importance of press freedom.ms.nowStars and Stripes journalists sue Defense Department over attempted firingsThe three journalists allege Pentagon officials retaliated against them for defending the military newspaper’s editorial independence. 492456784
Reposted by Laura LindamoodAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe. But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras. 36099373825
Reposted by Laura LindamoodNorm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 24/08/2026The president has no role in elections. Six disgraceful partisan hacks on the Supreme Court have just given him a lawless green light to manipulate votes by mail for voter suppression. The Roberts Court majority fits more in Putin’s Russia 22376126
Reposted by Laura LindamoodKeya Chatterjee @keyachatterjee.bsky.social · 24/08/2026This is the 2nd year our kids have to pass armed soldiers/agents to get to school. @starsandstripes.bsky.social (before it was gutted) alerted us- Now troops from GA and SC are targeting two mostly Black neighborhoods- Trinidad and Anacostia. Shame on Gov Kemp & McMaster. www.freedcproject.org/guardfreedcproject.orgNational Guard Out Now — Free DC 011047
Reposted by Laura LindamoodSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 23/08/2026One thing Ossoff is showing that you can hold pretty normie Dem positions but still campaign like you can read the room and understand the high stakes of this election. People are incredulous and angry at what’s happening, maybe common ground is a necessity later but nobody wants to hear that now. 563177492
Reposted by Laura LindamoodDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/08/2026I hope everyone caught this Lancet study confirming that Elon Musk & DOGE are responsible for genocidal levels of suffering & death.thelancet.comEvaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysisUSAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a... 5435191809
Reposted by Laura Lindamood🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 23/08/2026one of the many, many things to hate about this admin is the way in which all of these unqualified idiot cabinet heads have no real responsibilities related to their official portfolios and just make the rounds on cable news as uninformed gadfly mouthpieces 1103032459
Reposted by Laura LindamoodThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Couldn’t make it up if we tried 48369081776
Reposted by Laura LindamoodJason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 22/08/2026"Yeah but that's the kind of censorship we like." --Harpers Letter signatories www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...washingtonpost.comPentagon fires Stars and Stripes leaders who criticized DOD’s interferenceThe Defense Department earlier this year railed against the publication, which has long enjoyed editorial independence, as “woke.” 0299
Reposted by Laura LindamoodOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026"The USS Abraham Lincoln wasn’t able to be resupplied because the U.S. Navy’s main resupply base in the Gulf of Oman was destroyed by Iranian strikes—a fact that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth chose not to make public, said David Rhode [natsec reporter for MS NOW]" newrepublic.com/post/214510/...newrepublic.comHegseth Covered Up the Real Reason the USS Lincoln Wasn’t ResuppliedAccording to a report from MS NOW, the USS Abraham Lincoln wasn’t resupplied because Iranian strikes destroyed a key Navy resupply base in the Middle East. 502526817
Reposted by Laura LindamoodChase Madar @madar.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Remarkable how little political noise it's made here in the US that a major American naval base in Bahrain was basically destroyed, and that this was kept quiet for five months www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/u...nytimes.comNavy Carrier’s Problems Are Tied to Attacks on U.S. Base Early in WarDiego Garcia, a tiny island 2,200 miles from the Gulf of Oman, took over as the Navy’s logistics hub after Iran damaged a base in Bahrain. 591846758
Reposted by Laura LindamoodCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/08/2026(FT) - Almost two years since Donald Trump won election pledging to slash prices and fix the US’s public finances, his Iran war and tax cuts have delivered a different outcome: record-high debt, soaring fuel costs and punishing mortgage rates. @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/6cb3... 60935330
Reposted by Laura LindamoodAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/08/2026This is what the fake "free speech" advocates have built: an administration that harasses critics. Produce research showing the expensive National Guard deployments didn't lower crime? Get sued by Trump's lawyers www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...nytimes.comTrump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a CriticIt was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment. 431324488
Reposted by Laura LindamoodThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Hegseth firing the @starsandstripes publisher for saying censoring news for service members would be a red line ‘1984’ is upon us 741942803
Reposted by Laura LindamoodMike the Mad Biologist and Trump's Press Corps Approver @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I misread this, and it's really depressing that less than 50% of Democrats favor D.C. statehood (declining from 75%), even after the occupation of D.C. Really feels like a stab in the back. 4298
Reposted by Laura LindamoodNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I wonder what it’s like being so comfortable than a few hours a year in a work-required seminar is the worst thing you can imagine, and being so self-centered that you think it’s worse—a more pressing national concern—than state repression, censorship, corruption, crimes, and abuses of power. 1438650
Reposted by Laura LindamoodShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 14/08/2026being a decent human being in secret only is NOT a plus lol, some people have fully lost the plot 630127
Reposted by Laura LindamoodJon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Legal documents released today show federal law enforcement officials extensively surveilled public meetings and activists during the ICE surge, and created dossiers on political enemies. I've been busy, but will post some takeaways on this thread soon: (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...mprnews.orgAttorney: Homeland Security spied on Minnesotans who spoke out against ICEDefense attorney Kevin Riach alleges that just four days after Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal agents, that Homeland Security Investigations launched Operation Puppet Master. The agency cou... 231179596
Reposted by Laura LindamoodCharlie Thomas @cthomasjamh.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Again- our educational system is our superpower, bringing bright and ambitious people to the United States and often kindling in them the desire to be part of this great experiment. Turning off that tap has no benefits for anyone, in this country or not! 14412
Reposted by Laura LindamoodWaldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 13/08/2026Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act. Trump vetoed it. Congress overrode his veto on a bipartisan vote. So Trump has decided to simply not enforce the law. I do not understand the role of Congress anymore. I guess they just make suggestions?nytimes.comTreasury Scales Back Scrutiny of U.S. Shell Companies (Gift Article)The Trump administration will not enforce reporting requirements of the 2021 Corporate Transparency Act, which was intended to crack down on money laundering. 892659891
Reposted by Laura LindamoodAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/08/2026New in PN: Stephen Miller's secret campaign against helpless kids "Miller is making his dreams come true: accelerating the arrest and removal of thousands of unaccompanied immigrant kids. This is a scene taking place out of public view across the country, impacting 24,000 children."publicnotice.coStephen Miller's secret campaign against helpless kidsThat it's happening in the shadows doesn't make it less of a moral blight. 32131931728
Reposted by Laura LindamoodJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Whatever else was wrong with the United States, we truly did have a higher education system that was the envy of the world. Now we’re lighting it on fire because some people are bored and racist. 451816522
Reposted by Laura LindamoodLuke Russell @lukerussell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Imagine the morale hit for troops from all around the country deployed for absolutely nothing but the Mad King's ego. 924970
Reposted by Laura LindamoodProPublica @propublica.org · 13/08/2026Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food. Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card. (Published Dec. 2025)propublica.orgAfter Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death. 35583352
Reposted by Laura Lindamoodmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 11/08/2026the media doesn't care about normal americans and doesn't care about our rights. it would be easy to cover this as a persistent scandal but they instead treat it as normal and re-print trump's lies about "vandalism." 125954
Reposted by Laura LindamoodRavioli Ripple 🌹 @ravioliripple.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Trump and Republican are losing *military families* on the military 13703148