Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The State Department directed millions of dollars originally earmarked to promote human rights to promote far-right causes including Afrikaner rights in South Africa, safeguarding "Western civilizational norms," and documenting "backsliding" in Europe related to mass migration. cnn.it/471EYZQ 101979602
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Imagine four of the most frighteningly irresponsible people in America deciding how AI will be put to use in the most frighteningly irresponsible way. Well, no need to imagine it — because it's happening now. Some thoughts... robertreich.substack.com/p/autowar 671567616
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialDr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Hawks vs. Hawkeyes “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter – ’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.” Mark Twain 26639178
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like. 538153687220
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia. 5953725013399
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I said this years ago. It's been obvious. It remains obvious. It's a tragedy for our country. 706147035267
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialsteven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Texas is delaying its typical September 1 release of maternal mortality data until December 1, conveniently timed to be after the midterm election. Recent reports have shown a sharp rise in ectopic pregnancy deaths after the abortion ban went into effect. www.austinchronicle.com/news/texas-p...austinchronicle.comTexas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms • The Austin ChronicleTexas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms 20538492141
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialAdam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Former AfD Bundestag member Wilhelm von Gottberg: “in more..countries the Jewish 'truth' about the Holocaust is being given legal protection. The Holocaust must remain a myth, a dogma that is beyond the reach of any free historical research” This is political party that Elon Musk proudly supports 34430
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The trade war Trump has launched against Canada may go down in history as the stupidest of all the stupid foreign policies he has initiated. And given the extent of Trump’s dumb international moves, that is saying something. robertreich.substack.com/p/o-canada…robertreich.substack.comTrump’s Bonkers Bullying of Canada Is BackfiringHis need to assert dominance is igniting patriotism abroad and a backlash at home 891484463
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialPeggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 03/09/2026US data centers directly consumed about 66 billion liters (17.4 billion gallons) of water in 2023, according to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, with indirect water use from electricity generation adding nearly 800 billion liters more. Source: gpusmith.com/articles/en/... 57459762870
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 03/09/2026www.yahoo.com/news/politic...yahoo.comElon Musk Named in Bombshell Election Meddling ClaimElon Musk appeared unusually certain about the outcome of the 2024 presidential election before the results came in, according to a new documentary. The bombshell claim comes from the mother of one of... 33429180
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026So much of this is meant to divide us & wear us down, & we are STILL here, still building, still choosing one another @democracydefendersfund.org has joined the coalition behind @andwevote See here👇 -TN www.andwevote.org/partner/ddfandwevote.orgWe Are America — And We VoteWe Are America And We Vote is a national effort led by a coalition of nonpartisan organizations. Watch and share the hero video. 13593176
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialBrad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Millions of Americans may not receive their mail ballots in time, or at all, because of a secretive, court-defying system being rushed into place by the Trump administration. Two months before the midterms. This isn't by chance. It's a blatant attempt to steal an election. Share this everywhere.democracydocket.comUSPS rush to implement Trump order could cause ‘catastrophic failure’ of mail voting, whistleblower claimsA whistleblower claims in a new report that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has embarked on a “secretive, rushed” effort to implement President Donald Trump’s mail voting order ahead of the midterms,… 4816581228
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/09/2026🚨 TEXAS: THEY’RE TRYING TO CLOSE 92 ELECTION DAY POLLING PLACES Tarrant County officials are set to vote TODAY on cutting Election Day voting locations from 316 to 224, nearly 1 in 3 polling places gone. Civil rights groups warn the cuts could disproportionately burden Black, Latino & Asian voters 84287565059
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialForbes @forbes.com · 01/09/2026“Potentially millions of American voters may not receive their mail-in ballot this election cycle in a timely manner, or at all,” the whistleblower warned.forbes.comUSPS Whistleblower Warns New Rule Could Keep Voters From Getting Ballots—What To Know“Potentially millions of American voters may not receive their mail-in ballot this election cycle in a timely manner, or at all,” the whistleblower warned. 46867113882
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026They have every intention of rigging this election and trying to steal it And these are the same people who spent a decade falsely claiming elections are rigged It's the biggest, longest con in U.S. political history, and the whole country is its victimcnn.comUSPS whistleblower describes new plans for voting by mail hidden from the public | CNN PoliticsThe US Postal Service effort to develop a sweeping new system for verifying mail ballots has invited a host of IT concerns among agency officials, with some describing the process internally as a “sh*... 46299484584
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Pretty soon, it is going to sink into the Great Mind that no member of the Trump Admin has done the president more damage to his personal reputation than Hegseth. 41620223
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialSocial Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 14/08/2026As Social Security turns 91, we’re at a crossroads for the future of the program: Democrats have plans to expand Social Security by making billionaires pay their fair share. Republicans have plans to cut and privatize Social Security. 10405128
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 04/08/2026BREAKING — Another person died at Delaney Hall. The family of Edwin Lopez Cornejo (age 39) said he was not receiving the medications required to treat his diabetes, and blames his death on the lack of medical care (via USA Today). www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...usatoday.comAnother detainee dies at controversial NYC-area ICE facilityEdwin Lopez Cornejo died Aug. 1, his family said. Cornejo's mother blamed her son's death on him not receiving medications needed to treat his diabetes. 20667402
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/08/2026We’ve been saying this for a while now many of the people being targeted are just fishermen. Evidence now supports that the United States has killed individuals who were not involved in drug trafficking during its “counternarcotics interdiction operations” in the Caribbean and Pacific.kaine.senate.gov 42069132816
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialMorgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 03/08/2026That’s the play: 🔴 Kill the fund to get confirmed. 🔴 Then, once you’re Attorney General, the power is yours. This isn’t independent justice. This is the fixer clearing the last obstacle so the boss can eventually get exactly what he wants. This is known as Abuse of Power and it is impeachable. 610130
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialAdam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Facts: Data centers aren't very good for towns, because they don't create very many jobs or bring in people with high income who buy houses. On the other hand, they do create pollution, cause problems with a town's water supply and reportedly increase their electric bills 2115659
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialThe Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 31/07/2026More than 200 members of Congress voted to give ICE $113 billion and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) $91 billion, making them the best-funded federal law enforcement agencies in U.S. history. They cast those votes after the deaths of Renée Good and Alex Pretti. 🧵 7320127
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Per a new report from Senate Democrats, American farmers are now paying $1.4B — or 63% more — on diesel fuel due to the Iran War. Those higher costs will get passed onto consumers, compounded by Trump's resurrected tariffs. America is paying the price for Trump's blunders. 1372390845
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Let me get this straight... Trump is blocking $1B in Medicaid payments to blue states over spurious accusations of mass fraud. Meanwhile, he's literally pardoned over 70 convicted fraudsters — including a nursing home owner who stole over $1.3B from Medicare and Medicaid. Hello? 20151862204
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialD. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 22/07/2026📌Trump just signed a nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that could lead to enriching its own fuel for nuclear reactors. REMINDER: 15 of the 19 attackers on 9/11 were Saudi nationals. This SOB will take a bribe from literally ANYBODY. 21422155
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 06/07/2026NYT reported Trump made $636 million on his meme coin alone while American investors lost $3.8B The American people are paying the price for his bizarre self-dealing & that should alarm every single one of us A timeline of Trump’s crypto corruption👇 www.democracydefendersfund.org/crypto -TN 16339136
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 30/06/2026The roots of some of our worst climate policies, it turns out, lie in an intellectually corrupt Ivy League collab with Big Oil. It should piss you off billmckibben.substack.com/p/youre-payi...billmckibben.substack.com"You're paying the bills, buddy."Princeton, BP, and a sad but extremely revealing chapter in the climate fight 724896
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialThe Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Trump has an illegal plan to dismantle the US Forest Service. That would put our public lands and the workers who protect them at risk. Take a sec to tell Congress to stop it.actionnetwork.orgTell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest ServiceContact Congress today! 111872
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/06/2026JD Vance flat out lies to Ross Douthat by claiming that Trump's MOU includes an agreement to destroy Iran's nuclear materials (this in fact is not in the deal) 2112458697
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 15/06/2026“These may be perverse days when it’s awfully hard to celebrate the founding of America. But in 140 days, on Nov. 3, we have the opportunity to stand up to this sickness and corruption and accelerate the necessary process of curtailing this hateful regime’s power.” open.substack.com/pub/america/...open.substack.comDisgrace and DishonorThe spectacle of Donald Trump's cage fight shows spits at the memory of Abraham Lincoln and trashes our White House 23603200
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Trump and Secretary McMahon are pushing millions of student borrowers off a default cliff. They’ve gutted Federal Student Aid and buried repayment applications. This is an economic catastrophe. I’m pushing for answers. 917532
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Another report from Trump's death camps. This one in Pittsburgh.apnews.comA woman's hypothermia death in Pittsburgh after her release from ICE custody is ruled a homicideThe death of a woman from Haiti seeking asylum in the U.S. who died from hypothermia days after her release from federal custody was ruled a homicide by a Pennsylvania county medical examiner's office... 8551254
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialwaltb31.bsky.social @waltb31.bsky.social · 13/06/2026The Ohio GOP state legislature is poised to pass a bill to allow tech companies to seize family farms without consent for data centers using Eminent Domain. This is what voting for trump, Husted GOP gets you. cc @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social 56479328
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/06/2026NEW: My latest analysis of Jay Clayton's nomination was originally published for Democracy Docket members only. DD decided to share it more widely because it felt it was too important and timely to keep behind the paywall. I hope you read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/how-...democracydocket.comHow to get a job in Trump's Washington: Lie about elections on cable TVIf Clayton wanted the job, it seems clear that he had to demonstrate loyalty on the one issue Trump cares about most: lying about voting and elections. 20800376
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialMorgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 12/06/2026I'm posting this video every day so we NEVER forget what insurrectionist Donald Trump did on J6 Instead of accepting defeat and honoring the peaceful transfer of power, Trump unleashed a deadly mob on the U.S. Capitol in a last-ditch attempt to stay in power THIS is what an insurrection looks like 441620692
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The largest offshore US wind turbine field isn’t yet built but will be 176 mi². Today Burgum ludicrously said we could be hit by drones FROM ACROSS THE ATLANTIC without being able to see them due to such fields. He said they’re “tens of thousands” of mi². These men are INSANE. 2844092
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/06/2026WATCH — @goodtrouble42069.bsky.social: “That was speaker of the house and ventriloquist dummy come to life saying the quiet part very very loudly… Republicans are going to continue to cut Medicare, Medicaid, and also now social security.” 43728330
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor spread false conspiracy theories Monday about California’s still-ongoing primary vote count, suggesting that delayed results may be evidence of fraud. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comTop DOJ prosecutor is latest to spread lies about California vote countingThough his jurisdiction lies nearly 3,000 miles from California, Jay Clayton also took aim at the state’s mail-in voting laws. 41928921233
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 31/05/2026‼️ALERT: Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette's campaign platform entails perhaps the most elaborate plan for voter restrictions and suppression of all the other candidates. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comIn South Carolina, Trump's pick for governor has an elaborate plan for voter suppressionSouth Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette wins Trump endorsement based off loyalty and a detailed plan for restricting voting rights. 571038563
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Reminder that the Trump regime is still blowing up suspected “drug boats” — killing 197 people since September. But 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. 11337921345
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28/05/2026A study in contrasts. 53283043648
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialBrett Shaw @brettshaw.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Corruption in plain sight. It will take a decade to fix this debacle. #TrumpCorruption 691152236198
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialSteve_USA 🧢 @stowsley.bsky.social · 28/05/2026I like this image for the accuracy of its message. Don't pretend it's anything else. 23130834506
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/05/2026According to new reports, Trump's White House personally ordered the Pentagon to give a $620M loan to a company linked to Don Jr. Stocks for other Don Jr.-advised defense contractors are surging, amid rumors of more DoD deals. This is corruption. Watch.youtu.beWhy Trump Really Wants a Bigger Military BudgetTrump used to rail against the military industrial complex. Now his family profits from it.Watch. 741536735
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialWashington State Democrats @wadems.org · 12/05/2026172 reports of sexual abuse and assault at the Tacoma’s Northwest ICE Detention Center. And instead of accountability, survivors were met with failed investigations, ignored evidence, and a system that protects private prisons over human lives.kuow.orgSexual abuse investigations mishandled at Tacoma ICE lockup, UW report findsA new report from the University of Washington Center for Human Rights raises questions about how sexual assault investigations are handled at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma. 18633422185
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/05/2026"An ICE takedown caught on camera left a 19-year-old bleeding and requiring stitches to his head. Cellphone video showed the teen get tackled by agents. Once they figured out they had made a mistake, they dropped him off at a park, bloody and bruised..." www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/d...nbcnewyork.comDHS responds to claim of wrongful ICE detentionThe Dept. of Homeland Security has responded after a Bronx man said he was injured during what he described as a case of mistaken identity involving immigration agents in Norwood. Jeury Concepcion tol... 662111776126
Reposted by @terrierista.bsky.socialJuliana Stratton @julianastratton.bsky.social · 08/05/2026So Texas, Florida, Missouri, North Carolina, and Tennessee can redraw districts without a referendum and that stands, but when Virginia lets voters decide directly at the ballot box, it gets overturned? 48987922709