Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Schmitt: Did you attend a concert wearing an anti-Trump shirt? Smith: I wore a “No Kings” shirt. It used to be a bipartisan American sentiment. 773404652
Penguins Against Tariffs @theotherkatie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Yesterday's Power to the People festival in Columbia, Maryland. youtu.be/gtRBUpyZYFw?...youtu.bePower to the People Festival grand finale with Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl, Dave Matthews & moreYouTube video by calebu2 010
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...nytimes.comU.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter... 24730531792
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Aaron is not underrating this. It's cinema. The sly smirk when Schmitt thinks he's gotten Smith to perjure himself. The hasty vanishing of the sign. Klobuchar getting Kennedy to hold it up. Schmitt getting LOUD and ANGRY when Klobuchar points out he mixed up the Hawks and Hawkeyes. 1252795542
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers” 299214115946
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Pete Hegseth prepares for general purge of all women, Blacks and Hispanics from the general officer ranks of the military service branches. thehill.com/policy/defen...thehill.comHegseth to cut 20 percent of admirals, generals in major Pentagon overhaulDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to announce a 20 percent cut to slots slated for admirals and generals at the Pentagon as part of his push to overhaul the outlook of the department, two Penta… 53381245
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsSimon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If this goes ahead it is Trump overtly taking Russia's side in the war against Ukraine and Europe, aligning the United States with China, Iran, and North Korea. Like the Putin G20 visit, it cannot be allowed to happen. We must fight. 22360190
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The world might look very different right now if Judge Boasberg had been able to hold contempt proceedings in 2025 & the administration had been held accountable. Instead, emboldened by his success, Trump continues to treat the courts like a game to be played. joycevance.substack.com/p/consequenc...joycevance.substack.comConsequencesLast Thursday, the White House, almost as soon as Judge Kelly entered his order forcing the administration to restore access to CNN, MSNOW, and Politico, began searching for play in the joints. 361215381
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsChris Conaton @conatonc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A familiar story for anyone who follows @volts.wtf. “The Chronicle spoke to more than half a dozen grid experts…to try to understand why Texas’s notoriously unreliable grid had a remarkably reliable summer. The answer was unanimous: solar panels and batteries.”houstonchronicle.comTexas shattered energy demand records this summer. Here's why the grid held up.Texas repeatedly broke electricity demand records this summer, but ERCOT avoided emergencies as booming solar and battery capacity helped keep the grid stable. 352252768
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Please don't overreact to the SCOTUS SAVE database decision today Page 6 of the decision makes clear that we are in the 90 day statutory window when mass changes cannot be made to voter lists! Yeah it's a shit decision for the reasons the 3 dissenters say but we can deal with it. More to come...nytimes.comSupreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges. 31144931824
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026CNN pulled a clip of Michele Tafoya recently saying "I've never said I was embarrassed to be from Minnesota" and then displays an unearthed and deleted tweet of her saying "I am embarrassed to be from Minnesota" 🥴 40896112819
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Rough day for Susan Collins in the local Maine press, where ProPublica's bombshell story is the lead story. 2434958991
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026Renee Good's mom: "I am a registered Republican. I voted for President Trump under the impression that these agents were here to protect citizens -- innocents like our family and the others here. Certainly not to accuse those of us here of being terrorists and take precious lives. This is madness." 63851901463
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This is the dumbest thing in the world. The fraud is that people are paying for insurance and they’re… healthy? 1472178482
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026 10473217510094
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Christ, these people are monsters. Just monsters. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... 13153691942
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsScott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 21/09/2026BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said. It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... 805149213699
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsHannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I’m pleasantly surprised that they did this! As far as I can tell, seeing himself on TV is one of Trump’s only pleasures, so this has a chance of being effectivenytimes.comTrump Live Updates: White House TV Pool Suspends Trump Coverage After CNN BanCNN, MS NOW and Politico said they would sue to regain access to the White House. They argued in a joint statement that President Trump’s decision to block them violates the First Amendment. 3254
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...theatlantic.comWhat the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return RevealsA previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover. 15138501801
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/09/2026This is why Trump can’t stand Black women. They don’t take his shit. Let’s appreciate Rep. Joyce Beatty for being the fighter we need. Trump: “I think you’re incompetent.” Beatty: “I know you’re incompetent.” Then she reminded him: “You had more bankruptcies than anybody in the room.” 🔥 45784572668
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsJosh Marshall @handle.invalid · 16/09/2026It's breaking my head how much this idiot doesn't understand what interest rates - the cost of money, as opposed to credit risks - even are. 1032269350
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“ProPublica reported that “In the days leading up to Trump Jr.’s wedding, Kremlev was in China as part of the delegation accompanying Putin.” At best, Trump Jr. and his new bride lack anything resembling good judgment. At worst, they’re beholden.” joycevance.substack.com/p/some-thing...joycevance.substack.comSome Things Speak for Themselves. Like When the President’s Son Lets a Russian Oligarch Pay for His Wedding.You’ve undoubtedly heard by now that Don Jr.’s wedding was paid for by Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, who, according to The Guardian, “has spent the past decade moving through some of Russia’s most po... 681179368
Reposted by Penguins Against Tariffsdavidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 15/09/2026Public anger over data centers reflects a far broader - and well grounded - public anger over massive technological/economic change that threatens to leave many people behind, and the nation even more unequal - presenting a great challenge for the nation, but a political opportunity for Ds. 28010
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026Ossoff: "We are witnessing people drunk with power who are utterly reckless, utterly corrupt, and obviously believe that they live with impunity. They believe they're untouchable. They believe they're invincible. Let's prove them wrong." 518263087447
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026underrated part of El-Sayed’s messaging strategy seems to be shaming journalists who ask dumb questions that play into right-wing frames. you can’t answer these in a way that satisfies them, but you can make it embarrassing enough that you impose a toll on asking. 186151332695
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Here's a non-paywalled version of the reporting on Canada becoming a possible "associate member" of the EU. It suggests Canada is willing to agree free movement of people, which (if true) would mean that the EU would be willing to agree more internal market access. www.reuters.com/world/americ...reuters.comCarney pushes idea of making Canada 'associate member' of EU, WSJ reportsThe EU is open to the idea, the Journal reported. 63882391
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei: "My view here is it has always been very strange that this technology is being built by a private company ... I think the government and the public needs to have a stake. And that's why we've supported regulation." 1601326337
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... " 1377339698302
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsAmerican Bridge 21st Century @ab21.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Americans have been complaining about gas prices for months, and Trump has made it clear he is tired of listening. 9315143
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsBrandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026After Pretti was killed, Savageford, who is Asian-American, said she was taken to a warehouse near the Whipple detention center where immigrants were being detained. She was strip-searched, including by male agents who Cook told HuffPost on Friday were “touching her privates.” 271662905
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026if this was in an evangelical movie about the antichrist you'd think it'd be a bit much 693898718
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsSarah Good @sassy0210.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Last night, 2,977 lights rose above New York Harbor, representing every person killed in the September 11 attacks. The aerial artwork originated from Governors Island and illuminated the sky beside the Tribute in Light ahead of the 25th anniversary of 9/11. 🕯️ www.youtube.com/shorts/3Qh24...youtube.comDrones recreate Twin Towers, honor victims ahead of 25th anniversary of 9/11 attacks in New YorkYouTube video by 6abc Philadelphia 25019
Penguins Against Tariffs @theotherkatie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Too bad so many suffer from amnesia. 000
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsJenna @stay-a-spell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I think it's worth noting that nothing is being done now. Johnson has kept congress home for most of the year over the Epstien files. The two year average is 284 stand alone bills passed. This congress has passed 38....they hold all 3 branches. These are not serious people. 67349911919
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 04/09/2026www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comThe MAGA Right Is Only Pretending to Be CensoredThe conspiracy theory that persists even though no evidence supports it 43932335
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Our outrage is simmering. It needs to be at a boil. joycevance.substack.com/p/about-liam...joycevance.substack.comAbout Liam RamosEveryone remembers Liam Ramos. 10034791132
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsPenguins Against Tariffs @theotherkatie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026One of my favorite authors. But, remember, Butler was considered a SCIENCE FICTION writer. We are living the unimaginable. 011
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsKristen @kristen10.bsky.social · 29/08/2026"Officials at DHS chose to publish a video of Black people in chains that evoked the slave coffles of the Old South." 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😪😪😪😪😪😪 041
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 15/11/2024"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope" - Dr. MLK Jr. 498316305114
Reposted by Penguins Against Tariffscall634-5789 @call634-5789.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Enough. 842241707
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Honestly this is the right way to look at things 14399262009
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/08/2026A person who can say this without believing it is a psychopath. A person who can say this and believe it is psychotic. Either way, he’s beyond unfit for any office of public trust. 3133280820
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Tom is absolutely right about this. 36756131149
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 14/08/2026For the umpteenth time: He’s a sociopath. He’s humanly incapable of caring about our sailors. He’s humanly incapable of caring about anyone or anything but himself. In a weird way, it’s almost not his fault. He’s. Humanly. Incapable. Of. Empathy.👇 1571652465
Reposted by Penguins Against TariffsDana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 14/08/2026After Alex Pretti was shot while peacefully witnessing during the immigration crackdown in Minnesota, the US government did not investigate his murder; they investigated groups that were supporting efforts to witness and document, calling them agitators. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/u...nytimes.comU.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown (Gift Article)The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes. 16248872265
Reposted by Penguins Against Tariffs𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 14/08/2026In case anyone still wonders how he went bankrupt six times. 805103223709
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