Reposted by MandaTim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever 38115372980
Reposted by MandaJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026And so it continues... Our economic debates seem utterly disconnected from the reality. That reality: This is an economy mostly creating healthcare jobs, and it does so month after month, and everything else is just noise. 641031400
Reposted by MandaKyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026NEW: GOP Gov nominee Victor Marx says he'll respond today to domestic violence allegations - video/audio where he describes slamming his wife into a door and throwing his toddler across a room. Voters/reporters new to Marx may not realize he has a long history of justifying violence. 751108503
Reposted by MandaThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/10/2026TSA says it is removing chairs at document checks in airports, requiring staff to stand for their shift. TSA explained the reason as twofold: to ensure its employees meet its fitness standards and to create an amiable environment for travelers.washingtonpost.comTSA officers must now stand up on the jobThe agency is removing chairs from document-checking stations. 365379139
Manda @theweathermanda.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Cost of living (17%) vs immigration (39%) & border security (48%) When you’re too racist to care that you’re broke 😑 020
Reposted by MandaMatthew Gardner @mindthegaap.bsky.social · 30/09/20263.6% is the effective federal income tax rate my org has estimated Meta paid in 2025. They booked $79 billion of profits in the US. By paying 3.6% instead of the 21% the law prescribes, they saved $13.7 billion in taxes. The R&D credit alone was $3.9 billion of that. itep.org/meta-tax-bre...itep.orgMeta’s Federal Tax Rate Hits an All-Time Low Due to Breaks Expanded by Trump Tax LawThe company paid an effective federal income tax rate of just over 3.5% in 2025, the lowest it has recorded since the company went public as Facebook in 2012. 102
Reposted by MandaSteve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Under President Trump, the wealth of the top 1% has grown more than twice as fast as the bottom half of Americans. 912770
Reposted by MandaColorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 01/10/2026A historic drought, climate change and a tiny beetle put 600,000 acres of pine in Colorado at risk. Already, their gray skeletons line the highways. From @capitalandmain.bsky.socialcoloradonewsline.comIn Colorado, the majestic ponderosa pines are dying | Colorado NewslineThis year, the breadth of the pine beetle’s footprint in Colorado and the intensity of its attack is expected to expand exponentially. 01712
Reposted by MandaThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 30/09/2026The Million Dollar Highway, prone to rockfall and avalanches, is the site of horrific crashes and courageous rescues. Why doesn’t anyone want to fix it? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...newyorker.comWhy Doesn’t Anyone Want to Fix One of America’s Scariest Roads?The Million Dollar Highway, prone to rockfall and avalanches, is the site of horrific crashes and courageous rescues. Why doesn’t anyone want to fix it? 6256
Reposted by MandaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026Hegseth: "Project Meridian will be co-led by three of our nation's best minds: Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich" 9281604357
Manda @theweathermanda.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Fire the generals, nominate Elon Meritocracy af 228338
Reposted by MandaClimate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers "the latest strategy in a decades-long campaign by right-leaning groups to discredit scholars whose work could persuade judges and juries in the high-stakes climate cases"... www.politico.com/news/2026/09...politico.comInside the anti-climate campaign against researchersA POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide. 024
Reposted by MandaShipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Israel is treating an incident aboard flydubai FZ1073 (Dubai to Tel Aviv) as a terror incident. Officials say the Omani copilot stabbed the Emirati captain over Jordan and tried to take control. The captain signaled a possible hijacking and the jet dropped about 14,000 ft in a minute. 18229
Reposted by MandaFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Jesse Watters: You were never on Jeffrey Epstein's jet were you? RFK Jr: I was on it two times. My wife had some kind of relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell. 2715043
Reposted by MandaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026holy shit -- turns out Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Maryland but Schmitt's team is so reckless they concocted a conspiracy theory that Smith was actually in Atlanta seeing a Hawks game and colluding with Fani Willis. Klobuchar points out to Schmitt, "you have your teams wrong." 33265711423
Manda @theweathermanda.bsky.social · 29/09/2026They went from Dollar Menu to this. A New Golden Age, indeed. 000
Reposted by MandaDante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Republican closing argument: "we crashed the economy to start an unending war, re-elect us please" 9508104
Reposted by MandaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026Trump on his conversations with Iranian leaders: "They are crazy. They are very crazy people. I tell them that all the time. I said, 'you're crazy, man.'" 143615135
Manda @theweathermanda.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When your cat is such a devout democracy-hating MAGA that she literally starts ripping up the voter blue book (and the Amendment about law enforcement cooperating with ICE, no less) 170
Manda @theweathermanda.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Just what the people want, especially when gas prices are high 🙄 000
Reposted by MandaAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“The capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.” -- Vladimir Lenin 1258
Reposted by MandaCBS News @cbsnews.com · 28/09/2026Georgia park mass shooting wounds 11 teens at birthday partycbsn.wsGeorgia park mass shooting wounds 11 teens at birthday partyThe wounded victims were identified as four 18-year-old men, five 17-year-old boys and two 18-year-old women, according to the sheriff's office. 001
Reposted by MandaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026absolutely demented. like a scene from a horror movie 3199123872636
Reposted by MandaMatt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 27/09/2026To understand what it's like inside ICE's Aurora detention center, @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social and @sethklamann.bsky.social spoke to current + former detainees and reviewed 911 records and audio recordings from emergency calls. “They treat you as if we’re animals, basically,” a Venezuelan told themdenverpost.comPepper spray, health crises and rotten food: Inside Colorado’s only immigrant detention centerIn interviews with The Denver Post, current and former detainees described frequent fights and feelings of hopelessness. They say they’re often served inedible or rotten food that frequently gives the... 11616
Manda @theweathermanda.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Seems worth mentioning that Busch Stadium is literally half a mile from a national park right now. But, I get it… the Arch’s proximity just doesn’t bring the same deep level of satisfaction as destroying one of the most beautiful parts of the country for 💰💰💰 030
Reposted by MandaThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 27/09/2026Ask anyone in the tiny desert town of Palisade, Colo. and they will tell you they produce the world’s most perfect peach. Yet this town is facing the greatest Colorado River crisis in recent memory, forcing farmers to scramble for ways to keep peach trees alive.washingtonpost.comPeaches put this town on the map. The Colorado River drought could wipe it all away.Like much of the Southwest, the home of the “perfect peach” is facing the greatest Colorado River crisis in recent memory. 44712
Reposted by MandaMatt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 27/09/2026"Major League Baseball has approached the Trump administration about hosting a game at a national park, officials from the White House and MLB confirmed Saturday. The administration has scouted locations in Grand Teton National Park to build a baseball park to host an MLB game..."wapo.stTrump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National ParkMajor League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location. 182
Reposted by MandaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026Trump: "I'm rejecting their deal. They want to make a deal where they open the strait immediately ... we're winning tremendously. We have total control of the Hormuz Strait ... that deal would not be acceptable. They want to immediately open the Hormuz Strait." 9652267640
Reposted by MandaJeff Merkley @jeff-merkley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A pocket rescission is an illegal line item veto. It’s the president canceling the lines of spending he doesn't like. Republicans said they would never let this happen. Well here it is. If they have any integrity they’ll join us in ending this practice.cbsnews.comTrump cancels nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress, a move some lawmakers called illegalPresident Trump moved to cancel almost $1 billion in spending that was approved by Congress, marking the second time his administration has employed a rarely used tactic that some lawmakers in both pa... 47682236
Reposted by Mandajanebxt.bsky.social @janebxt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The attempted clawback represents the second time in as many years that the White House has sought to cancel funding approved by lawmakers. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...nytimes.comTrump Proposes $810 Million in Education and Health Cuts, Defying Congress (Gift Article)The attempted clawback represents the second time in as many years that the White House has sought to cancel funding approved by lawmakers. 022
Reposted by MandaThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/09/2026The Justice Department said on Thursday it had ended its watchdog role in more than 50 cases enforcing racial desegregation in schools, mostly in the South. The changes are the latest in the Trump administration’s bid to overhaul civil rights enforcement in the U.S.nyti.msJustice Department Scraps Dozens of School Desegregation CasesCritics said the changes, mostly in the South, moved the nation “back toward the Jim Crow era.” Justice Department officials said the decrees were outdated. 166936
Manda @theweathermanda.bsky.social · 26/09/2026static.klipy.comWhy Emily Cooper? Lily Collins asksALT: Why Emily Cooper? Lily Collins asks 010
Reposted by MandaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/09/2026tell me the summit accomplished jack shit without telling me the summit accomplished jack shit 74284891542
Reposted by MandaKim Wood @drkimwood.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Remarkable evolution of Hurricane Polo over the past 48 hours as it fluctuated between category 4 and 5 intensity during an eyewall replacement cycle (ERC) and subsequently re-strengthened to 180 mph (155 kt) as of the latest NHC advisory. 26124
Reposted by MandaAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong. 21188123853
Reposted by MandaWashington Post Data Team @wpdatateam.bsky.social · 22/09/2026NEW: Megadonors have now pumped more than $1.7 billion into the midterms. The figure includes a newly disclosed $10M from the crypto billionaire Winklevoss twins, who gave MAGA Inc while crypto regulation was on the Hill. Meet all 50 of the top donors here: www.washingtonpost.com/elections/in... 1710469
Reposted by MandaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026Sen. Mike Lee: "I won't be a bit surprised if President Trump decides at one point to say, 'You know, President Xi, let's go visit Panda Express and see what you think of their broccoli beef.' I'd love to see that happen. That's the kind of thing President Trump likes to do." 7951426230
Reposted by MandaCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Four-byline alert: 🚨 “.. Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said that he had prepared over the past year for the ‘extreme tail risk’ that President Trump might order military action against Canada ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/w...nytimes.comMark Carney Interview: Canada’s Leader Lays Out Vision for Breaking Reliance on U.S.In a wide-ranging interview, the Canadian leader laid out a detailed vision for breaking his country’s dependency on the United States. 55882307
Reposted by MandaCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24/09/2026* U.S. 10-Year Treasury Yield Rises to 5.148%, Highest Since 2007 -- Tradeweb Data * U.S. 30-Year Treasury Yield Rises to 5.444%, Highest Since 2004 -- Tradeweb Data (via DJ) 2132791
Reposted by MandaMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/09/2026The judge also rejected the administration’s national-security justification at this stage, writing that the record contains little factual support showing the credential revocations would protect national security. 3/3 1165891
Reposted by MandaReuters @reuters.com · 24/09/2026A federal judge ordered President Trump to restore White House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, saying his ban on the three media outlets was likely unconstitutional reut.rs/4iGBhjlreut.rsJudge lifts Trump's White House ban on CNN, MS NOW and PoliticoA federal judge ordered US President Donald Trump on Thursday to restore White House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, saying his ban on the three media outlets was likely unc... 35521177
Manda @theweathermanda.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Sounds like they should ban JD Vance from the White House instead. 000
Reposted by MandaThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23/09/2026Exclusive: In the weeks leading up to his resignation last year, the first architect on the White House ballroom clashed with President Trump over design features that the architect believed violated building safety codes. “I am the code,” Trump said.washingtonpost.com‘I am the code’: Trump clashed with ballroom architect over safety issuesJames McCrery II resigned in October after warning that the president was insisting on designs that violated fire and safety codes. 47295118
Reposted by MandaThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23/09/2026The owners of Camp Mystic, the Texas camp where 28 people died in catastrophic flooding last year, face a state homicide investigation, according to court documents released this week.washingtonpost.comCamp Mystic owners face homicide investigation over flooding deathsState investigators are pursuing potential evidence of manslaughter and negligent homicide in the disaster that killed 28, search warrants show. 6338
Reposted by MandaScott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 23/09/2026SCOOP: Justifying its ban of Politico, the White House said the news outlet used anonymous quotes from a "senior administration official." But those quotes were provided to Politico and other outlets by the White House during a background briefing. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...washingtonpost.comThe White House cited anonymous quotes in Politico ban. It was the source.In a letter defending its ban of Politico, the White House critiqued a report based on a press call it conducted, where reporters were told not to name the speaker 217470