TulipsAreBest @tulipsarebest.bsky.social · 2hyoutube.com/shorts/z21YG...youtube.comJon unpacks AI’s promise of a better future, from the fate of our jobs to an "age of abundance"YouTube video by The Daily Show 000
TulipsAreBest @tulipsarebest.bsky.social · 3hyoutube.com/shorts/Zg8C9...youtube.comThis is not a runaway trainYouTube video by Elle Cordova 000
Reposted by TulipsAreBestAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10hTroy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out" 18480321873
Reposted by TulipsAreBestCommon Dreams @commondreams.org · 15h“Refusing election observers is usually something that countries in a position of weakness do, when they know that they have corrupt or unfair elections."commondreams.orgIntimidation Feared as Trump DOJ Boosts Its Own Election Monitors While Rejecting International ObserversInternational election observers criticize Trump's refusal to invite OSCE to monitor US midterms, raising concerns of voter intimidation. Is the administration trying to manipulate the elections? 19427194
Reposted by TulipsAreBestTexas Freedom to Read Project @txfreedomread.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The vice president’s arguments about why banning certain journalists & media outlets from the White House is totally fine, sounds a lot like the arguments state & local governments have made about why banning certain books from school & public libraries is totally fine. thehill.com/homenews/adm...thehill.comVance defends Trump’s media ban as ‘totally appropriate’Vice President Vance, who has long cast himself as a champion of free speech, defended President Trump’s ban on three outlets from the White House, calling the move “totally appropriate” on M… 022
Reposted by TulipsAreBestAuthors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 21hStock a Little Free Library with banned books! Everything we can do to make these stories more accessible both uplifts those particular voices AND fights book bans more generally.littlefreelibrary.orgLittle Free Library World Map - Little Free LibraryFind Little Free Libraries near you on the world map. Share your location to see little libraries in your area, or search by city, state/province, zip code, or country. 111
Reposted by TulipsAreBestAuthors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 21h#BannedBooksWeek is going strong! If you're still looking for ways to fight book bans & protect the right to read this week, here's a thread with some suggestions & opportunities... 11410
Reposted by TulipsAreBestFlorida Freedom to Read Project @flfreedomread.bsky.social · 15/11/2024We volunteer our time to research how state laws have impacted educational opportunities for our children. That research requires public records, and public records require money. You can help support our work and get some anti-censorship apparel at the same time: www.bonfire.com/store/florid...bonfire.comFlorida Freedom to Read Project | Official Merchandise | BonfireFlorida Freedom to Read Project connects parent organizations across the state to defend every student's right to access information & ideas. 58237
Reposted by TulipsAreBestPEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 05/10/2026“Mostly I feel angry on behalf of the women that I interviewed for the story: young women who’ve been sold into sexual slavery, who told their stories so the world could know what was going on. To hear people... say that their accounts are pornographic is so disrespectful to them," said McCormick. 1169
Reposted by TulipsAreBestPEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 05/10/2026🧵 Nearly 12,000 (11,982) books were banned in public schools during the 2025-2026 school year, according to PEN America’s newly updated Index of School Book Bans. #BannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek 13210153
Reposted by TulipsAreBestRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Bust up big corporations and tackle Wall Street’s greed. Get big money out of politics. Strengthen unions and boost wages. Pass Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare, and so much more... This is the agenda Democrats need to fight for. It's not enough to simply be anti-Trump. 802004724
Reposted by TulipsAreBestwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026'Broad haven, Pembrokeshire' by contemporary Welsh painter Sarah Evans #WomensArt 4906143
TulipsAreBest @tulipsarebest.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I dare you to get through the whole thing in one sitting. He’s a babbling idiot. 010
TulipsAreBest @tulipsarebest.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“At one point, Trump claimed the Secret Service had wanted to tear down the Oval Office and rebuild it, only for him to intervene. “I said, ‘My ass, you can’t build a new one. This is a special place.’” Bullshit. Fire this nutcase. 110
Reposted by TulipsAreBestSenator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 03/10/2026My investigators have confirmed the Trump administration is hiding interview documents it conducted with some of Epstein’s banks, and there could be more. There’s no limit to how far Scott Bessent, Kash Patel and Todd Blanche will go to continue this cover up. 692395945
TulipsAreBest @tulipsarebest.bsky.social · 03/10/2026youtube.com/shorts/lpEjM... Susan Collins promised to serve only two terms. She’s overshot that by 18 years. #FuckSusanCollinsyoutube.comThe minute anyone tries to hold Susan Collins accountable for her contradictions, POOF! She's goneYouTube video by The Daily Show 010
Reposted by TulipsAreBestAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor) 41997393542
Reposted by TulipsAreBestmariaevajarrous.bsky.social @mariaevajarrous.bsky.social · 02/10/2026We've paid enough for his illegal involvement in our government. Nobody wants this bastard in there. We have enough of them right now. Call your representatives.☎️ 1129134195107
Reposted by TulipsAreBestRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement. 377120823486
Reposted by TulipsAreBestKevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A perfect pretext for impeachment does not exis— 631728696
Reposted by TulipsAreBestGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 293112794098
Reposted by TulipsAreBestGender Liberation Movement @genderlib.com · 02/10/2026Over a hundred protesters picketed NewYork-Presbyterian for ending care for trans youth. We're picketing a hospital on the first Thursday of each month through Pride. See you on the streets Nov. 5 131108296
Reposted by TulipsAreBestJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026WARNING: The Ellison family is about to own CBS News AND CNN. A judge just cleared the deal. Closing: days away. When one family controls what tens of millions watch, democracy loses a watchdog. Independent media isn't a luxury. It's your last line of defense. 43674412795
Reposted by TulipsAreBestMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Wyden says the DOJ and FBI withheld a secret interview with a banker tied to Jeffrey Epstein from the files released to the public. And he says there may be more.meidasnews.comEXCLUSIVE: Senator Accuses DOJ and FBI of Withholding Secret Epstein Banker Interview, Demands Release of All FBI 302sSenator Ron Wyden is accusing the Justice Department and the FBI of withholding a key record from the Epstein files, demanding in a letter obtained exclusively 25398524170
Reposted by TulipsAreBestElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 30/09/2026I’ve been asked to weigh in on the debate over whether to bring an iced coffee to an interview. It doesn't matter. Iced coffee is NOT why it's hard to land a job right now, and it's NOT why Gen Z can't get ahead. Our economy is rigged. We need to change that. 19466941291
Reposted by TulipsAreBestScott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Eva, it's behind you. 522097255
Reposted by TulipsAreBestThe Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows... 194112852153
Reposted by TulipsAreBestGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETaxamericasvoicecnn.substack.comCHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive. 770043343
Reposted by TulipsAreBestJanel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026chips: we put more air in the bag cookies: we put fewer cookies in the box fruit cups: we have bent the laws of time and space to fit 4 litres of juice in this 250ml cup. God himself told us "stop, that's too much juice" and then we flipped him off and added more juice. 541765224
Reposted by TulipsAreBestM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026THIS 👇 HERE IS SICKENING...... 445110334446
Reposted by TulipsAreBestSahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED 62169621570
Reposted by TulipsAreBestArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social 178124572669
Reposted by TulipsAreBestChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 28/09/2026FYI this bill does nothing. It contains no new mandatory rules restricting data centers. It's just fakery to try to fool voters into forgetting that Republicans spent the entire term trying to stop states from regulating AI (as requested by the AI companies). www.semafor.com/article/09/2...semafor.comExclusive: Some Republicans push to prioritize Husted data center billRepublican senators have discussed the idea but made no final decision. 23611258
