Reposted by V am IResister Sister Nicki Smith @worldtraveldiva.bsky.social · 31/07/2026In 1944, MN teenager Jeanne Gibson went to work in the Seattle shipyards welding destroyers for the Allies. She then moved to Juneau and joined the Army Transportation Corps supplying ships in the Pacific. She later got a Master’s and her pilots license. RIP, hero. 🫡 www.kron4.com/news/bay-are... 213109692613
Reposted by V am IPBS News @pbsnews.org · 31/07/2026The State Department said it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI. 2032637974
V am I @v-m-i.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Great job @tinakotek.bsky.social I laughed out loud at the company’s statement at the end, just take the ‘L’! 010
Reposted by V am ISFGATE @sfgate.com · 31/07/2026An ex-national park ranger is fighting back against censorship.bit.lyWhy a former national park employee is posting up in visitor centersAn ex-national park ranger is fighting back against censorship. 083
V am I @v-m-i.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Really starting to wonder if tfg is going to be remembered as the reason the US embraced EV’s, renewable energy and vegetarianism… 0101
Reposted by V am ISenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 30/07/2026If you're wondering what party will help you keep your Social Security benefits and which one is trying to take them away, this is a Republican on the Senate floor TODAY: 1311178696
Reposted by V am IJulia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 29/07/2026RFK Jr. and Oz attacked California for its Medicaid home care, citing growth as proof of fraud. For @motherjones.com, I reported on how the growth isn't proof of fraud, and growth of participants is proof the program is more accessible than in other states. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comCalifornia does Medicaid home care well. They're being punished for it.Republicans are deferring $850 million from the state because of unfounded fraud claims. 9464207
Reposted by V am IMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Here is a full list of every state that DOJ had sued and lost for access to their voter file: Arizona California Connecticut Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin 1026255857542
Reposted by V am IKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/07/2026It's darkly depressing that the entire GOP -- from the White House to Congress to the Supreme Court -- insists that the president and his aides cannot be held accountable for all the very clear crimes that they clearly committed, but they think Dr. Fauci should hang for alleged mishandling of COVID. 763132652
Reposted by V am IChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/07/2026Dead or alive, Mitch McConnell is on extended medical leave — on your dime. This is the same Mitch McConnell who voted against: paid family and medical leave for everyone else. 361216358
Reposted by V am IChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Amazing how many people over the last few years have moved from person I sometimes disagree with, to person I disagree with who is also unpleasant online, to genuinely bad person whose soul has warped beyond recognition. the politics of our times are like a solvent for decency. 1963550377
V am I @v-m-i.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Oh that’s much different! Dark. I like full escape: Time traveling or Pre cell phone era Korea Interesting to glimpse another culture… 110
V am I @v-m-i.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Weird how not a single Rep nor Sen has drafted, proposed, or even floated the idea of having some sort of policy or rule in the event a colleague is absent for months on end in case this happens yet again huh? /s 010
V am I @v-m-i.bsky.social · 28/07/2026FFS #AltText ‘You’ are a large account that reaches a ton of people. REACH MORE, among many other good reasons… manningkrull.com/digital-phil... 000
Reposted by V am IRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 27/07/2026The people are rising! ✊🏽 ✊🏻 ✊🏿 ✊🏾 271773593
Reposted by V am IAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/07/2026WELKER: Is America backing away from a larger attack bc our stockpile has been depleted? WALTZ: We have to take a step back. A lot of our stockpiles were depleted because of Biden WELKER: But you acknowledge they're depleted? WALTZ: No. And the people leaking this nonsense deserve to be in jail 12953996984
Reposted by V am IIan Campbell @neurovagrant.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I was a 911 dispatcher for a decade. To really understand how terrible an idea it is to have AI answer 911 calls, I'll present you with a single real-life call: Upon answer, the caller calmly began ordering a pizza. Large, pepperoni. Side order of chicken wings. To be delivered promptly. 6441203
Reposted by V am IAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Phang: Judge Sullivan found, in both fact and law, that the acting attorney general conceded he violated the law—a law that is intended to bring sunlight and transparency to one of the worst crimes, indeed multiple crimes committed by multiple perpetrators, in American history. 161106473653
Reposted by V am IAnnie M @dovetails.bsky.social · 24/07/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThree speeches on a single day signaled a dying American democracy | Robert ShpinerStephen Miller warned of a leftwing ‘cancer’ threatening civilization. As a critical care doctor, I have a response to his diagnosis 022
Reposted by V am IProPublica @propublica.org · 24/07/2026NEW: James Talarico accused Ken Paxton of committing voter fraud after ProPublica and @texastribune.org found that the Texas attorney general may have broken state law by voting using an address where he no longer appears to live.propublica.orgKen Paxton Touts His Efforts to Fight Voter Fraud. His Senate Opponent Is Now Accusing Him of Committing It.James Talarico’s comments come after ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found that the Texas attorney general may have broken state law by voting using an address where he no longer appears to live. 367134844402
Reposted by V am IDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The Trump administration is erasing the data that provides evidence of employee discrimination. If you stop measuring the problem, the problem disappears! (Via @almsnatalie.bsky.social) www.notus.org/agencies/tru...notus.orgThe Trump Administration Moves to Stop Collecting Workplace Demographic DataDemocrats say the race, sex and ethnicity data is central to enforcing antidiscrimination laws. 13219109
Reposted by V am IPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Trump administration to grant $12m to groups founded by UK conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby Young. All part of a right wing coup. Foreign money to spread Trumpism, subvert UK public choices. Puppets wrap themselves in the flag.theguardian.comTrump administration to grant $12m to groups founded by UK conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby YoungExclusive: Controversial grants are part of package criticised as misuse of public money to influence European politics 40413231
Reposted by V am IEuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 18/07/2026The endgame of the far-right US regime is all-out fascism, which enacts stamping out all so-called 'left-wing' dissent. Listen to the language Marco Rubio uses👇🏻 www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf9q...youtube.comWhat Marco Rubio Just Did is SHOCKING & soon no one will be able to talk about itYouTube video by Double Down News 15741
Reposted by V am IFree States Forever 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @freestatesforever.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Here at Free States Forever, we have been advocating for @demgovs.org and @democrats.org officials across blue states to unite across state lines in interstate compacts to resist the regime, protect our civil liberties, and build new interstate programs to replace those the regime is gutting. 🧵 1115
Reposted by V am IBlue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 23/07/2026One more thing, because I'm feeling extremely mushy. Truly seeing, and lifting up, the humanity of those our government wishes us to dehumanize and forget is the most satisfying act of resistance I have ever been a part of. I encourage you to give it a try 1857
Reposted by V am ICeleste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Plumbing is one of the most licensed, highly trained professions. A union apprenticeship takes 5 years w/about 10,000 hours of on-the-job training & 1200+ hours of classroom instruction. Plumbers are more educated & highly trained than Linda McMahon who has zero training in education. 416518
V am I @v-m-i.bsky.social · 23/07/2026…and she threw electricians in, too! Clearly she has no idea what “skilled trade” jobs require. #DirtyHandsCleanMoney #BlueCollar 3653
V am I @v-m-i.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Right?! He ignores the Emoluments Clause and the Constitution, he’ll just ignore the “ethics language”. 000
V am I @v-m-i.bsky.social · 23/07/2026laissez-fare?? This is anything but hands off, let the market decide! 000
Reposted by V am IRichard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 23/07/2026There are always options 259127262394
Reposted by V am IMr. Frost @edmondfrost.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Thanks to former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick for covering the cost of the independent autopsy for Nolan Wells family and to Dr. Roger A. Mitchell, Jr., MD for conducting it. Nolan’s family deserves the truth, and those responsible must be held accountable. 173
Reposted by V am IAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/07/2026Tom Cotton: "Ultimately, it's not about Prime Minster Netanyahu and Israel -- it's about arresting Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio in the future if they ever travel abroad." 7862507416
Reposted by V am ILynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare. Eco-Socialist. Pro-🇵🇸 @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 22/07/2026A Palestinian organisation ‘Defence for Children International’ has been designated as a terrorist organisation by the Israeli authorities. Why? Because they documented the abuse and rape of a 13-year old boy by Israeli officers, whilst held captive! mondoweiss.net/2026/07/how-...mondoweiss.netHow Israel has used sexualized violence as a weapon of settler colonialism from 1948 to todayAn extensive new Palestinian Feminist Collective report traces Israeli sexual violence against Palestinians from the 1948 Nakba to Gaza today, showing it isn’t incidental abuse but a deliberate tool o... 01518
Reposted by V am IJassa Skott @jassaskott.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Citizens Bank—one of the biggest in the US—will no longer finance the two largest companies running ICE detention camps: GEO Group and CoreCivic. All thanks to a De-ICE coalition of churches, synagogues, unions, city councils and everyday customers pulling money out in protest. Keep resisting!apnews.comCitizens Bank to cut ties with CoreCivic and GEO after a fierce public pressure campaignCitizens Bank plans to end its financial relationship with two private prison companies, CoreCivic and The GEO Group. 042
V am I @v-m-i.bsky.social · 21/07/2026No need to apologize! I’ll be on the lookout because of your share 🙂 010
V am I @v-m-i.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Subscribe to read and lock in bonus AI content?? NOPE!! Looks interesting, maybe I’ll read about it somewhere else… 100
Reposted by V am IMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 21/07/2026The New York Times quotes MAGA Rep. Brian Mast as saying Iran has been “attacking everybody’s ships” in the Strait of Hormuz “for decades.” This is patently false, but NYT doesn’t dispute it. NYT seems to think fairness means letting Republicans lie in its stories. 27916322