Reposted by Varian SwieterMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/08/2026The guy who did such an incredible job with the Reflecting Pool, Ballroom, Kennedy Center, National Mall, and Great American Fair is going to redesign our warships. What could go wrong? 879162504068 16.3K
Reposted by Varian SwieterBrooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 03/08/2026"don't make enough money" is a fig leaf All those degree programs--social work, art, etc.--have disproportionately female student bodies. This is designed to make it harder for women to attend college--college education being a key factor in women's autonomy from men & left-leaning voting pattern. 541641760 1.6K
Reposted by Varian SwieterThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 27/04/2026Leavitt: "The deranged lies and smears against the president, his family, his supporters have led crazy people to believe crazy things and they are inspired to commit violence because of those words." 657210 72
Reposted by Varian Swieter🦋🕊️🦋GinLy47 @ginly47.bsky.social · 29/11/2025This👇youtube.comICE... How Do You Do It?YouTube video by PoliticsGirl 211849 118
Reposted by Varian SwieterProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 29/11/2025Uber needs to sue them 313461 134
Reposted by Varian SwieterCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.” The result was “institutionalized hunger.” @kristencrowell.bsky.social www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... 264110365429 11K
Reposted by Varian SwieterChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/10/2025Our new health insurance premium feels more like a shakedown‼️ Thank you, @politicsgirl.bsky.social , for sharing your story. You’re right—there are millions like you. Our new premium is over $3K/month for a family of three. Could we scrape it together? Maybe. Should we have to? No. 1/2 48879854008 8K
Reposted by Varian SwieterAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/10/2025The East Wing was first added in 1942, under Franklin D. Roosevelt, primarily to provide office space for the First Lady’s staff and to conceal a newly built underground bunker known as the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC) during World War II. 57654991910 5.5K
Reposted by Varian SwieterPoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Taking Kimmel off the air has nothing to do with HIM and everything to do with YOU. He’s losing his show, but you’re losing your rights. youtu.be/mnXtlL1bHVAyoutu.beWHAT happened to JIMMY KIMMEL?YouTube video by PoliticsGirl 12834611322 3.5K
Reposted by Varian SwieterPoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 18/09/2025They are watching how we react… Like raptors at the fence, testing for weakness. youtube.com/shorts/BBWoG...youtube.comWHY they're BlOWING UP BoatsYouTube video by PoliticsGirl 44621254 621
Reposted by Varian SwieterRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Only 40 days have passed since Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were tragically killed by an unhinged Trump supporter, yet this story has largely faded from national awareness. We must not allow that to happen. 4224751037 2.5K
Reposted by Varian SwieterTammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 05/09/2025Why stop there? Let’s rename all Depts after what Trump is inflicting on America. Dept of HHS -> Dept of Hepatitis and Human Suffering Dept of VA -> Dept of Veteran Abandonment Dept of Education -> Dept of Erasure of History Dept of Commerce -> Dept of Corruption Just a start. 681738565 1.7K
Reposted by Varian SwieterDenise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Several anti-ICE protestors on the Ohio-Kentucky border. This is how the police dealt with them. Literally beat the hell out of them. This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you. 39328612052 2.9K
Reposted by Varian SwieterMorgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 06/09/2025🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon & adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸 6636891422 3.7K
Reposted by Varian SwieterInequality Media @inequalitymedia.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Our national parks generated $56 billion in visitor spending and supported 415,000 jobs in 2023. The entire National Park Service budget was just $3.6 billion. That’s some return on investment — so why is Donald Trump taking an axe to our parks?youtube.comDonald Trump’s New Enemy? Our National ParksYouTube video by Robert Reich 831470604 1.5K
Reposted by Varian SwieterRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/08/2025If someone tells you there's nothing we can do about gun violence beyond thoughts and prayers, remind them: —Gun laws in other countries have prevented mass shootings —More guns don't make us safer —A majority of Americans want gun reform We don't have to live like this. 730180985396 18.1K
Reposted by Varian SwieterDonovan Kolbly @donovan.kolbly.name · 28/08/2025DC *is* being run poorly... by *Congress* 🙄 Congress gutted DC's budget so that Trump could say the city was in trouble and invade it. We've seen this Trump regime playbook before: break it, and then say it's broken. 5364127 364
Reposted by Varian SwieterLucia Romano, MBA @luciaromano.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Holy shit. This legit gave me chills. Texas State Rep. Ann Johnson clapped back at GOP members amid Wednesday's redistricting vote. WHITE WOMEN, this is the model. We have more power than others. We are the last to be silenced. We have a responsibility to SPEAK so others are HEARD. 10938801464 3.9K
Reposted by Varian SwieterPolitical Design Therapy @mypdt.bsky.social · 18/08/2025We are America! 7471142 471
Reposted by Varian SwieterSidney Morss @sidneymorss.bsky.social · 23/06/2025About last week… #satire 1136664 366
Reposted by Varian SwieterPoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 22/06/2025If you’re not outraged by this, you really should be. 13125371276 2.5K
Reposted by Varian SwieterPoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Keep your children safe this summer… @bradyunited.org @endfamilyfire.org #ASKDay #ASKingSavesKids 8387110 387
Reposted by Varian SwieterJanessa Goldbeck @janessagoldbeck.bsky.social · 16/06/2025🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands. Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵 22878234750 7.8K
Reposted by Varian SwieterAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Everyone’s been stressed about tariffs now the courts have spoken. A panel of federal judges just blocked Trump from imposing some of his steepest tariffs on China and other trading partners, ruling that he far exceeded his authority under federal law. In short, Trump’s tariffs were ruled illegal. 1134808632 4.8K
Reposted by Varian SwieterAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Really? Congress votes on bills without even reading them? Our coalition read and broke it down. Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE) admitted he voted for Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill without realizing it weakened federal judges’ power to hold officials in contempt. 1602945635 2.9K
Reposted by Varian SwieterAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Update: reports today that multiple legal observers were arrested today in New York at two separate immigration courts, for allegedly “obstructing” ICE. Not only that, apparently some immigration courts are barring the public from attending hearings. This mess is escalating fast. 23579373728 7.9K
Reposted by Varian SwieterJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 28/05/2025PLEASE read this thread. It's vital. And offers a way to fight this open threat. 4478171 478
Reposted by Varian SwieterPoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Elle Cordova is absolutely brilliant. 10491139 491
Reposted by Varian SwieterPoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 25/05/2025I can’t believe I’m saying this, but something good happened, in Ohio of all places, and I wanted to share… 11343471284 4.3K
Reposted by Varian SwieterBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/05/2025The Republican "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" certainly doesn't want to display its beauty in daylight. 741567393 1.6K
Reposted by Varian SwieterAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” isn’t just about tax cuts it quietly guts federal protections and reshapes entire agencies. Here’s what’s buried inside: 13742791809 4.3K
Reposted by Varian SwieterAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/05/2025Is Trump now threatening to prosecute Beyoncé? 6362556419 2.6K
Reposted by Varian SwieterAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Prices are rising nationwide and Trump’s gaslighting everyone about why. His tariffs and failed policies are driving costs up. He’s spent $200 billion more in his first 100 days than the same period last year, delivering less to Americans at a greater cost. 7544481079 4.4K
Reposted by Varian SwieterHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 17/05/2025May 16, 2025heathercoxrichardson.substack.comMay 16, 2025MAGA world is performing over-the-top outrage over a photo former Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey posted on Instagram, where he has been teasing a new novel. 591434391 1.4K
Reposted by Varian SwieterPoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 15/05/2025I find this very concerning… youtube.com/shorts/s8vmr...youtube.comChanges In The MilitaryYouTube video by PoliticsGirl 42535227 535
Reposted by Varian SwieterPoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Holy hell! No regulation for 10 years?! AI will dominate us in 3. youtube.com/shorts/JrS37...youtube.comCome With Me If You Want To LiveYouTube video by PoliticsGirl 28590200 590
Reposted by Varian SwieterThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 13/05/2025The GOP’s “big beautiful bill” includes a clause giving Donald Trump the ability to revoke the tax-exempt status of any group the Treasury Department says is a terrorism supporter. The bill is in the reconciliation process, meaning it only requires a simple majority in the House and Senate to pass.newrepublic.comRepublicans Slip Nonprofit Killer Bill Into Budget PlanThe “nonprofit killer bill” is hidden at the very end of Republicans’ massive 389-page budget package. 741105757 1.1K
Reposted by Varian SwieterAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/05/2025DOGE staffers attempted to assign a team and take control of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), but CPB leaders resisted citing federal law that protects the nonprofit’s independence from government interference. 8961741273 6.2K
Reposted by Varian SwieterPoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Wake up America. We need to fight back, and we need to fight back NOW. youtu.be/x8olOnC4eI0youtu.beYou're DeniedYouTube video by PoliticsGirl 33886310 886
Reposted by Varian SwieterCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 27/04/2025If there’s one thing I’ve taken away from reporting on the current DOGE collection of govt data, it is that the people who’ve previously spent their careers carefully handling this information believe there is almost no limit to how it could be abused (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...theatlantic.comAmerican PanopticonThe Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next. 9036861598 3.7K
Reposted by Varian SwieterAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Booker: Do you think we got the right to vote for women because a bunch of men on the House floor got together and said “on the count of three, women get the right to vote..” That’s not how it happened… Change doesn’t come from Washington. It comes to Washington. 433320617813 32.1K
Reposted by Varian SwieterPoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Americans are in danger. I don’t care how you voted. You need you to look around, and realize it’s not good, and we’re going to need all of us banding together to save ourselves. youtube.com/shorts/OP3Wy...youtube.comMake Me a SandwichYouTube video by PoliticsGirl 481498398 1.5K
Reposted by Varian SwieterThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/04/2025This 8673604612708 36K
Reposted by Varian SwieterAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 15/04/2025We don't know who wrote this but it resonates. Keep holding on to that ember of hope. Goodnight friends. Get some rest. We rise to fight again tomorrow. 231067227 1.1K
Reposted by Varian SwieterHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 14/04/2025April 13, 2025heathercoxrichardson.substack.comApril 13, 2025This evening, lawyers for the Department of Justice told a federal court that the administration does not believe it has a legal obligation to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the United States,... 722231611 2.2K
Reposted by Varian SwieterScott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 12/04/2025As I was saying… @pivotpod.bsky.social 71631117 631
Reposted by Varian SwieterAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Trump administration opens half of National Forests to logging. An emergency order lifts protections on over half of U.S. Forest Service lands as the Trump pushes to increase timber production. 51045771867 4.6K
Reposted by Varian SwieterHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 12/04/2025April 11, 2025heathercoxrichardson.substack.comApril 11, 2025On April 4, Trump fired head of U.S. 511421409 1.4K
