Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 18hLet me fix that: “I think I gave ICE too much money to hire far too many officers under a president who I knew would insist on deploying them without adequate vetting and training.” 15813152
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 13/10/2026A U.S. Air Force member jailed since August for publicly calling for President Donald Trump's impeachment is being held in solitary confinement 24 hours a day, according to his attorney. www.military.com/air-force-ma...military.comAir Force Maj. Jason Watson is in Solitary 24 Hours Daily After Publicly Calling For Trump’s ImpeachmentMaj. Jason Watson has been jailed since August after publicly opining on the president and his administration, drawing a big legal battle. 59876494
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/10/2026The Moron and Lunatic in the White House has now declared China and Russia aren’t helping Iran, and that if they were, “we would know about it very fast.” We do know. His own Defense Secretary told senators they are. Trump's covering for Putin and Xi as they help Iran kill American service members 32349451969
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 12/10/2026She should be ousted. But the guy who would oust her, Donald Trump, is a billion times more corrupt than Kimberly Guilfoyle. Trump does shit like this on a much, much, much bigger scale every single day.👇 63520125
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 13/10/2026Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.propublica.orgEctopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ... 6217971043
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialRepublicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 13/10/2026New footage obtained by the WSJ shows Ken Paxton and his girlfriend watching fireworks at a party in Dubai alongside two men indicted on federal healthcare fraud charges who failed to return to the U.S. to face prosecution. 23781305
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 13/10/2026A new documentary lays bare the human failings of Elon Musk—and the faith people put in him anyway, Megan Garber argues:bit.ly‘Elon Is a Nuke’A new documentary makes the case that Elon Musk is a human of mass destruction. 1026879
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialAdam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Right-wing online influencers: We can't prove Talarico *didn't* go to a rehab in Ohio NYT: We can, we saw video proof WSJ: Speaking of, we saw video of Paxton partying at the Burj Khalifa with his girlfriend and two men under federal indictment for fraud, one of whom donated to Paxton's campaign 282218584
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Who among us…. 47810
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/10/2026I love that this might be the thing that tanks Paxton, and not the biblical divorce or letting a child rapist out early. 22870472380
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Not that there's anything wrong with it. 3435159
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Nothing to see here but the President of the USA protecting foreign powers helping the Iranians target and kill US soldiers.... 661217355
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 13/10/2026October 12, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 12, 2026Billionaire Elon Musk has already funneled at least $366 million into the midterms to try to make sure voters elect Republicans. 49868334
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 13/10/2026He lives in a fantasy world 2182621559
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Brilliant and frightful: 427784
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 13/10/2026In 1987 Trump visited Moscow. Since then, "He has changed his mind about abortion and crypto, he has supported different political parties, but his dislike of America’s democratic allies and his preference for Russia have remained remarkably consistent." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...theatlantic.comTrump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal ClearThe president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender. 932249891
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialScott Colom @scolom.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I’m proud to call Mississippi home & I’m grateful for every chance to get out & meet the people who make our state special. When I’m elected to the Senate, I’ll keep showing up, listening & fighting for our communities. What you see on the campaign trail is what you’ll get from me as a senator. 025177
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Another MAGA “citizen journalist” hoax debunked. Next. 823452794
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Greedy bastard. 582557815
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/10/2026If you're a reporter asking a candidate to denounce a foreign terrorist group simply because he shares the same religion, you are a gutter bigot of the worst fucking kind. Do they ask Mike Rogers to denounce Christian terrorists like Tim McVeigh, Eric Robert Rudolph and Robert Lewis Dear? No? Huh 191372294
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/10/2026It’s genuinely sad to watch. The President is so weak and incapable of negotiating a real deal that he just posts fake ones on social media and hopes people believe him, until every party involved puts out a statement calling him a liar. We’ve never seen weakness like this in the Oval Office. 17447151429
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026“'The recent decisions to shutter nearly complete offshore wind projects and to pay Total Energies hundreds of millions of dollars to renounce wind leases are an assault on logic and the American taxpayer,' he wrote...” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comVeteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and scientists 6322691027
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialFenit Nirappil @fenitn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Darline Graham says we need to “stop depending on Communist China for things America can make ourselves.” But her husband, Larry Nordone, has management roles in two companies that rely on Chinese manufacturing, our reporting shows wapo.st/4dwHSJIwapo.stDarline Graham opposes Chinese manufacturing. Her husband’s job relies on it.The senator and sister of the late Lindsey Graham has said the U.S. must “stop depending on Communist China for things America can make ourselves.” 812753
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/10/2026ICE agent Brenden Cuni still has a job because he’s exactly the kind of person Stephen Miller wants. I’ll dig into his background at NOON PT on @meidastouch.com youtube.com/live/pV2vbKf...youtube.comLIVE: ICE Agent from Bronx Shooting Just Had His PAST EXPOSED…Brendan Cuni, the ICE agent who nearly shot a 5 year old in the Bro... 622017893
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialNicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026For almost 2 years now, DHS has repeatedly told me they're not detaining U.S. citizens It's simply not true So @propublica.org published the receipts: a searchable database of the 500+ citizens detained by immigration agents during this Trump administration projects.propublica.org/american-cit...projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati... 151230586
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Not true in the least. But meanwhile Russia kidnapping 20,000 Ukrainian kids is very well documented, on top of all the murders by Russian bombing en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_a...en.wikipedia.orgChild abductions in the Russo-Ukrainian war - Wikipedia 611228
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/10/2026We know. bsky.app/profile/acyn... 1131462263
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10/10/2026soon they’ll wheel Trump out to the beach waterline and he’ll command the tides to stop rising and falling. 4841662
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/10/2026We all knew this was where we were headed the day Trump was elected. And the pro-Ukraine Republicans in Congress who claim they didn’t are either lying or stupid. bsky.app/profile/atru... 3343361872
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/10/2026“.. The president also said he would not change the name of the Mississippi River .. adding that he has a particular affinity for the state because of his election outcomes.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... 171519147
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 08/10/2026‘Honey Please’ It’s Thursday. There are 26 days until the midterm elections. Ken Paxton wants to cut Social Security, Kim Guilfoyle needs to go to jail and Trump gets thirsty for more war.thealtmedia.com‘Honey Please’It’s Thursday. There are 26 days until the midterm elections. Ken Paxton wants to cut Social Security, Kim Guilfoyle needs to go to jail and Trump gets thirsty for more war. 2222860
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026WTF. Even I am just seeing this now. 191089370
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialTim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026NEW: The ICE agent seen wearing a hi-vis vest and waving around an AR-style rifle at the scene of the shooting in New York was a supervisor named Brenden Cuni, who has a history of alleged violence and lying in court. @dmehro.bsky.social, @awinston.bsky.social, and @regret.bsky.social report:wired.comICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal ArrestsBrenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court. 191360627
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialAli Winston @awinston.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The ICE agent seen brandishing an AR-15 at the scene of yesterday’s shooting in NYC’s Marble Hill has a record of lying, excessive force & getting caught by judges. He also goes by “Shooter Cuni” on social media, & posts the same gun he had on him today W/@dmehro.bsky.social @regret.bsky.social 23975415
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialAndrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 09/10/2026NEW: ICE agent in a high-viz vest holding a rifle at the scene of shooting near the Bronx has a history of allegedly lying, using excessive force, and courts have found his arrests unlawful. @dmehro.bsky.social @awinston.bsky.social, @regret.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-ag...wired.comICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal ArrestsBrenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court. 331050431
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 09/10/2026Trump and his supporters claim voter fraud is rampant in the United States. But they can't provide data to back up that claim.motherjones.comTrump says voter fraud is rampant. The evidence says otherwise.On this week’s “More To The Story,” conservative activist J. Christian Adams is challenged on his claims of widespread voter fraud in the US. Then he abruptly ends the interview. 1918773
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is guy is both ridiculous and nuts. 4838448
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026He tells voters in Ohio that if they don’t vote Republican, the federal government won’t help them, he calls elections in America “corrupt,” and his masked fascist thugs continue to deport immigrants to countries where they will be killed. Today’s show.👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comIf It’s Possible, Trump Is Getting Worse Every Single DayPodcast Episode · The Social Contract with Joe Walsh · October 5 · 30m 99928
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 05/10/20263. And it doesn’t matter that HHS under RFK Jr. has said the MMR vaccine is crucial. He has been the chief driver of anti-vaccine messaging for many years, and now ordinary Americans are dealing with the consequences of his years of spreading misinformation and disinformation. 517321
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialSteve the Dog🐾 @stevethedogcivics.bsky.social · 05/10/2026She's not wrong. From "What the Heck Just Happened", 10.4.26, with @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @jbf1755.bsky.social 🐾 Steve #protectdemocracy 15s 4366122
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Corporations and billionaires don’t want you to know what political messages they are funding. That’s why they make the info so difficult to find. PaidForBy.info changes the game. It’s 100% free to use. Please check it out and spread the word! 13578323
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialRuss @pappyparki.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A dementia addled doddering failure announces to the world that his "big brain" with its "highest IQ" has discovered super secret double hidden tarriffs that no one knew about until he found them that Canada has been charging US for years. Vote in Nov. This must stop www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...mediaite.comTrump Claims Canada Has Been Imposing Secret Tariffs on the US: ‘Nobody Knew’ Except MePresident Donald Trump insisted that Canada has been secretly imposing tariffs on the United States, boasting that “nobody knew” about them except him. 59610209
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"De-Trumpification" has to be one of the top agenda items if Dems win power. All the lawlessness and every last one of his efforts to turn DC into an imperial capital should be undone. 1163373698
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026Thom Tillis now claims he didn't vote to convict Trump after January 6 because "you've never seen a president dealt with that way" and then blames "both parties" (no other president incited a coup attempt!) 2911859378
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026confronted with the fact that he continues to defend Trump despite Trump pocketing billions while president, Tillis does some Hunter Biden whataboutism and then suggests "people advising the president" are to blame 🤡 (Ari Melber points out that Hunter Biden was never president) 781276277
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is good and worth a watch 3490118
Reposted by @vbkim.bsky.socialChatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST @chathamharrison.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I think we're gonna have to impeach this guy 417616
