Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 7hHey, AZ, Arkansas, GA, FL, IN, KY, LA, MS, MT, OH, TN and TX! TODAY is your last day to register to vote! REGISTER NOW TO VOTE IN THE MIDTERMS! Think you’re registered? Double check. ESPECIALLY if you’re from Texas! But wherever you live—just check. It takes two seconds. 57143
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 6hThis is the exact play CoreCivic made after selling two other California prisons this summer: collect a windfall from the government, get awarded the operations and wraparound contract, and then execute a stock buyback to increase shareholder value. 43729
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 7hStevens: Endorses Abdul Slotkin: Endorses Abdul Nessel: Endorses Abdul Peters: Endorses Abdul Whitmer: Endorses Abdul Harris: Endorses Abdul DSCC: $30M helping Abdul OBAMA: Endorses Abdul Leftists: "WHY DO MODERATES WANT ABDUL TO LOSE???" www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/05/b...chicagotribune.comBarack Obama is to appear with Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in DetroitFormer President Barack Obama will campaign alongside Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit later this month. 601352317
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7hTODAY is the last day to register to vote in several states. I urge you to double check your state's deadline, verify that you are registered, and make changes to your registration if needed. Then contact three friends or family members and have them do the same. whenweallvote.org 7825851872
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 9hTruly incredible that this is how the media is choosing to eulogize the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House in US history, who was a serial sexual abuser of children. For all the talk about "deep state" plots to abuse children, no one even remembers this case. 891660458
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 9hI do not mean to single out LeBron James, but it feels completely bizarre to me that an active player is allowed to promote "prediction markets" but would get banned for life for using that service to bet ten dollars on their own team to win a game. 1512920545
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8hI'm proud Public Notice has become a bastion of sanity amidst an ocean of sanewashing, a place left-of-center readers can reliably turn to for deep understanding of what’s happening in the American right. Here's to the next five years!publicnotice.coReflecting on 5 years of Public NoticeAnd a look forward to what’s next. 211385240
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h😕 🌎 🔥 3432001112
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8hMedicare for All. Now. 🇺🇸 49745247
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 8hRahm Emanuel represents the last vestiges of dying, corporate do-nothing foolishness. He’s not a Democrat. He’s a wealthy, status quo strongly-worded letter in a suit. Anyone who listens to him is digging their own political grave. 5573209789
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8hEarly voting is already underway in some states. From now until Nov 3, I urge you all to... 1) Help get out the vote 2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference 3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism We are the only ones who can end this nightmare. 13652192368
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 8hI was raped at a frat party. It’s a shockingly common experience and preventative interventions in college are way too late. 621993458
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 8hTurek @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social is the real deal. Iowans, make sure your friends vote! 6721259
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 8hIt is my honor and privilege to announce that President @barackobama.bsky.social is joining us on the trail in Detroit on Saturday, October 24. Get. Ready. 313125752939
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 8hThe amount of money the administration is promising in order to buy votes is significantly less than the amount of money it is taking away in programs and services. And it's OUR money! 641729656
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 17hGee willikers, I thought Trump was gettin' rid of all the skeeters. A Tulane U. dengue expert said that "Traditionally, the CDC would be highly visible in a situation like this, but it hasn’t been this time." apnews.com/article/deng...apnews.comFlorida's dengue outbreak is now the largest in the continental US in decadesFlorida is experiencing its largest dengue outbreak in decades, with over 250 locally acquired cases reported this year. 0124
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 15h"Denmark has built so much wind power that its grid now regularly produces more than the country can consume, and on the windiest days the wholesale price of electricity falls below zero." via Amazing Maps 192424988
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 19hOctober 4, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 4, 2026On Friday night, just before 11:00, Trump announced that his administration “will, immediately, begin sending ‘Checks’ of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicar... 43851316
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"Some were there because even though they had not known the young man personally, they 'are dedicated to standing in solidarity with his family and all of the other Haitian families who have come to Springfield seeking a place of safety,' the pastor said..." www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...miamiherald.comAt Haitian student’s funeral, a community confronts painful immigration realityThe emotional ceremony held in English and Haitian Creole was attended by his parents and two younger brothers, local community advocates and elected officials including Springfield Mayor Rob Rue, Sta... 271519444
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Scott @scolom.bsky.social is the real deal. 6612149
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Levin: People then said, “Do you think you can take out a fascist just by voting, just by organizing? You think that’s how this works?” Yes, that’s how this works. If they can do it in Hungary, we can do it here. 542834795
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 05/10/2026If LeBron or Taylor Swift posted this most recent El Niño historical temperature graph (current one in red) 500 million people would be in the streets. (And a hundred million lives would likely be saved in the next 20 months) #ClimateCrisis 551279487
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The Deadline Is Monday Texas voter registration closes Monday, Oct 5. Miss it, you sit out November. Texas is the hardest state in America to vote in, and that's no accident. It's 150 years of laws built to keep the list short. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/lonestar...open.substack.comHow Texas Turned Voter Registration Into A Political Weapon150 years of making it hard on purpose. Check your registration before Monday. 12309253
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 23hRobert De Niro gives me fucking oxygen. 22891235
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22hWe murdered four more people in a boat today 12124371045
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 22hWe have to crush these sociopaths. The problem is that many Democrats take money from them, which means they will get bailed out at our expense in the next 2-4 years. 801039280
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 21hEven the manatees www.wptv.com/news/region-...wptv.comManatee safely returns to ocean after washing ashore in Palm Beach while escaping mating malesA female manatee washed ashore in Palm Beach while trying to escape mating males. FWC and police are monitoring her until she returns to the water. 2446167
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h“Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies… ex British banker who spent more than 35 years working in financial markets has died by suicide…Simon Andriesz was previously a managing director at Wall St firm where Lutnick was CEO…” www.thebanker.com/content/0228... 29129971484
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026For the folks who are still in my mentions telling me this was a hoax: The military doesn’t move strategic bombers for funsies. There was clearly specific intelligence that necessitated emptying Fairford of B-1s. 38243521214
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 16/09/2026ANGIE NIXON DID NOT COME TO PLAY. LETS GOOOOO! Click below and donate to her campaign for us senate❤️✊🏽 secure.actblue.com/donate/frien... 673420858
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026More Democrats need to be telling the online casino owners behind Polymarket to shut the fuck up 453755731
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026Tim Snyder: The term that I came up with… is superpower suicide. I just can’t see an example of a major country losing so much power so quickly as the United States under Trump. We’ve encouraged our enemies and we’ve made our allies not trust us. 25658552148
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026October 3, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 3, 2026On Saturday, October 3, the Power to the People festival, organized by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, took over the stage at the Merriweathe... 481191394
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Everyone should be fighting for Universal Healthcare and disability rights. Health is fragile. You can become disabled or chronically ill in an instant. It’s not a moral failing. It can wipe out your savings and leave you destitute. Healthcare is a basic human right. 21815296
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The King of Conflict of Interest. When America's unelected chief foreign policy representative is a wholly owned subsidiary of 9/11 Saudi Arabia, genocidal Zionistan & barbaric Ru$$ia 13495277
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If Trump just takes money appropriated by Congress for a specific purpose & seizes it to use it for an entirely different purpose, what is the point of having a Congress or appropriating money for anything? I’m sure the Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins must be concerned. 32163631618
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This term I’m teaching in Strasbourg and staying at a Chateau in which Nazis housed officers during the occupation. When the AfD won in Saxony-Anhalt I thought “that’s bad, but they’re not going to invade Strasbourg any time soon.” Now this. 1320858
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026In 1989 CEOs made 60x the average worker. Today it's 325x. I guess the corporate ladder is getting taller. With @svaneksmith.bsky.social newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/… 28452131
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 03/10/20268-year-old Japanese idol trainee Hirata Runa “passed away peacefully” due to "myocarditis resulting from influenza,” just 5 days after performing in concert. Myocarditis is “inflammation of the heart muscle.” Source: people.com/8-year-old-p... Archive: archive.li/qQdHW 812048
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"The plans have drawn condemnation from some residents of central Louisiana, and immigrant advocates and child welfare experts have expressed concerns about possible trauma inflicted on detained children..." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...nytimes.comNew Facility at Louisiana Airport to Hold Immigrant Children and Families (Gift Article)The site in Alexandria, La., a major expansion of the Trump administration’s busiest deportation hub, will streamline and accelerate removals. 60991461
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌 1486229646476
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“I wish there were people from the other party here. I just, I beg them I plead with them to support humane immigration policy,” he said. “It breaks my heart that some of them claim to be followers of Jesus, and what they're doing goes directly against the gospel…" religionnews.com/2026/09/30/a...religionnews.comAs Springfield prepares to bury Haitian student, sympathy surges and deportations continue(RNS) — From US senators to John Legend, many are voicing support for the city’s Haitian community, even as neo-Nazis marched downtown Saturday. 331145397
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A woman has just died of plague in Russia, allegedly after breaking a test tube in a lab. This article doesn’t specify, but others have said that it is pneumonic plague, which can spread between humans via droplet transmission. 200 people with whom she had contact are now under medical observation.themoscowtimes.comNearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow TimesHealth authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio... 43358155
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This is psychosis. The president of the United States is psychotic. Is the media going to start talking about this, or continue to normalize it? 41839361154
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026www.nola.com/news/courts/...nola.comHow ICE plans to speed deportations by holding children, families beside a Louisiana airportGovernment documents, interviews with officials and public testimony shed new light on day-to-day operations within the controversial new facility designed to hold undocumented women, families and una... 23681389
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 03/10/2026I split the G (train) with the Prime Minister of Ireland, Michéal Martin. Sláinte! 269144981938
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/10/2026this for RFK Jr. is mission accomplished 8045421079
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 03/10/2026“AbDuL eL sAyEd M.D. DPhil iSn’T a ReAl dOcTor” scream the people who trust RFK’s zero medical degree, zero medical training, and literal brain worms. 1249368
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 03/10/2026 54653204
Reposted by Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/10/2026Emily Marris bought raw milk from a farm recommended to her on Facebook. After her 17-month-old drank it, the toddler contracted E. coli and nearly died. Despite knowing this, the farmer continued advertising “raw goat milk from a clean tested herd.”propublica.orgA Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But... 67745356