Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 09/03/2025I NEED GOOD, THOUGHTFUL LEADERS TO GET WAY BETTER AT USING THE INTERNET LIKE FIVE YEARS AGO 528325682505
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialNoelle @finallynoelle.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Might save a life. 2222986014750
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialAltFDA @altfda.altgov.info · 07/03/2025Good morning ppl! It’s federal fuckery Friday. How bad has RFKjr been at running the HHS? 3/14 the FDA is mandating RTO (return to office) 3/14 the looming Gov. Shutdown and closure of FDA buildings 3/7 ZERO official guidance on how to deal with each one individually or together. #Dumbkrige 723926
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 06/03/2025closing a dozen overseas consulates? sure what could go wrong 😑nytimes.comState Dept. Plans to Close Diplomatic Missions and Fire Employees Overseas (Gift Article)American officials, including in the C.I.A., are concerned about mass closures hampering national security work. And China has overtaken the United States in global diplomatic footprint. 18835551217
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 07/03/2025NEW: For years, a Connecticut towing company got to cut the line at the DMV in exchange for selling towed cars at deep discounts, according to a DMV report, allowing one DMV employee to resell them for steep profits. With @ctmirror.orgpropub.liHow a Connecticut DMV Employee Made Thousands by Selling Towed CarsFor years, a towing company cut the lines at the DMV in exchange for deep discounts on towed cars, according to an internal DMV report, showing the agency’s oversight failures. 17447115
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 07/03/2025The US added only 151,000 jobs in February, lower than the forecast 170,000 jobs, while the unemployment rate rose to 4.1%. Yet again, a Republican president is blowing the strong economy he inherited from a Democrat. 27269121557
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialTizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 06/03/2025“…if you really want to proceed to censure the gentleman from TX for talking about no mandate to cut Medicaid, then certainly we're going to have to move to censure the President for using a racial & ethnic slur against a sitting US Senator." 💥 @raskin.house.gov 253107682688
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 06/03/2025Rep. Zooey Zephyr - My Wife - just gave an incredible speech against a drag ban in Montana. It was so strong that a Republican rose to speak passionately against the bill, chastising the sponsor. The drag ban dies in Montana, flips 10+ Republican votes! This is the power of representation. 248214023965
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/03/2025i get that he is powerful and yet i do not understand what people find attractive about this guy, who looks like what happen if you could somehow pump a california raisin with HGH 8888260664
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialJohn Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Hey Democratic Party, You ain’t raising money until you start raising hell. Sincerely, A Huge Portion of Your Supporters 585142203267
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 07/03/2025I have seen JD Vance’s baby head online so much that I legitimately don’t remember what his actual face looks like. 1812962159
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialGod @thegodshow.com · 06/03/2025They’re mad at Justice Handmaiden now cuz she keeps ruling against Donold.thegodpodcast.comMAGA Attacks Justice Barrett After Two Major Losses For DonoldThey're calling her a 'commie.' 1843088437
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialVoteVets @votevets.org · 07/03/2025Pete Hegseth should fire her immediately! MORE: www.timesofisrael.com/deputy-penta... 41311102
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialVoteVets @votevets.org · 06/03/2025Louise, a Navy Seabee Veteran, stood with Leader Jeffries and House Democrats to fight back against Trump and the GOP’s cuts gutting programs Veterans and families rely on. "It's not just Veterans suffering—it's our families too." Share their stories. Fight back.youtube.comNavy Veteran Calls Out Trump’s Cuts: "Veterans Are Suffering—And So Are Our Families"YouTube video by VoteVets 8270102
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialAshley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 06/03/2025If a few Republicans grew a set and sided with Democrats, this dystopian nightmare could end. 981826479
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialKara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 07/03/2025This is performative nonsense of “hardcore” tech nincompoops. They could put people in nearby hotels or Airbnbs for a lot less. It’s all cosplaying intense workaholism for the cheap seats and all for PR. Sleeping bags at work is simply dumb www.politico.com/news/2025/03...politico.comIKEA beds? Dressers? Inside the ‘exceedingly odd’ DOGE office setupDetails of the arrangements at GSA offer a window into the lifestyle of DOGE workers. 973133632508
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialTeen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 07/03/2025This year marks 160 years since that bureau's creation, which makes this a great time to recognize its legacy, its unfulfilled promises, and what we can learn from it all.teenvogue.comHow Racist Lawmakers Thwarted This Early Attempt at ReparationsThe Freedmen’s Bureau was supposed to support formerly enslaved people. 228778
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialRolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 07/03/2025Rolling Stone recaps the first weeks of Donald Trump’s shockingly lawless second term as he and Elon Musk purge the government to make it more MAGA and cruel, ignore the law, and cash in like America’s never seen.rollingstone.comTrump's Shockingly Lawless Second TermDonald Trump and Elon Musk are purging the government to make it more MAGA and cruel, ignoring the law, and cashing in like America has never seen. 19437150
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 06/03/2025Just a quick reminder, if Russia ceased firing there would be a cease fire 418297785489
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialCAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 06/03/2025It’s not too late 902859714
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialVoteVets @votevets.org · 07/03/2025VoteVets is grateful for Speaker Pelosi's leadership and for always showing up for Veterans. Earlier this week, she met with Vets who were fired under DOGE—because she listens, she fights, and she has our backs. We see it. We remember. 1841074
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 07/03/2025If you ever find yourself about to post something that is important to you, but then hesitate…fearing it might piss someone off….you MUST post it. Those are the very posts that count the most right now. Someone has got to say it. Let it be you. 405107611997
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialPhysicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 07/03/2025#Amazon boycott starts tomorrow! For this whole week (but forever is better) 41264942747
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialAltAirForce @altairforce.altgov.info · 07/03/2025IT’S WORKING!!!! KEEP SHOWING UP, MAKING YOUR VOICES HEARD!!! 627320337806
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialAltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 07/03/2025Gender affirming care recipient is happy with results 24677123
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 06/03/2025Trump Renames Eric ‘Eric Of America’ 1134410312
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Is America great again yet? 1262277527194
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialGod @thegodshow.com · 06/03/2025Donold backtracks on tariffs on Canada and Mexico again LOL 3684533385
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 07/03/2025This ⬇️ Few people know 230 as well as Mike 848265286026
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialmiKILL Swaim 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @michaelswaim.bsky.social · 07/03/2025At this rate it's only a matter of time before we get the Legendary Failure Trifecta - SpaceX shuttle debris downs a commercial plane that crashes into an already-on-fire cybertruck. 2560188
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/03/2025Trump is backpedaling on nearly everything—deportations, tariffs, firings, even dismantling the Dept. of Ed—after backlash. But these were his campaign promises. His chaos is no accident. Stay informed with today’s top stories.meidasplus.comToday in Politics, Bulletin 85. 3/6/25… The theme of the day was Trump backpedaling on several of his major announcements, executive orders, campaign promises, and policies after intense backlash. 23274001410
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 07/03/2025yeah we are definitely right on the cusp of permanent habitation on Mars. 431789149
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Perhaps Lankford could let his state’s Senator know so that he can stop kowtowing to Trump and Elon who keep firing everyone. 2294878806
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialKara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 07/03/2025He should focus on his actual business 1504227222257
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Holy shit are we fucked, pack it in. 727152252291
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/03/2025As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget. Really think about how twisted this all is. 15858681978
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialJoy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Are we great again yet? 751276190
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialThe Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 07/03/2025Trump Pauses Tariffs, Crashes the Stock Market & Threatens China youtu.be/6DiPnzXlLnEyoutu.beTrump Pauses Tariffs, Crashes the Stock Market & Threatens China | The Daily ShowYouTube video by The Daily Show 52923143
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/03/2025“The first two years of CIA officers’ careers are a time of intense training; the government spends large amounts of money to teach them spy tradecraft, languages and other skills. “Literally millions of dollars has been put into some of these employees,’ he said…” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...nytimes.comC.I.A. Begins Firing Recently Hired OfficersSome newer employees have been summoned to an off-site location and asked to surrender their credentials. 34144361494
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/03/2025California Senator Adam Schiff delivers a scathing take down of Trump after Trump betrayed our NATO allies once again earlier today.youtu.beSchiff DESTROYS Trump after MARKETS TANKSYouTube video by MeidasTouch 1784089782
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/03/2025No bone spurs detected. 847529408232
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 07/03/2025The US military has removed photos of the B-29 bomber “Enola Gay” — which dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan — apparently because it contains the word “gay,” which violates their new anti-DEI rules.apnews.comWar heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purgeReferences to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorites are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts ma... 1670155315214
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialArt Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Boston Mayor Michelle Wu at the House hearing on sanctuary cities: "If you wanted to make us safe, pass gun reforms. Stop cutting Medicaid. Stop cutting cancer research. Stop cutting funds for veterans. That is what will make our cities safe." Mic drop! 🎤 806148173713
Reposted by @vlammer.bsky.socialVoteVets @votevets.org · 06/03/2025Rep. Rich McCormick says he supports Veterans—then turns around and throws them under the bus. A Veteran himself, he’s backing the very DOGE cuts that gut VA care, fire Veteran workers, and leave thousands struggling. No excuses. No passes. Hold him accountable. 114928485