Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026FUCK NO TO LIVESTREAMING A KILLING 329347
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialD. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 27/09/2026📌The first Democrat who runs this ad wins: "I hate these endless political ads as much as you. They are a cancer. That is why I am running to overturn Republicans' anti-American Citizens United ruling that allows dark money to clog our airways and ruin your valuable time and entertainment." 9378103
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialIndivisible SF @indivisiblesf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Tell your Supervisor: Pressure the SF Airport Commission to control/keep ICE out of SFO SFO Airport is a part of San Francisco, so it must obey SF Sanctuary City rules. But DHS/ICE has been active at SFO, kidnapping travelers, and holding them in an on-site immigration jail. buff.ly/GGSpKgF 155
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/09/2026He’s catatonic 7994845925
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC. 7345143689
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Donald Trump's $45,000 cash gift to his nurse/stalker Natalie Harp raises new questions about Joe Biden's finances. 181190139
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialDavid Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The gig is up in the very first sentence of the Supreme Court's per curiam opinion on the Trump ballroom (emphasis added): "In October 2025, the *federal government* started a project to replace the East Wing of the White House." They've collapsed the legislative branch into the unitary executive. 622874719
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Please don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot moves They simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule👇 Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it. I'm as confident in our arguments here as in any of our cases! 1027181795681
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 23/08/20261. There is no common ground. 2. Kushner is not a government official. 3. This has the stink of appeasement. 4. Why bargain before putting up a fight? 5. This drains the base of hope and morale. 6. Is he thinking about harm reduction? 7. Weakness welcomes contempt. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u...nytimes.comJeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks FlyPresident Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together. 81519185
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/08/2026NEW: Hakeem Jeffries met with Kushner recently to discuss how democrats could work with the administration when we take the house back. We shouldn’t work with fascists, and I’d appreciate a leader who felt the same. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u...nytimes.comJeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks FlyPresident Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together. 109660361495
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialChris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 22/08/2026💥 ICE drag mom & teen daughter out of hospital room—in middle of being treated after car accident. Still wearing hospital gowns. Both victims of car collusion, with asylum case pending in good standing & valid work permit. Grace Calero 39, & Giulianna Carriel 19, from Ecuador. 55932702127
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialstrea3m.bsky.social @strea3m.bsky.social · 20/08/2026The US spends the most on healthcare for the worst outcomes. Republicans shout communism to distract from the truth: they are terrified you will realize you deserve more and finally see who has been robbing you. #HoldTheCrooksAccountable 16701207
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialCollins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Susan Collins pulls into town in a bus full of her supporters; then they all get off the bus; and then she addresses the folks who were on the bus with her as if they were regular Mainers; and legacy media covers this, pretending it isn't deeply bizarre. (Notice the guys with cameras.) #MEpolitics 759101814010
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 06/08/2026In the November elections, to be radical is to be pragmatic. 1002116470
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialThe Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 04/08/2026More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports. 136159394675
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 04/08/2026You could grow a spine and do your damn jobs. 778154033522
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 03/08/2026If SCOTUS sides with Trump this week, the consequences could reach far beyond one executive order. This isn't just another shadow docket case. It's about who controls access to the ballot—and who gets to decide whether your vote counts. Here's what's at stake: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...open.substack.comThe Week AheadAugust 2, 2026 491293637
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 08/07/2026All I know is that if Chuck Schumer had been found unresponsive after a heart attack three weeks ago and his office were basically stonewalling on requests for his medical status and return to work, there's no way on god's green earth the story wouldn't be dominating political outlets. 321847401
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/06/2026If this were just Ketanji Brown Jackson walking the halls of the Capitol, meeting with “nobody” the day before final rulings, Trump and Republicans would be going ballistic. 33235071315
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 25/06/2026www.popehat.com/p/a-bit-of-t...popehat.comA Bit of Tedious Drama At BlueskyBluesky Can Ban Whoever They Want! But They Won’t Stop Me From Saying What I Think. I Think The World Would Be A Better Place Without Elon Musk. 3713348749
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialJennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 24/06/2026They told you we’re divided. They told you faith makes us enemies. They lied. This is what pluralism actually looks like. Not a talking point. Not a photo op. A friendship. A fight. A future. We. Like. Each. Other. And we’re just getting started. 🇺🇸✊ 7294119
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I don’t know man, who is “the Democratic Party” if it’s not the voters?Democratic voters choose candidates, not party leaders. And party leaders need to listen to what voters are telling us - and right now they are demanding our party be bolder. 582118702248
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/06/2026😕 🧬 🧪 🤷🏼 24633181004
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Julia Roberts: We all feel like, “I can’t turn the news on. I don’t want to hear it.” But we have to hear it. We have to face it. But if we keep inhaling and exhaling, we will prevail. 133101682200
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/06/2026it's notable to me that the administration tried to frame tonight's UFC event as a "gift to Americans" but you can't watch it unless you have a paid subscription to Paramount+ 1172221794809
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 14/06/2026THIS 👇 IS TRUE....... 261374342
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/06/2026WOW. So Blanche won't rescind the tax immunity. Was the entire charade just a cover to grant Trump tax immunity? Blanche claims that part of the "settlement" still stands. This is somehow MORE CORRUPT. 34249391520
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialPolitical Humor @politicalhumor9.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Stephen Colbert had Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen during the final week of his show. Trump can't even get Milli Vanilli. 471579333
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 02/06/2026The heart of our constitutional crisis in one exchange between me and Sec. Mullin. When asked a simple question - if he will obey court orders - he says he will not because some court orders are "politicized". That's not how democracy works. And that's why we are in a crisis. 1046150395158
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/05/2026KAT WON. FUCK ICE. 204190272291
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe. 16604011114972
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialAdam Mockler @adammockler.com · 11/05/2026Could you get any more vile? 54352432627
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialThomas Brackett “Czar” Reed @czarreed.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Ilhan Omar spent 4 years in a refugee camp in Kenya as a child. She was granted asylum to enter the US (legally) at age 13 and became a US citizen at 17. She married her first husband (not her brother) at age 20 after she was already a US citizen. 213014
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/05/2026With our team of 60 lawyers, Elias Law Group is currently litigating 85 voting and election cases in 43 states plus DC. Perhaps someone should ask the law firms with thousands of lawyers how many pro-democracy cases they are handling. For most, the answer is zero. 16880962471
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/05/2026I often say that the fight for democracy is the fight of our generation. But let me be clear, if you aren’t fighting for Black voting rights right now then you aren’t really fighting for democracy. 203111183481
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 09/05/2026A really tough week. I am doing everything I can to spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. You can help me by subscribing to Democracy Docket for free and sharing its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz 210108763467
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialMitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 05/05/2026I take Lexapro. I have taken Lexapro for over two decades. The times that I have discontinued taking Lexapro have ended very badly for me. RFKJ is trying to kill millions of Americans like me. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/s...nytimes.comKennedy Starts a Push to Help Americans Quit Antidepressants 65868191778
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/05/2026IT’S TIME Dear California gov candidates, 🚨 There are 61 candidates in this race. SIXTY ONE! That’s how we hand the general election to TWO Republicans. If you’re still in single digits, the window’s closed. If you care about the Democratic Party, do the right thing. Drop out. Be loud about it. 1921906850
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.social🦋 Still Standing 🦋 @imstillstanding.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Right? 231079274
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/05/2026My latest is a call to action. I make no apologies for supporting Democrats using every tool available to stop the the GOP. As Leader Jeffries said, “we are in an era of maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/demo...democracydocket.comDemocrats must gerrymander to save democracyRedistricting is, in nearly every respect, a zero-sum game. When you remove a guardrail, the consequences are immediate and trigger others. 682949969
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/05/2026👇🏾 6642101280
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/04/2026I can’t remember: did Texas even hold a vote to amend their constitution to add their five Republican seats? 1623201493
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 22/04/2026This is a senator L. Louise Lucas appreciation post 653968654
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 22/04/2026A reminder while Republicans bitch about Dems finishing the redistricting fight they started: they have full control of gov’t— they can pass a law banning gerrymandering any time they want. They won’t. Republicans aren’t mad gerrymandering exists; they’re mad that they’re not the only ones using it. 9164771607
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 22/04/2026I would submit that a gerrymander by politicians saying fuck the voters and one by voters saying fuck the politicians are two wholly different animals 46102202359
Reposted by @vlpmjs.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 21/04/2026I noted the day of the SCOTUS decision that JB Pritzker IMMEDIATELY moved to make this point, by demanding a refund for IL. And State refunds may be the best way to politicize how Trump created the worst of all worlds. But Elizabeth Warren is, predictably, focused on it as well. 12869322
