Reposted by thewashingtonloungeKeith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 28/02/2025I’d like to apologize to President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine on behalf of the people of the United States of America 34385531677
Reposted by thewashingtonloungeKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 19/02/2025It's my birthday. Things I learned in the last year: -women can get the HPV vaccine until age 45 -only date people you'd want to be friends with -egg tarts are always a good idea -I was overdue for a vacation without my mom -more things get done when there's a plan -ask people for help 10291752
Reposted by thewashingtonloungeCongresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 16/02/2025They’re coming after funding. They’re coming after education. They’re coming after our data & payments. They’re coming after workers that don’t comply. Elon Musk and Donald Trump want to pillage our democracy to make themselves rich. But we won't let them. 90654144
Reposted by thewashingtonloungeOliver Markus Malloy @malloy.rocks · 16/02/2025Luigi was ahead of his time. 1422557285
Reposted by thewashingtonloungeOliver Markus Malloy @malloy.rocks · 15/02/2025Americans don't do history. That's why we don't need a Department of Education anymore. Knowing facts is boring. Watching TikTok videos is more fun. 10041131433
Reposted by thewashingtonloungeGwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 15/02/2025You know, social media sucks and all, but I am very tired of all this doomer shit I'm seeing everywhere that's like "oh well can't counter social media misinformation, it's too hard, the world is over" Bad guy domination of mass media is not historically unprecedented. Go build relationships 732979537
Reposted by thewashingtonloungeAmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 12/02/2025like leave this family alone lol 27807170
Reposted by thewashingtonloungemaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 10/02/2025thank you to Kendrick and the Eagles for making terrible people angry tonight 618784728525
Reposted by thewashingtonloungeAmy Nemmity @amy.wrestlejoy.com · 10/02/2025"The revolution about to be televised you picked the right time but the wrong guy" KENDRICK 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #superbowl 158203993249
Reposted by thewashingtonloungejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/02/2025this is the "merit" two-step. first, you strongly imply or state outright that the presence of anyone who isn't a straight, able-bodied white man is unfair "DEI," then you argue that just because an institution is all-male and lily-white doesn't mean there is discrimination. that's just merit!wsj.comOpinion | DEI and Disparate ImpactThe next step in restoring meritocracy is to reject the theory that proportionate outcomes equal fairness. 407141103326
Reposted by thewashingtonloungeKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 05/02/2025I want people to understand this. For many of them, democracy ended when Obama was elected twice and Black Lives Matter rose to prominence. This is them “fixing” a system that felt broken and newly unsafe to them. 1204054991
Reposted by thewashingtonloungePop Base @popbase.tv · 06/02/2025Rihanna has updated her profile picture to a Smurfette-inspired version of her iconic image that she used for 10 years. 10207583
Reposted by thewashingtonloungeMaxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 04/02/2025We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social 41328385019939
Reposted by thewashingtonloungeAli Velshi @velshi.com · 02/02/2025In conventional history, the late 1800s is known as the ‘Gilded Age.’ For Black Americans, it’s the Nadir – an era marked by Black community and resistance despite oppression and disfranchisement. And the 2nd Nadir is here, says Nikole Hannah-Jones. She joins me at 10aET on #Velshi 804732635
Reposted by thewashingtonloungePops @pops131.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Praying gets you nowhere. 256150061986
Reposted by thewashingtonloungeDede Bell, NBCT @dedebellnbct.bsky.social @dedebellnbct.bsky.social · 25/01/2025 163119702452
Reposted by thewashingtonloungeBill Weinstein @billweinstein.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Short list of early and vocal DEI supporters: Costco Microsoft Etsy Pinterist JPMorganChase Patagonia ….more to follow, including companies silently resisting obeying on advance. 1941785
Reposted by thewashingtonloungeLiam Nissan™ @theliamnissan.bsky.social · 20/01/2025An aisle just for the Trump voters 802287276
Reposted by thewashingtonloungeNicole Auerbach @nauerbach.com · 29/12/2024It’s wild how many people watch videos on their phones without headphones in public places now. 7218905561
Reposted by thewashingtonloungeJason Fried @jasonfried.bsky.social · 27/12/2024A passage from the Tao that’s frequently worth revisiting. 180119942060
Reposted by thewashingtonlounge2rawtooreal.bsky.social @2rawtooreal.bsky.social · 22/11/2024America politics 1451708403
Reposted by thewashingtonloungePop Base @popbase.tv · 19/12/2024New music out tonight: • SZA — LANA (SOS Deluxe) 💿 • Katy Perry — 1432 (Deluxe) 💿 • Miley Cyrus — Beautiful That Way (From The Last Showgirl) 🎵 • Gunna — Got Damn 🎵 • d4vd — Where’d It Go Wrong? 🎵 • A Complete Unknown (Soundtrack) 💿 • Rob49 — On Sight 🎵 • Dreamcatcher — My Christmas Sweet Love 🎵 2088671
Reposted by thewashingtonloungeRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/12/2024The owner of a car company is controlling the House of Representatives from a social media app. 994203035182
Reposted by thewashingtonloungeAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 17/12/2024WE ARE STILL IN THIS. Wipe your tears. This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation. We do not give up. We run through the tape. Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉 Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this. 31348619210807
Reposted by thewashingtonloungePop Base @popbase.tv · 03/12/2024A Woman fights off a soldier in front of the parliament building in South Korea. 672406384
Reposted by thewashingtonloungeThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/11/2024🔥 🗣️STURGILL SIMPSON: “This toxic patriarchal energy is an age coming to an end… that energy is clawing for its survival bc it knows it’s dying. We’re heading to something beautiful, we just have to go through some dark shit first. So love everybody.” (H/T @wutangforchildren.bsky.social ) 599247634506
Reposted by thewashingtonloungeChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 23/11/2024One of the central theses of my latest book is that in our current version of attention capitalism the *brand* is increasingly more important than the *product* and this last election sure seems like a good example. 1292642230
