Reposted by Wendy in RomeSusan Lauer @susanl.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Remember Alex Pretti is only the most recent person killed at the hands of ICE/CBP. The number of deaths is unacceptable and only a fraction of the misery being imposed on our communities. #FundHealthcareStopIce 918392
Reposted by Wendy in RomeRandi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 21/11/2025The Labor Department does not know how to help kids read. Nobody in HHS knows how to work with kids with disabilities. This isn't saving money—it's eviscerating the services students depend on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xgb...youtube.comHow do teachers feel about new plans to dismantle the Education Department?YouTube video by ABC News 07230
Reposted by Wendy in RomeAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Slotkin: I’m not going to be dissuaded from standing up for the Constitution just because he threatens us. I’m not going to let him intimidate us out of speaking our minds. 346163373778
Reposted by Wendy in RomeBlue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 21/11/2025"Just following orders" is "a defense we know in the WWII context...absolutely did not work....our expectations of our service members are much higher. They’re expected not to follow illegal orders & that they can be held liable if they do." - @repvindman.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2025/11/virg... 28237
Reposted by Wendy in RomeAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/11/2025Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said." 6233014010240
Reposted by Wendy in RomeSusan Lauer @susanl.bsky.social · 20/11/2025If you believe Trump is sane, then Congress has the power to impeach. If you believe he's not sane, then we have the 25th Amendment. Either way - people in Congress and the Cabinet swore an oath. It's time to uphold it. 323186
Reposted by Wendy in RomeJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Trump and his voters have put us through so much pain and not one of his supporters has a higher paying job or cheaper healthcare or a better education for their children or new roads or sidewalks or hospitals... Nothing is better. Everything is demonstrably worse. 781911501
Reposted by Wendy in RomeRep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Believe the survivors. Release the files. All of the files. 381801690
Reposted by Wendy in RomeThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Hey @GovBillLee do you have any concerns about your buddy Elon covering up firefighters and workers getting burned by chemicals in his tunnel? “Workers go to peel off a sock and a chunk of skin comes off” 😳 fortune.com/2025/11/12/e... 281007424
Reposted by Wendy in RomeChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17/11/2025Epstein survivors just dropped a powerful message for Congress, and it hits like a warning: no more waiting, the truth is coming, ready or not. Watch till the end @housedemocrats.bsky.social @houserepublicans.bsky.social 225109404288
Reposted by Wendy in RomeAaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 16/11/2025NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it. 13005950336347
Reposted by Wendy in RomeBlue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Today's Macroeconomics 101 lesson: "...tariffs lead to lower economic growth and job losses. These effects then in turn drive less demand and lower price levels due to the weakened overall economy. " bluevirginia.us/2025/11/sund... 48029
Reposted by Wendy in RomeKudzu Vine Politics @kudzuvine.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Our thanks to Dr. Joanna Dee Das for joining us on the show to discuss her new book: Faith, Family, and Flag: Branson Entertainment and the Idea of America Listen to the interview and the rest of the show at: open.spreaker.com/A4NZ/ca73m4tzopen.spreaker.comDr. Joanna Dee DasDr. Das joined us to discuss her upcoming book: Faith, Family, and Flag: Branson Entertainment and the Idea of America, Prior to the interview Tim, Wendy, and 112
Reposted by Wendy in RomeSarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Don’t Cave for a Promise. 8365136
Reposted by Wendy in RomeRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 94th day out of the last 106. 12 days of work in 106 days. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files. 868248929335
Reposted by Wendy in RomeAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/10/2025Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations? JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious 234581962979
Reposted by Wendy in RomeGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14/10/2025That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u... 814112985005
Reposted by Wendy in RomeThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/10/2025When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them. 1156157757346
Reposted by Wendy in RomeDistill Social @distillsocial.bsky.social · 01/10/2025His priority isn’t you, it’s chaos and cruelty. He’d rather shut it all down than stop your healthcare costs from going through the roof. 42836275
Reposted by Wendy in RomeCory Laran @corylaran.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Speaker Mike Johnson is delaying the swearing in of the new House Member because she’ll be the 218th vote to force the release of the Epstein Files. He pretends to be a good Christian man while protecting violent child rapists. 22247381649
Reposted by Wendy in RomeSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 06/09/2025This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law. May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime. 19833255210089
Reposted by Wendy in RomeThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/08/2025SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov on fascism in 🇺🇸 : “There is not safety in keeping your head down… People who oppose public policy decisions but are too afraid of retribution from their government to speak their mind should send a chill down all of our spines.” 22697503487
Reposted by Wendy in RomeAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/08/2025Here’s what was NOT released today: - the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ - the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed - communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison - the Epstein files 5232738810401
Reposted by Wendy in RomeLarry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 10/08/2025The system really is the problem but it's easier to blame those who are homeless: Be angry at the system, not homeless people, advocate urges ahead of CK encampment meeting www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caBe angry at the system, not homeless people, advocate urges ahead of CK encampment meeting | CBC NewsThe executive director of an organization that works with encampment residents in Chatham-Kent says she understands people’s anger about homelessness but urges them to direct that anger where she says... 26923
Reposted by Wendy in RomePaid Leave for All @paidleaveforall.bsky.social · 11/08/2025“Some 212,000 women over 20 have stopped working or applying for jobs since January, with particularly pronounced drops for Black women and those ages 25 to 34, Labor Department data shows.” You know what would reverse this? #PaidLeaveForAll. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...washingtonpost.comMothers are leaving the workforce, erasing pandemic gainsWorking mothers are leaving the workforce in large numbers due to return-to-office policies and caregiving responsibilities. 044
Reposted by Wendy in RomeSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Someone forgot to take down this webpage: www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v... 5252805611552
Reposted by Wendy in RomeAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/08/2025First it was troops in L.A., sent to provoke and assault peaceful protesters under the banner of “immigration enforcement.” Now it’s troops in our capital to disappear the homeless. See the pattern? Sooner or later, the monster comes for us all. 465126744368
Reposted by Wendy in RomeKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Trump’s move to mobilize the National Guard against Americans in DC is another telltale sign of his authoritarian ambitions. But at some point signs of authoritarianism stop being signs and become symptoms of an autocratic regime. We’re far past that point now. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/t...nbcwashington.comTrump considering deploying up to 1,000 National Guard to D.C.The number of Guard who would be assigned is still in flux, the officials say, and most of the troops would likely be pulled from the D.C. National Guard. 58790573157
Reposted by Wendy in RomeMother Jones @motherjones.com · 11/08/2025Starting in September, Gov. Greg Abbott and GOP lawmakers will make it even harder in Texas to prevent school shootings, suicides, and murders by domestic abusers www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comTexas forbids law that keeps guns away from unhinged peopleDespite recent massacres in the state, GOP leaders ban a proven tool to help stop them. 88691964401
Reposted by Wendy in RomeRachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 05/08/2025RP if you agree with Chair Martin and the DNC and want Democrats to fight fire with fire! 27431199
Reposted by Wendy in RomeThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 09/08/2025The Department of Homeland Security is holding up more than $100 million preapproved dollars intended to help hurricane-battered North Carolina clean up storm damage and fix infrastructure, according to documents obtained by The Post.wapo.stDHS is delaying millions in already approved North Carolina recovery funds, documents showCommunities across the region still need to be reimbursed for about a hundred projects including debris removal, waste water treatment repairs, roads and bridges, damaged buildings and parks, as well ... 1003111995693
Reposted by Wendy in RomeRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Trump is demanding that the census conducted every decade omit undocumented immigrants from the count. He plotted a similar move in 2018, but was blocked by the courts because his plan was unconstitutional. Here's a video I put out the last time he tried this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpw-...youtube.comThe Unconstitutional Census Power Grab | Robert ReichYouTube video by Robert Reich 581118429
Reposted by Wendy in RomeFCC Commissioner Anna Gomez @agomezfcc.bsky.social · 07/08/2025A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda. This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵 50477283807
Reposted by Wendy in RomeDavid Earl Williams III @dewforpolitics.bsky.social · 06/08/2025CBS asked TX Rep. Ann Johnson if Democrats “ran from the fight.” She fired back: “No—abandoning your job is going to Cancun during a deadly freeze.” Then added, “Trump asked GA GOP to find 11K votes—they said no. He asked TX GOP to steal 5 seats—they said, ‘Does July work for you?’” 031
Reposted by Wendy in RomeThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/08/2025“Both of them.” 4582084011599
Reposted by Wendy in RomePolitico @politico.com · 31/07/2025Federal judges decry political attacks from the White House.politico.comFederal judges decry political attacks from the White HouseThey say it's emboldened bad actors, leading to death threats and political intimidation. 29543581422
Reposted by Wendy in RomeBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Weakest 3 months of job growth since 2020. 1309190317147
Wendy in Rome @wdinrome.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Is this evilness really what you Trump voters wanted?! 000
Reposted by Wendy in RomeThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/07/2025WATCH: “In video captured by the Tennessee Holler…” On @msnbc, @eriellereshef plays our video of @brotherjones.bsky.social getting banned from @GovBillLee’s Teslas-only tunnel announcement — even though it was a state event, in his own district. 26961652441
Reposted by Wendy in RomeBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Let’s be clear. 757102563556
Reposted by Wendy in RomeBluesterB @bluesterb.bsky.social · 29/07/2025In April, the Trump administration, citing diversity, equity and inclusion issues, abruptly discontinued millions of dollars in mental health grants designed to help students. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/fed...cbsnews.comFederal grant cuts put school mental health resources at risk, staffers sayIn April, the Trump administration, citing DEI issues, abruptly discontinued millions of dollars in mental health grants designed to help students. 142
Wendy in Rome @wdinrome.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Keen insights here from Sec/Mayor Pete - find time to listen www.npr.org/2025/07/28/n...npr.orgPete Buttigieg warns Democrats can't go back to status quo after President TrumpSteve Inskeep speaks with former US Secretary for Transportation Pete Buttigieg about distrust in government and the status of the Democratic party. 051
Reposted by Wendy in RomePete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 27/07/2025A different way of practicing politics is possible - where we vigorously fight for what’s right while inviting people into our coalition, rather than pushing them away. 546131002928
Reposted by Wendy in RomeAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/07/2025So, as I suspected, the police response to the shootings of Democratic elected officials in Minnesota was actually a complete disaster www.startribune.com/new-details-... 866201237554
Reposted by Wendy in RomeOutspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 27/07/2025While Donald Trump’s name resurfaces alongside Jeffrey Epstein’s in headlines, two things are quietly happening that no one is talking about and both should make every decent person absolutely furious. Trump’s DOJ is defending the right of clergy to stay silent about child abuse 🤬👇🏼out5p0ken.substack.comTrump Protects Clergy Confessions, Crucifies the Children Confessing.Trump defends the church’s right to hide child rape, guts the office fighting human trafficking, and buries Epstein ties—abandoning children and survivors at every level of power. 41440238
