Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15h*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY. 5719731427
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14hIt‘s utterly unconvincing when Susan Collins tries to pretend her vote for Kavanaugh wasn’t a betrayal of women’s right to bodily autonomy. 251100237
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h“.. Oil market turmoil will continue beyond next year, executives said at the conference on Monday, as it could take years to refill inventories on top of meeting global demand.” @reuters.com ⛽️ www.reuters.com/business/ene... 27498190
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13hTrump and lots of people close to Trump are making a lot of money off wars. 872383587
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 13hThis. This is important. They’re hoping fear will hold us back because they don’t have the numbers. But it will make us stronger. It will bring people out. 19688171
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialDr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 13h“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” ~President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936. Image: Universal History Archive/Getty Images. 6763208
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialAlina Pete @alinapete.bsky.social · 22hEvery decision these bastards make is so deliberately anti Indigenous It makes a wound in all of us I mourn for every saguaro. I mourn for Grandmother Tree. For beings that take centuries to stand where they are and are deliberately destroyed to sate hatred www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...wbur.org'Grandmother' tree uprooted for border wall constructionBorder agents dispersed a camp of protestors along the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday. The activists in Southern Arizona were protecting the last tree in a stand of towering cottonwood trees. 618871
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialThe Heathen Historian 🔻 @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 18hThe fact that the tree is as old as the United States should not be lost on anyone. What a metaphor. 382309890
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19hThe Trump administration’s actions resulted in the destruction of the largest ancient Cottonwood tree on Indigenous territory in Arizona. This tree, known as the “Grandmother Tree,” was 250 years old. 70832182056
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20hI’m ready to be a CEO. I promise to take on debt, fire anyone who seems better than me at anything, and insist you’re going to love my product that kills you 311414267
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialMax Granger @maxgranger.info · 20hHappening now! Border Patrol amassing forces after land defenders re-established a tree sit on the Mexican side of the border in La Noria, Sonora, this morning, stopping wall construction the day after DHS killed the Grandmother Tree. 7486233
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialA secret third thing @secretthirdthing.bsky.social · 22h"chatGPT thinks I am a genuis" is just the modern version of "I think this stripper is in love with me" 211878376
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialJohn Carpenter’s Halloran @profhalloran.bsky.social · 19hAs a Catholic, like Alito, I think it's so important for you to know how little—how absolutely not at all—your marriage (or your LGBTQ identity) impacts my religious liberty. In fact, refusing to acknowledge your marriage (or your LGBTQ identity) is a grave affront to your innate human dignity.abcnews.comAlito calls same-sex marriage a 'decisive' turn 'against religious liberty' in new bookA new book by Justice Samuel Alito presents his view of the Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the country with a focus on religious freedom. 28649130
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h"Yeah, sorry your kid died or whatever. What do you think about my chandeliers?" 22154191245
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 18h"Sorry about your dead kid. Hey, you want to see my fancy party room? Look at that gold! Lotta gold. I got a new helicopter, too! Do you feel better now about sacrificing your child on my altar? Worth it, right? Look at that gold." 1142503684
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialDavid S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is being passed around as a total misrepresentation of what he said. Trump was saying - as he often does - that costs for Americans are a small price to pay for preventing Iran from getting nuclear missiles. He was saying ‘let them take out LA or SD’ as an example of what could happen then… 12219540
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialMemo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026There’s a new ICE surge happening in the Greater Los Angeles Area now. At least 20 people have been taken by noon in Southern California, numbers we haven’t seen in a long time. @lataco.bsky.social 7231153
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The corrupt gangsters running this government violate the law daily and use government funds for partisan politics to bribe voters in violation of the law. Trump has been emboldened by a rogue Supreme Court which has given him immunity and taken a blowtorch to the Constitution. 27633601184
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialDeborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026How nice for them. Next question: which act of Congress authorized this expenditure of federal funds? Quaint it may be, but our constitution forbids drawing funds from the treasury except pursuant to acts of congress. 16528155
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialGil Durán @gilduran.com · 05/10/2026It’s not just one billionaire. It’s a full-blown cult of billionaires who believe dictatorship should replace democracy—and that technology (crypto and AI) will make this inevitable. They say it loud. Some guy just wrote a book about it (That guy is me!) www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...simonandschuster.comThe Nerd ReichNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This transfixing debut from journalist Durán investigates the antidemocratic ideologies espoused by tech billionaires ... 7954237
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026Every day the weird pro-Ai people are like everyone who doesn’t love getting their work stolen is deranged. 436445
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026Every day I have a new reason to hate AI, but today’s is that they faked the work of one of my longtime collaborators. 51055330
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialAndrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat... 8639431576
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Roses are red Men are lonely A possible solution 1222328
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialPoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Had the BEST conversation with Florida Senate Candidate Angie Nixon. I’m telling you, we can flip that seat and actually get a senator who puts the people, not the president first. Let’s go!! AngieNixon.com FULL INTERVIEW HERE--- youtu.be/tM51JFEAPQI 532479869
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialAnne-Marie W. Clark 👩👧👦🐶⚖️😷🌎🚢📚🌦️⚜️ @amwclark.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"Empire of Grift” by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu 5419141
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I know this isn’t useful but it’s weird how “the president should be coherent” was a Very Important Thing just a few years ago and then suddenly wasn’t. 17058711199
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 04/10/2026vivek’s a republican, shouldn’t he be better at grabbing kids 903057423
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialJen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Fascists don't believe in peace. Peace doesn't help them. No authoritarian regime ever wants peace. Liberal democracies want peace. Peace helps them. Every liberal democracy wants peace. 1030788
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I see some folks asking: what motivates RFK Jr to tell such horrific, dangerous, repulsive lies about the HPV vaccine? Well, he has made $856,559 from suing the HPV vaccine maker (his vaccine adviser, Dr Kulldorff, also got rich the same way) Always follow the 🤑! www.npr.org/sections/sho...npr.orgRFK Jr. plans to keep a financial stake in lawsuits against the drugmaker MerckRFK Jr. plans to keep collecting referral fees in lawsuits against the drug company Merck even if confirmed as HHS secretary, according to new filings with the Office of Government Ethics. 26701272
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 03/10/2026Georgia won’t let anyone give a voter standing in line water no matter how hot it is or how non-political they are. But 5 large from the president for voting his way? No prob! 9413113
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialJames Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Just about everything this administration does makes me incandescent with rage. But their fucking with special education takes me to a whole new level. progressive.org/latest/scape...progressive.orgScapegoating Special EdAs the Trump Administration kneecaps federal agencies for sport, special education takes the latest hit. 49125
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialBob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026At the risk of aging myself, I'm going to start this with... Back in my day... This brand of blatant, up-front corruption would have been a major news story. He's literally buying votes. Where have you gone, Woodward and Bernstein? 1661057317
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...nytimes.comU.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter... 24730531793
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialMark Histed @markhisted.org · 03/10/2026Killed. NSF’s SBE was killed, in violation of law. The President does not have the power to choose to kill programs at a whim by defunding them. The imperial presidency was a mistake and we are in a separation of powers constitutional crisis. 151448529
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/10/2026Bridges in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, that are used by many commuters are the latest target in a broad Russian bombing campaign against infrastructure.trib.alRussia Turns to Striking Kyiv’s Bridges, Threatening a Vital LifelineThe bridges, used by many commuters in the Ukrainian capital, are the latest target in a broad Russian bombing campaign against infrastructure. 14263122
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialMargo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026So, Russia bombed another bridge in Kyiv today that connects left and right banks . It’s the 5th attack on bridges in Kyiv in these 4 days . People left stranded , can’t get to work or get back home . Nothing military about it . only Russia trying to terrorise us into submission . 12593236
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialW.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The first move for Skydance after the merger announcement: fire the studio executives who brought in One Battle After Another and Sinners.hollywoodreporter.comMichael De Luca, Pamela Abdy Out at Warner Bros.The news comes as Paramount Skydance is readying to finalize its deal for the legacy studio. 28868354
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026But ice cream shops can’t give a free cone to someone with an “I voted” sticker 862236451
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026literally in the next 48 hours! be aware! 5737488
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Team Angie is hitting fifteen counties across the state for SUPER SATURDAY weekend and all we’re missing is YOU! Visit Angie4US.com/knock to sign up and hit the streets with us. #AngieforFlorida 3369131
Reposted by @withease.bsky.social Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 02/10/2026wtf kind of state is he in if no filters could provide adequate image 18999
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist. 5846811396
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialAmee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I wrote this for anyone who has been triggered by the recent attempts to doxx Jane Doe after the Cornell rape case was re-opened. Let's hold hands. shero.substack.com/p/dear-sistershero.substack.comDear Sister...For anyone being triggered by the attacks on Jane Doe in the Cornell University rape case, I wrote this for you. 57629
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialDhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.socialwired.comICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir DatabaseDHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say. 12529921783
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialWes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Sure looks like the Secretary of the Interior is about to invoke emergency wartime powers to use taxpayer funds to build a bunch of data centers on public land, without any public input: wessiler.substack.com/p/whats-doug...wessiler.substack.comWhat’s Doug Burgum Doing With Defense Production Act Authority?It sure looks like things are adding up for widespread data center construction on public lands, without public input 18300201
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The term “remigration” is associated with the extreme right and only came into widespread usage in 2023-4. Even Germany’s AfD avoided using the term in 2024 for fear of scaring away voters. Today the US government is celebrating the “victories” it’s racked up in the “ethnic cleansing” column. 771580644
Reposted by @withease.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If this woman has ever expressed an opinion that wasn’t both extremely stupid and extremely evil, I’ve never seen it. 651038127