Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialPwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 21hIf Democrats win, johnson will not be speaker at the point where they are swearing in the new Congress. They are sworn in by the speaker elect, who is chosen by the member elects 522825578
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23hWATCH: “Can’t wait to vote y’all out! Sellouts!” HIGHLIGHTS as the Memphis city council voted 7-5 to delay a vote on a people-backed data center moratorium before the people even got to speak🤔 — leading to chanting, outrage… and even fistfights👇🏽😳 (next vote: 10/20) 10471159
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17h25 years ago today, the U.S. launched its war in Afghanistan. Weeks earlier, Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against the 2001 Authorization of Military Force, warning it would be a blank check for forever wars. History has proven her lonely and courageous vote right. 12178702427
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h😕 things @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn @SenatorHagerty never mention 15377161
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialJulie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social · 19hNEW: Maybe it's time to take a good look at all these deaths in the Epstein-Trump orbit. jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/dead-men-t...jkbjournalist.substack.comDead men tell no Epstein-Trump talesWhen witnesses, whistleblowers and accusers die, it’s time to look at whether they have anything in common. Here is a list of some of the recent deaths. 10136451466
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialNBC News @nbcnews.com · 17hPeople who consumed 200 to 300 milligrams of caffeine a day were less likely to develop coronary heart disease, Type 2 diabetes or stroke.nbcnews.toDrinking this much coffee a day is linked to a lower risk of several diseasesPeople who consumed 200 to 300 milligrams of caffeine a day were less likely to develop coronary heart disease, Type 2 diabetes or stroke. 76116
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19hIf they’re admitting 81 planes, drones and helicopters worth $3.3 billion have been lost in Iran, imagine what they’re not telling us. The real cost is likely far higher, and our grandchildren will be paying for this unnecessary war and his reckless spending. www.businesstoday.in/amp/world/st... 48086223796
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 17h48 MILLION voting records were obtained by ICE through an election denier. The agency's investigative arm, Homeland Security Investigations, also debated sending undercover agents into voter registration organizations. Subscribe to our free newsletter here: demdock.com/4hIlVIP 7258138
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 17hThe government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term. 2919821044
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17hTrump, who said he would end Russia's war in Ukraine on his first day in office and lower the price of everything: "I always do what I say, if you look back. Promises made, promises kept." 2915141
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21hWKRN: “A Utah school admin filed a federal lawsuit alleging she was pepper-sprayed, sedated, beaten, sexually assaulted by correctional officers inside Nashville Detention Center after an arrest last year… officers remain employed by sheriff, no criminal charges filed…” www.wkrn.com/news/local-n... 6627031477
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialCNN @cnn.com · 18hKenya's first Ebola case was a patient who travelled for weeks by road and air through three countries without being detected until he arrived in Nairobi. It raised questions about border control and how to trace the virus across countries. cnn.it/3VwONfT 02811
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026New whistleblower complaint: The Trump admin pushed the FBI to investigate Los Angeles protesters in violation of their constitutional rights and the bureau's policies, a former FBI supervisor alleges in a new whistleblower complaint.nbcnews.comFBI whistleblower says White House pushed unconstitutional probe of protestersThe former analyst says supervisors were told not to put things in writing, so many of the directives came in face-to-face meetings. 4123831100
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A BFD. As people get ready to fill their heating oil tanks for the winter, they learn it will cost 80% more than last year. Your early Christmas Gift from Trump and the Republican Party is that your Christmas present budget will now go to their friends in the oil business. 29041351710
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 18h🚨BREAKING: Trump was hit with a second lawsuit over taxpayer-funded propaganda ads promoting him ahead of the midterms. The new case says DHS diverted $20 million meant for border-security commemorations to pay for the spots.democracydocket.comTrump hit with second lawsuit over taxpayer-funded political propaganda adsThe lawsuit came the same day the Democratic National Committee (DNC) filed a separate challenge seeking to stop the administration from using federal funds for the ad campaign. 201017315
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialStand Up America @standupamerica.com · 18hReminder: Trump’s FBI dismantled the team investigating Susan Collins 👀 The FBI was looking into whether Susan Collins helped a donor land Navy contracts in exchange for campaign cash. Then Trump took office and got rid of the team leading the investigation. 02210
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It’s confusing that @theatlantic.com described this man as a “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024” who when these are some of his very easily findable FB posts: 17372341497
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18h@timmiller.bsky.social says Troy Jackson and other Democrats need to continue pressing Republicans on their support for the Iran war: "If you're Susan Collins, you were for the war. You voted for it five times…This is her war." 524273
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 07/10/2026Israel’s military campaign in Gaza has killed 74,245 Palestinians in three years, Gaza’s health ministry says. “There is a ceasefire in name only,” said a senior policy fellow with the European Council on Foreign Relations. washingtonpost.comThree years after Oct. 7, Israeli strikes in Gaza grind on and deaths climbAlmost a year has passed since President Donald Trump declared the fighting over and “peace in the Middle East” achieved. 108561
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 07/10/2026This Talon Air ICE flight has now landed in Ghana, a possible third-country removal. Migrant passengers onboard have been shackled at the ankles, wrists and waist for at least 14 hours. 5190118
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialThe Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 19hA federal judge questioned Wednesday whether he should block President Trump and the White House from posting official announcements on Truth Social when the social media platform is selling early access to his posts.washingtonsun.comJudge Weighs Whether to Block Some Trump Truth Social PostsThe platform is charging up to $100,000 a month to get 50-millisecond early access to the president’s posts. 17524
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19hJenny Honeycutt: "I would have wanted this war to have been over already. But let me make clear that my opponent calls this a 'war of choice.' And my question is: what choice did we have?…Thank God we had a president who took it to our enemies screaming, 'death to America.'" 10437
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22hDELAWARE: "Nurse Monica Ryadi and her husband couldn’t wait to take their 3yo son to Disneyland... They didn’t get there. The Delco nurse has lived legally in 🇺🇸 since childhood. ICE arrested her as she took her son to Disneyland." #AbolishICE www.instagram.com/p/DeAFDW5jEW0 10217861066
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialAdam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 07/10/2026BREAKING A federal judge ordered the Kennedy Center's Trump-installed board to UNSEAL the 163-page report (with redactions) on the $250M+ renovation plan and two year closure. The Board also must unseal a related Powerpoint. Doc buff.ly/E6jyjGl 10648821304
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialPBS News @pbsnews.org · 18hIn Ukraine, local authorities say at least 25 civilians were killed in the latest Russian missile and drone attacks. 56229
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The alarmists have yet to be wrong 😕🇺🇸 29287803715
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026And they voted for him anyway 😕 700100283850
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialThe Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 18h"Honey please I need you to get this done for me." How Kimberly Guilfoyle pressed a MAGA ally to transfer $100,000 to her Amex account. on.wsj.com/4hOljSg 12610
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialCory Booker @corybooker.com · 19hWhile Americans struggle to afford groceries, DHS handed a political donor a $464 million no-bid contract for planes it has barely used. This is waste, cronyism, and a betrayal of the public trust. The American people deserve better. op: @nytimes 811648
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21hwow -- Fox Business is now treating Trump's completely made up economic boasts as though they are factual. Note the citation here -- "The White House" Reminder that the entire US economy is about $32t. If we really had $21t flowing in, you'd notice it Fox thinks their viewers are really dumb 89958081737
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h“.. It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express,” she wrote on Signal, according to messages reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. “Please.” @wsj.com 🇬🇷 www.wsj.com/politics/pol... 991848666
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/10/2026Nothing says “America First” like Trump decorating the White House with photos of himself cozying up to Xi, a communist, and Putin, an authoritarian. But he calls Dems the dangerous radicals. 34655275
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialThe Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 12/09/2026“We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models,” Dario Amodei, co-founder of AI giant Anthropic, said in an essay shared Saturday. “Progress will still seem fast, and we must make wise use of the time we gain.”washingtonsun.comAnthropic Founder Calls for AI Companies to Slow ProgressionThe technology’s rampant growth has been a major topic of discussion among lawmakers and industry leaders this week. 1289
woollyj.bsky.social @woollyj.bsky.social · 12/09/2026jamestalarico.substack.com/p/what-we-di...jamestalarico.substack.comWhat we did outside the Billionaire Ball in DallasCorrupt politicians and their billionaire mega-donors paid $20,000 for a ticket into their Billionaire Ball. Our campaign did something different. 100
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/09/2026Dario Amodei, who co-founded Anthropic, the company behind the Claude chatbot, called for a global slowdown of artificial intelligence development in a 3,800-word essay on Saturday. His appeal for a pause follows months of escalating concerns across the technology industry. nyti.ms/4AatwIK 921051341
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11/09/2026Some experts argue that recent AI hacking incidents have revealed a fundamental flaw: The same techniques driving rapid increases in its capabilities can also bake in a tendency to hack and evade oversight in its drive to accomplish tasks set by humans.washingtonpost.comThe race to build smarter machines ran into a dangerous problemThe techniques that made chatbots more capable can also bake in a tendency to hack, cheat and evade human oversight. 2218
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Bad to worse.chadbourn.substack.comThe Iran War Hits Crisis PointFree access to the Red Sea has been lost 36584226
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialPhiladelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 11/09/2026Rep. David Maloney, a Republican who represents parts of Berks County, wants to rename Lake Erie to “Lake Pennsylvania,” arguing that the state’s only Great Lake has become increasingly important to Pennsylvania’s economy and identity.inquirer.comA Pa. state lawmaker wants to turn Lake Erie into Lake Pennsylvania 1758624
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/09/2026Elon Musk has long vowed to remove child sexual abuse material on his social media platform, X. But reviews by the Canadian Center for Child Protection and The New York Times found that explicit images of children continue to appear on the site.nyti.msElon Musk Has Pledged to Rid His Platform, X, of Child Sexual Abuse, but It PersistsReviews by the Canadian Center for Child Protection and The New York Times found that explicit images of children remain on the social media site owned by Elon Musk. 188540
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Aaron Rodgers: “There’s been nothing but the obstruction of transparency with the Trump administration. It’s pro-Israel first. There is no ‘Make America Great Again’ movement, because the guy you elected hasn’t done any of his campaign promises.” 8534383
woollyj.bsky.social @woollyj.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"When I first ran for governor, Illinois’ finances were a national punchline. Our credit rating was heading towards bankruptcy. We had billions in unpaid bills. Our roads and bridges were crumbling. Now, Illinois just earned its 12TH CREDIT UPGRADE in a row. 🎉"substack.comJB Pritzker (@jbpritzker)When I first ran for governor, Illinois’ finances were a national punchline. Our credit rating was heading towards bankruptcy. We had billions in unpaid bills. Our roads and bridges were crumb... 000
woollyj.bsky.social @woollyj.bsky.social · 11/09/2026www.instagram.com/reel/DdIfNHT... Makes me miss George Winstagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 001
woollyj.bsky.social @woollyj.bsky.social · 29/08/2026substack.com/@brianresist...substack.comBrian Resists (@brianresists)Trying the post again. An Australian citizen speaks to Americans. 000
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 28/08/2026📍HAPPENING NOW: Democracy Docket is on the ground in Washington, D.C., covering the March on Washington: Defend the Vote. With less than 70 days until the midterms, this is about more than one election. It’s about whether our democracy will protect all of us. Check back in for our recap below👇 421266470
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 28/08/2026This is so nuts 1971324270
Reposted by @woollyj.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Just expel him, Canada. 34663151043