Tish James is an American hero.
14.10.2025 01:21 β π 477 π 92 π¬ 6 π 2@haileycolp.bsky.social
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Tish James is an American hero.
14.10.2025 01:21 β π 477 π 92 π¬ 6 π 2One surprisingly heartbreaking thing about living in these times is seeing young people who finally made it to college/graduated/got a job/achieved the thing theyβve worked so hard forβ¦ just watch their opportunities disappear. And itβs even worse because absolutely none of this had to be happening.
13.10.2025 22:33 β π 223 π 51 π¬ 2 π 1Itβs a start. Keep making phone calls to keep partisan politics out of airport safety PSAs.
13.10.2025 23:47 β π 12404 π 3227 π¬ 486 π 1642/2
13.10.2025 18:40 β π 420 π 192 π¬ 11 π 2Reps for CNN, Reuters, The AP, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic and NPR all say that journalists from their newsrooms are not signing the new paperwork about Pentagon access. Newsmax says it doesn't intend to sign, either β a potentially significant sign of MAGA dissension.
13.10.2025 23:29 β π 615 π 125 π¬ 17 π 15π¨NEW: A case at the Supreme Court cites Trump reportedly promising oil donors favors as proof that pay-to-play influence is so pervasive that bribery laws must be narrowed so pay-to-play is no longer a prosecutable crime.
The case is represented by a Trump-connected law firm.
vindication
12.10.2025 22:30 β π 22 π 2 π¬ 4 π 0Airports are starting to refuse to air Trump's propaganda. On the same day that a second House member broke with Mike Johnson and demanded he negotiate with dems and swear in that duly elected House member he's refused to swear in. It's all coming apart for Trump. www.joemygod.com/2025/10/seat...
13.10.2025 20:04 β π 520 π 172 π¬ 25 π 10A second House member has broken with Mike Johnson over the Trump shutdown.
13.10.2025 19:46 β π 689 π 189 π¬ 23 π 21TUR: Have you met with Mike Johnson?
JEFFRIES: No
TUR: Why not?
JEFFRIES: Donald Trump has not given him permission to meet, Katy and we know that until Donald Trump gives them permission to meet, they're going to continue to hide.
Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.
13.10.2025 17:42 β π 4480 π 1584 π¬ 339 π 244In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
13.10.2025 14:30 β π 2601 π 1574 π¬ 171 π 187Turns out most people don't really like being invaded
13.10.2025 18:27 β π 1339 π 294 π¬ 16 π 4The same ICE agent who handcuffed Ald. Jessie Fuentes has been filmed in at least 3 other violent encounters, including the viral arrest of a woman in Waukegan in front of the mayor.
βHeβs obviously a danger to individuals and particularly women," Fuentes said.
Read more at @windycitytimes.com
Trumpβs brain failures gets a Congressional spotlightβfinally
13.10.2025 14:47 β π 468 π 136 π¬ 10 π 4Someone is reporting on another social media platform that π§ is at Midway yanking people off planes. I am not able to verify as I donβt live there but hereβs the post for reference. Thank you for your reporting.
13.10.2025 15:25 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.
13.10.2025 14:19 β π 2281 π 830 π¬ 32 π 10This of course comes four days after a federal judge in Chicago concluded that the Trump administration's "perception of events" around Chicago "are simply unreliable."
chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump...
These guys are terrified of the numbers that are going to turn out on Saturday, and that's all the more reason to put down your "wine mom protest" objections and join them.
13.10.2025 13:30 β π 1881 π 352 π¬ 8 π 22Whoever's funding it is doing a crap job because I still haven't gotten my paycheck from the last one!
13.10.2025 14:13 β π 19 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0Good Place: Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.
13.10.2025 12:46 β π 1995 π 562 π¬ 11 π 22Cartoon by @davewhamond.bsky.social.
Rounding up the Anti-Fascists.
Buckle up folks! Itβs an eras tour documentary. Woo! All the anti-Taylor folks are incredibly salty this morning!
13.10.2025 12:34 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Itβs hard to imagine anything more performative and pointless than protesting at Kamala Harrisβ book tour.
This is the epitome of virtue signaling instead of actually trying to help a cause.
Yikes at the replies here. These people are why we are where we are today.
13.10.2025 12:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.
13.10.2025 01:01 β π 20777 π 5402 π¬ 563 π 192Fuck United healthcare for not allowing former customers to access their wellness rewards after the plan ends. I needed that cash you greedy mother fuckers
13.10.2025 01:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. β€οΈπ³οΈβπ
13.10.2025 00:25 β π 30240 π 8253 π¬ 813 π 430Kamala is all out of f*cks and Iβm here for it π₯
We see you, @codepink.bsky.social
Your paid performative agitators pop up on her book tour like they think we donβt know the VPβs job.
The VP doesnβt set Middle East policy, the President does. The VPβs role is to support the President, period.