My heart aches that, because of the cowardice of MAGA and their horrid administration, our country is actively working against the Ukrainian people and this young girl. History will render a harsh judgement.

@karlbode.com @jfallows.bsky.social @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social @stevevladeck.bsky.social techpolicy.press/trump-admini...

again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are his net worth is $253.2 billion. so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire and then do it again tomorrow and again the day after that and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months

Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it

Minnesota based Independent Journalist GEORGIA FORT has been arrested for filming a protest of the church pastor that works as an ICE manager. SPREAD THE WORD! Georgia has been doing outstanding reporting from ground zero!

"In the United States of America, people are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The government should not post their images suggesting otherwise. “This conduct is not something that the court condones,” I'm so very tired of this slow justice. How about summarily dismissing all 16 cases?

"Nice little city you've got here... it'd be a shame if something had to happen to it..."

I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Pretti Good Reasons to Protest! ICE OUT OF EVERYWHERE!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

absolutely insane that there are Democrats considering voting to send more money to fund this evil

January 21, 2026

@iabacon.bsky.social @blogforiowa.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...

Democrats must refuse to vote for any funding bill that increases ICE’s budget and refuse to fund DHS until ICE’s abuses of power are stopped. The government funding deadline is January 30th. Call your reps today: (202) 224-3121 https://indivisible.org/campaign/how-rein-ice-now

What the fuck has happened to us in last 10 years? Just imagine John Cena recording this today...

This sums it all up. Spot on!

I just can't express how hugely important this analysis is. Absolutely critical to our continued experiment in self-governance! Thank you Josh! @joshtpm.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @marcelias.bsky.social @chrismurphyct.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/how-t...

@pkrugman.bsky.social Essential daily reading for anyone who believes that government "of the people, by the people,and for the people" should not perish from this earth. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

A great bunch of kind, caring patriots show up in Des Moines, IA in the cold and flurries today. ICE OUT, EVERYWHERE!

January 9, 2026

Wrote up my thoughts on all the nonsense replies I've been getting falsely claiming that @schumer.senate.gov can't do anything and I should stop telling him to do more. There's a TON that he can do, as I outline in the piece. And he's doing basically none of it.

Typical old Schumer. Fiddling while Rome burns. Wrong minority leader in the Senate. Put your country first. Show real leadership. Step aside. www.techdirt.com/2026/01/06/c...

These days it's hard to categorize the shame patriotic Americans feel on a daily basis, but I believe Robert Reich is correct in this post. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

2025.June. Talking to my neighbor who runs his cows on my pasture. Average Iowa guy. But..He speaks of "waste, fraud, and abuse". From FoxNews to my patio and down the rural road. Why not "cheat, lie, and steal" to describe MAGA admin? FOXNews. Crucial problem. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

🗣️ Say it louder for the people in the back! Smart 🧵from @markjacob.bsky.social on how the media is actually dominated by the right. As Mark details here, by every measurement, the right wing controls our media. CBS News & Bari Weiss is the latest but clearly not the only example. Read/ share:

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the radical left scum!🙂 @hcrichardson.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @pkrugman.bsky.social @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social And all my Bluesky friends.

I am Somali!

Seems clear to me. It's good to hear someone who actually does 'tell it like it is'. Wouldn't it be GREAT to have a president in our country who would 'tell it like it is' to his buddy Putin?

“You and I and most Americans can reasonably insist he doesn’t represent us, but at what point does that become insufficient? In other words, is there a point when we cannot overcome the accelerating moral collapse resulting from his repugnant actions?” www.americaamerica.news/p/can-americ...

👇!👇!👇!👇!👇!👇!👇!

An epitaph for this experiment in self-governance: "Standing up to Donald Trump didn't work" -Angus King, Maine

I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police. It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.

Tough read, true read. Rings true all across my current life experience. "The completion of a public sphere so disillusioned it no longer believes in the possibility of a better future." hartmannreport.com/p/introducti...

my god, what a paragraph (from tonight's @hcrichardson.bsky.social)

Priceless! @pkrugman.bsky.social "We could have achieved victory by not hitting ourselves in the face in the first place." open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

US Administration response to devastation of Melissa? I probably missed it? Let's see... USAid, empathy, an ounce of caring leadership? All missing on any stage. This is not great. @aoc.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social

💯. There is no doubt in this old fart from Iowa. Speak truth and love of this experiment in self-governance! open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

💯. Once again, Josh Marshall is absolutely SPOT ON! Thank you for TPM and your hard work! @talkingpointsmemo.com @joshtpm.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/there...

i really resent the continued assertion that there’s so much anger on both sides, as if the causes of the anger are equally legitimate. we’re angry because masked maniacs are violently snatching our family and neighbors off the street, and they’re angry because we’re calling them out for it.

💯. I'm with you completely on this. A PLAN for better representation is a path forward for this crumbling experiment in self-governance! @hcrichardson.bsky.social @pkrugman.bsky.social @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social @jfallows.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

Remarkable sentence: "At the same time, the affluent are spending freely: the top 10% of the income distribution now accounts for nearly half of all consumer spending." Unbelievable. Wealth distribution a problem? The insanity of unbridled greed. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began. So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

Atlantic, Iowa

I could not agree more. This is an absolute must if this experiment in self-governance is to keep working for "We the People". 💯 The Corrupt Supreme Court Must Be Reformed: Dems Must Champion It talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-c...

💯 open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...

This helped me find some hope this morning. Thank you @tribelaw.bsky.social

"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people." —The Declaration of Independence

Remember when Kamala said Putin would eat Trump for lunch? I was thinking about that today for no particular reason.