She has a name and it is Connie Ballmer.

Just remembering the letter Pete Hegseth’s mom sent him, calling him an abuser of women and telling him their family is “broken by your behavior and lack of character.”

not ‘shopped. not cropped. not stock. straight from the phone of stormwater inspector Lindsay Schiel snapped yesterday at a basin in Hudson.

Welcome back @darthbluesky.bsky.social while you were away, someone created a dog stick library!

Lindsey Graham has a secret.

NEWS: Bette Midler just released a remake of Woody Guthrie’s classic protest song “All You Fascists Bound to Lose,” updated to fit the current moment and urge action ahead of the midterms. You have to listen to this.

They made them take down the videos because they would cause "reputational damage" to people like this young man, Nathan Cavanuagh, so definitely don't post this all over the internet with the name Nathan Cavanaugh attached, or this guy might suffer reputational damage. This guy, Nathan Cavanaugh.

Good speech. Most US press got bamboozled by Bill Barr's scheme. Trump's collusion with Russia was always real, continues to be. www.youtube.com/live/ylvTFvJ...

What the fuck @welch.senate.gov COMPETENT AND HONEST are you kidding us

Hey @axios.com, it’s actually nine jets, four of them luxury, with another luxury jet on the way. You’re only counting two luxury jets and the one on the way. Please credit me when you confirm and update your story, thank you! gillianbrockell.ghost.io/noems-luxury...

The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.

. @murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov Schumer's statement is not strong enough. My spouse and I, residents in WA, are strongly opposed to this illegal Trump attack. Iran poses no immediate threat to the U.S. and aligning with Israel to bomb schools and kill innocent Iranians is evil.

Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon. Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.

Why would you even consider funding this? In our name they are doing this. With our money. Why are you not doing everything to stop it instead of quibbling about details?

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

ICE was stealing equipment from the Islip Long Island fire department and a Islip Forward member documented it. ICE tried to arrest the community member but the firemen said “I don’t think so” www.islipforward.org

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

This one goes right alongside Bruce Springsteen’s new classic Check out this video, "Minnesota marsh family song"

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...

Do NOT fund ICE @schumer.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov @captmarkkelly.bsky.social @gallego.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov @democrats.senate.gov @rosen.senate.gov @sencortezmasto.govpeeps.us @durbin.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov

This is also extremely embarrassing for @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, who needs to resign as minority House leader.

signs left at alex pretti’s memorial in minneapolis: “i love you so much / i’ll miss you forever” photo with a friend, “i would have done the same. RIP alex,” a stethoscope and “we’ll take it from here, alex” and a tshirt for the minnesota nurses association

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

THIS AGENCY will never be viewed as legitimate again. You need to understand that, in the eyes of your constituents and all Americans, this agency is forever tarnished. You have to dismantle it entirely.

Hey dude, you are the senate minority leader. If you are unable to get enough democratic senators to vote against funding DHS then you need to step down and Dems need to find an actual leader who knows how to lead their caucus

Every Democratic governor, attorney general, senator and House member needs to stand up and loudly say in unison: Enough. Trump's war on Americans must end.

To delete your TikTok account without agreeing to the new TOS: 1) put your phone in airplane mode 2) open TikTok and go to your profile 3) go to settings and scroll down to delete account 4) turn airplane mode off 5) delete your account Credit to @ kimsaira on instagram for this

TikTok is now under US ownership and their new ToS reads like a guide to giving fascists everything they need to put you on a list. They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.

Panoramic photo of turnout at the ice out Minnesota rally downtown Minneapolis

Hey @blumenthal.senate.gov - they are ALREADY LEGALLY REQUIRED to get a judicial warrant! This lawlessness can't be reformed. Any Democrat that votes for another penny in funding to ICE is complicit, and voters will remember. cc to my senators @kaine.senate.gov and @markwarner.bsky.social

Hope Sens Warner and Kaine are listening.

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

Just a reminder ▶️ Brett Kavanaugh did this. #KavanaughStops

WATCH: Trump shows his middle finger and appears to say "fuck you" after Ford worker yells "pedophile protector" - TMZ

Hey @thehill.com we’re still waiting on your apologies for this lie. 🤷‍♀️

I did a crisper version of this Andor remix if anyone is a completist.

An Oregon lawmaker is warning of ICE agents posing as utility workers. NW Natural and Portland General Electric have published guidance in several languages on how to tell if a person is actually one of their employees.

It’s past time for Dem leaders with massive social media platforms like @aoc.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @barackobama.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social et al to leave or wind down on X. Show some freaking moral leadership.

For those of us not in the cult, this is what we hear when anyone from the Trump administration speaks. For the people in the back, this is satire and so well done…

Whoever you are in the coming days, don’t be this man, who has not learned a single fucking thing over the past year.

Thank you!!! Leaders DO YOUR DAMN JOB! NOW!!! @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social

Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social

Searched back through Blue Sky for this. Which is one of the best things I saw all year in any medium.

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9