paula72.bsky.social - Profile | ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

“No one voted to cut Social Security. No one voted to cut Medicare. And no one voted to cut Medicaid. These are key parts of our social safety net that our tax dollars have paid for over a lifetime.” Here’s a quick and easy way to contact your representatives: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

submitted 13 hours ago • 0 comments

ConOld and Kellogg to Zelenskyy: “Sign over your mineral rights, or else!” The Mob Boss is in the White House.

submitted 4 hours ago • 2 comments

President Krasnov. Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename 'Krasnov' Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...

submitted 11 hours ago • 4 comments

actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Unfortunately, we are in #FAFO time and it is not going to be pretty… #wethepeople #jasminecrockett #facts #noDOGE

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

In every single interview I’ve done with international media since Trump took power I’ve been asked: Why are there no mass protests? There are many reasons, of course, but the utter refusal of the self-proclaimed “fourth estate” to communicate clearly what is happening has to be high on the list.

submitted 4 hours ago • 158 comments

Morning, y’all! Just heard the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was fired yesterday - on social media. FFS, what next? Flu is at near epidemic levels, the FBI now led by someone bent on vendetta. Every day I think it can’t get worse, and then it does.

submitted 5 hours ago • 0 comments

CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

submitted 21 hours ago • 887 comments

#Trump intends to weaponize every department of government he can. After yelling at Governor Janet Mills for hurting his feelings, the Education Department has launched a probe into Maine. This is textbook political persecution and possibly a violation of states' rights.

submitted 5 hours ago • 4 comments

Maine superintendent voices support for transgender athlete, concern about student safety

submitted 6 hours ago • 1 comment

MaryBeth Hastings has devoted her career to human rights, one of the many people in #MD08 who have seen their lives, livelihood and work upended by the attacks on USAID. Thanks MaryBeth for reminding us: foreign aid is critical for democratic solidarity.

submitted 15 hours ago • 34 comments

It was supposed to be a defiant return to the Capitol for Proud Boys, Oath Keepers & their far-right white extremist allies who were pardoned by Trump for their role in the insurrection. It ended w/ the arrest of Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio for assaulting a protester who got in his face.

submitted 5 hours ago • 15 comments

Maine Governor Janet Mills is my new hero. She is the first elected official to defy Trump to his face. I’m proud that the pine tree state is my ancestral home. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

submitted 6 hours ago • 1 comment

www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/good-news-... Pritzker said: “Democracy requires your courage. So gather your justice and humanity...and do not let despair overcome us, when our country needs us the most.”

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

submitted 4 hours ago • 0 comments

“this is about whether a President can force compliance with his will, without regard for the rule of law that governs our nation. I believe he cannot." —Maine Governor Janet Mills

submitted 12 hours ago • 4 comments

Who else wants some good news for a change? Well here it is:

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

I think the most wrong I have ever been as a political scientist was when I said in a public forum in 2020 that there would not be political violence in the US (Jan 6 was 2 mos later). Tonight’s purges are a clear precursor to more future such violence. This is textbook authoritarian abuse stuff.

submitted 11 hours ago • 41 comments

Another clip with former NFL Player Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social arrested for civil disobedience this week in the face of his MAGA city council. HERE he talks about why, in the ensuing publicity he rejected an interview ask from the New York Times (he says exception for @jamellebouie.net)

submitted 21 hours ago • 15 comments

submitted 14 hours ago • 3 comments

Quite something to watch Americans in positions of power trying to get to grips with extremely basic principles of good privacy practice and data handling, which are the fundamentals I used to cover in the first few slides for conference audiences here. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 9 hours ago • 3 comments

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

submitted 13 hours ago • 507 comments

FOX NEWS: You are against people bringing in eggs that have not been-- I mean, we have the USDA for a reason. These could be contaminated and bring illnesses in. GALLEGO: Absolutely. This is why we shouldn't be firing USDA inspectors that are actually doing oversight over avian flu

submitted 22 hours ago • 502 comments

The worst part of this North Korean style sycophancy is that we all know Lutnick doesn’t believe a word of this and Trump knows Lutnick doesn’t believe a word of this.

submitted 5 hours ago • 194 comments

Remarkable: Trump's own pollster just found that in swing House districts, Dems lead by 5 points and voters want tax policy to prioritize working people, per Politico. Yet GOP is about to brutally slash the safety net and give the rich huge tax cuts! New piece: newrepublic.com/article/1918...

submitted 5 hours ago • 204 comments

Maine gets a lot of flak for Susan Collins but deserves kudos for Gov. Janet Mills taking a stand for trans rights. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

submitted 5 hours ago • 22 comments

If any of our former NATO or Five Eyes allies have intelligence data and assessments, which surely they must, about the background of the leader of their new strategic adversary, the United States, now is as good a time as any to release them, subject to protection of methods and sources, of course.

submitted 4 hours ago • 426 comments

www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/more-great...

submitted 18 hours ago • 1 comment

Starlink, Space X, Tesla and X are both economic and political vehicles created not just to enrich but empower their owner. He is an ignorant, racist, rogue, narcissist who supports America's enemies and an anti-democratic, white supremacist agenda. Supporting those companies in any way at all...

submitted 5 hours ago • 17 comments

Beto is pretty darn inspiring here -- Exclusive: Beto O’Rourke Is Fired Up, Ready To Rally The Opposition www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/exclusive-...

submitted 19 hours ago • 8 comments

“For countries such as Somalia, where U.S. aid made up 25 percent of the government’s whole budget, or Tanzania, where the U.S. funded a majority of public health care, the loss is catastrophic. And for the major global health agencies, the situation is similarly critical.”

submitted 5 hours ago • 0 comments

Response of Rep. Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts this week when a constituent demanded he stop voting with Republicans: www.masslive.com/politics/202...

submitted 5 hours ago • 25 comments

This is huge! Trump is ramming his agenda through now, so he can’t be stopped later—shock & awe. But look at these approval numbers—he’s underwater on our major issues. Public opinion is against Trump & his policies—his approval rating is historically low. It’s only going to get worse… MUCH worse.

submitted 1 day ago • 364 comments

I'm sure he's wearing blackout shades for normal reasons.

submitted 1 day ago • 724 comments

🎯🎯💯🎯🎯 My commitment is to participate & support any and all forms of RESISTANCE. Flood the streets. Flood the zone.

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments