shellmer25.bsky.social - Profile | ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story. Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver. This is what "merit" means to them. apnews.com/article/trum...

submitted 14 hours ago • 402 comments

oh boy -- Rich McCormick bailed on CNN after his ill-fated town hall

submitted 18 hours ago • 492 comments

Trump pardoned the sentence of arguably the single biggest drug trafficker in American history on his second day in office!

submitted 18 hours ago • 836 comments

NEW: DOGE has operated in relative darkness even as it appears to be behind an explosive — and legally disputed — overhaul of the government. But details about the Musk-led agency teams have emerged in court. We review (and link to docs) here: www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 19 hours ago • 29 comments

A must watch moment: Republican Sen Tom Tillis shows he may have a spine after all. I know it’s hard to believe, but he actually calls out Putin 👀 Thanks to @reallyamerican.bsky.social

submitted 18 hours ago • 181 comments

bad week for the stock market

submitted 21 hours ago • 152 comments

We've come a long way from "I will lower prices on day one"

submitted 21 hours ago • 238 comments

Elon Musk's private security detail has been deputized as Federal Marshalls and can carry firearms on Federal property. What could possibly go wrong? www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

submitted 1 day ago • 286 comments

Diversity is our greatest asset, even if the government disagrees… They not like us! POC in STEM are here to stay. They tried to rig the game but you can’t fake influence! Mustard on the [Be][At] bro. Happy Black History Month!

submitted 1 day ago • 40 comments

Thank you West Bend, WI and WTMJ4! So proud of my fellow Americans! www.tmj4.com/news/washing...

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

Over on X, simple tweets by my colleague Greg Bluestein of the Atlanta Journal Constitution have been blocked. They were nothing but video of a town hall held by Rep. Rich McCormick R-GA where he was asked questions about DOGE

submitted 1 day ago • 272 comments

I've had a lot of requests for it, so I will post it first tonight! Thanks, @chriswarcraft.bsky.social, for talking with us today about confronting MAGA, getting arrested in California, @protecthb.bsky.social, and fighting the good fight! #Spotlight Interview! soundcloud.com/user-5879035...

submitted 1 day ago • 62 comments

State media watch

submitted 1 day ago • 22 comments

So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter. Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.

submitted 1 day ago • 3406 comments

General licensing includes micro businesses, retailers, wholesalers, transporters, and medical cannabis combination businesses among others. Cities and counties that hope to operate a single municipal cannabis store can apply as well.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

NEW — I wrote about Leland Dudek, a Social Security Administration (SSA) staffer who went from being on admin leave for aiding DOGE to acting head of the agency overnight. I talked to multiple SSA employees about how this prolific LinkedIn poster became Musk's poster boy for government allegiance:

submitted 1 day ago • 56 comments

She makes it so easy to understand! Listen to her!!!!

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

I appreciate everyone’s messages of support, I’m trying to get through all my mentions but as you can imagine, it’s been a bit of a busy day :) Remember - peaceful civil disobedience, and no kings, no tyrants. Not ever.

submitted 2 days ago • 2867 comments

SCOOP: On his second day as HHS secretary, RFK Jr., the onetime environmentalist, killed climate change programs at NIH that research and prepare for the health effects of extreme weather and a warming planet. This is not going to make Americans healthy. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 2 days ago • 530 comments

I can’t stop thinking about this song lately youtu.be/Ds8cKgPdE6M?...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."

submitted 2 days ago • 1382 comments

Chris Murphy: "My prediction is that if you vote for Kash Patel, more than any other confirmation vote you make, you will come to regret this one to your grave."

submitted 2 days ago • 737 comments

New in PN: Unelected billionaire breaks laws to "restore" democracy "In reality, most of what Musk is up to is flatly illegal. Most egregiously, his deletion of entire depts & Trump’s refusal to spend as directed by Congress violates the Constitution. That’s why multiple courts have enjoined them."

submitted 3 days ago • 183 comments

Crockett on Trump's relatively high approval: We've gotta do better at education. People don't understand. But you will understand when your Medicaid goes away. You will understand when planes continue to fall out of the sky... maybe Sleepy Joe is what we wanted, bc we could at least sleep at night.

submitted 2 days ago • 412 comments

We’re in a timeline where I agree with Mike Pence 🤯

submitted 2 days ago • 510 comments

Keep resisting with your wallet. It’s working!✊🏼

submitted 3 days ago • 31 comments

Tag yourself in this picture

submitted 2 days ago • 94 comments

Trump got 77 million. Harris got 75 million. 90 million didn't vote. Trump got 32% of the voting population

submitted 2 days ago • 15 comments

Crockett: "It's just that they're idiots. These are the same guys as it relates to our nuclear stockpile, they're like, 'Oh, wait a minute, we needed those guys? Can we get them back? Oh, we don't know how to.' I don't know how anyone can look at this administration & feel a semblance of confidence"

submitted 3 days ago • 1110 comments

HANNITY: “Nobody at DOGE gets paid a penny right?” MUSK: “Actually, some are federal employees.”

submitted 3 days ago • 118 comments

Murphy: "Hegseth got the job because he's the weekend news anchor on Fox, and Trump watches a lot of Fox and so he decided to make that guy the head of the DOD and our chief negotiator in Ukraine. Pete Hegseth is screwing it up badly, but of course he is ... all he knows how to do is read the news"

submitted 3 days ago • 379 comments