Liberal Wombat

Asawin Suebsaeng@swin24.bsky.social

I can’t deal with this shit much more so I’ll try to send one post on this: shut the fuck up about repositioning yourself to being meaner to trans kids and people, that is not why Republicans won a presidential popular vote this year. If your position is “well, it was a factor,” ok even if it Were…

Veronica@veronicaf.bsky.social

Wombat rescue underway because apparently I am not allowed a relaxing wet Saturday morning? Wombat is injured, smells like rot, and Bonorong has been called. Waiting for wildlife rescuers with big cages to show up.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

TRUMP: The NCAA has complied immediately. That's good. But I understand Maine -- is the governor of Maine here? JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply? JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social

The head of France's far-right party canceled the speech he was supposed to give at CPAC today, saying he was canceling because of what he himself called Steve Bannon's "gesture that referenced nazi ideology": www.rfi.fr/fr/france/20...

ProPublica@propublica.org

NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. https://propub.li/43487Tj

propub.liTexas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

NBC News@nbcnews.com

NEW: The USDA acknowledged that over the weekend, it accidentally fired "several" agency employees who are working on the federal government's response to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak. The agency adds it is trying to quickly reverse the firings.

nbcnews.comUSDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire themIn a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Another way this feels similar to COVID — the disaster is already unfolding but the people in charge seem to think it’ll only impact “blue” areas.

Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social

NEWSY: The White House confirms tonight that Elon Musk is NOT the administrator of DOGE and is not even technically part of it. He's a "senior adviser to the president" like Anita Dunn, they say. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social

🚨🚨🚨 Elon Musk's DOGE hacks are "seeking access to a heavily-guarded Internal Revenue Service system that includes detailed financial information about every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country" per @washingtonpost.com Time for Democratic Leaders to get to IRS offices now.

washingtonpost.comMusk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRSMusk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data at IRS

Faine Greenwood@faineg.com

I get that a lot of people don’t like to read, which encourages reliance on ChatGPT and TikTok - but “aversion to reading” has been an issue for basically forever, and I believe that instead of just giving up, we should still be strongly encouraging people to read, because it’s good for society

Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta@malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social

Hey, here’s some of what @thedemocraticparty.bsky.social did today 👋🏽

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Van Hollen: "My one vote I cast for a member of the Trump cabinet was for now Secretary Rubio. I regret to say I regret that vote, because once installed in office he is essentially abandoning the positions he took here." (Who could've foreseen ... )

Reconstructionist@unavaleable.bsky.social

man this budget fight is gonna be important

Micro-bleh-stics Spookmelier@eephus.biz

ask your doctor whether haunting social commentary about structural violence overlaid upon a promotion for commercial medical products could be right for you.

Ken Klippenstein@kenklippenstein.bsky.social

Asked what Democrats will do if Trump ignores the courts, Sen. Amy Klobuchar says "I still believe the courts have power...I will not concede that what the courts say doesn't matter. I think it does matter."

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

NBC News Exclusive: Trump fired Linda Fagan, the first female Coast Guard commandant, on his second day in office. A Trump official told Fagan she had just three hours to leave her house on Tuesday — not even enough time to gather her personal effects. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

nbcnews.comTrump administration evicts former Coast Guard leader from her house with 3 hours noticeTrump fired Linda Fagan, the first female Coast Guard commandant, on his second day in office. A Trump official told her she had three hours to leave her house on Tuesday.

Aaron Fritschner@fritschner.bsky.social

It is easy to write "do something" on the internet. It is much harder for electeds who are out of power and have low influence or ability to affect change to do stuff that will make people happy (catharsis) and help solve the problem (effective). Consider those 2 terms as separate forms of response-

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

No one's blaming Democrats for causing this crisis, but yes, many of them are failing to meet this moment. One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.

Richard Zussman@richardzussman.bsky.social

NEW - Ottawa Senators fans booed the American national anthem at the beginning of tonight’s hockey game.

jamelle@jamellebouie.net

cannot be said enough that for a decade a critical number of americans have simply refused to accept that he means what he says

Jason Linkins@dceiver.bsky.social

I wrote about the strange and unfortunate way Democrats got flat-footed by Trump doing the things he's spent the past two years saying he would do newrepublic.com/post/191029/...

newrepublic.comTrump’s Abuse of Power Comes as No SurpriseSomehow, Democrats got badly caught out by the president doing all the things he spent the past two years saying he was going to do if reelected.

hammancheez but spooky@hammancheez.bsky.social

yall I'm going to break some knowledge rn "efficiency" is a code word it means "can we monetize and profit from this" the assumption that 'efficiency' (doing the thing with bare minimum resources worked to the bone) is a moral good is just that an assumption its bullshit and destroys us

Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted)@tylerfromtheinternet.com

This is like someone in 2025 using ejaculate to mean say something loudly and with emphasis. Even Chuck being 70 years old is no excuse for this, these words have had the same meanings today since world war 2 like what the fuck chuck why are you so weird why can't we have a 45 yo warrior at the helm

Joshua J. Friedman@joshuajfriedman.com

UPDATE: House Dems are holding an “emergency virtual caucus meeting” TOMORROW at 1 pm over the “Illegal Republican Funding Freeze,” per a notice that just went out to members (via John Bresnahan) (Not clear to me if the time changed or if Bres got the day wrong)

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social

NEW —> Democrats' playbook for Trump 2.0: Tune out the noise and focus on economic issues www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

nbcnews.comDemocrats' playbook for Trump 2.0: Tune out the noise and focus on economic issuesAs Trump floods the zone in his first week in office, Democrats are departing from their "resistance" strategy in his first term and zeroing in on issues that cost them the last election.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social

Voting to confirm Trump's pro-rich, anti-worker Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Blunt Rochester Booker Cantwell Coons Fetterman Gallego Gillibrand Hassan Hickenlooper Kaine Kelly King Peters Shaheen Slotkin Warner