murphyles.bsky.social

murphyles.bsky.social

@murphyles.bsky.social

Husband, Father and soon Grandfather that believes in equality, preserving our environment for future generations, public education, science. I hate the greedy billionaires that own MSM and social media who use nefarious means to influence our elections

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Is it just me? I find this fascinating and disturbing. Many news articles reporting on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards 25 page open letter addressed to the American people. But none of them provided a link!

100% this. The oligarchs have seemingly infinite dollars to use their algorithms to weaken our democracy by promoting decisive issues that in reality are non-issues, by dividing and conquering the UNITED States and raping and plundering all of us. @laurachapin.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/laur...

Laura Chapin@laurachapin.bsky.social

There are half a million NCAA athletes. The number of trans athletes is estimated to be maybe ten. Ten. Out of half a million. This is a fictional moral panic Republicans made up out of whole cloth and the @nytimes.com helped them promote.

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Gravy seals!

Julie Hagenbuch@jhagen804.bsky.social

People are worried about ICE at No Kings. I’ve asked them why would they choose to come after you, me or anyone else?They would need to have about 4 people for every one of us. It’s comical to watch the gravy seals try to subdue anyone. We are the leader that we are looking for.

The MAGA mob led by Trump intends to destroy everything I cherish about American Democracy. They are the enemy within and must be defeated.

Laura Chapin@laurachapin.bsky.social

I look at Trumpers the way Eisenhower looked across the channel on D Day. I wish more Democrats did too.

This needs to be front page news. But it won’t be - because Oligarchs decide what “news” we get to see.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@aoc.bsky.social

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Note: does not apply to discontinuous states (Alaska, Hawaii) Just as the founders intended (before we had Alaska and Hawaii)

chris quixote@chrisquixote.bsky.social

It seems like this is also a violation of the literal text of the Immunities and Privileges clause. “The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.“

This is the exact truth. With oligarchs controlling all the major news outlets, all the radio syndicates, all the tech social media companies, and the military-industrial complex it all makes sense why voters elected a convicted rapist / convicted felon. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com

Guys, it's the oligarchs. If you want to blame someone for 2024, blame the oligarchs. Anyone telling you to blame someone else is part of the oligarchy. Dark money has been to blame since citizens united.

Read the replies to this post. Senator Durbin needs to share a retirement party with Sen Schumer. We need new leadership willing and able to fight to preserve our democracy

Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.gov

Google has massive control over which websites we click on, ads we view, and businesses we interact with. Things have to change. We’re building a strong coalition to break Big Tech’s grip on Washington.

This is spot on. Schumer has been coasting along accomplishing next to nothing for years.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Let’s face it, Schumer has been terrible even before this. It is time for new leadership. He isn’t the person for this moment in history, and the longer he clings to power the worse off we all are.

This! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Adam Cook@motorcityadam.com

We know when situational awareness generally declines in age. We know when the risk for serious, sudden health issues exceed acceptable levels. Air traffic control is an extremely high-stress career made all the more difficult by a history of labor busting by the federal government.

Colorado used to be a red state. These days the Colorado MAGA GOP is largely irrelevant.

Elevate Utah@elevateutahpac.bsky.social

Utah is not a red state. It’s a purple state with gerrymandered districts. We were formed to fight back and shift Utah blue. Can you repost this, give us a follow, and help us fight back?

Times they are changing. Trump has enticed the oligarchs into believing he’s their pathway to even more obscene wealth. They might well be right, unless we can halt the coup.

Kara Swisher@karaswisher.bsky.social

Here is a 2018 conversation between Jeff Bezos and German publisher Matthias Döpfner at a Business Insider event. Presumably, he is as crimson as a Washington State cherry today:

It’s outrageous that we’d “invest” even a penny of our taxpayer money into a speculative crypto scam.

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social

People should be calling this what it is, which is a crypto bailout. They're cutting cancer research so they can bailout rich, degenerate gamblers bsky.app/profile/ronf...

I wish every news source would amplify this. Everyone needs to hear it!

CALL TO ACTIVISM@calltoactivism.bsky.social

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

Why bother having a legislative co-equal branch of the government if they all the Executive branch to take over the power of the purse, tariffs, military and foreign aid decisions, etc?

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social

The Trump-Vance administration has just used "emergency authorities" to "expedite" another $4 billion of military aid to Israel. Just a day after the administration approved $3.01 billion in arms & equipment sales to Israel. Admin cited "emergency" there as well to bypass Congress there.

My nephew sent me win95 graphics article from windows central. Clearly was written by AI. Garbage! “For context, planar modes are electromagnetic modes propagating through planar waveguides. They enable the confinement and controlled propagation of light” Has nothing to do with planar graphics!

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Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

Musk is Hugo Drax villain from Moonraker. Wikipedia: “Drax had transported several dozen genetically perfect young men and women of varying races to the space station in the shuttles. They would live there until Earth was safe again for human life, with their descendants being a "new master race".

I only know a few federal employees personally but I firmly support our Federal Government. As senior citizens, my wife and myself both count on Medicare and Social Security and greatly appreciate the HHS personnel.

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com

REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!

Most American citizens sadly are willing to believe whatever they self-select to hear on Zuckerberg’s Facebook, Musk’s X, Murdoch’s Fox News, Bezos’ WaPo etc. The truth eludes them.

emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social

ust reviewed the coverage of Carl Nichols' decision enjoining Trump's shutdown of USAID. Only Politico (and my own post) note that Nichols specifically said that DOJ presented no evidence of fraud or corruption. EVERY OUTLET should emphasize this. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...