Brad

Brad

@webward.bsky.social

Native Seattlite, just relocated to Georgia for a year or two. I'm a progressive refugee from the app that Elon ruined. I'm also a science nerd, sci-fi nerd, low-key gamer, and DevOps engineer by trade. https://linktr.ee/webward

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If you asked me to imagine a sleazy businessman villain from an 80s/90s movie, I couldn't come up with something better than what this guy actually looks like.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

Again: Trump gave a no-bid contract for the Reflecting Pool to a corrupt neighbor donor with a history of bribery whose company is literally called GREENWATER Services How is this real life

8647 In case Tod Blanche reads this, let me be explicitly clear about what I mean: impeach him and remove him from office. 86 = toss/fire/can/show the exit. (Source: I worked in restaurants for years) 47 = the narcissist who currently holds the office of president. (Source: the worst timeline)

When Republicans say the ACA is a failure, remember that they broke it. They effectively killed the individual mandate by repealing the tax penalty for not having insurance. The ACA wasn't perfect, but it was an improvement. Rather than trying to build on progress, the GOP broke it deliberately.

In the wake of Bari Weiss's quashing of the 60 Minutes piece on Cecot, those of us who can should take a moment to donate to our local NPR stations. Support public media!

Trump is literally declaring a civil war via social media. I expect 0 congressional Republicans to say anything, Democratic leadership to write a strongly worded letter, and news media to tell us that we shouldn't use the "fascist" word.

Trump is going to start a war with Venezuela so he can use the Alien Enemies Act to circumvent all that due process stuff the courts have repeatedly said people are entitled to.

I realize it's unlikely because they've probably done the math, but it would be such delicious karma if the Texas GOP's attempt at redistricting spreads their margins so thin that Trump's shitty job performance is enough to tip the balance so that instead of picking up 5 seats, they lose 5 seats.

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"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people." - Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica

Trump just said everyone should read the Declaration of Independence... Presumably so we can see that he took the founders' list of grievances against the crown as a personal todo list.

Cory Booker has done an extraordinary thing in these times that call for extraordinary measures from our elected officials. He has broken the record for the longest speech on the Senate floor speaking out against the unlawful, unamerican, and evil actions of the Trump administration.

theguardian.comCory Booker breaks record for longest speech by US senator as he condemns Trump policies for more than 24 hours – liveDemocratic senator slams Trump administration’s various policies and beats the all-time US record held by Strom Thurmond (24 hours and 18 minutes)

"We accidentally sent an innocent man to a Salvadoran gulag, but we'll be damned if we're going to make it right" What the fuck is wrong with these people?

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

This keeps getting worse and worse.

This 👇

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

I’m totally fine with deporting gang members who commit crimes who don’t have legal status. I just don’t want Tom Homan or an ICE agent grabbing anyone off the street and flying them to a prison in El Salvador while claiming they are all of those things with zero due process.

If you could commission one fictional character to fix the current US political problems, who would it be? (okay, 2 fictional characters)

Thrill Hill@thrillhouse512.bsky.social

If you could commission one fictional character to fix the current US political problems, who would it be?

Boycott Tesla! Teslas are poorly built fascist trash and there are a lot of great options at every price point made by companies that aren't owned by Elon Musk. I had a Bolt EV for 3 years (great car at a great price). When my lease ended, I got a Polestar 2 (nicer car, more $$).

This is some Orwellian shit right here. The US Attorney for the District of Columbia is supposed to uphold the law, which includes the first amendment. Revoking press credentials from the AP over their decision to continue to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as such is fundamentally un-American.

Chris Murphy@chrismurphyct.bsky.social

This is insane. If you wonder why some of us think the rule of law is about to fall, it's this. The U.S. Attorney for DC is not "President Trump's lawyer" and its job is not to "protect his leadership" nor prosecute people who "refuse to put America first".

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DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

When Trump says he doesn't know anything about something, it's always a lie. Ironically, when Trump claims to know more than anybody about something, that's also a lie.

Sarah Stankorb@sarahstankorb.bsky.social

Someone thought to scrape the metadata for posts being made on the OMB website and found folks with connections to the Heritage Foundation (think Project 2025). This piece was a clear explanation of what this means (clearer than reading through Reddit): www.404media.co/opm-memos-to...

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This is an updated thread on how & where to purchase Plan B, Ella, & Abortion Medication online. Some pharmacies take insurance,some have options available to help cover the cost of meds, & there are Community Support Networks where abortion meds are given free to those needing them. #WomensRights

Welcome to the Fascist States of America... We need the GOP senators who still have a modicum of a spine left to stand up against Kash Patel's confirmation. Sorry, Susan Collins, but your concern isn't enough, we need your "no" vote.

Molly Jong-Fast@mollyjongfast.bsky.social

“We’re going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens, who helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections,” Patel said then. “Whether it’s criminally or civilly, we’ll figure that out.”