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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 18h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Andrew @amac0668.bsky.social · 21h

#NoKings

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TractorHandler @tractorhandler.bsky.social · 19h

We've seen this movie before.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 21h

Here’s the thing. We still have the power (probably) to say that this image must not be what America is. We still have the power to say “fuck no, we refuse to allow this to be what the streets of America look like.” Attend a “No Kings” rally this Saturday. And then vote in 2026.

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barrybarnes.bsky.social @barrybarnes.bsky.social · 22h

Same type

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🦋 Frankie 🦋 @frankiemillie10.bsky.social · 1d

🤔

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22h

👇👇

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING:

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 21h

He would rather shut down our government than have you see the truth. It's not complicated.

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TractorHandler @tractorhandler.bsky.social · 2d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0wB...

9 Months in ~9 Minutes

YouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff

www.youtube.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

Just voted YES on PROP 50!! Make sure to vote early! THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 3d

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 3d

@rjmatsoncartoons.bsky.social

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 5d

No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.

Support its work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Mike Maguire @mike-m1967.bsky.social · 6d

The hilarity continues, let's laugh the bastards out of power.

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cygnusxyz.bsky.social @cygnusxyz.bsky.social · 6d

Jesus. You'd think the "tough" guys in today's Gestapo wouldn't be afraid of frogs but, here we are ...

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TractorHandler @tractorhandler.bsky.social · 4d

And Homan, don't forget Homan.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 5d

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 7d

🇷🇸🇺🇸 Serbia’s main oil firm NIS, majority-owned by Russia’s Gazprom, is now fully under U.S. sanctions.

Washington’s waivers expired yesterday, ending months of extensions meant to protect Serbia’s energy supply. Serbia imports 80% of its oil this way.

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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 6d

Hundreds of people arrested by ICE agents around Chicago over the past few months could be released, according to a new fed. ruling.

|https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/08/100s-could-be-freed-from-ice-custody-after-ruling-that-warrantless-arrests-violated-consent-decree/

Hundreds Could Be Freed From ICE Custody After Warrantless Arrest Ruling

Immigration attorneys said they have already identified more than 200 arrests that potentially violate the consent decree. However, they said those 200 arrests are likely "just the tip of the iceberg....

blockclubchicago.org

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TractorHandler @tractorhandler.bsky.social · 6d

Light it on fire!

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 6d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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