@bluewavesbuilding.bsky.social
Interested in politics, business, and pro dogs.
Pinned
8. Use your town square
Every one of us has a town square. It may include our social media accounts, our local book club or dinner table. Use your town square to speak out in favor of democracy and against what Republicans are doing. Do not shy away from difficult conversations; seek them out.
Every one of us has a town square. It may include our social media accounts, our local book club or dinner table. Use your town square to speak out in favor of democracy and against what Republicans are doing. Do not shy away from difficult conversations; seek them out.
Ten Things We Can All Do to Protect Democracy
From Marc | The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy.
www.democracydocket.com
This is so important. We have power and this is is how we use it.
Reposted
the takeaway from the Zohran Trump meeting is that Trump is a gullible fool who will temporarily bend to the last charismatic person he talked to.
Zohran played him perfectly but that doesn’t mean Trump is good now. He’ll go back to fascism tomorrow morning after he talks to Stephen Miller
Zohran played him perfectly but that doesn’t mean Trump is good now. He’ll go back to fascism tomorrow morning after he talks to Stephen Miller
November 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
the takeaway from the Zohran Trump meeting is that Trump is a gullible fool who will temporarily bend to the last charismatic person he talked to.
Zohran played him perfectly but that doesn’t mean Trump is good now. He’ll go back to fascism tomorrow morning after he talks to Stephen Miller
Zohran played him perfectly but that doesn’t mean Trump is good now. He’ll go back to fascism tomorrow morning after he talks to Stephen Miller
Reposted
Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
Reposted
Removing Trump would be awesome if Peter Thiel’s sugar baby JD Vance wasn’t so much fucking worse.
Don’t believe me?
Read it for yourselves.
newrepublic.com/article/1839...
Don’t believe me?
Read it for yourselves.
newrepublic.com/article/1839...
Where J.D. Vance Gets His Weird, Terrifying Techno-Authoritarian Ideas
Yes, Peter Thiel was the senator’s benefactor. But they’re both inspired by an obscure software developer who has some truly frightening thoughts about reordering society.
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Removing Trump would be awesome if Peter Thiel’s sugar baby JD Vance wasn’t so much fucking worse.
Don’t believe me?
Read it for yourselves.
newrepublic.com/article/1839...
Don’t believe me?
Read it for yourselves.
newrepublic.com/article/1839...
Reposted
A federal judge just ruled Trump’s National Guard takeover of D.C. illegal.
He called it “crime control.”
The court saw something else - a test of how far domestic military power can be pushed.
When judges draw lines this early, it means they know what’s coming.
He called it “crime control.”
The court saw something else - a test of how far domestic military power can be pushed.
When judges draw lines this early, it means they know what’s coming.
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 AM
A federal judge just ruled Trump’s National Guard takeover of D.C. illegal.
He called it “crime control.”
The court saw something else - a test of how far domestic military power can be pushed.
When judges draw lines this early, it means they know what’s coming.
He called it “crime control.”
The court saw something else - a test of how far domestic military power can be pushed.
When judges draw lines this early, it means they know what’s coming.
Trump paid farmers $23 billion for trade related losses in his first term now they are going to have to do more, and SNAP changes coming and 127 charged with fraud of $16.5 million but the actual changes are unclear just like where this farm bailout money is coming from.
www.reuters.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Trump paid farmers $23 billion for trade related losses in his first term now they are going to have to do more, and SNAP changes coming and 127 charged with fraud of $16.5 million but the actual changes are unclear just like where this farm bailout money is coming from.
Reposted
Stephen Miller said the Chicago building was “filled with TdA terrorists.”
DOJ prosecutors have not filed criminal charges or shown evidence that anyone arrested in the raid belonged to the Tren de Aragua gang.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
DOJ prosecutors have not filed criminal charges or shown evidence that anyone arrested in the raid belonged to the Tren de Aragua gang.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Stephen Miller said the Chicago building was “filled with TdA terrorists.”
DOJ prosecutors have not filed criminal charges or shown evidence that anyone arrested in the raid belonged to the Tren de Aragua gang.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
DOJ prosecutors have not filed criminal charges or shown evidence that anyone arrested in the raid belonged to the Tren de Aragua gang.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
Reposted
Unsatisfied with norm-busting mid-decade partisan gerrymanders, House Republicans are now laying down the intellectual groundwork for an unlawful mid-decade census. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
To Weaken Minority Voting Power, Republicans Push For Unprecedented Mid-Decade Census
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Unsatisfied with norm-busting mid-decade partisan gerrymanders, House Republicans are now laying down the intellectual groundwork for an unlawful mid-decade census. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Wow, it’s false staged attacks like this that are intended to reinforce false narratives and it’s an insult to people who really have been attacked, politically motivated or not. It’s a new low.
What in the actual fuck.
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Wow, it’s false staged attacks like this that are intended to reinforce false narratives and it’s an insult to people who really have been attacked, politically motivated or not. It’s a new low.
Reposted
Constellation Energy will use the loan to refurbish a reactor it idled in 2019. Microsoft has agreed to buy the power once the facility reopens in 2028.
Trump DOE gives Microsoft partner $1B loan to restart Three Mile Island reactor | TechCrunch
Constellation Energy will use the loan to refurbish a reactor it idled in 2019. Microsoft has agreed to buy the power once the facility reopens in 2028.
techcrunch.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Constellation Energy will use the loan to refurbish a reactor it idled in 2019. Microsoft has agreed to buy the power once the facility reopens in 2028.
Reposted
There is a ceasefire in the Mideast, but peace is a long way off
#Opinion from the Star's @reggcohn.bsky.social
#Opinion from the Star's @reggcohn.bsky.social
Martin Regg Cohn: There is a ceasefire in the Mideast, but peace is a long way off
Hamas isn’t disarming in Gaza. Hezbollah isn’t retreating from South Lebanon. Israel isn’t withdrawing in all of the above.
www.thestar.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
There is a ceasefire in the Mideast, but peace is a long way off
#Opinion from the Star's @reggcohn.bsky.social
#Opinion from the Star's @reggcohn.bsky.social
Reposted
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
Proud of this reporter for asking the obvious questions.
Reporter: Is it appropriate for your family to do business with Saudi Arabia while you’re president? The us intelligence concluded you orchestrated the murder of a journalist…
Trump: Who are you with?
Reporter: ABC News
Trump: Who are you with?
Reporter: ABC News
November 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Proud of this reporter for asking the obvious questions.
Reposted
Here is the federal district court's 2–1 ruling, authored by a very conservative Trump appointee, striking down Texas' new Republican gerrymander on the grounds that it unlawfully discriminates against racial minorities. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Here is the federal district court's 2–1 ruling, authored by a very conservative Trump appointee, striking down Texas' new Republican gerrymander on the grounds that it unlawfully discriminates against racial minorities. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Wow and the food borne illnesses are increasing and they have a case of polio in Germany. Not a great time for this clown show of an administration to be dismantling all our health safety measures and agencies.
I mean waiting til January seems overly generous
“.. a finding that could end America’s status as a nation that has eliminated measles.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
November 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Wow and the food borne illnesses are increasing and they have a case of polio in Germany. Not a great time for this clown show of an administration to be dismantling all our health safety measures and agencies.
Reposted
"The Trump administration unveiled a sweeping plan Tuesday to sidestep Congress and outsource large pieces of the U.S. Department of Education..."
This is a key vision of the Heritage Foundation.
There will be less oversight, less funding, and less education.
They love an uninformed electorate.
This is a key vision of the Heritage Foundation.
There will be less oversight, less funding, and less education.
They love an uninformed electorate.
Trump administration shares new moves to dismantle more of the Education Department
Some of the responsibilities the administration aims to move were explicitly assigned to the U.S. Education Department by Congress, raising questions about the legality of these changes.
www.npr.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"The Trump administration unveiled a sweeping plan Tuesday to sidestep Congress and outsource large pieces of the U.S. Department of Education..."
This is a key vision of the Heritage Foundation.
There will be less oversight, less funding, and less education.
They love an uninformed electorate.
This is a key vision of the Heritage Foundation.
There will be less oversight, less funding, and less education.
They love an uninformed electorate.
This is an important thread about how Trump policies have increased the ACA
Reminder that Trump policies from his 1st term attributed to increased ACA Premiums
His “concepts of a plan” have always been about harming the vulnerable and every day folks trying to make ends meet.
He cut Cost-Sharing Reduction (CSR) payments and stopped making CSR payments to insurers.
🧵…
His “concepts of a plan” have always been about harming the vulnerable and every day folks trying to make ends meet.
He cut Cost-Sharing Reduction (CSR) payments and stopped making CSR payments to insurers.
🧵…
![• A proposed rule that will cut premium tax credits and raise premiums or out-of-pocket costs for millions of people (January 2019). [12]A seemingly minor change included in the Administration's recently released proposed rule setting ACA marketplace standards for 2020 would raise premiums for at least 7.3 million marketplace consumers by cutting their premium tax credits. The higher premiums - for example, $196 more for a family of four with income of $80,000 - would cause 100,000 people to drop marketplace coverage each year, according to the Administration's estimates.
The same proposal would also raise the ACA's limits on total out-of-pocket costs (deductibles, co-payments, and co-insurance); such limits apply to employer as well as individual market plans and disproportionately protect people with pre-existing conditions, who are more likely to have health care costs high enough to reach the out-of-pocket limit.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ifnxpomraswgy6t34nrwqqgd/bafkreidvppst7zazloj5rbjvsapmtijxqt4wrtkxsijepilaskrpjnn6qe@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
This is an important thread about how Trump policies have increased the ACA
What happened to doge and paying off the debt?
If Congress follows Trump's directive to rename the Defense Department, it could cost taxpayers nearly $2B in new signage, letterheads, and digital code.
Imagine if we invested that money — and our bloated military budget as well — on the American people instead of the Pentagon.
Imagine if we invested that money — and our bloated military budget as well — on the American people instead of the Pentagon.
November 18, 2025 at 12:07 AM
What happened to doge and paying off the debt?
Reposted
"Hell no. We don't agree w/ each other about finance, we don't agree w/ each other about immigration, we don't agree w/ each other on foreign affairs – but by God, we can agree we don't want to be ruled by a hand full of rich men who think they're better than the rest of us."
Heather Cox Richardson
Heather Cox Richardson
November 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
"Hell no. We don't agree w/ each other about finance, we don't agree w/ each other about immigration, we don't agree w/ each other on foreign affairs – but by God, we can agree we don't want to be ruled by a hand full of rich men who think they're better than the rest of us."
Heather Cox Richardson
Heather Cox Richardson
Reposted
Again before we go praising MTG… and if shes truly changed great, but can somebody please ask her about January 6? Have her address that to see if this is real
November 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Again before we go praising MTG… and if shes truly changed great, but can somebody please ask her about January 6? Have her address that to see if this is real
Reposted
On Dec. 8, 2015, Jeffrey Epstein offers a NY Times reporter photos of Donald Trump and "girls in bikinis in my kitchen." Epstein tells the reporter that he "gave" Trump his "20 year old girlfriend...after two years."
When people looked into these type of rumors the Times smugly criticized them.
When people looked into these type of rumors the Times smugly criticized them.
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
On Dec. 8, 2015, Jeffrey Epstein offers a NY Times reporter photos of Donald Trump and "girls in bikinis in my kitchen." Epstein tells the reporter that he "gave" Trump his "20 year old girlfriend...after two years."
When people looked into these type of rumors the Times smugly criticized them.
When people looked into these type of rumors the Times smugly criticized them.
Well played!
As tRump considers climate change a "hoax", the US did not send senior-level delegates, leaving it up to Gavin Newsom to step in.
"What the hell is going on here?"--Gavin Newsom in reference to Trump’s tariffs on Brazil.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #Brazil #Newsom
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-s...
"What the hell is going on here?"--Gavin Newsom in reference to Trump’s tariffs on Brazil.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #Brazil #Newsom
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-s...
Trump administration skips COP30 climate summit, leaving California's Newsom to hurl criticism from Brazil
The Trump administration sent nobody to the U.N. global climate summit, leaving California Governor Gavin Newsom to ask, "What the hell is going on here?"
www.cbsnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Well played!
Reposted
Deputy Atty General Todd Blanche has notified federal judge in New Jersey that the Trump Admin/Dept of Homeland Security has REMOVED tweets about Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) and her arrest in May
Including the tweet below.. in which Homeland Security accused McIver of a "stunt"
Including the tweet below.. in which Homeland Security accused McIver of a "stunt"
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Deputy Atty General Todd Blanche has notified federal judge in New Jersey that the Trump Admin/Dept of Homeland Security has REMOVED tweets about Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) and her arrest in May
Including the tweet below.. in which Homeland Security accused McIver of a "stunt"
Including the tweet below.. in which Homeland Security accused McIver of a "stunt"
Reposted
A real president does this.
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A real president does this.
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
Reposted
Flood the phones:
(202) 224-3121
Tell Chuck Schumer to grow a spine and hold the line…
There should be no deal that leaves working families behind.
(202) 224-3121
Tell Chuck Schumer to grow a spine and hold the line…
There should be no deal that leaves working families behind.
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Flood the phones:
(202) 224-3121
Tell Chuck Schumer to grow a spine and hold the line…
There should be no deal that leaves working families behind.
(202) 224-3121
Tell Chuck Schumer to grow a spine and hold the line…
There should be no deal that leaves working families behind.
Reposted
Arguing against extending ACA funds, GOP senators are circulating charts showing insurer profits rising since the enhanced subsidy began.
Bernie @sanders.senate.gov appears fascinated to learn that they consider this a problem, saying they should then cosponsor his Medicare For All bill.
Bernie @sanders.senate.gov appears fascinated to learn that they consider this a problem, saying they should then cosponsor his Medicare For All bill.
November 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Arguing against extending ACA funds, GOP senators are circulating charts showing insurer profits rising since the enhanced subsidy began.
Bernie @sanders.senate.gov appears fascinated to learn that they consider this a problem, saying they should then cosponsor his Medicare For All bill.
Bernie @sanders.senate.gov appears fascinated to learn that they consider this a problem, saying they should then cosponsor his Medicare For All bill.