Rachel
@rachelelizabethel.bsky.social
Atheist heathen, Democratic voter. Here for political news & commentary.
There were at least two ceasefires under Biden! In which more than five times as many living Israeli hostages were released in exchange for 240 Palestinians! Has everyone forgotten this?
Also, ceasefires have happened under prior Presidents! The day he gets Palestine their own country he can be told he's the most special boy deserving of a shiny prize.
October 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The GOP usually LOVES these O’Keefe hidden cameras.
Let’s see what they have to say about this one admitting the Epstein coverup.
Let’s see what they have to say about this one admitting the Epstein coverup.
The Justice Department's acting deputy chief was caught on a hidden camera saying that the government will "redact every Republican" from an Epstein client list and "leave all the liberal, Democratic people."
September 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This is sick and a war crime.
You know that boat the administration blew up? A former law enforcement official told the NYT the boat seemed to be carrying not drugs but *’migrants *
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
September 4, 2025 at 4:10 AM
One disabled Marine veteran has not had a primary care doctor assigned to him since his previous doctor left in the winter, his wife said. The VA “was never like this before. There’s a lack of staff, empty rooms, locked doors.”
Veterans’ Care at Risk Under Trump as Hundreds of Doctors and Nurses Reject Working at VA Hospitals
Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejectio...
www.propublica.org
August 31, 2025 at 10:35 AM
REP. @brotherjones.bsky.social: “People want to give thoughts and prayers after a shooting, but it’s a form of theological malpractice when you pray for something you have the power to change.”
August 31, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Hoagie assault guy, if convicted, will be punished more strongly than J6 folks who beat police officers with poles and other objects and are now walking free (and probably joining CBP)
August 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The Despot's Guide to Job Statistics: how Trump's handpicked Nazi warship-admiring, January 6th-attending hack economist was chosen on the sole basis of loyalty and ideology as he seeks to undermine objective economic data, all for his Dear Leader: www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-despot...
The Despot's Guide to Job Statistics
Dictators routinely lie about economic growth. Trump just took a page from their playbook in appointing an unqualified, Nazi-admiring, January 6th hack to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
www.forkingpaths.co
August 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
See how Republicans hate freedom?
Lankford: "This is an American city, and to be able to have an American city where we have people literally flying Mexican flags and saying 'you cannot arrest us' cannot be allowed."
June 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
See how Republicans hate freedom?
If South Africa is a sovereign nation, how are we able to send our own planes we paid for to transport white Afrikaners to the U.S., but simultaneously unable to send a plane to return Abrego Garcia et al?
May 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
May 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Turns out you can shape the agenda with dramatic action and maybe even shift public opinion. Crazy.
Sunday morning April 20, 2025
Fox News Sunday — Van Hollen
NBC's Meet the Press — Van Hollen
CNN's State of the Union — Van Hollen
CBS’ Face the Nation — Van Hollen
ABC’s This Week — Van Hollen
@vanhollen.senate.gov
#AbregoGarcia #RuleOfLaw
Fox News Sunday — Van Hollen
NBC's Meet the Press — Van Hollen
CNN's State of the Union — Van Hollen
CBS’ Face the Nation — Van Hollen
ABC’s This Week — Van Hollen
@vanhollen.senate.gov
#AbregoGarcia #RuleOfLaw
April 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Nearly half of people currently detained by ICE/CBP have no criminal charges, yet some are being held in conditions that would be unacceptable in high-security prisons. Admin has eliminated oversight bodies ensured health/safety requirements are met
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Immigrants forced to sleep on floors at overwhelmed ICE detention centers
Some immigrant detention centers across the country are over capacity. The administration has asked for emergency contracts to add more facilities.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
ICE officers are now reportedly required to meet arrest quotas each day, from a few hundred to between 1,200 and 1,500 nationwide. Jonathan Blitzer reports on the mystery of the agency’s unidentifiable arrests.
The Mystery of ICE’s Unidentifiable Arrests
In early March, the agency announced that it had arrested forty-eight people in New Mexico—a month later, their identities and whereabouts remain unknown.
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April 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
April 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This is terrifying in America. ICE agents are showing up masked—these abductions must stop. If you’re going to detain someone, show your face, present a warrant, and proper ID. Disappearing people from their families without evidence or accountability isn’t law enforcement—it’s state-sponsored fear.
April 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
In defiance of the Supreme Court & without any evidence, the White House claims that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a “terrorist,” who was “sent to the right place.”
This is a blatant LIE. He is innocent.
He cannot be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. He must be brought home.
This is a blatant LIE. He is innocent.
He cannot be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. He must be brought home.
April 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
In a new report, Sarah Stillman investigates deaths related to starvation, dehydration, and neglect in county jails across the U.S.—a crisis that at times has been covered up by private health companies and government officials.
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April 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.
April 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Tariffs will be lifted on the penguins when they agree to build a mega-prison for Venezuelan migrants on Heard Island.
April 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
April 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
we are maybe two weeks from jesse watters declaring that it’s gay for men to have sex with women
What a rich text
April 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Waltz must resign.
Hegseth must resign.
There must be accountability for this Administration’s dangerous disregard for our national security.
Hegseth must resign.
There must be accountability for this Administration’s dangerous disregard for our national security.
April 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
ATTN FEDERAL WORKERS: It has come to my attention that several agencies are now offering WiFi for you to use with your PERSONAL devices. If I were you, I would NOT use that WiFi. I suspect it's a way for DOGE to monitor your personal communications.
April 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
April 1, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I will fearlessly and unapologetically continue to stand up for democracy, no matter what the president says about me.
Democracy Docket will do the same: www.democracydocket.com/member-me/
Democracy Docket will do the same: www.democracydocket.com/member-me/
March 20, 2025 at 2:32 AM