Amy Sommers 李雅美
@amysommers.bsky.social
Author; former China lawyer; part of #NE02 #HarrisWalz team that flipped the #BlueDot; #KamalaforSC2019;老家 = 上海, but Lyon also cool.
When white people complain that DEI = unqualified people getting jobs they don’t deserve, it’s NOT about the bona fides of BIPOC pple. It’s an admission of how whiteness works. How else to explain George Bush attending Yale as a ‘legacy’ & Darline Graham serving as a US Senator as her bro’s ‘heir’?
12 candidates vied for the WA05 primary’s top 2 spots⤵️. Most were Ds seeking to go against 🔴 incumbent Baumgartner. The district has voted R for 30+ yrs, but Baumgartner got only 47% of the vote. Pragmatic former public servant @carmelaconroy509.bsky.social has a good shot to win in Nov!
OUR DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR THE US SENATE! ANGIE NIXON! Let’s get to work, Florida. Let’s win in November.
At a moment when climate change is intensifying wildfire risks, this administration is moving to strip protections from some of America’s last remaining wild forests. (1/3) apnews.com/article/road...
Trump administration moves ahead to end roadless rule on national forests
The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to rescind a quarter-century-old rule that blocked logging and other development on national forest lands, drawing the ire of environmentalists nati...
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Ossoff says that Trump doesn’t want to do his job but wants to “travel with Natalie”
Since immigration agents shot and killed Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero last month in Maine, the govt has…. …not released any footage (even though agents were wearing body-cams) …not interviewed Johan’s spouse …not told the family—or anyone else— anything. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/u...
Family Presses for Information About Fatal ICE Shooting in Maine (Gift Article)
The Department of Homeland Security said there would be an investigation. But so far little has been disclosed about the killing last month.
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📰 Over the weekend in the ARB: Stuart Lloyd reviews "The Last Emperor" by Paul French, published by Elliott & Thompson. buff.ly/V4yL4z9
Y’all understand how much less expensive everything would be right now had this bigoted country elected Kamala Harris 😒
Vivek Ramaswamy went to the Apostolic Gospel Church where they laid their hands on him. I was curious about that church and checked out their facebook page. This is a video they posted from a Sunday service a few weeks that seems to have been attended by one person.
These questions have now been asked of Blanche repeatedly & he gives the same bullshit answer each time. Here’s an idea: How about we ask Blanche direct and pointed questions about his noncompliance with court orders from Judge Sullivan compelling him to provide unredacted Epstein Files?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoWELKER: Can you pledge the DOJ will always act independently of the WH? BLANCHE: No, I'm not going to pledge that WELKER: So if the president asked you do to something that you feel crosses an ethical or legal line, would you do it? BLANCHE: He would never do that. He never has. He never will.
‘A long time’ = for the remaining decades of this century
Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2d agoWhat a complete fucking disaster. We’re going to be paying for this presidency for a long time
It’s like an inverted Advent calendar - can you find a day that doesn’t upon upon a cruel, vindictive or illegal act by Trump?
Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social · 4d agoimpeachable conduct every day
Sharing from a friend, a passage from the Leveson Inquiry regarding the British actor Denholm Elliott, who died of AIDS in 1992. Three years after her death, the News of the World journalist Paul McMullan did the following to his daughter—neither a celebrity nor even someone of public interest.
IDC what it takes…PROTECT HER AND HER SEAT! ❤️🙌🏾
Lauren Underwood@laurenunderwood.bsky.social · 6d agoIt's been 9 years since I first launched my campaign for Congress. Thank you, IL-14, for believing in me and electing the youngest Black woman to Congress in 2018. I am honored to keep representing and fighting for you in Washington.
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Rima I Anabtawi@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 4d agoA nearly 80 year-old program. Northwestern plans to remove its flagship Program of African Studies’ status as a university research center, effectively closing the program at the end of the month, according to two sources familiar with the matter. thepurplewire.beehiiv.com/p/scoop-nort...
We are now in the 90-day period before an election where states may not do mass removals of names from their voter files. The DOJ doesn’t seem to care. Help us protect free and fair elections: https://newsletters.democracydocket.com/anchor-bluesky
Wife of a sailor aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln: My husband is appalled at the conditions on this ship. This is the worst deployment that he's ever been on. The food is appalling ... it's not just the quality, it's the quantity, it's the rationing.
Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.
Jørgen Heszlein@heszlein.bsky.social · last wk.New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Key point: The government’s “case alleges a vast conspiracy to organize against ICE, but across a 94-page indictment, there are no allegations of injuries to specific ICE officers caused by any defendants & no charges of serious violence.” 1stA, not crime 🤷♀️ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US conducted ‘mass spying campaign’ against leftwing groups and anti-ICE protesters, records reveal
DHS sent undercover agents to meetings and infiltrated chats of groups opposing Trump’s immigration crackdown
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Hasan Piker spent Kamala’s entire campaign telling people not to vote for the Dem nominee. Now that El-Sayed is the nominee, “vote blue no matter who” is sacred and Dems who don’t fall in line should be punished? Come the fuck on. You don’t get to demand party loyalty only when YOUR guy wins.
It should be but we know why it isn't.
RoseMarie@rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 6d agoTwo Black mayors took cities that the country loves to write off and made them measurably safer. That’s not a fluke. That’s a blueprint. Chicago and Baltimore just posted numbers that should be front-page news. They’re not. We need to talk about why. 🧵 www.theroot.com/opinion-blac...
Glady's fundraising is stalled so she needs some support. She's surviving the Congolese genocide which means constant catastrophic violence & Ebola surround her. She's trying to escape with her son. Boost & donate for her.
GLADYS NYAS@gladysnyasrdc.bsky.social · 6d agoURGENT ‼️ #FreeCongo #HelpSky #MutualAid We have not made any progress, still at $1244/3380. We really need your help for our survival and evacuation to safety. My son needs to have a normal childhood away from living in fear daily. Please help us share/donate 🙏🏾🥺🇨🇩 goget.fund/4db20A6
As so many of us said. But no, @sanders.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social Hasan Piker & others had to risk an essential Senate seat.
Poll Tracker 📊@polltracker.bsky.social · 5d agoMichigan Senate Race (Fox News): 🔴Mike Rogers (R) 51% 🔵Abdul El-Sayed (D) 47% Aug 6-10, 2026
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Martha Cho on point: “He will always leave you on the decoy plane” www.instagram.com/reel/Db-0K_6...
Please help, so many of YOU have told me about your SNAP benefits being cut, well next year they may disappear altogether. Your VOICE matters. Please contact your two Senators. It MATTERS!
Peter Morley ♿️@petermorley.bsky.social · 6d agoPlease HELP Farmers & Families and contact YOUR Senators to RESTORE SNAP cuts. FRAC makes it so easy to do this, takes less than 1 minute. Hunger doesn't know political affiliation. Please help #RestoreSNAP secure.everyaction.com/76ItkRZL70ae...
