Mena Burke
@menaburke.bsky.social
Soccer/football; history; sanity; beagles; too much coffee; percussion; reading (not the fc); women’s sports. Crystal Palace FC. Washington Spirit. Also - FC Wimbledon fan by marriage
Fairfax County EV now more than 1/2 of total vote in 2022. And yet we still have only have 3 in-person locations open. More open 10/22. Make your plan to vote. www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/ea...
In-Person Early Voting | Elections
Fairfax County, Virginia - Learn about in-person early voting in Fairfax County, including locations, dates and times.
fairfaxcounty.gov
The traitors are inside the White House
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h ago(Reuters) - The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter. @reuters.com 🇺🇦 www.reuters.com/world/europe...
apnews.com/article/oreg... “Multiple victims were children.” We should be profoundly ashamed that a teenager had too easy access to guns and decided to attack an elementary school. Whoever allowed that murderer the gun needs to be charged & deserves to be put away forever. We need gun control now.
5 people believed dead following shooting at Oregon elementary school, 2 officials tell AP
Authorities believe at least five people are dead following a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon.
apnews.com
There’s now won of those police surveillance cameras above the circle in front of Arlington - I guess they’re going to harass protestors of Trump’s Penile Implant Substitute Arch.
I turn it off… . Can’t watch the rest so I assume Palace win
Steve F@uppertiersteve.bsky.social · 9h agoOle ole ole. Pino.
Bastards
Bellingcat@bellingcat.com · 10h agoNew satellite imagery reveals the full extent of tree felling on a Washington DC golf course long eyed for development by President Trump. 430 trees were reportedly cut with little notice over the weekend, undermining attempts to protect the site. www.bellingcat.com/news/us-cana...
Commentator running through the players Palace has lost over the last few years just to depress us.
Mena Burke@menaburke.bsky.social · 10h agoWell that’s a disheartening start in under 8 minutes
Well that’s a disheartening start in under 8 minutes
Mena Burke@menaburke.bsky.social · 10h agoSarr starting
If you’re a lawyer doing this at DoJ, you should be profoundly ashamed & you should be disciplined.
Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 12h ago🚨BREAKING: DOJ’s demand that California prevent an unverified list of alleged noncitizens from voting or face legal action “appears to be a plausible threat that DOJ will attempt to engage in warrant-based ballot seizure,” the DNC said in a new court filing. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
wtop.com/virginia/202... So masked men put these flyers in cars. ICE cowards? Are they wasting our money on this too?
‘Anti-immigration’ flyers placed on cars in Alexandria neighborhood; Community worries it may discourage voting – WTOP News
A neighborhood in Alexandria, Virginia, woke up to "anti-immigration" flyers on their car windshields.
wtop.com
This guy is such a f*cking liar and he’s going get people killed with this. Remember the guy who believed Republican nonsense lies and decided to storm a basement-less neighborhood pizza place to search for non-existent trafficked children?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayTrump: "They want to cut your children. It's unbelievable what they do. Your son leaves as Jimmy and comes home in three days as Janet, and they don't even ask you. They can take your child out of school and do whatever the hell they want. Minnesota is one of those states."
Jon Ossoff has chased coordinated spending out of the Senate race and now he has $$ to spend. Curious to see whether he can pull others across the line.
Let me be specific: Donald Trump is an f-ing traitor. He is in cahoots with Putin and Russia to break our democratic ally, Ukraine, which makes all of us less safe. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/w...
Ukraine’s Vulnerability Grows as Starlink Is Restricted and Russia Escalates
A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning.
nytimes.com
Republicans lie. Corrupt, unprincipled, anti-American liars
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · yesterdayScoop:NY-based union leader quoted in a Maine Senate attack ad sends a “cease and desist” threat, demanding it be pulled down Official quoted in GOP ad slamming Troy Jackson’s health care plan tells me he didn’t comment on this plan and was “shocked” to see the ad. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
Love seeing @bethmacy.bsky.social wiping the smarmy, smug smile off of pathetic Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA06)'s face - great video by the Macy campaign! bluevirginia.us/2026/10/wedn...
Even with the republicans stopping the redistricting we the people voted for.
Blue Virginia@bluevirginia.bsky.social · 2d agoVERY right-wing-Republican Christian Heiens: "I truly wish the data said otherwise, but all signs in Virginia point to an electoral wipeout of historic proportions...Gun to my head, Dems win statewide by over 12 and flip the 2nd and 1st districts..." bluevirginia.us/2026/10/wedn...
NEW AD: Shannon Taylor Calls Out Rob Wittman for Cashing In on Data Center Stocks While Virginians’ Utility Bills Skyrocket ("Wittman traded data center stocks while voting to hand the industry billions in tax breaks") bluevirginia.us/2026/10/new-...
Corruption - the Trump family and regime is a giant criminal enterprise.
Brennan Center@brennancenter.org · yesterday"Money flowing between government contractors and the officials who control their contracts poses an unacceptable risk of corruption," @eepetry.bsky.social wrote in @justsecurity.org. But gaps in federal law do "little to address this risk." Congress can and should act.
WATCH: Andy Harris has a crash out after his constituents laugh at him for trying to blame higher gas prices on... Democrats. "You are rude!" #MD01
After a woman obtained public records indicating a Google datacenter would cover only one-third of the cost of a new solar plant to power the facility — contradicting its promises that ratepayers would not be on the hook — her electricity company sued her.
An Arkansas Mom Obtained Public Records About a New Data Center. Then She Got Sued.
Cases in Arkansas and California show how desperately we need a federal law against lawsuits intended to chill free speech.
theintercept.com
That’s hilarious
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 3d agoOOPS GOP ad buyer mixes up Portlands, spends money meant to help Maine Sen. Susan Collins in Oregon The PAC boosting Collins is "absolutely furious" at the "ridiculous error" made by the buyer, which takes blame and has refunded the money. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
