Denise O'Conner🌻

Retired sch psych, liberal, Obama mama, rabid hockey fan. D&D, Doctor Who, Sherlock, all sci fi. Old enough to have seen Star Wars opening day matinee.

[Denise O'Conner🌻 @DeniseOConner]

Closing my account now

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

Twitter/X is changing its Terms of Service tonight at midnight. If you engage on the platform after that time, you will have affirmatively opted into the new ToS, which gives Elon Musk a significant amount of power to sue you in his chosen courtroom. https://t.co/Tgs0A8GxHW

[Shannon @gardengirl125]

I guarantee ICE will be staking out election locations during the midterms in all the blue cities.

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

Where was this energy when…

Steve Bannon
Peter Navarro
Mark Meadows
Dan Scavino
Kevin McCarthy
Jim Jordan
Scott Perry
Andy Biggs
Mo Brooks
Mick Mulvaney
Kellyanne Conway
Don McGahn

…all refused to comply with congressional subpoenas?

[Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley]

Republicans just BLOCKED a Senate vote on the bill to lower health care costs for Americans.

The House has already passed the bill���but Republicans in the Senate are content to let YOUR costs rise to avoid making Trump angry.

[ᗰᗩƳᖇᗩ @LePapillonBlu2]

JD Vance: "Denmark hasn't done a good job at keeping Greenland safe."

Just out of curiosity when was the last time that a Greenlander was shot dead by a masked agent of their own government?

[Americans For Tax Fairness @4TaxFairness]

Billionaire Peter Thiel just donated $3 million to a group that's trying to kill a wealth tax in California.

Think about that.

If he invests a couple million to manipulate our politics, it could save him hundreds of millions in taxes.

This system is so broken.

[Being J Wood @BeingJWood]

The Clintons are not refusing to testify.

They are refusing to testify BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

The Clintons want a public hearing.

Why are Republicans opposed?

[Justin O'Donnell @ODonnell4NH]

The 17 year old was not arrested, he was swarmed, beaten to the ground, dragged into an unmarked vehicle by masked thugs, beaten up and tortured, and then dumped in a parking lot bleeding and crying 8 miles away.

There was no arrest, and no charges.

[Amy Siskind @Amy_Siskind]

WTF!
The Trump regime is demanding that U Penn turn over information about Jewish professors, staff and students – including personal emails, phone numbers and home addresses.
https://t.co/7N0Gv463IA

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

BREAKING: New leaked documents from a Border Patrol official, outraged by ICE’s conduct, reveal 21 secret ICE programs showing alarming, covert operations far beyond routine immigration enforcement:

Details:

- The leaked internal document, marked Law Enforcement Sensitive, outlines 21 secret ICE operations that have not been publicly disclosed.

- According to the leak, ICE has effectively become a parallel FBI or DEA, engaging in intelligence activities as well as enforcement, rather than focusing solely on deportations.

- Some of these programs resemble domestic intelligence/spy operations, expanding ICE’s role beyond traditional immigration functions.

- One operation, Abracadabra, reportedly involves recruiting informants among detained immigrants and developing intelligence from them, raising concerns about coercion and exploitation.

- Briefings in the documents suggest ICE deploys plainclothes agents disguised as ordinary people — including embedded in transport vans, processing areas, or detention cells — to gather “tactical intelligence.”

- The leaked materials indicate ICE’s intelligence work is tied to broader national security and ideological targets, including individuals labeled as “anti-American” or linked to activist groups — suggesting mission creep into political or dissent-related areas.

- These tactics, if accurate, reflect a shift toward deep surveillance of immigrant communities and broader populations, raising serious civil liberties and transparency concerns.

[Covie @covie_93]

So Republicans are mad at celebrities for wearing "Be Good" pins after ICE murdered Renee Good but support lawmakers wearing AR-15 pins after kids were murdered in classrooms????

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

Trump sold $500 million of stolen Venezuelan oil, and is holding most of the money in an account in Qatar — the country that bribed Trump with a private jet.

…and this barely a blip in the news because of all of the other corruption and crimes.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

I see we’re at the, “C’mon, the Alabama state troopers were really being treated disrespectfully at the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Also, a couple of them got scratches that day,” level of ICE apologetics.

[Renee Libby @ReneeLibby95084]

My Grandfather grew up in the Netherlands & lived through the WW2 Nazi occupation.
The Gestapo asked constantly for his papers and were MORE than happy to shoot on sight- if they felt like it. There were murders of Dutch citizens for NO reason.
The stories he told me are remarkably similar to the way ICE agents are behaving.
Anyone still complacent are complete fools.

[Secular Talk ([email protected]) @KyleKulinski]

Trump stole $500 million in Venezuelan oil, sold it, and put the money in a private account in Qatar. If you can't see how immensely corrupt this mob boss is you have the IQ of a dead hamster.

[Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen]

Literally half of the Republicans in this clip have refused to comply with congressional subpoenas.

[FactPost @factpostnews]

Federal contracts reveal Customs and Border Protection is spending $75,000 to house their dogs at the Four Seasons Pet Resort.

The pet resort advertises "luxury suites," "daily doggy ice cream," and spa services such as an "oatmeal coconut oil skin finish."

[Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse]

I have a bill to remedy the horrible Citizens United decision. And every time, Republicans vote it down.

[claire de lune @ClaireMPLS]

i know it's really unpleasant but please don't look away from what's happening, we need to all be in loud vocal opposition to this

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Trump is selling seized Venezuelan oil and putting the cash in a bank account in Qatar. Nothing to see here. https://t.co/hY4JH8udTM