SeekingTheRoot
@seekingtheroot.bsky.social
This is how Mike Lawler spends our money. Not to repair roads or build clean energy. Not to crack down on super rich tax cheats. Not to make our immigration system more efficient and effective. Not to educate our kids. Not to expand broadband to rural areas. Just to bolster the egos of weak men.
Estimates on the cost to implement the Department of War name change range from $10 million to $125 million, but it could rise to "hundreds of millions," the CBO said this week.
Department of War rebrand could cost from $10 million to ‘hundreds of millions,’ CBO says
The final figure would likely hinge on the extent of replacement for signs, letterhead, name plates and digital coding related to many websites.
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January 16, 2026 at 7:02 PM
This is how Mike Lawler spends our money. Not to repair roads or build clean energy. Not to crack down on super rich tax cheats. Not to make our immigration system more efficient and effective. Not to educate our kids. Not to expand broadband to rural areas. Just to bolster the egos of weak men.
Obamacare, with all its flaws, has worked spectacularly. It was designed to enable people to get insurance who could not get it before. In that it worked well. There are many ways it should be improved. High insurance rates are not the fault of Obamacare, but of greedy corporations and Republicans.
January 16, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Obamacare, with all its flaws, has worked spectacularly. It was designed to enable people to get insurance who could not get it before. In that it worked well. There are many ways it should be improved. High insurance rates are not the fault of Obamacare, but of greedy corporations and Republicans.
Really take this in -- "NO SHACKLES ON ICE."
This is Bruce Blakeman, Trump puppet who embraces Gestapo and slave hunter tactics to terrorize Brown people and others who reject the regime's violence and wanton disregard of the Constitution and rule of law.
Blakeman CANNOT be governor of NY.
This is Bruce Blakeman, Trump puppet who embraces Gestapo and slave hunter tactics to terrorize Brown people and others who reject the regime's violence and wanton disregard of the Constitution and rule of law.
Blakeman CANNOT be governor of NY.
Bruce Blakeman, who wants to be governor of NY: “When you look at both videos, it looks like the individual that was shot, that person was engaged in trying to run down the ICE officer.” He also said he doesn't “want to put any shackles on ICE.”
NYers would not be safe with Blakeman as governor.
NYers would not be safe with Blakeman as governor.
G.O.P. Candidate for Governor Says Renee Good’s Killing Seems Justified
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Really take this in -- "NO SHACKLES ON ICE."
This is Bruce Blakeman, Trump puppet who embraces Gestapo and slave hunter tactics to terrorize Brown people and others who reject the regime's violence and wanton disregard of the Constitution and rule of law.
Blakeman CANNOT be governor of NY.
This is Bruce Blakeman, Trump puppet who embraces Gestapo and slave hunter tactics to terrorize Brown people and others who reject the regime's violence and wanton disregard of the Constitution and rule of law.
Blakeman CANNOT be governor of NY.
Bruce Blakeman, who wants to be governor of NY: “When you look at both videos, it looks like the individual that was shot, that person was engaged in trying to run down the ICE officer.” He also said he doesn't “want to put any shackles on ICE.”
NYers would not be safe with Blakeman as governor.
NYers would not be safe with Blakeman as governor.
G.O.P. Candidate for Governor Says Renee Good’s Killing Seems Justified
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Bruce Blakeman, who wants to be governor of NY: “When you look at both videos, it looks like the individual that was shot, that person was engaged in trying to run down the ICE officer.” He also said he doesn't “want to put any shackles on ICE.”
NYers would not be safe with Blakeman as governor.
NYers would not be safe with Blakeman as governor.
This is what it looks and sounds like when you're not "concerned," but determined.
Let's help elect @janetmillsforme.bsky.social and send two-faced, Roe v. Wade destroyer Susan Collins home for good.
Let's help elect @janetmillsforme.bsky.social and send two-faced, Roe v. Wade destroyer Susan Collins home for good.
Maine Public on Instagram: "Gov. Janet Mills says her administration is working closely with police and with city leaders in Portland and Lewiston ahead of potential increased immigration enforcement ...
5,066 likes, 430 comments - mainepublic on January 14, 2026: "Gov. Janet Mills says her administration is working closely with police and with city leaders in Portland and Lewiston ahead of potential ...
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January 15, 2026 at 7:26 PM
This is what it looks and sounds like when you're not "concerned," but determined.
Let's help elect @janetmillsforme.bsky.social and send two-faced, Roe v. Wade destroyer Susan Collins home for good.
Let's help elect @janetmillsforme.bsky.social and send two-faced, Roe v. Wade destroyer Susan Collins home for good.
If we do not voluntarily submit to fascist terrorism, we will be forced to submit to fascist terrorism. This is what Mike Lawler, Bruce Blakeman & Peter Oberacker endorse.
Lawler CANNOT remain in the House for #NY17.
Blakeman CANNOT be governor of NY.
Oberacker CANNOT represent #NY19 in the House.
Lawler CANNOT remain in the House for #NY17.
Blakeman CANNOT be governor of NY.
Oberacker CANNOT represent #NY19 in the House.
January 15, 2026 at 1:44 PM
I have regularly referred to ICE as the Gestapo, and while I still think it's a fair analogy, this person has a different perspective that has opened my eyes. I will now consider how to talk about ICE going forward.
ashleytheebarroness on Instagram: "People reach for the Gestapo comparison because it sounds extreme and foreign. It lets white Americans pretend this kind of policin…"
People reach for the Gestapo comparison because it sounds extreme and foreign. It lets white Americans pretend this kind of policing came from somewhere else. But ICE looks closer to slave patrols because that’s our history. Local enforcement. Racialized suspicion. Vague authority. Taking people first, justifying it later. Gestapo is a warning. Slave patrols are a mirror. #gestapo #ice #fyp #ashleytheebarroness #americanhistoryView all 5,277 comments
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January 14, 2026 at 5:04 PM
I have regularly referred to ICE as the Gestapo, and while I still think it's a fair analogy, this person has a different perspective that has opened my eyes. I will now consider how to talk about ICE going forward.
Lawler himself helped create the affordability crisis, then lies about the Orwellian-titled "Working Families" tax cuts that give pennies to actual working families and hundreds of thousands to the super rich.
Lawler is a MAGA wolf in moderate sheep's clothing. A Trump puppet through and through.
Lawler is a MAGA wolf in moderate sheep's clothing. A Trump puppet through and through.
January 14, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Lawler himself helped create the affordability crisis, then lies about the Orwellian-titled "Working Families" tax cuts that give pennies to actual working families and hundreds of thousands to the super rich.
Lawler is a MAGA wolf in moderate sheep's clothing. A Trump puppet through and through.
Lawler is a MAGA wolf in moderate sheep's clothing. A Trump puppet through and through.
Bruce Blakeman wants to throw people off Medicaid. He wants to be governor of NY. We cannot let that happen. He will cause countless NYers to die and suffer from illness and injury.
Blakeman is an over-privileged, over-entitled, rich, White bigot who serves Trump over the people. VOTE NO!
Blakeman is an over-privileged, over-entitled, rich, White bigot who serves Trump over the people. VOTE NO!
January 14, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Bruce Blakeman wants to throw people off Medicaid. He wants to be governor of NY. We cannot let that happen. He will cause countless NYers to die and suffer from illness and injury.
Blakeman is an over-privileged, over-entitled, rich, White bigot who serves Trump over the people. VOTE NO!
Blakeman is an over-privileged, over-entitled, rich, White bigot who serves Trump over the people. VOTE NO!
If only Lawler supported the people of #NY17 and all America as we seek to reclaim the Constitution, the rule of law, and our values, decency, and honor from the regime that Lawler himself endorses and fully supports.
Good for the Iranian people. Now we have to take their lead. SEND LAWLER HOME.
Good for the Iranian people. Now we have to take their lead. SEND LAWLER HOME.
January 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
If only Lawler supported the people of #NY17 and all America as we seek to reclaim the Constitution, the rule of law, and our values, decency, and honor from the regime that Lawler himself endorses and fully supports.
Good for the Iranian people. Now we have to take their lead. SEND LAWLER HOME.
Good for the Iranian people. Now we have to take their lead. SEND LAWLER HOME.
@schumer.senate.gov
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
NO FUNDING FOR DHS UNTIL ICE IS REINED IN. Do not fuck this up. If you let DHS funding go by, you are endorsing the assassination of Renee Good and the kidnapping, assault & overall terrorizing of our communities. And say goodbye to the midterms.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
NO FUNDING FOR DHS UNTIL ICE IS REINED IN. Do not fuck this up. If you let DHS funding go by, you are endorsing the assassination of Renee Good and the kidnapping, assault & overall terrorizing of our communities. And say goodbye to the midterms.
January 14, 2026 at 3:30 PM
@schumer.senate.gov
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
NO FUNDING FOR DHS UNTIL ICE IS REINED IN. Do not fuck this up. If you let DHS funding go by, you are endorsing the assassination of Renee Good and the kidnapping, assault & overall terrorizing of our communities. And say goodbye to the midterms.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
NO FUNDING FOR DHS UNTIL ICE IS REINED IN. Do not fuck this up. If you let DHS funding go by, you are endorsing the assassination of Renee Good and the kidnapping, assault & overall terrorizing of our communities. And say goodbye to the midterms.
Mike Lawler is raking in the campaign contributions, and Dems will have a contested primary so may never catch up. We--and everyone we know--are going to have to work our asses off in other ways to send Lawler home in November.
Let's never let up until this Trump puppet is defeated.
Let's never let up until this Trump puppet is defeated.
January 14, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Mike Lawler is raking in the campaign contributions, and Dems will have a contested primary so may never catch up. We--and everyone we know--are going to have to work our asses off in other ways to send Lawler home in November.
Let's never let up until this Trump puppet is defeated.
Let's never let up until this Trump puppet is defeated.
Bruce Blakeman endorses ICE and wants to be governor of NY.
If you are a Brown person in NY, even if you are a U.S. citizen, you will not be safe if Blakeman gets to Albany.
Bruce Blakeman--terrorizing non-White people for sport.
VOTE HOCHUL OR DELGADO IN NOVEMBER!
If you are a Brown person in NY, even if you are a U.S. citizen, you will not be safe if Blakeman gets to Albany.
Bruce Blakeman--terrorizing non-White people for sport.
VOTE HOCHUL OR DELGADO IN NOVEMBER!
ICE kidnap 17-year-old U.S. citizen working at Target then dump him bleeding and crying miles away in a Walmart parking lot… 🤬
January 13, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Bruce Blakeman endorses ICE and wants to be governor of NY.
If you are a Brown person in NY, even if you are a U.S. citizen, you will not be safe if Blakeman gets to Albany.
Bruce Blakeman--terrorizing non-White people for sport.
VOTE HOCHUL OR DELGADO IN NOVEMBER!
If you are a Brown person in NY, even if you are a U.S. citizen, you will not be safe if Blakeman gets to Albany.
Bruce Blakeman--terrorizing non-White people for sport.
VOTE HOCHUL OR DELGADO IN NOVEMBER!
Mike Lawler endorses ICE.
#NY17 -- If you are a Brown person, even if you are a U.S. citizen, you are not safe because of the man who is supposed to represent you and who took an oath to uphold the Constitution.
Mike Lawler--terrorizing non-White people for sport.
VOTE HIM OUT IN NOVEMBER!
#NY17 -- If you are a Brown person, even if you are a U.S. citizen, you are not safe because of the man who is supposed to represent you and who took an oath to uphold the Constitution.
Mike Lawler--terrorizing non-White people for sport.
VOTE HIM OUT IN NOVEMBER!
ICE kidnap 17-year-old U.S. citizen working at Target then dump him bleeding and crying miles away in a Walmart parking lot… 🤬
January 13, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Mike Lawler endorses ICE.
#NY17 -- If you are a Brown person, even if you are a U.S. citizen, you are not safe because of the man who is supposed to represent you and who took an oath to uphold the Constitution.
Mike Lawler--terrorizing non-White people for sport.
VOTE HIM OUT IN NOVEMBER!
#NY17 -- If you are a Brown person, even if you are a U.S. citizen, you are not safe because of the man who is supposed to represent you and who took an oath to uphold the Constitution.
Mike Lawler--terrorizing non-White people for sport.
VOTE HIM OUT IN NOVEMBER!
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On a day when America is reeling from the murder of Renee Good, the Trumpist who wants to be governor of NY describes ICE as "brave men & women who put their lives on the line to protect us." There isn't even one incident of death in the line of duty.
BLAKEMAN CANNOT BE GOVERNOR OF NY!
BLAKEMAN CANNOT BE GOVERNOR OF NY!
January 9, 2026 at 12:10 PM
On a day when America is reeling from the murder of Renee Good, the Trumpist who wants to be governor of NY describes ICE as "brave men & women who put their lives on the line to protect us." There isn't even one incident of death in the line of duty.
BLAKEMAN CANNOT BE GOVERNOR OF NY!
BLAKEMAN CANNOT BE GOVERNOR OF NY!
Blakeman wants to be governor of NY, but all he can offer is Hallmark card-level slogans. Meantime, one of his constituents points out what accountability really means to Blakeman--it means words, not actions.
Bruce Blakeman -- BAD for NY.
Bruce Blakeman -- BAD for NY.
January 11, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Blakeman wants to be governor of NY, but all he can offer is Hallmark card-level slogans. Meantime, one of his constituents points out what accountability really means to Blakeman--it means words, not actions.
Bruce Blakeman -- BAD for NY.
Bruce Blakeman -- BAD for NY.
Mike Lawler endorses this execution.
No one is safe with Trump puppet Lawler in office.
VOTE HIM OUT IN NOVEMBER!
No one is safe with Trump puppet Lawler in office.
VOTE HIM OUT IN NOVEMBER!
January 10, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Mike Lawler endorses this execution.
No one is safe with Trump puppet Lawler in office.
VOTE HIM OUT IN NOVEMBER!
No one is safe with Trump puppet Lawler in office.
VOTE HIM OUT IN NOVEMBER!
Mike Lawler says we should be good sheep and let the fascists take over peacefully, otherwise we deserve to be shot dead.
Support or oppose ICE, there is no way this woman deserved to be executed.
Lawler cosplays a decent man, but he is not. He is dangerous to Americans and America. VOTE HIM OUT!
Support or oppose ICE, there is no way this woman deserved to be executed.
Lawler cosplays a decent man, but he is not. He is dangerous to Americans and America. VOTE HIM OUT!
January 9, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Mike Lawler says we should be good sheep and let the fascists take over peacefully, otherwise we deserve to be shot dead.
Support or oppose ICE, there is no way this woman deserved to be executed.
Lawler cosplays a decent man, but he is not. He is dangerous to Americans and America. VOTE HIM OUT!
Support or oppose ICE, there is no way this woman deserved to be executed.
Lawler cosplays a decent man, but he is not. He is dangerous to Americans and America. VOTE HIM OUT!
On a day when America is reeling from the murder of Renee Good, the Trumpist who wants to be governor of NY describes ICE as "brave men & women who put their lives on the line to protect us." There isn't even one incident of death in the line of duty.
BLAKEMAN CANNOT BE GOVERNOR OF NY!
BLAKEMAN CANNOT BE GOVERNOR OF NY!
January 9, 2026 at 12:10 PM
On a day when America is reeling from the murder of Renee Good, the Trumpist who wants to be governor of NY describes ICE as "brave men & women who put their lives on the line to protect us." There isn't even one incident of death in the line of duty.
BLAKEMAN CANNOT BE GOVERNOR OF NY!
BLAKEMAN CANNOT BE GOVERNOR OF NY!
Blakeman is Nassau county executive; Hochul is governor. Crime is down all over NY State, including in NY City. According to Blakeman, Hochul is responsible for crime in NY State, so why doesn't that include Nassau County. Why does he get credit for that but she gets blame for everything else? LIAR!
January 9, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Blakeman is Nassau county executive; Hochul is governor. Crime is down all over NY State, including in NY City. According to Blakeman, Hochul is responsible for crime in NY State, so why doesn't that include Nassau County. Why does he get credit for that but she gets blame for everything else? LIAR!
Lawler sinks deeper into Trumpist cynicism, hypocrisy & projection. While America is reeling from the cold-blooded murder of Renee Good by the ICE Gestapo Lawler endorses, he remains silent & instead diverts attention to Iran with a statement that applies directly to Lawler's America. VOTE HIM OUT!
January 9, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Lawler sinks deeper into Trumpist cynicism, hypocrisy & projection. While America is reeling from the cold-blooded murder of Renee Good by the ICE Gestapo Lawler endorses, he remains silent & instead diverts attention to Iran with a statement that applies directly to Lawler's America. VOTE HIM OUT!
Aldrich Ames may be "the most murderous turncoat in the history of the Central Intelligence Agency" per this obituary, but Donald Trump and his minions are the most murderous turncoats in the history of the United States.
Aldrich Ames, C.I.A. Turncoat Who Helped the Soviets, Dies at 84
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Aldrich Ames may be "the most murderous turncoat in the history of the Central Intelligence Agency" per this obituary, but Donald Trump and his minions are the most murderous turncoats in the history of the United States.
ICE Gestapo murdered a woman in cold blood, and Lawler goes on yet another unhinged screed against Mamdani. Not a single word about the murder. Lawler has endorsed ICE terrorism, and this woman's blood is on his hands.
No one is safe with Lawler in office.
VOTE HIM OUT IN NOVEMBER!
No one is safe with Lawler in office.
VOTE HIM OUT IN NOVEMBER!
January 7, 2026 at 11:48 PM
ICE Gestapo murdered a woman in cold blood, and Lawler goes on yet another unhinged screed against Mamdani. Not a single word about the murder. Lawler has endorsed ICE terrorism, and this woman's blood is on his hands.
No one is safe with Lawler in office.
VOTE HIM OUT IN NOVEMBER!
No one is safe with Lawler in office.
VOTE HIM OUT IN NOVEMBER!
By his endorsement of Caribbean boat strikes, Mike Lawler tortures and murders more Brown people.
Lawler serves Trump and Trump only. We must vote him out in November.
Lawler serves Trump and Trump only. We must vote him out in November.
EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. Is Leaving Boat Strike Survivors to Drown
The Coast Guard called off its search for people who jumped into the sea after watching the U.S. military destroy another ship.
theintercept.com/2026/01/07/b...
The Coast Guard called off its search for people who jumped into the sea after watching the U.S. military destroy another ship.
theintercept.com/2026/01/07/b...
The U.S. Is Leaving Boat Strike Survivors to Drown
The Coast Guard called off its search for people who jumped into the sea after watching the U.S. military destroy another ship.
theintercept.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:37 PM
By his endorsement of Caribbean boat strikes, Mike Lawler tortures and murders more Brown people.
Lawler serves Trump and Trump only. We must vote him out in November.
Lawler serves Trump and Trump only. We must vote him out in November.
We killed 80 Brown people to execute what Lawler calls an arrest. This is grotesque racism, imperialism, kidnapping, and cold-blooded murder. Trump has committed countless crimes & caused the deaths of countless people. But Lawler would go crazy if some other country "arrested" him & killed people.
January 5, 2026 at 10:42 PM
We killed 80 Brown people to execute what Lawler calls an arrest. This is grotesque racism, imperialism, kidnapping, and cold-blooded murder. Trump has committed countless crimes & caused the deaths of countless people. But Lawler would go crazy if some other country "arrested" him & killed people.