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Eric J Morey

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ericjmorey.com Democratic Candidate for Cape May County Commissioner Born and raised in NJ This has become my primary outlet for keeping informed about the political troubles in the USA.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 5h

this tweet was supposed to send with this chart

Eric J Morey @ericjmorey.com · 4h

He didn't list Josh Hawley as a role model. He agreed with a single point that Josh Hawley made at one time.

Eric J Morey @ericjmorey.com · 5h

Not sure how people will take his initial responses to CNN.

Eric J Morey @ericjmorey.com · 5h

On police:

“I can honestly say that that is me just being an a**hole on the Internet,” Platner told CNN this week. “I have an immense amount of friends who are police officers. They’re not all bastards because they’re literally buddies of mine.”

Eric J Morey @ericjmorey.com · 5h

He answered to both of those.

On his communist comments:

“That was very much me f**king around the internet,” he told CNN. “I don’t want people to see me for who I was in my worst Internet comment – or even frankly who I was in my best Internet comment … I don’t think any of that is indicative of who I am today, really.”

Eric J Morey @ericjmorey.com · 5h

Yeah that's the shortsighted part of opposition to the plan.

Eric J Morey @ericjmorey.com · 5h

I can't defend the slurs. Hopefully he's learned better.

But being opposed to a specific proposal is not an opposition to all proposals.

Eric J Morey @ericjmorey.com · 6h

clean energy

Eric J Morey @ericjmorey.com · 6h

The transmission was more for Massachusetts than Maine, but I think it was shortsighted to oppose in general. There may have been some details that were not acceptable, but I'm not familiar enough with the proposal.

60% of people in Maine were opposed; it was more than a simple for or against

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Molly Reynolds @mollyereynolds.bsky.social · 19h

The executive branch not spending the money that Congress has told them to spend is bad. The executive branch spending money on things for which Congress has not given them money is also bad (and, arguably, worse).

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

Eric J Morey @ericjmorey.com · 17h

Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 7d

DAILY DEMS DOING THE WORK, MAKING NOISE, AND FIGHTING BACK Day 256

What do you think Democrats aren’t doing? Cause if you want them to message a certain way and you don’t think they are? Chances are it’s happening, it’s just not getting amplified.
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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 20h

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

chicago.suntimes.com

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digitaldesert.bsky.social @digitaldesert.bsky.social · 20h

Looks like we have ourselves a global Youtube outage going on right now.

9to5google.com/2025/10/15/y...

It’s not just you: YouTube is down in widespread outage

As of Wednesday afternoon (PT), some users cannot watch YouTube videos, with various playback errors appearing.

Eric J Morey @ericjmorey.com · 20h

If it's not protecting consumers, that's also the people in charge breaking the law that requires the CFPB to protect consumers.

Eric J Morey @ericjmorey.com · 22h

Because you asked. Young Republicans (and Young Democrats) has an upper age limit of 40.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞

@sbmitche.bsky.social
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Eric J Morey @ericjmorey.com · 1d

The fact is that ActBlue isn't sharing the information. That's not how it works.

The sharing of contact information isn't being done by ActBlue.

Eric J Morey @ericjmorey.com · 1d

If you're getting spammed after donating via ActBlue, it's because the candidate you donated to is spamming you or they shared your information with others that are spamming you.

Eric J Morey @ericjmorey.com · 1d

I don't understand why you're talking about ActBlue as something other than a payment processor with legal compliance features.

ActBlue doesn't decide who gets funding.

Eric J Morey @ericjmorey.com · 1d

What is the purpose and function of superdelegates? I'm very confused about superdelegates are.

Eric J Morey @ericjmorey.com · 2d

I would love it if he found himself in a jurisdiction that still jails people for not paying their debts to highlight how ridiculous that concept is and at the same time have those laws come down on someone that it wasn't intended to oppress.

Eric J Morey @ericjmorey.com · 2d

In lieu of flowers, please consider donations in Dolores’ memory to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital - www.stjude.org/donate.

Give hope to kids with cancer

Learn more about how you can support St. Jude at https://stjude.org

Eric J Morey @ericjmorey.com · 2d

A Celebration of Life will be held on Thursday, October 23, 2025, at the First Baptist Church of Wildwood, 230 E. Maple Avenue, Wildwood, NJ—the same church where Dee married Bill and their love story began. Visitation will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., followed by a service at 11:00 a.m

Eric J Morey @ericjmorey.com · 2d

I already miss her.

Dolores Ann Morey Obituary | North Wildwood, NJ | Ingersoll-Greenwood Funeral Home

View Dolores Ann Morey's complete obituary, share memories, and explore heartfelt tribute posts from the community.

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Eric J Morey @ericjmorey.com · 2d

Mackenzie Scott is the best version of a billionaire.

MacKenzie Scott Isn’t Backing Away From DEI

The billionaire philanthropist has recently made large gifts to nonprofits that provide college scholarships to students of color.

www.philanthropy.com