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Julie @jaespy.bsky.social · 16m

Great!

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 21m

House Speaker Mike Johnson, a noted Bible enthusiast, says ICE shooting a praying pastor with pepper balls is just fine. Is there a new version of the Bible that I missed?

My column on the GOP’s faith-based hypocrisy:

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

www.usatoday.com

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 24m

This Supreme Court will do anything it can to ensure the end of our representative democracy.

This is a naked effort to save a racist, nihilistic, principle-free far-right minoritarian movement from disappearing from American politics by instead giving it hegemony over the United States... forever.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 31m

If the Supreme Court strikes down Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which has been interpreted to require the creation of majority-minority districts, Republicans could eliminate upward of a dozen Democratic-held districts across the South. Here's how.

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

Democrats would be in danger of losing around a dozen majority-minority districts across the South if the court struck down part of the Voting Rights Act.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 49m

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1h

worth 4 mins of your time to watch this:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmfD...

Now is the Time to Speak up for Justice

YouTube video by Justice Connection

www.youtube.com

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1h

Rutgers professor Mark Bray has fled the country after Turning Point USA launched a concerted online campaign that dubbed him “Dr. Antifa.”

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Marialana Kinter for Congress @marialanakinter.bsky.social · 21h

When I look at Washington, I see a crisis of integrity, a refusal to take accountability, and a failure to lead under pressure.

Integrity, performing under pressure, and accountability is precisely what being a Nuclear Plant Supervisor in the Navy taught me.

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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 2h

#Florida judge temporarily blocks transfer of Miami-Dade College land in downtown Miami for use as President Convicted Felon's presidential library. The public was shut out of any discussion of the move, a violation of the Sunshine Law. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a... via @miamiherald.com

Court blocks Miami Dade College from transferring land for Trump library

The judge said the court believes Miami Dade College did not give the public “reasonable notice” about its plans to transfer the land to the state.

www.miamiherald.com

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Julie @jaespy.bsky.social · 2h

I went to the store yesterday and bought one for Saturday. It was on clearance. lol.

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 3h

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🤨🧊⛓️ ICYMI: Gov. Ron DeSantis at a news conference called the vacant Baker prison “ready-made infrastructure.” It once held 1,165 inmates. The governor’s office said the site would hold 1,300 but could be expanded to accommodate as many as 2,000 immigrants. jaxtoday.org/2025/08/18/d...

‘Deportation Depot’ stirs fears among Baker County neighbors | Jacksonville Today

The immigration center planned in one of Florida's most conservative areas has drawn a tangle of reactions.

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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 3h

VIDEO: Phosphate giant Mosaic begins testing radioactive phosphate waste in #Florida as road-building material. (I bet they don't need streetlights because the roads just glow!) youtu.be/Iu-gsrNqu84?... h/t @floridatrend.bsky.social

Mosaic launches controversial road project using radioactive phosphate waste

YouTube video by 10 Tampa Bay

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 3h

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🧊✈️🚨 CONCENTRATION CAMP 😲

👉 A GlobalX Airbus 320 (tail: N282GX) on ICE duty has arrived at the Lake City Concentration Camp (dubbed "Deportation Depot") in Florida 👀

Detainees arrive at the newly opened "Deportation Depot" near Jacksonville. (Florida Division of Emergency Management)

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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 4h

A childhood rape victim who was charged with filing a false report by a #Florida sheriff when she was 12 -- and recently proved she wasn't lying by secretly recording her abuser -- has now sued publicity hound Sheriff Grady Judd & multiple employees. www.theledger.com/story/news/l...

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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 4h

#Florida college eliminates African-American studies course, saying it violated a state law against teaching that systemic racism is inherent in U.S. institutions. www.theledger.com/story/news/l...

a blonde woman in a red shirt is making a funny face and says sure klan

ALT: a blonde woman in a red shirt is making a funny face and says sure klan

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 13h

“Kavanaugh stop” is a great phrase. Evocative, critical, memorable, and on point.

The internet tells me the term was coined and popularized by @akalhan.bsky.social and @sifill.bsky.social. A big hat tip to them.

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Julie @jaespy.bsky.social · 13h

I have no complaints about a fair primary but if the dem sens throw their weight behind someone before the people have chosen… no sir. Ft.

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Julie @jaespy.bsky.social · 13h

Beyond that well made point, has he never watched her ? 😂 She has a pretty pristine bs detector.

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Julie @jaespy.bsky.social · 14h

Nope. Man fucking down.

That shouldn’t have been a hard ask. Good on her for asking the stupidly obvious Q’s others won’t.

And we know Booker lives his AIPAC money. Just didn’t think he’d be so blatant about it. 😒

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18h

There is simply no equivalent, not even close, of this anywhere on the center or far left. There is no ‘both sides’ here, media.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 23h

"Together, the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely — and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders."

Can't call them fascists?

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Julie @jaespy.bsky.social · 16h

Bwahahaha that’s year round in rural S. FL.

Bring it. Cobb/spider webs = less blood loss if injured here. Survival skills. 😜😂

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

If you can’t sell your soybeans because of Trump’s tariffs after Argentina stepped in and took your customers, you can take solace that the guy you voted for also just gave $20 billion of your tax dollars to the country that is bankrupting you.

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Julie @jaespy.bsky.social · 16h

Oh the trauma! [cue the fainting couch]

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Julie @jaespy.bsky.social · 16h

Does he think the rest of the world’s hydrology works like S. FL’s?

Julie @jaespy.bsky.social · 17h

This hit the year I was born(?) but my bestie and I totally rocked out to this playing dress up years later. 😂

Thank you.

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Julie @jaespy.bsky.social · 17h

Consider checking out @marialanakinter.bsky.social. Not affiliated or my district. I’m further south but she seems great and kept hitting my feed before I deleted TikTok.