jgrclarke 🏀Dubs!🌊🇺🇦
@jgrclarke.bsky.social
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Family man, lawyer, Golden State Warriors and sci-fi fan, sometimes very opinionated, always up for a GenX joke
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Dublin, Berkeley, San Lorenzo, Cupertino, San Jose
No Kings! in Sonoma, California

The American people have a job to do - r e s i s t
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It's big Trump protest day so that means we are mere hours away from my least favorite Bluesky: the Russian disinfo surge.

Here's how it works, and what you can do about it. 🧵
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Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that.

No phones, no staff, nothing.

I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)
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15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment.

Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors.

Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.
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The plaque honoring the law enforcement officers who responded to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, which was commissioned by Congress in 2022, remains in storage. Mike Johnson has refused to place it on the wall, as was intended. That "deed" speaks pretty loudly.
Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."
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This turnover at the top is going to accelerate….
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The obscene face of Christian Nationalism: outlandish untaxed wealth in defiance of Jesus. Oh, and this time, slave laborers, too! Glory!

Just remember, for any money you give to Heaven, there is always a 100% handling fee here on Earth.
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My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
“Coked-up little garden gnome” is the best description I’ve heard of him
They can’t avoid shoving their boots into their own mouths can they?

Not being the sharpest tools in the shed isn’t even half their problem, if they can’t just tell “fake news” there is literally nothing they can say that won’t involve telling on themselves
a cartoon of a man sitting in a chair with the word kapwing on the bottom
ALT: a cartoon of a man sitting in a chair with the word kapwing on the bottom
media.tenor.com
“The president should be removed from office because he is plainly insane.”

I mean, there is no war in Portland. There just isn’t. You can’t & won’t avoid reporting this story. But you’ll still find a way to try to report it in a way that gives him the benefit of the doubt.

And that’s wrong.
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I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation
I’m sure there’s no reason at all for a US president to never criticise the authoritarian leader of Russia that is
currently invading a sovereign nation in the largest land war in Europe since World War II
a man in a suit says of course not
ALT: a man in a suit says of course not
media.tenor.com
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This is the playbook, folks.

If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.

Do not be quiet in this moment.