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JB Holston

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CEO, Sr. Advisor, former Engineering and Comp Sci Dean, F100 exec, entrepreneur. Sustainable, Inclusive Growth https://jbholston.substack.com/ . Colorado, Maine, London. @jbholston on Threads.

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JB Holston @jholston.bsky.social · Nov 12

Under-discussed implication of the upcoming Red Regime ; America just hit peak population, and the population mix will be way older, way faster. Why, and what are the implications? 🧵 1/

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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 13h

Many people are outraged that Trump is demolishing part of the White House. But of course Trump can't do it without help. It's ACECO LLC of Silver Spring MD ("full-service demolition") that is tearing down the People's House. You can call them and let them know how you feel. 1/

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 10h

CHICAGO / SUBURBS

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 11h

Oak Park resident Scott Sakiyama reports feds pointed weapons at him across from an elementary school today. They then arrested him and took him to Broadview. While in custody, he saw agents texting in a group chat called "Chiraq Team 2."

Full testimony: www.facebook.com/share/p/1GqB...

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JB Holston @jholston.bsky.social · 11h

Then it will be just like the Trump regime!

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11h

An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.

By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social

Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money.

An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...

www.propublica.org

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JB Holston @jholston.bsky.social · 11h

Time to take it to commerce.

JB Holston @jholston.bsky.social · 11h

"A federal judge in Denver ordered the release of a man held for 5 months in Aurora’s detention center and ruled that federal immigration authorities’ new policy of denying bail to longtime, undocumented residents of the United States “likely violates federal law.” www.denverpost.com/2025/10/20/c...

Colorado judge says ICE ‘likely violates federal law’ by denying immigrants’ bail hearings

The judge’s order also essentially prevents ICE from sidestepping the lawsuit by deporting detainees or sending them to other facilities.

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JB Holston @jholston.bsky.social · 14h

"Giuffre’s greatest fear – that being raped and trafficked puts her beyond empathetic reach of most people – is not, in fact, what happens. Narrative does what deposition can’t by taking us into the room with her." Emma Brockes in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Nobody’s Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre review – a devastating exposé of power, corruption and abuse

Giuffre’s posthumously published memoir lays bare the life-wrecking impact of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes – but it is also the story of how a young woman becomes a hero

www.theguardian.com

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JB Holston @jholston.bsky.social · 14h

Indeed. Wrecking America.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14h

Trump demolishing the White House to build a $250 million ballroom funded by Amazon, Lockheed Martin, and Palantir — all during a government shutdown, and as he covers up the Epstein Files — captures it all pretty well doesn't it

JB Holston @jholston.bsky.social · 1d

Many many Gen Z adhere to this —- think bitcoin is a risk-less alternative to the ‘real’ economy

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JB Holston @jholston.bsky.social · 1d

"This sentiment is, arguably, cringe. But it is also, on the most basic level, the work of politics. And precisely for that reason, it is an attempt to countermand the senses of loneliness and unmooring from reality that Arendt identified as ingredients of tyranny." 3/3

JB Holston @jholston.bsky.social · 1d

David Black, a Presbyterian pastor whom ICE agents shot with pepper balls, described protests outside Illinois ICE facilities as not “resistance” but “world building”: “We are making ourselves into the world we want to give to the next seven generations.” 2/3

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JB Holston @jholston.bsky.social · 1d

“The most effective resistance might be investing in things that Trump’s rhetoric tries to delegitimize: community solidarity, mutual aid, and bottom-up organizing,” 1/3 www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Resistance Is Cringe

But it’s also effective.

www.theatlantic.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

When the Supreme Court recently allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned because agents will “promptly let the individual go.”

For these Americans, that wasn’t true: https://propub.li/47aawMD

50+: Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

~130: Agents also can arrest U.S. citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers.

~20: Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

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JB Holston @jholston.bsky.social · 2d

Meanwhile

Suzette Smith @suzettesmith.bsky.social · 2d

Just arrived on the scene at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in South Portland. Here less than 10 minutes when agents charged out of the facility and used a pale yellow gas that caused tears and coughing in crowd members. Also shot munitions at those retreating.

JB Holston @jholston.bsky.social · 2d

Unfathomable corruption.

Tara O'Grady @taraogrady.bsky.social · 2d

Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Kristi Noem, Costing $172 Million

Public documents show the Department of Homeland Security has contracted to purchase a pair of top-of-the-line Gulfstream jets for the secretary

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 2d

I know something about aircraft pricing, and when you "need" to get updated avionics, safety equipment etc.

This is grotesquely wasteful, unnecessary, and self-aggrandizing.

No Kings. Also, no cosplay Marie Antoinettes.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million

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JB Holston @jholston.bsky.social · 2d

Awesome.

Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 2d

Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 2d

They don't think they're public servants.

They think they're kings, princes, dukes, and barons. They control the government, and that makes them royalty, and that means our money should be used to buy them planes and gold-plated toys and gilded ballrooms

tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 2d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million

www.nytimes.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 3d

"Meet The Florida Sugar Barons Worth $4 Billion And Getting Sweet Deals From Donald Trump"

@chloesorvino.bsky.social, @giacomotognini.bsky.social for @forbes.com

Meet The Florida Sugar Barons Worth $4 Billion And Getting Sweet Deals From Donald Trump

The Fanjul family has been wooing politicians for decades, but their bet on the Trump administration is their best yet, after the president added tariffs for foreign competitors and pushed Coca-Cola t...

www.forbes.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

Today, I convened a group of former military generals and veterans to hear perspectives on deploying troops in American cities.

Their commitment is to our nation. That’s why they’re speaking out against what the President's doing as uncalled-for, unprecedented, and un-American.

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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 4d

My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Hammam, & Chris Shay) has a new piece, whose title speaks for itself. A 🧵 with some key descriptive takeaways:

The resistance reaches into Trump country

As organizers for No Kings 2 seek historic turnout on Oct. 18, the broader pro-democracy movement has already broken new ground.

wagingnonviolence.org

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sylviseb 💙🌈☮️🌊💙💛Maga➡️blocked💛💙🌎🌻✌️🦋 @sylviseb.bsky.social · 4d

I have a Canadian friend. She used to spend a lot of time in US, actually went to school & lived here for a while. She said w/i last couple of days she fears she may never return to the U.S. What they are doing to this country is a travesty.
We must fight them with all the resistance we can muster!

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JB Holston @jholston.bsky.social · 4d

Regime info source: untrustworthy.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4d

Given the Trumpist assault on the patriotism of all who plan to attend No Kings rallies, I urge every Democratic elected official to attend one. They shouldn’t speak—if there are speakers, better to br less partisan civic leaders and citizens—but they should stand in solidarity with the rest of us.

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