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Jim

@jimrestel.bsky.social

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Retired. Air Force officer veteran of several wars - ask me! Some thoughts: Rousseau said: 'When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich.' People call me liberal as an insult. -Bring it.

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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 16h

Probably the most badass thing I've ever seen!

AZ Rep Yassamin Ansari has set up a table outside of Mike Johnson’s offical Speaker Of The House office with a "Mike Johnson is using the government shutdown to cover up the Epstein Files - Change My Mind" sign!! 😆

Arizona rep sits at a plain fold-up table outside of Mike Johnson's office. The Speaker of the House official plaque is behind her. Her sign says "Mike Johnson is starving families and gutting healthcare to cover up the Epstein Files: Change My Mind!"

Jim @jimrestel.bsky.social · 1d

Seriously, why does it take a freaking court order for the administration to put ASL interpretations back in.

This administration seems to excel at cruelty and dick moves.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 2d

"Thank you for your attention to this matter"

Democratic leaders ask Trump for meeting to end shutdown

New letter ===>

Jim @jimrestel.bsky.social · 2d

For the first time in a yer, I don't fell like I am in full bore, liner panic mode is I am not actively doing something to save Democracy.

Will savor the feeling knowing the vitriol will come from the administration at any moment.

Jim @jimrestel.bsky.social · 2d

Hmmmm

No Kings 3.0

Jim @jimrestel.bsky.social · 2d

Gonna be a lot of ketchup blobs on the wall tonight.

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Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 2d

Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.

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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 2d

Congratulations to all our East Coast friends, now lets keep it rolling with the left coast.

Vote proposition 50 in Cali
Like your lives depend on it.

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Jim @jimrestel.bsky.social · 3d

Trump posted on his bargain basement social media site that Seth Meyers (amongst other things) is "... 100% ANTI-TRUMP, WHICH IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL!!!" (his caps and exclamation points.

Well, what is probably really illegal is what you did that is hidden in the Epstein Files.

Truth will set you free

Jim @jimrestel.bsky.social · 4d

I'm terrified. I'm in a position where my status is on top. My rights don't change from state to state. I have resources.

And I'm terrified that I may use those resources to leave and walk away from the experiment at liberty.

Jim @jimrestel.bsky.social · 4d

While her opponent yammered about immigrants eating pets and windmills injuring whales. What we got was a bunch of "bro" whose mantra was ..go fast and break things..." in the name of progress. They posted "receipts" of success that were as full of shit as a turkey.

Jim @jimrestel.bsky.social · 4d

I'm terrified that folks will sit at home to take whatever happens. Media a year ago was filled with interviews from folks who were concerned that Harris did not have a comprehensive 6 point plan to deal with global warming, wealth inequity, and healthcare.

Jim @jimrestel.bsky.social · 4d

I'm terrified.

A year ago, we were looking at a future of hope and joy. Prosperity and compassion. Instead we are saddled with an administration hell bent on cruelty and retribution for sins against a single individual.

Jim @jimrestel.bsky.social · 4d

“If we end the filibuster, we can do exactly what we want.”

Yes, starve families. Pardon the guilty. Throw millions into medical debt. Close schools and hospitals.

My rights as a male don’t change state to state. Women’s do.

Vote these people out.

Jim @jimrestel.bsky.social · 4d

Trump said he “…would not be extorted…” by Democrats to provide food and health care assistance to millions. The Republicans have already reaffirmed his position that those basic benefits are not going to be continued.

Start voting these monsters out of office now.

Jim @jimrestel.bsky.social · 5d

I confess, I didn’t have military action in Nigeria to combat Christian persecution on my bingo card.

Maybe he should solve easier things like SNAP, Medicare, or releasing the Epstein Files

Jim @jimrestel.bsky.social · 5d

Right now, the Trump administration is fighting in court. Not. To. Feed. Its. Citizens.

Let that sink in.

Jim @jimrestel.bsky.social · 5d

Now Trump is saying complying with the judge requires "clarification" and that it is hard. Who knew??

Just another incident of the administration admitting that what they want or directed to do is "hard" and to expect delays.

They need to be fired for incompetence in Nov 2026.

Jim @jimrestel.bsky.social · 6d

Using food and hunger as a political weapon is beyond deplorable. The troglodytes responsible for not approving emergency funding for SNAP need to be voted out and replaced with folks who are humane and compassionate.

Jim @jimrestel.bsky.social · 6d

The fact a judge had to ORDER the government to feed its most vulnerable population with funds it already had is a sick statement on the status of those in power.

Jim @jimrestel.bsky.social · 7d

Unless it doesn't clear me.

Or worse, completely implicates me.

Then I would do everything in my power so that it never sees the light of day.

Release the Epstein Files.

Jim @jimrestel.bsky.social · 7d

With Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous publication, attention is brought back to the scandal that essentially turned the government shutdown into a shiny object to distract the public.

If the government had a file that cleared my name, I would want that released NOW!

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 8d

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

Jim @jimrestel.bsky.social · 8d

If Trump was your lawyer representing you in court for a speeding violation, he could get you sentenced to life and call it a win.

Jim @jimrestel.bsky.social · 8d

It looks like the great negotiator has managed to reduce the self-imposed tariff on China in return for China agreeing to buy LESS soybeans per year for the next three years.