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Joanie MacPhee

@joaniegentian.bsky.social

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I Yell@theRadio, photograph & RT whatever catches my eye. Naturalist&Herbalist, MIT dropout & oldHippie. Also ancestry: Finland,IsleofSkye,PEI,NewAmsterdam,JohnAcorn & via his wife, a pile of presidents & eccentrics like me.

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Joanie MacPhee @joaniegentian.bsky.social · Dec 14

Media: "Do you believe in Climate Change?"
MAGA: Nope, or at best, What's that?
Me: FFS, Climate Change is not a belief system, it's Science, which so few of you apparently understand.
Turn the damn cartoons off of PBS and start teaching Science again to pre-schooler minds.

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Joanie MacPhee @joaniegentian.bsky.social · 2h

Zelenskyy's visit to DC and tRump's reversion to Putin appeasement topic of The Roundtable on WAMC.org 90.3 Albany radio, now.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3h

6) Everyone's a Nazi, and they're not afraid to say so in text messages.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Trump nominee says MLK Jr. holiday belongs in ‘hell’ and that he has ‘Nazi streak,’ according to texts

Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.

www.politico.com

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4h

5) Months after a similar scandal, your pageant contest turned insurance lawyer turned defense attorney turned hitwoman did something very stupid on Signal.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

The signal exchange between Lindsey Halligan and Anna Bower where the former attempts to retroactively declare everything off the record.

By the way - everything | ever sent you isoff record. You're not a journalist so it'sweird saying that but just letting you know.

I'm sorry, but that's not how this works.You don't get to say that in retrospect.

Yes | do. Off record.

I am really sorry. I would have been happy to speak with you on an off the record basis had you asked. But you didn't ask, and I still haven't agreed to speak on that basis. Do you have any further comment for the story?

It's obvious the whole convo is off record.There's disappearing messages and it's on signal. What is your story? You never even told me about a story.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4h

4) Hitting VP's security with shrapnel after insisting Governor Newsom was wrong to shut I5.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4h

3) The strongest military in the history of the world proved incapable of fully destroying a jerry-rigged submersible operating in uncontested waters, leaving two VERY awkward survivors.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/2-s...

At least 2 survivors of US attack on alleged drug smugglers in American custody

The survivors in the Caribbean Sea were rescued by helicopter.

abcnews.go.com

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4h

2) After 7M people peacefully and creatively opposed his abuses, he responded with a literal shit post

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4h

For the sake of posterity I thought I'd do a thread on all the epically stupid things Trump has done in recent days.

1) Let them eat ballroom

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 4h

It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.

Washington Post: White House begins destroying East wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

"These are dangerous terrorists who hate America and are working actively to destroy it! IT'S A THREAT, BE SCARED! There will be violence and chaos in the streets as these [SWITCH FLIPS] sweet Boomer grandmas bring out their cute little signs and costumes. IT'S NOT A THREAT, HA HA."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Claudia Tenney describes the No Kings protests as "a bunch of aging hippies, riding nude on bicycles, dressing up in early Halloween, and looking absurd"

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 4h

In case you missed yesterday’s great news:

Chicago Mayor Calls For General Strike Against Trump, Paid-Protester-Lie Debunked, New Epstein Revelations, and Mike Johnson Once Again Flails On Sunday TV

The Resistance rises to new heights

www.dworkinsubstack.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

It’s really notable how — in just the past week — business lobbies have begun to push back on White House tariff, immigration and export/trade policy.

@wsj.com @cnbc.com @bloomberg.com @reuters.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

CHICAGO: “They took my son. He’s only 16. I just want my baby back.”

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 4h

They voted for that asshole out of bog-standard racism and sexism.

It had NOTHING to do with the economy.

Our media kept feeding the economy line BECAUSE it gave cover to the bog-standard racism & sexism at play.

People interested in the economy ask QUESTIONS about economic plans.

They DO NOT

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👣COCA👣 🇺🇦 🐸 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 4h

When the White House was the envy of the world...

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Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 4h

The tyrant tears the People's house down to raise a hall of mirrors. This is not a remodel, it’s an assault. The unmasking of a king. Our country is asleep while the echo of a republic bleeds out beneath the ballroom floor. These images should enrage every patriotic American.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

(CBS News) - A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

@macfarlanenews.bsky.social
www.cbsnews.com/news/pardone...

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 3h

Yesterday, a federal judge ruled that Gregory Bovino and other officials can be questioned under oath over agents using chemical agents on protesters, journalists, and clergy in Chicago. A lot of ICE agents still mistakenly think that they’ll never be held accountable. They will.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Mike Johnson is still calling the No Kings protests the "hate American rallies"

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3h

Demolition of the facade of the White House’s East Wing has begun. The demo is so Trump can build his big ballroom that is reportedly costing $250 million.

(Video via Getty)

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 3h

For the record, among the many appalling things about Karoline Leavitt, is her standing at a White House podium flashing her large crucifix.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3h

When we marched, we were not only protesting Trump’s assaults on civil liberties and the rule of law; we were standing up for the right of citizens to choose their own leaders. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

Trump’s Plan To Remain on His Throne