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Jodi

@jodotcom.bsky.social

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Proud to be a TX Democrat. Politics interspersed w/ critters, flowers & landscapes. No DMs! I unfollow anyone who DMs. I block if added to lists of ppl in posts.

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Jodi @jodotcom.bsky.social · 26d

I know this is meant to be a joke, but somehow, it's not. It's a little too close to what is actually happening. 😔

The Onion @theonion.com · 26d

Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/

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Jodi @jodotcom.bsky.social · 46m

Judge blocks Trump firings during shutdown. link.apnews.com/view/66fa29f...

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston issued the emergency order after federal agencies on Friday started issuing layoff notices aimed at reducing the size of the federal government.

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Jodi @jodotcom.bsky.social · 2h

Trump is the only one that matters ... to Trump. 😜 crooksandliars.com/2025/10/trum...

Trump Tells World Leaders He's 'The Only One That Matters'

Demented Donald is drunk on narcissism, as usual.

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🎉 ZELD🅰️ 🎊 @zeldazellzelda.bsky.social · 10h

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

“.. the repercussions for the country’s political balance could be sweeping .. could let states cement Republican control of Congress.”

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Jodi @jodotcom.bsky.social · 2h

Trump First. Sad. www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...

Analysis: ‘America First’ is becoming ‘Trump First’ as the president eyes global power | CNN Politics

Donald Trump has his finger in an awful lot of global pies for a president who was supposed to put America first.

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Jodi @jodotcom.bsky.social · 2h

No Kings protests to draw historic turnout. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

‘No Kings’ protests could draw historic turnout in pushback against Trump, organizers say

"The anger level is way higher" than it was earlier this year, which will drive up turnout, organizer says. GOP accuses protesters of hating America.

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Jodi @jodotcom.bsky.social · 2h

Fair elections at stake. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Fair Elections — and Perhaps Control of Congress — at Stake as SCOTUS Hears Challenge to VRA

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

Jodi @jodotcom.bsky.social · 2h

TX Planned Parenthood survives anyway. www.texastribune.org/2025/10/15/t...

How Texas Planned Parenthood is surviving without public funds

Texas’ Planned Parenthood has lost half its clinics, but they continue to see thousands of patients a year.

www.texastribune.org

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

RFK Jr. is pushing partisan politics and conspiracy theories over science and facts.

A bipartisan group of ACTUAL doctors and experts sounded the alarm on how dangerous it is to have RFK Jr. at the helm of the nation's health care system.