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Joe

@bustersbuds.bsky.social

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Reporting life from the reality I find myself in. Husband, Father, MSW, LSW, LCADC, Healer, 🇺🇸, 🫶🌎, I am.

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Joe @bustersbuds.bsky.social · Jan 20

it’s hard to believe this, but isn’t holding on to faith at a moment like this the greatest display of that faith? #politics
If so, rejoice then. For the I AM who brought you here will surely not abandon you now. It’s now that we are carried. #Faith #LoveOverFear #LoveUsThroughThis #Loveanyway

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Joe @bustersbuds.bsky.social · 7h

This was right after he tried to grab her by the …

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8h

Nasty

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 8h

In honor of Charlie Kirk, the alleged free speech champion, Trump's State Department has revoked the visas of foreign individuals who made critical, disparaging comments after his assassination.

What weak, pathetic snowflakes and hypocrites.

Fragile, porcelain tea cups.

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Joe @bustersbuds.bsky.social · 8h

The next part of voting rights is about to fall apnews.com/article/supr...

Supreme Court takes up Republican attack on Voting Rights Act in case over Black representation

A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that's designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme Court this week, more than a decade after the justices knocked out an...

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Joe @bustersbuds.bsky.social · 8h

new policy championed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “gags Pentagon employees and threatens retaliation against reporters who seek out information that has not been pre-approved for release.”

www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/m...

Media outlets, including Fox News and CNN, refuse to sign Pentagon’s press access rules | CNN Business

The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Many news organizations are rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will n...

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 9h

I assume that every single journalist reading this understands that the *first question* to ask the State Department tomorrow morning is how quickly it will provide a list of foreign nationals banned from the United States for statements made about Democrats or Americans perceived to be left-leaning

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 10h

The biggest threat in Portland is getting caught in the the middle of an inflatable frog–unicorn dance-off.

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Joe @bustersbuds.bsky.social · 10h

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Trump and budget chief Vought are making this a government shutdown unlike any other

President Donald Trump is making this government shutdown unlike any the nation has ever seen. The White House's budget office headed by Russ Vought is deciding who gets paid or fired in an unpreceden...

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 11h

I'm sure the Supremes won't have any problem with this. It's what the founders certainly intended. Trump will be irreparably harmed if he can't ruthlessly punish his political opponents and any innocent collateral damage.

Just don't try to forgive student loans. That's where they draw the line.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

After bragging about permanently cutting "Democrat programs," Trump says "we're not closing up Republican programs."

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING: Major clashes in southeast Chicago this pm.

DHS agents who crashed a car had eggs thrown at them. According to ABC7, they then fired pepper balls at local residents. It’s now a scene of flying rocks & tear gas.

Chicago was never a war zone. But Trump’s militia is turning it into one.

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Katmcs @katmcs.bsky.social · 17h

I just texted four friends and told another about a protest in her area. Can you do the same? Make our voices and opinions heard! #NoKings

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www.nokings.org

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 14h

Dem staffers tell the people you work for that if they use the words 'across the aisle' or 'bipartisan', we're all gonna remember this shit come election time

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
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Joe @bustersbuds.bsky.social · 17h

And he should pay every dime.

Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 17h

Justice. "The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as a hoax staged by crisis actors." FactMatters apnews.com/article/supr...

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion defamation judgment in Sandy Hook shooting

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shoot...

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17h

If Mike Johnson was struck by lightning after he told one of these lies, I'd start going to church.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

FOX: You said last week that you would swear in Grijalva whenever she wants. She has written a letter to your office. You have not sworn her in. Doesn't your resistance add fuel to the fire that this is about Epstein?

MIKE JOHNSON: No. This is another partisan manufactured thing

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Joe @bustersbuds.bsky.social · 17h

You’re right Sen. fight like hell. Stand tall in the light of your values.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 17h

Good morning.

Democrats have no obligation to vote for a budget that funds corruption and totalitarianism.

Trump is willing to do whatever it takes to destroy our democracy and pad the pockets of billionaires.

People don't want Democrats to wilt. They want us to fight.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

The American founders didn't expect Mike Johnson. www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...

The Speaker of the House Is Abetting Authoritarianism

Every Trump needs his Johnson: a flunky who will rationalize his crimes.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

In case you got lost in the steaming pile of bullshit Speaker Johnson’s been shoveling, the shutdown fight Democrats are holding the line on is about healthcare for hard-working Americans.

Leader Jeffries isn’t flinching, isn’t wobbling; he’s been consistent and hasn’t wavered on this issue.

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Joe @bustersbuds.bsky.social · 1d

Trump and co. Now bragging about the control they have over the GOP led congress. It seems the real snowflakes have always been the GOP.

Joe @bustersbuds.bsky.social · 1d

Right. As if he isn’t involved in those decisions. Spare us.

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Jimmy Carl @jimmycarl.bsky.social · 1d

This is his go-to answer. He always says he doesn't know, hasn't seen it, or needs to learn more about it.

There's only two choices here: he's willfully ignorant or he's lying. Neither are acceptable for a Speaker of the House.

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Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 1d

On Indigenous Peoples Day I recognize the extraordinary history of Native communities, and the work left to do to reconcile the injustices they’ve faced and still do from our government.

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Joe @bustersbuds.bsky.social · 1d

So special education is not a priority to this administration. They are cruel, ignorant, and radical fanatics of their ideology. There is no limit to whose life they will play politics with. This government is pathetic and weak.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?

MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know