Joan Bailie
@jbailie.bsky.social
♥️urban/suburb/people/nature/garden/beach/. Studied & continue to learn re faith, science, psychology, art, & education. We need to do better at education, healthcare, civil rights. Progressive. Debate & ideas welcome.
NO flirting/NO $$/NO investing.✝️🎄☮️🌻🕎☃️
NO flirting/NO $$/NO investing.✝️🎄☮️🌻🕎☃️
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Joan Bailie
@jbailie.bsky.social
· Jan 15
a picture of martin luther king jr. with an american flag behind him
ALT: a picture of martin luther king jr. with an american flag behind him
media.tenor.com
We are definitely in danger from “sincere ignorance”
"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."
Martin Luther King Jr.
From Strength to Love.
"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."
Martin Luther King Jr.
From Strength to Love.
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Keep calm and carry on.
We will not be defeated. #RESIST
Do it for your health and for your country. ✊
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
We will not be defeated. #RESIST
Do it for your health and for your country. ✊
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer
Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.
www.motherjones.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Keep calm and carry on.
We will not be defeated. #RESIST
Do it for your health and for your country. ✊
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
We will not be defeated. #RESIST
Do it for your health and for your country. ✊
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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If you love freedom but don’t care if it applies to everyone, what you actually love is privilege.
December 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
If you love freedom but don’t care if it applies to everyone, what you actually love is privilege.
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Are the Republicans in serious trouble going into 2026?
December 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Are the Republicans in serious trouble going into 2026?
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"Local businesses were ready to push back. Posted on store- and restaurant-front windows were signs: 'Private area', '4th Amendment Workplace' and 'There’s always room at our table, but to enter past this point, we’ll need to see a warrant signed by a judge'...”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘We’ll need to see a warrant’: the group teaching businesses a vital tool to fight ICE raids
Siembra in North Carolina gives owners fourth amendment rights trainings should federal agents show up at their door
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"Local businesses were ready to push back. Posted on store- and restaurant-front windows were signs: 'Private area', '4th Amendment Workplace' and 'There’s always room at our table, but to enter past this point, we’ll need to see a warrant signed by a judge'...”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon & adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸
December 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon & adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸
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Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation used unsealed documents showing that Trump-aligned political action committees (PACs) and the campaign's general fund paid millions to organizers of the Jan. 6 "Save America" rally, including funds for travel, hotels, and a busing program for attendees.
December 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation used unsealed documents showing that Trump-aligned political action committees (PACs) and the campaign's general fund paid millions to organizers of the Jan. 6 "Save America" rally, including funds for travel, hotels, and a busing program for attendees.
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"The danger is once you compile all this information, then hackers only have to go to one place instead of going to all 50-plus jurisdictions that run elections... It’s a hacker’s dream to have all of this private, sensitive information collected somewhere..."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
www.motherjones.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"The danger is once you compile all this information, then hackers only have to go to one place instead of going to all 50-plus jurisdictions that run elections... It’s a hacker’s dream to have all of this private, sensitive information collected somewhere..."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Alina Habba, a former personal attorney to President Donald Trump, announced Monday that she will step down as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor a week after an appeals court disqualified her from the role. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
After Court-Ordered Disqualification, Alina Habba To ‘Step Down’ as Acting U.S. Attorney
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Alina Habba, a former personal attorney to President Donald Trump, announced Monday that she will step down as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor a week after an appeals court disqualified her from the role. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) will potentially treat opponents of President Donald Trump’s policies as “domestic terrorists,” according to a leaked memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi to all U.S. law enforcement agencies. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Leaked Memo: DOJ To List, Target Anti-Trump Activists as ‘Domestic Terrorists’
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The Department of Justice (DOJ) will potentially treat opponents of President Donald Trump’s policies as “domestic terrorists,” according to a leaked memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi to all U.S. law enforcement agencies. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Someone said patriarchy is putting the sexual satisfaction of men in higher priority than the survival of women and children and I can't unsee it
December 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Someone said patriarchy is putting the sexual satisfaction of men in higher priority than the survival of women and children and I can't unsee it
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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ICE is using a new app called Mobile Fortify to scan people's faces and determine their immigration status.
The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
Face Recognition and the ‘Trump Terror’: A Marriage Made in Hell | ACLU
ICE and CBP are smashing their way not only through car windows but also through any constraints on the use of face recognition
www.aclu.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
ICE is using a new app called Mobile Fortify to scan people's faces and determine their immigration status.
The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
THIS is something we must resist, if resisting illegal orders in the military folds, disloyalty to Trump and his admin among civilians will easily follow. We must pray, protest, write to lawmakers, boycott retailers who support MAGA, campaign, & VOTE against fascism.
The FBI interview orders are not the peak, they’re the test run.
Next comes stretching ‘illegal orders’ to mean disobedience itself, then disciplining anyone who resists.
This is how an administration turns the chain of command into a loyalty chain, one investigation at a time.
Next comes stretching ‘illegal orders’ to mean disobedience itself, then disciplining anyone who resists.
This is how an administration turns the chain of command into a loyalty chain, one investigation at a time.
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
THIS is something we must resist, if resisting illegal orders in the military folds, disloyalty to Trump and his admin among civilians will easily follow. We must pray, protest, write to lawmakers, boycott retailers who support MAGA, campaign, & VOTE against fascism.
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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I'm wondering if Kegseth is hell-bent on going after Mark Kelly because he outranked him. Small men do that kind of thing.
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I'm wondering if Kegseth is hell-bent on going after Mark Kelly because he outranked him. Small men do that kind of thing.
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Pamela Jo has until December 20th to release the Epstein files. She must include explanations for everything she redacts or withholds.
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Pamela Jo has until December 20th to release the Epstein files. She must include explanations for everything she redacts or withholds.
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Breaking: The six Democrats now confirmed they've been contacted by the FBI.
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Breaking: The six Democrats now confirmed they've been contacted by the FBI.
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
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Republicans have no credibility on the issue of health care.
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Republicans have no credibility on the issue of health care.
Please read through this thread. The fascist movement in the USA is not just a random collection of goofy individuals, your oddest relatives, or outlier narcissists.
There are organized well-funded influential groups making strategic moves to suppress voting and control government. #RESIST
There are organized well-funded influential groups making strategic moves to suppress voting and control government. #RESIST
Texas Young Republicans are calling upon TX lawmakers to pass a law allowing Governor Abbott to put blue TX cities into receivership. They say the State Leadership Initiative (SLI)—co-founded by Nate Fischer of New Founding — suggested the idea. New Founding partner Nathan Halberstadt loves it. 1/
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Please read through this thread. The fascist movement in the USA is not just a random collection of goofy individuals, your oddest relatives, or outlier narcissists.
There are organized well-funded influential groups making strategic moves to suppress voting and control government. #RESIST
There are organized well-funded influential groups making strategic moves to suppress voting and control government. #RESIST
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5/ I’ve been warning about the State Leadership Initiative for a while. bsky.app/profile/jenn...
New pro-Trump group, the State Leadership Initiative (SLI), is “writing the blueprint for dismantling bureaucracy in every red state.” Nate Fischer—a founder of New Founding, which is backed by DOGE advisor Marc Andreessen—is an SLI co-founder. The board includes Heritage president Kevin Roberts. 1/
New Group Aims To Dismantle Red State Bureaucracies
The State Leadership Initiative is a coalition-building organization aimed at ensuring 'red states' operate in GOP voters' best interests.
thefederalist.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
5/ I’ve been warning about the State Leadership Initiative for a while. bsky.app/profile/jenn...
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“David D Kirkpatrick spent months tallying how much the Trump family has pocketed off Trump’s time in the White House… unimaginable without his presidencies: profits from overseas deals and at least five different crypto ventures.” @newyorker.com
Total so far: $3.4 BILLION
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Total so far: $3.4 BILLION
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![New Yorker Chart by Francesco Muzzi: How much money is Trump really making off the presidency?
Total as of August 2025: $3.4 BILLION
Crypto: $2.37 BILLION
Finance: $339.6 million
Other incl private jet: $277.7 million
Hospitality: $270.8 million
Media: $116 million
David D. Kirkpatrick spent months tallying up how much the Trump family has pocketed off Trump’s time in the White House—golf course by golf course, crypto deal by crypto deal.
Donald Trump’s immediate family is making a dizzying sum of money that would be unimaginable without his Presidencies, including profits from overseas deals and at least five different crypto ventures.
David Kirkpatrick “decided to attempt to tally up just how much Trump and his immediate family have pocketed off his time in the White House [as of August 2025].” A reasonable estimate, he thinks: $3.4 BILLION.
For more, please read The Number: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/18/the-number](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:um3dlpu4s64lwq4lmqyo3dni/bafkreidv3b46rv4c7ksxdcoq6ot2we3atpenf3inx2itbwckh4ies3dfyq@jpeg)
August 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“David D Kirkpatrick spent months tallying how much the Trump family has pocketed off Trump’s time in the White House… unimaginable without his presidencies: profits from overseas deals and at least five different crypto ventures.” @newyorker.com
Total so far: $3.4 BILLION
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Total so far: $3.4 BILLION
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Bessent: "you can beat inflation by moving to a red state."
I am telling you, Bessent is a fucking moron!
So fucking stupid.
I would go in to all the dumb shit he is doing to the IRS, but there is only so many words.
#Bessent
I am telling you, Bessent is a fucking moron!
So fucking stupid.
I would go in to all the dumb shit he is doing to the IRS, but there is only so many words.
#Bessent
Scott Bessent Gives Deranged Financial Advice on Beating Inflation
Trump’s treasury secretary faced backlash after offering particularly dense advice to Americans worried about inflation.
newrepublic.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Bessent: "you can beat inflation by moving to a red state."
I am telling you, Bessent is a fucking moron!
So fucking stupid.
I would go in to all the dumb shit he is doing to the IRS, but there is only so many words.
#Bessent
I am telling you, Bessent is a fucking moron!
So fucking stupid.
I would go in to all the dumb shit he is doing to the IRS, but there is only so many words.
#Bessent