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JDukakis

@jdukakis.bsky.social

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Another refugee from the Twitter abyss. Defender of mankind and occasional Death-to-MAGA troll (not literally)

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JDukakis @jdukakis.bsky.social · 20m

"Faithful" and "Cory Mills" should never appear in the same paragraph.

JDukakis @jdukakis.bsky.social · 45m

Given Bessent's frequent untrue utterances, those of us who work in Boston have something new to worry about. Vlad: please stay away.

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 1d

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · 15h

Boston looks forward to welcoming the world to our beautiful city, the cradle of liberty and city of champions.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."

JDukakis @jdukakis.bsky.social · 20h

A June Pew poll found that 62% of Argentines didn't think Trump would do the right thing for the world.

JDukakis @jdukakis.bsky.social · 1d

You'd think another caravan was headed our way.

JDukakis @jdukakis.bsky.social · 1d

A new entry in the Self-Serving Hall of Fame

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/13/o...

Mass. Democratic establishment should welcome newcomers, not protect the status quo - The Boston Globe

A robust antiestablishment energy is visible in Massachusetts.

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JDukakis @jdukakis.bsky.social · 1d

The Senate’s dumbest member.

Soon to be America’s dumbest governor.

JDukakis @jdukakis.bsky.social · 2d

More likely to get a Nobel or get into Heaven?

JDukakis @jdukakis.bsky.social · 3d

Not defending her behavior in the least but the reporter’s question was truly idiotic.

Katie Porter Videos Give California Rivals a New Opening www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Katie Porter Videos Give California Rivals a New Opening

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JDukakis @jdukakis.bsky.social · 4d

I think I need a more powerful microscope.

JDukakis @jdukakis.bsky.social · 4d

John Barron’s alive and well!

JDukakis @jdukakis.bsky.social · 4d

Whomever briefed him wasn’t able to dumb it down enough for him to sound even vaguely in-the-know.

JDukakis @jdukakis.bsky.social · 4d

A lot of us ruled out medicine because of all the math we thought was part of the training but apparently Dr. Oz was able to skip it.

JDukakis @jdukakis.bsky.social · 4d

Just think what Trump would do if HE had control over these minerals? He’d milk every drop of leverage out of them.

In Retaliatory Move, Trump Threatens 100% Tariffs on Chinese Goods www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

In Retaliatory Move, Trump Threatens 100% Tariffs on Chinese Goods

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JDukakis @jdukakis.bsky.social · 5d

Nice try but I already awarded myself the Nobel last night, around 8

JDukakis @jdukakis.bsky.social · 5d

You have to admire him for being able to “accomplish” all of this without lifting a finger or without being able to find most of the ex-combatants on a map.

JDukakis @jdukakis.bsky.social · 5d

Too much cutting in those first 2 clauses.

Ouch.

JDukakis @jdukakis.bsky.social · 5d

Cooking the medical books, like fine wine, takes time.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6d

Democrats should just start insisting that they saw very real videos of people rioting at Mar-a-Lago -- overturning golf carts, setting fire to the brunch buffet, stabbing busboys with carving knives, whatever -- and calling on Trump to send the Illinois National Guard there to restore order.

JDukakis @jdukakis.bsky.social · 6d

You’re going to need to wait 2 weeks.

JDukakis @jdukakis.bsky.social · 7d

Well he is a transformative POTUS.

Transforming the US into a state of constant chaos.

JDukakis @jdukakis.bsky.social · 7d

🙄

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/07/n...

Treasury defends lawfulness of minting a $1 Trump coin - The Boston Globe

The 1866 law enshrined a tradition that individuals could appear on US currency only posthumously to avoid the appearance that America was a monarchy.

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JDukakis @jdukakis.bsky.social · 8d

I don’t purport to be an expert on all the video games out there.

Is there a game called “Portland”?

JDukakis @jdukakis.bsky.social · 8d

One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?