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Jean on the Left Coast

@jeaninparadise.bsky.social

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Fighting to save democracy. Fine artist, oil painter, dog lover, writer, chess player, trying to find the sense of humor I lost in 2016. Don't expect to find it again until 2028. Maybe. NO porn, crypto or hooking up. 🚫 NO DMs

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Jean on the Left Coast @jeaninparadise.bsky.social · Jul 3

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Jean on the Left Coast @jeaninparadise.bsky.social · 12h

Mike Johnson is an infuriating little weasel.

Jean on the Left Coast @jeaninparadise.bsky.social · 13h

We hope he lives long enough to see it.

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SassySenora701 @sassysenior70.bsky.social · 14h

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Jean on the Left Coast @jeaninparadise.bsky.social · 13h

Just calling them drug traffickers and blowing them up means he can declare anyone a criminal and just have them killed.

Remember when he was admiring president Duarte’s murdering of thousands of suspected drug traffickers in the Philippines? He’s trying to do the same thing here.

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Jean on the Left Coast @jeaninparadise.bsky.social · 14h

MAGA was so afraid that Biden had dementia and was too old to be reelected so they elected an old guy with dementia, paranoia and a long list of grievances.

Good times.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 15h

Sadists. Truly sick people.

ICE is thoroughly un-American.

Don't you want to know—as I do—how many of these armed, masked, warrantless, insignia-less, nameless, essentially untrained Big Government goons are Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Three Percenters and other J6 runoff? apnews.com/article/immi...

ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.

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Jean on the Left Coast @jeaninparadise.bsky.social · 15h

It's dangerous times when there's woke frogs overrunning our streets.

Jean on the Left Coast @jeaninparadise.bsky.social · 16h

The usual, "I haven't seen it, I haven't read about it, I don't know" response.

Jean on the Left Coast @jeaninparadise.bsky.social · 16h

An extremely small crown for the king with an extremely small penis.

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Jean on the Left Coast @jeaninparadise.bsky.social · 1d

Earlier this year, the Department of Homeland Security handed a massive aviation contract, potentially worth nearly $1 billion, to a relatively new company with no federal contracting experience, following an opaque and seemingly hurried process.

How a new firm with DHS ties won a $915 million contract to help immigrants "self-deport"

The “rushed” deal was handed to a firm with “no track record” as a federal contractor, a rival's lawsuit alleges.

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Jean on the Left Coast @jeaninparadise.bsky.social · 1d

The Gestapo could arrest and accuse individuals without question, operating with a high degree of secrecy and power. 2/2

Jean on the Left Coast @jeaninparadise.bsky.social · 1d

ICE=Gestapo
The Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. It was a tool for the regime to enforce its rule by arresting and persecuting anyone deemed to be an enemy or threat to the government. Its main purpose was to investigate and suppress dissent against the Nazi Party. 1/2

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Authoritarianism is a cancer. And it's growing, metastasizing. In America. Now.

YOU are the cure. Do your part and join us on Saturday.

Do it for your country. For the Constitution. For your freedoms.

While you still can.

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Jean on the Left Coast @jeaninparadise.bsky.social · 1d

Keep pushing back. Do not comply with fascists.

Prominent news outlets reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline — The Washington Post

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new press policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

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Geneva -- The World Health Organization sounded the alarm Monday over soaring numbers of drug-resistant bacterial infections, compromising the effectiveness of life-saving treatments and rendering minor injuries and common infections potentially deadly.

Drug-resistant superbugs' spread surging, World Health Organization warns

The United Nations' health agency says the number of drug-resistant bacterial infections is surging, compromising life-saving treatments and rendering minor injuries and common infections potentially ...

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Jean on the Left Coast @jeaninparadise.bsky.social · 1d

As he declares war on his own citizens.

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Jean on the Left Coast @jeaninparadise.bsky.social · 2d

“I’m not sure I’m going to be able to make heaven, but I’ve made life a lot better for a lot of people,” Trump said.

No peace prize. No heaven. What’s a deluded despot to do?