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Jeff Holcomb

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I celebrate diversity and history. Former futures trader, current teacher. Chicago is home.

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Jeff Holcomb @jeffholcomb.bsky.social · Feb 12

Owners and proponents of crypto have a direct incentive to create chaos and dysfunction. Think Silicon Valley Bank, but the entire economy. They have now bought themselves into positions of great power. Hard to see how it ends well.

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I may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 10h

It's so deeply unserious.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

The House Oversight Committee has issued a 93-page report on Biden’s use of the autopen, a fairly standard practice among U.S. presidents, and called on the DOJ to investigate.

This is the longest full shutdown in U.S. history, and this is what House Republicans are up to. trib.al/OGVwGsH

Republicans Decide to Focus on Biden Autopen as Shutdown Stretches On

This is the longest full shutdown in U.S. history, and this is what House Republicans are up to.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

Kash fired the guy he thinks outed him for taking another private jet flight to see his girlfriend sing.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 15h

The Trump Administration is basically claiming the right to kill anyone anywhere for any reason or for no reason, with no evidence provided or accountability to Congress or the American people.

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 15h

“It’s a wild claim of executive authority…It is usurping Congress’s authority over the use of military force.”

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Trump administration tells Congress war law doesn’t apply to cartel strikes

The Office of Legal Counsel told select lawmakers that the executive branch is not bound by the War Powers Resolution, which requires congressional approval for any military action that exceeds 60 day...

www.washingtonpost.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 15h

Ongoing. Sheriff's officers, state troopers and NIPAS continue pushing the small remaining group of protesters away from the detention center.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18h

Obama: They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and D.E.I. For every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? D.E.I.. Wife mad at you? D.E.I..

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Jeff Holcomb @jeffholcomb.bsky.social · 15h

This is exactly why there is a 25th Amendment.

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Jeff Holcomb @jeffholcomb.bsky.social · 15h

Looks like a Chicago Metra stop.

Jeff Holcomb @jeffholcomb.bsky.social · 18h

Ya got a flat tire......DEI.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 23h

That's a lot of military hardware to position and not go to war. A lot.

M🍁tthew Hay Br🏈wn @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 1d

Eight warships, a nuclear-powered attack submarine, a floating base for Special Operations and an aircraft carrier on the way

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

These are the U.S. ships and aircraft massing off Venezuela

The large-scale buildup of U.S. military forces and assets in the Caribbean suggests that the Trump administration is preparing to expand operations.

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Jeff Holcomb @jeffholcomb.bsky.social · 1d

In Evanston and Albany Park earlier. Understand the copters are near Pilsen now. Stay safe!

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 1d

Astounding levels of aggression against obviously nonthreatening nonviolent protestors and bystanders. Border Patrol and ICE are so fundamentally broken as institutions.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

JD Vance drew a broad backlash this week after he said that he hoped that his wife, Usha Vance, who is of Indian heritage and was raised in a Hindu family, would eventually convert to his own Catholic faith.

JD Vance Says He Hopes Usha Vance Embraces Christianity, Setting Off Backlash

Critics included some Indian Americans, who said the remarks did not respect the religious decisions of Usha Vance, who grew up in a Hindu household.

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Jeff Holcomb @jeffholcomb.bsky.social · 1d

In Chicago I'm hearing choppers are headed towards Pilsen. Be safe neighbors.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 2d

The President of the United States is so upset about his failed campaign for a Nobel Prize that he's now trying to claim someone else's prize as his own.

Pathetic.

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FeministSociologistPhD @femsocphd.bsky.social · 2d

Just when we thought Trump couldn't go lower, he had the AUDACITY to call BIDEN ugly.🤬

You know what to do and who the hideous one is.

#FuglyFascistFelon

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 1d

He’s going to rename it the Trump Center.

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Jeff Holcomb @jeffholcomb.bsky.social · 1d

Ask anyone in Chicago about the quality of Trump construction projects. His idea of high-end quality is shoddy at best.

Jeff Holcomb @jeffholcomb.bsky.social · 1d

What lengths would Trump/Vance go to divert our attention? For the Epsteinth time?

Jeff Holcomb @jeffholcomb.bsky.social · 1d

This is so messed up. I write this post. Next day, an online ad in @nytimes.com appears, saying this: "Sherum CozyHead Beanie, a 70-year-old engineer designed this winter hat"

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thekittiegirls.bsky.social @thekittiegirls.bsky.social · 1d

They hot Albany Park hard this morning.

Jeff Holcomb @jeffholcomb.bsky.social · 1d

Stolen: "Mike Johnson won't take the turkey out of the freezer until it's thawed"

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 1d

And there it is...

Announcement is made that the US House will be out of session again next week

They haven't voted since mid-September

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Jeff Holcomb @jeffholcomb.bsky.social · 1d

I'm hearing there were choppers over Bucktown as well. Random border patrol guys on scooters in Old Town.

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 1d

Choppers overhead all morning. ICE caravans driving around. Evanston/Skokie schools & some local Catholic schools on lockdown.

This happens in multiple places around Chicago every fucking day.

Even Halloween.

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Jeff Holcomb @jeffholcomb.bsky.social · 1d

Where?