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jim0novak.bsky.social @jim0novak.bsky.social · 2h

“If this is so, which it is”. 🫠

jim0novak.bsky.social @jim0novak.bsky.social · 2h

“Is Schumer some intern at the White House”?

jim0novak.bsky.social @jim0novak.bsky.social · 2h

So, in sum: a fairly good week for the president. 🥸

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jim0novak.bsky.social @jim0novak.bsky.social · 2h

To be fair, lawmakers also “took race into account” in drawing their preferred lines.

jim0novak.bsky.social @jim0novak.bsky.social · 2h

So … sort of just like the current Supreme Court majority.

jim0novak.bsky.social @jim0novak.bsky.social · 3h

I don’t think we’ve quite grasped the extent of mental illness today.

While there is a crisis of more ordinary persons who need access to mental health care, what’s astounding is how many persons with such access lack guidance in their lives that would get them to it.

jim0novak.bsky.social @jim0novak.bsky.social · 3h

To which the obvious follow up is:

“If you don’t know anything then why are you here?”

jim0novak.bsky.social @jim0novak.bsky.social · 3h

To which the appropriate follow up is:

“But that’s not true.”

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jim0novak.bsky.social @jim0novak.bsky.social · 5h

To be fair, the Corrupt Six never believed in the Constitution to begin with.

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jim0novak.bsky.social @jim0novak.bsky.social · 5h

The return to constitutional order should be non-negotiable.

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jim0novak.bsky.social @jim0novak.bsky.social · 14h

It’s also the core of why Maga is wrong for America.

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Albert Dros @albertdros.bsky.social · 1d

Back from Colorado. Loved the fall colours.

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jim0novak.bsky.social @jim0novak.bsky.social · 20h

Why?

Because anarchy is the tyranny of a whole population against each other. — Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali, 12th century Persian philosopher.

jim0novak.bsky.social @jim0novak.bsky.social · 20h

100 years of standard Obama-Biden tyranny does less damage than 1 year of Trumpist chaos.

IOW: what took a century to build up can be destroyed in short order by lack of vigilance against fascism.

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jim0novak.bsky.social @jim0novak.bsky.social · 20h

The U.S. Constitution's Army Clause (Article I, Section 8) requires that congressional appropriations to raise and support armies must be for a term no longer than two years.

They feared standing armies.

The Founders were more radical anti-fascists than common knowledge would expect.

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Adam Jewell Photography @adamjewell.bsky.social · 6d

Morning autumn storm clouds hover over the Teton Mountain Range at Schwabacher Landing along the Snake River at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.

#nationalparks #grandteton #schwabacherlanding #snakeriver #photography #gtnp #wyomingphotography #nature

Prints —> adamjewell.com/featured/tet...

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jim0novak.bsky.social @jim0novak.bsky.social · 1d

Well, it’s not analyzing the video so much as just summarizing what ICE is saying about the incident.

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jim0novak.bsky.social @jim0novak.bsky.social · 1d

Kidnapping Sinaloa style.

Trump has brought Mexican gang violence to the U.S. — by authorizing them to kidnap Americans.

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MontanaRoots @montanaroots.bsky.social · 4d

A pretty little spot along the trail on today’s #hike 🏔️
#scape #photography

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jim0novak.bsky.social @jim0novak.bsky.social · 1d

Spending the $1.5 largely obviates the need for billions for rural hospitals. 🙄

jim0novak.bsky.social @jim0novak.bsky.social · 1d

Decades of SCOTUS ignoring the original intent of the Founders and the plain text of the Constitution on a range of crime-related matters have brought us to this abolishment of liberty.

Just go back to basics where a standing army was feared and the Feds did little policing.

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jim0novak.bsky.social @jim0novak.bsky.social · 1d

Ergo, Republicans packed the Supreme Court.

It’s time for Democrats to unpack it.

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jim0novak.bsky.social @jim0novak.bsky.social · 1d

Turns out: they have lifetime appointments too.

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jim0novak.bsky.social @jim0novak.bsky.social · 1d

It’s as if the Hounds of Hell have been unleashed on the oppressed of Chicago.

“Please, Mr. Trump, save us before the last hallelujah is sung.”

jim0novak.bsky.social @jim0novak.bsky.social · 1d

And here Dems were worried about Homan’s $50k bribe.