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John T. Fox

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Fundraising, Public Affairs, & Campaigns, based in Tampa Bay | Madeleine & Marin's Dad | Gin Enthusiast | Power, Politics, Sports, & Beagles

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Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 3h

What separates Trump from past bad presidents is that the others didn't care about X or Y group of people, but Trump doesn't care about *anyone.* AFAIK Trump is historically unique in not believing AT ALL that government should improve the lives of at least a minimum winning coalition of voters

Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 3h

How FEMA Is Forcing Disaster-Struck Towns to Fend for Themselves www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/c...

How FEMA Is Forcing Disaster-Struck Towns to Fend for Themselves

www.nytimes.com

John T. Fox @johntfox.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, a familiar (& confounding) sight every time I visit!

John T. Fox @johntfox.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe having a lawless, militarized police force running around masked, w/o identification, abducting folks off the streets has some negative externalities no one* could have forseen! 🤷🏻‍♂️

*actually, anyone

John T. Fox @johntfox.bsky.social · 1d

He represents my brother's lake house in the NEK, so.... Not entirely shocking?

Newport is a cool town, tho 😢

John T. Fox @johntfox.bsky.social · 1d

Looked up this VT state senator and yikes!

John T. Fox @johntfox.bsky.social · 1d

He who pays the piper calls the tune

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 2d

every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

John T. Fox @johntfox.bsky.social · 2d

Can't decide whether I love them, or they're a little too UGA/3rd Reich mash-up.

Either way, standing Buffalo throwbacks are the best!

John T. Fox @johntfox.bsky.social · 3d

LOL

John T. Fox @johntfox.bsky.social · 3d

He's just seething abt it lol

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 4d

“He said that Leo had urged U.S. bishops in particular to ‘speak with one voice’ on the issue. Cupich said he expected the November meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops would make immigration a top agenda item.”

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 4d

“Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, who accompanied the labor leaders, said that Leo was well aware of the situation on the ground.”

“‘I really didn’t have to tell him much at all, because he seemed to have a handle on what was going on,’ Cupich told the AP afterward.”

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 4d

“Pope Leo XIV urged labor union leaders from Chicago on Thursday to advocate for immigrants and welcome minorities into their ranks, weighing in as the Trump administration crackdown on immigrants intensifies in the pontiff’s hometown.” chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 4d

Many historians of Rome identify Roman generals becoming the personal sources of payment for their armies as a key step in the downfall of the Republic, since it personalized military authority and freed armies to fight for their immediate leader, who paid them, instead of for the Republic

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 4d

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Steve Hofstetter @stevehofstetter.bsky.social · 5d

More than half of ALL government shut down days in the history of America have come under just one president.

Simply put, the man is a terrible leader.

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 5d

Blaise Ingoglia, DeSantis’ handpicked CFO, was asked about the postcard and if his DFS officers should have treated it as a threat. He said he never saw it but then said “I’m sure that’s not the only thing” when a reporter told him what it said.

Ingoglia also has ties to Susie Wiles.

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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 5d

via @youranonnews.bsky.social

CHICAGO: Trump's lawless goons (ICE) make a U-turn and smash into a woman's car, then proceed to arrest her by dragging her out of the vehicle.

John T. Fox @johntfox.bsky.social · 5d

Can't pardon for state crimes!

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 6d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 6d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

John T. Fox @johntfox.bsky.social · 6d

Lol

Minimum Trump +46 in all precincts surrounding Mountain Home

John T. Fox @johntfox.bsky.social · 6d

America[s] First!*

*outpost of sharia law? Lol

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 6d

Remember kids, “America First” means Trump took a $400 million bribe from Qatar—then signed an executive order saying an attack on them is an attack on us, and let them build an Air Force base on American soil.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 6d

I like how they gave the Nobel Prize to someone fighting for democracy in Venezuela, instead of someone sinking fishing boats off their coast.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 6d

We're spending $20B to bail out Argentina, but they cut USAID down to the bone, causing deaths around the world. The entire budget of USAID, the whole agency, was $21B last year. Shameful.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 6d

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

John T. Fox @johntfox.bsky.social · 6d

A take so bad the Pope had to weigh in

ngl, impressive

John T. Fox @johntfox.bsky.social · 6d

The giants have -34?!