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Paul Graf
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Retired lawyer. Moderate. Dog lover, cat tolerator. Grandfather. Vietnam vet. History, international relations, national security, high-profile litigation, economics, and a little politics.
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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · Jul 31
𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘈 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩. –𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘋. 𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘵
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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 7h
Yes. I'm afraid so.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h
MILLER TABAK: “.. Something important did change last week ..

“.. With the market priced for perfection and some new concerns showing up about the ROI of the massive spending on AI, .. the odds that we’ll see something more than a tiny decline in the stock market have risen considerably.”
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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 7h
Where do I vote?
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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 16h
We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h
As I got to know them, they gave me a $400m plane.

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Fher Kjell @fherdinand.bsky.social · 11h
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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 8h
A local TV station in Portland reported that a LifeFlight helicopter had been shined, forcing it to divert from the hospital it was heading to and land some distance away, requiring the patient to be transported by ambulance back to the hospital. That delay cound have resulted in the patient's death
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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 8h
The image is a meme that combines a religious painting with a humorous and cynical caption. The painting depicts a figure resembling Jesus comforting Donald Trump. The text at the top of the image reads, "DON'T WORRY, YOU'LL ENJOY HELL". The text at the bottom says, "THERE'S PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU THERE". The meme's humor comes from the juxtaposition of a sacred image with a dark, sarcastic message about finding comfort in a place of eternal punishment.
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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 8h
Seriously? Meal Team Six wasn't in compliance with the Army's physical standards? But I'll bet they passed their ACFT the last time they took them - at least on paper. 🤣
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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 14h
The Texas Military Department confirmed to @taskandpurpose.com it had replaced some of the 200 National Guard troops sent to Chicago for not being "in compliance" with validation standards. This came after photos of heavyset NG members were widely mocked. taskandpurpose.com/news/texas-n...
Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois after failing to meet standards
An unspecified amount of Texas National Guard troops were replaced in Chicago, shortly after photos of their appearance were mocked.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 10h
"I voted for Trump. I didn't expect [him to cut health care.]"
Longtime Florida insurance agent Alan Reynolds, 65, predicts many of his customers will allow their policies to lapse when the price hikes become clear. An independent who leans conservative, Reynolds, of Port St. Lucie, called Obamacare flawed but said he favors the continuation of the enhanced subsidies “and not pulling the rug out from under people.” His family is also affected. The loss of his wife’s subsidy means she is likely to pay about $1,200 or more each month, up from about $500 in 2024, he said. “I voted for Trump,” Reynolds said. “I didn’t expect this.”
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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 8h
If the Dems don't manage to get these subsidies reinstated, we're going to see the mother of all FAFOs in red states.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 10h
I remember canvassing in 2018, talking to a Republican who was undecided.

I said Rs had nearly kicked millions off their health insurance and would try again if they won.

“They said they weren’t actually cutting health care” he said to me, clearly in partial disbelief but wishing it were true.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 10h
"I voted for Trump. I didn't expect [him to cut health care.]"
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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 8h
She's not wrong.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 8h
"When subsidies disappear, and a lot of these people find that their health insurance is suddenly unaffordable, you’re not going to have very many of them saying, 'It’s OK, because at least we’ve kept those illegal aliens from going to the emergency room.' They’re going to scream bloody murder."
Transcript: Marjorie Taylor Greene Tirade Wrecks Trump Shutdown Stance
As Greene admits the GOP is screwing the country on health care, a leading congressional scholar explains how Greene accidentally revealed the surprising weakness of Trump’s position in the shutdown standoff.
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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 8h
It was the best of times.
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Introvert Problems @introvertproblems.bsky.social · 6d
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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 9h
involved in public matters as well as its own modernization (Vatican Council II). A very popular pope, as Leo shows signs of being, and like Pope John, unlikely to be very popular with conservatives.
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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 9h
In a new video, Pope Leo says American bishops need a “stronger, more unified voice” to defend migrants against Trump's deportation raids. “The church cannot be silent," he says.

In some ways Pope Leo reminds me of Pope John XXIII (in office 1958-1963), who believed the Catholic Church needed to be
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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 11h
Then they should have left the lower court orders in place until they issued their opinions. That's the way these things are done. It's also not what they did. I'm pretty sure they'll be heard this term.
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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 14h
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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 14h
The image shows a screenshot of a Twitter post by Andrew Tate with a quote from the movie Dazed and Confused overlaid on it. The quote "Be a lot cooler if you did" is from the character David Wooderson, played by Matthew McConaughey. The original tweet by Andrew Tate states, "I would never kill myself". The tweet was posted on February 5, 2023, and had 4.4 million views. Andrew Tate is a controversial online personality and former kickboxer. The quote is a meme format often used to express a desire for someone to do something they have stated they would not do.
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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 14h
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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 14h
-handcuffed an alderperson inside a hospital -Stormed through suburban parks to try and catch nannies walking babies -they are masked, wear no names, 'arrest' with no warrants, and will kill you if you try to fight back -71 percent of the people taken have no criminal history, most are just trying to work through the slow process of naturalization As I write this, I'm seeing live footage of them raiding Home Depot and receiving reports of them detaining 18 Uber drivers at O'Hare. If you're outside of Chicago and weren't aware of what's happening here, now you know. This is not okay. Nobody should be pretending this is okay. Chicago is my favorite place in the whole world. I have lived here for 28 years and I have never felt so profoundly unsafe until this week. And it's not because of gangs or crime or unhoused people or drug users or migrants. I feel unsafe because there are militarized units with loaded guns in the school parking lots of my district, kidnapping my neighbors. Now please enjoy my family photo, taken last night while trying to salvage Craig's birthday and preserve normalcy for our children at one of this city's incredible restaurants. I made this post public so that it can be shared. B I will also post footage and media links in my comments. facebook.com/share/p/1CCbT1...
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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 14h
At 10 AM, ICE arrived fully alarmed near Ravenswood Elementary, a local public school where many of our friends go and teach. I spoke directly with my dear friend who teaches there immediately after it happened and, as you can imagine, she was terrified and traumatized. At 10:15, ICE was reported outside a local daycare, where many of our neighborhood kiddos go. As the day unfolded, at least 8 of our neighbors were detained, and there were dozens of confirmed ICE sightings outside local schools and businesses. Craig and I spent a collective 10 hours patrolling our daughters' school. Several schools went into lockdown, following the same protocol response we'd follow for an active shooter. Elsewhere in the city, in the last 2-3 weeks ICE has: -killed a young father after he dropped his son off at school, the agent sustained minor injuries -shot a woman 5 times and tried to blame her for provocation (body cam footage proves otherwise) -shot a priest in the head with a pepper bullet while he prayed at a protest -teargassed dozens of Chicago police -teargassed reporters and non-violent protestors -stormed a building with helicopters, arresting (among criminals) US citizens who had done nothing wrong, including zip tying 4 children, torn from their beds in the middle of the night barely clothed and not allowed to dress -detained a family while their children played in the fountains at Millennium Park
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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 14h
I'm just going to leave this here.

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TrumpFile.org @TrumpFile ICE is attempting to take children out of schools and daycares, knowing full well that even American kids won't have identification. On Facebook, a mother in Chicago shared her own experience today and asked others to share, too. Pasted below, link at the end: Yesterday started like many others. Craig made us coffee. My neighbor offered us some freshly baked scones. The girls ate their breakfast, excited for a three day weekend and their daddy's birthday. At 8:15 AM, we learned that an elderly man had been tackled by border control in a nearby alley. At 8:30 AM, ICE detained two landscapers near Foster and Lincoln, a few blocks away. The entire neighborhood came out to help by recording and protesting, one of whom happened to be a WGN producer. She was violently abducted. ICE slammed into a neighbor's parked car during their rapid getaway and kept right on driving. At 9 AM, our school principal initiated our rapid response network and hundreds of parent, staff, and communities mobilized to patrol our school in support of our at-risk families and to allow our children to safely play and learn outdoors.
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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 14h
From the "Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics" file:

This chart doesn't show that parents are spending less than 1 hour per day with children. It shows that 85-year-olds are spending less than 1 hour per day with children.
The image is a screenshot of a social media post by a user named Andy Slamans. The post features a graph from a book titled "The 5 Types of Wealth" by Sahil Bloom. The graph, titled "TIME SPENT WITH CHILDREN," shows a bell-shaped curve illustrating the number of hours per day spent with children over a person's lifetime. The post's text argues that America's core problem is parenting, and that the time spent with children is too low to achieve anything worthwhile. The graph is from the book "The 5 Types of Wealth" by Sahil Bloom. The graph shows the average hours per day a person spends with their children over their lifetime. The text in the post claims that time spent with children is a critical issue in America. The highest amount of time is spent with children around the ages of 36 to 42.
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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 15h
"Thoughtful." I'll bet.
Johnson says he had 'thoughtful' conversation with MTG about bucking Republicans on healthcare
"I'm carving my own lane," Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote on X last week.
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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 16h
Only good guys have ethical dilemmas.

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The image is a screenshot of a tweet by Derek Guy. The tweet expresses the author's internal conflict about making money ethically to afford a home, contrasting it with the President of the United States selling what the author refers to as "fake rolexes." The image also includes a graphic showing six watches, with four watches labeled "Trump" and two labeled "Rolex" and "Patek." The tweet is from Derek Guy, a writer known for his menswear blog. He is discussing the ethical dilemma of making money to afford a home. He contrasts his struggle with the President of the United States selling watches. The watches shown in the graphic are labeled as "Trump" watches, alongside Rolex and Patek Philippe models.
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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 17h
Jordan steps on the rake again.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
JORDAN: Comey is where weaponization all started. 9 years ago he took the dossier--

BASH: But that's not what he's being prosecuted for

JORDAN: I'm just saying, you want to talk about weaponization, that's where it started

BASH: So this is retribution then
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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 18h
I wish that 🤣 emojis came with a built-in laugh track.
Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian. 42m Mike Johnson: "Republicans are the party that are fixing healthcare. We just demonstrated that in the One Big Beautiful Bill."
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