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Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 53m

That all made sense, except for two key words: “literary multiformity.” I’ll check with Mx. Google, but if you’ve got a simple explanation, I’d appreciate it.

Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 20h

There have been a dozen Presidents of the USA since I was born. That list includes Nixon (who was a crook), Reagan (who started the dismantling of the American social safety net), and Presidents who couldn’t keep their pants zipped. Trump is an entirely different kind of horror.

Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 21h

<- We are not a functional nation with a rule of law any longer, and those toppled walls in the East Wing are a pretty stark reminder of that.”
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Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 21h

“We are not living in a functional democracy any longer. It’s not too late to save it, but it is just important to acknowledge that we aren’t on the precipice of losing our democracy. We are losing it every single day. ->
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Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 21h

“That’s the story with the killings in the Caribbean, as well. The president just doesn’t believe that any law applies to him, that he can destroy federal property, that he can steal from American citizens, that he can kill with impunity, that he can throw anyone in jail.
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Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 21h

<- without any consent of Congress. It was absolutely illegal…. [T]hat visual is powerful because you are essentially watching the destruction of the rule of law happen as those walls come down. It is just a symbol about how cavalier he is, about every single day acting in new and illegal ways.
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Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 21h

Here’s a quote, important for us in the USA today, from Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), speaking on “All In with Chris Hayes.”

“[T]here’s a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing [of the White House], and it was just destroyed without any conversation in the American public, ->
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Screenshot from video of Chris Hayes (left) and Senator Murphy (right) talking on the MSNBC program “All In with Chris Hayes.”

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Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 1d

I should not take my nightly blood pressure reading right after watching a video of ICE agents assaulting and battering residents of the USA.

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 2d

Notice how it’s always, “the Bible must inform our laws!” until it comes to the +2,000 verses in the Bible that discuss the generous use of wealth and possessions in a way that prioritizes the needs of the poor, this sick, the stranger, the vulnerable, and the oppressed.

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Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 1d

control of a single dictator, allowing no political opposition, forcibly suppressing dissent, and rigidly controlling most industrial and economic activities. Such regimes usually try to achieve popularity by a strongly nationalistic appeal, often mixed with racism.

Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 1d

fasc´ism Pronunciation: făsh´ĭz'm
n. 1. a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government; - opposed to democracy and liberalism.
2. an authoritarian system of government under absolute ->

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Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 1d

Of course, none of us should be surprised. Though he denied knowing anything about “Project 2025” back in 2024, Trump posted on Truth Social that he’s working to advance the “Project 2025” agenda. bsky.app/profile/whit...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 22d

“I have no idea what Project 2025 is.”
- Trump, October 31, 2024

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22d

Trump: "I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut ... I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity."

Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 1d

Dr. Heather Cox Richardson goes into much greater detail about what’s going on here, and the more details you read, the clearer it becomes that the Trump administration is a clear and present danger to our Democratic Republic. They must be stopped.
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October 2, 2025

At about 1:00 on Tuesday morning, federal agents from Border Patrol, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) raided an apartment b...

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Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 1d

If the U.S. is engaged in such an armed conflict, the administration said, those suspected of smuggling drugs for the cartels are “unlawful combatants.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
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Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told

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Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 1d

<- the U.S. is in a formal “armed conflict” with the drug cartels the administration has labeled terrorist organizations.
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Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 1d

On Thursday, October 12, 2025, Charlie Savage and Eric Schmitt of the New York Times reported that the Trump administration informed congressional committees that the president has decided ->
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Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 1d

And now, residents of the United States are caught up in the injustice of it all.
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Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 1d

And it did. People were locked up in Abu Ghraib prison and were tortured and dehumanized. People were locked up in The Guantanamo Bay detention camp and tortured and denied both due process and Geneva Conventions protections.
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Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 1d

Creating this third category of semi-soldiers who don’t have the rights of soldiers nor the rights of civilians would lead to all kinds of injustice.
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Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 1d

I knew it was a problem when President George W. Bush created the category of “unlawful combatants” out of thin air. Before that, people in wars were either combatants (who had certain rights under the Geneva Conventions) or civilians (who had other rights under the Geneva Conventions).
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Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told

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Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 1d

GREAT sign!

Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 2d

yes, absolutely, as I say in the final paragraph.

Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 2d

Trump’s demolition of the White House East Wing reveals (a) what a lying liar he is (as if we needed to know that); and (b) that he is, once again, ignoring the law. Read the details below. Read this thread for details.

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 3d

We’ve received a lot of questions about Trump’s demolition of the White House East Wing.

Here’s how the process is supposed to work:

Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 2d

A little reflection on history, morality, money, and protest by me. I'm not Heather Cox Richardson, but you still might find it interesting. @hcrichardson.bsky.social jeffsjottings.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/m...

Money, Morality, and Protest

How we spend our money is a moral decision. It has moral consequences. It either supports our values or it doesn’t. That’s true of the government when it adopts a budget. It’s true for each of our …

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Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 3d

The solar panels we put on the church roof 8 or 9 years ago are paying a multiple-thousands dollar dividend each year, meaning we’ve got more money for mission.

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