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rjacksong.bsky.social @rjacksong.bsky.social · 1d

When you print the Gadsden Flag image on a license plate, it looks just like a poop emoji. And today, I saw it on a stopper for a tow hitch receiver - essentially a poop emoji butt plug.

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JonBowzerBauman.bsky.social @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social · 1d

I am reluctantly coming to the conclusion that The Dictator and his pals will stop at nothing to rig the 2026 elections, including declaring martial law & seizing voting machines for phony “recounts.”

We had best start looking at tactics that deal successfully with autocracies.

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 4d

"Donald Trump did investigate precisely the same people he demands be prosecuted now.

For years.

But some very determined prosecutors concluded that there was no probable cause to charge him."

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4d

Prosecutors Sucking Lemons in Their Vindictive Prosecution of Jim Comey

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/11/p...

Prosecutors Sucking Lemons in Their Vindictive Prosecution of Jim Comey - emptywheel

Unless prosecutors find a way to make the Jim Comey prosecution go away, in nine days, we'll get details (in the Vindictive and Selective Prosecution motion) of the efforts Trump has already made to p...

www.emptywheel.net

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Data Report @datareport.bsky.social · 5d

Here is something to think about. The US National weather service is tracking a major nor'easter that will bring heavy rains winds and coastal flooding with beach erosion to the east coast. The US Government is currently shut down, meaning they are NOT being paid to track a major storm.

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rjacksong.bsky.social @rjacksong.bsky.social · 4d

The Nobel Committee is discussing creating a Nobel Lifetime Deceivement Award just for trump.

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Electrek @electrek.co · 4d

The Trump administration just killed the US’s largest solar project

The Trump administration has canceled the Esmeralda 7 solar project in Nevada — a sweeping, multi-developer clean energy plan that would have been the largest solar installation in North America. more…

electrek.co

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rjacksong.bsky.social @rjacksong.bsky.social · 4d

I thought Miller was whiter than that.

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voteinthemidterms.bsky.social @voteinthemidterms.bsky.social · 6d

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rjacksong.bsky.social @rjacksong.bsky.social · 5d

“Silence gives consent.” Plato

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rjacksong.bsky.social @rjacksong.bsky.social · 5d

The first part of the statement can’t be true. trump doesn’t read. The second part is probably all he ever says.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 6d

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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David Avallone @davallone.bsky.social · 6d

This is the solution to “prime day.” Nothing for Bezos. Support your local bookstores while buying online!

Buy Preeti’s books! And mine!

Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 6d

SO bookshop.org is doing free shipping and you should buy some of my books from bookshop.org <3

bookshop.org/beta-search?...

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rjacksong.bsky.social @rjacksong.bsky.social · 6d

“On advice of counsel, the Department of Justice invokes its Fifth Amendment rights to decline to answer on grounds of self incrimination.” Pam Bondi, AG

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7d

Donald Trump is calling for the jailing of his political opponents in Chicago. His DOJ lackeys have already indicted a NJ Congresswoman for conducting ICE facility oversight and James Comey. John Bolton's house was raided.

We must treat these latest threats seriously and all stand up against them.

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rjacksong.bsky.social @rjacksong.bsky.social · 7d

Cram it, trump.

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 8d

📣 This "investigation" by the Bezos-owned Washington Post will provide cover for the regime to slash veteran's benefits.

🚫 DON'T FALL FOR IT‼️

WP Investigations
How some veterans exploit $193 billion VA program, due to lax controls

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Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 10d

This, signed into law by Ronald Reagan, requires hospitals to treat anyone who requires emergency care, regardless of ability to pay (or immigration status). And yes, without Medicaid reimbursement, the hospitals eat the charges. oig.hhs.gov/reports/feat...

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)

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Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 10d

When they say Democrats shut down the government to give health care to illegal aliens.

Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 10d

This, signed into law by Ronald Reagan, requires hospitals to treat anyone who requires emergency care, regardless of ability to pay (or immigration status). And yes, without Medicaid reimbursement, the hospitals eat the charges. oig.hhs.gov/reports/feat...

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)

oig.hhs.gov

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 10d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10d

Mike Johnson swore in newly elected Republicans earlier this year when the House wasn’t fully in session.

But now he’s refusing to do the same for Democratic representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11d

Reopening the government isn’t a Republican priority.

Protecting Trump from the release of the Epstein files is.

Screenshot of a tweet from the House Press Gallery: "The Chair announced the Speaker's designation of Tuesday, Oct. 7 through Monday, Oct. 13 as a district work period."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11d

KNOXVILLE—Freedom of speech prevails! The charges against Yassin’s Falafel House owner Yassin Terou and other protesters who were arrested on the University of Tennessee’s campus in 2024 have been dropped.

Yassin shares his thoughts: www.facebook.com/share/p/1BXu...

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rjacksong.bsky.social @rjacksong.bsky.social · 11d

This is all about delaying Grijalva’s swearing in to prevent her signing the Epstein discharge petition. Johnson’s keeping the government closed to protect pedophiles.

rjacksong.bsky.social @rjacksong.bsky.social · 12d

And he doesn’t own the libs. He isn’t even renting us

rjacksong.bsky.social @rjacksong.bsky.social · 13d

If the damned atrocity ever gets built, the next administration should repaint the interior blue and subdivide it into low-income housing.

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