JP Friel
sad4nw.bsky.social
JP Friel
@sad4nw.bsky.social
#BlueResister Angry Old Woman
Save Social Security
Save the Post Office
Save Medicare and Medicaid
Retired teacher. Blue-dog Democrat. Union supporter. Political junkie.
Will fight for the rights of granddaughters!
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#StopTheShock The outlawing of torture & restoration of human rights for struggling, innocent, unjustly abused people should be non-negotiable in 2025

Time for the Governor, state of MA & Joint Committee on Children, Families & Persons w/ Disabilities to seize the opportunity & sign H.245 into law
The MA State Legislature, Electric Shocks on Disabled Individuals and an Appeal for Greater Empathy
What will it take for them to end up on the right side of history and finally put an end to this?
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December 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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December 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Lie, lie, lie

Deny, deny, deny

Rinse and repeat ad infinitum
December 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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📌Remember when journalists literally wrote books about Joe Biden's age and energy?
December 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Garcia: It’s been hard to watch Republicans essentially be dragged into supporting disclosure and supporting the survivors.

This could end today if Donald Trump just released the files, and yet they’re refusing to do so.
December 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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December 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Rerun the packs as I'm always making changes.
September 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Sens. Tim Kaine, Rand Paul, Chuck Schumer, and Adam Schiff have filed a War Powers Resolution to block the use of the U.S. Armed Forces to engage in hostilities within or against Venezuela unless authorized by Congress.
December 4, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Trump's ruthlessness is clear: he federalized 4,000 of our state's National Guard and sent 700 active duty Marines to threaten and invoke fear in the very people they have sworn to protect.

Wake up to what is going on in this country.
December 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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#Trump #Putin #Krasnov #Kompromat #Military #Russia #Ukraine #KGB #FSB

Their military has been drinking out of puddles and the food situation is terrible, according to some calls from the frontline to their homes. That was like a year ago.

Now on their last leg.

The “Russian bear” is nearly dead.
Dirty Russian

#BookSky #Linguistics

Someone from my class had brought this book in, back in 2009 😆

It has some interesting commentary on the #Russian military…

It hasn’t gotten better. Like, at all.
Worse, actually.
December 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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California's SAFE Task Force is currently underway in Long Beach, addressing the national homelessness crisis by connecting people with support and care.

This is proof that with urgency, compassion, and accountability, we can improve the safety and quality of life for everyone.
December 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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It’s time for folks at DoD and in the IC to start lawyering up.

If you’re an officer or official who was forced into pushing through potentially illegal orders, get a lawyer.

If you’re a soldier, seaman or airman who was forced to execute them, get a lawyer.
December 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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“You’re either on the team or you’re not,” Hegseth told Holsey, according to notes from a participant. “When you get an order, you move out fast and don’t ask questions.”

Hummmm…
December 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Release the files! All of them.
Five members of Congress from both parties and both chambers are asking Pam Bondi for a briefing and status update — by the end of the week — on the legally mandated release of the Epstein files.

Bondi has 16 days until the release deadline. tinyurl.com/59m8rnyk
December 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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We should all be appalled that a person entrusted with one of the most sensitive jobs in all of government seems to be treating his work as child’s play.
December 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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It’s not your grandmother’s Jeopardy.
December 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Giving the president the pardon power was a mistake. The most corrupt president in American history is conducting a jailbreak for his fellow criminals.
December 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Release the files! All of them.
Five members of Congress from both parties and both chambers are asking Pam Bondi for a briefing and status update — by the end of the week — on the legally mandated release of the Epstein files.

Bondi has 16 days until the release deadline. tinyurl.com/59m8rnyk
December 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Five members of Congress from both parties and both chambers are asking Pam Bondi for a briefing and status update — by the end of the week — on the legally mandated release of the Epstein files.

Bondi has 16 days until the release deadline. tinyurl.com/59m8rnyk
December 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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December 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. Concentrated wealth is already endangering our democracy. Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power.

It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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ATTN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES: The VA sent out an announcement with a link for employees to self-report their disabilities. I wouldn’t do this if I were you. They’ll likely use it to discriminate against you.
December 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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“I think” is how a system run by a king or a dictator works. Here, we have a rule of law that says no one, and that includes the government, can murder people on a whim because it “thinks” they’re up to no good.
December 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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The future of the Democratic Party must be rooted in investing in the American people — not Wall St., corporations, and consultants.

Otherwise, Trumpism will continue to use cynicism, racism, and distrust to divide America.
December 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM