J Morgan ☮️ 🐸
jbashford.bsky.social
J Morgan ☮️ 🐸
@jbashford.bsky.social
Pennsylvania Democrat and humanist.

No DMs, please.
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wow!
Former Rep. Tom Perriello, a Virginia Democrat who won his sole term in a huge 2008 upset, unexpectedly announces campaign against GOP Rep. John McGuire. Trump carried the current version of #VA05 56-43, but it could look a lot different if Democrats convince voters to approve a new map this spring.
Tom Perriello For Congress Launch Video
YouTube video by Tom Perriello
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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The Canadian Rockies are home to some of earth's most spectacular mountain scenery. Radiating clouds reflect the last light of day onto turquoise Peyto Lake & the mountains of the Endless Chain which, true to their name, end at the edge of the world.

#photography #bluesky #travel #landscape #nature
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Trump calls Somali immigrants “garbage.” His VP cheers him on. Meanwhile, families are being torn apart, asylum is being shut down, aid is being gutted, and the military is firing on survivors in the water.

Cruelty is becoming national policy—silence is complicity.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Trump’s Dehumanization Campaign Is Becoming Normalized
A president who calls immigrants “garbage” is dangerous enough. A country that grows desensitized to it is even more frightening.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Albert Edelfelt, Good Friends II (Berta and Capi), 1882
Oil on Panel, 40,5 x 32,2 cm
Göteborgs konstmuseum
Gothenburg Museum Of Art
Gothenburg, Sweden
#Art
December 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Fast and loose plein air watercolor. Maine November light.

#pleinairwatercolor #maine #novemberlight
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Sketches from a recent walk at the Teesmouth nature reserve, in northeast England.
#artAdventCalendar
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December 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Supreme Court reform has to be at the top of the agenda in 2029. This Supreme Court has exposed itself as a partisan Republican super legislature.
December 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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This alone should be investigated by House Democrats
December 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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December 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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(2) seems to be an even more dubious point than (1). first because agencies are shaped by congress as well as executive appointments, and second because the agency rule-making process is more transparent and democratic than top-down decrees from political appointees
The theory of the unitary executive is that (1) the constitution requires it and (2) you get democratic accountability through presidential control through the power to remove agency heads. (1) is dubious (2) seems ridiculous at the present moment.
December 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Another on-the-spot watercolour (with pen work) from a sketching trip to Winchester in 1997. I regret parting with this one though I hope the buyer is still enjoying it. This is typical Winchester with the cathedral in the background. See Alt text for more info.
#art #watercolour #winchester
December 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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TRUMP: THE DRUG TRAFFICKER’S FRIEND

Why is he blowing up boats with low-level drug runners,
and letting the kingpins go free?

Despite his anti-drug rhetoric, Donald Trump has issued more pardons to drug dealers than any president in history.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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They won't readily release all the Epstein files, because they are implicated

They won't release the second part of the so-called narco-boat attack, because they are implicated

They say they are the most transparent WH in history, they are not.

It's all gaslighting BS
December 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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I would beg to differ on the not breaking any laws part. They’ve broken plenty.

I am hoping that eventually this will affect enough people that they will realize what they’ve done … and it won’t be too late.

From @allenanalysis.bsky.social (I wish he’d post more here)
December 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Also this.

I was forced to pump in a 55 degree server room because my law firm wouldn't give me a room without a glass door.

Let me tell you how fast your milk dries up when you have to pump in that temperature and John the IT guy has a key to the room you're using that he could open any time.
This kind of bottle-shaming is a not-so-subtle way to push women out of the workforce.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Such truthful facts 💯💯💯💯💯💯🎯
December 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Turns out Trump was helping to bring about a golden age - the Golden Age of China.
December 9, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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sitting next to a sweaty guy on a plane who just finished a workout at terminal 8 while wearing a shirt, tie, and suit
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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I seriously doubt that our Navy is being used against "narco-terrorism" whatever the fuck that is. The public is being lied to.

Trump pardons major drug traffickers despite his anti-drug rhetoric

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump pardons major drug traffickers despite his anti-drug rhetoric
The president has granted clemency to about 100 people accused of drug-related crimes during his two terms in office, a Post analysis shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Good. Zelensky is rejecting "Trump's" peace plan that was written in Russia and given to Trump.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Zelensky rules out ceding land to Russia, refusing to bow to Putin or Trump
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country would not give up territory, not to hasten peace talks, not to satisfy Washington and not under pressure from Moscow.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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A little robin just swooped into your feed. ❄️

Festive mode activated.
December 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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I'm thinking about starting a GoFundMe for $10,000 awarded to the first White House reporter that says to Trump, "That's a lie. Now answer the question with the truth and not a snarky childish insult."
December 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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I get more news about the US now from outside the US.
December 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Millions are struggling with the cost of food, housing, and other basic necessities. 70% of U.S. adults say the American Dream is dead. How does Trump respond? By saying "affordability" is a "Democrat scam" and a "hoax." Hello?
December 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM