James Blood
@jfblood.bsky.social
Retired attorney, current investor. Former Republican. Always learning and constantly seeking the good.
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Utah’s elected reps
Profiles in lack of courage
Profiles in lack of courage
January 27, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Utah’s elected reps
Profiles in lack of courage
Profiles in lack of courage
Can the American people invoke Article 5 to get help from our NATO allies to protect us from our government?
January 26, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Can the American people invoke Article 5 to get help from our NATO allies to protect us from our government?
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Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
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GLASSER: “.. in rambling on so much, Trump reveals just about everything one could ever want to know about him—his lack of discipline, his ignorance, his vanity, insecurity, and crudeness, and a mean streak that knows no limits.”
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January 24, 2026 at 2:15 PM
GLASSER: “.. in rambling on so much, Trump reveals just about everything one could ever want to know about him—his lack of discipline, his ignorance, his vanity, insecurity, and crudeness, and a mean streak that knows no limits.”
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Observing the situation around #Greenland, I have a strong sense of déjà vu - we’ve seen and heard this before. It reminds me of 2014 and Crimea.
Let's recall and compare.
▪️ Security and protection:
In 2014, Russia claimed that without Crimea, it was impossible to ensure the security of Russia⤵️
Let's recall and compare.
▪️ Security and protection:
In 2014, Russia claimed that without Crimea, it was impossible to ensure the security of Russia⤵️
January 22, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Observing the situation around #Greenland, I have a strong sense of déjà vu - we’ve seen and heard this before. It reminds me of 2014 and Crimea.
Let's recall and compare.
▪️ Security and protection:
In 2014, Russia claimed that without Crimea, it was impossible to ensure the security of Russia⤵️
Let's recall and compare.
▪️ Security and protection:
In 2014, Russia claimed that without Crimea, it was impossible to ensure the security of Russia⤵️
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk:
Peace isn’t made only on paper,peace isn’t Russian occupation
Very often,I’ve to convince someone that people in 🇺🇦want peace...Are u serious?People in🇺🇦dream of peace.We simply don’t want to be occupied by Russia.Because peace doesn’t mean occupation
Peace isn’t made only on paper,peace isn’t Russian occupation
Very often,I’ve to convince someone that people in 🇺🇦want peace...Are u serious?People in🇺🇦dream of peace.We simply don’t want to be occupied by Russia.Because peace doesn’t mean occupation
January 21, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk:
Peace isn’t made only on paper,peace isn’t Russian occupation
Very often,I’ve to convince someone that people in 🇺🇦want peace...Are u serious?People in🇺🇦dream of peace.We simply don’t want to be occupied by Russia.Because peace doesn’t mean occupation
Peace isn’t made only on paper,peace isn’t Russian occupation
Very often,I’ve to convince someone that people in 🇺🇦want peace...Are u serious?People in🇺🇦dream of peace.We simply don’t want to be occupied by Russia.Because peace doesn’t mean occupation
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“.. It was during sustained criticism of Europe that Lagarde stood up and left the room, according to the people.
"We have no comment to add," an ECB spokesperson said by email Wednesday morning.”
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"We have no comment to add," an ECB spokesperson said by email Wednesday morning.”
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January 21, 2026 at 1:21 PM
“.. It was during sustained criticism of Europe that Lagarde stood up and left the room, according to the people.
"We have no comment to add," an ECB spokesperson said by email Wednesday morning.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
"We have no comment to add," an ECB spokesperson said by email Wednesday morning.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
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Europe is working on a package to support Arctic security.
And at the heart of this will be the fundamental principle:
it is for sovereign people to decide their own future.
And at the heart of this will be the fundamental principle:
it is for sovereign people to decide their own future.
January 20, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Europe is working on a package to support Arctic security.
And at the heart of this will be the fundamental principle:
it is for sovereign people to decide their own future.
And at the heart of this will be the fundamental principle:
it is for sovereign people to decide their own future.
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Bullying Denmark will make the United States weaker and perhaps even poorer,” our columnist David French writes. “It’s not just wrong to turn on our friends; it’s stupid, and that stupidity is spreading across the length and breadth of American foreign policy.”
“Bullying Denmark will make the United States weaker and perhaps even poorer,” our columnist David French writes. “It’s not just wrong to turn on our friends; it’s stupid, and that stupidity is spreading across the length and breadth of American foreign policy.”
Opinion | Something Is Rotten in the State of America
This is the thanks Demark gets?
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January 16, 2026 at 4:40 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Bullying Denmark will make the United States weaker and perhaps even poorer,” our columnist David French writes. “It’s not just wrong to turn on our friends; it’s stupid, and that stupidity is spreading across the length and breadth of American foreign policy.”
“Bullying Denmark will make the United States weaker and perhaps even poorer,” our columnist David French writes. “It’s not just wrong to turn on our friends; it’s stupid, and that stupidity is spreading across the length and breadth of American foreign policy.”
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OMG! I just got internal bleeding from pretending to be hit by a car.
January 15, 2026 at 5:35 PM
OMG! I just got internal bleeding from pretending to be hit by a car.
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Under Trump's watch, a DHS agent shot a protestor in the face with a non-lethal round at close range, fractured his skull, and then dragged him around as he choked and bled. He is now permanently blind in his left eye.
Anti-ICE protester blinded by federal agent during demonstration in Santa Ana, family says
A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week...
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January 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Under Trump's watch, a DHS agent shot a protestor in the face with a non-lethal round at close range, fractured his skull, and then dragged him around as he choked and bled. He is now permanently blind in his left eye.
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Four-byline alert: 🚨
“.. fierce blowback .. now threatens to undermine President Trump’s effort to assert dominance over economic decision-making.”
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“.. fierce blowback .. now threatens to undermine President Trump’s effort to assert dominance over economic decision-making.”
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January 13, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Four-byline alert: 🚨
“.. fierce blowback .. now threatens to undermine President Trump’s effort to assert dominance over economic decision-making.”
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“.. fierce blowback .. now threatens to undermine President Trump’s effort to assert dominance over economic decision-making.”
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Once again, let me reiterate this this guy is a mouthpiece for authoritarianism. He proves it over and over again when he goes after Powell.
Guess the Fed chair should just always preemptively step down rather than do anything that the president might disagree with. That will do wonders for Fed independence
January 12, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Once again, let me reiterate this this guy is a mouthpiece for authoritarianism. He proves it over and over again when he goes after Powell.
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this is what patriotism looks like
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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January 12, 2026 at 9:53 AM
this is what patriotism looks like
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WSJ editorial on the latest of the hundreds of tariff walkbacks by trump (this one for furniture): “Rarely has a President worked so hard to cover the damage from his policies without admitting it.”
January 1, 2026 at 11:27 PM
WSJ editorial on the latest of the hundreds of tariff walkbacks by trump (this one for furniture): “Rarely has a President worked so hard to cover the damage from his policies without admitting it.”
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Zelenskyy calls Russia’s claim of a strike on one of Putin’s residences a “complete fabrication,” a lie designed to sabotage diplomacy, justify more attacks on Kyiv, and excuse Moscow’s refusal to end the war. He warns the world must not stay silent as Russia tries to derail peace.
December 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Zelenskyy calls Russia’s claim of a strike on one of Putin’s residences a “complete fabrication,” a lie designed to sabotage diplomacy, justify more attacks on Kyiv, and excuse Moscow’s refusal to end the war. He warns the world must not stay silent as Russia tries to derail peace.
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Not sure I understand why the Trump administration cares about Christians in Nigeria and not Christians in Ukraine
December 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Not sure I understand why the Trump administration cares about Christians in Nigeria and not Christians in Ukraine
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Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
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In both pageantry and policy, Trump has established a new, more audacious version of the imperial presidency that goes far beyond even the one associated with Richard Nixon, for whom the term was popularized half a century ago. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
Trump Takes America’s ‘Imperial Presidency’ to a New Level
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December 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
In both pageantry and policy, Trump has established a new, more audacious version of the imperial presidency that goes far beyond even the one associated with Richard Nixon, for whom the term was popularized half a century ago. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
In all of human history, can anyone point to any other examples of people with their hands blackened or bruised on the back side from shaking so many hands?
Krauss: That doesn’t look suspicious to me at all, having worked with a lot of A-list talent who are out there shaking a lot of hands. I mean, the guy is an elderly man. Your skin gets thinner as you get older.
December 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
In all of human history, can anyone point to any other examples of people with their hands blackened or bruised on the back side from shaking so many hands?
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JOHN DEERE: "Our US market has been the one under the most pressure . . . based on what’s happened with trade flows, what’s happened with tariffs .." We'll build "half as many tractors this year as we did two years ago."
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Donald Trump’s tariffs intensify strain on US farmers, Deere warns
Farming equipment giant is scaling back production at flagship tractor plant in Iowa
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December 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
JOHN DEERE: "Our US market has been the one under the most pressure . . . based on what’s happened with trade flows, what’s happened with tariffs .." We'll build "half as many tractors this year as we did two years ago."
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Poland’s foreign minister 👇
December 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Poland’s foreign minister 👇
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Putin's plan to end the war in Ukraine.
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Putin's plan to end the war in Ukraine.
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
Cartoon by Michael de Adder