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Carol Johnson

@clj5.bsky.social

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I will not give into the lies. I will not give into the fear Don’t obey in advance -Tim Snyder If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it -Lord Kelvin Classics major, GWU Tech career MIS, U of MD

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

Quick question. Why does literally everything require you to have an account.

Everything.

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Julie Witt @julie-witt-39.bsky.social · 1d

As usual, every accusation is a confession, but this one is so easily checked. Lol So stupid.

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Marcy Kaptur @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social · 7h

🧵 Veterans, like everyone else, are being hurt by this reckless shutdown. VA hospitals stay open, but GI Bill payments are stalled, casework is ignored, and thousands of veteran federal workers are missing paychecks. Our heroes deserve stability and respect, not to be used as a means of leverage.
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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 1d

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 5h

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called World Meteorological Organization staffers the “quiet force that illuminates all the rational climate decisions that we take.”

“Scientists and researchers should never be afraid to tell the truth,” he added. https://to.pbs.org/4neJnOz

U.N. chief defends science and weather forecasting as Trump threatens both

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has led an anti-science push, and Trump has called climate change "a con job." Hundreds of weather forecasters have been fired. Guterres also warned of "th...

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 7h

The GOP-led Congress has been out of session for too long. The House is not shut down. They’re getting paid and should be working.

A tweet from Tim Walz reads: “18,000 Minnesota federal employees are facing unemployment while you’re sitting on your ass. Get back to Washington.” It quotes a tweet from Pete Stauber that says: “No better way to end a beautiful weekend in Northern Minnesota!” with an attached photo showing a cozy outdoor fire pit surrounded by chairs, wood stacks, and string lights at sunset.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Racial profiling. All day every day.

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Gayla @azgayla.bsky.social · 1d

I'll post this here - for my couple thousand closest friends. No place else.

I've been doing ok keeping my head above the fray of Dotard Madness. Because I have to.

But tearing down part of the White House has about done me in. Tell me how to be ok with it.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 79th day out of the last 91.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20h

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

America's Sleeping Giant roared when police attacked civil rights marchers.

And after tens of thousands of young Americans were killed in Vietnam.

And when Nixon tried to cover up Watergate.

Today it roars once more — at the tyrant in the Oval Office.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

WOW. A third of ICE recruits can’t pass a fitness test that I do multiple times a week, and I’m a 51 year old woke cat lady with a nose ring who loves a soy latte.

Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 2d

Lecturing active soldiers about being too fat while dropping standards so low for the ICE deportation force that a third of their recruits can't handle the easiest PT test I've ever heard of www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

More than a third have failed so far, four officials told me, impeding the agency’s plan to hire, train, and deploy 10,000 deportation officers by January. To pass, recruits must do 15 push-ups and 32 sit-ups, and run 1.5 miles in 14 minutes.
“It’s pathetic,” one career ICE official told me, adding that before now, a typical class of 40 recruits had only a couple of candidates fail, because the screening process was more rigorous.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20h

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

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Carol Johnson @clj5.bsky.social · 14h

Call Will Smith

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 22h

christ almighty what is this guy doing

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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Carol Johnson @clj5.bsky.social · 14h

Great sign

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Blue Texas @turntexasblue.bsky.social · 1d

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Carol Johnson @clj5.bsky.social · 14h

Menace is a great word to use here.

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Senate Budget Committee @senatebudget.bsky.social · 1d

Russ Vought is unfit to serve, and he must go. NOW!

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Carol Johnson @clj5.bsky.social · 14h

Well said

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

Since 8 million people protested Tangerine Palpatine on Saturday, he’s doing everything he can to take back control of the narrative by getting you mad about bulldozing the White House and shitting on everyone.

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Carol Johnson @clj5.bsky.social · 14h

The “know nothing” line is getting worn out.