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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 2h

Super callous fragile ego extra braggadocious
And that’s putting it nicely.

www.mediaite.com/media/ news/trump-floats-controversial-monument-in-wordless-dead-of-night-post/

Trump Floats Controversial Monument In Wordless Dead Of Night Post

President Donald Trump floated a new and controversial monument in a wordless dead-of-night post to his social media account.

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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 10h

The implications in terms of lives, suffering, incalculable loss and incalculable evil, bad faith, and absence of humanity… I can’t even finish my sentence. If true, and we’ve heard this for many months, what does it say about all those who’ve been complicit?

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h

👇👇

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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 11h

Really?
Da Vinci
Vivaldi
Stradivari
Dante
Lina Wertmüller
Maria Montessori
Machiavelli
Caravaggio
Michelangelo
Galileo
Fibonacci
Archimedes
Raphael
Carlo Guzzi
Every cook, chef, cheese maker introduced to us by Stanley Tucci
The guy making pizzas in NY’s Little Italy
The woman making zeppole

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 11h

😅

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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 12h

www.axios.com/2025/10/14/p...

News outlets broadly reject Pentagon's new press rules

The Pentagon said reporters would need to sign a pledge committing to its rules in order to maintain their press credentials.

www.axios.com

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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 12h

What fresh hell is this?

Image of Trump beside a Canadian flag looking out at the Canadian Rockies

Explanation of possible involvement of US in rare earth mineral exploitation in Canada, how Canada can end that and the role of the CBC in presenting what’s really going on

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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 20h

Gosh, where did we hear this before, this ‘concept of a plan’? Funny how nothing has come together yet into a plan.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

REPORTER: Do you support repealing Obamacare and what's your healthcare plan?

MIKE JOHNSON: We worked on repealing and replacing Obamacare back in 2017. I still have PTSD from the experience. We know that American healthcare needs dramatic reform. We have lots of ideas.

(So, no plan)

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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 1d

The most DISinforming, DISrespectful and DISgusting example of revisionist history. Brought to you by the folks reinventing fascism, authoritarianism and white nationalism.

A legacy of showing utter disdain for Indigenous peoples for hundreds of years.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Columbus Day, 2025

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Today our Nation honors the legendary Christopher Columbus -- the original American hero,

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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 1d

I could not have said it better myself, and since I believe in the kind of personal croissants needed to get oolong better, I’ll recommend not worrying about green tea, white, black or red tea and just hope Gen Maicha gets it better than we have.

#brewsky ?

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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 1d

Snapping my fingers

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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 1d

Gift article: Alex Jones Asks Supreme Court to Halt $1.4 Billion Payment to Sandy Hook Families
“Mr. Jones’s lawyers told the justices that he should be afforded special First Amendment considerations because of his large audience of viewers and listeners.”

Heinous

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Alex Jones Asks Supreme Court to Halt $1.4 Billion Payment to Sandy Hook Families

www.nytimes.com

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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 1d

Ooh…a new tea party? Do we do scones with strategizing or just get “steeped” in ideas and maybe chutzpah?

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

Do you love Terry Gross? Don’t miss this rare interview with her on 50 years of Fresh Air. But don’t listen to it while driving because you might cry. I did.

www.npr.org/2025/09/14/n...

Terry Gross On 50 Years Of Fresh Air (Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso) : Fresh Air

This month marks 50 years of Terry Gross as the host of Fresh Air. What began in 1975 as a local experiment at WHYY in Philadelphia has since grown into a national institution—one that not only transf...

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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 2d

(You just made me choke on my tea!)

I’m subversive. But when it comes to books, I’m no anarchist; the book will be placed in its proper location. Ok maybe upside down 🙃. My kind of deep state.)

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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 2d

We keep hearing not to be distracted, and that is the message here. No one but @democracydocket.com is covering the story of Texas efforts to redistrict *as per the Regime's instructions.* You don't need my descriptors to know how huge an impact a precedent like this could be.

jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 3d

my final update from the TX redistricting hearing in el paso 🫡

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 3d

NEW: A panel of three federal judges will soon decide whether to block Texas from using its new congressional map in the 2026 election, after a contentious nine-day hearing concluded Friday.

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for all your work. It's outrageous how the story just slipped to the margins given its importance.

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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 3d

Supposedly the Arms Export Control Act allows for the president to determine if it would boost the security of the U.S. or promote peace around the world. So someone could maybe explain how this does either.

www.sfgate.com/news/article...

Things to know about the Qatar training facility planned for an Idaho Air Force base

When U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday morning that the federal government had reached an agreement with Qatar to build a facility at an Air Force base in Idaho, social media posts....

www.sfgate.com

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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 3d

So no amphibious vehicles to ford rivers and have a siege party on the other side? Jeez…and I was so looking forward to a subversives’ throw down.

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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 3d

I am going to “check out the books” later. 😉🤫

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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 3d

With sincere respect to the actual National Guard member I'm just wondering...will they be spreading mulch and weeding?

Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 3d

OK, so if a foreign country can have a military installation on US soil provided the president deems it will boost national security or world peace, can someone help me understand how the deal with Qatar does either?

www.sfgate.com/news/article...

Things to know about the Qatar training facility planned for an Idaho Air Force base

When U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday morning that the federal government had reached an agreement with Qatar to build a facility at an Air Force base in Idaho, social media posts....

www.sfgate.com

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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 4d

Unlike prices, which cannot actually go down by 200%, illnesses like whooping cough *can* go up y 200%.

So much winning... 🤔

Map of Florida showing state-wide increase in cases of pertussis

Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 4d

I completely agree! Claiming how much he deserves it is in itself disqualifying on moral grounds!

Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 4d

…not to mention the slew of comments about how much he thinks he deserves it as though one can campaign for Nobel recognition. Even the Ig Nobel would give him undeserved attention.

Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 4d

We always knew that by claiming liberal protestors were paid actors, they were just doing their usual gaslighting about *their* paid actors. Pretty heinous disinformation

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