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Jeannine Johnson @leinani.bsky.social · 2d

I watch @washingtonweekpbs.bsky.social so I'm good.

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Jeannine Johnson @leinani.bsky.social · 2d

And tell them to cancel their healthcare until they do!

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Jeannine Johnson @leinani.bsky.social · 2d

It was exciting to watch the Molokai Hoe race on Sunday, one of the world’s greatest ocean endurance races, a race in which my father and his brothers won in 1954, 71 years ago, as part of the winning Hui Nalu O Hawai'i Canoe Club crew.

Jeannine Johnson @leinani.bsky.social · 2d

I'm way ahead of you. I haven't watched legacy media since CBS fired Scott Pelley for calling out Trump's lies in his first presidency.

Jeannine Johnson @leinani.bsky.social · 2d

A new TRO issued Illinois Judge Sarah Ellis stops the Trump Regime from using military-grade firepower on journalists, members of the clergy, and First Amendment protesters.
Amazing isn't it that American citizens have to be protected from our own government for lawful peaceful protests?

Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Use of Riot Control Weapons Against Journalists and Clergy

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Jeannine Johnson @leinani.bsky.social · 4d

Some superheroes wear robes, not capes.

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Jeannine Johnson @leinani.bsky.social · 5d

At least he won the Peach Prize.

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Jeannine Johnson @leinani.bsky.social · 5d

Who didn't see that coming?!? I've got some lava land in Hawai'i that I can sell you.

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Diane @losarcos59.bsky.social · 5d

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Jeannine Johnson @leinani.bsky.social · 5d

No truer words. Mahalo!

Jeannine Johnson @leinani.bsky.social · 5d

LOL! I bet they are the same people who actually believe in science and not conspiracy theories, but that's what my healthy gut says.

Jeannine Johnson @leinani.bsky.social · 5d

Yes, for all the old folks definitely!

Jeannine Johnson @leinani.bsky.social · 6d

We know from 2020 that when Trump is losing politically, he turns to crime, even to insurrection. And then he turns everything around, accusing Democrats of the crimes that he himself is committing. That is what he is doing with Chicago and Portland.

The end of politics

Forest fires and tornados and hurricanes are the common enemies of all Americans.

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Jeannine Johnson @leinani.bsky.social · 9d

To wield Christ’s name as justification for cruelty is nothing less than taking His name in vain. The cross, which bears witness to mercy, justice, and sacrifice, becomes a prop for oppression when Christians assent to or endorse such state violence.

I Was a Stranger: A Christian Response to the Raids in Chicago.

The recent reports of U.S.

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Jeannine Johnson @leinani.bsky.social · 9d

Following Project 2025, Trump is inventing a war that does not exist in order to carry out repression using federalized state National Guard soldiers. It’s bullshit, all of it. Trump wants a war he can win, & he doesn’t care if it’s against Venezuela or Portland or Chicago or Memphis or New Orleans.

“This is a nation of constitutional law, not martial law.”

That is a quote from the temporary restraining order issued by District Judge Karin Immergut blocking President Donald Trump from federalizing and deploying National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon.

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Jeannine Johnson @leinani.bsky.social · 10d

May be?

Jeannine Johnson @leinani.bsky.social · 10d

I had to look up Grigori Rasputin. He was eventually eventually assassinated in 1916. Is that what we have to look forward to?

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Jeannine Johnson @leinani.bsky.social · 10d

Right? Who needs that right now?

Jeannine Johnson @leinani.bsky.social · 10d

For years, the MAGA movement has cloaked itself in a sense of righteous morality. The Epstein files were a test—and MAGA failed it. Instead of defending the vulnerable, they defended Trump. Instead of demanding truth, they embraced lies.

The mask is off. And we can never unsee what lies beneath.

The Mask Is Off: MAGA’s “Pedophile” Crusade Was Always a Lie

The Epstein files prove it was never about protecting kids—it was about defending Trump at all costs.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11d

Spot on.

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Jeannine Johnson @leinani.bsky.social · 13d

The gov't has been “shut down” for over 8 months since Trump took office a 2nd time. They've shut down parts of the gov't they don’t like (USAID), fired, laid off, or furloughed, hundreds of thousands of federal employees, impounded appropriations from Congress for activities/states they oppose.

This shutdown is different

Here’s what’s at stake, and why Dems must hold the line.

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Jeannine Johnson @leinani.bsky.social · 14d

We know who the enemy is from within. At least the brass got to see it for themselves.

Jeannine Johnson @leinani.bsky.social · 14d

Right?

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Jeannine Johnson @leinani.bsky.social · 14d

Trump needs AI to help him depict Democrats in a bad light. In contrast, all we need is to look at the very real footage and images of Trump to define him for who he really is.

We don’t need AI generated images to show Trump for the vile, traitor that he is!

We have real footage that does that.

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