JFalter
@falterj.bsky.social
🌊🌊Pro-democracy. 💙Democrat. Just trying to figure my way forward from here.
•Artist, Wife, Mother
• Blue dot 🔵in a very red state
• Small business owner
• Ally, friend, community minded
• Democracy lover
•Artist, Wife, Mother
• Blue dot 🔵in a very red state
• Small business owner
• Ally, friend, community minded
• Democracy lover
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No child should go hungry simply because their parents are immigrants. As mayor, I’ll join @newyorkstateag.bsky.social in using every lever of government for the families who fear if they can afford tomorrow’s meals.
November 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
No child should go hungry simply because their parents are immigrants. As mayor, I’ll join @newyorkstateag.bsky.social in using every lever of government for the families who fear if they can afford tomorrow’s meals.
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They should both be investigated and charged! Trump should be impeached and indicted.
November 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
They should both be investigated and charged! Trump should be impeached and indicted.
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Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale RTd this thread, which says Trump shld act fast & “Fire people who can't be fired. Force them to litigate. Mass deport people who can't be deported. Force them to litigate. Cancel 100s of billions in funding that are not lawful to cancel & force them to litigate.” 1/
November 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Thiel Fellowship co-founder Michael Gibson says that, “There is an American renaissance waiting for us if we stop funding higher ed and abolish public schools” … 1/ x.com/william_blak...
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Thiel Fellowship co-founder Michael Gibson says that, “There is an American renaissance waiting for us if we stop funding higher ed and abolish public schools” … 1/ x.com/william_blak...
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Joe Lonsdale—Peter Thiel’s Palantir co-founder—writes that, “It’s NOT sane for the state itself to provide education...” (Thiel Fellowship co-founder Michael Gibson has similarly expressed a desire to abolish public education.) 1/ x.com/jtlonsdale/s...
November 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Joe Lonsdale—Peter Thiel’s Palantir co-founder—writes that, “It’s NOT sane for the state itself to provide education...” (Thiel Fellowship co-founder Michael Gibson has similarly expressed a desire to abolish public education.) 1/ x.com/jtlonsdale/s...
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Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
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Welker: "Will you deport people with pending asylum claims?"
Kristi Noem: "We will if they should be, absolutely."
Kristi Noem: "We will if they should be, absolutely."
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Welker: "Will you deport people with pending asylum claims?"
Kristi Noem: "We will if they should be, absolutely."
Kristi Noem: "We will if they should be, absolutely."
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November 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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The New Deal wasn’t built on a promise that there would be “no ceiling” for the richest Americans.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The New Deal wasn’t built on a promise that there would be “no ceiling” for the richest Americans.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
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Sec Kristi loves to confess
November 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Sec Kristi loves to confess
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The best thing about this administration is that they can’t stop confessing
November 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The best thing about this administration is that they can’t stop confessing
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Sen. Cory Booker and Alexis Lewis got married, celebrating in both Newark and D.C.
November 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Sen. Cory Booker and Alexis Lewis got married, celebrating in both Newark and D.C.
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Welker: "DHS posted 'Remigration now!'…How, specifically, does the Trump administration define 'remigration'?"
Kristi Noem: *refuses to answer the question*
Kristi Noem: *refuses to answer the question*
November 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Welker: "DHS posted 'Remigration now!'…How, specifically, does the Trump administration define 'remigration'?"
Kristi Noem: *refuses to answer the question*
Kristi Noem: *refuses to answer the question*
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Defending democracy is to protect the right of every person! It’s refusing to hand our future to authoritarians who want obedience instead of freedom, chaos instead of accountability.
They want us divided, discouraged and silent.
We will give them unity, defiance, and a hell of a lot of noise!
1/2
They want us divided, discouraged and silent.
We will give them unity, defiance, and a hell of a lot of noise!
1/2
November 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Defending democracy is to protect the right of every person! It’s refusing to hand our future to authoritarians who want obedience instead of freedom, chaos instead of accountability.
They want us divided, discouraged and silent.
We will give them unity, defiance, and a hell of a lot of noise!
1/2
They want us divided, discouraged and silent.
We will give them unity, defiance, and a hell of a lot of noise!
1/2
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A human-rights group has used publicly available aviation data to track the U.S. government’s flights, tallying more than 1,700 deportation flights in the first nine months of the second Trump Administration. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/01/disappeared-to-a-foreign-prison
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled. Sarah Stillman reports.
www.newyorker.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A human-rights group has used publicly available aviation data to track the U.S. government’s flights, tallying more than 1,700 deportation flights in the first nine months of the second Trump Administration. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/01/disappeared-to-a-foreign-prison
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"The message our system sent to immigrants was that it was safer, easier, and quicker to follow the legal process than circumvent it. There was an incentive to follow the law. Now the reverse is true."
Arrested for Following the Rules
The danger of ICE’s strategy of targeting immigrants fulfilling their legal responsibilities.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"The message our system sent to immigrants was that it was safer, easier, and quicker to follow the legal process than circumvent it. There was an incentive to follow the law. Now the reverse is true."
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Kaine: "We had to pry with a crowbar after weeks and weeks out of the administration the supposed rationale for the strikes in international waters. It was very shoddy. It was not at all persuasive that these are legal actions ... It's time for Congress to rein in the president."
November 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Kaine: "We had to pry with a crowbar after weeks and weeks out of the administration the supposed rationale for the strikes in international waters. It was very shoddy. It was not at all persuasive that these are legal actions ... It's time for Congress to rein in the president."
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Elaine Miles, an Indigenous actress best known for playing Marilyn Whirlwind on Northern Exposure and part of its SAG-nominated ensemble, told the Seattle Times that men in ICE-labeled vests called her tribal ID “fake.”
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November 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Elaine Miles, an Indigenous actress best known for playing Marilyn Whirlwind on Northern Exposure and part of its SAG-nominated ensemble, told the Seattle Times that men in ICE-labeled vests called her tribal ID “fake.”
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theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/northern-e...
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The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
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Nawrocki - Orban meeting is off. Lots of speculations.
Be simple, Putin told them to hold off. He is awaiting what Kushner/Witkoff can accomplish
Be simple, Putin told them to hold off. He is awaiting what Kushner/Witkoff can accomplish
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Nawrocki - Orban meeting is off. Lots of speculations.
Be simple, Putin told them to hold off. He is awaiting what Kushner/Witkoff can accomplish
Be simple, Putin told them to hold off. He is awaiting what Kushner/Witkoff can accomplish
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Kaine: "These two Guard members should've been at home at Thanksgiving celebrating Thanksgiving with their families, not deployed in a political deployment to do law enforcement in DC that the DC police and other local law enforcement agencies can do ... I mourn for them."
November 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Kaine: "These two Guard members should've been at home at Thanksgiving celebrating Thanksgiving with their families, not deployed in a political deployment to do law enforcement in DC that the DC police and other local law enforcement agencies can do ... I mourn for them."
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HASSETT: Gas prices dropped below $2 a gallon in a lot of places
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
November 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
HASSETT: Gas prices dropped below $2 a gallon in a lot of places
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
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Interesting insight - Ukrainian delegation wanted to meet at Mar-a-Lago, but US demanded the meeting to be in Miami.
Trump at MAL yesterday
Trump at MAL yesterday
November 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Interesting insight - Ukrainian delegation wanted to meet at Mar-a-Lago, but US demanded the meeting to be in Miami.
Trump at MAL yesterday
Trump at MAL yesterday
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Welker: "The judge wanted to ensure that people were given due process…Did you defy the court's order?"
Kristi Noem: "No. That's one of the things we continue to face across the country are activist judges."
Kristi Noem: "No. That's one of the things we continue to face across the country are activist judges."
November 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Welker: "The judge wanted to ensure that people were given due process…Did you defy the court's order?"
Kristi Noem: "No. That's one of the things we continue to face across the country are activist judges."
Kristi Noem: "No. That's one of the things we continue to face across the country are activist judges."