JFA
@jabbott28.bsky.social
Educator, believer in democracy and sports enthusiast
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How nice for them. What will they do for SC taxpayers in return? #scpol
www.thestate.com/news/politic...
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SC lawmakers vote to restore the pay they’ve lost since July 1
The state Supreme Court struck down an $18,000 pay raise lawmakers included for in-district compensation during last year’s budget discussions.
www.thestate.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:24 AM
How nice for them. What will they do for SC taxpayers in return? #scpol
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Lindsey Graham doesn't care about our nation or South Carolina. He is totally focused on his personal grift. #scpol
Lindsey Graham wants his half million dollars for participating in January 6th communications and having his phone logs investigated www.rawstory.com/lindsey-grah...
'Graham's revenge': One GOP senator's vendetta could catapult government into shutdown
As Congress scrambles to pass a funding bill by Friday night to avert a government shutdown, a “Lindsey-Graham-sized snag” has emerged that could upend the effort, Politico reported Friday.Last year’s...
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January 30, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Lindsey Graham doesn't care about our nation or South Carolina. He is totally focused on his personal grift. #scpol
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This is my community in SC! The public response was wonderful! Young people drove by and honked. People saw us and joined in. They weren’t prepared for the cold but stayed anyway. It was a good day in Irmo, SC. I hope @juliezforsc.bsky.social wins her election to the General Assembly. #scpol
Jan 29- Thursday
Yesterday was the first anti ICE protest in Irmo, SC. It was an overwhelming success. An estimated 75 Americans from Irmo, Chapin, and Lexington came together yesterday to say Enough is Enough.This will be the first of many protests coming to the Irmo area soon. So stay tuned!
Yesterday was the first anti ICE protest in Irmo, SC. It was an overwhelming success. An estimated 75 Americans from Irmo, Chapin, and Lexington came together yesterday to say Enough is Enough.This will be the first of many protests coming to the Irmo area soon. So stay tuned!
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is my community in SC! The public response was wonderful! Young people drove by and honked. People saw us and joined in. They weren’t prepared for the cold but stayed anyway. It was a good day in Irmo, SC. I hope @juliezforsc.bsky.social wins her election to the General Assembly. #scpol
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Another great group of friends at the #IrmoIceOutProtest.
#scpol
This is the first protest I've ever seen in my 31 years living in the Irmo area. SC is changing rapidly. We won't lose democracy without a fight.
#scpol
This is the first protest I've ever seen in my 31 years living in the Irmo area. SC is changing rapidly. We won't lose democracy without a fight.
January 30, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Another great group of friends at the #IrmoIceOutProtest.
#scpol
This is the first protest I've ever seen in my 31 years living in the Irmo area. SC is changing rapidly. We won't lose democracy without a fight.
#scpol
This is the first protest I've ever seen in my 31 years living in the Irmo area. SC is changing rapidly. We won't lose democracy without a fight.
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We have another candidate to flip a seat in the General Assembly in November. Y'all follow @asbillforsc.bsky.social and help him to victory. #scpol
Columbia, SC standing strong for our constitutional rights. We stand with Minneapolis and the rights of all humanity!
If elected, I promise to remain visibly in the fight against fascism. Help me get to the state house!
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If elected, I promise to remain visibly in the fight against fascism. Help me get to the state house!
secure.actblue.com/donate/steve...
January 30, 2026 at 10:08 PM
We have another candidate to flip a seat in the General Assembly in November. Y'all follow @asbillforsc.bsky.social and help him to victory. #scpol
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It hasn’t gone unnoticed that all four people arrested today, including two journalists, were Black.
And now we find out the charge is “conspiracy to violate civil rights,” a statute rooted in the Ku Klux Klan Act.
Sit with that.
And now we find out the charge is “conspiracy to violate civil rights,” a statute rooted in the Ku Klux Klan Act.
Sit with that.
January 30, 2026 at 10:02 PM
It hasn’t gone unnoticed that all four people arrested today, including two journalists, were Black.
And now we find out the charge is “conspiracy to violate civil rights,” a statute rooted in the Ku Klux Klan Act.
Sit with that.
And now we find out the charge is “conspiracy to violate civil rights,” a statute rooted in the Ku Klux Klan Act.
Sit with that.
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Actions speak louder than words.
Tom Homan says he wants to do things differently, but we have yet to see meaningful change.
The only way to ensure the safety of the people of Minnesota is for the federal government to draw down their forces and end this campaign of brutality.
Tom Homan says he wants to do things differently, but we have yet to see meaningful change.
The only way to ensure the safety of the people of Minnesota is for the federal government to draw down their forces and end this campaign of brutality.
January 30, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Actions speak louder than words.
Tom Homan says he wants to do things differently, but we have yet to see meaningful change.
The only way to ensure the safety of the people of Minnesota is for the federal government to draw down their forces and end this campaign of brutality.
Tom Homan says he wants to do things differently, but we have yet to see meaningful change.
The only way to ensure the safety of the people of Minnesota is for the federal government to draw down their forces and end this campaign of brutality.
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Wow. Those, uh, new Epstein file drop stuff. Is, like. Ew, wow. Can we get our senators to listen?
My friend called our local senators today and his office picked up the phone and slammed it back down.
Really.
My friend called our local senators today and his office picked up the phone and slammed it back down.
Really.
January 30, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Wow. Those, uh, new Epstein file drop stuff. Is, like. Ew, wow. Can we get our senators to listen?
My friend called our local senators today and his office picked up the phone and slammed it back down.
Really.
My friend called our local senators today and his office picked up the phone and slammed it back down.
Really.
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Next Fed Chair is in the Trump/Epstein files! 😐
January 30, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Next Fed Chair is in the Trump/Epstein files! 😐
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Journalist Georgia Fort has been released from custody (video @fox9mn.bsky.social)
January 30, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Journalist Georgia Fort has been released from custody (video @fox9mn.bsky.social)
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An American Street: One picture tells the story of what it looks like when fascism comes to town. Gift article.
An American Street
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:38 PM
An American Street: One picture tells the story of what it looks like when fascism comes to town. Gift article.
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Everything you ever wanted to know that *we* ever wanted to know about the Fulton County search www.lawfaremedia.org/article/we-h...
We Have Questions About the FBI’s Fulton County Search
The administration continues to litigate the 2020 election more than five years later.
www.lawfaremedia.org
January 30, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Everything you ever wanted to know that *we* ever wanted to know about the Fulton County search www.lawfaremedia.org/article/we-h...
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Absolutely disgusting.
January 30, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Absolutely disgusting.
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Justice Department pulling down pages that mention Trump...
January 30, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Justice Department pulling down pages that mention Trump...
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Autocratic regimes hate the free press. They hate journalism because they don’t want to be held accountable. These Minnesota journalists are being targeted because journalism has prevented this administration from doing even more insane things in Minnesota. Remember it was video that proved lying …
January 30, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Autocratic regimes hate the free press. They hate journalism because they don’t want to be held accountable. These Minnesota journalists are being targeted because journalism has prevented this administration from doing even more insane things in Minnesota. Remember it was video that proved lying …
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Trump’s Republicans are doing everything they told us the Democrats would do.
Every accusation is a confession.
Every accusation is a confession.
January 30, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Trump’s Republicans are doing everything they told us the Democrats would do.
Every accusation is a confession.
Every accusation is a confession.
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Amendment to prevent the apprehension and deportation of US citizens was striped from the funding bill by the WH - tRump and Stephen Miller in particular. Let that sink in:
tRump doesn't want US citizens protected from being detained and deported by ICE...
tRump doesn't want US citizens protected from being detained and deported by ICE...
January 30, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Amendment to prevent the apprehension and deportation of US citizens was striped from the funding bill by the WH - tRump and Stephen Miller in particular. Let that sink in:
tRump doesn't want US citizens protected from being detained and deported by ICE...
tRump doesn't want US citizens protected from being detained and deported by ICE...
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Trump is an agent of chaos commanded by Vladimir Putin.
January 30, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Trump is an agent of chaos commanded by Vladimir Putin.
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This was posted in the new Epstein files release and removed about 20 mins later.
Wonder why that is.
Wonder why that is.
January 30, 2026 at 6:44 PM
This was posted in the new Epstein files release and removed about 20 mins later.
Wonder why that is.
Wonder why that is.
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11/29/26-11:30AM PST - right outside City Hall in Los Angeles—near Grand and Temple Streets. According to source of vid, this gentleman walked out of the courthouse with papers and then was immediately surrounded
Mayor’s office keeps yelling about opposing ICE when this shit happens on her doorstep
Mayor’s office keeps yelling about opposing ICE when this shit happens on her doorstep
January 29, 2026 at 7:57 PM
11/29/26-11:30AM PST - right outside City Hall in Los Angeles—near Grand and Temple Streets. According to source of vid, this gentleman walked out of the courthouse with papers and then was immediately surrounded
Mayor’s office keeps yelling about opposing ICE when this shit happens on her doorstep
Mayor’s office keeps yelling about opposing ICE when this shit happens on her doorstep