Joe Metz
@jametz.bsky.social
Native Cincinnatian, Lifelong Liberal Catholic, Beatles Lover, Baseball Lover. Absolutely love being a Grandpa.
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If this is true, every halfway decent foreign intelligence service on the planet already has the receipts ….
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
If this is true, every halfway decent foreign intelligence service on the planet already has the receipts ….
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Pamela Jo has until December 20th to release the Epstein files. She must include explanations for everything she redacts or withholds.
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Pamela Jo has until December 20th to release the Epstein files. She must include explanations for everything she redacts or withholds.
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Right on!
Alabama finally has someone ready to fight for the Alabama instead of letting Tuberville, a non-resident drifter, run his mouth from Florida.
Doug is stepping in with actual roots, actual plans, and an actual stake in the future of the state.
#DougForAlabama
Alabama finally has someone ready to fight for the Alabama instead of letting Tuberville, a non-resident drifter, run his mouth from Florida.
Doug is stepping in with actual roots, actual plans, and an actual stake in the future of the state.
#DougForAlabama
So I’ve made it official folks: I’ve filed the paperwork to run for Governor of Alabama. It’s time to remind this state of who we are and what we can accomplish together.
#DougForAlabama
#DougForAlabama
November 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Right on!
Alabama finally has someone ready to fight for the Alabama instead of letting Tuberville, a non-resident drifter, run his mouth from Florida.
Doug is stepping in with actual roots, actual plans, and an actual stake in the future of the state.
#DougForAlabama
Alabama finally has someone ready to fight for the Alabama instead of letting Tuberville, a non-resident drifter, run his mouth from Florida.
Doug is stepping in with actual roots, actual plans, and an actual stake in the future of the state.
#DougForAlabama
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Just saying, but they could always uh… do their jobs instead of being partisan shitweasels?
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Just saying, but they could always uh… do their jobs instead of being partisan shitweasels?
Absolutely! I can't search emails now. Frustrating.
Google removes a variety of longstanding GMail features if you try to withdraw your default consent (!) to having all your content read and used by Google Gemini via "Smart Features." That's an obvious attempt to coerce consent for privacy violations. Legislatures must act to make this illegal.
November 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Absolutely! I can't search emails now. Frustrating.
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On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
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It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
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White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
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The Weeknight just played 3 horrific and threatening voicemails that @crow.house.gov received since Trump posted his insane threats yesterday.
I feel awful for these lawmakers and ashamed that this is what the President* has unleashed.
I feel awful for these lawmakers and ashamed that this is what the President* has unleashed.
November 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The Weeknight just played 3 horrific and threatening voicemails that @crow.house.gov received since Trump posted his insane threats yesterday.
I feel awful for these lawmakers and ashamed that this is what the President* has unleashed.
I feel awful for these lawmakers and ashamed that this is what the President* has unleashed.
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I have a daughter in her first year of a MSW program. She’s often told me I’m too political.
She’s triggered now. It’s not lost on her that, for the most part, these are degrees primarily pursued by women.
Republicans might have regrets about this decision.
She’s triggered now. It’s not lost on her that, for the most part, these are degrees primarily pursued by women.
Republicans might have regrets about this decision.
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I have a daughter in her first year of a MSW program. She’s often told me I’m too political.
She’s triggered now. It’s not lost on her that, for the most part, these are degrees primarily pursued by women.
Republicans might have regrets about this decision.
She’s triggered now. It’s not lost on her that, for the most part, these are degrees primarily pursued by women.
Republicans might have regrets about this decision.
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Don Jr: Did he ever look at you that way?
Eric: Nope. Never. You?
Don Jr: 😥😥😥😥
Eric: Nope. Never. You?
Don Jr: 😥😥😥😥
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Don Jr: Did he ever look at you that way?
Eric: Nope. Never. You?
Don Jr: 😥😥😥😥
Eric: Nope. Never. You?
Don Jr: 😥😥😥😥
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Fun fact:
After the Texas ruling and Indiana failing to redraw their maps, Democrats are now projected to win the redistricting battle.
We told you not to start that dumb shit.
After the Texas ruling and Indiana failing to redraw their maps, Democrats are now projected to win the redistricting battle.
We told you not to start that dumb shit.
November 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Fun fact:
After the Texas ruling and Indiana failing to redraw their maps, Democrats are now projected to win the redistricting battle.
We told you not to start that dumb shit.
After the Texas ruling and Indiana failing to redraw their maps, Democrats are now projected to win the redistricting battle.
We told you not to start that dumb shit.
I don’t know why more people aren’t outraged by this.
The part where they threatened to break a judge’s car windows should be a bigger story … they feel comfortable treating judges this way, which means they are being told that they can do literally anything to nearly everyone
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I don’t know why more people aren’t outraged by this.
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Here's a transcript of the key exchange:
ME: You filled out a form which essentially says, ‘who delivered this threat,’ and your office wrote in ‘Donald J. Trump.’
HOULAHAN: 'The President.'
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
ME: You filled out a form which essentially says, ‘who delivered this threat,’ and your office wrote in ‘Donald J. Trump.’
HOULAHAN: 'The President.'
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
November 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Here's a transcript of the key exchange:
ME: You filled out a form which essentially says, ‘who delivered this threat,’ and your office wrote in ‘Donald J. Trump.’
HOULAHAN: 'The President.'
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
ME: You filled out a form which essentially says, ‘who delivered this threat,’ and your office wrote in ‘Donald J. Trump.’
HOULAHAN: 'The President.'
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
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Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat.
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Trump’s Angry Tirade Calling for “Death” to Dems Just Backfired Badly
As Trump’s call for the execution of “seditious” Dems works against him, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, one of his targets, explains why she and other Dems are warning servicemembers against carrying out ille...
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat.
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
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We haven't forgotten this:
November 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
We haven't forgotten this:
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It's not sedition to remind the military to not follow illegal orders. This is a wild escalation that should not be normalized.
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
It's not sedition to remind the military to not follow illegal orders. This is a wild escalation that should not be normalized.
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In a world where Trump punches down, be like Pope Leo and lift people up.
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
In a world where Trump punches down, be like Pope Leo and lift people up.
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Correct Answer
CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Correct Answer
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As countries talk about investing in national security and reroute budgets to military spending, one of the biggest international security threats is climate change.
Climate Change Is Biggest Security Threat That Every Country Is Facing Right Now
Climate diplomacy researcher Lina Yassin discusses updates from COP30 as well as the ongoing crisis in Sudan.
buff.ly
November 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
As countries talk about investing in national security and reroute budgets to military spending, one of the biggest international security threats is climate change.
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Sounds great.
None of that matters if we don’t do our jobs. No complacency.
None of that matters if we don’t do our jobs. No complacency.
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Sounds great.
None of that matters if we don’t do our jobs. No complacency.
None of that matters if we don’t do our jobs. No complacency.
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Stephen Miller thinks reminding people of their oaths of office is “calling for an insurrection,” which should tell you exactly how he feels about the Constitution
November 19, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Stephen Miller thinks reminding people of their oaths of office is “calling for an insurrection,” which should tell you exactly how he feels about the Constitution
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""With all the subtlety of a bulldozer crashing into the East Wing, the White House went straight to damage-limitation mode with this display of the world’s most unpopular – and unconvincing – lovebirds," The Poke writes."
www.alternet.org/trump-sham-m...
www.alternet.org/trump-sham-m...
White House mocked over 'complete failure' to sell Trump's 'sham marriage' on social media
As experts and internet sleuths worked to dissect and decipher the explosive emails released last week by the U.S. House Oversight Committee from estate of deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein refe...
www.alternet.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
""With all the subtlety of a bulldozer crashing into the East Wing, the White House went straight to damage-limitation mode with this display of the world’s most unpopular – and unconvincing – lovebirds," The Poke writes."
www.alternet.org/trump-sham-m...
www.alternet.org/trump-sham-m...
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I keep coming back to the Joseph McCarthy moment where the red-baiting senator was finally asked, “Have you no decency,” and his cult of personality burst. “Quiet, Piggy.” We shouldn’t forget that the president of the United States uttered those words in this moment.
November 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I keep coming back to the Joseph McCarthy moment where the red-baiting senator was finally asked, “Have you no decency,” and his cult of personality burst. “Quiet, Piggy.” We shouldn’t forget that the president of the United States uttered those words in this moment.
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
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After participating in "Good Morning America" co-anchor Gio Benitez’s confirmation Mass, some conservative Catholics unleashed a barrage of online attacks on @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social. Martin's crime? Being present at the Mass.
Why are traditionalists on Catholic Twitter still so obsessed with Jim Martin?
After participating in "Good Morning America" co-anchor Gio Benitez's confirmation Mass, some conservative Catholics unleashed a barrage of online attacks on Jesuit Fr. James Martin. Martin's crime? B...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
After participating in "Good Morning America" co-anchor Gio Benitez’s confirmation Mass, some conservative Catholics unleashed a barrage of online attacks on @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social. Martin's crime? Being present at the Mass.