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Lifelong champion of integrity, teamwork, kindness, learning & humility so... Can you guess why I'm NOT maga?

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jdoliverjensen.bsky.social @jdoliverjensen.bsky.social · Sep 14

We all need to hear this today.
We all need to sing this today.

We all need to stand on the side of love.

Hate cannot drive out darkness.
Only love can drive out darkness.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz8o...

People of Faith, Standing on the Side of Love

YouTube video by Unitarian Universalist Association

www.youtube.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22h

“They think that they’re tough. They have no idea how tough we are. They think that they’re hardcore. We are so much more hardcore than they are.”

--Stephen Miller speaking to Memphis police earlier this month.

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Liberty And Justice @bransf.bsky.social · 9h

We are about to lose 2 Democrat congressional seats in #Ohio due to #redistricting. The vote is today. Let's keep the option to continue to fight for fair representation. See www.geaugadems.com/post/urgent-....

URGENT ACTION - Democrats Eliminated by Redistricting Proposal

The proposed redistricting plan will likely eliminate 2 Democrat congressional seats.Call the two Democrats who are about to vote for this map TODAY, 10/31:Senator Nickie Antonio: 614-466-5123 Antonio...

www.geaugadems.com

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jdoliverjensen.bsky.social @jdoliverjensen.bsky.social · 9h

CRITICAL THREAD for Canadians!
Full thread explains fully
Actions items at end

Sometimes good intentions lead to DISASTROUS legislation.
THIS IS BAD

Michael Hendricks 🇨🇦 @michaelhendricks.bsky.social · 1d

Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores

jdoliverjensen.bsky.social @jdoliverjensen.bsky.social · 9h

Ummmm...
Would that be a Prince William ransom...?
Or...
A [formerly known as] Prince Andrew ransom...?

Context matters

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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 10h

Regular citizens are taking a grassroots approach to mutual aid.

On social media, they’re distributing lists of resources, sharing ideas for healthy low-cost meals, and becoming “grocery buddies” with neighbors in need, picking up the tab for their supermarket bills.

‘Grocery buddies’ take action to help neighbors amid SNAP uncertainty

On social media and at community pantries, Philly-area residents are taking a grassroots approach to mutual aid akin to the early days of the pandemic.

www.inquirer.com

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jdoliverjensen.bsky.social @jdoliverjensen.bsky.social · 10h

3/3
OK...
Is it just me?
Does this move onto military bases look to any one else like a fatal error leading to a check & checkmate?

Just me?

jdoliverjensen.bsky.social @jdoliverjensen.bsky.social · 10h

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"Tripling [ICE] arrests will likely bring pushback.

Michael Scherer, Missy Ryan, and Ashley Parker of The Atlantic reported today that political appointees Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have moved onto military bases."

jdoliverjensen.bsky.social @jdoliverjensen.bsky.social · 10h

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Letters From An American" Substack-

"The establishment of a domestic quick reaction force to quell civil disturbances at a time when there are no civil disturbances that can’t be handled easily by existing law enforcement suggests the administration is expecting those conditions to change."

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marikosegawa.bsky.social @marikosegawa.bsky.social · 20h

#ResistanceUnited #ProudBLUE #DV1
Prop 50
So many Californians have already voted.

If not yet, add your voice!

We don’t only need to win, but OVERWHELMINGLY to show that we’ll fight for fair elections.

Jasmine and Jane urge you to vote YES ❤️

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 10h

Donald Trump’s MAGA takeover of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is having a disastrous effect on ticket sales.

Trump Takeover Dooms Kennedy Center Shows as Audiences Stay Away

The MAGA takeover of the venue has damaged its reputation.

trib.al

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 18h

There's a bipartisan push by some in Colorado's congressional delegation to free a father and children seized by ICE on their way to school in Durango. ICE has not suggested the father committed any crime.

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A Republic If You Can Keep It @arepublicif.bsky.social · 10h

Right now, people of sound mind & heart are pleading w/ the ruling party to:
not starve children
not terrorize them
not kidnap their parents
not crash their healthcare
& not protect their rapists.

And #GOP will decry how liberal values are degrading our nation.

Call your reps please: 202-224-3121

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21h

#Thugs

Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · Sep 23

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 1d

It’s wildly ironic that MAGAs now have control of the Presidency, Congress, and the Supreme Court, and yet they still manage to feel themselves oppressed, still picture the world as unfair, still rage against a machine they’ve made and are part of.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/trump-supp...

Trump Supporters Are Miserable People. Let's Not Become Like Them.

Miserable.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com

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jdoliverjensen.bsky.social @jdoliverjensen.bsky.social · 1d

contrarian.substack.com/p/the-young-...

The Young Republicans chat echoes the Citizens Councils of the 1950s and 60s

The casual cruelty, the smirking slurs, the need to dress violence as irony—all of it belongs to an older tradition that has simply found new devices.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

I’m still shocked that stories like this which come out daily still get largely ignored. The most corrupt person to ever hold any public office in US history. I will keep posting them every day and try to amplify them, even when most media doesn’t care. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

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Baba Yaga Fèlla @babayagafella.bsky.social · 2d

Oof. This one cuts deep. 👏
#FuckTrump
#FuckICE
#RealeaseTheEpsteinFiles
#Resist

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Wow! It’s not even close. Food banks can’t keep up with the need…

Question: “How long is this sustainable.”

Food bank director: “It’s not… for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”

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Freddie_Rose 🇨🇦 @freddierose.bsky.social · 2d

Toronto Blue Jays play the Dodgers in L.A. this evening.
Go Jays Go 😀

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RGBAtlantica 🇨🇦 @ratlantica.bsky.social · 1d

Go Jays!! #WANTITALL

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jdoliverjensen.bsky.social @jdoliverjensen.bsky.social · 1d

Lolololololololololololololololololololololol...
Ohhh... my sides!
Lololololololololololololololol

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Ben Steiner @bensteiner00.bsky.social · 1d

The Jays go up 5-1!

A Bo Bichette RBI gets Giménez in to score.

The Rogers Centre is ELECTRIC.

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jdoliverjensen.bsky.social @jdoliverjensen.bsky.social · 1d

Hero...
lol

jdoliverjensen.bsky.social @jdoliverjensen.bsky.social · 1d

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It was so sweetly naive, so innocent, to revisit a time when Americans cared enough about symbols of our democracy that a TV super hearo would need to rush in to save them & Americans would tune in to watch & to cheer for the good guys.

SMH...

jdoliverjensen.bsky.social @jdoliverjensen.bsky.social · 1d

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At work, in the break room, there's a TV that gets 1 station so we ususally watch oldie TV reruns when TV is on.

Yesterday, "Six Million Dollar Man" was on & Steve Austin was saving the Liberty Bell from a disgruntled & obsolete govt employee who'd "kidnapped" it.