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Supporter of progressive economic policy. Aspiring small business owner. Volunteer lawyer. Amateur economist. Software developer. — #BLM #economics #TIARA https://johnrefior.com https://hachyderm.io/@jrefior https://www.trumpisarussianasset.info
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · Aug 3
If a man set fire to NYTimes offices, they would call him a winner and report on the dual nature of his magnificent personality.
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markjacob.bsky.social Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · Aug 2
Trump’s firing of the labor statistics chief is described by the New York Times as a display of “disproportionate intensity.” Get serious, NYT. He’s not just throwing ketchup against the wall — he’s on an autocratic campaign of fraud against the American people.
Lashing Out Over Russia and Jobs Data, Trump Displays His Volatile Side The president had been on something of a winning streak. But when faced with facts and foes that wouldn’t bend to his will, he responded with impatience and disproportionate intensity.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12h
A new Idaho law makes it illegal for state and local governments, private businesses, employers, schools and daycares to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive any other “medical intervention.”

➡️ Read the full story: https://propub.li/4oz4JYj
Excerpt from article: The law runs against one of the hallmarks of modern public health: that a person’s full participation in society depends on their willingness to follow certain rules. (Want to send your child to public school? They’ll need a measles vaccine. Want to work in a retirement community during flu season? You might have to wear a mask.) The new Idaho law flips that on its head. It not only removes the obligation to follow such rules, it makes the rules themselves illegal. The new law sets Idaho apart from even conservative-leaning South Carolina, where two schools recently quarantined more than 150 unvaccinated children after measles arrived. A person can spread measles for four days before symptoms appear. During the South Carolina schools’ quarantine, five students began to show symptoms, but the quarantine kept them from spreading it, the health department said this month. That precaution would now be illegal in Idaho.
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 12h
The state of Arizona on Tuesday sued the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives over the delayed swearing in of Democratic Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.
Arizona sues US House over delay in swearing in Democrat Grijalva
The state of Arizona on Tuesday sued the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives over the delayed swearing in of Democratic Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 12h
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Sam Litzinger @samlitzinger.bsky.social · 12h
Corruption nearly beyond description…

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Trump says he'd have final say on money he seeks over past federal investigations into his conduct
President Donald Trump says the federal government owes him “a lot of money” for prior Justice Department investigations into his actions and insists that any decision on a payout would “have to go ac...
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 12h
BREAKING: Trump's pick to lead the federal watchdog agency withdraws amid GOP objections over his MLK and "Nazi streak" text messages.
Trump pick to lead federal watchdog agency withdraws after offensive text messages were revealed
President Donald Trump’s pick to lead a federal watchdog agency withdrew from consideration Tuesday after his offensive text messages were made public and GOP senators revolted.
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 12h
Charity: The Mar-a-Lago Gold Inlay Improvement Association
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 17h
Mike Johnson’s book of strategy: “Lie.”
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 17h
Remember when Mike Johnson, live on TV at a press conference, answered the question of when they would swear her in, with “whenever she wants”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
Raskin details how he tried to get unanimous consent today to force Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the Acting Speaker Haridopolos "scurried out of the room"
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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 19h
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs

- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d
Trump in July, on the WH $250MM ballroom project:

“It won’t interfere with the current building.... It’ll be near it but not touching it — and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of."

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Jan 21
Trump christened his paramilitary terrorist crews yesterday with pardons & commutations for Proud Boy Enrique Tario & the other J6 convicts.

They will commit more political terrorism, like the 1870s Redeemers who violently rolled back U.S. Reconstruction.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 1d
FLASH: Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to murder Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week

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Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to murder Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week
A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill the top House Democrat.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

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"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here." Anna Bower Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about the Letitia James grand jury.
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 1d
I know a genocide-supporting Trump fan from Concord. Glad to see a larger number of much better people there.
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Everyday I’m social workin’ @hollyreooo.bsky.social · 3d
No Kings Concord NH
A crowd gathers on a street corner. Multiple signs in view. The state capitol dome in the background. One visible sign in the foreground says “Democracy does not fear protest. Dictators do”
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 3d
A 60 second summary of some of the biggest and best sights from #NoKings Day.

Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏

History.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d
The networks took the much smaller Tea Party movement so seriously they broadcast a Tea Party rebuttal to Obama’s 2011 SOTU on top of the normal GOP one.
paulwaldman.bsky.social Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 2d
Reminder: We spent YEARS reading thousands and thousands of articles on the Tea Party and how it was a true expression of the American people's will, and it never mounted anything nearly as big as Saturday's No Kings rallies. [1/3]
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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 2d
🚨 "Erez Reuveni: And Ensign says to Boasberg, I don't know. Now Ensign was at the same meeting that I was at the day before, where we were told in no uncertain terms that planes were taking off over the weekend, that those planes needed to take off no matter what." ⬇️

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DOJ whistleblower says he witnessed government officials undermining the rule of law
Former Justice Department lawyer Erez Reuveni speaks out about the disregard of due process and for the rule of law that he says he witnessed in his final weeks at the Department of Justice.
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Sergio Perez @sergioperez.bsky.social · 2d
Individuals have sacrificed so much to get to the U.S. - by boat, by foot, by whatever.

Only to be lost on an NY Times headline.

“Mass deportations continue”

“X boat sunk at see”

“Children suffer in immigration prison”
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 2d
Whoa. Chicago mayor calls for a general strike; now we're talking

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Chicago Mayor Issues Defiant Call For A General Strike
It was an audacious proposal, given that the U.S. has never held a true, nationwide general strike.
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 2d
On Saturday night the president then posted a video of himself wearing a crown while flying a jet that dropped diarrhea on the United States, and boosted an image of himself wearing a crown posted by the vice president.
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 2d
"'They say they’re referring to me as a king. I’m not a king,' the president said in a Fox News interview that aired early Friday, before he departed for a $1 million-per-plate MAGA Inc. fundraiser at his club."
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 2d
"...deployments of troops in U.S. cities are 'un-American' and alarming signs of eroding democracy.

"'I fought for freedom and against this kind of extremism abroad,' said Howard, who added that he also worked at the CIA for 20 years on counter-extremism operations."
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 2d
"Iraq War Marine veteran Shawn Howard said he had never participated in a protest before but was motivated to show up because of what he sees as the Trump administration’s 'disregard for the law.' He said immigration detentions without due process and...
'No Kings' protests against Trump bring a street party vibe to cities nationwide
Large crowds of protesters have gathered in cities across the United for “No Kings” demonstrations against what they see a drift into authoritarianism under President Donald Trump.
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