Jo
@jokar.bsky.social
☕️🍻🌳⚾️🧡🖤🌷🗽 current: #PNW,
Bay Area born & raised
diehard #SFGiants fan 🌉, & other cool stuff.
Bay Area born & raised
diehard #SFGiants fan 🌉, & other cool stuff.
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For those confused, Trump/Republicans would strongly prefer Crockett to win the Senate primary bc they don’t think a Black woman has a chance at winning statewide in Texas. They’re terrified of Talarico, who lacked the name recognition to win until CBS tried to censor his interview with Colbert
February 18, 2026 at 12:34 AM
For those confused, Trump/Republicans would strongly prefer Crockett to win the Senate primary bc they don’t think a Black woman has a chance at winning statewide in Texas. They’re terrified of Talarico, who lacked the name recognition to win until CBS tried to censor his interview with Colbert
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What links Epstein and Dilley (among their network of concentration camps)? Child trafficking and the unrelenting abuse, assault and abduction of children -- to feed the sick appetites and pad the profits of billionaires.
February 17, 2026 at 11:21 PM
What links Epstein and Dilley (among their network of concentration camps)? Child trafficking and the unrelenting abuse, assault and abduction of children -- to feed the sick appetites and pad the profits of billionaires.
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According to a U.N. panel of experts, the Epstein files suggest a “global criminal enterprise" whose atrocities against women and girls were so grave in scale and systematic in nature that they may reasonably meet the legal threshold of crimes against humanity. www.reuters.com/world/allega...
Allegations in Epstein files may amount to 'crimes against humanity,' UN experts say
Millions of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a "global criminal enterprise" that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity,...
www.reuters.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:20 PM
According to a U.N. panel of experts, the Epstein files suggest a “global criminal enterprise" whose atrocities against women and girls were so grave in scale and systematic in nature that they may reasonably meet the legal threshold of crimes against humanity. www.reuters.com/world/allega...
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This will not surprise people on the left. But remember: I'm not from the left. I'm from mainstream Democratic politics in California. I *know* these people. And this is some pretty bad shit.
February 17, 2026 at 11:08 PM
This will not surprise people on the left. But remember: I'm not from the left. I'm from mainstream Democratic politics in California. I *know* these people. And this is some pretty bad shit.
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I've know these people for years. They've worked for Kamala Harris, Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom, Antonio Villaraigosa, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, etc. Now they are working for crypto and venture capital, as vc and crypto underwrite Trump fascism.
February 17, 2026 at 11:07 PM
I've know these people for years. They've worked for Kamala Harris, Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom, Antonio Villaraigosa, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, etc. Now they are working for crypto and venture capital, as vc and crypto underwrite Trump fascism.
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But these tech billionaires are just wholesale buying out the California Democratic Party apparatus. That is very obviously the strategy, and it works. The standard bearers of the California Democratic Party are now subsidiaries of Silicon Valley's worst billionaires.
February 17, 2026 at 11:04 PM
But these tech billionaires are just wholesale buying out the California Democratic Party apparatus. That is very obviously the strategy, and it works. The standard bearers of the California Democratic Party are now subsidiaries of Silicon Valley's worst billionaires.
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Amazing how many of the state's top Democratic consultants are selling out to tech. Just cashing tf out. This is why I say the biggest threat doesn't come from Republicans—it comes from Democrats selling us out over time.
BTW: I spent most of my career working for California Democrats.
BTW: I spent most of my career working for California Democrats.
February 17, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Amazing how many of the state's top Democratic consultants are selling out to tech. Just cashing tf out. This is why I say the biggest threat doesn't come from Republicans—it comes from Democrats selling us out over time.
BTW: I spent most of my career working for California Democrats.
BTW: I spent most of my career working for California Democrats.
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Read this sentence slowly:
“Gov. Gavin Newsom, crypto executives and business leaders are ramping up efforts this week to stop the proposed wealth tax...”
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
“Gov. Gavin Newsom, crypto executives and business leaders are ramping up efforts this week to stop the proposed wealth tax...”
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
As Bernie Sanders Comes to California, Wealth Tax Opponents Intensify Efforts
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Read this sentence slowly:
“Gov. Gavin Newsom, crypto executives and business leaders are ramping up efforts this week to stop the proposed wealth tax...”
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
“Gov. Gavin Newsom, crypto executives and business leaders are ramping up efforts this week to stop the proposed wealth tax...”
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
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For the amount these billionaires are spending to fight this they could you know pay taxes and fund some actual stuff.
February 17, 2026 at 11:14 PM
For the amount these billionaires are spending to fight this they could you know pay taxes and fund some actual stuff.
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Today, we mourn a giant in the civil rights movement who left an indelible mark on our politics and our world. All of us in the fight to build a democracy that works for everyone stand on the shoulders of Reverend Jesse Jackson.
February 17, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Today, we mourn a giant in the civil rights movement who left an indelible mark on our politics and our world. All of us in the fight to build a democracy that works for everyone stand on the shoulders of Reverend Jesse Jackson.
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As Trump becomes more unpopular and the fragile MAGA coalition falls apart, the regime is getting more desperate in its attacks on free speech. Corporate leaders who side with fascists over our freedom of speech are making a bad bet that they will regret. CBS can’t be trusted under MAGA management.
February 17, 2026 at 11:14 PM
As Trump becomes more unpopular and the fragile MAGA coalition falls apart, the regime is getting more desperate in its attacks on free speech. Corporate leaders who side with fascists over our freedom of speech are making a bad bet that they will regret. CBS can’t be trusted under MAGA management.
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CBS is Trump TV. Less than two months after CBS News suddenly pulled a report on the regime’s prison camps, CBS lawyers told Stephen Colbert that he couldn’t air an interview with a Texas Democratic candidate.
This is what complicity looks like.
This is what complicity looks like.
Stephen Colbert says CBS didn't air interview out of fear of FCC
Colbert kicked off Monday's episode of "The Late Show" by saying that the network's lawyers told him he could not have Texas state Rep. James Talarico on the broadcast.
www.nbcnews.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:14 PM
CBS is Trump TV. Less than two months after CBS News suddenly pulled a report on the regime’s prison camps, CBS lawyers told Stephen Colbert that he couldn’t air an interview with a Texas Democratic candidate.
This is what complicity looks like.
This is what complicity looks like.
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(I think my favorite part of the Sesame Street version might be "ready on the stump? ok.")
I Am Somebody - Jesse Jackson #sesamestreet
YouTube video by Sesame Street Classics
www.youtube.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:14 PM
(I think my favorite part of the Sesame Street version might be "ready on the stump? ok.")
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This may end up being a massive own goal for the Trump administration.
February 17, 2026 at 11:15 PM
This may end up being a massive own goal for the Trump administration.
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"Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman shot by federal agents last fall, was already on the government's radar before an agent opened fire, identified as a threat after a social media post."
Immigration authorities had surveilled Chicago woman shot 5 times during 'Midway Blitz': CBP Report
Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman shot by federal agents last fall, was already on the government's radar and was identified as a threat after a social media post, according to a CBP report obtained...
abc7chicago.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:47 PM
"Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman shot by federal agents last fall, was already on the government's radar before an agent opened fire, identified as a threat after a social media post."
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How much money do you think the Feds have expended on trying to make an example out of this man?
Immigration and Customs Enforcement cannot re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia because a 90-day detention period has expired and the government has no viable plan for deporting him, a federal judge ruled. https://cnn.it/4kHhwqR
February 17, 2026 at 8:32 PM
How much money do you think the Feds have expended on trying to make an example out of this man?
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There are things states could do to be more resilient against an ICE and CBP suppression campaign (noting that there are not enough agents to suppress at scale).
One is to allow voters to vote at multiple polling places, eliminating the ability of agents to target minority voting places.
One is to allow voters to vote at multiple polling places, eliminating the ability of agents to target minority voting places.
I do not think that the president as head of the executive has the capability or capacity to plan and implement a widespread voter intimidation or suppression campaign in advance of the 2026 midterms. But I also think he intends to do so. This is a man who is immune to your human logic.
February 17, 2026 at 8:41 PM
There are things states could do to be more resilient against an ICE and CBP suppression campaign (noting that there are not enough agents to suppress at scale).
One is to allow voters to vote at multiple polling places, eliminating the ability of agents to target minority voting places.
One is to allow voters to vote at multiple polling places, eliminating the ability of agents to target minority voting places.
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Every story out of Dilley makes me think of Rep. McIver asking DHS officials:
"Do you think you're going to hell?"
"Do you think you're going to hell?"
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Every story out of Dilley makes me think of Rep. McIver asking DHS officials:
"Do you think you're going to hell?"
"Do you think you're going to hell?"
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A group of pediatricians wrote an op-ed detailing the traumatic, lasting effects kids in detention centers will endure:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
We're pediatricians. We see how ICE is harming children. | Opinion
Liam Ramos is one of more than 1,700 children to have been put in family detention centers since 2025. We call for these centers to close.
www.usatoday.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:04 PM
A group of pediatricians wrote an op-ed detailing the traumatic, lasting effects kids in detention centers will endure:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 7:31 PM
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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@aoc.bsky.social is on fire on foreign policy and national security. Great messaging and vision. Keep it up!
February 17, 2026 at 7:43 PM
@aoc.bsky.social is on fire on foreign policy and national security. Great messaging and vision. Keep it up!
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Buckle up, buttercup. One company here in Washington state that's sitting right at the (data) center of the technofascist Venn diagram and raking in big bucks by helping ICE and screwing our state. @troublemakers.bsky.social @50501washington.bsky.social @350seattle.bsky.social
February 17, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Buckle up, buttercup. One company here in Washington state that's sitting right at the (data) center of the technofascist Venn diagram and raking in big bucks by helping ICE and screwing our state. @troublemakers.bsky.social @50501washington.bsky.social @350seattle.bsky.social
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Breaking:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Judge says government can't take Kilmar Abrego Garcia into immigration custody because it lacks viable deportation plan.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Judge says government can't take Kilmar Abrego Garcia into immigration custody because it lacks viable deportation plan.
February 17, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Breaking:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Judge says government can't take Kilmar Abrego Garcia into immigration custody because it lacks viable deportation plan.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Judge says government can't take Kilmar Abrego Garcia into immigration custody because it lacks viable deportation plan.
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Federal judges are literally calling the Trump administration an affront to the laws of man and God
The admin thinks this is evidence of the judiciary's bias, but what it perceives as open hostility from judges is an objective response to open authoritarianism
ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...
The admin thinks this is evidence of the judiciary's bias, but what it perceives as open hostility from judges is an objective response to open authoritarianism
ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...
Federal Judges Can Barely Conceal Their Disgust For the Trump Administration’s Lawlessness
When federal judges are appending Bible verses to their signature blocks, that is generally a sign that democracy is not in a good place.
ballsandstrikes.org
February 17, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Federal judges are literally calling the Trump administration an affront to the laws of man and God
The admin thinks this is evidence of the judiciary's bias, but what it perceives as open hostility from judges is an objective response to open authoritarianism
ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...
The admin thinks this is evidence of the judiciary's bias, but what it perceives as open hostility from judges is an objective response to open authoritarianism
ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...
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If you're wondering how CBS News under Bari Weiss is covering Stephen Colbert's stunning revelation that the network blocked his interview with a Texas Democrat... It isn't. Silence both on the air and online.
February 17, 2026 at 5:37 PM
If you're wondering how CBS News under Bari Weiss is covering Stephen Colbert's stunning revelation that the network blocked his interview with a Texas Democrat... It isn't. Silence both on the air and online.