JT
jomake.bsky.social
JT
@jomake.bsky.social
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Erstwhile librarian. Tsundoku pro. Lifelong student.
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The democratic institutions and norms that have, since our founding, protected us from monarchical whims are nearly gone.

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So nice to see *support* for libraries by the US government!

Go California and thank you Senator Padilla!

"Senator Alex Padilla Honors Internet Archive’s 1 Trillion Milestone in Congressional Record"

blog.archive.org/2025/10/31/s... @archive.org
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This off-year election is more important than ever. #VoteBLUE
💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙 #SwearInGrijalva
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

#VoteBlue
#Virginia Gov, Lt Gov, and AG
#PA Retain Supreme Court justices
#Maine Save absentee voting
#NJ #Sherrill
#California #YesOnProp5
Save #USDemocracy
#StopICE #BringBackScience
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The fact of the matter is that helping people costs money and that is just not popular with corporations that, for all practical purposes, own a vast number of congresspersons.
Get money out of politics and we can move onward and upward
#EndCitizensUnited
How the US sets its poverty rate is shocking
It's so horrible, it should actually piss you off
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Happy Halloween. 👻
🚨New reporting directly contradicts what Alex Acosta told our Committee in a deposition. We must get the truth & facts about Acosta's investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's financial crimes. Stop the White House cover-up.

Read Ranking Member @robertgarcia.house.gov's full statement ⬇️
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Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)
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FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."

REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."

FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
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Bookshop.org CEO and Founder @andyhunter777.bsky.social caught up with @rbreich.bsky.social, author of Coming Up Short, to talk about perilous times, generational differences, and how corporate money has taken over our politics.
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Thousands of you shared heartbreaking and maddening stories with me about rising health care costs. But the fight is far from over.

If you're willing to record your story, we can make sure GOP lawmakers see and hear the direct impact of their policy failures: wintheera.myctbl.com/share-your-s...
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UNBELIEVABLE. These boat strikes in the Caribbean are driving us closer to war… and this administration thinks it’s fine to hide details from Democrats and divulge more to their handpicked Republicans??

Is the safety of our troops a joke to them?
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
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Pritzker: "I sent a letter to Kristi Noem and to DHS leadership asking them to pause all of their federal agent operations for the entirety of the Halloween weekend. I'm asking for basic human decency. I think their response will be revealing. Give the children and families of Illinois a break."
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Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.
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🔥MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANS🔥

1) MA Providers are leaving marketplaces.
2) No auto-enrollment if YOUR plan is dropped, you have until 12/31 to SWITCH OR else in 2026 have 80% Medicare Coverage & NO RX PLAN! CHECK YOUR PLAN!
3) 1M+ = estimated 3% on MA who'll LOSE their plans.

🔥PLEASE REPOST & SHARE!🔥
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This is the third U.S. Attorney found to be unlawfully appointed. The other two are Sigal Chattah and Alina Habba. Their indictments stand because they were signed by other prosecutors. Not true for Lindsey Halligan.
BREAKING: A federal judge says L.A.-based US attorney Bill ESSAYLI has been acting in the role unlawfully since July, declaring him disqualified from the position. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...