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The Jolene

@thejolene.bsky.social

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You want to compare brainpans? I won the Westinghouse prize when I was 12. Published at 19, double doctorate from MIT at 22. Why do I do this? Because the money's good, the scenery changes and they let me use explosives, ok? NO DMs. 💙💙💙

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The Jolene @thejolene.bsky.social · Jun 15

I'm going to repost this every day.

🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · Jun 15

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

Hi. I’d like to report a deranged and delusional man in the White House who’s inciting violence and represents a danger to public safety. Can law enforcement please handle this matter?

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 17h

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

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The Jolene @thejolene.bsky.social · 6h

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 18h

We’re watching an entire political party actively protect the single most infamous sex-trafficking operation of our time.

This isn’t just silence—it’s complicity at the highest level.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h

How much does Fox News pay if you go on one of their shows and claim to be a "Former ANTIFA Member"?

Because I'm ready to spill tea on the Real-Housewives-level shenanigans that go down in the 72-story ANTIFA corporate headquarters. Especially by the lab assistants on the Molotov Cocktail floor.

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 6h

Declaring War on the American People

www.counterpunch.org

Declaring War on the American People

twp.ai

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11h

“The Founders would never believe that it would ever come to pass that one state militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution”

THAT PART!

Thank you, Judge Perry.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h

I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles.

You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10h

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 8h

WAKE UP, AMERICA!

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The Jolene @thejolene.bsky.social · 10h

They need to have their moment on The Wall.

a close up of a woman 's face with the words " the handmaid 's tale " behind her

Alt: a close up of a woman 's face with the title "The Handmaid 's Tale" next to her onscreen. The character, June, is looking at the camera and slowly smiles.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 12h

You can’t get into Heaven if you go around arresting innocent people and pardoning guilty ones.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 11h

Now they’re indicting Letitia James…the woman who finally held Trump’s feet to the fire. You can smell the revenge all the way from Mar-a-Lago. This isn’t justice…it’s payback wrapped in paperwork. And every American with a brain knows it.

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WTF Just Happened Today? @whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com · 11h

🗓️ Today in one sentence for Thursday, October 9, 2025.

Day 1724: "Simply unreliable."

Image showing summary from WTF Just Happened Today? The full accessible text is available via the link.

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The Jolene @thejolene.bsky.social · 10h

I think I spelled that wrong. It's 'Damocles'.

You get my point.

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Jose Chavez @josechavez47.bsky.social · 12h

Trump Nazi ICE agents are ruthless to immigrants and citizens. Why can't local law enforcement arrest ICE agents who are kidnapping people? Where is the mainstream media showing Trump Nazi ICE agents kidnapping anyone?

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 15h

Under the Trump administration, fashion is losing its playfulness and taking cues from authoritarian aesthetics and conservatism.

How Trump-Era Politics Are Reshaping Fashion: From Barbiecore to Workwear

In this reported op-ed, writer Kelsey Stiegman connects the rise of MAGA politics to a darker fashion shift — where self-expression gives way to self-preservation.

www.teenvogue.com

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 15h

from Thursday’s post, on the batshit White House ‘anti-antifa’ roundtable that featured Donny Convict, ICE Barbie, and a fetid fucktangle of MAGA halfwits and hangers-on.
you can read the whole thing in all its glory here: bit.ly/4mSP3Ol

Chris Wray — who had been appointed FBI director by Donny — had it exactly right. antifa isn’t an organization. it’s a belief — that fascism is bad.

pro tip: if you’re against the idea of antifascism, you’re on the wrong fucking side.

this is something that Pizzagate Jack and his buddies don’t seem to realize.
fast forward to today. Chris Wray is gone, replaced by Krazee-Eyes Kash. Donny no longer has adults in the room.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 17h

"A Chicago Heights Catholic priest began a 50-day pilgrimage in support of immigrant children, from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton, IL to New York ...

'This is not only a physical act of endurance, but a spiritual act of solidarity, a prayer in motion'..."

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...

Chicago Heights priest begins walk for immigrant children from Pope Leo’s childhood home in Dolton

Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day justice walk from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York.

www.chicagotribune.com

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The Jolene @thejolene.bsky.social · 15h

I'm always thinking she's some Sword of Damoclse and I'm trying to figure out the plot twist.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 16h

Sweet

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The Jolene @thejolene.bsky.social · 16h

I'm looking for the parts most likely not to survive a shotgun blast.

a man with a mustache wears a shirt that says giggles

ALT: a man with a mustache wears a shirt that says giggles

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 21h

here's today's post: "Preznit Fuckwit’s gonna fight all the antifas, if he can manage to stay awake" — this is going to be the dumbest civil war ever.
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

Preznit Fuckwit’s gonna fight all the antifas, if he can manage to stay awake

this is going to be the dumbest civil war ever

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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 22h

Reporters aren't even asking Trump about why Kushner is negotiating anything. And speaking of Kushner, Trump pardoned Kushner's convicted felon dad and then made him Ambassador to France. Yet they repeat that no one is above the law.

Luxury living on taxpayers' dime? That's above the law.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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