Wes Jackert
@wjackert.bsky.social
family dude, old guy indie rocker, corporate middle management
Thanks @dkfm.bsky.social for adding Sixtieth Parallel to new tracks weekend. Check it out all weekend long!
TONIGHT, and all weekend, we're spinning up Snowcuffs, Strawberry Lust, Whitelands, Lucid Express, Hazel English, highdrive, Shrinestone, Hazy Waters, T. G. Shand, Sophie And Me and MUCH more! 💖
New Tracks Weekend, November 21-23, 2025 - DKFM Shoegaze Radio
Packed with new sounds this weekend, and we're off to the races. Headliners include Hazel English, Lucid Express, Adele Dazeem, Whitelands, Snowcuffs (pictured above), HIGHDRIVE, Shrinestone, hazy wat...
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November 22, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Thanks @dkfm.bsky.social for adding Sixtieth Parallel to new tracks weekend. Check it out all weekend long!
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Trump's pardons have cost the U.S. more than $1.3 billion in fines and restitution, according to a new report from House Judiciary Democrats
Trump's pardons cost the U.S. $1.3 billion, per House Dem report
"Whoever said crime doesn't pay clearly never lived under a Trump presidency," the report says.
www.axios.com
June 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Trump's pardons have cost the U.S. more than $1.3 billion in fines and restitution, according to a new report from House Judiciary Democrats
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The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence?
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
June 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence?
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
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I hope every elected official, business owner, university president, and media executive sees the millions of people out in the streets today and understands: If we fight back, this is the power on our side.
June 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I hope every elected official, business owner, university president, and media executive sees the millions of people out in the streets today and understands: If we fight back, this is the power on our side.
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There's no word to describe physically assaulting a US Senator for attending a press conference and asking a question other than authoritarianism.
Wow. California Sen. Alex Padilla is wrestled and detained by federal officers after showing up to DHS Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference in LA. (video from Bill Melugin of Fox News)
June 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
There's no word to describe physically assaulting a US Senator for attending a press conference and asking a question other than authoritarianism.
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Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
June 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
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How much of a coward do you have to be - how uninformed and afraid do you have to be - to do this?
Hegseth moves to rename Navy ship honoring gay rights icon Harvey Milk
The directive could expand to include other military vessels named for prominent American civil rights figures, said people familiar with internal discussions.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
How much of a coward do you have to be - how uninformed and afraid do you have to be - to do this?
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The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
May 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
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FLOOR VOTE TODAY
5calls.org/issue/overdr...
5calls.org/issue/overdr...
March 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
FLOOR VOTE TODAY
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5calls.org/issue/overdr...
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Today, I am calling on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and other top officials in the Trump administration to resign immediately due to their reckless and unlawful disclosure of national security secrets. Their actions have put our country at risk, and immediate accountability is necessary
March 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Today, I am calling on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and other top officials in the Trump administration to resign immediately due to their reckless and unlawful disclosure of national security secrets. Their actions have put our country at risk, and immediate accountability is necessary
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SecDef Hegseth once said: “Any security professional would be fired on the spot and prosecuted for this kind of reckless conduct.”
Today, he’s the one endangering national security. By his own standard, he should be gone.
Today, he’s the one endangering national security. By his own standard, he should be gone.
March 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
SecDef Hegseth once said: “Any security professional would be fired on the spot and prosecuted for this kind of reckless conduct.”
Today, he’s the one endangering national security. By his own standard, he should be gone.
Today, he’s the one endangering national security. By his own standard, he should be gone.
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These Senators are on the fence about voting NO on the CR:
Elissa Slotkin (MI)
Gary Peters (MI)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Jon Ossoff (GA)
John Hickenlooper (CO)
Michael Bennett (CO)
Mark Kelly (AZ)
Peter Welch (VT)
Mark Warner (VA)
Time Kaine (VA)
Call (202) 224-3121
Elissa Slotkin (MI)
Gary Peters (MI)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Jon Ossoff (GA)
John Hickenlooper (CO)
Michael Bennett (CO)
Mark Kelly (AZ)
Peter Welch (VT)
Mark Warner (VA)
Time Kaine (VA)
Call (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
These Senators are on the fence about voting NO on the CR:
Elissa Slotkin (MI)
Gary Peters (MI)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Jon Ossoff (GA)
John Hickenlooper (CO)
Michael Bennett (CO)
Mark Kelly (AZ)
Peter Welch (VT)
Mark Warner (VA)
Time Kaine (VA)
Call (202) 224-3121
Elissa Slotkin (MI)
Gary Peters (MI)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Jon Ossoff (GA)
John Hickenlooper (CO)
Michael Bennett (CO)
Mark Kelly (AZ)
Peter Welch (VT)
Mark Warner (VA)
Time Kaine (VA)
Call (202) 224-3121
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You've made 4,000 calls to your Senators to oppose the CR in the last *35 minutes* alone!! 🔥📞🔥
Keep up the pressure 👉 5calls.org/issue/cr-con...
Keep up the pressure 👉 5calls.org/issue/cr-con...
No Federal Funding CR Without DOGE Guardrails - Passed House ⭑ 5 Calls
UPDATE (03/11/25): The House has passed the GOP continuing resolution with a narrow 217-213 vote. The legislation now moves to the Senate where …
5calls.org
March 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
You've made 4,000 calls to your Senators to oppose the CR in the last *35 minutes* alone!! 🔥📞🔥
Keep up the pressure 👉 5calls.org/issue/cr-con...
Keep up the pressure 👉 5calls.org/issue/cr-con...
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Been saying it, gonna keep saying it: Every Democrat over the age of 70 should make this their last term.
warner is 72 and has been serving in the senate since 2009. get him out
Mark Warner on Fox: "I may disagree with the president, but I respect the office of the president. I'm probably not gonna be jumping up applauding a lot, but I owe him his due as president. The president has made great, great progress on border crossings. That's something we ought to celebrate."
March 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Been saying it, gonna keep saying it: Every Democrat over the age of 70 should make this their last term.
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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Remembering Grant McLennan on his birthday. Here's a glorious Go-Betweens performance filmed for Australian TV in 1987. It boasts their best line-up and a short-but-sweet set including Cattle and Cane, Bye Bye Pride, Right Here, Cut It Out, Spring Rain...
youtu.be/4ALbPfCFfkQ
youtu.be/4ALbPfCFfkQ
The Go-Betweens - Live in studio (Rock Arena 1987) (HD 60fps)
YouTube video by The 80s, a Decade of Music (Master Noise HD 60fps)
youtu.be
February 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Remembering Grant McLennan on his birthday. Here's a glorious Go-Betweens performance filmed for Australian TV in 1987. It boasts their best line-up and a short-but-sweet set including Cattle and Cane, Bye Bye Pride, Right Here, Cut It Out, Spring Rain...
youtu.be/4ALbPfCFfkQ
youtu.be/4ALbPfCFfkQ
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NEW: The Department of Government Efficiency has built a “firewall” separating Elon Musk’s team from the 200 or so legacy United States Digital Service workers, sources tell WIRED.
DOGE Builds ‘Firewall’ Between Musk’s Team and Legacy USDS Workers
“As far as I can tell, they’re hiding,” one USDS employee said about the DOGE team.
wrd.cm
February 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
NEW: The Department of Government Efficiency has built a “firewall” separating Elon Musk’s team from the 200 or so legacy United States Digital Service workers, sources tell WIRED.
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California pays more in federal taxes than it receives in return, while Mike Johnson’s Louisiana takes more than it gives.
Mike Johnson just threatened to potentially extort California by adding “conditions” to wildfire disaster relief aid.
He said Republicans might attach unrelated things to the funding, like Trump’s demand to raise the debt ceiling.
He said Republicans might attach unrelated things to the funding, like Trump’s demand to raise the debt ceiling.
Johnson confirms 'discussions' on tying wildfire aid to debt limit
Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters one option on the table is making a new tranche of disaster relief funding for the California wildfires conditional on agreeing to raise the debt ceiling.
www.politico.com
January 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
California pays more in federal taxes than it receives in return, while Mike Johnson’s Louisiana takes more than it gives.
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Here’s something you can do to make sure Jack Smith’s draft report on Donald Trump’s crimes isn’t suppressed.
🚨🚨🚨🚨HOMEWORK🚨🚨🚨🚨
I think the Jack Smith draft report is finished. Write to Merrick Garland and ask him to release the Jack Smith report. You can do it here. Select “Messages to the Attorney General” from the drop down menu www.justice.gov/doj/webform/...
I think the Jack Smith draft report is finished. Write to Merrick Garland and ask him to release the Jack Smith report. You can do it here. Select “Messages to the Attorney General” from the drop down menu www.justice.gov/doj/webform/...
Your message to the Department of Justice
www.justice.gov
January 7, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Here’s something you can do to make sure Jack Smith’s draft report on Donald Trump’s crimes isn’t suppressed.
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We're discounting all of our merch on #bandcamp for the next week for #blackfriday. 30% off everything in stock with the code "blackfriday". we're still including free stuff with every order, like our new stickers. go nuts.
theprettyflowers.bandcamp.com/merch
theprettyflowers.bandcamp.com/merch
November 27, 2024 at 9:58 PM
We're discounting all of our merch on #bandcamp for the next week for #blackfriday. 30% off everything in stock with the code "blackfriday". we're still including free stuff with every order, like our new stickers. go nuts.
theprettyflowers.bandcamp.com/merch
theprettyflowers.bandcamp.com/merch
First Bluesky post. where to start? how ‘bout what’s spinning: @thecure.com
November 26, 2024 at 6:04 AM
First Bluesky post. where to start? how ‘bout what’s spinning: @thecure.com