Joe Calhoun
@jbc3.bsky.social
#Cville! Co-founder, organizer, Indivisible Charlottesville. Proud rural progressive. Recovering coder.
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I was upgrading the quality of a WW1 image and came across this. 🗃️
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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ICE was a n my neighborhood. They abducted people blocks away from my kid’s school. I had to stand watch at a bus stop to make sure kids got home safely.
I have not felt this level of abject utter rage since 9/11.
Fuck ICE.
I have not felt this level of abject utter rage since 9/11.
Fuck ICE.
December 12, 2025 at 3:16 AM
ICE was a n my neighborhood. They abducted people blocks away from my kid’s school. I had to stand watch at a bus stop to make sure kids got home safely.
I have not felt this level of abject utter rage since 9/11.
Fuck ICE.
I have not felt this level of abject utter rage since 9/11.
Fuck ICE.
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still thinking of the Smart Bros nodding sagely and saying how it's a terrible tactical mistake for dems to raise the salience of immigration
New AP poll has Trump's approval on immigration down to an abysmal 38% as he rants psychotically about "shithole countries," smears Somalis, threatens large-scale denaturalization and remigration, and openly pines for more white immigrants and fewer nonwhite ones
December 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
still thinking of the Smart Bros nodding sagely and saying how it's a terrible tactical mistake for dems to raise the salience of immigration
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oh you mean sending masked gestapo around the country to abduct the ice cream man isn't very popular? you are telling me this for the first time
I wish everyone who wanted to hand it to him on this one an especially shut the fuck up
I wish everyone who wanted to hand it to him on this one an especially shut the fuck up
New AP poll has Trump's approval on immigration down to an abysmal 38% as he rants psychotically about "shithole countries," smears Somalis, threatens large-scale denaturalization and remigration, and openly pines for more white immigrants and fewer nonwhite ones
December 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
oh you mean sending masked gestapo around the country to abduct the ice cream man isn't very popular? you are telling me this for the first time
I wish everyone who wanted to hand it to him on this one an especially shut the fuck up
I wish everyone who wanted to hand it to him on this one an especially shut the fuck up
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And it isn’t just used by ICE. In 2023, Othel Moore, Jr. died in a Missouri jail cell after being left in a WRAP device.
WRAPs are in regular use in around 1,800 agencies — from local police to federal law enforcement.
WRAPs are in regular use in around 1,800 agencies — from local police to federal law enforcement.
December 12, 2025 at 1:44 AM
And it isn’t just used by ICE. In 2023, Othel Moore, Jr. died in a Missouri jail cell after being left in a WRAP device.
WRAPs are in regular use in around 1,800 agencies — from local police to federal law enforcement.
WRAPs are in regular use in around 1,800 agencies — from local police to federal law enforcement.
🤔 … …. … Naah.
Polling: "Do you think the rich have too much political power in the U.S.?"
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
Independent voters are 81%/6% on this; even Trump voters are 68%/18%.
Maybe a political party could lead on this issue.
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Yes: 80%
No: 8%
Independent voters are 81%/6% on this; even Trump voters are 68%/18%.
Maybe a political party could lead on this issue.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:39 AM
🤔 … …. … Naah.
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Trump Calls Groceries ‘A Hoax’
Trump Calls Groceries ‘A Hoax’
MOUNT POCONO, PA—Delivering a highly anticipated speech about the state of the economy, President Donald Trump doubled down this week on his claim that groceries were a hoax perpetrated by Democrats. ...
theonion.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Trump Calls Groceries ‘A Hoax’
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The people who support $12B in corporate welfare to farms and forgave $80B in auto bailouts and forgave $700B in bank bailouts and forgave $755B in PPP loans want you to know that forgiving medical debt and student debt is socialism😐
December 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The people who support $12B in corporate welfare to farms and forgave $80B in auto bailouts and forgave $700B in bank bailouts and forgave $755B in PPP loans want you to know that forgiving medical debt and student debt is socialism😐
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Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
Interesting thread about a really good report that you absolutely should read! Why? Well, it confirms my priors… with added data! 😂
A couple things: 1) The thread doesn’t link to the report! You have to search for the link in the article from TNR. WTAF, people, that’s malpractice! 2) Alt text plz!
A couple things: 1) The thread doesn’t link to the report! You have to search for the link in the article from TNR. WTAF, people, that’s malpractice! 2) Alt text plz!
The politics we have as Americans ultimately is up to us. We can choose for our democracy to be a dreary march to the drab center or running over groups of people with a metaphorical bus. Or we can choose an imagination battle that realigns the center so we can fight and build on favorable terrain.
December 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Interesting thread about a really good report that you absolutely should read! Why? Well, it confirms my priors… with added data! 😂
A couple things: 1) The thread doesn’t link to the report! You have to search for the link in the article from TNR. WTAF, people, that’s malpractice! 2) Alt text plz!
A couple things: 1) The thread doesn’t link to the report! You have to search for the link in the article from TNR. WTAF, people, that’s malpractice! 2) Alt text plz!
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These five signals are from the executive summary, which is a pretty good synopsis. If you’re strapped for time at least give that a read, it’s only two pages! (But check out the appendices too. How voters think is key, and we were surprised Dems have more than 1.5x as many moderates as Rs!)
December 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
These five signals are from the executive summary, which is a pretty good synopsis. If you’re strapped for time at least give that a read, it’s only two pages! (But check out the appendices too. How voters think is key, and we were surprised Dems have more than 1.5x as many moderates as Rs!)
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Voters in 2024 had both chronic and acute frustration about the economy. They wanted change and were skeptical of Harris and Dems’ capacity to deliver it. Right wing and corporate media effects are huge, but not insurmountable. But a lack of movement alignment makes this challenge more difficult.
December 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Voters in 2024 had both chronic and acute frustration about the economy. They wanted change and were skeptical of Harris and Dems’ capacity to deliver it. Right wing and corporate media effects are huge, but not insurmountable. But a lack of movement alignment makes this challenge more difficult.
Dems could choose this path! Many Dems *do have* core values and principles! Not leadership though, unless the core principles are the elite is untouchable and we will do anything for money from tech and finance bros.
We need to be primarying these people!
We need to be primarying these people!
This is our operational definition of political strength: making decisions based on core values and principles, explaining choices with clear and persuasive arguments, drawing a contrast with one’s opponents, and making it clear why your approach is the better one. Dems could choose this.
December 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Dems could choose this path! Many Dems *do have* core values and principles! Not leadership though, unless the core principles are the elite is untouchable and we will do anything for money from tech and finance bros.
We need to be primarying these people!
We need to be primarying these people!
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Solidarity with the hunger strikers.
It is an egregious violation for them to be held on remand - without trial or conviction.
All for protesting against a genocide. Shameful.
It is an egregious violation for them to be held on remand - without trial or conviction.
All for protesting against a genocide. Shameful.
December 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Solidarity with the hunger strikers.
It is an egregious violation for them to be held on remand - without trial or conviction.
All for protesting against a genocide. Shameful.
It is an egregious violation for them to be held on remand - without trial or conviction.
All for protesting against a genocide. Shameful.
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Palestine Action Policing guidance suggests protesters wrongly arrested:
A previously unseen counter-terror police document clarifies how demonstrators should be treated. We are publishing it for the first time.
www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-ac...
A previously unseen counter-terror police document clarifies how demonstrators should be treated. We are publishing it for the first time.
www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-ac...
Palestine Action policing guidance suggests protesters wrongly arrested
A previously unseen counter-terror police document clarifies how demonstrators should be treated. We are publishing it for the first time.
www.declassifieduk.org
December 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Palestine Action Policing guidance suggests protesters wrongly arrested:
A previously unseen counter-terror police document clarifies how demonstrators should be treated. We are publishing it for the first time.
www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-ac...
A previously unseen counter-terror police document clarifies how demonstrators should be treated. We are publishing it for the first time.
www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-ac...
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NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
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The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
December 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
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This is really incredible. The government's battle to deport Abrego Garcia has apparently been based on a lie from the start. Not even the "gang affiliation" lie or the "human smuggling" lie, but the more basic assertion that he was ordered to be deported in the first place.
🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This is really incredible. The government's battle to deport Abrego Garcia has apparently been based on a lie from the start. Not even the "gang affiliation" lie or the "human smuggling" lie, but the more basic assertion that he was ordered to be deported in the first place.
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ICYMI: Jasmine Crockett is running for Senate and she sits down with TJRS to talk strategy And Charles Booker is making a second run for Senate in Kentucky. He joins us to discuss. And we talk Bari’s latest moves at CBS. (Hint: Bibi and Trump will love it…) www.youtube.com/live/JfLMet_...
Jasmine’s Running! And Trump Is Crashing Out | The Joy Reid
YouTube video by The Joy Reid Show
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December 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
ICYMI: Jasmine Crockett is running for Senate and she sits down with TJRS to talk strategy And Charles Booker is making a second run for Senate in Kentucky. He joins us to discuss. And we talk Bari’s latest moves at CBS. (Hint: Bibi and Trump will love it…) www.youtube.com/live/JfLMet_...
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Dawg look at my opposition party
Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a co-chair of new House Democrats' AI commission announced by @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, owns up to tens of millions of dollars worth of stock in tech giants pushing to block states from regulating AI.
The Democrats’ New AI Panel Is Led by Big Tech Allies
Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a co-chair of the AI commission, owns up to tens of millions of dollars worth of stock in tech giants pushing to block states from regulating AI.
readsludge.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Dawg look at my opposition party
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White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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WOW. So this is obviously a huge violation of this man's rights, and it illustrates a few things we're seeing broadly:
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
December 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
WOW. So this is obviously a huge violation of this man's rights, and it illustrates a few things we're seeing broadly:
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
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"Trump is an outright racist and he appeals to 10s of millions of US citizens who are also outright racists" is both fundamentally, obviously true ... and something that mainstream journalism has decided is impermissible to say.
December 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"Trump is an outright racist and he appeals to 10s of millions of US citizens who are also outright racists" is both fundamentally, obviously true ... and something that mainstream journalism has decided is impermissible to say.
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Federal prosecutors tried to charge a guy with a felony because he closed a door a Border Patrol agent and it lightly scraped the agent's leg.
(Grand jury said NOPE)
(Grand jury said NOPE)
wait, can we take a moment to look at the purported injury to USBP Agent 1's leg lmao
December 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Federal prosecutors tried to charge a guy with a felony because he closed a door a Border Patrol agent and it lightly scraped the agent's leg.
(Grand jury said NOPE)
(Grand jury said NOPE)