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JB

@jbonbluesky.bsky.social

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I am passionate about democracy, equality, public education and the ethics of those in elected office. I am inspired by Ukraine and all who fight authoritarianism. I enjoy travel, history, new tech, old cars, music & golf. Yes, I have dry sense of humor.

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JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · Jan 8

#USPolitics #Democracy #Fascism #Plutocracy #Oligarchy #Kleptocracy #Kakistocracy

Waiting for January 20. 😔

JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · 57m

Would Republicans be doing this if regular common pedophiles & sex traffickers were in the #EpsteinFiles?

No, of course not.

They are hiding the Epstein Files to protect wealthy & powerful criminals - including Republican politicians and BIG$$$ donors.

#TamperingWithEvidence

JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · 1h

If it walks like a fascist, and
talks like a fascist…

#DuckTest #Fascism #Fascist

JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · 1h

Trusting the word of a famously dishonest pathological liar is both stupid & dangerous.

JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · 1h

“Tighten the belt for thee, but not for me”

JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · 1h

Where to order! 😂 😂 😂

Cards Against Humanity Explains the Joke

An incredible product totally exempt from Trump's stupid tariffs.

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JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · 1h

Unless this is an AI Bubble, then you are gonna lose $$$ bigly. Remember the Dotcom Bubble?

JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · 1h

Trump Era Republicans are taking advantage of both our slow legal process and an above-the-law attitude granted to them by MAGA voters.

The GOP would appropriately lose their shit if a Democrat ignored laws to accomplish selfish self-serving goals.

JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · 1h

Compared to what Republicans are doing, this doesn’t even earn a media mention.

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JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · 16h

"70% of Republicans think the President should be able to send troops into a city even if the Governor objects!"

If the President was a Democrat, that percentage would drop to 30% or less.

Guaranteed.

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JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · 15h

This is a really good time for billionaires to cheat on their taxes. All of you peons, the computer programs will catch you cheating.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 15h

The IRS says it is placing more than 34,000 employees, or about 46% of its workforce, on furlough as the government shutdown stretches into its second week.

IRS to furlough nearly half its workforce as shutdown drags on

The move comes a week before a payment deadline for taxpayers who received extensions on their 2024 filings.

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JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · 14h

Congressional Republicans are protecting pedophiles and sex traffickers.

#Epstein #EpsteinFiles

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15h

Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

www.beltway.news

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JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · 14h

It’s a great time to be a white collar criminal.

#FBI #Crime

Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 15h

A quarter of our highly trained FBI agents have been pulled from their jobs fighting terrorists, spies, drug traffickers and violent criminals in order to carry out Trump’s immigration agenda.

Is this really making our country safer?

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JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · 14h

Both federal and state level Republicans are preparing America for lethal military action against peaceful citizen protesters.

Mi Robin (they [pl. verb], their, them, themself) @mi-robin.bsky.social · 14h

via Neurodivergent Rebel: www.newsweek.com/ken-paxton-t...
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Texas AG launches undercover operation to infiltrate 'leftist terror cells'

Paxton said, "...Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture..."

www.newsweek.com

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JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

#Business #Investing #AI #DotCom #Tech #Technology

Any investors here old enough to remember the dotcom bubble?

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JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

Trump did not call for an armed military response on January 6th.

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JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · 23h

#USPolitics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA #Democracy #Fascism #Authoritarianism #StephenMiller

Alarmed about what you see happening to America?

Need help processing these frightening incidents?

Looking for expert insight?

Follow @timothysnyder.bsky.social

Stalinism and Stephen Miller (video)

Cause for concern

open.substack.com

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JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · 23h

The National Guard is being deployed by Trump to intimidate then kill U.S. citizens.

Trump's lies are being echoed & amplified by Republican media shills.

The entire shameful process was blessed by Republican members of Congress and the SCOTUS.

Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 1d

Texas National Guard troops arriving in Chicago (via ABC News)

Remember: These are not MAGA stormtroopers. These are everyday teachers and accountants who signed up to serve their country with their spare time. They're being used as political pawns by venal, un-American, draft-dodging president

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JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · 22h

ICE - America's Paranoid Racist Cosplay Army

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JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · 21h

Mocking a powerful narcissist is both fun and effective (they hate it), but take these Trump threats seriously.

CBS News @cbsnews.com · 21h

In a Truth Social post on Wednesday, President Trump said Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker "should be in jail."

President Trump posts on Truth Social that Chicago Mayor Johnson, Gov. Pritzker "should be in jail"

"Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]" Officers!" President Trump posted. "Governor Pritzker also!"

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JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · 21h

This is not your father’s Republican Party, far from it. Trump has literally transformed the GOP, one of only two major U.S. political parties, into an authoritarian cult. It’s both remarkable and terrifying.

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JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · 20h

#GroundNews #MSM #MediaBias

Are any of you using Ground News?

The service claims to counteract media bias by displaying news events with sources from across the political spectrum.

Top Stories from around you and around the world. Compare how different news publishers frame the same news

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JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

#Sunrise #Photography #WashingtonDC

LindaClassical @lindaclassical.bsky.social · 1d

Highlights this morning @WETAClassical include a violin & piano concerto of Mozart at 6:50am, incomplete at his death but reconstructed in the 20th century; Classical Sunrise spotlighting horns at 7:11am; and Chopin's variations on a Polish song, for piano & orchestra, 8:16am. 🎵

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JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

Better late than never, check out Chuck showing us some social media fight.

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 1d

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

ICE = Racists cosplaying soldiers

“All Republicans aren’t racists, but all the racists are Republicans.”
- old political truism

JB @jbonbluesky.bsky.social · 13h

While Macron is at it, could he name Trump’s replacement too?