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Jersey Craig @jerseycraig.bsky.social · 13h

Correct.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14h

If baristas molested children as often as pastors and priests, Starbucks would have been shut down decades ago.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 13h

"El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz, who attended the meeting, said Chicago-born Pope Leo was visibly moved after being handed dozens of letters from immigrants describing their fears of arrest and separation under Trump’s enforcement policies..."

www.thedailybeast.com/pope-leo-ram...

Pope Leo Ramps Up His Trump Feud With Order to American Bishops

The Chicago-born pontiff has sharpened his criticism of the Trump administration and reportedly decided to take action.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 14h

I'm late to this -- came out a couple weeks ago -- sorry -- but this podcast episode is really worth listening to (despite the episode title, it's only incidentally about the Kimmel fiasco).

Highly recommended.

You can listen here for free, or on any podcast app:

www.wnyc.org/story/jimmy-...

Jimmy Kimmel and the Power of Public Pressure | The Political Scene | The New Yorker | WNYC

The Washington Roundtable discusses how, in the wake of the reinstatement of Jimmy Kimmel’s show, public resistance has a chance to turn the tide against autocratic impulses in today’...

www.wnyc.org

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Jersey Craig @jerseycraig.bsky.social · 16h

MONTGOMERY CHURCH LEADER WAS MINISTERING PRISONERS WHEN ARRESTED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGE abc13.com/post/montgom...

Montgomery church leader was ministering prisoners when arrested on child pornography charge: Pct. 3

Detectives say he was at a state women's prison in Central Texas, ministering inmates, when he was arrested.

abc13.com

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Jersey Craig @jerseycraig.bsky.social · 19h

The president of the United States is calling for the arrest of the Mayor of a Major City and that states governor.

This is clear fascism.

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Are you ready for the Revolution? @khazad-dum.bsky.social · 1d

If this were actually true (it's not), then WHY THE FUCK would ANY federal worker remain on the job!?

Looks like a LOT of time-off to me.

Oh, and THIS IS WHAT FASCISM LOOKS LIKE!

Jersey Craig @jerseycraig.bsky.social · 1d

Federal workers not entitled to back pay after shutdown, budget office claims The government shutdown entered its seventh day Wednesday with no end in sight. The White House says a 2019 law doesn’t guarantee retroactive pay. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Federal workers not entitled to back pay after shutdown, budget office claims

Federal workers may not be entitled to back pay after the government shutdown ends, the Trump administration’s budget office wrote in a new draft memo obtained by The Washington Post, ratcheting up te...

www.washingtonpost.com

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This Machine Kills Fascists @rennyfella.bsky.social · 1d

They said from the get-go, they wanted to terrorize the federal workforce.

Jersey Craig @jerseycraig.bsky.social · 1d

Federal workers not entitled to back pay after shutdown, budget office claims The government shutdown entered its seventh day Wednesday with no end in sight. The White House says a 2019 law doesn’t guarantee retroactive pay. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Federal workers not entitled to back pay after shutdown, budget office claims

Federal workers may not be entitled to back pay after the government shutdown ends, the Trump administration’s budget office wrote in a new draft memo obtained by The Washington Post, ratcheting up te...

www.washingtonpost.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Early voting is underway for Prop 50 in California.

I urge anyone in the state to vote yes.

This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

The Supreme Court appears ready to side with Trump in bringing back “gay conversion therapy.”

This practice involves physically abusing teenagers to try to turn them heterosexual, including with electric shocks and chemically-induced nausea.

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Jersey Craig @jerseycraig.bsky.social · 1d

Federal workers not entitled to back pay after shutdown, budget office claims The government shutdown entered its seventh day Wednesday with no end in sight. The White House says a 2019 law doesn’t guarantee retroactive pay. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Federal workers not entitled to back pay after shutdown, budget office claims

Federal workers may not be entitled to back pay after the government shutdown ends, the Trump administration’s budget office wrote in a new draft memo obtained by The Washington Post, ratcheting up te...

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jersey Craig @jerseycraig.bsky.social · 1d

Tuesday’s words to think about……

You take care of everyone else, because no one took care of you.

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Jersey Craig @jerseycraig.bsky.social · 2d

He finds out when she speaks to him. Don’t doubt that.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 2d

Last week, I wrote to Secretary Rubio urging protection of Americans on the Sumud Flotilla. Since then, Israel has detained dozens of activists, including Americans, for trying to feed starving Gazans.

This is unacceptable. Secretary Rubio, you must negotiate their safe return home.

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Jersey Craig @jerseycraig.bsky.social · 2d

With that said, anything is possible.

Jersey Craig @jerseycraig.bsky.social · 2d

I doubt even he’s that stupid.

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Jersey Craig @jerseycraig.bsky.social · 2d

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein.

apnews.com/article/supr...

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned ex-girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein.

apnews.com

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Jersey Craig @jerseycraig.bsky.social · 3d

U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut temporarily blocked the administration from sending any state’s National Guard troops under federal control to Portland. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Judge deals Trump new setback in plans to deploy troops to Portland

U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut temporarily blocked the administration from sending any state’s National Guard troops under federal control to Portland.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 4d

They literally only know how to be victims

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Jersey Craig @jerseycraig.bsky.social · 4d

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Jersey Craig @jerseycraig.bsky.social · 4d

The New Colossus” (excerpt)
by Emma Lazarus, 1883

“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”