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J.W. Gant

@johnwgant.bsky.social

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Writer. Father. Unwilling tech enthusiast. Veteran. Hiker of mountains. Black belt. ER medic in a prior life. I sometimes think I know what is going on, but probably don’t. In New England until the end. Yes. It is a coup. #WritingCommunity

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J.W. Gant @johnwgant.bsky.social · Jun 22

How I Stole From the President While Saving a Foster Home

Comedy / Crime

A man has been unemployed so long the bank will foreclose on the foster home he and his wife manage unless he can work with his father, a retired thief with Alzheimer’s, and commit a heist: a portrait of the Prez and $1M cash

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How I Stole From the President While Saving a Foster Home
Upper left is an aerial view of Mar-a-Lago, home to Trump.
Upper right is Jon Hamm as a burglar
Left is the foster home to be saved
Right is an image with the title floating in blue skies and puffy clouds
Bottom left is research for the burglary of Mar-a-Lago
Bottom right is an image of then 45th President Trump

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J.W. Gant @johnwgant.bsky.social · 6h

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J.W. Gant @johnwgant.bsky.social · 6h

In case you need it today, a blustery cool autumn afternoon in New England, here’s a bit of joy.
#LakeQuanapowitt

Sparking view of a lake with blue skies and an autumn sun still showing its power. Lush green lingers in the foreground, a tree blacked out obstructing the sun.

J.W. Gant @johnwgant.bsky.social · 7h

Wouldn’t it be fitting if Toronto won the World Series this year?

Do your jobs.

#ALCS

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J.W. Gant @johnwgant.bsky.social · 12h

I did not win the Nobel Prize for literature.

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J.W. Gant @johnwgant.bsky.social · 13h

… I plan to increase my daily fiber intake to help me shit all this out …

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J.W. Gant @johnwgant.bsky.social · 13h

… I take issue with your Oxford Comma failure, but otherwise agree …

J.W. Gant @johnwgant.bsky.social · 18h

WooHoo!!!!

J.W. Gant @johnwgant.bsky.social · 18h

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J.W. Gant @johnwgant.bsky.social · 18h

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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 4d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Trey Ferguson @pastortrey05.com · 1d

I say this with all the tender, loving care I can muster…

Some of y’all are not good enough at reading to want to argue as much as you do on the internet.

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J.W. Gant @johnwgant.bsky.social · 1d

Bwaaaahahahahaha!!!

Is funny because it is true.

J.W. Gant @johnwgant.bsky.social · 1d

... Jody ...

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 1d

Prosecution of Comey looks headed to a dead end.

"Federal prosecutors ... determined that a central witness in their probe would ... likely prevent them from establishing their case to a jury."

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Central witness undermines case against James Comey, prosecutors concluded: Sources

Ex-FBI Director James Comey is set to be arraigned Wednesday, but prosecutors investigating him determined that a central witness would prove "problematic," sources say.

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J.W. Gant @johnwgant.bsky.social · 1d

I am not liking or reposting, I am commenting.

That is all.

Oh, pretty cool. 😃

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J.W. Gant @johnwgant.bsky.social · 1d

Rep Swalwell is saying the game is up, Trump’s support/movement is fading, and the Epstein bomb is about to drop. There’s no stopping it, and no one wants to defend a pedophile.

Just a matter of time.

#Epstein

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

Though I'm a Musk biographer, I can't make the following claim with certainty—only contend that it's informed speculation.

I don't think Musk thinks *we're* in a simulation.

I think Musk thinks *he's* in a simulation.

Take a moment to process what that means about the value of human life to Musk.

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J.W. Gant @johnwgant.bsky.social · 1d

I hate you.

J.W. Gant @johnwgant.bsky.social · 1d

I disagree with you, now shut up!!!

J.W. Gant @johnwgant.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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J.W. Gant @johnwgant.bsky.social · 2d

Agree.

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Phoenix🔥 @fivetimessix.bsky.social · 2d

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J.W. Gant @johnwgant.bsky.social · 2d

High of 83 today, 57 tomorrow, north of Boston. I’m going for more donuts.

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