Joe Konz
@jozethename.bsky.social
Retired newspaperman; photo enthusiast/blogger; fascinated by stars in the sky; supporter of equality & justice for all. Photopotpourri.blogspot.com
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BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
December 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
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Osteospermum
April 27th 2024
April 27th 2024
December 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Osteospermum
April 27th 2024
April 27th 2024
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I’ll take immigrants over pederasts any day.
December 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I’ll take immigrants over pederasts any day.
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Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
December 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
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Mitt Romney said the quiet part out loud: the rich should pay more in taxes.
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Mitt Romney Is Right: Tax the Rich Before the Pitchforks Come Out
The One Percent’s Problem Isn’t Envy. It’s Math.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Mitt Romney said the quiet part out loud: the rich should pay more in taxes.
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Anyone really surprised?
Tapper: This is one of the documents the DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. It’s all black. That’s the transparency we’re getting.
December 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Anyone really surprised?
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🌹 random rose 🌹
March 9th 2024
March 9th 2024
December 20, 2025 at 7:48 AM
🌹 random rose 🌹
March 9th 2024
March 9th 2024
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Tacoma In Washington, USA
December 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Tacoma In Washington, USA
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No one should ever forget:
The partnership of Netanyahu 🇮🇱; Trump 🇺🇸 & Starmer 🇬🇧 did this
It’s not a ‘ceasefire’
It’s a crime scene
It’s apocalyptic
An evil, racist genocide
For the sake of humanity, all must answer to The Hague
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
The partnership of Netanyahu 🇮🇱; Trump 🇺🇸 & Starmer 🇬🇧 did this
It’s not a ‘ceasefire’
It’s a crime scene
It’s apocalyptic
An evil, racist genocide
For the sake of humanity, all must answer to The Hague
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
December 11, 2025 at 5:53 AM
No one should ever forget:
The partnership of Netanyahu 🇮🇱; Trump 🇺🇸 & Starmer 🇬🇧 did this
It’s not a ‘ceasefire’
It’s a crime scene
It’s apocalyptic
An evil, racist genocide
For the sake of humanity, all must answer to The Hague
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
The partnership of Netanyahu 🇮🇱; Trump 🇺🇸 & Starmer 🇬🇧 did this
It’s not a ‘ceasefire’
It’s a crime scene
It’s apocalyptic
An evil, racist genocide
For the sake of humanity, all must answer to The Hague
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
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What a beauty! Those red/orange eyes of the black crowned night heron are stunning. This one was posing for me on a wonderfully crisp cool morning at our local wildlife refuge. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #herons
December 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
What a beauty! Those red/orange eyes of the black crowned night heron are stunning. This one was posing for me on a wonderfully crisp cool morning at our local wildlife refuge. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #herons
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“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
December 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Here’s every Democratic ad for the midterms. 👇
December 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Here’s every Democratic ad for the midterms. 👇
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“It is proper, constitutional, and legal for a federal grand jury to indict a sitting president for serious criminal acts that are... contrary to, the president’s official duties. In this country, no one... is above the law.”
--Kenneth Starr (May 13, 1998)
www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/u...
--Kenneth Starr (May 13, 1998)
www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/u...
Can the President Be Indicted? A Long-Hidden Legal Memo Says Yes (Published 2017)
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
“It is proper, constitutional, and legal for a federal grand jury to indict a sitting president for serious criminal acts that are... contrary to, the president’s official duties. In this country, no one... is above the law.”
--Kenneth Starr (May 13, 1998)
www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/u...
--Kenneth Starr (May 13, 1998)
www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/u...
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I am resurrecting this Storm Shelter Daylily for today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #warmth. The glowing center looks like a fire, and since we're expecting a winter storm today & tomorrow, this image hits just right. 🔥🧡💛
#EastCoastKin #Photography
#EastCoastKin #Photography
November 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I am resurrecting this Storm Shelter Daylily for today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #warmth. The glowing center looks like a fire, and since we're expecting a winter storm today & tomorrow, this image hits just right. 🔥🧡💛
#EastCoastKin #Photography
#EastCoastKin #Photography
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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now for some #tulips from Filoli also pretending to be light bulbs for #TulipTuesday
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#JBCFlowers #flowers #garden #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #DailyFlower
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#JBCFlowers #flowers #garden #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #DailyFlower
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
now for some #tulips from Filoli also pretending to be light bulbs for #TulipTuesday
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#JBCFlowers #flowers #garden #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #DailyFlower
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#JBCFlowers #flowers #garden #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #DailyFlower
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Donald Trump isn't wielding his antitrust authority to protect the American people — he's using it to reward his allies.
He's instilling his own twisted version of Bork-era antitrust enforcement, which gave corporate monopolies outsized power at the expense of everyone else.
He's instilling his own twisted version of Bork-era antitrust enforcement, which gave corporate monopolies outsized power at the expense of everyone else.
The Borking of America | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Donald Trump isn't wielding his antitrust authority to protect the American people — he's using it to reward his allies.
He's instilling his own twisted version of Bork-era antitrust enforcement, which gave corporate monopolies outsized power at the expense of everyone else.
He's instilling his own twisted version of Bork-era antitrust enforcement, which gave corporate monopolies outsized power at the expense of everyone else.
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
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It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
I think an inquiry of this sort in the U.S. would result in a similar finding re you-know-who.
Ex-UK PM Johnson oversaw 'chaotic' response to COVID which led to more deaths, inquiry finds reut.rs/4oR5XOT
Ex-UK PM Johnson oversaw 'chaotic' response to COVID which led to more deaths, inquiry finds
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson oversaw a toxic, chaotic and dithering response to the COVID pandemic, with a delay to locking the country down resulting in about 23,000 more deaths, a report by a public inquiry concluded on Thursday.
reut.rs
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I think an inquiry of this sort in the U.S. would result in a similar finding re you-know-who.
November 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
I went to a residential subdivision, #Lochmere, in the #Raleigh suburb of #Cary today. I thought my best shots would be from the two lakes along the main drive. But the main drive and its huge #pines and gorgeous #autumncolors took the prize. #photography #landscapes #autumn
November 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I went to a residential subdivision, #Lochmere, in the #Raleigh suburb of #Cary today. I thought my best shots would be from the two lakes along the main drive. But the main drive and its huge #pines and gorgeous #autumncolors took the prize. #photography #landscapes #autumn
Some intriguing #sunrise images don’t have to show the sun. This is from 10/30/18 at #MyrtleBeachSC #photography #Stunday
October 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Some intriguing #sunrise images don’t have to show the sun. This is from 10/30/18 at #MyrtleBeachSC #photography #Stunday