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JustMeJoePdx @justmejoepdx.bsky.social · 1h

So let me get this straight, the judge rules there’s no insurrection happening, so Trump will just declare there is?

The man who incited an actual insurrection.

Do I have this right? It’s beyond absurd.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10h

"The president has already announced that if a judge does rule against him, he will invoke the Insurrection Act and then continue the military deployments. This is where we’ve been headed since January 6, 2021.”

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 4h

Squeaker of the House Mike Johnson is a spineless, mealy-mouthed lapdog.

Seat Adelita, loser!
Do your job or lose your job!

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 8h

No one signs up for the National Guard thinking, “One day, I’ll invade Oregon.”

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JustMeJoePdx @justmejoepdx.bsky.social · 6h

Exactly!

Al Cappuccino…☕️🇮🇹 @alcappuccinoit.bsky.social · 14h

Pam Bondi’s testimony before the Senate was like talking to every MAGAt on social media—rude conversations rife with whataboutisms, lies, and never a straight answer.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 8h

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 10h

Solar & wind met 109% of new electricity demand, globally, in the first half of 2025.

Renewables are handling all new demand & are inexorably moving beyond, to chip away at the FF foundation.

Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights 2025 | Ember

Solar and wind outpaced demand growth in the first half of 2025, as renewables overtook coal’s share in the global electricity mix.

ember-energy.org

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JustMeJoePdx @justmejoepdx.bsky.social · 10h

Oh I have something just for this occasion.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 15h

This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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JustMeJoePdx @justmejoepdx.bsky.social · 11h

This is the American they want? Imagine for one hot second if Biden did anything like this.

Gross and despicable, I’m at a loss for words and this is their “prime” footage.

Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 14h

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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JustMeJoePdx @justmejoepdx.bsky.social · 11h

Even the footage they chose makes them look like a fascist f***ing regime.

If we saw that in another country we’d be calling it a dictatorship. None of that imagery makes me feel safer.

Because we are NOT.

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JustMeJoePdx @justmejoepdx.bsky.social · 11h

Right! Americans are terrified of universal healthcare, which is exactly the type of coverage that congress has!!

If it’s good enough for them 🤷‍♂️

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 15h

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 14h

You’ll never be able to convince me ripping an American citizen out of their Chicago apartment in the dead of night, zip tying their hands and refusing to let them call their lawyer is ‘America First’

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JustMeJoePdx @justmejoepdx.bsky.social · 11h

He’s flailing. The walls are closing in, he can’t snap his fingers and make Epstein, the shutdown, or the economy go away. He’s used to handling everything having his hand, but he can’t talk away the narrative right now.

And he’s lashing out, doubling down.

He’s weak.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 11h

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

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JustMeJoePdx @justmejoepdx.bsky.social · 11h

It “gets so much worse at night!” 😱

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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JustMeJoePdx @justmejoepdx.bsky.social · 11h

Make no mistake that’s what the base hears to. Ford out here “punch back-I said punch back!” As if it’s a physical blow.

Carney is quietly expanding Canadian defense, agriculture, energy, and global trade.

That IS punching back, but the right wing is too dense to understand.

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JustMeJoePdx @justmejoepdx.bsky.social · 1d

I wouldn’t waste warm bread on that hag.

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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 1d

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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rusty54.bsky.social @rusty54.bsky.social · 1d

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JustMeJoePdx @justmejoepdx.bsky.social · 1d

It's deliberate of course and not only to throw out the projection of J6, they want to lay the ground work to fully take over the blue states for the mid terms.

That's what they're doing, more than anything, they are about to f*** with voting.

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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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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 1d

AG Bondi, here’s that correction you requested.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

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