MBJ
@mbibbs.bsky.social
Pro-democracy Canadian. Active in local community theatre. Retired teacher. Gearing up to defeat fascism in Canada.
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I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.
The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 10, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.
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What do these companies have in common?
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
January 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
What do these companies have in common?
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
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🗣 #Canada🇨🇦 stands for peace, law & the people of 🇻🇪.
👉 🇨🇦 Prime Minister Mark Carney's call for a peaceful, 🇻🇪-led solution grounded in international law, human rights & democracy is the right path. The future of #Venezuela belongs to 🇻🇪.
👉Canada🇨🇦 will always stand for democracy🕊.
#cndpoli #USPolitics
👉 🇨🇦 Prime Minister Mark Carney's call for a peaceful, 🇻🇪-led solution grounded in international law, human rights & democracy is the right path. The future of #Venezuela belongs to 🇻🇪.
👉Canada🇨🇦 will always stand for democracy🕊.
#cndpoli #USPolitics
January 3, 2026 at 10:53 PM
🗣 #Canada🇨🇦 stands for peace, law & the people of 🇻🇪.
👉 🇨🇦 Prime Minister Mark Carney's call for a peaceful, 🇻🇪-led solution grounded in international law, human rights & democracy is the right path. The future of #Venezuela belongs to 🇻🇪.
👉Canada🇨🇦 will always stand for democracy🕊.
#cndpoli #USPolitics
👉 🇨🇦 Prime Minister Mark Carney's call for a peaceful, 🇻🇪-led solution grounded in international law, human rights & democracy is the right path. The future of #Venezuela belongs to 🇻🇪.
👉Canada🇨🇦 will always stand for democracy🕊.
#cndpoli #USPolitics
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Donald Trump has made it clear that he is nothing more than a klepto-gangster.
The threat is clear. We know what is at stake. Canadians will defend our sovereignty.
The threat is clear. We know what is at stake. Canadians will defend our sovereignty.
January 4, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Donald Trump has made it clear that he is nothing more than a klepto-gangster.
The threat is clear. We know what is at stake. Canadians will defend our sovereignty.
The threat is clear. We know what is at stake. Canadians will defend our sovereignty.
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Himes: "Jordan said over & over, 'I trust POTUS.' That's giving the game away, bc two thirds of my Republican colleagues wake up every day & say, 'What can I do to prove my loyalty to POTUS?' And Jim Jordan - chairman of the Judiciary - seems unaware that our system is set up to provide checks."
January 4, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Himes: "Jordan said over & over, 'I trust POTUS.' That's giving the game away, bc two thirds of my Republican colleagues wake up every day & say, 'What can I do to prove my loyalty to POTUS?' And Jim Jordan - chairman of the Judiciary - seems unaware that our system is set up to provide checks."
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Then they were the only ones surprised.
January 4, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Then they were the only ones surprised.
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Both Hannah Arendt and Jeffrey Epstein described themselves as Jews, though the sex crimes against children Mr Epstein was known for differ starkly from the political theory Ms. Arendt propounded.
ha - NYT has now changed this sentence, managing only to amplify the absurdity and offense of the original: "Both Mr. Mamdani and Mr. Maduro describe themselves as socialists, though the policies Mr. Maduro presided over in Venezuela differ starkly from those Mr. Mamdani has vowed to pursue."
NYT gonna NYT: "Both Mr. Mamdani and Mr. Maduro identify as socialists, though they have no relationship.” — would be funny if they did this every time you write about two capitalists.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
January 4, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Both Hannah Arendt and Jeffrey Epstein described themselves as Jews, though the sex crimes against children Mr Epstein was known for differ starkly from the political theory Ms. Arendt propounded.
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NEWS
Russell Brand has been charged with one additional count of rape and one additional count of sexual assault.
These charges are in addition to two counts of rape, one count of indecent assault, two counts of sexual assault, and one count of oral rape.
Russell Brand has been charged with one additional count of rape and one additional count of sexual assault.
These charges are in addition to two counts of rape, one count of indecent assault, two counts of sexual assault, and one count of oral rape.
December 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
NEWS
Russell Brand has been charged with one additional count of rape and one additional count of sexual assault.
These charges are in addition to two counts of rape, one count of indecent assault, two counts of sexual assault, and one count of oral rape.
Russell Brand has been charged with one additional count of rape and one additional count of sexual assault.
These charges are in addition to two counts of rape, one count of indecent assault, two counts of sexual assault, and one count of oral rape.
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MINNEAPOLIS: “We kept yelling ‘she’s pregnant! She’s pregnant!’ — they put their knees in her… the handcuffed woman was dragged on the ground…”
Lawless.
Lawless.
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “We kept yelling ‘she’s pregnant! She’s pregnant!’ — they put their knees in her… the handcuffed woman was dragged on the ground…”
Lawless.
Lawless.
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Trump: “They gave him 45 years because he was the President of the Country — you could do this to any President.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Trump: “They gave him 45 years because he was the President of the Country — you could do this to any President.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
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Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running. This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
Our Economy Is in Danger. Here’s Why
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running. This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
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When it comes to standing up to attacks on our people and our democracy, my advice is this:
Don't try to do everything. Find one thing you can do to mitigate the harms. If everyone does that, we'll get through this.
Don't try to do everything. Find one thing you can do to mitigate the harms. If everyone does that, we'll get through this.
November 30, 2025 at 2:11 AM
When it comes to standing up to attacks on our people and our democracy, my advice is this:
Don't try to do everything. Find one thing you can do to mitigate the harms. If everyone does that, we'll get through this.
Don't try to do everything. Find one thing you can do to mitigate the harms. If everyone does that, we'll get through this.
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You know, apropos of nothing in particular, and although I haven't researched it yet, I strongly suspect that a president starting a foreign war to distract from his extensive ties with child sex traffickers is probably a high crime or misdemeanor under the Constitution's impeachment clauses.
November 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
You know, apropos of nothing in particular, and although I haven't researched it yet, I strongly suspect that a president starting a foreign war to distract from his extensive ties with child sex traffickers is probably a high crime or misdemeanor under the Constitution's impeachment clauses.
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“Does anyone care about the rules anymore?”
“INDIANA REPUBLICAN Sen. Greg Walker turned down an invitation to the Oval Office, accuses the White House of violating federal law in its push to pressure Republicans to redraw IN’s congressional districts…” dailyjournal.net/2025/11/26/s...
“INDIANA REPUBLICAN Sen. Greg Walker turned down an invitation to the Oval Office, accuses the White House of violating federal law in its push to pressure Republicans to redraw IN’s congressional districts…” dailyjournal.net/2025/11/26/s...
November 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
“Does anyone care about the rules anymore?”
“INDIANA REPUBLICAN Sen. Greg Walker turned down an invitation to the Oval Office, accuses the White House of violating federal law in its push to pressure Republicans to redraw IN’s congressional districts…” dailyjournal.net/2025/11/26/s...
“INDIANA REPUBLICAN Sen. Greg Walker turned down an invitation to the Oval Office, accuses the White House of violating federal law in its push to pressure Republicans to redraw IN’s congressional districts…” dailyjournal.net/2025/11/26/s...
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I always love me a good Columbo meme
“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I always love me a good Columbo meme
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NEW: DOJ said tonight that it was DHS Secretary Kristi Noem who made the call to proceed with the deportation of more than 100 Venezuelan men to El Salvador, despite a judge's order seeking to block the transfer.
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
NEW: DOJ said tonight that it was DHS Secretary Kristi Noem who made the call to proceed with the deportation of more than 100 Venezuelan men to El Salvador, despite a judge's order seeking to block the transfer.
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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The dynamics within the Democratic Party are just different from the GOP here, which Trump and Comer don’t seem to have figured out
CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
November 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The dynamics within the Democratic Party are just different from the GOP here, which Trump and Comer don’t seem to have figured out
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Larry Summers says he will step aside from teaching duties at Harvard as the university investigates his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Larry Summers says he will step aside from teaching duties at Harvard as the university investigates his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
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Trump calls for Democratic members of Congress to be hanged
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Trump calls for Democratic members of Congress to be hanged
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This is from August.
1. Bloomberg journalist Jason Leopold reported this morning that the president’s name has been redacted from more than 100,000 documents the FBI has on child-sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The FBI Redacted Trump’s Name in the Epstein Files
The bureau’s FOIA team tasked with conducting a final review of the records blacked out the names before higher-ups said last month that releasing the documents ‘would not be appropriate or warranted....
www.bloomberg.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This is from August.
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NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
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The Supreme Court is starving children
At 9:25 PM EST the Supreme Court decided people should starve. Supreme Court pauses order that Trump administration must pay full SNAP benefits www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/s...
Supreme Court pauses order that Trump administration must pay full SNAP benefits
The Trump administration tried not to pay for any food stamps in November because of the government shutdown. It now proposes partial SNAP benefits.
www.cnbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The Supreme Court is starving children