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calamity jim

@calamityjim.bsky.social
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fan of writers, dogs, small children, bread, islands, stars, popcorn, candy corn, and sleep. fyi: I'm a woman using a guy name, b/c why not. hitchhiked over here from balloon juice. not a fan of willful ignorance, malice, or black licorice.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 6h
That $366 million Elon is spending to try and convince voters that Congress should stay Republican? It's more money than McCain's 2008 campaign spent. But it's also, relative to Musk's net worth, the same as a household at the median income spending $32.
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The 2026 question: Which is more powerful, money or people?
Elon Musk has spent $366 million this election cycle. Philip Bump examines what that kind of money can buy in American politics.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4h
🚨 NEWS: Trump is backing out of a scheduled deposition with BBC lawyers THIS FRIDAY, citing “matters of national importance” after weeks of radio silence. His team now wants to delay his testimony until JANUARY 2027—after discovery closes—and the BBC is asking a judge to FORCE him to testify.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 4h
BREAKING: We just filed a Hatch Act complaint over the outrageous raid on Ilhan Omar's home Officials can't use criminal power to affect an election. This is the textbook case @democracydefendersfund.org & @rwpusa.bsky.social👇
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 10m
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💙💙~Patty~💙💙 @pattyger.bsky.social · 30m
#TacoTuesdayParties 🥳🎉🌮🌶️🎶💃🕺🎵🪇 @ljccm.bsky.social @bekindokk.bsky.social @diana-smoltz.bsky.social @janiehal.bsky.social @wadeherter50.bsky.social @pattyger.bsky.social @sierraheart.bsky.social @fireeyebooks.bsky.social @trixie57.bsky.social @chantingcrow.bsky.social @lindaworkerbee.bsky.social
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 3h
well, she looks evil.
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 3h
couch fucker.
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 6h
NEW: After Trump abruptly fired FEMA chief financial officer Mary Comans based on false accusations that she paid millions to house undocumented immigrants, a federal judge formally cleared her name on Tuesday. Judge said it was a “premeditated campaign." www.huffpost.com/entry/mary-c...
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Former FEMA Chief Illegally Fired By Trump Gets ‘Name Clearing’
It was a formalized rebuke to the unjust firing and a chance for Mary Comans to have the record set straight.
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 7h
She should watch some clips of CJ Cregg. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKdS...
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CJ on gun control
YouTube video by AtTheGatesOfTheCity
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 7h
I was waiting for her to toss her hair. The breathless pick-me-girl vibe was painful to witness.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 10h
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 8h
“If you own a home, you’re losing money. Because of Trump. And if you want to buy a home, it’s costing you more. Because of Trump. An outcome this bad shouldn’t be possible.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Enter … The Trump Zone: Where Everybody Loses
Trump just screwed the housing market, too. The Bad Orange Man’s stupidity warps even the laws of supply and demand.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 14h
Jon Husted took $100k+ from an Epstein co-conspirator then voted against releasing the Epstein files Husted voted for Trump’s Big Fugly Bill First Energy, Elon Musk & Data Center bros bankrolled Husted Husted voted 14x to continue Trump’s Iran War Trump: Vote for Jon Husted. He has a good ass
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9h
Elon Musk has spent at least $276 million since July to boost Republican candidates, a record-breaking sum. That’s just 0.028% of his total net worth. Oligarchs can rig the system at the expense of everyone else, and only spend pennies doing so. We must get Big Money out of politics.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 9h
Terrific ad from Jon Ossoff featuring a three-time Trump voter who’s supporting his reelection.
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 9h
She was there to show trump's deep respect for evangelicals, which I guess he felt was necessary way back in the early season of this nightmare.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h
The most corrupt and unethical president in US history by far.
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TrueBlue News @truebleau.bsky.social · 12h
#USDemocracy Live !! #ProudBlue #TrueBlue #Epstein I am not living Youngstown but i am happy to support you in getting this Idiot in jail
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 9h
I'm just gonna enjoy the sight of every one of those races moving in a good direction. If it all collapses somehow on election day, at least I'll have had this little season of hope for America. And then, back to work.
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 9h
his new blonde press secretary lurking awkwardly back there makes me laugh. sir? where should i stand?
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 10h
For mornings when you want to witness something great. Those anxious, hopeful, thrilled kids get me every time.
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 10h
"Republicans don't want to respond to polls anymore." Seems fair, since they've long refused to respond to voters. You don't have to believe in us, Mike. We believe in ourselves.
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 22h
Somebody has been saving up all these stories for a long time, haven't they? What else is in the goodie bag, I wonder.
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Justin @jlentini09.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 22h
Narrator: AI barons are going to steal all the money no matter what happens.
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 23h
And I just love that for him.
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putawomanincharge.bsky.social @putawomanincharge.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Let's go. See how it's done? VOTE
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 23h
It means what it means everywhere: "Dumb" has a b in it. Democrats want to turn your boy into a girl during recess. He deserves a Nobel Peace Prize and that's how we know it was rigged. The economy is great, and if not it's Biden's fault.
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Going to TC to visit family next week -- my sister said she gets dirty looks for her El-Sayed yard sign. I (from WA state) say I wish we could have him. Insanely good candidate.
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I want them to lose because it's refreshing to think that all that money could not get it done. And I hope Musk gets that same message in November.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13/10/2026
This morning, the federal government turned the full force of the Department of Homeland Security against a sitting member of Congress for the offense of disagreeing with the White House.

The path to citizenship should not be weaponized against anyone, including Rep. Ilhan Omar, a naturalized American who swore an oath to this country — the same one that I took.

The promise of citizenship should not be contingent on someone agreeing with the federal government.
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
It does. Ohio people, you have a chance to rebuke this malicious fool that many of us don't enjoy. Please, please make it obvious that he's done.
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
And she speaks the language much more fluently.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Here are the details: literally any time, any place, any network.
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"Susie" is a stupid name for a grandmother, but it's especially stupid for Wiles, who is happy to take our money and plan her book deal while her boss turns the country to shit.
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Very interesting advice; I've been reading this paper since the mid-80s but maybe I'm just slow. Can you point me to a right wing cartoon from Horsey's collection? Was it a right wing editorial position to refuse to print Matt Calkins' August column about trans girls in sports? Calkins quit.
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I have to say, the Brewers are the most understated-in-victory team I've ever seen. They just do their jobs, win against the wildly talented Dodgers, and maybe clap a little after the game. Their fans are in the stands losing their minds, but the team? Cool, cool, cool.
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I have no idea what you're on about. Horsey doesn't work for the Seattle Times, and he's not on their editorial board, and they're not a right wing paper. Do you have him mixed up with someone else?
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I really thought that lady in the white shirt was going to lift it up and flash him, just to show her love.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
James Talarico: I've heard credible reports that Ken Paxton has a serious medical condition that causes clinical levels of cowardice. That's why I haven't heard from him after 85 days when I first challenged him to a debate publicly. We're awaiting his answer.
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
No, that's a choice. There are lots of places in the world with aging populations where people don't work until they die or find themselves crowded into their kids' houses or some slummy old people thing. We don't have to choose that.
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Wait. Two people earning $60k combined are having fun with all their discretionary income? Okay.
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
PLAY NICE? trump thinks others should play nice with him? after the last ten years of his disgusting display of malice and lies, he wants people to play nice? are you fucking kidding me right now?
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Also Hillary was definitely going to be indicted. Ten years ago: "Fox News anchor Bret Baier apologized on air Friday for his report that Hillary Clinton faces a "likely" indictment "
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Can they retire? Can they make it through any kind of health problem? Can they have kids? I could live on next to nothing in my 20s, but I'd have drowned if I had a child. In the meantime, 1.5 million invested produces plenty to live on--so who exactly needs 150 million? Who needs even 1 billion?
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The point of the cartoon is getting lost. The median, whatever it is, represents the hardscrabble line that half of households fall underneath. Half. That's 67 million families just making it while a tiny fraction of their number enjoy unspendable wealth. The rich guy can't eat that much pizza!
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
leader of the free world
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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Prepare to need a drink, if that's what you do when you're furious. This happened about an hour from where I live in WA state. There's also a very good This American Life episode about it. www.thisamericanlife.org/581/anatomy-...
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Anatomy of Doubt - This American Life
The story of a rape investigation gone undeniably wrong.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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