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clemesq.bsky.social

@clemesq.bsky.social
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Corn-fed criminal defense attorney, West coast intentional community shepherd and small farmer, former dancer who cares a lot about fairness, justice and critical thinking

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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Big surprise! Trump always lies when he says he’ll do the right thing. He lies when he says he’s going to do anything. He lies about everything he’s done. The man lies so much it’s likely he has no idea what his truth might be. His instinct is to lie. He is a pathological liar. And a cheapskate.
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As my grandmother used to say, “God help us.” But we must help ourselves. So many seem unprepared, unable to do that despite the stark lessons of our not-distant history. We all love our kids and grandkids. What evolutionary failing lets so many forget or ignore how to keep them safe?
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Aida 🇵🇷🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🐾🌊🦋🗽💙🐸 @latina4jesusdshw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is extortion! This man has no shame whatsoever. #Pinks #USDemocracy
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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The best way to be sure your vote counts is to vote early and in person. www.vote.org
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Over a dozen states have important voter registration deadlines today. Check your registration and make a plan to vote at IWillVote.com. Then ask friends and neighbors to do the same.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If you haven’t already registered to vote, today is your last chance! You can still register to vote until 11:59 PM tonight so if you haven't already done so, get on it y'all!  Visit AngieNixon.com/vote to learn more about registering to vote!  Let’s win this, Florida! #AngieForFlorida
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ohio, today is the last day to register to vote for November’s election. Register online or drop off your voter registration form at your county board of elections office TODAY by 9PM. For more information, head to iwillvote.com/OH.
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I Will Vote
Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election.
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I love seeing the courts being used to make DHS and right wing media accountable to the law and the citizens who respect and rely upon it.
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Calling Trump’s ad a ‘public service announcement’ only makes it seem more like something you’d see in North Korea.
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As with Trump’s many many ‘pinky promises’ I’m sure we can count on that! Actually, it’s more likely it wasn’t even said.
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Though his ad, paid for by the taxpayers (isn’t that sorta ‘communist?’), says America will never be Communist isn’t choosing the leader of the superpower Communist country of the world over our First Amendment constitutional right to a free press a little telling about just who is going communist?
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s so shocking that Trump is President. And that as President he is running this country into the ground, destroying so much of value. Damaging our position in the world so that the world will likely not trust us for a long time knowing that we are capable of … Trump. I, too, am mystified.
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
His favorite magic words - national security. He is the biggest threat to national security - security, identity, prosperity, health, freedom. There’s not one time that he’s claimed he was acting in the interest of national security that I didn’t feel more fearful about our security.
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
But … he authorized it! What a buffoon.
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
And, Paxton … he’s okay, Mr. Rove?
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I believe they (Iran) might want to make a deal, just not with Trump. Just like Canada and Greenland, and Europe, and everyone else who is sick of his shit.
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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷 @vero1986.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Deep cuts to safety net programs like Medicaid and food assistance were intentionally scheduled by congressional Republicans to kick in right after the November 2026 midterm elections to shield candidates from immediate voter backlash.
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Sounds a bit ‘woke’ in some very twisted way.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/09/2026
US confirms for first time it has deployed weapons into space
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US confirms for first time it has deployed weapons into space
Analysts warn of an acceleration in high-risk arms race with Russia and China in Earth’s orbit The US has deployed weapons in space, the US military has confirmed, in an extraordinary public announcement that analysts warn will accelerate a high-risk arms race with Russia and China in Earth’s orbit. US secretary of the air force, Troy Meink, announced that Washington had active “on-orbit” weapons, meaning they had been deployed and were currently circling the globe. Continue reading...
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
FUCK!!!!! In addition to all the threats to personal freedom, health, rights, etc., and the other existential threats to life, climate, war, AI taking over - now this is what Trump thinks should be done?? What is the endgame here? Unbelievable. Insane.
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Read this for clear explanations of specific “fraud” voting claims by Trump and how understanding the background and strategies can support confidence in our voting practices. Shows how laughably stupid they are (and want voters to be) to question only the votes the GOP doesn’t like.
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is an excellent article. Along with specific factual info about Trump’s strategies, it shows that just knowing how to view the confusing and self-serving messages put out by the administration can help keep voting safe. I’ll share and I hope it’s read by many.
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
So on a subject they care so much about they know nothing about. Or they’re just making shit up. Stupid, lying or stupid liars. They are consistent.
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I’m trying to imagine how this claim that Talarico says there are six genders and a binary/non-binary god was constructed. It seems to be all they can talk about. Is there a context?
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Now he’s fixating on the Medal of Honor - my gawd he’s truly a maniac. Loves blood, eh? He is truly a sick person.
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
And for anyone who actually falls for it another in a long list of lies directly from the mouth of Trump who is a lying, corrupt criminal. Face the facts!
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Latino vote bid pre-midterms; TPS to be revoked post-midterms - either way the elections go.
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This Guardian article should be major news in the mainstream media alongside the facts of Trump’s attacks on democracy. It shows perspective on the mostly successful defense of our democratic values and the many people working to protect our rights. Their dedication, and work, is uplifting.
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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The idea that making a sitting president answer for criminal charges would distract him from important official duties has never looked more ridiculous.
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
So he’s either stupid or a liar. Or a stupid liar.
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I am shocked and dismayed that the USPS may play such a big role in the destruction of our democracy. Surely our (lower) courts will act to prevent this! Regretting my loyalty to the USPS when FedEx and UPS were growing. I wish states could switch to FedEx and UPS for ballot delivery. Fuck the USPS!
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I love Coit Tower! I take everyone I can there to see the beautiful murals. I never get tired of them. It would be so wonderful to have a government again that values art and artists.
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Irreparable harm regarding data collection and envelope design?
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Well, he’s right. Predictable that the rich get richer while the rest of us … don’t.
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Data centers protests are not the only thing happening in the US that makes China (and Russia) happy - tariffs, war, election interference, torture, murders, climate denial, science stupidity, debt, rising costs, and not least, alienating long-time allies in favor of fellow autocrats. Good job, DJT!
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Yeah, and we can’t see through the meaning of “gift,” right?
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Shameful that Husted doesn’t even respond to the family’s request to stop using their grief in his ad. Not surprising the ad has no factual basis.
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Anyone doing phone banking to contact the targeted voters to alert them to the fact they might need to re-register, and help them learn how to do it? Information on how to help, please.
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This makes me sad that so many before Trump, and now Trump in the ugliest ways, has squandered our position in the world to do good commensurate with our wealth, power and ability. Idealistic? Yes, unapologetically so.
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Vote early! Does the fact that I fear Trump will let our food continue to and increasingly be contaminated so we’re all sick by November make me a conspiracy nut?
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 22/08/2026
PLS READ: How America Went From Paying Down Its Debt to $40 Trillion This article is part of ONEST’s Financial & Geopolitical Literacy Series, made possible by generous donors who support independent ONEST journalism and allow us to keep this reporting public. www.onestnetwork.com/how-america-...
onestnetwork.com
How America Went From Paying Down Its Debt to $40 Trillion
This article is part of ONEST’s Financial & Geopolitical Literacy Series, made possible by generous donors who support independent ONEST journalism and allow us to keep this reporting public.
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Read this, if you can. The chart showing Medicaid cuts (that grow & grow after the midterms) makes me cry. But it all shows lies and more lies. Graphics really clarify how bad it is. Trump’s Broken Promises, in 11 Charts www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | Trump’s Broken Promises, in 11 Charts
The president likes to boast about the “greatest economy we’ve ever had.” His record falls far short.
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We didn’t need the bond market to know we have a major debt problem. Obvious when taxes cut for the wealthy, paid ICE $$$$, vanity projects $$$ & war $$$. Krugman says “don’t panic” bcz it has never helped. VOTE! Dems will clean up GOP mess as we have after every election we’ve won. Think 2026 & ‘28
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Excellent negotiation strategy!
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Kinda puts Trump’s comments and actions about North Korea in perspective. Paul Krugman’s letter is good on this subject. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-new-leve...
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A New Level of Trumpian Evil
North Korea is the worst government on Earth; Trump prefers it to the prosperous democracy next door
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Does training include the officers themselves being electrocuted by the gloves to see how it feels? And a discussion about how they would feel if the gloves were used on their own loved ones? How did we get along without torture devices before? Seriously, who’s gotten worse - kids or cops?
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The Mentor by Kai Bird, Susan Goldberg, The New Yorker, 8/10/26, adds dimension to this by showing how “soul(less) mates” Trump and Cohn were. Trump’s strategies of outright lies, grabbing media attention for any reason, and using people are laid out in his own statements and others’ quotes.
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Read the New Yorker article The Mentor, What Roy Cohn taught Donald Trump, by Kai Bird, Susan Goldmark, 8/10/26. Cohn & Trump were made for each other. If Trump needed the lessons, Cohn taught him to do exactly what we see him doing today. Chilling to see it in words, in actual quotes.
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Google it - Robert Reich posted about it, the NYT and the WSJ have reported on it. Private equity firms are making equipment and IT more expensive especially for volunteer fire departments. Sick!
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clemesq.bsky.social @clemesq.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
And allowing private equity to profit off firefighting.
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