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@crtsj.bsky.social
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👉🏼 Pro Democracy, Pro Human Rights 💙 👉🏼 Healthcare, food, shelter = human rights 👉🏼 Progressive independent 📍 PNW 🚫 Bigotry 🏳️‍🌈 🙋🏼 he/him/his ⚠️ Personal account, personal opinions

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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I aspire to this level of professionalism.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Or MAYBE we still demand that whoever is there—regardless of their name—do their actual job? It’s a simple concept. Complacency is literally killing people. But I guess you’re privileged enough not to have to care about that?
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Jeffries is literally in his first Congress as leader. 🤦🏼‍♂️
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Comparing demanding that our elected officials do their jobs to ruining someone’s wedding tells me you don’t get it at all. I think I’ll stick with advice from people willing to speak up for the future of our country.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This all started because people are saying that’s exactly what we aim to do. Then you come along going “Noooo that is how the Republicans win.” Are you okay? You seem to be confused about your actual position on this one.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
What a ridiculous and childish false equivalency.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This is probably the most arrogant and clueless post I have seen all day.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I feel like every time I come on this app I encounter someone screaming about how we’re not allowed to criticize Democrats or “Republicans win” and someone blocks me for rightly pointing out that @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social & @schumer.senate.gov are failures and need to be replaced. Bluesky y’all 🤷🏼‍♂️
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This. 100% this. We don’t get change if we keep telling ourselves we’re not *allowed* to demand it.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
You assume passive “waiting around.” The “keep voting in the same failed career politicians or the Republicans win” talking point is tired, condescending, and damaging. Newsflash: They can win anyway. As voters become more disillusioned with every election. We don’t get change if we don’t demand it.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
A Never said I don’t vote for people who share my values. B It’s reasonable to expect those who we elect to represent us to actually do so. C It’s reasonable to put pressure on elected officials who aren’t representing us to start doing so. D Under your proposal we never get real representation.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
So we just don't expect anything from the people we elected to represent us? Seems pretty...not democratic...
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Believe it when I see it. Based on what we've seen from him these past two years, I'm not sure he's up for it.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
It’s a lie. It’s a made up number. They don’t have any data to back it up. That’s what there is to know about it.
cbsnews.com
What to know about the Trump administration's claim that 250K non-citizens are registered to vote in 4 states
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin sent letters to four states alleging that a combined 250,000 non-citizens were registered to vote. Elections experts caution that could be a significant ov...
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Dementia Donnie has got to go.
bbc.com
Trump says US being 'invaded by filthy air' as he threatens Canada with tariffs over wildfires
Earlier, Ontario's Premier Doug Ford said America should send support rather than complain as smoke from more than 850 Canadian wildfires blankets parts of the US.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Unfit is an understatement.
thehill-com.cdn.ampproject.org
NYC Bar Association opposes Blanche nomination: ‘Unfit’
The New York City Bar Association on Monday issued a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee opposing the nomination of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.   Addressed to Sens. Chuck G…
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Looks like he was a Goth femboy in high school. Explains so much.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
He's blaming Obama for things that he alleges (without evidence) happened in 2020...when *checks notes* Donald Trump was the President. The cognitive decline and depraved derangement is OFF THE CHARTS.
inkl.com
Trump claims Obama, Biden benefited from ‘cover-up’ of China’s 2020 election meddling
US President Donald Trump on Thursday accused officials from the Obama-era intelligence establishment of concealing evidence of alleged Chinese interference aimed at undermining his administration and...
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Nothing to see here: Just this fascist administration openly threatening to kill more people in the streets if we continue demanding that they stop killing people in the streets and expressing concern about their murderous secret police unit. Impeach, remove, prosecute, and jail them all.
independent.co.uk
Border czar warns there will be more ‘bloodshed’ unless Democrats ‘shut their mouths’
Tom Homan’s comments come after two men were fatally shot this week at the hands of ICE agents in separate incidents
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Despite both being *clearly* unqualified for the respective roles, and even multiple Republicans privately acknowledging such, Republican Senators (+ @fetterman.senate.gov) will still vote to confirm them because they don’t work for the people and they gave up on their oaths years ago.
thehill-com.cdn.ampproject.org
Blanche, Clayton grilled in tense confirmation hearings
📱 Plus: Wild stats from Speaker Johnson’s phone{beacon} It’s Wednesday. You know, this cyclosporiasis outbreak has me thinking. Brownies and pizza have never betrayed&nbsp…
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Your obvious lack of self-awareness is another reason this isn’t a worthwhile discussion. There’s a truism about those who resort to ad hominem attacks that your statements illustrate ever so clearly. Off to spend my time where it matters. Keep on stoking the in-fighting you claim to loathe. 🤷🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️👋🏼
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
*checks thread* No uninformed insults seen. Just objective reflections back on your own words. Obviously you are not going to convince me it is wrong to expect accountability from elected leaders. I am clearly not going to convince you it’s right. So you do you. I’ll keep fighting for real change.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
As we are unfortunately learning the hard way.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
🤣 I do a lot of work offline. Social media is part of the contemporary public square. Which you clearly seem to understand as you spend your time out here trying to stifle voices in the name of maintaining a broken status quo. For the record, you’re the only one who has resorted to name calling. 🤷🏼‍♂️
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I’m thoroughly over the “it’s divisive to actually expect our elected representatives to represent us” narrative. That’s how we got the feckless leadership in the @democrats.org party in the first place. If we don’t demand they do their jobs, who will? The status quo is *literally* killing people.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Ad hominem attacks and projection along with a general non-response. Telling. I will not apologize for having expectations for elected leaders. They are accountable to the people. That’s what an engaged citizen does. I have no desire to be part of a political cult, but by all means, keep on, I guess
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It’s not divisiveness to expect leaders to LEAD. They can do what the rest of us can’t, if they actually wanted to do their jobs. And if they’re not going to, then it’s on us to put the pressure on them. I am sorry you don’t seem to understand how representative government works. 🤷🏼‍♂️
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Her medical license (if she even has one) should be revoked.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
So where are they then? I see you can’t answer that, just out here telling the rest of us to stop asking. 🤷🏼‍♂️
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
2029 is no doubt going to be a record year for disbarment proceedings in these United States.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Did that back when they showed us they would just cave to fascism when they gave up the shutdown leverage and @schumer.senate.gov tried to pretend he wasn’t in on it. And even if he wasn’t, it showed he’s unfit to lead. And not a single @democrats.org formally called for him to rightly step down.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
And bungling that
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Hard to defeat the enemy when those who are supposed to be leading the charge are silent at best, if not complicit.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
We have zero actual leaders in @democrats.org leadership positions. This has been crystal clear for at least 2 years now…
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Every single lie from this administration easily falls apart with even the smallest amount of scrutiny and/or critical thinking.
thedailybeast.com
CNN Destroys Trump’s Reflecting Pool Claim in Live Report
A CNN segment crossed to the Reflecting Pool after Trump’s claims of vandalism.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
He thinks he’s still producing a reality tv show. Forget the lives that are literally in his hands every day.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This is why we need to stop putting reality stars with zero actual qualifications in positions of authority.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
They’re all corrupt.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Just the President of the United States openly pledging to commit war crimes. Again. And the feckless fascist MAGA Republicans just let it happen.
theguardian.com
US launches ‘wave of strikes’ on Iran after Trump tells Iran that power plants, bridges will be targeted if no deal is made – Middle East crisis live
US strikes Iran for fourth consecutive day as Iran deputy foreign minister says interim deal all but ‘dismantled’
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This is how he is hoping to distract from his failed war that he started to try to distract us from the Epstein Files. Failure after failure after failure while inflation soars, people still can’t afford healthcare, and the Trump family pockets billions of dollars of taxpayer money.
nbcnews.com
Trump plans to raise allegations of 2020 election interference in Thursday speech
President Donald Trump has continued to insist that the 2020 election, which he lost to Joe Biden, was “rigged” and “dirty.”
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
So @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social supports an ongoing genocide and is fine using our tax dollars to do it. @democrats.org need real leadership that is going to actually stand up to fascism, oppose the support of murderous regimes around the world, and fight for the American people. This is not it.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Sounds exactly like something someone serving in an administration that is openly committing crimes against humanity would do…
theguardian.com
Marco Rubio launches campaign to dismantle international criminal court
Trump’s secretary of state claims the global tribunal is interfering with US military and law enforcement operations
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
This was such a fun show and unique experience. I hope it gets a national tour.
people.com
‘CATS: The Jellicle Ball’ Announces Shocking Broadway Closing Notice Despite Tony-Winning Acclaim
‘CATS: The Jellicle Ball’ will play its final performance on Saturday, Aug. 8, bringing the Tony Award-winning revival’s Broadway run to a close just four months after opening at the Broadhurst Theatr...
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
So one of the goals he said for the war was to ensure free passage through the Strait, which was the status quo before he started the war, and now WE’RE going to start tolling a waterway that we have no legitimate claim over? Impeach and remove him already.
bloomberg.com
Trump Restarts Iran Blockade as US Plans 20% Hormuz Charge
President Donald Trump reinstated the US blockade of Iranian ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and demanded a 20% reimbursement on all other cargo shipped through the waterway.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Someone might want to tell Rep. Darrell Issa that going on Fox News to opine about how redistributing wealth will ultimately help no one while sitting in the backyard of his multimillion dollar beach house vacation home is not a good look.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
He said himself he likes inflation…
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
@fetterman.senate.gov / @johnfetterman.com: I don't understand why people keep questioning if I'm really a Democrat Also Fetterman: *see below* This guy's gotta go. I'm glad there are people lining up to primary him.
theguardian.com
John Fetterman joins forces with Republican counterpart in Senate for fundraising committee
Venture between two Pennsylvania senators stokes speculation about Fetterman’s future in Democratic party
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Another reminder that while Republicans claim to honor and care about veterans, their actions indicate the opposite…
fox17.com
Veterans oppose after part of Vietnam Veterans Boulevard renamed after Charlie Kirk
Veterans say the road was created to honor everyone who served and the 25 Sumner County service members who died in Vietnam.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Hence why I said "America" in quotes.
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CJ @crtsj.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Donald Trump's MAGA "Great American State Fair" featured a Confederate flag. That's the "America" they want to celebrate. And they've stopped all pretense when it comes to being subtle about it.
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