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John MC

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"Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war." -MLK |nature lover/gardener |Not THE government, OUR government!/ What exactly does MAGA think of all the other people living in this country?

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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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A College-by-College Guide to Which Majors Pay Off — or Don’t (Gift Article)
College is one of the biggest investments you’ll ever make. We built a tool to compare the earnings of all available majors in a federal data set at nearly every school.
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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Storm Chasing in Oklahoma
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#booksky #goodgovernment
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#booksky #goodgovernment
Michael Lewis book Blockers screenshot bookshop.org page
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Opinion | Putin’s Desperate, Dangerous Game in Europe (Gift Article)
Vladimir Putin wants Europe to turn off its support to Ukraine, and he’s becoming more blatant in his warnings.
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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🍁GЯ3ƬΣ🇬🇧 @gr3te.art · 07/10/2026
The orange plague #gr3tetag #BlueHartedFamily #FDT #felon47 #POS47 #censorship #dictatorship #removetrump www.dw.com/en/naked-tru...
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Naked Trump statue goes on display in Strasbourg
Titled "The Orange Plague," a gold-coated statue presents Donald Trump sitting on a smaller man's back. The Danish artist blamed Trump for getting in the way of efforts to address climate change.
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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It Can Keep Cancer in Remission. Why Is No One Talking About It? (Gift Article)
Despite mounting evidence that exercise programs can improve cancer outcomes, access to them remains limited.
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Opinion | What Mary Peltola Knows About Winning in Red States (Gift Article)
Inside the weird campaign that could flip the Senate to the Democrats.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thanks Reagan 😕 The Republican agenda for the past 45 years in one chart 👇🏽
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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American High School Students Are Selling Guns Bound for Cartels (Gift Article)
Drawn by money and status, teenagers in Arizona are buying, stealing and selling weapons destined for criminal groups in Mexico.
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Opinion | I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This. (Gift Article)
A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
EXACTLY 👇 THIS.......
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I feel optimistic about the midterm elections, just over five weeks away. But my stomach aches when I think of what’s at stake. Call me nauseously optimistic. How do you feel? robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-t…
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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The Fuel That Feeds Europe’s Far Right: Nostalgia and Lost Pride (Gift Article)
The populist emphasis on national identity and threats to it, real and imagined, finds a deep response in voters adrift in a world they no longer understand.
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Opinion | The National Debt Never Scared Me. It Scares Me. (Gift Article)
The national debt is too big to ignore--it could all end badly.
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Message to the world: picture the party we are going to have if we can get Dems in both houses and impeach and remove this guy. Let that be your motivation for the midterms. All hands on deck. Put him in prison. Rebuild this country. Ten years.
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Michael Keaton's Batman: Let's Get Nuts
Alt: Michael Keaton's Batman: Let's Get Nuts
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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August 31, 2026
Alex Horton and Tara Copp of the Washington Post reported on Sunday, August 30, that military leaders are warning Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that a plan to continue large-scale operations in Iran ...
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Alarm over ‘extreme’ sentences for anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Alarm over ‘extreme’ sentences for anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism
First amendment groups call 50-to-100-year prison terms chilling as legal experts say sentences unusually long
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Kathleen Clark @kathleenclark.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Not much in life is better than state fairs. Butter cows Butter busts Pork chops (or anything else) on a stick
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Opinion | The Ludicrous Argument Behind Trump’s Tariffs (Gift Article)
Mr. Trump is breaking the law. Congress and the judiciary need to respond.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The US has now hit 2,777 confirmed measles cases, per the CDC. That is the most in a year in 35 years. And it’s August.
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/b... WTF do Americans think Republicans are the fiscally responsible party !!??
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U.S. Debt Hits $40 Trillion as America’s Borrowing Binge Continues (Gift Article)
President Trump’s promises to restore fiscal order and reduce the amount of America’s debt burden have been undercut by spending on the Iran war, tax cuts and tariff refunds.
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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Bidenomics Was More Successful Than People Think
Conventional wisdom holds that Joe Biden’s bet on climate investment was a bust. The data suggest otherwise.
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/o...
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Opinion | I Was Dick Cheney’s Cardiologist. I Have Questions About Trump’s Health. (Gift Article)
The president has not been looking well. Americans should get answers to these seven questions.
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/n...
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A Fight Brews Between Mamdani and Amazon Over Delivery Workers (Gift Article)
New York City’s mayor wants major companies to hire employees directly rather than relying on contractors. The firms say that will raise prices and slow service.
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Trump Said to Have Secretly Used Military Jet to Leave Turkey Amid Threats (Gift Article)
President Trump hid in an airport catering container and was taken to a military jet for a secret flight out of country after the NATO summit last month.
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Rep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 04/08/2026
I worked to expose the DOI’s no-bid contract on the Reflecting Pool earlier this year. And according to court filings, the Justice Department is now blaming the same contractor for construction flaws!
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Rep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 13/12/2025
When I first introduced my bill to ban stock trading in Congress 5 years ago, only a handful joined us. Since then, we’ve built a movement of bipartisan reformers committed to ending the corruption once and for all. The time is now Speaker Johnson. Put the bill on the floor.
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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The 18 Best Ice Cream Shops in New York City Right Now (Gift Article)
Fro-yo comes and goes, but ice cream is forever.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/08/2026
Maybe Capital One shut down the bank account for money laundering reasons.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
When your party leader is a president with historically low approval ratings, who has raised prices through tariffs and wars, uses disaster relief and science grants to punish states that didn’t vote for him, and has agents shooting people in the streets, this is what you do.
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
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Helicopter Carrying Trump Flies Near Passenger Jet in Washington Airspace (Gift Article)
Marine One, the helicopter that ferries the president, came within less than a mile of an Envoy Air flight on Tuesday, raising new concerns about air traffic control in the congested area.
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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When the Fireflies Come Out to Play (Gift Article)
For a few weeks in the summer, they emerge from underground and perform their aerial light show, hoping to find some action.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/08/2026
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o... Good government! Responsible government! Active government! OUR government!
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Opinion | Small Towns Shouldn’t Have to Defend America’s Water Supply From Iran (Gift Article)
Local communities need Washington’s help to fight foreign hackers.
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
It's all about the money. Right wing incitement politics is secondary for the clowns they put in power.
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u... Why file charges? To try to intimidate. Using OUR government. So wrong!
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Charges Dropped Against Ex-Olympian David Hearn Accused of Damaging Reflecting Pool (Gift Article)
A former Olympian will not face trial after federal prosecutors acknowledged that the Trump administration’s claims of vandalism were false.
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u... This might be, SOMEHOW, the most disgusting thing these morons have done.
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Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It (Gift Article)
The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth.
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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What Anthony Fauci Didn’t Say
Senate Republicans had many questions. Fauci had one answer.
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/o...
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Opinion | ‘You Aren’t Going to Like What Comes After America’ (Gift Article)
Remember when ‘blame Canada’ was a joke?
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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How a Social Services Worker Lives on $40,000 a Year in Brooklyn (Gift Article)
At age 63, Everette Green is considering how to afford a future he never thought he would get after being incarcerated.
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John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
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Even Trump Can’t Spin This One
You can’t post your way out of a war.
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Brett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
lots of reporters suddenly worried about slipping into communism but strangely f*cking quiet about slipping into fascism
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Trump on Venezuela: For a long time, I've known their country, and I own the Miss Universe pageant and Ms. Venezuela always did very well in that pageant so I know something about the country
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Prof. Bob Howarth @profbobhowarth.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Hochul is wrong: delaying our NY climate law is bad for affordability. As 67 of us who work on climate wrote to the Governor just 2 weeks ago, “This is not the time for New York to back down.” Nice reporting on this in today's NY Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/n... @hilaryhoward.bsky.social
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Hochul Moves to Delay and Alter Climate Law, Citing Energy Prices
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Hilary Howard @hilaryhoward.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Positive renewable energy news: This major project went online this week Hydropower Line From Quebec to Queens Could Power a Million N.Y.C. Homes www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/n...
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Hydropower Line From Quebec to Queens Could Power a Million N.Y.C. Homes
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Rebuild by Design @rebuildbydesign.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
NYS needs $519B+ to adapt to climate impacts or face higher costs of inaction, which get "passed on to families in the form of tax increases, insurance hikes, damages, home repairs and business losses” - Amy Chester in @hilaryhoward.bsky.social's @nytimes.com article: bit.ly/4vJGd9O
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Repairing Storm Damage Is Expensive. It’s Only Going to Get Worse.
A report from a group called Rebuild by Design estimates that New York will have to spend more than half a trillion dollars to repair the effects of climate change in the next 24 years.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Once again, we have passed a War Powers Resolution to END THIS ILLEGAL WAR! No more lives lost. No more taxpayer dollars wasted. No more laws broken. The House has spoken: 214-208. Now will our colleagues in the Senate across the aisle ACT to stand with us to end this war NOW!?
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