John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 11hwww.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/b...nytimes.comU.S. Budget Deficit Nears $2 Trillion, a Reality Check for Trump’s Cost Cutting (Gift Article)Higher interest rates are inflating borrowing costs as the Trump administration spends on the Iran war and tariff refunds. 000 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 15/10/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/u...nytimes.comAs Texas Schools Add Police Officers to Campuses, Some Students Are Facing Serious Charges (Gift Article)More students ages 10 to 13 are ending up in the justice system after vaping, making threats and lashing out at school. 000 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comA 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. 010 0
Reposted by John MCmichaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Storm Chasing in Oklahoma 2528 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...nytimes.comOpinion | 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. 001 0
Reposted by John MC🍁GЯ3ƬΣ🇬🇧 @gr3te.art · 07/10/2026The orange plague #gr3tetag #BlueHartedFamily #FDT #felon47 #POS47 #censorship #dictatorship #removetrump www.dw.com/en/naked-tru...dw.comNaked Trump statue goes on display in StrasbourgTitled "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. 1267 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/w...nytimes.comIt 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. 010 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/o...nytimes.comOpinion | What Mary Peltola Knows About Winning in Red States (Gift Article)Inside the weird campaign that could flip the Senate to the Democrats. 011 0
Reposted by John MCThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Thanks Reagan 😕 The Republican agenda for the past 45 years in one chart 👇🏽 821565702 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/w...nytimes.comAmerican 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. 000 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...nytimes.comOpinion | 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. 053 0
Reposted by John MCRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I 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… 83883131892 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/w...nytimes.comThe 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. 020 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The National Debt Never Scared Me. It Scares Me. (Gift Article)The national debt is too big to ignore--it could all end badly. 000 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Message 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.static.klipy.comMichael Keaton's Batman: Let's Get NutsAlt: Michael Keaton's Batman: Let's Get Nuts 000 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-31-...heathercoxrichardson.substack.comAugust 31, 2026Alex 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 ... 000 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Alarm over ‘extreme’ sentences for anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comAlarm over ‘extreme’ sentences for anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorismFirst amendment groups call 50-to-100-year prison terms chilling as legal experts say sentences unusually long 000 0
Reposted by John MCKathleen Clark @kathleenclark.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Not much in life is better than state fairs. Butter cows Butter busts Pork chops (or anything else) on a stick 031 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Ludicrous Argument Behind Trump’s Tariffs (Gift Article)Mr. Trump is breaking the law. Congress and the judiciary need to respond. 000 0
Reposted by John MCRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The 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. 1682501850 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 20/08/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/b... WTF do Americans think Republicans are the fiscally responsible party !!??nytimes.comU.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. 183 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 14/08/2026www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comBidenomics Was More Successful Than People ThinkConventional wisdom holds that Joe Biden’s bet on climate investment was a bust. The data suggest otherwise. 010 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/o...nytimes.comOpinion | 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. 000 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 11/08/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/n...nytimes.comA 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. 000 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 11/08/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/u...nytimes.comTrump 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. 000 0
Reposted by John MCRep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 04/08/2026I 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! 1326489 0
Reposted by John MCRep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 13/12/2025When 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. 641303461 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 09/08/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/d...nytimes.comThe 18 Best Ice Cream Shops in New York City Right Now (Gift Article)Fro-yo comes and goes, but ice cream is forever. 000 0
Reposted by John MCAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/08/2026Maybe Capital One shut down the bank account for money laundering reasons. 14663511651 0
Reposted by John MCRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/08/2026When 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. 96176402157 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u... 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏nytimes.comHelicopter 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. 001 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 04/08/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/n...nytimes.comWhen 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. 011 0
Reposted by John MCDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/08/2026I 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. 22662983010336 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 03/08/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o... Good government! Responsible government! Active government! OUR government!nytimes.comOpinion | 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. 000 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 01/08/2026It's all about the money. Right wing incitement politics is secondary for the clowns they put in power. 000 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 01/08/2026"Six other people have been arrested on charges of vandalism" 010 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 01/08/2026"She said that she had “tremendous evidence” that Mr. Hearn had committed a felony, and noted that he faced up to 10 years in prison." 010 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 01/08/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u... Why file charges? To try to intimidate. Using OUR government. So wrong!nytimes.comCharges 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. 262 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 31/07/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u... This might be, SOMEHOW, the most disgusting thing these morons have done.nytimes.comTrump 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. 000 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 30/07/2026www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...theatlantic.comWhat Anthony Fauci Didn’t SaySenate Republicans had many questions. Fauci had one answer. 000 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 29/07/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/o...nytimes.comOpinion | ‘You Aren’t Going to Like What Comes After America’ (Gift Article)Remember when ‘blame Canada’ was a joke? 000 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comHow 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. 000 0
John MC @downbylawjmc.bsky.social · 25/07/2026www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...theatlantic.comEven Trump Can’t Spin This OneYou can’t post your way out of a war. 010 0
Reposted by John MCBrett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social · 24/07/2026lots of reporters suddenly worried about slipping into communism but strangely f*cking quiet about slipping into fascism 676235225735 0
Reposted by John MCAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Trump 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 373984296 0