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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Update: He speaks! bsky.app/profile/fact...

FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

And here is the update. Feds want to use California National Guard. Talks about the feds looking for an excuse to escalate, which I would believe. Is this missing any sense of urgency or am I totally off? His state is being attacked by the federal government and milquetoast is the answer.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Except it hasn't. I literally attached photos showing that to not be the case. The only public communication since yesterday was a fluff piece put out to local news talking about how changes to gun laws have led to lower gun crime.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

No shit. It's been almost a full day. I fear for any government run by someone that can't put together a plan to unprecedented problems in under 24 hours.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

His state's most populous city is being shredded by civil unrest and armed federal agents. If now isn't the time to portray the leadership he was ostensibly elected for, I have no idea when is.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Gavin Newsom is MIA as Los Angeles is in chaos. He put out this "statement" yesterday that isn't worth the digital paper it's written on. He hasn't posted to his social media in almost a full day. The moment calls for a man of conviction and principles. We're getting neither.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Would Trump "have lost the election" without Elon Musk? It's possible, but not because the election was 'rigged'. He put in hundreds of millions of dollars directly (and who knows how much he marshaled from others). We don't have an election integrity problem. We have a political spending problem.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Republicans sprinkled in some good talking points (like recess reform) and the bait worked. This is a MAHA bill that every TX Senate Democrat just voted for. It's astonishing. (3/3) legiscan.com/TX/bill/SB25...

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

It ties funding of health-related higher ed to requiring the use of a nutritional curriculum from the new "Texas Nutrition Advisory Committee". Sounds reasonable until you read the rest of the bill and see how much crankery is involved, including the weird label on things like bleached flour. (2/3)

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

TX's SB25 passed the state Senate unanimously and will soon be law. It creates a warning label requirement for a long list of colorants and additives as "not recommended for human consumption" based on non-American standards, but it's much worse than that. (1/3)

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I hate having to write "Big Beautiful Bill Act". We live in a joke world. www.cbo.gov/publication/...

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The CBO put out a new estimate on the cost of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and while the sheet has a lot of numbers, the only one that matters is in the lower right - $2.4T in new deficit spending over the next 10 years.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Just sprinted from a gun-related incident as a bystander for the first time ever. No shots fired so it wouldn't even make the local news if such a thing still existed. On with the day and errands I was doing. What are we doing to ourselves?

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

To get out of this, the United States is going to need a lot of people to put on their thinking hats. I'm not sure we have the equipment.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

If you ever come across someone dismissing a Congressional Budget Office estimate (like the 'esteemed' Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent), run away from their opinions and never look back. The CBO isn't perfect, but it is full of exceptionally bright people that do excellent work.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Everything you do online is logged. Everywhere you go, there are enough cameras recording that you can be tracked anywhere. We live in a surveillance state, and there is nothing we can do about it. The good part is that you are probably not important enough to be followed.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

We need two election days - Primary Day and General Day. A months-long primary season where the order of state elections matters contributes to the electoral dysfunction plaguing American politics. Stop letting a random mix of states unnecessarily sway so much of the discussion and outcome.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Imagine if we didn't have to spend political capital forcing insurance companies to cover basic services. This bill has some bipartisan support and it's an easy slam dunk in terms of messaging. Never bet on Congress not tripping over itself into failure, though. www.kaine.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

The "Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act" would require insurance to cover not only delivery but also most pre- and postpartum services. It's as obvious a needed change as I can ever recall reading in a bill.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Looks like Canadian political leaders are at least saying the right things and taking the necessary actions to address the emergency. Oh, to live in a functional country again.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Wonder what the tariff on particulate matter is.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

This link doesn't work: www.hhs.gov/surgeongener... This one does: www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp...

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

I went looking for historical smoking rates in the United States for a discussion I was having with Mrs. FCJ about when and why it peaked. It led me to this Surgeon General report link that no longer works. We are destroying useful information because thinking too much is bad for politics.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

It's almost a quaint issue now, but pardon power shouldn't be vested in any single person and probably shouldn't exist at all. The entire concept is built on the idea that only rational people acting in good faith will have the power. That convenient assumption is clearly misplaced.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Not by choice, I am watching NBC's morning show, and no wonder the country is screwed. They report as if everyone is acting in good faith. There is no critical thinking to be seen. I expect propaganda from MAGA-aligned outlets. This is just a fake veneer of normalcy that does the same thing.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

There are ~75M children in the US. About half receive their healthcare from Medicaid/CHIP compared to ~13% of the adult population. Highlights the general financial state of the bottom half of parents and how any cuts are going to directly result in children losing healthcare.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

There is no such thing as "Judeo-Christian principles and ethics". The term has been popularized by Evangelicals to promote a religious and cultural connection to Judaism that doesn't exist. You don't get to write a fanfic sequel and then claim the authors of the original had anything to do with it.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

I think it's worth repeating occasionally that nothing we are living through is normal. Every day brings some new abuse of power that is slowly turning into the background static of chaos. You can't be outraged at every outrage, but there is a difference between acceptance and stoicism.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

If you ever find yourself advocating for the removal of basic medical care for the elderly, you've lost the plot and your humanity.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Because the "big, beautiful bill" used budget reconciliation, it bypasses the filibuster and will only need 50 votes in the Senate to pass. There is zero chance more than 3 Republicans defect. It's over, Johnny - We are about to enter a world of pain with the poorest bearing the brunt.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Republicans aren't even pretending this time their upward wealth transfer might "trickle down" on the plebs. They are robbing the United States and its citizens in plain sight. Open dereliction of duty only matters if there are consequences, and there never are for these people.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Despite the clear violation of court orders, this reads like little more than a finger wag in the direction of DHS. It's impotent in tone and meek in corrective action, probably to avoid rocking the boat. Laws, courts, all of it only matters if enforcement exists.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

District Judge Brian Murphy ruled that DHS "violated the Court's Preliminary Injunction" to not deport people to countries other than their own without recourse. It requires DHS provide opportunities over the next 15 days for the deportees to challenge the deportations.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

I've got internet haters now. It's all going to plan.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

It is remarkably simple - Republicans are robbing you, me, and everyone else who have ever paid into these systems to benefit the wealthy. democrats-budget.house.gov/news/press-r...

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The newest CBO report on the "big, beautiful bill" further confirms that it will add trillions to the national debt. What's new is the projected legally-required cuts to Medicare that would come from the lost revenue elsewhere in the bill.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Cory Booker has ties to Charles Kushner going back to 2002 when he bankrolled Booker's failed Newark mayoral campaign. It's a bigger problem than any single person. Political influence, regardless of party, is for sale. As long as the wealthy are allowed to buy politicians, the US has no future.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Buy-now-pay-later (Klarna, etc.) is a pox. The majority of people use these services, but the purpose isn't always the same. The poorer you are, the more you use it for necessities. With a ~30% delinquency rate, these loans are credit-ruining gambles that take advantage of both needs and wants.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court... immigrationforum.org/wp-content/u...

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

There are ~340k Venezuelans that will now qualify for deportation overnight because the Supreme Court is too craven to acknowledge the sheer enormity of the situation. People will be disappeared long before it plays out in the courts, and we've already seen that court orders don't mean much anyway.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

DHS Sec. Noem removed Venezuela from the Temporary Protected Status country list, a lower court gave a temporary injunction preventing enforcement, DHS requested a stay, and it ends in this 8-1 decision(?) allowing the reclassification to occur while the case plays out through the appeals process.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

The new Sesame Street/Netflix deal fully incorporates PBS and the PBS Kids ecosystem with same-day airing. It's a good outcome for an important educational tool that is at risk because of rampant anti-intellectualism.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Speaking of Administration lies, the "big, beautiful bill" would definitely add to the national debt. The CBO made it official, but you don't need to be an economics wizard to recognize less tax revenue in a system already operating at a deficit will lead to bigger shortfalls.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

We would *never* know if Trump got any kind of serious medical diagnosis. The God Emperor cannot get sick, and any sign of weakness would be actively suppressed. It's a major difference between being a President and being a despot.

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FactCheckJeff @factcheckjeff.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Having "liberal" and "conservative" judges is a sign of just how bad the institutional rot is in the United States. If you can always guess how someone will rule based on their voter registration, they shouldn't be a judge.

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