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James Bobo

@j-bobo.bsky.social
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Lawyer. PopPop to a beautiful new person. Recently traded Gulf shrimp & grits for blue crab & pit beef—with no regrets. Recovering public-corruption fighter. Believe in diversity, equity, dignity, and Catholic social justice.

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Kendyl Hanks @kendylhanks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Disgraceful
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Andrew Rait @andrewrait.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Jeff Domingues @jeffdomingues.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sometimes the articles of impeachment write themselves.
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 07/10/2026
#OtD 7 Oct 1944 an armed rebellion broke out in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Prisoners fought back with knives and home-made grenades, burned down Crematorium IV, and killed and injured several SS officers stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1075...
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Jerry Mitchell @jmitchellnews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#OnThisDay in 1955, jazz legends Ella Fitzgerald & Dizzy Gillespie were arrested in Houston after performing before an integrated audience. The arrests made national headlines. A year later, they played to an integrated audience. This time there were no arrests. mississippitoday.org/2024/10/07/1...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I'm voting YES on Prop 40, the California billionaire tax. Here's why.
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Why I Support The California Billionaire Tax
Billionaires are crying foul about California's proposed wealth tax.Don't fall for their fearmongering.A one-time, 5% ta
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James Bobo @j-bobo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
stop the death penalty.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Barack Obama is back in his role as Democrats’ closer-in-chief. He just cut ads for 24 Senate & gubernatorial campaigns—targeting races where he can help move persuadable voters. At 57% favorability, Obama is the most popular living president. Expect to see much more of him before Election Day. 💙
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 06/10/2026
#OTD 6 Oct 1917 civil rights and women's rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer was born in Mississippi. She defied arrests, white supremacists, and police to vote, then organised to register thousands of other Black people to vote across the South stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1066...
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trump and lots of people close to Trump are making a lot of money off wars.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/10/2026
“THIS IS THE TEXTBOOK DEFINITION ON LOANSHARKING,” wrote one consumer about a tribal loan company. A federal database used to publicly display such complaints, and they’ve helped inform several ProPublica stories. Now the narratives aren’t public.
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The Federal Agency That’s Supposed to Protect Consumers Just Made Another Business-Friendly Move
Debt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and bring accountability. Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped pu...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Palm Beach GOP comes out in favor of pedophile county clerk candidate. Mike Caruso, Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts, said he still intends to win his November election for Clerk and Comptroller after being arrested in August for molesting a male relative under the age of 5.
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Palm Beach GOP endorses candidate accused of child sex abuse
“I maintain my innocence and remain a candidate for Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller,” Mike Caruso, facing child sex abuse charges.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Openly bragging about ethnic cleansing. That's how you know they're the Good Guys.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
I remember when Obama criticized Fox News and all of DC's Very Important People spent *weeks* taking to their fainting couches at the horror of it.
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Kendyl Hanks @kendylhanks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Oh my this hits
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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James Bobo @j-bobo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Clearing the way for Russia
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Maybe you shouldn’t kill Jews; stupid Muslims.” — Charlie Kirk Was shocked when UCLA first put me, their Dir., Race & Equity, on an “investigative leave,” then illegally fired me, bc I posted my thoughts, the truth, about Chuck Kirk after he died. Could use your help: gofundme.com/f/waiting-fo...
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Jerry Mitchell @jmitchellnews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#OnThisDay in 1961, 100+ students walked out of their school in McComb MS to protest killing of Herbert Lee & expulsion of student Brenda Travis, given a year behind bars for ordering a hamburger at an all-white lunch counter. SNCC leaders were beaten and jailed. mississippitoday.org/2023/10/04/1...
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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Abbott ads blaming the democratic nominee for the (very high) Texas property taxes Abbott is responsible for are pretty impressive in a shamelessness way.
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Catholic News World @catholicnewsworld.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Saint Faustina Kowalska was the Divine Mercy Visionary Nun and Patron Saint of World Youth Day! Saint of October 5 #StFaustina www.catholicnewsworld.com/2026/10/st-f...
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St. Faustina Kowalska was the Divine Mercy Visionary Nun and Patron Saint of World Youth Day! Saint of October 5
Catholic News World, Pope Leo XIV, Vatican News, Breaking News, Pope News, Catholic Headlines, News, News today,
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Mourning NAVALNY😢 @jan-readsalot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just when we think it can’t get worse … it does.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
All this is obvious, true and but for a couple of very brave pieces in WSJ, not reported or discussed in US corporate media, which are afraid of him.
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Gas and diesel prices are up because Trump started a war and didn't care about what it would cost us at home. @chrispappasnh.bsky.social and I are pushing to suspend the federal gas and diesel taxes to give families a break. Americans shouldn't have to pay for Trump’s mistakes.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/10/2026
There are a bunch of specific things I like about our permitting bill, beyond the big important stuff — that it will lower electric costs and emissions, and lift wind, solar and battery power (BIG lift for battery), and add LOTS of good jobs.🧵
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Cardinal Cupich: “For Chrysostom, the altar inside the church and the ‘altar’ of the marginalized person on the street were two aspects of the exact same reality. To bow before the consecrated Host while being indifferent to the stranger is a fundamental breakdown of eucharistic logic.”
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Every bit of this 👇
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Maryland Matters @marylandmatters.org · 02/10/2026
While the Public Service Commission denied half of Pepco’s recent rate increase, it is sending the wrong message by still granting the utility a $50.9 million rate increase at a time when people are struggling just to get by, writes the Rev. Katherine Manhardt. marylandmatters.org/2026/10/02/p...
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Commentary: Pepco, enough is enough; Public Service Commission, tough times call for courage  - Maryland Matters
While the Public Service Commission denied half of Pepco’s recent rate increase, it is sending the wrong message by still granting the utility a $50.9 million rate increase at a time when people are s...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This guy is a hero 👏 That ending was peak unnecessary police overreach.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
BAAJA is our best bet to lower people’s electricity costs and make sure data centers pay their fair share AND more.
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The Senate Permitting Deal Contains a Data Center Double Tap
The bill would let states and utilities discriminate against data centers and crypto miners, requiring them to pay higher rates to cover the full cost of any system upgrades.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Steven Hale @iamstevenhale.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In light of we've learned about the execution team's struggle to establish IV access before Christa Pike's failed lethal injection, here's a story I wrote in June after Carruthers. The new protocol TN adopted in 2025 reduced training in IV placement. nashvillebanner.com/2026/06/30/t...
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Lethal injection protocol likely led to botched execution - Nashville Banner
Tennessee's current lethal injection protocol includes reduced training on IV placement, an issue that caused the state to halt Tony Carruthers' execution.
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James Bobo @j-bobo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Tennessee is a savage place.
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Bishops urge Tennessee to commute death sentence after botched execution - Vatican News
Following the botched execution of Christa Pike, the Catholic and Episcopal Bishops of Tennessee call for the US state’s Governor to commute her death ...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Prominent White Christianity™️ role model Charlie Kirk made his grasp of campus sexual assault abundantly clear: women lie. Kirk assured the college-age segment of his following that, in cases like the Cornell gang rape, withdrawing consent to a drunken hookup in real-time creates…a “grey area.”
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 01/10/2026
"I’m just thinking out loud here, but maybe a political party that has dedicated the last forty years to taking away women’s rights could also give some thought to how to protect girls and women after they’re born?" buff.ly/K3eqEvg
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How Could Such a Thing Still Happen in a Country with a Frat Boy Supreme Court Justice?
“I’m just thinking out loud here, but maybe a political party that has dedicated the last forty years to taking away women’s rights could also give some thou...
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good news: Wilber Garces Perez finally had surgery to remove the bullet that was in his back for 11 days. It took far too long, and it's more proof of ICE cruelty. But we kept up the pressure, and Wilber got the care he needed. Speaking up for our neighbors works.
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Maryland Matters @marylandmatters.org · 02/10/2026
The Trump administration wasted no time challenging Maryland's new law that prohibits masks on police, including immigration officers, suing the state the same day the law took effect. It also sued Montgomery and Prince George's counties over similar laws. marylandmatters.org/2026/10/01/t...
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Trump administration challenges Maryland's ban on police using masks - Maryland Matters
The Trump administration wasted no time challenging Maryland's new law that prohibits masks on police, including immigration officers, suing the state the same day the law took effect. It also sued Mo...
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s Wednesday, so #SistersInLaw SideBar is here to answer your questions. We address Mike Johnson’s power to seat members of Congress, gift taxes, contacting our representatives, and that time Jill Fought The Law & the Law Won LISTEN HERE ⬇️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026
Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop severe bleeding. In many cases, oxygen can’t reach their brains and blood pools around their skulls. Yet driven by misinformation, more parents are refusing the injection. (Published May)
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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
😂👇
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Stoley @stoley321.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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LynnZ 🦋 @zizij.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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thegladerunner.bsky.social @thegladerunner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Five years ago, when a Seattle burger chain raised employee wages & benefits the Reicht wing lost their minds, screaming the result would be $20 burgers & the company would end in bankruptcy. Today, the chain is even more popular than ever. Never let them try to tell you a living wage can’t work.
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S.E. Danesti @seedanesti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The President of the United States is a traitor and a rapist.
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fraugenau.bsky.social @fraugenau.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The president of the United States is a rapist.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you need a refresher about the issues involved in release of Vol. 2 of Jack Smith’s report, you’re not alone. The case was briefed months ago, but has been sitting on the court’s docket waiting for oral argument. I wrote about it back then: joycevance.substack.com/p/trumps-pas...
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Trump's Past Is Catching Up With Him
We’ve discussed Trump’s ongoing efforts to prevent the release of former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on the now-dismissed classified documents prosecution against the president.
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