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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 7h
actionnetwork.org/letters/head... remember that the Constitution says treaties ratified by the Senate are the law of the land.
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Official Comment Period: Stop the Trump administration’s attacks on Head Start and Tribal sovereignty
A new proposal from the Department of Health and Human Services could undermine Tribal sovereignty in the administration of Tribal Head Start programs -- expanding local and state jurisdiction over Tr...
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Is it the CO2 concentration in the air?
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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The Intercept (@theintercept) on X
Flying United? Your checked bags may have an unwelcome neighbor in the cargo hold. United has made thousands of shipments of war materiel to Israel, including parts for fighter jets and tanks — all onboard civilian passenger flights, according to a new report. https://t.co/TOlBWORQWO
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Moore doesn't let me post a comment on his article unless I pay. He falls short of recognizing, as SCOTUS did in _Wesberry_ v. _Sanders_, that "one person, one vote" should mean an equal vote. So infuriating.
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Rob Sand @robsandia.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
As your Governor, I will outlaw these kinds of restrictions on your culinary freedom. If you want to put the salsa on your tacos, burritos, heck even your pizza, that is your God-given right as an Iowan.
A photo of a receipt that lists the "salsa for chips only".
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mr. Sand, will you endorse Approval Voting on your home page and in every letter in which you ask for support for your campaign?
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
@thrasybulus63.bsky.social in re << fallacy that “a representative government is our democracy” >>, I understand how you might want a deeper democracy than what a representative gov't would bring on its own, but a rep gov't would be a good start, and a lot better than the US today.
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
petition act.demandprogress.org/sign/trump-b...
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Block Trump from sending $2.8 billion in taxpayer-funded bombs to Israel!
Trump is using $2.8 billion in U.S. tax dollars to send Israel tens of thousands of bombs.
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Couldn't hurt.
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Opinion substack.com/app-link/pos...
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Under Capitalism It's Legal For Employers To Steal From Employees
Video reading by Tim Foley:
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Write to your senators. Urge them to pass this bill to conform to treaties with Indigenous tribes. actionnetwork.org/letters/ihs-...
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IHS Director Bill Sept 2026
For over 100 years, Tribal Nations fought for and negotiated treaties with the federal government that agreed to fund healthcare, housing, education, nutrition, and other programs for Native peoples t...
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I don’t even think this expresses how bad it really is…..
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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Long past time. @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social , this means you.
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Is actionnetwork.org/letters/stop... worth sending to our respective Congressmonsters, or is it too much of a distraction for them from the importance of impeaching and removing Trump?
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Tell Congress: Pass the Stop Wall Street Looting Act Now!
Private equity firms have been treating our economy like their personal piggy bank for far too long. They buy up companies, saddle them with debt, strip them of assets, and then walk away with massive...
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.amendment.app/asks/3Jcgas9...
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Will you put equality in voting front and center?
Equality in voting would mean that for every vote possible in a system, the inverse of that vote is also possible. So, for example, someone who opposes a…
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.revolutionarydirtbag.com/p/us-citizen...
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US Citizen Teenagers on their way to ENLIST in USMC Assaulted & Abducted by ICE
Watch now (2 mins) | US Citizen teenagers on their way to enlist in the USMC were taken by ICE.
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Write to your Congressmonster rootsaction.org/impeach-trum...
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At Long Last, Impeach Trump and Remove Him from Office
We cannot leave an open and shameless criminal in office while he threatens overnight genocides and ruins the lives of millions of people. Email your House member now!
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Write to your Congressmonsters actionnetwork.org/letters/doe-...
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Tell Congress: Keep the Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Education
The Trump administration is moving the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforcement out of the Department of Education and over to the Justice Department through an interagency agreement. This is part...
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Write to state attys general (why are there no attorneys special?) actionnetwork.org/letters/no-c...
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No Concessions on the Paramount/Warner Merger
12 state attorneys general sued to block Paramount Skydance’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, putting the deal on ice. After a judge issued a temporary restraining order to halt the merger, the...
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Write to your Congressmonsters rootsaction.org/no-more-weap...
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No More Weapons to Israel
Don't let another day go by!
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
News. There's a written report below where the vid shows, so you don't have to try to decipher the vid. Do see the comments, too. substack.com/app-link/pos...
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US “almost started war” with China because Special Operations intel analyst used AI chatbot to determine(erroneously) that a Chinese vessel was carrying nuclear materials to Iran
Watch now (34 secs) | Kegsbreath's "Dept of War" almost started a WAR WITH CHINA because one of their high-T Special Operations analysts used an AI chatbot to determine that a Chinese vessel inbound t...
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Maybe the easiest form of equality to convince held-back Americans to support is "vote for or against".
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Your creek could be next (petition) civicshout.com/p/don-t-let-...
civicshout.com
Don’t Let the EPA Gut the Clean Water Act
Trump's EPA is trying to gut one of America's most important clean water laws — with a proposal that could strip Clean Water Act protections from at least 95% of individual wetlands and 79% of rivers ...
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
petition act.demandprogress.org/sign/investi...
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Investigate dangerous AI tech and force top AI executives to testify NOW!
Big AI corporations are unleashing their dangerous, extraordinarily powerful tech on society without guardrails.
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
civicshout.com/p/block-the-...
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Block the $5B Saudi Bomb Sale!
On September 4, the Trump administration notified Congress of a $5 billion sale to Saudi Arabia: 10,004 bombs, half of them 500-pounders and half of them 2,000-pounders, each paired with a JDAM guidan...
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
civicshout.com/p/stop-trump...
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Stop Trump From Taking Lawyers From Migrant Children
Migrant children are now being forced to appear in immigration court without lawyers — including children as young as one year old. And it could get much worse. The federal contract that funded legal...
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Of course it's a horrible outcome. Wars always have horrible outcomes. But rather than scoring partisan points or kissing up to weapons companies, we need to focus on whether it would be better to continue and possibly escalate the war or to end it. rootsaction.org/congress-sto...
rootsaction.org
Tell Congress Members to Stop Opposing a Deal to End War on Iran
Continuing a murderous, destructive, Earth-polluting, resource-draining, economy-rattling war is better than a deal to end it? Email your representative and senators.
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
reject any FY27 appropriations bills that fund ICE and Border Patrol actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: No Fiscal Year 2027 Funding for ICE and CBP
In June, Congress passed the S.2 reconciliation bill that provides ICE and Border Patrol with $70 billion in new funding for mass detention and deportation on top of last year’s unprecedented funds. N...
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
act.biologicaldiversity.org/u9mBl7esp068...
act.biologicaldiversity.org
Defend the Western Arctic From Oil Drilling
The oil industry wants to make it easier to drill in the Western Arctic — an ecologically rich region that supports species like polar bears, caribou, yellow-billed loons, and millions of migratory bi...
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
In this case, AOC speaks truth.
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Angles treat indigenous people the same way in Turtle Island and in Palestine. substack.com/app-link/pos...
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June 25, 2026
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, when Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, who led the 7th Cavalry, lost his entire command to Lakota warriors afte...
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Tell Congress: Tax the AI Boom Before Billionaires Rig the Rules This should center taxation on the uptake of carbon-containing fuels, offset partially with a negative head tax (called Universal Basic Income). Consider editing the message. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Tax the AI Boom Before Billionaires Rig the Rules
Artificial intelligence could create extraordinary new wealth, but our tax system is set up to funnel most of it toward the billionaires, executives, and wealthy investors who own Big Tech. Workers p...
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The House Transportation Committee is pushing the BUILD America 250 Act, a five-year transportation bill that would lock in more highway spending and weaker support for pubic transports. Edit "Democratic" to "DINO". actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Oppose the BUILD America 250 Act
The BUILD America 250 Act would commit the country to another five years of traffic, pollution, and expensive car dependence while leaving public transit systems without the funding they desperately n...
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Oppose DOE's Multi-Million-Dollar Giveaway to a Coal Company actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
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Stop DOE's Multi-Million-Dollar Giveaway to a MAGA-Linked Coal Company
The Trump administration is trying to drag America backward—and taxpayers could be forced to pay for it. According to recent reporting, the Department of Energy is considering giving millions of doll...
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
substack.com/app-link/pos... I hope you are proud of this use of US resources, @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social
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Israel Bombs Palestinians in Beach Tents in Gaza
“This area is made up of tents sheltering civilians—displaced people, people who lived through oppression, humiliation, famine, war and siege. And the whole place was bombed.”
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Petition to maintain Sociable Security in the United Snakes of America act.demandprogress.org/sign/social-... Delete your phone number if your browser-schnauzer fills it in.
act.demandprogress.org
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
civicshout.com/p/congress-m...
civicshout.com
Congress Must Investigate This Media Merger
Americans deserve a diverse and independent media landscape—not one controlled by an ever-shrinking handful of powerful corporations. As reports emerge about a proposed merger involving Paramount and...
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
substack.com/app-link/pos...
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Last Chance for Petro on Palestine
The far right-wing win in Colombia might ironically open the door for Petro to coordinate with South Africa and finally get a General Assembly resolution with teeth through using Uniting for Peace.
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
@repwalkinshaw.bsky.social IMPEACH, CONVICT, REMOVE. act.demandprogress.org/sign/trump-m...
act.demandprogress.org
Block Trump's extreme mail voting restrictions!
Trump's assault on democratic elections is fueled by his MAGA far-right anti-immigrant conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Edit to ask them to vote "no" unconditionally. rootsaction.org/congress-red...
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Tell Congress to Reduce Pentagon Spending
Congress is trying to raise Pentagon spending to new heights, and to further integrate the U.S. and Israeli militaries -- which could make it even harder to stop weapons shipments to Israel. We can st...
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Tell Congress: Stop the purge of history from parks and public schools actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Stop the purge of history from parks and public schools
The Administration tried to erase public history from national parks, monuments, and museums. Exhibits and signs about slavery, civil rights, Indigenous history, climate change, labor movements, and d...
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
billmckibben.substack.com/p/how-about-...
billmckibben.substack.com
How about Free? Is that affordable enough for you?
The latest on energy, climate and affordability
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Instead of "climate change", write "global overheating". The gas industry is sneaking into kids’ science classes substack.com/app-link/pos...
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The gas industry is sneaking into kids’ science classes
The Switch Energy Alliance markets its free classroom materials as “objective.” But they are backed by the fossil fuel industry, a HEATED investigation shows.
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
actionnetwork.org/letters/figh... Tell the Senate: Stop Trump’s USPS Board takeover now
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Fight Trump’s USPS Board takeover
Donald Trump is trying to take control of the United States Postal Service by forcing four wealthy corporate donors through the Senate and onto the USPS Board of Governors. The Senate Homeland Secu...
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
substack.com/app-link/pos...
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Can we eliminate cervical cancer?
A whole lot of hope, and some work.
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
actionnetwork.org/letters/expo...
actionnetwork.org
Expose Kash Patel’s $1m FBI Hush Fund
Kash Patel used the FBI as a personal rewards program for loyalists. House Judiciary Democrats are investigating reports that more than $1 million in FBI bonus money flowed to members of Patel’s handp...
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
civicshout.com/p/fund-clean...
civicshout.com
Fund Clean Energy — Power America’s Future
The future of American energy is already here. As recent reporting shows, solar power has now surpassed coal in U.S. electricity generation for the first time, proving that clean energy is no longer a...
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
@rbreich.bsky.social, instead of admonishing about what DINOs "must" do, tell the public how to escape from the two-party system.
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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
substack.com/app-link/pos... "On a daily basis" can be simplified to just "daily". Words come in counts, not amounts.
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Blaming Ordinary People For The Ecocidal Consequences Of AI, And Other Notes
Reading by Tim Foley:
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