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James Marks

@jamesalanmarks.bsky.social
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Atheist. Veteran. Former journalist. Former software engineer. Animal-lover. Neurodivergent. Refuses to call them "skeets".

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James Marks @jamesalanmarks.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Graphic that says "The Department Of Justice says there's "nothing to investigate". Maybe start with this person."

Below that text is an image of an email to Jeffrey Epstein from someone whose name was redacted in which they wrote "Thank you for a fun night... Your littlest girl was a little naughty." and to which Jeffrey Epstein replied "Great"
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James Marks @jamesalanmarks.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
If you keep telling yourself "There's nothing I can do", pretty soon you'll believe it.

Go to protests.

Record ICE activity.

Volunteer to help the vulnerable.

Speak up so that others hear your voice.

Organize with your friends who share your values.

Get out there, even if it's inconvenient or uncomfortable or scary.

STOP TELLING YOURSELF THAT THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO.
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James Marks @jamesalanmarks.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
By law, Customs and Border Patrol's jurisdiction extends from the US border 100 miles inland. Minneapolis is 130 MILES AWAY from the nearest border (Lake Superior), OUTSIDE OF THEIR JURISDICTION. They have NO AUTHORITY to be operating within Minneapolis.
Map of the United States that shows the 100-mile boundary of Customs and Border Patrol jurisdiction, all cities that fall within that hundred mile boundary, and the location of Minneapolis that falls OUTSIDE of the boundary.
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James Marks @jamesalanmarks.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
The only reason to be angry at someone for reminding troops they can refuse to follow illegal orders is that you're planning on issuing illegal orders.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
If you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it.
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James Marks @jamesalanmarks.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Remember sitting in history thinking "if I was alive then, I would've..."

You're alive now. Whatever you're doing is what you would've done.
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James Marks @jamesalanmarks.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Disobeying an unlawful order is, in fact, lawful. Refusing to violate the Constitution is, in fact, defending the Constitution.
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Richard Power @wyrdsofpower.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
I’ve seen the pictures of Trump with Epstein’s girls. Here’s what’s in them - @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social
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born miserable @bornmiserable.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
America: where autism is a national crisis, but homelessness, poverty, bigotry, sexism, racism, trafficking, anti-Semitism, pandemics, and mass shootings are not
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James Marks @jamesalanmarks.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Worth keeping in mind.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, 

That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
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James Marks @jamesalanmarks.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
If you're not racist but you continue to support a President who is, guess what?
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James Marks @jamesalanmarks.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Trump has now, in defiance of a federal court order, deported hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members to a prison camp in El Salvador and has vowed to deport even more. 1/9
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James Marks @jamesalanmarks.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
All the credibility of the Iraqi Minister of Information Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf during 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Photo of Iraqi Minister of Information Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.
"Where Law Ends Tyranny Begins"
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Xodanix3 @xodanix3.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
It cost more to displace and terrorize homeless ppl than to house them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Louisiana coerced unhoused people into an unheated warehouse – and paid $17.5m for it
Dozens of New Orleanians were bused to a site with insufficient heating and blankets days before the city is to host the Super Bowl
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Kristen Gallagher, Realtor 🏡 🪴 🐶 🫘 @nohate0.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
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James Marks @jamesalanmarks.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
This is what's wrong with extreme wealth disparity in a democracy.
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James Marks @jamesalanmarks.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Sound familiar? We are in an historic time, and how we respond will be recorded in history for the generations that follow. We cannot stand by and let this happen again.
Entry from the Diary of Anne Frank, January 13, 1943: "Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. ... Families are torn apart; men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared."
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Why not release the Epstein files?
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
elon musk could single-handedly rebuild los angeles and still have about $200 billion left over but tell me again how the rich need another tax cut
LA Times headline: Estimated cost of fire damage in Southern California balloons to more than $250 billion
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James Marks @jamesalanmarks.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
After reading some of Danielle's work, I ordered her book immediately. You should check it out.
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 24/01/2025
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943
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Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
We’re meant to calmly accept the absurd idea that any white man is innately qualified for any job or position, no matter what his education, resume or proven capabilities and any non-white man or woman inherently stole their way into employment via #DEI. This of course is pure, undiluted fascism.
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James Marks @jamesalanmarks.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Imagine evangelical "Christian" Mike Johnson characterizing Bishop Budde's plea for mercy for the vulnerable and disenfranchised as "radical ideology". I can't wait until he reads the other "radical" stuff Jesus said.
A picture of Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson's tweet characterizing Bishop Budde's plea to Trump to show mercy and compassion for the vulnerable and disenfranchised as "radical ideology".
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James Marks @jamesalanmarks.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Just something to keep in mind: Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, 1/6
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James Marks @jamesalanmarks.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Trump has declared a "National Emergency" at the Southern border and the potential for abuse of his emergency powers could be devastating. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTOs...
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Trump’s Emergency Powers Are 'Ripe for Abuse'
YouTube video by The Atlantic
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Other98 @other98.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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James Marks @jamesalanmarks.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Because, in Trump's version of Christianity, the first will be first and the last will be deported.
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James Marks @jamesalanmarks.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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James Marks @jamesalanmarks.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Definitely recommend taking a look at this. Heartfelt and moving. A defiant and thought-provoking counter to the onslaught of lies, cruelty, and misogyny we're dealing with.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Not everyone can fight Trumpism and Trumpists directly. But remember this: kindness, decency, and fidelity to American values are defiance in the face of Trumpism. So be kind, decent, and faithful, particularly to the many kinds of people despised and attacked by Trumpists. That’s revolutionary./1
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James Marks @jamesalanmarks.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
The Spanish language version of whitehouse(.)gov, which was available the day before the inauguration, has been removed. All that remains is "PAGE NOT FOUND" and a button labeled "GO HOME" which returns you to the home page with a picture of convicted felon Donald Trump pointing his finger.
Home page of the Spanish version of the whitehouse.gov website ( whitehouse.gov/es/) showing "PAGE NOT FOUND" and a button labeled "GO HOME".Home page of the whitehouse.gov website with a picture of convicted felon Donald Trump pointing his finger.
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Dionne Warwick @dionnewarwick.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Happy MLK Day.
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Eleven Films @elevenfilms.com · 19/01/2025
Remember this day. The last full day with a Democratic President. We don’t know when or if we’ll ever live another day like this. 🥺
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 18/01/2025
Just FYI, administrative warrants (like the ones used by ICE) are not judicial warrants (used by cops, signed by a judge). You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*
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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 15/01/2025
I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012. Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place. A thread.
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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 13/01/2025
What's the point of being rich if you can't afford to do the right thing.
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Are you paying ATTENTION, yet?! 👇
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
If we have enough money to buy another country then we have enough money to ensure nobody is homeless or goes hungry.
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James Marks @jamesalanmarks.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
The education and promotion of women benefits ALL of society. The repression and subjugation of women ONLY benefits misogynistic men and harms everyone else. There is no place for this kind of sexist ideology in our society.
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 06/01/2025
2 died of Ebola: They said Obama should resign. 4 died in Benghazi: They had Hillary testify for 11 hours, held 33 hearings, and launched a 4-year probe. 881,776 Covid deaths, an armed insurrection & theft of classified documents: They cheered, and elected Trump as dictator.
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James Marks @jamesalanmarks.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
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A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
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Josh Kaplan @josh-kaplan.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files. It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/12/2024
One doctor’s recommendation to deny a 43-year-woman coverage “contained errors on practically every aspect” of her condition, the Labor Department said in 2012. United and other insurers continued to hire the doctor over the next decade. propub.li/3BQjJ1e
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Insurers Continue to Rely on Doctors Whose Judgments Have Been Criticized by Courts
In dozens of cases ProPublica reviewed, judges found that some doctors working for these companies engaged in “selective readings” of medical evidence and “shut their eyes” to medical opinions opposing their conclusions.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 30/12/2024
Oxfam has estimated world hunger could be eradicated entirely if nations contributed $31.7 billion more to global efforts to combat food insecurity. Billionaire wealth reached a record $14 trillion this year.
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Billionaire Wealth Soared in 2024. So Did Child Hunger.
Roughly 35 kids were born into hunger every minute this year as billionaire wealth reached a record $14 trillion.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/12/2024
NEW: Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. ⤵️
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If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds…
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AskAubry 🦝 🐆 @ask-aubry.com · 19/12/2024
Alpha Male Nick Fuentes after telling women "Your body, my choice".
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