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Joe Metz

@jametz.bsky.social
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Native Cincinnatian, Lifelong Liberal Catholic, Beatles Lover, Baseball Lover. Absolutely love being a Grandpa.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 4h
Dead on balls accurate!
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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 5h
In the earliest days of what became the New Jerusalem Community with the Franciscan priest Richard Rohr, we teenagers would just hang out with one another taking, praying, etc. We called it "wasting time together." We became a vibrant community with the valuable time wasted together.
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Jennifer Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Heads up, Bookworms: There will likely be💀supply chain issues💀 this holiday season. So if there are specific books you have your heart set on for holiday gifting, I strongly suggest you buy/order them ahead of time (✨like now✨) rather than waiting until November/December.
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Elizabeth Metz @thefinestmuffins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I voted in the best TV shows thingamajig! Here's my ballot! (My agenda was to boost delightful shows that trend under-appreciated or off radar. An honest top 10 would for sure include Parks and Rec, New Girl, The Good Place. Declaring "favorites" stresses me out; spotlighting gems is easier!)
The 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century: My Top Shows
Legends of Tomorrow
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Bad Sisters
Anne with an E
The Bletchley Circle
Drunk History
Superstore
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Community
Kim's Convenience
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wait. Which country is he talking about?
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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’m watching a documentary on Netflix about Molly Ivins. Lord we miss her voice. #MollyIvins
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/09/2026
ANOTHER DHS VOTER FRAUD CLAIM COLLAPSES Trump’s DHS claimed as many as 15,903 noncitizens were on Nevada’s voter rolls. Nevada pushed back and demanded evidence. 15,903 became 185. Nevada checked the 185. The new number: ZERO. Every single one was a US citizen.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Like everything else Trump “fixes,” the reflecting pool (along with the war in Iran, gas prices, beef prices, and mortgage rates) is in exponentially worse shape than when he started.
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litzz11 @litzz11.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Federal agents appeared in nearly every corner of daily life, carrying out operations at hospitals and airports, outside suburban schools and along rural construction sites and truck stops." They won't stop with immigrants, folks. Read the rest of the poem. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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Inside the Record Summer ICE Surge That Swept Across the U.S. (Gift Article)
A review of dozens of incidents caught on camera sheds new light on a largely invisible crackdown.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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litzz11 @litzz11.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Goddammit. "The items were produced without the benefit of federal inspection .... The recalled meat is also labeled with a false USDA mark of inspection, the announcement added." www.today.com/health/recal...
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Over 160,000 Pounds of Meat Recalled Due to Lack of Inspection, Receives Highest Risk Level From USDA
They were also labeled with false USDA marks of inspection.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Nick Anderson, The Contrarian
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Consider Trump's conduct in the UN today in light of the encyclical Magnifica humanitas, § 224:
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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@satbshow.bsky.social you’ll enjoy this. Putting my 5 y/o granddaughter & she asked me to sing a Beatles song. Same Yellow Submarine. Then she said “wear your Beatles shirt tomorrow, the one with all 4 of them crossing a crosswalk. Raising her right.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
One way to double your vote is to speak to any American abroad about voting. The turnout for civilian Americans overseas in 2024? 11%. With a disciplined effort, we could turn out 100s of 1000s more votes. This site makes it easy and even walks you through the process. www.votefromabroad.org
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Request Absentee Ballots for US Citizens | VoteFromAbroad.org
Helping US Citizens Request Their Absentee Ballot to Vote from Outside the US | VoteFromAbroad.org
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/09/2026
Buttigieg in Texas: Many Texas Democrats, and a lot of independents, and quite a few of what I'm fond of calling the future former Republicans, are fed up with the carnival of chaos and corruption going on in Washington and in Austin, and are ready to make change in just a few weeks.
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Elizabeth Metz @thefinestmuffins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
As a kid I was obsessed with Chris Van Allsburg's The Mysteries of Harris Burdick. This sentence would be GREAT in that book, with spooky pencil art of the remnants of a food fight, peppered with many-sized footprints, viewed through a broken glass door upon which a shaggy figure hangs a sign.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/09/2026
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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Does Pagan know he doesn’t have to let the 1st batter reach first every time he pitches? #Reds
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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
JD Vance, Here’s a Catholic Politician You Should Get to Know www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/o...
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Opinion | JD Vance, Here’s a Catholic Politician You Should Get to Know (Gift Article)
Andy Burnham is in some ways a throwback to U.S. Catholic politicians of past decades. He might be a signpost for the future.
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Super Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I'm sure the administration is very upset
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5chw4r7z @5chw4r7z.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
When the public finally learns the full accounting of the damage done in this war, it’ll probably be too late to hold anyone in the Trump administration accountable. But this is insane. And they’re lying to the American people.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
With Trump unleashing insane tirades against regulating AI, Obama just urged Dems to adopt a comprehensive position on it, warning that failure to act now will be "dangerous." Trump's malevolence has given Dems a big opening. They should seize on it. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2154...
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The Real Reason Obama’s Harsh Warning to Dems About AI Is So Unnerving
Most Democrats have more or less the right position on AI. But their arguments are way too narrow to dramatize the real stakes. They should aim higher.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision striking down Trump's policy of mass arrest and incarceration without trial ends with a big brushback reminder of what the US government did to Japanese Americans in 1942: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I’m not sure ANY event today would bring people together like 9/11 did. The gap feels too wide, and the elites have a vested interest in keeping it that way. It’s a shame that we continue to play their game.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Senate Republicans refused to convict Trump after Jan 6. Republican SCOTUS appointees gave him immunity. Republicans in Congress today stand idly by as he unleashes death and destruction across the globe. We are now at the whims of a mad king because GOP leaders have refused to constrain him.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
We are less than two months until Election Day for the most important midterms of our lifetime. Ballots have already started to be sent out. The threats to free and fair elections are real and growing more serious by the day. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/here...
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Here is Trump's blueprint to rig the 2026 midterms
We are less than two months until Election Day for the most important midterms of our lifetime.
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Brian J. Karem @briankarem.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Here’s one for you from a Texas attendee of the midterm GOP convention: “It was like an extended pep rally for a Texas High School football game with fewer people and less energy.”
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Elizabeth Metz @thefinestmuffins.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
For your consideration.
Mapquest screenshot of the Lake Ontario and the land surrounding it on both the Canadian and American sides. 

BUT! The name of the lake has been humorously altered to "Lake Joey Votto."
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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
As one of the aforementioned parents, I can attest to this
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I am tired of people saying we can’t win in front of the Supreme Court. I’m annoyed by those who say my firm is too partisan to be effective. Today we won a huge redistricting fight before SCOTUS and a ballot access case before the Nebraska Supreme Court. The lesson: When we fight we win.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Garthtoons by Garth German @garthtoons.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I still haven’t gotten my other checks. Follow for more cartoons!
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Who wins in a race up a steep 7km mountain? Ultra runner or Tour de France mountain biker: #AGoodPlace Source: Red Bull
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Kansas City Royals fans had 30 seconds to get the sausage bun on, and if they did, the entire stadium won free hot dogs. 🌭 Original post
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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
What the heck is Barron thinking?
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Rob Reiner Fan @rob-reiner-fan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Holy hell, no wonder Canada walked.
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canada-keith.bsky.social @canada-keith.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Not much more to add. Midterms Vote Blue 🗳️🧢🧢🧢🌊🇺🇸😎
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Elizabeth Metz @thefinestmuffins.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! I'm an author-illustrator seeking representation. I ❤️ colorful textural art, good stories for kids, and chickens, which are inherently funny, especially when they're pondering. You can see more of my 🎨 here: elizabeth-metz.com
Illustration postcard. Art features a smudgy painterly landscape with a green, thriving tree in the midground of half the page. A white chicken with red comb and wattle cocks its head and takes a step toward an unexpected thing in the grass in the lower right corner of the image: a violin, perched on its side.

Overlaid text says "Author + illustrator Elizabeth Metz, www.elizabeth-metz.com.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/09/2026
NEW: the man who attacked Amy Acton is the brother of a Ramaswamy donor who worked for Husted’s campaign. tiffinohio.net/posts/patric...
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Armed man arrested after pushing toward Amy Acton is brother of Ramaswamy donor who quit Husted campaign
Patrick Havas, 38, was arrested Sunday while carrying two pistols and a Taser. His brother, Andrew Havas, gave more than $10,102 to Vivek Ramaswamy and resigned from Jon Husted’s campaign after scruti...
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John Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Dolly Parton logged a combined total of 115 years of union membership. Throughout her working life, the “9 to 5” singer/songwriter carried the union cards of two major unions: The American Federation of Musicians Local 257 in Nashville — for 58 years. SAG-AFTRA — for 57 years. HAPPY LABOR DAY!
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Opinion | Celebrate Dolly Parton's working-class solidarity
John Nichols: She carried two union cards, sang Woody Guthrie songs and mocked the bosses in "9 to 5."
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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Hopefully our future governor.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
No, not irreversible. But it will almost certainly take more than one Democratic term to fix. Which is why I’ve been so insistent that folks stop the goddamn purity tests and vote responsibly in November. We aren’t looking for perfect candidates. We’re looking for better than Republicans.
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Congressman Wesley Bell @repwesleybellmo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Happy belated 102nd birthday to the first Black pitcher in Cardinals history, Bill Greason! From being one of the first Black Marines and fighting in the Battle of Iwo Jima, to the last surviving Negro Leagues player, to a pastor for 50 years, Bill is a LEGEND and an inspiration. Happy birthday!
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 18-Year-Old Mia Heller From Virginia, USA, Invents a Water Filter That Eliminates 96% of Microplastics From Drinking Water
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Ghost Dansing ☠️ 👻👽🐸 @ghostdansing.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Ingots We No Longer Trust paulkrugman.substack.com/p/ingots-we-... Paul Krugman
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Ingots We No Longer Trust
America’s word is as good as gold — that is, unreliable
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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Not surprising for a man who insists on refer to soldiers as "war fighters." If they're not fighting, his thinking goes, they're not doing their job. Just the fact that he uses an expression like "maximum lethality" is sickening. #Shame
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