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@jaquinton.bsky.social
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✊🏾Black, 🏳️‍🌈 Gay, He/Him, 📍Atlanta Mostly just political commentary with some gay stuff mixed in. All posts represent my own views and no one else.

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JQ @jaquinton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Mainly, do we know that beastiality is a tool that people actually use... Because that's new to me.
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JQ @jaquinton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I would like for someone to do some reporting to help us figure out how closely these things are related: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...
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Opinion | The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians
Male and female Palestinians describe brutal sexual abuse at the hands of Israel’s prison guards, soldiers, settlers and interrogators.
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JQ @jaquinton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I thought Sally was out of the game. Wish she was running for statewide office.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/10/2026
i have been laughing at this for 5 minutes straight
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JQ @jaquinton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Real due process and actual article iii judges.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“It wasn’t a mistake”🤔 “Who knew Jack Smith was a Caitlin Clark fan?” 🤔 @ericschmittmo pathetically attempts to play it off and act like he didn’t publicly humiliate himself in front of the nation today 🤡
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Rylie Fennec @fennecfoxrylie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Stay mad. 🛫
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JQ @jaquinton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Turkey has been on my list of places I'll never travel to for a long time. I hope the activists there are able to effectively pushback on this bullshit. share.google/SOlqDv61cNFr...
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What’s behind Turkey’s LGBTQ+ crackdown?
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Greetings from the GOP midterm convention.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 09/09/2026
Results from our latest State Supreme Court Diversity report: - No Black justices in 24 states - No Latino/a justices in 39 states & DC - No Asian American justices in 40 states - No Native American justices in 47 states & DC Read more:
brennancenter.org
State Supreme Court Diversity - September 2026 Update
Across the United States, states have shown little progress with respect to racial, ethnic, gender, and professional diversity among state supreme court justices.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
New: a secretive DHS predictive policing unit is analyzing Americans' financial activity, feeding those names to police, then having cops pull them over. Not suspected of any particular crime We're revealing the unit name too: Predictive Intelligence Targeting Team www.404media.co/a-secretive-...
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A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/09/2026
In Mississippi and Louisiana, judges usually take three months or more to decide if someone should be released from detention. Meanwhile, in Minnesota, which experienced a surge in appeals early this year, courts often decide in less than two weeks. Full story: propub.li/4csLJaa
A cropped map showing how long habeas cases take to close, by district. Gray dots throughout represent immigration detention facilities. Regions are shaded lighter purple if they have fewer cases, or darker purple if they have more cases. An arrow points to Minnesota with this text: In Minnesota, where more than 1,500 habeas petitions have been filed since January 2025, cases have closed in a median of just 12 days. Another arrow points to Oklahoma with this text: In Oklahoma's Western District, habeas cases take a median of 63 days. An arrow points to Louisiana with the text: Over 2,600 petitions have been filed in Louisiana, which has many ICE detention centers. Cases have taken a median of 89 days to close. Finally, an arrow points to Mississippi with this text: Cases have taken a median of 92 days to close in Mississippi's Southern District, where the Adams County Correctional Center is located. Source: ProPublica analysis of court records, as of Aug. 25, and Deportation Data Project. Districts with fewer than 10 cases closed not shown. Carla
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NPR @npr.org · 05/09/2026
The U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition. n.pr/4cq8Sdp
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The U.N. backs a new world map showing Africa in its true relative size
The U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition.
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JQ @jaquinton.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This highlights the stupidity of the name change. Google is complying for folks in the US. The Canadians remain unaffected. It's the same flawed logic of the tariff... Levying costs on your own people to "punish" other countries.
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JQ @jaquinton.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
@elienyc.bsky.social assuming the Court is funded through the Treasury, what stops a President from deciding to refuse to provide the Court funds similar to how Trump can just decide to ignore funding laws for executive agencies? Can a Democratic President do this with a so-so majority in Congress?
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Everton Blair @evertonblair.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Thank you, GA-13! I am humbled by the trust you placed in me tonight. This victory belongs to every voter, volunteer, supporter, and neighbor who believed in our campaign. It will be the honor of my life to serve you in Congress.
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JQ @jaquinton.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I don't think it's fair to say that the DNC is leaving black voters behind just because they didn't pick Atlanta for the convention.
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
@adamjentleson.bsky.social argues Dems can’t revive democracy without a supermajority, in part because rebalancing the Supreme Court will take “years.” Both claims are false. A supermajority is a worthy goal, but it can’t be a prerequisite for democratic renewal. www.offmessage.net/p/democrats-...
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This Is How Democrats Talk Themselves Out Of Wielding Power
Every party wants to win as many elections as possible. But a supermajority can not be a prerequisite for democratic renewal in America.
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JQ @jaquinton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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Oliver Larkin @oliveralarkin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I’m not going to mince words because the truth makes people uncomfortable. Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
CNN: Trump “WAY DOWN UNDERWATER” in senate battleground states
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JQ @jaquinton.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
@nativelandpod.bsky.social The first ad opening to "Conservatives' Trans Obsession Just Got Weirder | MiniPod" was an attack ad on Jon Ossoff "paid for by One Nation".
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JQ @jaquinton.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This is the reason why I think BlueSky folks should lean in on tools that support creators. They can't pay creators but maybe they can incentivise them to build their audience communities on ATProto while they work towards monetization.
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JQ @jaquinton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I do like term limits for chair positions/ leadership roles but I'm not sold that you HAVE to do that so that younger electeds can get experience.
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JQ @jaquinton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Since we're sharing ideas. 1. No term limits for Congress people. Set a maximum age (67). 2. Add a bunch of seats to the house. 3. Additional Senate seats for more populous states. 4. Publicly fund campaigns; ban most PAC contributions. Max limits for per person. 5. Give them more staff.
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JQ @jaquinton.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
@elienyc.bsky.social Law of Big Numbers approach to adding Supreme Court Justices is the right one to take for politics and feasibility; I wish Democrats and reformers would just get behind that. I'm not interested in entertaining any ideas that involve a constitutional amendment.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 09/08/2026
🇨🇩 At least 21 civilians were killed in attacks attributed to Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in Mambasa territory, in eastern DR Congo’s Ituri province, overnight Fri. & into Saturday, journalist Godfrey Olukya reports for Drop Site News. Local police officer Roger Kapiri said the fighters...

🇨🇩 At least 21 civilians were killed in attacks attributed to Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in Mambasa territory, in eastern DR Congo’s Ituri province, overnight Friday and into Saturday, journalist Godfrey Olukya reports for Drop Site News.

Local police officer Roger Kapiri said the fighters first attacked Banana village before striking neighboring communities, looting shops and clinics and burning homes.

“21 bodies have so far been discovered,” Kapiri said, warning that the toll remains provisional because villagers are still missing. Local leaders said they had warned authorities about an ADF presence days before the attack but received no help and no response.

The ADF was formed in Uganda in 1995, originally seeking to overthrow President Yoweri Museveni, before relocating into eastern Congo amid military pressure. The group later pledged allegiance to ISIS in 2019 and has carried out repeated massacres of civilians despite Congolese and Ugandan military operations against it.
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Security Alert (Ituri): Bloody attack attributed to the ADF this Saturday 18 km from Mambasa, on the Kisangani axis.
The provisional toll reports 7 civilians beheaded (a team of wood transporters) as well as a vehicle and its cargo set on fire. The FARDC are pursuing the attackers holed up in the forest. Sensitive images
#Mambasa #Ituri #RDC #FARDC #ADF #LéopardsNumériques
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Great Depression: GOP
McCarthy Witch Hunt: GOP
Iran Contra: GOP
Watergate: GOP
Fake WMD: GOP
S&L debacle: GOP
Great Recession: GOP
Covid deaths: GOP
Coup: GOP
Attack Social Security: GOP
Attack education: GOP
Attack allies: GOP
Blowjob: Democrat
Tan Suit: Democrat
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 05/08/2026
Jenifer Lewis said it best: 35.9 million people sat out 2024, and we don’t let that shit happen again. Not this time. Not with 90 days on the clock and everything on the line. Speak out, knock louder, make it impossible to ignore. It’s on all of us to flip it all blue. #BlueWaveIn90Days
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JQ @jaquinton.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
They have a tool here if you want to try it out: move.blacksky.community
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Move your data to Blacksky
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JQ @jaquinton.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Have you checked out BlackSky?
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 02/08/2026
Less than a year after being defeated by more than 15 points, the Republican is campaigning against a constitutional amendment protecting marriage equality.
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Maj @lif3asmaj.blacksky.app · 02/08/2026
This is deadass every republican campaign ad here in the south. I'm not even REMOTELY JOKING.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 01/08/2026
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 31/07/2026
The State Department said ​it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.
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Princeton. @princey5ive.blacksky.app · 30/07/2026
"MeRiT-bAsEd HiRiNg"
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Rude1 Haunted Badness. ⁂ @rude1.blacksky.team · 29/07/2026
Blacksky. Available now on iOS and Android.
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JQ @jaquinton.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Insanity. I support Everton but I don't live in the district. I don't think we should reward the Scott's for not doing good succession planning.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
“TVA, where I’m from in Tennessee, was built by socialism. Oak Ridge was built by it — Government workers… if that’s not ‘SoCiALisM’ what is it? You tell me.” @corbintrent.bsky.social stumps smug @scottjenningsky simply by asking him to define the thing he wants us all to be afraid of
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 20/07/2026
Spain’s FIFA World Cup-winning team received a royal reception from King Felipe VI in Madrid ahead of a victory parade on Monday, a day after their championship win over Argentina.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Every day this guy does something like this and every day the same people who dress him up as a terrifying commie destroyer of civilization do a dozen things to sabotage the public good, to murder and destroy and hate and kill, and I can't anymore handle those who won't see the clear difference.
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JQ @jaquinton.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
SSA would manage the investments; just like they manage them today. What's changes is they would/could include riskier funds in the overall portfolio. But, more risk doesn't necessarily equal too much risk. That's why you would need smart people operating outside of political influence to do it.
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JQ @jaquinton.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I already do. But all assets have risk associated with them, including bonds. Investors could responsibly diversify the entire portfolio to include riskier options IF THEY HAD TO. Eliminating the cap is likely enough but more options means the program is less likely to wither and die.
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JQ @jaquinton.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I think no tax cap and riskier asset investments are about all you need to raise funds. Some in Congress want to kill the program or they just don't have the guts to make tough decisions... That's where it makes sense to empower unelected bipartisan and tenured bureaucrats.
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JQ @jaquinton.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Can't wait for how gay and horny this will make the military.
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JQ @jaquinton.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
@lucymcbath.com @repnikema.bsky.social and Sandford Bishop... Y'all really out here voting to fund Israel???
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JQ @jaquinton.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Agree. I mean that Congress has given the Fed a ton of power to set monetary policy with the charge manage inflation. I want them to take a similar approach with SSA... There's like 100 different proposals on how to make it solvent and I think we should just give them a portfolio of options to do so
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JQ @jaquinton.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I think the next Democratic President should lower the age for Social Security; not only drop the caps but give the Social Security Administration the power to raise funds/taxes to forever be solvent (a la the Fed). Also, 4 day work week to make it go down smoother. apnews.com/article/soci...
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Decision Desk HQ @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
CONTROL Democratic Congress - 40% probability Republican Congress - 36% probability Republican Senate, Democratic House - 22% probability Democratic Senate, Republican House - 3% probability votes.decisiondeskhq.com/forecast/2026
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Decision Desk HQ @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
SENATE Republicans are narrowly favored to win the Senate. Republicans - 57% probability Democrats - 43% probability. Democrats are favored to flip North Carolina, and five states (Alaska, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, and Texas) are Tossups. votes.decisiondeskhq.com/forecast/202...
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