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Working to remember to savor the time I have here. I think everyone should listen to the last movement of Mahler 4 regularly, among other things. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
JIC anyone isn't aware of this particular grift: theintercept.com/2026/10/01/t...
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The Pentagon’s Secret Budget
Trump’s proposed budget hides $1 trillion in military spending from the public by spreading it across disparate government agencies.
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@democrats.org what are you going to do about this? @democrats.org, how is this not corruption of the first order? @democrats.org, maybe it's time to push to make all banks larger than X amount, and all insurance companies, not for profit entities? #publicgoodovercorporateprofits
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, this story makes the university look really crappy. Somebody there needs to fix this, immediately. www.sfgate.com/collegesport...
sfgate.com
Cal sure seems to be cashing in on the tragedy of Joe Roth
Joe Roth died three months after playing his senior season with melanoma.
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Just a reminder that many of the people who funded advances in the arts and sciences in Paris and London in the early parts of the 20th Century were American LGBTQIA+ people. Cishet people, you owe LGBTQIA+ people more than you can ever imagine. www.advocate.com/news/people/...
advocate.com
Meet Natalie Clifford Barney, the lesbian trailblazer who was out and proud in the 1900s
The Ohio-born author, salon hostess and proud lesbian was the toast of early 20th century Paris. Her story can and should continue to inspire.
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
@democrats.org and @housedemocrats.bsky.social, this is on you. When you held power in Congress you repeatedly failed to properly fund the government, and now the American Taliban have the ammo to support their argument that to be safe, we must raze the theaters. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Falling ceiling debris at Kennedy Center may mire debate over renovations
Preservationists worry board may seize on incident ‘to make the point that the whole thing needs to be shut down’
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Remembering Cassandra Wilson today. The first time I heard this song on the radio (a long time ago), I was driving in West LA. I had to pull over because I had to take it in. Thank you @kcrw.com open.spotify.com/track/1PsI3Q...
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You Don't Know What Love Is
Cassandra Wilson · Blue Light 'Til Dawn · Song · 2014
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Remembering Cassandra Wilson today. This is a beautiful recording of a beautiful song. open.spotify.com/track/21HsI1...
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Harvest Moon
Cassandra Wilson · New Moon Daughter · Song · 1995
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I think this is Sam Smith's best album to date, and it's an album that's likely to add more than one song to the "standard songbook." open.spotify.com/s/fXinbos
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Hazel Eyes - Album by Sam Smith | Spotify
Sam Smith · album · 2026 · 12 songs
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Exactly how will you hold tRump and his minions accountable @housedemocrats.bsky.social? @democrats.org helped pass the Jim Crow Era Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929. Advocate for enlargement of the US House to at least 1000 members, and I will pay attention. #corruptioniscorruption
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
@democrats.org and @aclu.org, what are you going to do about this situation? I spent 12 years with the Tennessee Titans. Being gay made me better at my job. www.outsports.com/2026/8/19/24...
outsports.com
I spent 12 years with the Tennessee Titans. Being gay made me better at my job. - Outsports
Blake Mundell was a Tennessee Titans massage therapist for 12 years. Now the gay man is the only Titans LMT not hired back to his NFL job.
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Seems to me that the real issue here is that the audits of the actual financial statements of all these companies failed to clearly identify serious reporting issues. If prospective statements are in error, odds are there are errors in the audited Financial Statements. #SECfailure #PCAOBfailure
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
No surprise to anyone, but still it's important for us to recognize that the US now funds Neo-Fascists and Theocrats all across the globe. @democrats.org, you let this happen by failing to control against this possibility when in power. #corruptioniscorruption www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Millions of US tax dollars sent to rightwing European thinktanks. Did any Trump supporters vote for that? | Arwa Mahdawi
It’s a great betrayal: poor communities neglected while multimillionaires peddle a global Maga agenda. How is that America first, asks Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
A little good news for a change: These neo-Nazis surrounded a Drag Story Hour while chanting slurs. Now they’ll pay the price. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/08/thes...
lgbtqnation.com
These neo-Nazis surrounded a Drag Story Hour while chanting slurs. Now they'll pay the price. - LGBTQ Nation
The group tried to get a cafe to shut down the Drag Story Hour through intimidation. But it didn't work.
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
@beth4ma.bsky.social, you are smart enough to understand how the Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929 has, over time, made the US House, the body to which you aspire, less and less an approximation of a democratic body. Do you advocate enlargement of the US House to at least 1000 persons?
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Rather than viewing the political situation in France through the lens used here, I would suggest that @politico.com would be better served by looking at it as reaction to corruption of the politicians on offer to the French. #corruptioniscorruption www.politico.com/news/magazin...
politico.com
A New Report Offers a Stark Warning to Centrists
An intensive research project in France finds the far right on the march, with voters viewing the political center as vapid and discredited.
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
@democrats.org, if/when you take power again, what will you do to fix these problems that only got worse under #JoeBiden? #CorruptionIsCorruption How to Protect Working People’s Nest Eggs from SpaceX Scam inequality.org/article/prot...
inequality.org
How to Protect Working People’s Nest Eggs from SpaceX Scam
Fast-tracking SpaceX and other untested public companies into index funds benefits top executives and corporate insiders while putting ordinary retirement savers at risk.
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
@democrats.org, we LGBTQIA+ people should not be forced to rely on the courts; but I am grateful that even tRump appointees still require logic from him and his cronies. #EqualRightsAmendmentForAllPersonsRegardlessofGenderorSex www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
advocate.com
Judge in trans military ban case demands Pentagon explain Hegseth’s testosterone double standard
Judge Ana Reyes is demanding answers about a policy that offers testosterone to some troops while citing hormone care to remove others.
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
@democrats.org you could have ensured that this couldn't happen, but when you held power you were less interested in our slide towards authoritarianism than you were in pandering for money so you could hold onto your spot in DC. Corruption is corruption. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Appeals court reverses decision that released pro-Palestinian Columbia activist Mohsen Mahdawi
The second circuit overturned the previous decision, saying the judge overstepped authority by intervening before it moved through the immigration court system
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
@democrats.org read this and tell me that the only message you need to send to voters is about affordability. The US political system and Federal Government are corrupt and have to be completely reformed, and if that is not your message you will lose. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Americans far more likely to view politics as greatest threat to safety, study finds
New survey reveals one in 10 Americans identify politics as biggest risk they face in life – 10 times the global average
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Not that it should surprise anyone, but the IRS seems to be failing taxpayers: www.oversight.gov/reports/audi...
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Limited Testing Showed That Taxpayer Assistance Centers Did Not Always Provide Accurate Guidance or Assist Walk-in Taxpayers | Oversight.gov
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
A "how to" protest song that's causing some consternation in Germany, and which I think carries a message we Americans need to hear. youtu.be/Gg-SCpXba64?...
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Danger Dan - Keine Angst
YouTube video by Danger Dan
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Rhetorical question: How is this not the actions of a monopolistic entity, and why are we not seeing our government going after it to break it up?
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 16/07/2026
Fair housing complaints accuse Greystar of turning away tenants who use federal rent vouchers
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Largest landlord in the US accused of civil rights violations
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
@adamkinzinger.substack.com, I received a spam text message from your Back the Bold PAC, and I thought it only fair to contact you to let you know why I won't be donating to that entity. In short, I haven't heard that you are actually pushing for real reform, more democracy, in federal government.
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
This is the rural US, today. Like Salem, MA during the witch trials and the South during the period of Jim Crow lynching. This country is rotten to its core as far as I can see. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
theatlantic.com
The Demon Next Door
A growing number of charismatic Christians see themselves as waging a spiritual battle against the forces of Satan. Sometimes those forces are right across the street.
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Cher channeled by a gay boy in pleather, with his trusty,redheaded girlfriend in an unbelievably short skirt and stilettos. It's a banger folks. open.spotify.com/album/5e5wtS...
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HEAVEN IS A GAY BAR - Single by ZEE MACHINE | Spotify
ZEE MACHINE · single · 2026 · 1 songs
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Just wanted to remind everyone who reads this that a country where free speech is respected and protected can also be a country where hate speech is punished. We in the US could learn a few things from Brazil, I think. This happened in 2023, folks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/08/braz...
lgbtqnation.com
Brazil makes homophobic hate speech punishable by prison - LGBTQ Nation
The nation's high court said it had a "constitutional imperative" to do so.
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
More evidence that our tax structure is unfair and actually does damage to us all. Tax corporate revenue as income earned by individual shareholders (EPS), and exempt lower income taxpayers. That's the way to hold our ultra rich accountable. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Super-rich’s assets cause outsized amount of climate harm, study says
Greenpeace calculates that wealthiest contribute nearly $1tn of damage a year with ownership-based emissions
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
June 1st is proving to be a decent day. Too bad these people were forced to seek relief through the courts, but at least today, someone has noted that they did not deserve to be fired for simply being who they are. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
advocate.com
Federal appeals court rules that Trump’s trans military ban appears discriminatory
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a "bare desire to harm" transgender people.
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
This blog by #FabriceHoudart is worth the read. open.substack.com/pub/fabriceh...
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Just a reminder that this cover by #KellyClarkson (@kellyclarksontv.bsky.social) is brilliant. open.spotify.com/track/3knblv...
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Creep - Live
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
@cbc.house.gov, why do you continue to send me fundraising emails, when I have repeatedly written you to stop unless you come out in favor of enlarging the US House to at least 1000 members, and ensuring that if a state's population makes it eligible for 13.9 seats in the US House it gets 13.9 votes
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
@democrats.org, I took the time to read this piece of garbage, and while it is badly written and probably full of errors, the focus is what bothers me. You are not working to further democracy if you focus on the things this report focuses on. apnews.com/article/demo...
apnews.com
Facing intense internal pressure, DNC releases postelection autopsy that criticizes Kamala Harris
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin has released a critical study of the party’s performance in the 2024 campaign.
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
How is it that the Catholic Church is out ahead of the #SCOTUS on this subject folks? Granted this story just broke, but the Catholics on the #SCOTUS are now made to look more like Opus Dei cult members than they are "observant." Hate isn't Christian, folks. www.out.com/news/catholi...
out.com
Vatican report admits conversion therapy caused LGBTQ+ Catholics 'profound suffering'
The historic Synod report features firsthand accounts from gay Catholics who say the dangerous practice deepened shame, isolation, and spiritual anguish.
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov Why are you allowing these people to turn you into just another homophobic, schoolyard bully? No one who reads these posts likes Mike Johnson, but going to the level of implying he's sucking tRump's cock means you are allowing your people to mock all gay men
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
@democrats.org when are you going to clean up the rot in your own ranks? @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, @schumer.senate.gov, and @heinrich.senate.gov I want to hear from you with plausible explanations and with apologies to the women who were ruined by Epstein. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
independent.co.uk
Epstein was invited to gatherings with US lawmakers members years after his arrest
There was a congressman’s birthday gala, a senator’s fundraiser at a billionaire’s home and a breakfast to discuss ‘homeland security’
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
@hrc.org, JIC anyone over there thinks things are "all right" when it comes to gay rights here in the US... Maybe instead of working with Elite Electeds like the Clintons, you should have demanded Constitutional Amendments that guaranteed our human rights? www.losangelesblade.com/2026/02/17/g...
losangelesblade.com
Gay acceptance in US takes a dangerous reversal
Last five years should be wake up call for movement
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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 20/02/2026
The Supreme Court:
Community meme: I CAN EXCUSE FASCISM.
BUTI DRAW THE LINE AT MERCANTILISM.
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Just want to make sure that we Americans remember the corruption we know about in DC, in our federal government, right now. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
the-independent.com
Husband of Trump’s Labor Secretary banned from dept HQ: Report
New allegations of misconduct at the Department of Labor have come to the surface amid the ongoing departmental probe
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
This comes from someone who is definitely part of the ruling class. I listen to people who sit inside the power structure and speak truth about it. Sadly, I don't see this kind of honesty coming from me many of our @democrats.org Electeds. They're stuck in their performance-art stage.
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
From my Broadway East CDC, an organization run by and for people who actually live in the neighborhood. Look at all the presentation, and come see for yourself what #Baptists are doing to the people here. See this Instagram post by @broadwayeastcommunity www.instagram.com/p/DUzrTZfjm1...
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Instagram
Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Pynchon? Vonnegut? No! This actually happened! Another piece of irrefutable proof that we here in the US slipped behind the looking glass in real life some time ago. We Americans are a seriously damaged and dangerous bunch. When do we start reading reports people are eating themselves?
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The rot we smell is not in Denmark, folks. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
theatlantic.com
How America Got So Sick
The health of a nation reflects the health of a democracy.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
US had economic & diplomatic & social hegemony around the world, historic empire without needing to send our military to physically control, it was making US rich & powerful & influential at relative bargain compared to past empires: Trump destroyed that for a few $billion in cash to his family.
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Damn!!!! Read this!!!!!!!! It will make you laugh!!!!!!!! www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
theguardian.com
Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest
Dispiriting, deadly and unrevealing – there is a decent documentary to be made about the former model from Slovenia, but this one is unredeemable
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
One thing I’d suggest is that ordinary voters expect their elected officials to be more informed than they are about policy questions and act accordingly.
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
@democrats.org and @housedemocrats.bsky.social, my sentiments exactly. Until you start to work according to a set of principles that prioritize democracy and power for your constituents, you will get nothing from me, and I will work to remove you from office.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Wow — Newly-released State Department documents show that the Trump-Vance-Rubio administration literally only abducted Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk because she co-wrote an op-ed urging Tufts to follow student resolutions to acknowledge genocide in Gaza & divest from companies tied to Israel.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 23/01/2026
The fascism is expanding … not new.
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jel1955jel @jel1955jel.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
@democrats.org, start working with your #Republican colleagues, and invoke the 25th Amendment and put this sick man out of office. What are you doing to halt his march to war with Europe? What did you do to protect against this happening, when you held power? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
theatlantic.com
Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw
Will Republicans in Congress ever step in?
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