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Just Joan

@jft42.bsky.social
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Retired cybersecurity tech specialist worried about the future of our country.

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Just Joan @jft42.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
This is so f*ed up
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 18/09/2025
Even Justice Alito wrote in 2017 that under the First Amendment, the government “may not ban speech on the ground that it expresses ideas that offend.” Disagreeing doesn’t give government the power to silence speech.
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Just Joan @jft42.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Me too!
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 28/08/2025
Electric bills are up nearly 10% this year, and families could pay hundreds more each year by 2035. Repealing clean energy credits and adding tariffs means higher costs for working families. www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
forbes.com
Electricity Prices Are Rising Thanks To Tariffs, Clean Energy Cuts, AI
Electricity prices have jumped more than twice as fast as overall inflation in the last year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Republicans are trying to redraw congressional district lines to keep their grip on Congress in the midterms and beyond.  Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around. Get involved with the @democraticredistricting.com as they fight back: bit.ly/3HJ1ayW
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 26/08/2025
Tariffs are a hidden tax that make everything cost more—and retirees fear they’ll shrink the value of Social Security checks. We should be strengthening Social Security, not letting tariffs eat away at it. money.com/retiree-fear...
money.com
Retirees Are 'Terrified' Tariffs Will Cancel Out the Social Security COLA
While the COLA is designed to help beneficiaries weather inflation, true price increases can — and often do — diminish the raise.
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 25/08/2025
A lot of people are saying maybe we’d like a president who respects the Constitution.
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Aliso Niguel Democratic Club @alisonigueldemocraticclub.com · 20/07/2025
Join us tomorrow to meet some of the folks running to replace Young Kim!
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Aliso Niguel Democratic Club @alisonigueldemocraticclub.com · 18/07/2025
Join us, @dwsoc.bsky.social, and Indivisible 47 as we stand up to ICE terror tomorrow. Register here, or just show up: mobilize.us/s/wNit66
Apply Heat, Melt Ice protest graphic. Join us Saturday July 19 from noon to 2:00 p.m. at the intersection of Selva and Pacific Coast Highway in Dana Point.
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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/07/2025
NEW: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to overhaul an obscure but vital program that underpins the nation’s childhood immunization system. Depending on what he does, the results could be catastrophic. By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
propublica.org
RFK Jr. Wants to Revolutionize a Program That Supports Childhood Immunizations. The Results Could Be Catastrophic.
The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program stabilizes the nation’s childhood immunization system while paying those harmed by rare side effects. If the program topples, it could threaten access to vaccin...
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 17/07/2025
A disabled U.S. veteran, a citizen, was pepper-sprayed and detained during what was supposed to be a workplace inspection. This looked more like a war zone than anything else. We need answers—and accountability—for everyone involved. the people
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 15/07/2025
Trump just got the green light to gut the Department of Education with zero input from Congress. That means fewer protections for kids with disabilities, less support for local schools, and more power in the hands of one man. We should move the next generation forward, not backward.
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Aliso Niguel Democratic Club @alisonigueldemocraticclub.com · 08/07/2025
Trump's military show of force today in Los Angeles cannot go unchallenged. Those of us who can speak up, must speak up. Join us: www.mobilize.us/dpoc/event/8...
Image of masked, armed paramilitary ICE agents with the text "Apply Heat, Melt ICE." Text below reads: 
MASKED ICE AGENTS ARE ABDUCTING CALIFORNIANS.
NO WARRANTS. NO LAW.
PROTECT CALIFORNIA. JOIN US.
Good Trouble: End ICE Terror
Saturday July 19th, 12.00 - 2.00 PM
Intersection of Selva & PCH, Dana Point
https://www.mobilize.us/dpoc/event/807626/

At the bottom of the image are the logos of the Democratic Women of South Orange County (@dwsoc.bsky.social‬), the Aliso Niguel Democratic Club, and Indivisible CA 47.
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Just Joan @jft42.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Great turnout today!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/07/2025
Homan says he's "begging the Department of Justice to look into" the ICEBlock app and CNN's alleged promotion of it
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Michael Sall @msalamander.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Protest sign reading “No Iran War” in multicolor letters.
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Aliso Niguel Democratic Club @alisonigueldemocraticclub.com · 23/06/2025
Join us, @canyondems.bsky.social, and other local groups Thursday at 5:00 p.m. to protest Trump's illegal and unjustified bombing of Iran. Bring signs opposing war with Iran and calling on our representatives to restore constitutional order to the country. Sign up here: mobilize.us/s/LH3Yof
Image of a bomb surrounded by a red circle with a line through it. 

Text reads: Urgent Protest! No Illegal War in Iran! Thursday, June 26th 5-6:30 PM Laguna Hills @ Cabot and La Paz.
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Aliso Niguel Democratic Club @alisonigueldemocraticclub.com · 26/06/2025
Join us tomorrow!
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 24/06/2025
Troops on the streets of Los Angeles. Marines with riot shields outside federal buildings. We respect our service members too much to let them be used as political props. They were trained to defend our country, not police civilians. This cannot continue. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
theguardian.com
Militarized LA: troops here to stay as Trump doubles down on deployments
Dust settles after impassioned protests but military presence unnerves California leaders – and threatens to inflame already tense situation
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 23/06/2025
Pete Hegseth is the most incompetent Secretary of Defense in modern history. No strategy. No discipline. No trust from our allies. Just chaos and cable news swagger. He is a threat to our national security. He should resign before more damage is done.
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 24/06/2025
This is your daily reminder that Republicans are planning to gut Medicaid, Medicare and SNAP to hand tax breaks to billionaires. Don’t get distracted. Help me spread the word.
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 23/06/2025
What in the hell is going on in this video? Narciso Barranco was tackled, punched, and pepper sprayed by masked agents outside an IHOP in Orange County. He is a landscaper. A father of three US Marines. This is not America. If there is more to the story, we need answers and transparency, NOW.
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 12/06/2025
This is totally unacceptable. Senator Alex Padilla has been my friend for over 20 years—a decent, honorable public servant and a proud son of the American dream. I stand with him fully as we demand accountability and transparency.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
‼️ This is absolutely absurd. Trump is actively manufacturing a crisis. The Pentagon just announced that he’s federalizing another 2,000 California National Guard troops bringing the total to 4,000, plus 700 active-duty Marines heading into LA. This is a military occupation, not public safety.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism. www.commondreams.org/news/david-hue…
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'This Is What Fascism Looks Like': Beloved Labor Leader David Huerta Arrested | Common Dreams
"This is about something much bigger," said the president of SEIU California, still in detention. "This is about how we
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 08/06/2025
The State of California has not requested National Guard support because it is not needed. Invoking the Insurrection Act under these conditions is an abuse of power. We urge everyone to remain peaceful — violence only fuels those looking to justify further escalation.
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 06/06/2025
Trump is trying to cancel federal funding for California to punish dissenting political views. That’s not just abuse of power—it’s unconstitutional. Congress controls federal spending, not the president. Courts have blocked this kind of stunt before, and they should again.
cnn.com
Trump preparing large-scale cancellation of federal funding for California, sources say | CNN Politics
The Trump administration is preparing to cancel a large swath of federal funding to California, an effort which could begin as soon as Friday, according to multiple sources.
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 06/06/2025
A new Yale & Penn study finds the Republican Big Ugly Bill would cause 51,000 preventable DEATHS every year by gutting healthcare and food aid. That’s not policy—it’s mass cruelty. This isn’t a budget. It’s a disgusting abomination.
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 14/05/2025
Let’s get this done, Speaker Johnson. You support a ban on stock trading. Leader Jeffries supports one. President Trump supports one. Let’s bring a bill to the floor.
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 11/05/2025
At our Appropriations hearing this week, I was encouraged by Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s commitment to work with me on solving the spent nuclear fuel crisis. He understands the urgency and agrees with our approach—and I won’t stop until we get this done.
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Just Joan @jft42.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Quick question: If my phone is turned off and in my checked luggage can it still be searched for “illegal” opinions? Asking for a friend.
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Just Joan @jft42.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
If they can do this in Rolla, MO then we can help bring sanity to Huntington Beach,CA. #HBHuddle
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Aliso Niguel Democratic Club @alisonigueldemocraticclub.com · 07/04/2025
Republicans in Congress can end this economic insanity any time they want. They are choosing not to.
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 27/03/2025
I joined BBC World News America to break down Signalgate, the Administration’s obsession with Greenland, and the latest executive orders.
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Rep. Mike Levin Joins BBC World News America
I joined BBC World News America to break down Signalgate, the Administration’s obsession with Greenland, and the latest executive orders.
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 16/03/2025
Trump’s EPA just launched the biggest attack on clean air and water in decades. Slashing pollution rules, gutting climate protections, and undermining basic science. They're trying to Make Pollution Great Again—and we can’t let it stand.
theguardian.com
Trump officials decimate climate protections and consider axeing key greenhouse gas finding
EPA takes aim at almost every major pollution rule in what environmentalists call act of ‘malice toward the planet’
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Just Joan @jft42.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
@mikelevin.org could help explain this to your audience.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
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Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 21/02/2025
Musk is going to need to lobotomize his latest creation.
Grok 3: Fair enough—semantics can muddy the water. Bottom line: Musk says illegal immigrants are voting for Democrats in droves, but the hard data (audits, studies, vote counts) shows it’s a non-issue—hundreds at most, not millions. Whether he’s lying, deluded, or just hyping a hunch, the claim’s dead wrong. No evidence backs it. That’s the meat of it.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Ottawa purchases 500,000 doses of bird flu vaccine for people at higher risk, by @kellygrant1.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #H5N1
theglobeandmail.com
Ottawa purchases 500,000 doses of bird flu vaccine for people at higher risk of catching virus
The majority of the doses will be handed out to provinces and territories, which will decide when and where to deploy the shots
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 20/02/2025
I’m all for efficiency. But this is not efficiency — it’s total malpractice. “Many probationary employees targeted in latest Trump cuts across agencies had excellent ratings”
washingtonpost.com
Trump administration fires thousands for ‘performance’ without evidence, in messy rush
Many probationary employees targeted in latest Trump cuts across agencies had excellent ratings; legal challenges are expected.
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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Buttigieg’s response to Trump vis Twitter, on multiple levels:
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
God forbid that anyone in the helicopter, the AA cockpit or the DCA control tower is anything other than a white male. Because they’ll be doxxed and hounded for years. bsky.app/profile/just...
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