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Jim McClain

@jimmcclain.bsky.social
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Here for news and politics. Progressive | Independent | Atheist/Humanist | Northern California

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chrisbritt.bsky.social @chrisbritt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#trump #arch #newz #gop #drones #sniper
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Turq" - 1971 Volvo 145
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Go see Mohini Dey if you get a chance. Absolutely incredible talent.
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Tariff refunds, DOGE checks, $5000 midterm bribe... please make America less gullible again.
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The sucking grows ever louder. The sound of billionaires hoovering up everything. I noticed it about thirty years ago. Do you hear it? #YesCAProp40
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It's a scandal that the president of the United States is out of his damn mind. It's also a scandal that major news media aren't telling you that, loudly and often.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It's the corruption, stupid. Every other issue-political & economic inequality, policies that favor the rich over the rest of us, illegal wars, cutting vital services, denying science, trying to steal elections, affordability...all are tied to corruption. davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/its-the-co...
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It’s the Corruption, Stupid
Toward a Unified Theory of Political Division and Healing in America
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I assume what AP means is: "Lies about noncitizen voting are being used by Trump to attack elections his party is set to lose and to set up an authoritarian effort to overturn the results" If so, they should just say that.
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This made me laugh, but please remember it is a distraction from Trump's real failures.
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
My temporary congressman, James Gallagher, is embarrassed by Donald Trump.
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Trump Humiliated as GOP Rep Quietly Scrubs Endorsement From Site
Yet another Republican candidate has distanced himself from the president as the midterms inch closer.
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I went out to breakfast the other day and parked in front of this nice house with some nice signs. #FuckFascism #FuckIce
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Trump's IRS immunity is like a little kid saying "I'm invincible" while playing. Ok buddy, if you say so.
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Happy place
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Is it still gaslighting if everyone knows Mitch McConnel is not alive? All the reporting that "he released a statement" seems insane to me. Dead people can't release statements.
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Matt Davies @mattdaviescartoon.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Newsday.com/matt
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
There are many better candidates
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Does punishment discourage homelessness? Does it address the causes of homelessness? This is nothing to celebrate.
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Unstable Genius @anunstablegenius.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Take note, Republicans. Lindsey gave this miserable piece of trash ten years of his life, sold his soul and licked boot for ten years, and the only thing Trump has to say about him now that he's gone is that he just made it harder to rig the midterms. You're selling everything to get nothing.
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I think in our grief it’s important to remember that Lindsay Graham lived long enough to see the Iran War he and John McCain dreamed of for decades finally happen, and to see it utterly shit the bed.
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Is anyone going to ask the president why he keeps praising Allah?
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
open.substack.com/pub/mitchthe...
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McCarthy Wrote It. Cohn Taught It. Trump Is Running It Again, Right in Front of You.
Roy Cohn taught one man to destroy people with a single word. On the Fourth of July, that man stood in front of the flag and used it on his own country.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
100%. Anyone paying close attention knows it. The insurrection that began in secret meetings in Washington in December 2020, some of them at the White House, never ended—it merely amended its methods. For now. But not for much longer.
thenation.com
We Are in the Middle of a “Rolling Coup”
Unless we begin to act, our democracy will likely be destroyed.
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Two people killed at the Chico Library in yet another example of senseless gun violence.
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The name change is offensive in both ways.
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
"I love inflation. You know why? Because we are stealing lots of oil." This is insane. The media is failing to report that this is insane.
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
They think this is a game and laws are for other people. "the incident involved the “retention and removal” from the Shasta County Elections Office of documents that “may have” contained confidential voter information. Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis was the one responsible"
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'Incident' at Shasta Elections Office triggered report to Secretary of State, county says – Shasta Scout
The incident allegedly involved Shasta’s election official removing from the office copies of documents that “may have” included confidential voter information, the county said in a press release toda...
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Mary Geddry @magixarc.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
#Trump thinks the MoCA is an IQ test, Freedom 250 loses the band and becomes a Trump spotlight show, the Middle East burns, and former #MAGA influencer @ashleystclair.bsky.social explains the group chats, paid propaganda, and MAGA cult dynamics #uspolitics open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
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Dumb, With a B
Trump can't explain his own insult, can't do the math on his own brag, and can't stop telling on himself, all while presiding over a widening war. A Sunday dispatch.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The Israel lobby, crypto industry, and AI companies are spending millions to buy this year's midterm elections. And they're using shady campaign finance tactics to hide their involvement from the public. Watch.
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Meet the Biggest Super PACs of 2026
Voters are increasingly opposed to U.S. aid to Israel, cryptocurrency, and AI data centers.That's why the Big Money grou
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Today's news: Democrats learn nothing. 2024 election autopsy report ignores obvious reasons for loss like Gaza, Biden age, lack of primary, failure to call Trump a criminal.
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Trump is a criminal.
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The Sacramento Bee @sacbee.com · 14/05/2026
An example of rising discontent with the incumbency among liberals in the race for California’s 7th Congressional District.
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Why young liberals want to beat Democrats like Rep. Doris Matsui of Sacramento | Opinion
An example of rising discontent with the incumbency among liberals in the race for California’s 7th Congressional District.
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Read this. It is happening even if you don't watch the news.
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Daniel Boris @danboriscreates.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Monument Makeover.
Lincoln memorial shown including blue colored reflection pool. A tourist comments: “At least he didn’t paint it gold.”
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The DC Reflecting Pool did not need paint. Photo credit to my grandpa, Joe Y. Saunders.
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Daniel Boris @danboriscreates.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Not His Problem.
Trump seen seated at the resolute desk, surrounded by a sea of gold coins.
“I don’t think about American’s financial problems.”
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Democrats, and many non-MAGA folks, still don't realize that Republicans are playing for all the marbles. They're all in. If they can't get power, they will burn it all down. Trump is not leaving peacefully or legally. We have to prepare.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 10/05/2026
At this point, solving climate change is cheaper than not solving it -- not only on some grand 50 year time horizon, but tomorrow, today, immediately. Soving climate change *is* affordability. Maybe Dems should tell voters about that.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 04/05/2026
There are villains, and then there are monsters, and then there are creatures so cosmically, transcendently, almost admirably terrible that language itself recoils from the task of describing them. Grammar buckles. Syntax weeps. The thesaurus slams... tomwellborn.substack... 1/2
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A Eulogy for the Worst That Has Ever Drawn Breath
Being a Complete and Unflinching Account of the Most Loathsome Specimen Ever to Consume Resources, Occupy Space, and Insult the Patience of a Universe That Deserved So Much Better
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Mr Global 🌎 @mrglobaltoo.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
U.S. Oil Has Peaked youtu.be/dOnqrXrtxRI?...
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UAE Will Take The Money And Run
YouTube video by Mr Global
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Political corruption is even worse than you think. To build a functioning one-person-one-vote system where oligarchs don’t pull the strings, we need to make anti-corruption the central focus of our politics. @davidsirota.com explains why.
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Is the Supreme Court About to Legalize Corruption? (ft. David Sirota)
For decades, rich and powerful interests and their right-wing political allies have been executing a secret plot to buy
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Great interview on the subject of crypto. "He's the most corrupt president in history." youtu.be/1CEmgeDfchM?...
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Ben McKenzie | Full Episode 4.24.26 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS
YouTube video by Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Thank you, Audrey, for saying this clearly.
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I have been saying this. Nice to hear it from Thom.
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Garthtoons by Garth German @garthtoons.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Goodbye, Orbán. The GOP has been following his playbook. We can only hope it ends for them like it did for Orbán. Follow for more cartoons!
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I don't care what it will cost to tear down. The Trump arch will be torn down.
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
"Don't embrace me with your nuclear arms" - a button that was pinned to the dash of my old truck. Still relevant.
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Jim McClain @jimmcclain.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I didn't watch. Was the whole press conference just him taking credit for rescuing a soldier that he caused to need rescuing?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/04/2026
The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.
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