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Jodi Breckenridge Petit

@jodibp.bsky.social
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Debate and discourse; Democrat; interested in education (on the school board), national security; and science; Jayhawk.

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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 23h
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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Anyone who reads Time's recent interview with Trump would clearly conclude that the biggest story on Earth, this day and every day, is that the President of the United States is seriously unwell and allowed to continue in office - unfit, untethered, and unchecked. Unbelievable.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Wyden says the DOJ and FBI withheld a secret interview with a banker tied to Jeffrey Epstein from the files released to the public. And he says there may be more.
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EXCLUSIVE: Senator Accuses DOJ and FBI of Withholding Secret Epstein Banker Interview, Demands Release of All FBI 302s
Senator Ron Wyden is accusing the Justice Department and the FBI of withholding a key record from the Epstein files, demanding in a letter obtained exclusively
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Jodi Breckenridge Petit @jodibp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
‘Fraternity houses across the country are a hotbed of rape and misogyny.’
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Biggest Economic Bet in U.S. History from @adamtooze.bsky.social adamtooze.substack.com/p/the-bigges...
A table titled, Average annual infrastructure spending as percentage of GDP.

It has six circles showing percentage of GDP spent on each tech: 
Canals .66%
Railroads 2.24%
Electrification .5%
Highways 1.13%
Telecom and fiber 1.1%
AI 3.63%
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It is fine to issue statements, but what is the WHCA going to do? Other than plan its next black tie dinner honoring Trump.
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Jodi Breckenridge Petit @jodibp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"While the dynamics will be different on November 9 (the next day the House is due back in session),...there are likely to be far more Republicans who...have no fucks left to give and even a whole lot of Republicans who rue the way the Iran War killed whatever electoral support Trump did have."
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Jodi Breckenridge Petit @jodibp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Unanimous.
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Jodi Breckenridge Petit @jodibp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is so f-ing toxic: this faceless corner of the internet has another mission: destroying the lives of young women.
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Jodi Breckenridge Petit @jodibp.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
'Officials tried to develop a picture of life on the ground in combat zones to aid decision-making on military strikes and avoid or minimize civilian harm.'
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Jodi Breckenridge Petit @jodibp.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
'That small poll rigging payment detail in Cohen’s note went largely unnoticed, but I remember it. So I’m not at all surprised that Donald Trump is now using the levers of power to rig polls. He’s been doing it for over a decade.'
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Jodi Breckenridge Petit @jodibp.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/our-genera... Excellent framing, Charlotte. Thank you.
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Our Generals Have No Confidence in Hegseth
It is abundantly clear.
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Jodi Breckenridge Petit @jodibp.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
How, how I say!
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Jodi Breckenridge Petit @jodibp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
‘T]he Catholic bishops in Florida do not have to justify to your office their position on Catholic teaching and their reasons for the current vaccine policies,”
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Jodi Breckenridge Petit @jodibp.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
‘If the purchase of the Pierre were to go through, Lutnick could get as much as $100 million for the penthouse, even as his neighbors were forced to sell and hundreds of hotel staffers’ jobs were put in jeopardy.’
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Jodi Breckenridge Petit @jodibp.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
‘any policy adopted as working law waives the privilege they claim justifies the redactions you’ll see below. ‘
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Jodi Breckenridge Petit @jodibp.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
'The appearance of an American military transport in the Russian capital would be noteworthy any time. In the middle of the war in Ukraine, it is very strange indeed.'
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Jodi Breckenridge Petit @jodibp.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Please.
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Jodi Breckenridge Petit @jodibp.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
' DOJ didn’t want to share any discovery about how they they staged those trophy photos ...'
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
after the indy car race today, that's pretty much a wrap for the commemoration of america's 250th. if it's all felt a little underwhelming, don't forget that there was supposed to be a lot more celebrating all across the country, but trump cut funding for all of it: www.notus.org/agencies/dog...
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DOGE Cut Off Small Town America’s 250th Birthday Money
Then Trump redirected the money for his own beautification projects.
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𝙾𝙻𝙸𝚅𝙸𝙰 🤍 🇲🇽 𝟺𝚃𝙷 𝚃𝚁𝙰𝙽𝚂𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙼𝙴𝚁 @olivia4t.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Trümp made $2.2 billion in his first year back in office. $1.4 billion from a cryptocurrency launched right before his inauguration. Stock trades worth millions in companies he hyped on social media. But Vance is asking "what did we get?" as if he's part of the resistance x.com/clashreport/...
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Clash Report (@clashreport) on X
JD Vance: Politicians who came to Washington with a few thousand dollars, left after decades of public service with millions in stock portfolios. What did all of you get? What did we get?
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Trump voted by mail in Florida's Republican primary, according to local voting records — even as he continues to rail against mail-in voting with lies of fraud.
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Trump votes by mail again in his home state of Florida
Voting records from Palm Beach County show the president requested his ballot in late July and it was returned on Aug. 13.
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Jodi Breckenridge Petit @jodibp.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
‘Being able to pivot at the last moment—or in response to rapidly changing circumstances—is a sign of a sophisticated electorate laser-focused on winning the general election.’
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Jodi Breckenridge Petit @jodibp.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
‘We should not be letting companies decide how much privacy we deserve.’
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Jodi Breckenridge Petit @jodibp.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
‘And through your actions, you have made it clear who you are trying to please. It is certainly not the American people. It is someone whose name you could not even bear to mention in your essay: Donald Trump.’
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🌮 Alacrity's Ghost @alacritysshadow.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"no no- drag it out over multiple visits to torture the child, instilling the terror felt over 5 visits- and hey, the 5 separate charged appointments, well that should terrify parents too, with having to take time off work and multiple costs incurred"
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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The face of the GOP is Max Miller. The message of the GOP, per John Cornyn, is: “There’s nothing we can do to rein in the president.” The rationalization of the GOP, per Bill Cassidy, is: "He'd only appoint someone worse." The mantra of the GOP, is: money, corruption, pardon.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I don’t agree with all Abdul El-Sayed’s views, but GOP “othering” is a disgrace. He was born in US, educated at Bloomfield Hills Andover, where he captained football team; Univ of Mich; Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar; Columbia, where he earned an MD. Debate his views, not whether he’s a “real” American.
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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
And yet
Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

Scott Galloway: America Abandoned Its ‘Unremarkable’ Young Men
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I don’t care what side of the aisle you’re on - if your position is that the president of the United States and his family should be immune from IRS scrutiny, you’re unqualified to be the Attorney General. It’s an indictment on our entire system that 50 GOP Senators don’t agree.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Today’s Civics Lesson Dr. Fauci honoring a congressional subpoena and then taking the Fifth Amendment: an example of someone respecting both Congress and the Constitution. Jim Jordan ignoring a congressional subpoena: an example of someone showing contempt for Congress. Lesson over.
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Jodi Breckenridge Petit @jodibp.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This is such complete and utter bullshit on the part of Thom Tillis and John Cornyn. Giving the Trump crime family immunity from tax audits remains as corrupt as anything we’ve ever seen in this country. Todd Blanche should be impeached, not confirmed.
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Jodi Breckenridge Petit @jodibp.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
‘First, we have custom charts that work with fast, bespoke web design. In a world of Datawrapper charts and vibe-coded Substack embeds, Katie has done a remarkable job producing an original, functional interactive website for the forecast — and she has done it all on her own.’
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Jodi Breckenridge Petit @jodibp.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
‘One intriguing exception is that bureaucrats have become slightly less hated by Trump voters.’
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/08/2026
Looking good sir
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Pacific Antifascist Research Collective @pacantifa.is · 01/08/2026
Here is our full list of all 145 sex pests and sexual predators from ICE and Customs & Border Protection in a single image. The entries outlined in red indicate entries involving alleged sex crimes against children.
A full list of 145 sex pests and sexual predators from ICE and Customs & Border Protection in a roughly 12 rows X 12 columns yearbook style grid with booking photos where available. The entries outlined in red indicate entries involving alleged sex crimes against children. Agencies are noted along with latest disposition of criminal cases.
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Jodi Breckenridge Petit @jodibp.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The corruption list. The resignations. Tough to read, but important.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Not only did they absolutely beg for this, they made it so that “merit” was synonymous with being white so now you’re stuck with precisely the kind of moron who believes that. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Everyone knows what the problem is: The organizations that bring young staffers to Washington, D.C. have spent the last decade prioritizing blind ideological loyalty instead of competence or intelligence,” said a senior GOP congressional staffer, granted anonymity to discuss sensitive personnel issues. “We have a generation of rabid, incompetent idiots.”
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Jodi Breckenridge Petit @jodibp.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
This is SO corrupt!😡
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Jodi Breckenridge Petit @jodibp.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Thank you, Marc E., your firm, and Democracy Docket! 0-19 for the DOJ....
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Jodi Breckenridge Petit @jodibp.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
‘I think, of how important we are to this region and when we are doing our job well, how much we make people’s lives truly better.” This is awesome!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The fact that Blanche refused to terminate the slush fund in writing for Trump’s criminal cronies as well as his IRS immunity deal proves that his testimony at his confirmation hearing that these things were “dead” was always a lie. They were dead only until he got confirmed.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Trump has denied most disaster requests from Democratic-led states

A graph  showing Presidential approval rates for disaster requests from Democratic-led states and Republican-led states

Source: POLITICO's E&E News analysis of FEMA records
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Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
ABC News pumped out a horrific piece of anti-Ukrainian, pro-russian propaganda. It printed the lies of the Gauleiter of russian-occupied Zaporizhzhya region about an attack that never occurred. @ABC used a photo of the aftermath of a russian attack on Kyiv to worsen their crime against public trust.
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Jodi Breckenridge Petit @jodibp.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026... 'the magistrate judge overseeing Trump’s lawsuit just ruled that yes, the BBC can subpoena Trump’s inner circle to talk about Jan. 6, and yes, they can get his financial records.'
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Trump had no idea suing the BBC would be so much work
Poor President Donald Trump. He loves filing lawsuits. Why can’t he just sue the BBC for defamation, demand $10 billion and have them write him a check for $10 billion?
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Periodic reminder that Ukraine is one of our best allies. Between the intelligence sharing, capability sharing (drones, counter drone systems), and the fact they’re degrading the capability of one of our primary adversaries, anyone rooting against them looks even dumber now.
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