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Joe Callanan

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Gov’t lawyer from the Boston area; one day I’ll get the hang of it, but haven’t yet after more than 25 years.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h
Weird that Donald Trump's message is that people who are being assaulted can stop it all by giving up and submitting to the aggressor, so weird, so so weird
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 8h
So we are warring with Iran And Russia is supplying weaponry to Iran. And we are paying Russia to send us diesel fuel. Because we are warring with Iran the ships with the diesel can't get to us. So we are buying it from Russia, which... Yeah, this is some three-dimensional chess right here.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h
Still nothing yet from Darlene Graham about Trump pissing on the Lindsey O. Graham Russia Sanction Act.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 7h
The puppet who can't say one critical damn thing about his puppet master Putin (Putin, who invaded Ukraine and started the war – who is a war criminal), instead constantly belittles and bullies Zelenskyy. It couldn't be more obvious that Putin has massive Kompromat on Trump.
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A few weeks ago, Trump signed the last bill that Lindsey Graham wrote. He wrote it while he was in Ukraine. That bill puts big sanctions and tariffs against countries that import oil from Russia. Today, Trump said he was importing oil from Russia.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Nailed it. 🔨
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Good thing Republicans passed the Lindsey O. Graham Russia Sanctions Act. Very effective. Very powerful.
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 09/10/2026
From Reddit:
My wife works in a government lab, they just got the notice this week that all internal documentation has to update references of Al to SI. These people are so embarrassingly fucking stupid.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Wall Street profits and bonuses are poised to hit a record high. CEO pay is up. Corporate profits are skyrocketing. U.S. billionaire wealth is up 30% in a year. Meanwhile, inflation eats up the paychecks of working people as the social safety net is cut out from underneath them. Trumponomics.
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Wall Street Eyes Record Bonuses as Profit Heads Past $90 Billion
A blockbuster year for New York’s trading and investment-banking firms is poised to deliver record earnings for the industry, with profit on pace to exceed $90 billion, and bonuses expected to reach a...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If Democrats want to regain working people, they must disavow Big Money. They must hammer economic populism — and have a laser focus on the cost of living crisis in America. There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
NEW: The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. We’ve found more than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 03/10/2026
She will not put up with his shenanigans, but she is urging Texans to put up with this man for at least the next 6 years. That's a heck of a lot of hutzpah. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
nytimes.com
As She Divorces Ken Paxton, His Wife Urges Texans to Vote for Him
In a new ad, Angela Paxton tells voters to focus on the “whole team,” not “individual players.”
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Mary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 04/10/2026
30 days until Alaskans statewide vote for fish, family, freedom 🐟❤️🇺🇸
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Election Day is 30 days away, and the fight for free and fair elections is here. In some states, early voting has already begun, and nearly every state has sent out mail-in ballots. newsletters.democracydocket.com/youve-stood-...
newsletters.democracydocket.com
You've stood with me. Here's what's next.
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Sandy Netherton @sandynetherton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Donald is such a liar. The name fits.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
As we enter the final month before the midterms, don't get cocky. If anything, it's time to ramp up the work and pour it on. Check your registration. Vote early. Push your friends and family too. Look for local places to help out. Phone bank and write postcards. Volunteer for Election Day.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I continue to warn against complacence. It’s still vitally important that we vote and remain vigilant against Trump’s interference in our elections. But with a little more than four weeks to go before the midterms, I’m breathing a wee bit easier. Here's why...
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Sunday thought: What’s Up With Kansas?
The power of kitchen-table economics
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Amy Oddo✌🏻💙☀️ @amyoddo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In his dreams🤣🤣🤣 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Since taking office, Ken Paxton has skipped at least 730 workdays as Attorney General. He has instead traveled to Europe and the Caribbean.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ONE MONTH FROM TODAY:
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ken Paxton has taken over 275 out-of-state trips since taking office. Texans have spent $1.9 million in taxpayer funds on his luxury vacations.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Correct 🎯
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Catherine 🇨🇦 🌎 @capeacadia.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Beware the Phony Express #USDemocracy Use the Drop Box or Vote in person 🗳️💙
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Laser focused on the key issues (Also, the Senate is out until after the election, so it can’t vote “NOW”)
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President Trump gives out Tom Cotton's cell number over the daylight savings bill.
Donald J. Trump
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Everybody in Arkansas, Tom Cotton, a friend of mine, is holding up a very important Bill. It's called,
"The Sunshine Protection Act" or, "We Don't Want to Change Our Clocks Twice a Year Act." For some reason, Tom is stopping the Bill and, in the Senate, it's very easy to do, it only takes one! It should pass overwhelmingly, in a Bipartisan fashion. So, everyone in Arkansas, a State I love, and won 3 times, the last by by 34 points, tell Tom to, GET IT DONE! It will be appreciated by all. Nobody wants to spend their precious time running all over the place, turning Clocks back twice a year and, having sunshine in the afternoon is better than early in the morning! The PGA TOUR, as an example, needs more Daylight in the afternoon in order to finish their Tournaments. Likewise, regular Golfers, Tennis Players, Hunters and, perhaps most importantly, Farmers who want more Daylight to play or work. See letter from Brian Rolapp, CEO of the PGA TOUR below. 65% PLUS want more sun in the afternoon, Daylight Saving Time (The way it is now!), but 100% don't want to change their Clocks twice a year. They want to, as they say, "LOCK THE CLOCK!" Who doesn't? It's very expensive for our Nation where you have high and dangerous steeples to reach, like on churches and municipal buildings. Almost everybody wants
"The Sunshine Protection Act" to pass, except for Tom Cotton. To the Great People of Arkansas,
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pass overwhelmingly, in a Bipartisan fashion. So, everyone in Arkansas, a State I love, and won 3 times, the last by by 34 points, tell Tom to, GET IT DONE! It will be appreciated by all. Nobody wants to spend their precious time running all over the place, turning Clocks back twice a year and, having sunshine in the afternoon is better than early in the morning! The PGA TOUR, as an example, needs more Da…
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Molten Irony (Wade) @ginsengity.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Also, he admits he wants DST permanent BECAUSE HE OWNS GOLF COURSES.🙄
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🇨🇦 Tony Dauphinee @oldstoney1957.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Vote Blue No Matter Who
ALT: Vote Blue No Matter Who
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Tiffany⸆⸉ @tiffanyclay.dev · 01/10/2026
Notice he didn’t offer to fight the traitorous, racist Confederates or the genocidal antisemitic Nazis? Didn’t want to offend Trump’s base?
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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
336 years ago this month, the first multi-page newspaper in British America was published right here in Boston. “Publick Occurrences” debuted on September 25, 1690... and lasted just ONE ISSUE before colonial authorities shut it down four days later.
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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Skipped the Nazis, huh.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Ben Franklin’s ghost @ben-franklin-ghost.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They (GOP) know this to be true and it will always be true.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 30/09/2026
Just cannot get over that a former state attorney general was involved in such an incredible fumble. One of the most humiliatingly bad Senate witness interrogations I've ever seen.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On this day in 1994, the Clinton administration's heathcare reform plan was declared "dead" by Congress. Over 30 years later, the US is still the only industrialized country without universal healthcare. This should be a national outrage.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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God @thegodshow.com · 25/09/2026
I want tribunals.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Ossoff: "What did they spend the most political capital trying to do over the last 18 months? Cover up the Epstein files. They worked harder to cover up the Epstein files than they ever did to lower grocery prices."
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 21/09/2026
If European countries & other signatories to the International Criminal Court have any self-respect, they'd sanction Rubio & Trump for obstructing investigations of Netanyahu's war crimes.
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Exclusive | Trump Ramps Up Bid to Dismantle International Criminal Court
The U.S. administration is preparing sweeping sanctions that would cut the court off from much of the global financial system.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Jon Husted voted to kick 490,00 Ohioans off their health care so he could give tax cuts to his billionaire buddies.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Gosh, if only there were some kind of professional organization for White House journalists that existed to advocate for the First Amendment and defend the freedom of the press. They could organize together as a united front against Trump's censorship. That would be something.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
alert the press: it is not normal for the president to be unable to stay conscious during televised events in the Oval Office
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Raoul: The president is a combination of the Scarecrow and the Tin Man. He needs a brain and a heart, and Congress is a Cowardly Lion that needs courage to stand up…
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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 18/09/2026
If Trump really wants his name on The Kennedy Center he should try earning it the way Kennedy did.
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A Republic If You Can Keep It @arepublicif.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
99% of Americans could be starving and the President of the United States would not lose a second of sleep. But he is unable to rest until his name is on the Kennedy Center. Because he’s a psychopathic narcissistic rapist. #RemoveTrump
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Joe Callanan @joecal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A Putin oligarch picked up the tab for the president’s son’s wedding.
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Trueharmony @trueharmony.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is how he answers a reporter.
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Barbara Kaskosz @kaskosz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Judge Luttig: “This is the final battle for America’s democracy. This is the time of America’s testing. If America doesn’t rise to this moment, this moment under this president, Donald Trump, then there is no America in the future.” @judgeluttig.bsky.social
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