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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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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 4h
🧵🧵🧵 I was going to write a simple sentence about the madness of the moment, but I got distracted by the U.S. president’s complaint that he was screwed out of the Nobel Peace Prize after bombing multiple countries, and then he bolstered his case with a plan to execute a guy in a wheelchair and ...
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Nitrofox is obsessed with pee @nitrofox.bsky.social · 2h
Dumbest Man Alive
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Joe Fisto @joefisto.bsky.social · 2h
The only reason people think Elon is smart is because he has money. Money buys companies and ideas. He is a fraud. An incredibly stupid fraud.
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Halcyon Ember @halcyonember.bsky.social · 1h
Hilarious that people still treat this man as a genius
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Estiqaatsi 🇮🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @estiqaatsi.bsky.social · 1h
Who on earth thought this bloke was a genius?
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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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perrysan237.bsky.social @perrysan237.bsky.social · 3h
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Wendy the Woke @nomorex61.bsky.social · 3h
Can we quit asking if he is Putin’s Manchurian Candidate now? It’s been evident for say…10 years.
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God @thegodshow.com · 3h
Everything Trump does makes sense when you realize it’s exactly what Putin would want him to do.
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Damn Trump For Betraying Ukraine
Burn in Hell, traitor.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 3h
@meetthepress.com interview w @abdulelsayed.bsky.social is 100% gotcha, starting w his criticizing Obama 14 years ago, at age 27. Two Qs on that, then 'can you deny ties to Muslim Brotherhood' etc. He handles them all with aplomb, and keeps coming back to economy, corruption, etc. But COME ON.
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Christ on a Stick @harriettethecat.bsky.social · 4h
I swear to God if we win the house and the Senate and they don't hold these mf's accountable I'm going to lose it
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2h
It’s genuinely sad to watch. The President is so weak and incapable of negotiating a real deal that he just posts fake ones on social media and hopes people believe him, until every party involved puts out a statement calling him a liar. We’ve never seen weakness like this in the Oval Office.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 5h
Bill Browder: Putin has got a major shortage of diesel fuel in Russia, and so I don't believe that he's actually gonna supply the fuel. Second, the amounts are de minimis compared to what the United States actually needs.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 6h
ICYMI, great statement by former VP Mike Pence about Trump's betrayal of Ukraine. Scandal there's no one else left in Republican Party able to say it out loud.
President Trump's decision to lift sanctions on Russian fuel amidst Putin's ongoing and brutal attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine makes no sense and is a betrayal of the legacy and leadership of the late Senator Lindsey
Graham.
While Ukraine fights for its survival, Putin's war machine continues to prosecute his terrorist war on civilian populations and innocent Ukrainians are dying every day.
Now, Instead of implementing the tough sanctions Lindsey Graham fought to his last breath to enact, President Trump has announced the United States is lifting sanctions on Russian energy, fueling the Putin's war machine.
As I saw firsthand in Ukraine last month, Putin is losing this war. Ukraine has fought the Russian military to a standstill and reinvented warfare with drones taking the fight into the heart of Russia.
America should not be throwing a lifeline to Putin's war machine. Now is the time to stand strong against Russian aggression as we did during the first Trump administration.
Putin doesn't want peace. Putin wants Ukraine. I have no doubt that if Putin overruns Ukraine, it will only be a matter of time until Russia's military crosses a border that our troops will have to deal with him.
America is the Leader of the Free World. For our National Security, for the security of our Allies in Europe including Ukraine, President Trump should rescind this deal immediately and return to the strong policies of our four years in the White House; impose harsh sanctions on any nation purchasing Russian energy and work with our allies to ensure Ukraine has the military support it needs to repel and defeat this Russian invasion once and for all. Slava Ukraini
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Joe Newberry @joenewberry.bsky.social · 5h
Keep in mind as you go to vote...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h
In an administration of ignorant morons, Markwayne somehow manages to stand out.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 4h
If you’re MAGA, do your best to enjoy the next two years. Because you will spend the remainder of your life looking back and realizing how you crushed your own reputation, and how you will never have power again. Two years seems like a long time, it isn’t when you look in the rear view mirror.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5h
I keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades. Not true.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose. @zachdespart.bsky.social w/ @texastribune.org
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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20h
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 · 20h
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 · 18h
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 · 18h
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...
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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-...
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You've stood with me. Here's what's next.
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Joe Callanan @joecal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You deserve an unfollow for promoting this as “news “
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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
@realDonald Trump
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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