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@joekatz45.bsky.social
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Democracy is like exercise. You can't do it once every four years and complain when you don't see results. Pro-edit button. "Soros-backed." He/him. Linktree.com/joekatz45.

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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
The Nazi comparisons are useful, but the Trump instinct to address negative outcomes by firing and silencing anyone on their team foolish enough to report them always makes me think of Mao and the Great Famine.
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
The Wall Street Journal is really going hard on Trump these days
wsj.com
The Criminal Enterprise Run by Monkeys
A cabal of furry thieves snatch iPhones and other valuables from visitors to a temple in Bali–and trade them for mangos
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
The cloture vote on Bove was 50-48 last Thursday, all voting Dems plus Collins/Murkowski were nos. Seems quite likely he'll be confirmed this week. But since that was two whistleblowers ago, probably worth anyone with a Republican senator making one more call.
susanrogan.substack.com
Emil Bove's Corruption, Abuse of Power Disqualify Him for A Federal Judgeship
Phone scripts and emails to demand Trump's enforcer get accountability, not a lifetime appointment to the Third Circuit
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
A third whistleblower has struck Emil Bove
wapo.st
Whistleblower evidence suggests Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove misled Senate
A third whistleblower has new information about a Justice Department official the president has nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.
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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 28/07/2025
RIP Tom Lehrer, one of the single most talented, prescient, hilarious, and underappreciated satirists this country ever produced. a man who actually called it like he saw it youtu.be/JPrAuF2f_oI
youtu.be
Tom Lehrer - Pollution
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Worth remembering that in any other administration, a 15% tariff on our largest trade partner & some of our closest allies would be considered the worst trade war in more than a generation
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Yet Another trade “deal” from Trump that leaves tariffs much, much worse than before he took office. What a joke.
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Underreported trade news of the day is that Trump announced that the 15% tariffs on the EU would include pharmaceuticals that have thus far been exempt from tariffs If tariffs on pharma go up 15% this week it'd be a *massive* escalation of the trade war—the US imports $175B/yr of them from the EU
a graph of US pharma imports by country, which are $175B/yr from the EU
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Her: you quote Alanis Morissette too much Me: well slap me with a splintered ruler
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Do they have a strike fund set up? Anything along those lines we can support?
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Keep yelling at your senators to oppose Trump's henchman. Scripts language here, or send a @resist.bot message by texting SIGN PECZAF to 50409.
susanrogan.substack.com
Emil Bove's Corruption, Abuse of Power Disqualify Him for A Federal Judgeship
Phone scripts and emails to demand Trump's enforcer get accountability, not a lifetime appointment to the Third Circuit
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Constant Screaming @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
You can either read today's news as a series of distractions-- the poor venous return is a distraction from bove which is a distraction from Epstein which is the distraction tariffs which is a distraction from whatever -- or you can read it as shit is falling apart. I'm an eternal optimist.
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geoffrey 💀 (scary now) @parsnip.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
the wall street journal says trump's letter was part of the department of justice's review of the charges against epstein and maxwell. emil bove was involved in doj's review of those files this year. today republicans on the judiciary committee halted debate to advance bove to a lifetime judgeship
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
National broadcast of the flagship event for #GoodTroubleLivesOn will go live on YouTube at 8PM
youtube.com
Good Trouble Lives On
YouTube video by The Transformative Justice Coalition
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Scripts/language to tell your members of Congress they need to fucking do something if Trump decides his ego is more important than our economy and fires Jerome Powell: (Can also send a @resist.bot message by texting SIGN PBLBKC to 50409.)
docs.google.com
Trump Threatens to Fire Fed Chair, Crater Economy - Call Scripts/Resistbot
Last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned that Trump’s disastrous tariffs were putting our country on a path to stagflation – where prices keep rising even as economic growth slows and ...
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
"Now, Ray is hiding in India where he has no legal status, family, or passport. He said he is only surviving thanks to a pastor who took him in."
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
"Ray, who is in his late 20s, was born in a refugee camp in Nepal and came to the U.S. as a kid. He was recently deported to Bhutan — where he had never lived in and where his family faced persecution. Within 24 hours of his arrival, Ray said Bhutanese authorities ordered him to leave."
npr.org
A refugee deported to Bhutan by the U.S. finds himself stranded and stateless
Once deported to Bhutan, some Nepali-speaking Bhutanese refugees say they are told to leave. Many have since disappeared, while others are homeless and stateless, according to immigration advocates.
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Tim Pierce @unchi.org · 16/07/2025
Today is the 30th anniversary of the Day that Newsweek Discovered Bisexuality. To mark the occasion, I’m going to tell you all a little story. 1/
The cover image of the Winter 1996 issue of "Anything That Moves: The Magazine for the Bisexual At Large, Covering Gender and Sexuality Prix Fixe to A La Carte". There are three people on the cover standing side by side -- a Black woman with short spiky hair and dark-rimmed glasses, a white or Latina woman with short dark hair wearing a jacket and tie, and a white man with a thin face and a shaggy blond haircut wearing a dark vest. They are holding up the Newsweek "Bisexuality" issue (which also has three people standing side by side on the cover) and looking at it with puzzled and skeptical expressions.
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Endorse:
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Remember the good old days when a president firing this meant this was a non-story as opposed to "oh, he's definitely gonna fire Powell"
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Scripts/language to tell your members of Congress they need to fucking do something if Trump decides his ego is more important than our economy and fires Jerome Powell: (Can also send a @resist.bot message by texting SIGN PBLBKC to 50409.) docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com
Trump Threatens to Fire Fed Chair, Crater Economy - Call Scripts/Resistbot
Last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned that Trump’s disastrous tariffs were putting our country on a path to stagflation – where prices keep rising even as economic growth slows and ...
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Scripts/language to tell your members of Congress they need to fucking do something if Trump decides his ego is more important than our economy and fires Jerome Powell: (Can also send a @resist.bot message by texting SIGN PBLBKC to 50409.) docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com
Trump Threatens to Fire Fed Chair, Crater Economy - Call Scripts/Resistbot
Last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned that Trump’s disastrous tariffs were putting our country on a path to stagflation – where prices keep rising even as economic growth slows and ...
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Scripts/language to tell your members of Congress they need to fucking do something if Trump decides his ego is more important than our economy and fires Jerome Powell: (Can also send a @resist.bot message by texting SIGN PBLBKC to 50409.) docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com
Trump Threatens to Fire Fed Chair, Crater Economy - Call Scripts/Resistbot
Last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned that Trump’s disastrous tariffs were putting our country on a path to stagflation – where prices keep rising even as economic growth slows and ...
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Scripts/language to tell your members of Congress they need to fucking do something if Trump decides his ego is more important than our economy and fires Jerome Powell: (Can also send a @resist.bot message by texting SIGN PBLBKC to 50409.) docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com
Trump Threatens to Fire Fed Chair, Crater Economy - Call Scripts/Resistbot
Last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned that Trump’s disastrous tariffs were putting our country on a path to stagflation – where prices keep rising even as economic growth slows and ...
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Scripts/language to tell your members of Congress they need to fucking do something if Trump decides his ego is more important than our economy and fires Jerome Powell: (Can also send a @resist.bot message by texting SIGN PBLBKC to 50409.) docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com
Trump Threatens to Fire Fed Chair, Crater Economy - Call Scripts/Resistbot
Last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned that Trump’s disastrous tariffs were putting our country on a path to stagflation – where prices keep rising even as economic growth slows and ...
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Scripts/language to tell your members of Congress they need to fucking do something if Trump decides his ego is more important than our economy and fires Jerome Powell: (Can also send a @resist.bot message by texting SIGN PBLBKC to 50409.) docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com
Trump Threatens to Fire Fed Chair, Crater Economy - Call Scripts/Resistbot
Last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned that Trump’s disastrous tariffs were putting our country on a path to stagflation – where prices keep rising even as economic growth slows and ...
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Scripts/language to tell your members of Congress they need to fucking do something if Trump decides his ego is more important than our economy and fires Jerome Powell: (Can also send a @resist.bot message by texting SIGN PBLBKC to 50409.)
docs.google.com
Trump Threatens to Fire Fed Chair, Crater Economy - Call Scripts/Resistbot
Last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned that Trump’s disastrous tariffs were putting our country on a path to stagflation – where prices keep rising even as economic growth slows and ...
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
More coverage:
nytimes.com
Trump Has Drafted Letter to Fire Fed Chair and Asked Republicans if He Should
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Action steps:
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Scripts/language to tell your members of Congress they need to fucking do something if Trump decides his ego is more important than our economy and fires Jerome Powell: (Can also send a @resist.bot message by texting SIGN PBLBKC to 50409.)
docs.google.com
Trump Threatens to Fire Fed Chair, Crater Economy - Call Scripts/Resistbot
Last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned that Trump’s disastrous tariffs were putting our country on a path to stagflation – where prices keep rising even as economic growth slows and ...
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Multiple outlets reporting Trump told House Republicans last night he will fire Jerome Powell soon:
cnbc.com
Trump denies that he plans to fire Powell: 'Highly unlikely'
The comments came after the Supreme Court indicated that President Donald Trump does not have the authority to arbitrarily fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
I'm not the best at thinking up band names
A sign that reads "We Are Watering Cansc
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
(This post prompted by news of a local provider to us starting discussions on how they're going to lose a significant chunk of their workforce by this fall due to TPS status expirations. But good news! Medicaid cuts should kill enough jobs to even it out eventually.)
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Man, this is just gonna be a TERRIBLE few years to need elder care
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Abduction Airlines is hemorrhaging money:
airlinegeeks.com
Avelo Closes Base, Cuts Routes | AirlineGeeks.com
Avelo will suspend service to one of the airports it first served when launching flights in 2021 while also cutting a handful of routes.
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
I went outside! Terrible idea. Very hot and you can't mute sound.
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Cousin: well, we forgot the chicken. But thank you for getting the eggs! Me: hey, now we know what came first! Everyone: *polite chuckles* My genius is unappreciated in my own time.
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
But at least none of them had to be terrified by the words "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
How do you convince people to build resilience capacity for a catastrophe they insist isn't happening?
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Okay, that makes me feel better about me and worse about the future
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
So I honestly can't tell if anything is happening with tariffs on Wednesday now or not, and I'm also not confident people with actual responsibilities do either
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
I can't believe we're *literally* doing Liberation Day Part 2 Electric Boogaloo. I thought they would at least come up with a different, equally-dumb formula.
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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
"Companies that benefit from keeping protections weak for tenants have billions of [lobbying] dollars ... That same machine mobilizes at the drop of a hat to pump millions into elections – even in districts during the legislative process – to scare and intimidate policymakers into voting their way."
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Highly recommend these mutual aid orgs. GoFundMe has also set up a landing page for verified fundraisers for those affected by the flooding here:
gofundme.com
Donate to US Flood Relief Fundraisers
Help those affected by flooding in Texas and across the US. Donate to verified fundraisers to offer flood relief to individuals & their families.
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
This confirms @heatmap.news reporting, as we were first to break the news Trump would do this in order to pass OBBA Thank you to @ericmgarcia.bsky.social for asking questions on the topic in Congress heatmap.news/sparks/ralph...
heatmap.news
Trump Will ‘Deal’ with Wind and Solar Tax Credits in Megabill, GOP Congressman Says
“We had enough assurance that the president was going to deal with them.”
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Ben Winslow @benwinslow.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
JUST IN: A federal judge has just GRANTED Planned Parenthood of Utah's request to block the Trump administration from cutting off their Medicaid reimbursements as part of the "Big, Beautiful Bill." PPAU was part of a coalition lawsuit over it. #utpol #Utah
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
What would you say if you saw it in another country, part #2253
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Rudy's still pissed about Borat I guess
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Even if you assume the legitimacy of ICE operations, the idea that a fucking truck-mounted machine gun is necessary to carry them out is insane. This is about intimidation. This is them letting us know that the streets of the United States have been militarized.
ICE agents in full combat gear on the streets of Los Angeles. On top of a military vehicle is an agent with a full-ass machine gun on a tripod.
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