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jessrbolenjr

@jrbjr.bsky.social
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I studied English Lit in college, but dove into music theory & piano 4-5 years ago. I like to travel, and enjoy laughing. I found this app after using a different one for too long.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 06/10/2026
Let’s be clear: The President is advocating for an attack on 10+ million U.S. residents in two of America’s largest cities. This is not normal. None of this is. And we will continue to remind folks of that every day.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
De Niro: When that coward, that fucking piece of sh!t Donald Trump tries to take our voice and power away. What do we tell him? Keep your fucking hands off our vote
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It appears that the National Guard shot and killed an unarmed man (in the back). www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Autopsy shows National Guard fatally shot Memphis man in the back
The report conflicts with the authorities’ initial account, which said Tyrin Johnson had been shot in the chest.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
UnitedHealthcare AI Blocks Prescribed Treatment With 90% Error Rate UnitedHealthcare is allegedly using a deeply flawed AI to override doctors’ judgments and wrongfully deny critical health coverage to elderly patients. It's Violating Medicare Care Guidelines. arstechnica.com/health/2023/...
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UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
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kamimagic @kamimagic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Healthcare is not for the people. It's for the Insurance CEO's & shareholders. United HC raised the price on his inhaler from $66 to over $500 for asthmatic 22 yr old Cole. What happened? Cole didn't get his inhaler, was hospitalized and died. All for money. #ProudBlue 📹: moreperfectunion/TT
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Don Sheldon 🌱 @donsheldon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When I worked for a UHG subsidiary they were also our insurer (of course) and I only found out after quitting that, apparently, the "employer sponsored" portion of my insurance (paid to themselves🙄) was slightly higher than my whole salary, making COBRA impossible. It's a fourth way they screw you.
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Dan DeFreest @dandefreest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Trump will also be studied in psychology text books discussing Anti Social Personality Disorders, and specifically, Sociopathic Narcissism. He is an example of how one man sought to destroy the greatest Democracy in history simply to glorify himself.
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Meidas Paul Wigton 🫘 🇺🇳🇺🇦 @rvroomie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just fucking peachy….🤬😡😵‍💫☹️
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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: Evanston police confirm a U.S. citizen was briefly detained by federal agents Sunday morning near Howard and Dodge before being released The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove off
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Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
OBAMA: “Imagine if I had kicked out Fox News”
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Rock and Roll Garage @rockandrollgarage.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Eddie Van Halen's timeless message to all musicians out there: #vanhalen #rock #guitar #music #videos
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
There’s no legitimate purpose for ICE to have this information. There are a ton of nefarious ones, though.
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Black women will continue to lead regardless of how hard they come for us. Thank you Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley. @pressley.house.gov #Pinks
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Jack White is already paying tribute to Dolly Parton with a cover of Jolene in London
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Officer shot her in mouth with pepper spray-then arrested her for "assault" when she spit it out. She is a Cheyenne River and a Sisseton-Wahpeton tribes member. Sisi Rose, 33, has been protesting for months to stand up against ICE's "unlawful detainers of Native Americans, and of American citizens."
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/08/2026
Hanging? We need to call this what it is: LYNCHING. Ten Black Americans in less than two years. Every one of these deaths deserves answers, transparency, and scrutiny. No one should look at these images and expect Black Americans to shrug this off, especially in light of our history.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
🚨 👇 🚨 👇 🚨 👇 🚨 A $158M contract for the care and feeding unaccompanied migrant children has been awarded to a group run by an ex-ICE agent accused of sexual exploitation and sex trafficking.
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
41 years ago, Carl Sagan gave a clear and elegant explanation of the science behind global warming.
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Ruben Garcia @gorubenruben.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
$20M for ICE shock gloves. Look normal… until pure searing pain rips through your body on contact. No marks. Forced submission in seconds. Aimed at protesters. This isn’t de-escalation — it’s cruelty with a budget. Share this. Don’t normalize shocking citizens.
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Richard Blumenthal @blumenthal.senate.gov · 12/08/2026
The Trump admin must explain what they are doing to support sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln who have been continuously at sea for nearly 7 months. Widespread reports of supply shortages, plumbing issues, deteriorating mental health & more demand immediate attention.
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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
www.npr.org/2026/08/12/n... In addition to their physical abuses and their murdering innocent people, NOW they want shock gloves??!!…
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ICE plans to outfit officers with electric shock gloves
The company that makes the gloves, Compliant Technologies, says they're a nonlethal tool to make individuals compliant during arrests.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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David @davidicw.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
That’s the tell. A party that truly cared about protecting children wouldn’t invent conspiracies about teachers while ignoring real abuse by powerful men. Read: cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/08/when...
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I Could Be Wrong.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
MEMPHIS — last night Trump & @GovBillLee’s (un)Safe Task Force TRAPPED the entire inside Club Legend to check their papers as they left. How is this not unconstitutional false imprisonment? Welcome to Trump & Lee’s America. 🇺🇸 Original Post: www.facebook.com/share/v/18yV...
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
From Salem, Oregon. Native Americans fighting to keep off Data Centers away from tribal land. Watch video.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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TheCatMan @bigbrohem.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Verified. They did. The Cruelty is the point.
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Consumer Reports @consumerreports.org · 31/07/2026
Join Consumer Reports in urging Congress to restore funding for critical food safety programs! We need clearer answers faster when foodborne illness strikes. Send your message now: actnow.consumerreports.org/lp/fv01y…
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This example can be applied to all things Trump, including his stubborn Iran failures and his unending 2020 election lies.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
From @moreperfectunion.bsky.social : Trump is buying stock in obscure companies that build the wildly unpopular data centers while easing regulations and pushing them into 🇺🇸 communities that don’t want them
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
🔥HUNTER BIDEN: “Shouldn’t that make you f*ckin’ mad?? Forget about whether you think I’M a crook— THEY’re doing it right in front of our face.” Hunter unloads on Don Junior/Kushner/Trump for making BILLIONS off the presidency as Hunter hunters say nothing. @MarshaBlackburn
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💙🏳️‍🌈 Kh’ymm (aka Goldie) 🏳️‍🌈💙 @thegoldfishmind.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Apathy got us here. Racism got us here. Corporate greed got us here. Not talking to our neighbors got us here. Christian Nationalism & evangelical pastors of the 70s got us here. It’s not ok. It’s never ok. Vote & keep voting, talking, doing! We can do better! #Pinks #DoBetter
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Trump's ICE thugs are not detaining the worst of the worst, but those like Reverend Johnson. 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 & personally gains when folks are 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝, water & medical attention because they eat into his profits, but caused Rev Johnson's stroke
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Linda Dominguez (she/her) @lindadominguez.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
"Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy." Captain G. M. Gilbert, army psychologist, watching defendants at the Nuremberg trials
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Sheriffs enter Mark Davis' home on false claims and DENY him entry into his OWN home....bc he doesn't like Trump This is fkin insane!!!!! Traumatizing kids now?! U.S. Air Force veteran and small business owner Mark Davis is running as an independent for Congress in Florida's 16th District.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🔥DR. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social : “ICE has nothing to do with immigration. ICE is about normalizing paramilitary force on our streets, weaponizing the idea of immigration against the Constitution. ICE cannot be reformed, retrained… ICE has to be ABOLISHED.” (And held accountable)
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
“Nearly 100 American service members injured in multiple Iranian airstrikes on bases in the Middle East region this month…” Pointless. Needless. www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...
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🖤💋SammieSam💋🖤 @sammiestsam.sheshed.rocks · 20/07/2026
ICE has STOLEN an Indigenous Tribal ELDER from NM, who was on her way to CHEMO. She stopped for gas, ICE then approached her, she showed all of her proper, legal documentation. They still stole her away. They're denying her of life saving CHEMO. When will it be enough. #ShedShed #ViVaHerAlliance
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John Fogerty @johnfogerty.com · 14/07/2026
@tommorelloofficial.bsky.social asks John for some advice for fellow musicians… “how do you keep going?”
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Jay Clayton couldn’t answer a simple question about the 2020 election. Multiple times. Senator Mark Kelly presented the question a different way in this mic drop moment.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
In today's confirmation hearings for tRump toady, pedophile enabler, EPSTEIN victims nemesis, Ghislaine Maxwell protector & disgrace to the legal profession Todd Blanche as Attorney General, please vote:
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Thurston Nuggs IV @thurstonnuggsiv.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Dems fight for programs and initiatives that benefit all Americans - they never say, "This benefit is only for those who support us". That's exclusively Republican domain.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
We are boycotting Hilton and Enterprise for providing shelter and transportation to ICE. ICE has been terrorizing our communities, and we condemn anyone who provides resources to them while they continue to violate our rights.
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Through the Static @throughthestatic.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Garnet Smith, a 44-year-old U.S. military veteran has been detained at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma for over nine months, and recently reported to several groups that a guard employed by the GEO Group sexually assaulted him. More below
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Northwest Detention Center guard reportedly sexually assaulted detainee who is a veteran
By Hannah Saunders Garnet Smith, a 44-year-old U.S. military veteran has been detained at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma for over nine months, and recently reported to several grou…
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
"Ronaldo Salgado, the eldest son of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, said he recognized his dad's voice as he bled out after being shot by an immigration officer in Houston."
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Really American @reallyamerican.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
WHOA: Obama rarely acknowledges Trump's weird fixation on him and his family, but he did today. "Look, constantly worrying about [me] is a strange thing to me. It shows me somebody who’s not focused on the American people and the job they’re supposed to do," he said of Trump.
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