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jrriver.bsky.social

@jrriver.bsky.social
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Retired English professor. UT Austin (Philosophy) and URI (English/Contemporary Critical Theory). Currently living in a rural red state and trying to be loud against the fascists. I read history. Dog Mom. Border Collies (past), now German Shepherd.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 3h
FTR, because I am thinking about this a lot due to my kid’s high school curriculum: private property ownership in America is based on genocidal land theft from indigenous people. It is also at the root of our current housing crisis. How anyone can claim private property ownership is a “benefit” of
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 5h
New survey from the Annenberg Center is out. Less than a quarter of Americans (23%) have a favorable view of RFK Jr. Meanwhile 42% of us have a “very unfavorable” view of him, and many people (40%) are confused about whether he recommends the MMR vaccine. Horrifying stats for an HHS Secretary.
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About 1 in 3 Americans Say RFK Jr. Recommends Measles Vaccine | The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
1 in 3 U.S. adults say HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recommends vaccinating children against measles - as many as those who say he does not recommend it.
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The Best Words @thebestwords.bsky.social · 6h
l.smartnews.com/p-8AFt9MUE/F.... UTAH! You elected this piece of shit, dirtbag! @senmikelee.bsky.social was the ONLY Senator to fail to protect John F. Kennedy’s memorial from demolition! Shame on Lee, who consistently licks Trump’s balls.
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Lone GOP senator blocks bipartisan effort to prevent Trump from demolishing Kennedy Center (CNN)
A bipartisan effort aimed at protecting the Kennedy Centerfrom demol...
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ICE is torturing this man. This is an emergency.
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record-guy59.bsky.social @record-guy59.bsky.social · 7h
Just a little reminder. Entering our country illegally is a Misdemeanor, not a Felony. A Felony is what Trump was Convicted of 34 times!!!
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 8h
Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez is the SECOND DoorDash driver shot by ICE, and the silence from DoorDash is deafening. Delete DoorDash until they speak up against ICE violence and push for Wilber’s release. Learn how to delete it so it counts at deletedoordash.com.
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Laurie True Blue, PHR, SHRM-CP @laurietrueblue.bsky.social · 8h
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 8h
Thinking more about this article, it occurs to me that the reason RFK Jr. wants to use health data from Medicare and Medicaid and not data from states to conduct his “research” is that states will be able to ascertain when he manipulates their data until he gets the outcome he wants.
theguardian.com
RFK Jr outlines expansive vision for collecting US health data at Maha event
Health secretary calls for medical and lifestyle details to be sent to doctors and AI to address ‘chronic disease epidemic’
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 8h
Impeachment Calls Grow as Dems Say Up to $20 Million in Taxpayer Funds Were Used for 'Illegal' Pro-Trump Ads www.commondreams.org/news/donald-...
commondreams.org
Impeachment Calls Grow as Dems Say Up to $20 Million in Taxpayer Funds Were Used for 'Illegal' Pro-Trump Ads | Common Dreams
Democrats in Congress demand answers and accountability for Trump's misuse of taxpayer dollars for "illegal" ads.
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Fact Up 💙☮️💘⚖️☯️💪 @dinorino521.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No President has ever been this effective at achieving ALL conditions for impeachment. #winning
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💙 ElleDancer 💙 @elleydancer.bsky.social · 9h
Breaking news!! The Supreme Court justices who voted for this should be dropped off to Libya or Guyana!!! 🤬 apnews.com/article/supr...
apnews.com
Supreme Court lets quick deportations to third countries resume for now while it weighs Trump policy
The Supreme Court will allow President Donald Trump’s administration to continue deporting people to countries other than their own for now, while the justices consider whether the policy is legal.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 8h
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." -- John Adams, December 1770
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 9h
On this date in 1941, Nazi occupiers began the two-day execution of more than 33,000 Jews in Kyiv, Ukraine. The killings took place at a ravine called Babi Yar. Between 100,000 & 150,000 Ukrainian Jews were executed at Babi Yar during the two-year Nazi occupation. Russia bombed Babi Yar in 2022
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 9h
Congress passes a law to fund health care research, housing, and more. The President signs it into law. Now Trump wants to illegally refuse to spend it, STEALING from the American taxpayer. A top nonpartisan government watchdog agrees: this is ILLEGAL.
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Congressional Watchdog Says Trump’s ‘Pocket Rescissions’ Violate the Law
The GAO has the power to sue the Trump administration over the Impoundment Control Act.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 11h
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Apple worked with Trump admin to remove ICE-tracking apps, lawmaker says
Lawmaker rejects Apple excuse for banning ICE-tracking apps as unconstitutional.
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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 12h
A new study "linked 2.3 million new cancer cases to an infection. Most were caused by just five pathogens: Helicobacter pylori (4%), human papillomavirus, or HPV (4%), hepatitis B (2%), Epstein-Barr virus (1%) and hepatitis C (under 1%). These infections can... theconversation.com/one-in-eight...
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One in eight cancers are likely caused by an infection worldwide – new study
Four viruses and one bacteria were responsible for 12% of the world’s cancer cases in 2024. Does this mean they’re preventable?
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WIRED @wired.com · 14h
A retired Army colonel who has worked with the Pentagon to promote Pete Hegseth’s agenda has a history of praising dictators, denigrating women and minorities, and suggesting that only people with children should be allowed to vote.
wired.com
A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization
Kurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 9h
Given all this more Trump ads would be a big boost for Democrats!
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The Florida Trib @thefloridatrib.bsky.social · 9h
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is plowing ahead with officially designating a leading Muslim civil rights nonprofit and more than 100 other groups as “domestic terrorist organizations,” in a move critics say is unprecedented and unconstitutional. floridatrib.org/2026/09/29/d...
floridatrib.org
DeSantis exercises ‘unprecedented’ power to label groups ‘domestic terrorists’
Gov. DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet voted to advance the terrorist designations Tuesday, approving the proposal in just over 30 seconds and with no discussion.
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George Reiter @gwreiter.bsky.social · 9h
“Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men for the nastiest of motives will somehow work together for the benefit of all.” - John Maynard Keynes Judging by current results, Ethics is a hinderance to Profit.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11h
🚨 BREAKING: Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa has filed an official request to inspect unredacted communications between Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and Elon Musk after roughly 1,400 pages released last year were heavily redacted as “intimate and embarrassing.”
Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa stands indoors wearing a burgundy blazer and dark top, with campaign signage bearing her name and the outline of Texas visible behind her.Official letter dated September 29, 2026, from Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa to Gov. Greg Abbott’s office requesting inspection of unredacted communications between Abbott’s office and Elon Musk and his companies. Hinojosa seeks records previously released with redactions for information deemed “embarrassing” or “intimate,” citing her legislative authority under the Texas Public Information Act.
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 9h
Privatizing Social Security should NEVER be on the table. It will NEVER be “reasonable” to cut benefits that Americans have earned over the course of their entire working lives!
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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 10h
reminder that we are talking about this
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Stephen Trumbull @smtrumbull.bsky.social · 9h
Good to remember!
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𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗱 @photoframd.bsky.social · 11h
RFK Jr's biggest accomplishment is bringing back Measles! There are 900 new cases in Pennsylvania alone. This is what happenes when you put a vaccine-denier at the head of HHS. #GOPWarOnHealthcare Vaccines are NOT political. They are established medical science. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
nytimes.com
Pennsylvania Measles Outbreak Grows to Nearly 900 Cases (Gift Article)
State health officials said 55 new cases had been reported since Wednesday. In all, 890 measles cases have been reported across 39 counties so far this year.
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the abbot of unreason (a returned archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 10h
Dred Scott II if this holds in precedent.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 9h
The Regime despises people with disabilities and wants them to disappear. Their latest action is repealing requirements for federal contractors to hire those with disabilities at rates that are similar to those of the U.S. population overall. Oh, and now they’re hiding the data, too.
usatoday.com
Trump rolls back federal hiring rules. Are disabled workers at risk?
Trump just slashed federal disability hiring rules in new DEI crackdown. Advocates warn a decade of progress for disabled workers is now on the line.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10h
And once again, real harms imposed on real people must be set aside until after real damage is done in order to privilege the unproven right of Trump to impose those harms
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 10h
NEW: Voting rights groups are suing to block two restrictive rules in North Carolina that they call "disenfranchising" for the midterms. The rules make it easier to throw out ballots for envelope sealing errors and impose a previously barred signature verification requirement.
democracydocket.com
Voting advocates keep fighting North Carolina mail ballot restrictions with midterms underway
The PI request comes as the county boards of elections across the state are set to start weekly meetings to process absentee ballots. There have been 93,402 mail ballots requested and 13,495 counted i...
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ACLU @aclu.org · 16h
We’re back in federal appeals court today demanding accountability for over 100 Venezuelan men who were sent away to CECOT in March 2025. A federal judge’s inquiry must continue into Trump administration officials who willfully violated a court order blocking the men’s removal flights.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It is being reported that one of the Cornell 7 gang rapists named Diego Sarabia has just been fired from his Charlotte North Carolina Wells Fargo branch that he had been working at since 2022. Good, but he and the other 6 belong in prison for the rest of their lives.
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Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 18h
And this is why I want to keep my 2014 car until roughly the end of time, if possible. www.theverge.com/transportati...
theverge.com
Your car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think
“There’s a lot to be worried about,” the project lead said.
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All Kinds Of Nope @woozleweasels.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It worked for him 7 years ago so he is doing it yet again. If you do not stop them they will only escalate, this is a very good example of just that.
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Stealthgirl 🫘 @stealthgirl21.bsky.social · 12h
Once again, political cartoonists tell the truth by keeping things simple.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11h
Republicans cried that Trump needed money for the border and then he stole the money to pay for a millions in totally illegal, taxpayer funded campaign ads. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
wsj.com
Exclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads
White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 11h
Watchdog group Public Citizen files a formal FCC complaint about Trump's taxpayer-funded TV ads “Broadcasters may be held liable for airing any ad that is in violation of federal law. Federal law explicitly prohibits using appropriated public funds for government propaganda"
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 12h
My office has handled a lot of sexual harassment cases. “Her shirt was too tight” “She drank too much” “Why did she put herself in that position” “She was asking for it.” No. No. No. No. It’s not HER job to be on DEFCON 5 at all times. It’s HIS job not to be a predator. ~ Attorney Ryan
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 14h
It went into effect this morning: U.S. Bans Canadian Motorcycles, Dairy and Liquor An outright ban on certain Canadian products took effect Tuesday, escalating a damaging trade fight between the two North American allies. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/b...
nytimes.com
US Hits Canada With Ban on Some Dairy and Liquor Products
An outright ban on certain Canadian products took effect Tuesday, escalating a damaging trade fight between the two North American allies.
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Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 13h
Attacking with drones, missiles and guided bombs, russian terrorists target civilians in Ukraine more than 90% of the time. The Government of Canada must stop rejecting citizen petitions and House of Commons resolutions and declare the Russian Federation to be a terrorist state.
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Dr Eric Farmer @himself132.bsky.social · 13h
If Trump can’t be removed from office, can he at least be made to write an essay on “Why I should try not to incite an insurrection again”?
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Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine @svecrumba.bsky.social · 13h
The Pentagon is paying right-wing influencers to trash Democrats. Kegsbreath needs to go. #Blues www.wired.com/story/a-pent...
wired.com
A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization
Kurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How clear is it that Trump's taxpayer funded ads are illegal? I explain why it is 10/10 clear. Senate in passing the law: Ban is designed to stop public funds used for "glorification" of an individual official. GAO: funds can not be used for "self-aggrandizement" nor partisan political purposes.
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mdtoorder @mdtoorder.bsky.social · 12h
#gift #GiftedArticle wapo.st/4z23MwC
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How Trump’s sweeping changes are remaking Washington
No modern president has done more to personally reshape the nation’s capital.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h
mein gott!
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 16h
The Atlantic today: A Most Trumpian Plan to Make Nice With Russia Trump’s envoy wants to trade Russian political prisoners for U.S. sanctions relief, creating a path to business deals before the war in Ukraine ends www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
theatlantic.com
A Most Trumpian Plan to Make Nice With Russia
Trump’s envoy wants to trade Russian political prisoners for U.S. sanctions relief, creating a path to business deals before the war in Ukraine ends.
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dbnewtondoors.bsky.social @dbnewtondoors.bsky.social · 15h
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15h
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It is often weakened by attacks on the institutions in the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January of 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Melanie Jackson @mjjaxn.bsky.social · 16h
The opportunity to love a dog and to treat it with kindness is an opportunity for a lost and selfish heart to be redeemed. They are powerless and innocent, and it is how we treat the humblest among us that surely determines the fate of our souls Dean Koontz
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dbnewtondoors.bsky.social @dbnewtondoors.bsky.social · 15h
The Fascists are marching . . . .
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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