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Jo

@keep-the-light-on.bsky.social
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Hopeful Realist. Yes, sadly: "The Times They Are A-Changin', and not for the better. But know you're certainly not alone. So keep your light on, organize and act to protect our precious democracy! 🌻 Love and Light, Jo💫

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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
And what about all his enablers?
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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The show today was fantastic and loved the light-hearted segment at the end..nice balance!
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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Loved the show and the top ten!
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Sierra Club volunteers are literally standing at the entrances of Yosemite to protest Secretary Doug Burgum’s plan to use public funds to subsidize a private developer’s luxury resort road. 14,155 of you caught this. We need 15k to kill it permanently: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Yosemite Giveaway
Contact Congress today!
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Susan Stone @susanjstone.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#ICYMI Judge Luttig warns that House Speaker Mike Johnson could help install a loyal clerk who refuses to place duly elected Democrats on the opening roll of the next Congress. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/the-writin...
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The Writing is Already on the Wall
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Homeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower alleges
The searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said.
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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Darn. Didn't have the show added in my video recordings! Problem fixed..can't wait to catch it tomorrow! Thanks Jacob for bringing this to my attention!
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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
And yet another great segment on your show today!
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
New statue spotted today in Dublin Ireland. Time to take out the trash 🚮! 🎥 AlternativeDublin
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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
*happening at such a rapid clip, like a machine gun.
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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Despite all the mishegas! Or maybe because of it, life should also be enjoyed? There is only so much trauma at such a rapid clip this mind of mine can take! Allowing moments of joy refuels me to do the other caring I care about.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If you follow me and want to help, I only have one request. Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Hmm..Well, that seems logical but then again, look at Global Warming which is on course to create massive destruction, poverty, starvation, displacement and death and still nothing.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Donald Trump and Republicans want you to think they’re bringing back the “Golden Age” of economic prosperity of the 1950s and 1960s. But in reality, they’re dragging us toward something else — the Gilded Age of the 1890s. Watch.
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Trump Wants a New Gilded Age
He's not ushering in a New Golden Age. He's taking us back to the Gilded Age.
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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The whole show was fantastic. Much substance, variety. And you seem to be in your zone! (literally and figuratively!). Love that you're in a LA studio now! Great pic of L.A. Congrats and thanks for such great reporting. 🌼
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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Great show, Jacob! Love the in-depth segments that connect history with now, such as your fantastic (albeit disturbing) "It's not a game" segment. Interview with Prof. Stanley fantastic--more 'meaty' guests like him please! Great discourse re: representations and practices put into play by design.
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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Photo is a good representation of four soulless, depraved of any conscience men.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
BREAKING: Our banned interview with Kimmel generated 6 million views on YouTube.
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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Shana Tova, Jacob!
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
@andertoon.bsky.social
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
ICE wrongfully deported a US citizen born in Colorado. They refused to look at his birth certificate and threatened him with prison. What it took to drag the government into federal court and force them to answer is unreal: 👇 www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/they-told-...
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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Ali, love your coverage! Miss you on the weekends, but so glad you got the 11th hour spot and are filling in here and there. The Labor day two hour segment was wonderful. Thank you. I enjoy many others on MSNOW, but hands down you're the best journalist!
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A Texas trooper pulled over a work truck for window tint. The passenger was an American citizen born in Denver. Four days later the government put him in Mexico. What finally made them read his birth certificate took five months. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/they-told-...
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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
He's a bully through and through. He is truly weak and a loser inside, and needs to beat up on others he perceives as weak losers -- performer trying to act out image of strength. And...strong need to cozy up to demagogues he perceives as strong in the likes of China, Russia, North Korea, etc.
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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Trump is a bully through and through. He could care less about damaging relations with our great allies, about hurting Americans, weakening our security and global status. He gets off on beating up people whom he perceives as weak, and gets turned on by cozying up to Russia, China, North Korea.
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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Congrats, Sarah! Hey, don't you think it's one thing to say folks are dismayed by Trump and there is low polling, etc. Vs. "I'm pulling the blue/dem lever" Seems many miles apart between not liking Trump and actually voting for a democrat.
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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Your coverage was fantastic, Chris. Thank you. And a nod to your mom as well! 😉
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I’ve known many other defense secretaries, starting with Cap Weinberger, who served as defense secretary under Reagan. I can say without fear of contradiction that Pete Hegseth is the stupidest and least qualified of them all.
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Hegseth Must Go
If Trump won’t fire him, Congress must impeach him
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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Hey, dude..that's some serious pressure!😅
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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
As a Social Worker, remind yourself about groupthink. It's now apparently cool for many to hate, and empathy is actually considered an evil. Even religion is getting twisted with preachers preaching violence, bigotry, homophobia, xenophobia as some sort of bizarre necessary thing.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This should be a reminder that capitulating to tyrants in advance is not necessarily a viable business strategy.
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MapQuest app reaches No 1 on US Apple list after defying Trump’s Lake Ontario order
Navigating app surpasses Google and Apple Maps on top-downloaded US chart after posting ‘we’re not changing it’
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
President Donald Trump and the U.S. Postal Service risk unleashing “massive chaos and confusion” by implementing expansive mail voting restrictions weeks before the upcoming midterms, a widely respected elections expert said in a new court filing. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Leading elections expert says Trump’s mail voting restrictions will create ‘massive chaos and confusion’
Tammy Patrick, an expert on election mail, said the Postal Service itself can't feasibly enforce the mail voting restrictions it's pursuing.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🚨 YOSEMITE A Nevada developer wants a quarter-mile strip of the park to build a private road. Their 83 acres are nearly worthless without it. Send a letter to Congress right now. Kill the road and you kill the deal. 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Yosemite Giveaway
Contact Congress today!
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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Including the recent debacle with the postal service. (see Marc Elias posts here on Bluesky) Also what's happening to Yosemite and other protected/sacred sites. Also see Robert Reich posts here on Bluesky about Trump supporting red state natural disasters and delaying/ blocking aid to blue states.
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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Sadly, this is the thinking behind many Christian Nationalists now. They truly believe they're immune and they'll be lifted to heaven should disaster strike, so who cares? In fact, many are eagerly awaiting the rapture.
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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is one of your best!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This week, Trump approved disaster relief requests for seven red states — after repeatedly delaying and denying aid to blue states. No other president has politicized natural disasters the way that Trump has.
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
today’s commute
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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This sounds super important. Can you say more how that will help the vote get out and stay accurate?
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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Thanks! 🌻 Hmm...Importance of voter turnout for mid-terms, the need to make it too big too rig so if it gets to the Supreme Court, no Bush v. Gore nightmare sort of hanging chad scenarios. No matter the obstacles, to make sure you're registered and get others to the polls as well, have a plan.
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Rommy @memetactica.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A person isn’t illegal Debate borders, asylum and enforcement. But if your argument requires turning a human being into a demeaning label, the cruelty is doing the work. #Immigration #HumanRights Reflash if dehumanization isn’t a policy position.
Bold black text on a white background rejects calling immigrants “illegals.” It references Indigenous peoples, slavery, immigrants, and the Statue of Liberty phrase about the tired and poor. The message says humans are not illegal and condemns the dehumanization and demonization of people.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A heartbreaking tragedy. Driven by racism and cruelty. Historians looking back on this shameful period will wonder how this was allowed. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/spring…
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Haitian student dies by suicide after ICE issued him an ankle monitor
Pierre Damas Bel, 20, of Springfield, Ohio, expressed feeling “shame and humiliation” at having to wear an ankle monitor
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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I'm off to adult but with all the awful happening I want to remind y'all to take some time and enjoy the lunar eclipse tonight. Pour yourself a glass of whatever your heart desires, step outside, and look at the moon. www.today.com/news/lunar-e...
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What Time Is the Lunar Eclipse Today, August 27?
The eclipse will be completely visible across the United States.
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"Unlike the sellouts from Apple and Google Maps, MapQuest refuses to rename the Gulf of Mexico and also Lake Ontario. Thank you, MapQuest, for not kissing the One Ring to Fool Them All. And since we’re at it F**€K TRUMP AND F**€K MAGA
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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Okay, putting list together, but promise you'll wear the goofy Dodger's cap and bring your MS NOW tumbler! 😅 And stay cool during the heat wave! Thanks for lending a bit of levity here and there to an otherwise upside down, cray-cray, sad world we currently inhabit.🌼
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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
You never know who may be reading along. Don't get that cynical..that's what they want. Instead, maybe get out there and help increase awareness and action against this cruelty!
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP. Will never forget what Dolly told me about politicians. "I don’t think any of ‘em are trying hard enough... they worry more about their party than they do about the people. If we just do what we felt was the right thing... None of them are working from the heart." 💙
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I am recording an emergency podcast right now to explain what just happened in the Supreme Court and what to expect next. It will be posted soon. My advice is to subscribe to Democracy Docket’s YouTube Channel. www.youtube.com/democracydoc...
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Jo @keep-the-light-on.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
so glad you had a little break! Hope it was fun.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
“Last spring, I warned that America is trying to break us so they can own us. And I promised that that will never, ever happen,” Carney said. “We are keeping that promise. Canada is becoming stronger and less dependent on America.” www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
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U.S., Canada Spiral Toward Trade War
Canada responded to new U.S. tariffs with levies of its own as the two sides trade blame for collapse of talks.
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