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@kjr24.bsky.social
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Retired middle school teacher, avid reader, gardener, and hobby-artist who loves mountains and oceans and every landform in between

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The Trump Treasury Department's top tax policy official was forced out of his job after he warned that the Trump White House was at risk of violating a federal law prohibiting senior officials' involvement in IRS audits.
wsj.com
Exclusive | Top Treasury Tax Official Ousted After Clashes With White House Over IRS Audits
Kenneth Kies warned that political officials risked breaching a law that limits who can influence tax enforcement.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Our built world is not designed for these changing temperatures and sprawling catastrophes, and there is no plan or budget in place to address this. To make what's ahead more bearable and survivable, we will need transformative change and radical redistribution—not fucking data centers.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
This is dead on. If the Democrats retake the House and Senate--or even just the House--it could mark the beginning of the end of a 50-year Republican project. If they can't? The GOP will spend the next 2 years destroying all remaining guardrails. Most important midterms of our lives, no question.
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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 07/05/2026
Gas is almost $5. Trump’s Big Oil donors are making $30 MILLION PER HOUR. And they’re laughing in our faces all the way to the bank. Just another reason we must immediately end this war.
A headline from The New York Times reads: Shell Reports Nearly $7 Billion Profit Amid ‘Unprecedented Disruption’
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
She's not wrong.
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
If you think they will stop at mifepristone and not go after birth control, you probably thought they wouldn’t overturn Roe either. They haven’t stopped at anything yet and we shouldn’t think they will now.
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
A President with his lowest approval ratings ever attends an annual high profile dinner he has boycotted for years where an assassination attempt happens. My Article: deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/when-it-co...
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
We are spending billions to keep our entire navy in the Strait to fecklessly fail to open a waterway that wasn’t closed until Trump’s pointless war of choice closed it. He’s just burning your tax money.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/04/2026
WATCH: Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Any candidate that takes money from Palantir should not receive your vote. Co-founder Joe Lonsdale is pouring millions into a PAC to buy off Democrats, especially in California. techcrunch.com/2026/04/19/p...
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Palantir posts mini-manifesto denouncing inclusivity and ‘regressive’ cultures | TechCrunch
Palantir's ideological bent has come under more scrutiny as it's worked with ICE and positioned itself as a defender of "the West."
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Barry McCaffrey: Trump muses on awarding himself the Medal of Honor.  A truly vile insult to the US Armed Forces.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
NEWS: Senate Republicans again block Democratic effort to end Trump's Iran war 47-52, largely on party lines. Paul = lone R yes. Fetterman = lone D no. Some Republicans say they may flip at 60-day mark. Democrats say they'll force a vote weekly. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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Senate Republicans again block Democratic effort to end Trump's Iran war
The vote shows that Republicans are still standing with Trump to continue the war, even as polls show it is unpopular. But some in the GOP say they may change their mind after 60 days.
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Taint @taint9.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Exactly 💯
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Lynn @lynnf.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
#mtpol
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/04/2026
Erica Payne, founder of @patrioticmillionaires.org: "Doing it around the edges is what got us this freak show in the WH sending out memes about him being Jesus & getting in a fight with the Pope in a country that prides itself on the separation of church and state. For heaven's sake! Enough already"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/04/2026
Kaine: "You don't sucker punch somebody in a bar and then blame your buddies when they don't join the fight with you. If the president wanted the support of allies, he should've respected them instead of putting tariffs on their economies and trash talking them."
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Blockading a blockade is the work of a pure stable genius like no one has ever seen before. Only Donald Trump could have thought of this. It's like, "You think you can shoot at us? Well, we'll show you—we'll shoot ourselves!!" We should all have tears in our eyes.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
At the mass deportation hub in Minneapolis, where Good and Pretti were murdered, they're handing out these "challenge coins" to commemorate their work. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/staff-a...
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Staff At Minnesota Deportation Hub Received ‘Obscene’ Trump-Themed Challenge Coins Adorned With Skulls
Federal employees involved in the massive operation that led to a surge...
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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
If you’re still asking why Eric Swalwell got exposed now please read this.
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
#MorningVibe Reality doesn't bend for our feelings. In a world of "fake" vs. "fact," evidence remains the ultimate anchor. Don’t let passion or propaganda blind you. Stay grounded, stay objective.
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
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Dr Karen Pinder 🇨🇦 🔬 @drkarenpinder.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Picture of the century. 😍 📷 credit: Science Tube
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Liz Oyer @lawyeroyer.com · 09/04/2026
One of the most alarming things the Trump Administration is doing right now is flying under the radar. I have the details on Trump’s efforts to hide his corruption by eliminating the Presidential Records Act. Please watch and share. youtube.com/shorts/EGt5z...
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Trump tries to erase the Presidential Records Act
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
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Dawna and RealMonkeyCat @dawna9.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Thank heaven for Bruce Springsteen, the E Street Band and Heather Cox Richardson. Truth, hope and inspiration amidst the temporary shit show we’re existing in. #Pinks #Voices4Victory
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
It's been nearly five hours since the president of the United States posted a graphic snuff video of a man beating a woman to death with a hammer and there's no mention of it on the New York Times, Washington Post or CNN websites.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
One of the most brazenly corrupt events in history will take place tomorrow when Jared Kushner represents the U.S. in critical negotiations with Iran to end the war while he accepts millions in fees (and billions in investments) from the Saudi gov’t which has been lobbying Trump to continue the war
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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
We should not move on from the President threatening to annihilate a civilization.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
"When you have a president who's running the country like a mob boss instead of a government, who's running the government for himself, of himself, and by himself, & for his cronies, instead of the people, by the people, and for the people, there's only one solution, & that's impeachment & removal."
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
“They’re destroying more than fifty research facilities..labs that house decades of irreplaceable long-term science, the kind you literally cannot restart once it’s gone. And they’re replacing all of it..with fifteen political appointees” www.hatchmag.com/articles/tru...
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Trump administration orders dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service
Late Tuesday afternoon, with the subtlety of a wrecking ball and the morality of a foreclosure notice, the Trump administration announced the most devastating attack on the U.S. Forest Service in the agency’s 121-year history. Not a budget cut. Not a policy shift. Not a “reorganization.” An execution.
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CatDaMaMa @catdamama.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Authoritarians go after elections because YOUR vote is their biggest threat. Don't let them win by walking away. Elections are our most powerful weapon-and as long as we have them, we must use them. Fight back at the ballot box!
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
a “ceasefire” that lasted 17 hours and killed 254 people in lebanon is not a ceasefire and referring to it as one is inaccurate
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Latest “ceasefire” news: Iran's oil refinery facility on Lavan Island is burning, and Iran is blaming the UAE for the attack. In response, Iran just fired retaliatory missiles and drones at the UAE and Kuwait. #IranWar‌
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
-Trump threatening to wipe out entire civilizations. -JD Vance courting dictators, Orban and Putin. 🚨 We are in the middle of a national emergency, and the only way it ends is with Trump's removal. This is ALL we should be talking about right now.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
In an age of creeping relativism, a universal moral law still exists. Threatening to end an entire civilization of 90 million people in order to bend a nation’s conduct to your will is grossly morally wrong. It is evil. And we should say this loudly.
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 08/04/2026
Threatening war crimes is an immediate disqualification, not a “oops” you can cancel out with a 14-day truce. He’s volatile, he’s dangerous, and he’s unfit to continue. Remove him.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Trump lost this war in every possible sense — morally, legally, politically, economically, reputationally, and strategically.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” These are the words of the president of the United States, today. The president speaks genocide. And so we too must speak. Not only about crimes, but about their legal punishment. snyder.substack.com/p/the-presid...
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The president speaks genocide
The words, the law, the future
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Speaker Johnson, we are calling on you to bring the House back to DC IMMEDIATELY! The Cabinet needs to invoke the 25th Amendment. But Congress can’t just sit on its hands and wait for that to happen when the President is threatening to commit war crimes TONIGHT.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Congress needs to get off vacation NOW and rein in this psychotic president. Let’s call Senate Majority Leader John Thune AND House Speaker Mike Johnson and tell them so.
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Rowena Eureka @rowenaeureka.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Anti-War protest tonight at 6 pm at the White House. Spread the word!
Stop the War on Iran. 6 pm at White House - sponsored by multiple organizations
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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I'm not sure how you can be against removing this man from office right now. What will it take? A nuke being dropped? It's too late then. The purpose of impeachment and the 25th Amendment is to prevent that type of thing from happening, not just to react to it.
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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
If you work in the Trump administration, you might want to consider — fast — whether you want to be complicit in threatened genocide.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/04/2026
BERMAN: Do you think Congress should have a vote if the United States is going to make a whole civilization die? MIKE LAWLER: John, you are parsing here BERMAN: I was quoting
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Given Trump’s Easter threats to carry out new war crimes in Iran, we should think one or two steps ahead about a coup attempt connected to the war. And then deter it. (1/17)
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Prepare to take action on May First. Protests show awareness and they deter the worst. (16/17) indivisible.org/events/may-d...
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May Day Strong: No Work, No School, No Shopping | Indivisible
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Neutrality is not possible here. Either we deny such things are possible (as they unfold!) and become silent accomplices, or we lean forward, keep our eyes open, and prepare to act. (15/17)
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Trump is in a very weak position, and a terrorist incident would be a desperate move. But it will work if we sleepwalk, look away, and let it happen. (14/17)
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
(Continuing the many answers to self-terrorism): preparing as lawyers and judges to prosecute coup plotters for their crimes; preparing as citizens to protest. (13/17)
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
There are many answers to self-terrorism: sketching out the scenario so others see it; preparing not to obey unlawful orders; preparing as a journalist only to write what you know rather than what the president says; (12/17)
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/04/2026
23 people could stop this genocidal war criminal. That’s it. 23. 20 Republican senators and 3 republican reps in the house and he’d be out of politics forever. But they won’t. They’re addicted to power. A drug so strong they’d rather see a civilization die than give it up.
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