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Bayne Johnson Jr. @lightningbug71.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I am considering this huge book to read right now soon as I finish Vineland. I’m going to read every Pynchon novel but right now it’s a tossup between Gravitys Rainbow or Against the Day.

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On Thomas Pynchon's Against the Day

Podcast Episode · Book Spider · November 2, 2020 · 1h 25m

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Bayne Johnson Jr. @lightningbug71.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

please don’t misunderstand me. I think a Native American would be a wonderful choice to become president of the United States. I truly do.

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Bayne Johnson Jr. @lightningbug71.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

imagine: a Native American is elected president of the United States. And argues before the Supreme Court that everyone who is descended from other countries must pack up and move back to their original countries. Seems like that could be a trend! Huh?🤣🤣🤣

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/11/2025

Trump, who rushed to the Supreme Court on Friday, is hellbent in his refusal to bring much-needed aid to the country's neediest.

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Trump's war on the hungry continues with Supreme Court win

The pause allows, for now, the president to keep using hungry Americans as a political weapon.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 08/11/2025

Review: An astonishing lead performance by Jennifer Lawrence keeps Lynne Ramsay’s “Die My Love” from falling apart. The Oscar-winning actress is funny and feral as a new mom who gives in to her every impulse.

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Review | Jennifer Lawrence is brilliant in an otherwise underbaked ‘Die My Love’

Director Lynne Ramsay insists the film, in which Lawrence plays an erratic new mother, is not about postpartum depression. How could it not be?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

With Zohran Mamdani's inspiring victory, Republicans are yet again fearmongering about "socialism." But conservatives always yell “socialism” at every initiative designed to help people. It's nothing more than an old scare tactic. youtu.be/xq02yuY4wDQ?si=akvbkf8GSCl…

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Socialism Fear-mongering is Bananas | Robert Reich

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Folks this is not a candid shot of the man at 11PM on a weekend, this is what he was doing while sitting in the middle of an internationally broadcast major press conference in the Oval Office He is cooked, get him out of there ASAP—before we find ourselves in the midst of a second Great Depression

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Franken-Pattern @franken-pattern.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

If you don't let us k1ll you slowly by taking away your only means to see a doctor, we will just k1ll you quicker by cutting off your food supply. Sincerely, The "gop"

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nathan @wiseposter.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

signal from socialist occupied new york: everything in black & white. man woman & child struggle like with basic tasks like in infomercials

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Keys for Liberty @demskeys.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

If I were to defy a court order, I'd be in jail, not building a ballroom. Reopen government, swear in Adelita Grivala, release the Epstein Files, restore healthcare subsidies, and fund SNAP.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. It’s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs. Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker. Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps. Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

WTAF! Opening fire with kids in the car! If this isn’t grounds for termination, nothing will be!

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

worth 4 mins of your time to watch this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmfD...

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Now is the Time to Speak up for Justice

YouTube video by Justice Connection

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Bayne Johnson Jr. @lightningbug71.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

youtube.com/watch?v=WfmP... i’m sure there are those who might say this did not happen. I am a voracious researcher and never feel like I can read too much. And it is out of complete and utter shame that I don’t think I could read this book. I just don’t wanna become so outraged Mar-a-Lago!

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"Nobody's Girl": Virginia Giuffre's Memoir Details Sex Abuse by Epstein, Maxwell, Prince Andrew

YouTube video by Democracy Now!

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Bayne Johnson Jr. @lightningbug71.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

@egrattan.bsky.social do you have the address for the “Lord” I’ve been looking for whoever runs this thing called life so I can make a few complaints lol instead of being under the bridge being told, I am a troll because I don’t even have a bridge to sleep under lol

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Bayne Johnson Jr. @lightningbug71.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

youtube.com/watch?v=YgSi... OK so I’m a white male and I’m 54 and I grew up in a very privileged school district dominated by wealth and I had an illusory vision of my own wealth. And I can totally laugh at the fact that I am what he is saying and that’s why this movie is amazing.

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The 4 Themes That Explain Everything In One Battle After Another

YouTube video by Touré

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Bayne Johnson Jr. @lightningbug71.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Just a hypothetical, perhaps a storyline or a narrative for a book of mine to come. What if they were allowed to enjoy the new Mar-a-Lago country club and they can have a huge party to celebrate. At least then they’ll all be in one place at the same time. Maybe…

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MFCarter @mfcarter.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

What about you?

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George @nxtlvlcatdad.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Can't be said loud enough! One of my favorite authors.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

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George @retiredsurgassist.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

In-the-closet Mikey won't swear in Adelita Grijalva and claims her time would be better spent "serving her constituents" which she can't do until she's sworn in.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Trump's FTC just deleted articles by former Chair Lina Khan about the dangers of AI. Meanwhile, Trump is fast-tracking data center permits after Big Tech gave huge donations to his inauguration. AI is making the richest Americans even richer while everyone else pays the price.

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Bayne Johnson Jr. @lightningbug71.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

There are many different examples of what happens when masses of people become starving. “Starving mad “this is an old saying. If he trace back some of the most insane evil situations, masses of people within nations have been driven into. We usually blame one person. In the end, it’s starvation

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Casey @mamasissiesays.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

With SNAP benefits ending for millions & the economy shrinking what little resources food banks have, I’m sharing food resource supports & educators/creators. Rebecca Chobat runs the account Dollar Tree Dinners—she educates on how to shop/cook thrifty like $100 budget for 30 days (90 meals) 🧵

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Bayne Johnson Jr. @lightningbug71.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

It’s about time I go on a hunger strike. Sometimes the universe aligns and right now it seems like I’m about to lose some weight. Maybe we should wait for the next election but I doubt we’ll ever get there. If you don’t see that one coming you’re not paying attention.

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

$40 billion to bailout Argentina $250 million for a White House ballroom Who knows how much wasted to deploy the National Guard where there’s no need But the Agriculture Department says there’s no money for SNAP-which feeds 42 million Americans The Trump administration doesn’t care if we all die

Article showing SNAP helps 42 million people, and the Department of Agriculture says there’s no money for it

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AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes @azagmayes.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Let’s be blunt: this is taxation without representation. That’s why, today, alongside Congresswoman-elect Grijalva, we sued the House of Representatives. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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Mike Johnson won't swear in Adelita Grijalva. So we're suing.

Arizona's attorney general explains how Johnson is using the newly elected Democrat as a pawn in his shutdown fight, and keeping the Epstein files secret.

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Bayne Johnson Jr. @lightningbug71.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Competition is fun and is used for games. But life can be fun and games are for amusement, but in the end life is serious and survival needs teamwork. Life equals health and our constitution or the totality of our body needs regulation and amendments as we age. I hope this is just growing pains.

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Lizzy For Democracy @lizzy2016.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Flood the Zone with Truth and Facts...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/10/2025

Raskin: "Speaker Johnson described the exercise of 1st Amendment rights across the country by 6 or 7 millions Americans as part of No Kings as a 'Hate America Rally.' The Hate America Rally happened on January 6 ... there were more than 140 police officers who were wounded."

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Bayne Johnson Jr. @lightningbug71.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

If you can’t see that, we have elected or allowed to be elected because we have been playing a game rather than doing the peoples work well the point is criminals now run everything. Orwellian is an understatement. But very relevant as well. Justice must be fixed, monetization must be regulated.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I’m disgusted by the photos of Ttump’s demolition at the East Wing, but I’m even more sickened by the renderings of his mar-a-lago ballroom dwarfing our White House. Once we’re rid of this despicable man, that ballroom must also be removed.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. Kudos to these universities for standing up to Trump's demands.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

The first time the Confederate flag ever paraded through the US Capitol was on January 6, 2021. The first time the White House was damaged in over 200 years since the US rebuilt in the 1820s after the British burned it in the war of 1812 was mid October, 2025.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/10/2025

Raskin details how he tried to get unanimous consent today to force Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the Acting Speaker Haridopolos "scurried out of the room"

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NPR @npr.org · 21/10/2025

Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who cites Margaret Thatcher as a role model. She also loves heavy metal. n.pr/4hlukkV

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5 things to know about Sanae Takaichi, Japan's first female prime minister

Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who cites Margaret Thatcher as a role model. She also loves heavy metal.

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scubapopeye.bsky.social @scubapopeye.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Okay let me weigh in on a couple things: The WH can be restored. The Rose Garden can be restored. However, until we restore democracy in this country and remove the criminals in charge nothing will change. It’s not rocket science people. It’s simple facts.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21/10/2025

Mass federal layoffs. Food aid programs facing imminent disaster. Mounting recession indicators. But while previous shutdowns saw late-night efforts at the White House to try and break the impasse, Trump administration officials are spending lavishly on self-serving priorities.

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What shutdown?

Kristi Noem's new private jets. A shocking White House demolition. The Trump administration's gilded priorities are clear.

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Lane Smith 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🤘🏻🖤🔥 @leftlanesmith.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Day 21: You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen "A million candles burning for the help that never came 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️ You want it darker We kill the flame" Released October 21, 2016, 17 days before Cohen's death. #HalloweenCountdownSongs youtu.be/v0nmHymgM7Y

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Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (Official Audio)

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