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George

@nonlinearbotanist.bsky.social
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Baroque mind that loves Baroque music. Broken mind that loves breakaway minds. I am 68. A radical environmentalist. Happily married for 36 years. Dual citizen. In Canada - NDP or Green Party. In the US - straight Democratic ticket. I am sort of retired.

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raistlin71.bsky.social @raistlin71.bsky.social · 11h
I just got polled by text.
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tnycruzr @tnycruzr.bsky.social · 9h
Respectfully. Here's the link to watch Jack Smith's testimony. www.youtube.com/live/FdAjPKq...
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Fmr. Special Counsel Jack Smith Testifies on Allegations of Targeting GOP Lawmakers
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Don Comer @doncomer.bsky.social · 9h
This awful senator, Schmitt (R-MO), & his corrupt collegues, have been trying to make perjury charges against Jack Smith for his excellent work regarding Russia's interference in our politics. Calls Smith a, "dirtbag." Yet, all of us can see who was the liar: Sen. Schmitt. Pulled it out of his butt.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 10h
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) drew an immediate rebuke from a Democratic colleague after he repeatedly shouted over former special counsel Jack Smith.
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'This is gaslighting!' Ted Cruz laughed at as he uses 'Les Mis' to rage at Jack Smith
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) drew an immediate rebuke from a Democratic colleague after he repeatedly shouted over former special counsel Jack Smith.The clash came Tuesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing where Smith was the only witness. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), who spoke after Cruz, accused Republi...
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jbwh24.bsky.social @jbwh24.bsky.social · 10h
HELL, YES! He’s a National Hero! 😍
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Jennifer Bennon @jennobenno.bsky.social · 10h
What kind of “dirtbag” would get his facts wrong, accuse Jack Smith of perjury based on his faulty information gathering, and then refuse to apologize once his incompetence was pointed out to him? Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt of MO.
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 9h
Amazing reaction footage of Katie Britt watching Eric Schmitt get humiliated in real time.
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Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon @scanlon.house.gov · 9h
I guess that Senate Republicans missed the House GOP memo - letting Jack Smith testify in public only reinforces the FACTS - that President Trump and his co-conspirators tried to steal the 2020 election and deserve to be criminally prosecuted for those crimes against our country.
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Jack Smith: Those records corroborated evidence that we had that President Trump and his co-conspirators were seeking to exploit the violence on January 6th in furtherance of their criminal scheme. They were taking the fact that law enforcement officers had been brutally assaulted at this instituti…
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Marlene Robertson🍁🇨🇦 @marlenerobertson.bsky.social · 9h
This is historical fact, and all the gaslighting in the world will not change that. Instead of jailing the treasonous fuck, you handed him the very Office he attempted to steal.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 10h
Wow! Republicans are just as dumb as their voters…..
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SB Nation @sbnation.bsky.social · 9h
Eric Schmitt’s ‘gotcha’ of Jack Smith hilariously mistook the Atlanta Hawks for the Iowa Hawkeyes www.sbnation.com/nba/1130599/...
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Jack Smith probe answers the big question: The Iowa Hawkeyes aren’t the Atlanta Hawks
You’d think a Midwestern senator would know the Iowa Hawkeyes aren’t based in Atlanta.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 10h
Two things: 1st, the working thesis that Schmitt was working towards was that Fani Willis and Jack Smith were working together in a grand conspiracy: bonkers. 2nd, between this and the Shaniqua-gate (see Matt Walsh), it astounds me how much right-wing dudes are in their knickers about Black women.
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 10h
The Senator from the “Show Me” state got a court check from the “North Star” state. A Midwest apology is due on camera and the Senator from Missouri’s comment should be struck from the record — as he stands to be corrected for his unsubstantiated claim and insult to the witness.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 9h
Sleazy MAGA Senator Eric Schmitt (I know it’s redundant) attacks Jack Smith for lying-calling him a “dirtbag”-but incompetently has his facts wrong, so he tried to sneak it past everyone It didn’t work As if there was any doubt, we now know who the REAL “dirtbag” is, don’t we
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 9h
These NYT headlines are going from bad to worse. Topic turns to basketball? Misunderstanding? It was a US Senator's failed perjury trap wrapped around a suggested secret meeting between Jack Smith and Fani Willis. Something Schmitt is still clinging to in post hearing media interviews btw.
Live Updates: Hearing Aimed at Jack Smith, Who Charged Trump, Devolves When Topic Turns to Basketball

Senator Eric Schmitt, a Republican who accused the former special counsel of perjury, based his allegation on text messages about a basketball game that he appeared to misunderstand.live updates:  jack smith, who charged trump, testifies in combative hearing.

republicans have called for the former special counsel to be criminally prosecuted. one republican senator accused my smith of perjury, though the accusation appeared based on a misunderstanding
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 9h
Darline Graham questioned Jack Smith about her brother’s phone records but wasn’t prepared for his response.
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Darline Graham’s Gotcha Moment Backfires Spectacularly
The South Carolina senator questioned the former special counsel about her brother’s phone records but wasn’t prepared for his response.
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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 10h
His inattention to detail, dubious path to conspiracy, and willingness to accuse a witness of a crime on the spot made me look and: yes, he was indeed a prosecutor (Missouri Attorney General)
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Indie Aut. Stuart Miller📖✍️🤓 Believe in yourself & your potential @stuartmiller1.bsky.social · 9h
#JackSmith has integrity, ethics, fights for justice and the rule of law Thank you Jack Smith for your strength & refusing to back down or be silenced We need more people like you who are on the right side of history #IStandWithJackSmith
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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 10h
Schmitt clearly leaked to right wing influencers that he was going to "catch" Jack Smith in a lie and destroy him on camera, so he could book interviews on their shows. Then when the "lie" turned out to be bad staff work, everyone just had to keep going with it.
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Nick Fish @nickfish.me · 10h
The shit-eating grin from Schmitt and the staffer chuds behind him — just before stepping on a rake — is the current state of the Republican Party in Congress. Brains pickled by conspiracy theories that immediately collapse under the slightest examination.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 10h
Way too little discussion about fact Republican Elite (1) live in twisted fantasy information echochamber run by Musk & Murdoch & Mercer & other right-wing billionaires that destroys their sense of reality & incentive to govern (2) are absurd people without decency, shame, love for neighbor or US.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 9h
Former special counsel Jack Smith forcefully defended his prosecutions of President Donald Trump and his investigative tactics. to.pbs.org/3Vna0J1
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WATCH: Jack Smith testifies before Senate Judiciary as GOP targets past Trump probes
Former special counsel Jack Smith forcefully defended his prosecutions of President Donald Trump and his investigative tactics, pushing back against repeated Republican efforts to paint him and his te...
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 9h
Dec 2025: Republicans summon Jack Smith to Capitol Hill, embarrass themselves Jan 2026: Republicans summon Jack Smith to Capitol Hill, embarrass themselves Sept 2026: Republicans summon Jack Smith to Capitol Hill, embarrass themselves The pattern isn’t exactly subtle www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Republicans are slow to learn a simple lesson: They can’t get the better of Jack Smith
Three times, Republicans have summoned the former special counsel to Capitol Hill. Each time, they have left humiliated.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 9h
WARNING: Do NOT try this at home. Sen. Schmitt brought a poster board, a perjury trap & zero fact-checkers. Result? Atlanta Hawks ≠ Iowa Hawkeyes. Jack Smith was watching Caitlin Clark in Maryland. Lesson: Research first. Gloat second. Or you ARE the cautionary tale.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 9h
All I have to say to Darline Graham questioning Jack Smith is…bless her heart. If it “makes her sick” that Smith “caused her brother a lot of stress,” she should see what her brother did to the American people.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 9h
About Schmitt Bad boy businessman Eric thought he was the Jack Nicholson of the Senate, but after his questioning went sideways it looks like maybe he can't handle the truth. by Maureen Dowd
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10h
I think people REALLY can't appreciate how badly the far right wants to prove that Fani Willis and Jack Smith coordinated. So they were not going to let the truth get in the way of their most sincerely held belief.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10h
He really thought he had something
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10h
If Jack Smith was really up to no good and secretly colluding with Fani Willis in Atlanta, I doubt he would risk being seen in public at a big sporting event while there. It's not very smart to assume Smith would take such a careless risk.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 10h
The camera cut to Katie Britt right after Eric Schmitt’s attack on Jack Smith turned out to be bogus. Schmitt claimed Jack Smith attended an Atlanta Hawks game in Atlanta. However, the texts were actually about the Iowa Hawkeyes playing Maryland in Maryland.
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 10h
I'm not the audience for the Smith hearing, but the main political issue here is that Republicans want the world to know that Smith subpoenaed congressional phone records as he investigated Jan. 6 etc, and nobody outside the Senate can explain to you why that's bad.
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George @nonlinearbotanist.bsky.social · 8h
Most of the right wing people on Twitter make Eric Schmitt look like Einstein.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h
Judging by a quick look at Twitter, the right has decided just to pretend that Eric Schmitt did not, in fact, just shoot himself in the dick and that he totally owned Jack Smith.
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Jessica Smetana @jessicasmetana.bsky.social · 9h
I thought the libs were the non ball knowers
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Secrets and Laws @secretsandlaws.bsky.social · 10h
🚨Exclusive🚨: I have exculpatory evidence in what is easily the dumbest congressional oversight episode of the year...maybe the decade. I was at the Iowa v. MD game & just looked at my pics & sure enough, someone who looks like Jack Smith is sitting in Sec 109, Row 1. Complete & total vindication!
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 10h
What did we learn today? That Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clack fan and that Senator Eric Schmitt is a dirtbag! The senator mistook the Atlanta Hawks for the Iowa Hawkeyes and tried to accuse Jack Smith of perjury. Epic fail. I'm still a fan of Jack Smith. A real American patriot. 🇺🇸
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Patrick Barron 🐻〽️ @bluebarronphoto.bsky.social · 10h
I see he tweeted a picture of the USF Bulls winning a national title after the Protect College Sports act passed the senate
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 10h
At a family dinner, my older brother, declaring himself a true Brooklyn Dodger fan, insisted Jackie Robinson's regular position was 3B. He began shouting with certitude. Statistics were consulted; the correct answer, 2B, emerged. Like the honorable Sen. Schmitt (R-Magaland), he has yet to apologize.
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 10h
I'm not really going to post a lot about this because we already know that the squatter in the People's House is guilty as fuck. But, you can see Jack Smith's full opening statement here: youtu.be/B1esQRfJupM?...
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WATCH: Jack Smith's full opening statement in Senate Judiciary hearing on Trump investigations
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10h
1. Garland had to sue for testimony of 14 critical witnesses w/o which there'd be no case. The court took a year to rule 2. Garland began investigating Trump when he got to DOJ. He did not wait 2 years 3. Twitter delayed the probe 4 months 4. The J6 cmte delayed it by another 2 months 5. SCOTUS
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10h
Fox News just did a long segment on this Jack Smith hearing and, you're never going to be believe this, but they didn't play any of Schmitt embarrassing himself.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10h
Scoop — I've ID'd the two men sitting behind Sen. Eric Schmitt during his botched attack on Jack Smith this morning. Ethan Harper (left) is Chief Counsel to Schmitt, and Andrew Ceonzo (right) is Counsel to Schmitt and the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Tom Booker @tbooker1.bsky.social · 8h
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 12h
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12h
TILLIS: can the classified documents case be brought again in the future? JACK: we dismissed it without prejudice YESSSSS
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wilber’s attorney: “Wilber has a bullet lodged near his spine and is losing feeling on the left side of his body.” #AbolishICE @DoorDash
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When you’ve lost white people in Florida.
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gsijgwam.bsky.social @gsijgwam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I don’t photograph things simply because they’re beautiful. I photograph the moments that make me pause the light falling across an old street, a fleeting expression, the quiet details most people walk past.📷✨
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gsijgwam.bsky.social @gsijgwam.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
US-China Summit Criticized for Lack of Results: Major Western media outlets have described the recently concluded US-China summit as a "political farce," criticizing it for prioritizing optics over substance and failing to resolve core disputes.
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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Poetry #Art #Stargazing Then there seem'd A music in the sphere, to charm away The serpent sorrows gnawing at my heart, Till, one by one, they dropp'd their demon hold, And left me, all alone with contemplation, Like thee, to love the stars. - John Howard Payne 🎨 unknown
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