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Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Trump and Hegseth want to turn the most powerful and respected military in the world into a savage force of war criminals like Russia’s military. What a disgrace.

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Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

So glad the runaway global warming unleashed by AI will at least make the world a better place while it still supports life…oh wait, nevermind.

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Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Today Charlie Angus released another great resistance video titled, “Talking Resistance at Molly’s Reach.” 🇨🇦 In the video, Libby Davies, a former politician and longtime activist from Vancouver, made an incredibly profound statement. Part 1/3 m.youtube.com/watch?v=WkF0...

TALKING RESISTANCE AT MOLLY'S REACH

YouTube video by Charlie Angus

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Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Every idiot knows prices are cheaper when you buy as a single individual instead of pooling together enough buying power to negotiate lower prices.

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Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Trump is launching a new worldwide war of ideology. This time it’s Far Right vs Democracy. And America is on the losing side.

Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Those who side with the fascists have nothing but betrayal and defeat waiting for them. m.youtube.com/watch?v=HvUs...

Bodycam and security footage shows Border Patrol agent fighting Long Beach police

YouTube video by CBS LA

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Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

When the anti-fascists remove the fascists from power in America, we will need a special task force to round up and prosecute the fascists that were members of CBP, ICE, and other federal and state agencies. I can't wait for these Nazi fascists to be hunted down and brought to justice!!

Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

“Chaos is merely order waiting to be deciphered.” —José Saramago

Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.” —Antonio Gramsci

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Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

The most effective boycott against Amazon is to boycott all the companies that use AWS. AWS is where Amazon makes it billions. Everything else mostly loses money.

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Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

In 1947, the U.S. military was not confused about what fascism looked like. Now we have a full-fledged fascist at the head of the U.S. military, serving his fascist leader. Yet I believe the U.S. military is not confused about what fascism looks like still today. m.youtube.com/watch?v=23X1...

YouTube video by Weirdo Video

Don't Be a Sucker - 1947

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Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Funny how the “Law and Order” politicians are always the biggest criminals.

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Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Stop saying, "We need to save our democracy." Our democracy is broken. People don't want to save it. They want something better. This message is why Kamala Harris lost the election. Say instead, "We want to live in a democracy." That's a much more powerful message against a fascist Trump regime.

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Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Letterboxd feature request: Prominently mark movies with AI “actors” so people can easily identify which movies to boycott. @letterboxd.social

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Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I remember the days when messages from government agencies were professional and nonpartisan. Not anymore. Here's an email I received from the VA today.

Email Title: How the government shutdown impacts VA

Email Body: As you may be aware, funding for some government agencies, including portions of the Department of Veterans Affairs, expired at midnight this morning.

President Trump opposes a lapse in appropriations, and on September 19, the House of Representatives passed, with the Trump Administration’s support, a clean continuing resolution to fund the government through November 21. Unfortunately, Democrats are blocking this Continuing Resolution in the U.S. Senate due to unrelated policy demands.

During the current lapse in funding, the vast majority of VA benefits and services will continue uninterrupted, but the government shutdown is not without consequences to VA. Here is what you need to know:
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Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Trump is a fascist. But what form of government is he creating? Some call it autocracy. Some call it oligarchy. The most accurate term is kleptocracy. Kleptocracy is a form of autocracy. But the goal of the autocracy is personal enrichment. Pure and simple.

Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Reading a fabulous biography of Thomas Jefferson. While far from perfect, Jefferson gave America our enduring ideals of freedom and liberty. He was the Aristotle of the founding era. We are lucky he played such an outsized role in defining what America aspires to be. Post 1/2.

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Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

I’m a proud anti-fascist. Very confused that I can’t find the phone number for HR or even a website or email address to get my membership card.

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Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

If you live in a country that declares anti-fascists to be terrorists, you live in a fascist country.

Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Predator. Liar. Idiot. President Donald J. Trump.

Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Maybe he's suing the Wall Street Journal because they didn't tell the full story. He actually drew a young teenage girl's body. Otherwise, the story was spot on.

Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

We need a song of resistance against the Fascist takeover of America I suggest Bella Ciao. => www.wantedinrome.com/news/bella-c... We need an English language version that fits our situation and the struggle we face. Let's call it, "Bella Ciao 2025."

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Bella Ciao: Italy's Resistance Anthem

A brief history of Bella Ciao, the anti-fascist anthem of the Resistance, which is sung in Italy every year on 25 April to mark the Festa della Liberazione.

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Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

How will we know when this is fascism? George Orwell told us. When the government uses its vast power to compel people to believe things that are patently false. Trump is a fascist. And he’s doing everything he can to turn America into a fascist state.

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Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Embarrassed that the entire world has to watch our Toddler in the White House fail to understand what everyone else knows: Russia doesn’t want peace and they’re not bothered by how many people are killed. All the while the Toddler thinks Putin is the hero.

Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

The result of this “keeping everybody safe down here” will be a huge surge in gun sales in DC. Great job!

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Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

“Political questions are far too serious to be left to the politicians.” —Hannah Arendt

Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein? I just used that to con America and grab power. If you were paying attention, you would know I was his BFF in abusing young, vulnerable girls. Come on MAGA, get over it.

Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

The abuse this investigation exposes brings home the importance of being able to identify the officers who our government grants a monopoly on the use of force. Nothing justifies aggressive, unidentifiable masked men running around our streets with assault weapons kidnapping and assaulting people.

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Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Police who use “less than lethal force” weapons against protesters who pose no threat to the officers need to be held accountable for the serious injuries they inflict. This investigation by the NYT is an important step in that direction. m.youtube.com/watch?v=MrFD...

How L.A. Police Broke Protocols and Injured Protesters | Visual Investigations

YouTube video by The New York Times

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Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Happy Fourth of July. A celebration of Independence. It used to be about our history. This year it’s about our destiny.

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Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

The Trump era will go down in history as a stark example of how quickly a great nation can squander its power.

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Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Trump's lie about Iran's nuclear program being 'obliterated' is from the same playbook as his lie about 'winning' the 2020 election.

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Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Bombing Iran was a supremely dumb and dangerous move. The important question isn’t what will Iran do. It’s what will China do? m.youtube.com/watch?v=DBe4...

The Dominoes Falling Toward World War III

YouTube video by William Spaniel

Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Bombing another country is a declaration of war. So here’s the scorecard under Trump: + 1 war started. + 0 wars ended. I’m so glad America put a maniac into office to end and avoid wars. What a great idea. Trump glorifies violence against people he doesn’t like. Why is anyone surprised?

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Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Heartbreaking story of racist hysteria in American history. My wife and I are visiting Chicago. Having lived in Japan for 3 1/2 years, I enjoy seeking out a Japantown where possible when traveling. This search led me to this incredible article. interactive.wbez.org/curiouscity/...

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What happened to Chicago's Japanese neighborhood?

Lake View once had a thriving Japanese community, but it fell victim to a push for assimilation. As one Japanese-American puts it: “You had to basically be unseen.”

Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

The never-ending effort to turn walkable cities into suburban hellscapes. www.theverge.com/24093189/mic...

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Microlino electric bubble car review: urban delight

Yes, it’s highway legal.

Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Not just technical people. People. Full stop.

Jim Verquist @verquist.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

If you love the idea of remaking democracy, you will love this book! I’ve done a lot of reading on“radical” democracy, but this is probably the most intriguing. www.goodreads.com/book/show/26...

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Infomocracy (The Centenal Cycle, #1)

It's been twenty years and two election cycles since In…