jakegr.bsky.social

jakegr.bsky.social

@jakegr.bsky.social

Longtime dog parent (sadly, no more) also have kids and grandkids and am REALLY concerned about the future.

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I have no love for Mitch McConnell, but I can’t believe his (true) friends and family are ok with all the nonsense being said about him now. Release a statement on his condition, and let him speak for himself to validate the conversations he’s supposedly having.

I just got gas at our local BJs and was behind a big pickup that had Trump stuff stickers on it, as well as some religious stuff. When I saw how much she paid to fill up (about double what I paid) I thought - good, that’s what she supported. Was that mean?

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Turned on NBC. They talked about “President tipping a DoorDash driver $100”. This woman participated in GOP ads before playing other roles. There is no DoorDash deliveries to the Oval Office. Please exercise proper judgement when consuming news.

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Don’t let Fox get away with it this time. Spread the word. Fox & Friends Weekend replaced footage of Trump attending yesterday’s dignified transfer with a clip from 2025. They clearly didn’t want their audience to see him disrespecting fallen soldiers wearing a baseball cap. H/T: @BadFoxGraphics

Just now on This Week (ABC) there's a WH trade rep saying that the WH is looking for other ways to impose tariffs, since the SC shut down the ones Trump had in place. The SC clearly said that Congress must be involved in determining tariffs, and Trump and his team are searching for loopholes.

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The cartoon that appeared this week on the front page of France’s most influential national newspaper, Le Monde Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.

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If you are a foreign president who commits crimes overseas, America will come get you, arrest you, and lock you up. But if you are a US president who commits crimes here in the United States, America will give you immunity from prosecution, reelect you, and bribe you with billions of dollars.

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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.

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THE @democrats.org @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social @jbpritzker.bsky.social @petebuttigieg.bsky.social @gavinnewsom.bsky.social @kamalaharris.com & STATE DEM PARTIES NEED TO TAKE NOTE OF WHAT THIS LADY IS SAYING IT IS NOTHING LESS THAN THE ROADWAY BACK TO POWER

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social

It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars: 1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…

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For decades the NRA and other gun nuts told us that their guns were to protect us all from a tyrannical government. So a tyrannical government is here, they are all sitting on their asses, and the people who want gun control have taken to the streets to defy the tyrannical government instead.

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Thou shalt not claim to be improving efficiency when all you do is fire people and then beg them to come back.

Question: Gaetz resigned from the CURRENT Congress, but was just reelected to the NEXT one. Can or will he show up to be sworn in on Jan 3? He said he "didn't intend to" but that seems meaningless.

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