Richard Jasper
@arpeejaay1958.bsky.social
67 y.o. gay granddaddy with a Japanese immigrant husband. Completely opposed to the MAGA agenda.
Any DM that begins with HELLO will be blocked.
Any DM that begins with HELLO will be blocked.
In a MUST READ (my words, not hers), Heather Cox Richardson writes:
News of the terms of the deal to end the shutdown hit the country rather like a cue ball hitting a rack: lots of balls started to move in wildly different directions.
Here's the rest:
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
News of the terms of the deal to end the shutdown hit the country rather like a cue ball hitting a rack: lots of balls started to move in wildly different directions.
Here's the rest:
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 10, 2025
Last night, the Senate advanced a measure to end the government shutdown, which at 41 days today is the longest in U.S.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
In a MUST READ (my words, not hers), Heather Cox Richardson writes:
News of the terms of the deal to end the shutdown hit the country rather like a cue ball hitting a rack: lots of balls started to move in wildly different directions.
Here's the rest:
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
News of the terms of the deal to end the shutdown hit the country rather like a cue ball hitting a rack: lots of balls started to move in wildly different directions.
Here's the rest:
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Fifty years ago today the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald was lost with all 29 hands 17 miles from Whitefish Bay. Gordon Lightfoot's magnificent song, released the following August, was nearly as inescapable as the wreck itself:
youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A?...
youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A?...
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot (HD w/ Lyrics)
YouTube video by Zeezy
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Fifty years ago today the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald was lost with all 29 hands 17 miles from Whitefish Bay. Gordon Lightfoot's magnificent song, released the following August, was nearly as inescapable as the wreck itself:
youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A?...
youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A?...
When the huge handsome bodybuilder you've been following -- a walking monument to the efficacy of gender-enhancing exogenous steroids -- turns out to be a transphobe.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
When the huge handsome bodybuilder you've been following -- a walking monument to the efficacy of gender-enhancing exogenous steroids -- turns out to be a transphobe.
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Yup.
Cutting flights because of the govt shutdown is a stunt, plain and simple
November 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Yup.
Just a reminder:
Today the Supreme Court is going to hear oral arguments on same sex marriage. If they rule on it (not guaranteed but likely) it won't be until next year. It won't be today.
And, no, I have no faith in the MAGA majority.
Today the Supreme Court is going to hear oral arguments on same sex marriage. If they rule on it (not guaranteed but likely) it won't be until next year. It won't be today.
And, no, I have no faith in the MAGA majority.
November 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Just a reminder:
Today the Supreme Court is going to hear oral arguments on same sex marriage. If they rule on it (not guaranteed but likely) it won't be until next year. It won't be today.
And, no, I have no faith in the MAGA majority.
Today the Supreme Court is going to hear oral arguments on same sex marriage. If they rule on it (not guaranteed but likely) it won't be until next year. It won't be today.
And, no, I have no faith in the MAGA majority.
Your daily reminder:
Seat Adelita Grivalja.
Release the Epstein Files.
Seat Adelita Grivalja.
Release the Epstein Files.
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 94th day out of the last 106.
12 days of work in 106 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 106 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
November 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Your daily reminder:
Seat Adelita Grivalja.
Release the Epstein Files.
Seat Adelita Grivalja.
Release the Epstein Files.
Don't forget. Withholding funding for SNAP is on Trump and Trump alone.
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Don't forget. Withholding funding for SNAP is on Trump and Trump alone.
In case you were wondering...
So what does a Democratic Socialist believe?
Republicans love to say its Communism. But like everything else its another lie.
Facts:
Democratic socialism is a political and economic philosophy that advocates for a democratically run and socially owned economy alongside a democratic political system.
Republicans love to say its Communism. But like everything else its another lie.
Facts:
Democratic socialism is a political and economic philosophy that advocates for a democratically run and socially owned economy alongside a democratic political system.
November 6, 2025 at 2:05 AM
In case you were wondering...
Yup!
Kissinger: “Well, well, well - look who it is.”
Rumsfeld: ”Took you long enough.”
Epstein: “They’ll let anyone in here!”
Cheney: “Good to see you fellas!”
Asmodeus, Prince of Worms: “BACK TO WORK”
Rumsfeld: ”Took you long enough.”
Epstein: “They’ll let anyone in here!”
Cheney: “Good to see you fellas!”
Asmodeus, Prince of Worms: “BACK TO WORK”
November 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Yup!
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A democratic sweep was the perfect way to honor Dick Cheney's death. Well done, everyone. See you tomorrow.
November 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Paul Krugman parses the election results. His analysis of where we are now vs. where we were a year ago is completely spot on. Give it a read:
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Which Party Is in Trouble, Again?
Thoughts after a very blue night
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Paul Krugman parses the election results. His analysis of where we are now vs. where we were a year ago is completely spot on. Give it a read:
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
In case you missed it...
SNAP benefits will be gone, small businesses will suffer, insurance premiums will double, air traffic will be delayed/halted: All of these things are happening because when the gov't shutdown ends, the Epstein Files get released.
November 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
In case you missed it...
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Happy Zohran Day to all who celebrate!!
November 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Moms Mabley on speaking ill of the dead:
"He's dead. Good."
See also: Dick Cheney, 1941-2025.
"He's dead. Good."
See also: Dick Cheney, 1941-2025.
November 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Moms Mabley on speaking ill of the dead:
"He's dead. Good."
See also: Dick Cheney, 1941-2025.
"He's dead. Good."
See also: Dick Cheney, 1941-2025.
Brilliant idea!
Contact your lawmakers @aoc.bsky.social @jasmineforus.bsky.social @crockett.house.gov @corybooker.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Brilliant idea!
Yup.
November 3, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Yup.
Yup.
SHUTDOWN 2025
Dems: We'll vote for a budget if you let sick people go to the doctor.
Republicans: Let us take doctors away from sick people or we'll take food away from poor families.
Dems: We'll vote for a budget if you let sick people go to the doctor.
Republicans: Let us take doctors away from sick people or we'll take food away from poor families.
November 3, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Yup.
Amen.
November 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Amen.
Stop blaming people on SNAP for needing assistance. Put the blame where it belongs: corporate greed.
FACTS about SNAP:
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
October 31, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Stop blaming people on SNAP for needing assistance. Put the blame where it belongs: corporate greed.
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They’ll fight to force women to give birth, then shrug when 16 million children lose food. This is what “pro-life” really looks like.
October 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Pass it along.
October 30, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Pass it along.
Weaponized hunger.
Neguse: "Does anyone here not believe that with one phone call from Speaker Johnson -- one phone call to the president or the secretary of ag -- that those funds would be released tomorrow? And that families wouldn't go starving by the weekend?"
October 30, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Weaponized hunger.
In case you haven't figured it out yet...
October 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
In case you haven't figured it out yet...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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