BFranklin
@bfranklin25.bsky.social
Independent Pro-Democracy Small Business Owner determined to push back & not give up the country I love to MAGA.
"These are the times that try men's souls." Thomas Paine.
Also, I'm desperately wanting to still believe we are better than what's happenin
"These are the times that try men's souls." Thomas Paine.
Also, I'm desperately wanting to still believe we are better than what's happenin
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OPINION: The world economy is already locked into a 19 percent loss of income by 2050 due to climate change.
This makes one thing clear: The consequence of inaction is far greater than the consequence of action and #COP30 needs to be transformative.
🔗 politi.co/4oFmmGo
This makes one thing clear: The consequence of inaction is far greater than the consequence of action and #COP30 needs to be transformative.
🔗 politi.co/4oFmmGo
November 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
OPINION: The world economy is already locked into a 19 percent loss of income by 2050 due to climate change.
This makes one thing clear: The consequence of inaction is far greater than the consequence of action and #COP30 needs to be transformative.
🔗 politi.co/4oFmmGo
This makes one thing clear: The consequence of inaction is far greater than the consequence of action and #COP30 needs to be transformative.
🔗 politi.co/4oFmmGo
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“Something we inherited”?
I’m just gonna leave this right here…
I’m just gonna leave this right here…
November 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
“Something we inherited”?
I’m just gonna leave this right here…
I’m just gonna leave this right here…
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Just a reminder that for the first several months of this admin it was MAGA activists who were calling for this to be released. And Bondi, Patel & Bongino all promised it. Then Trump freaked out and many of them reversed their positions. This was not initiated by Dems. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Barrasso: "What I know is that Jeffrey Epstein is a convicted sex offender and he is dead, and President Trump threw him out of Mar-a-Lago 21 years ago. To me what's going on with Epstein is this is the Democrats trying to appeal to their far-left base and trying to change the topic."
November 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Just a reminder that for the first several months of this admin it was MAGA activists who were calling for this to be released. And Bondi, Patel & Bongino all promised it. Then Trump freaked out and many of them reversed their positions. This was not initiated by Dems. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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The rare site visit was ordered by U.S. Magistrate Judge Laura McNally — who also attended the tour — in the wake of a class-action lawsuit alleging dirty, unsafe and overcrowded conditions at the west suburban facility.
Attorneys visit ‘black box’ ICE processing center in Broadview
The rare site visit was ordered by U.S. Magistrate Judge Laura McNally in the wake of a class-action lawsuit alleging dirty, unsafe conditions.
trib.al
November 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The rare site visit was ordered by U.S. Magistrate Judge Laura McNally — who also attended the tour — in the wake of a class-action lawsuit alleging dirty, unsafe and overcrowded conditions at the west suburban facility.
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San Francisco protesters denounced corporate tax breaks and immigration crackdowns during Saturday’s “People Over Billionaires” march in Pacific Heights, home to wealthy supporters of President Trump.
‘People Over Billionaires’: S.F. march through wealthy neighborhood targets the 1%
San Francisco protesters denounced corporate tax breaks and immigration crackdowns during Saturday’s “People Over Billionaires” march in Pacific Heights, home to wealthy supporters of President...
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
San Francisco protesters denounced corporate tax breaks and immigration crackdowns during Saturday’s “People Over Billionaires” march in Pacific Heights, home to wealthy supporters of President Trump.
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Rep. Thomas Massie: "Trump's being a bully…They're trying to beat me here in Kentucky. But here's what's interesting, the people financing the campaign consist completely of three billionaires, and they're all in the Epstein class. One of them is named in Epstein's phone book."
November 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Rep. Thomas Massie: "Trump's being a bully…They're trying to beat me here in Kentucky. But here's what's interesting, the people financing the campaign consist completely of three billionaires, and they're all in the Epstein class. One of them is named in Epstein's phone book."
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The plight of Dreamers used to be emblematic of the obvious failures of our immigration system.
Now, they’ve become targets— "betrayed by the only country [they have] ever called home.”
Now, they’ve become targets— "betrayed by the only country [they have] ever called home.”
Then they came for the Dreamers
Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway.
www.motherjones.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The plight of Dreamers used to be emblematic of the obvious failures of our immigration system.
Now, they’ve become targets— "betrayed by the only country [they have] ever called home.”
Now, they’ve become targets— "betrayed by the only country [they have] ever called home.”
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Here's why Trump's 50-year mortgage policy is a terrible idea that will not bring down housing costs and will trap Americans in debt for generations:newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/heres-why-...
Here’s Why Trump’s “50-Year Mortgage” is a Terrible Idea
It’s a “solution” no one asked for, and it would only make the housing crisis worse.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
November 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Here's why Trump's 50-year mortgage policy is a terrible idea that will not bring down housing costs and will trap Americans in debt for generations:newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/heres-why-...
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I hate this timeline. This is NOT how to thank veterans. A Purple Heart recipient deserves our eternal gratitude. They have more than earned citizenship and should be treated like a citizen regardless of any paperwork status.
Put that in any new immigration bill.
apple.news/AdYyER_hFQT2...
Put that in any new immigration bill.
apple.news/AdYyER_hFQT2...
US army veteran who received Purple Heart deported by ICE to Mexico — Guardian US
Venezuelan-born Jose Barco detained upon early release from prison following attempted murder conviction
apple.news
November 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I hate this timeline. This is NOT how to thank veterans. A Purple Heart recipient deserves our eternal gratitude. They have more than earned citizenship and should be treated like a citizen regardless of any paperwork status.
Put that in any new immigration bill.
apple.news/AdYyER_hFQT2...
Put that in any new immigration bill.
apple.news/AdYyER_hFQT2...
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If you were concerned about teachers “grooming” kids by acknowledging the existence of LGBTQ people, but you’re fine with the GOP hiding the Epstein Files and a president whose name is all over them, you’ve acknowledged what the rest of us have always known….
It was never about protecting. kids.
It was never about protecting. kids.
November 15, 2025 at 4:44 AM
If you were concerned about teachers “grooming” kids by acknowledging the existence of LGBTQ people, but you’re fine with the GOP hiding the Epstein Files and a president whose name is all over them, you’ve acknowledged what the rest of us have always known….
It was never about protecting. kids.
It was never about protecting. kids.
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Trump adds ‘Antifa’ groups in Europe to US list of foreign terrorist organizations
Trump adds ‘Antifa’ groups in Europe to US list of foreign terrorist organizations
Trump adds ‘Antifa’ groups in Europe to US list of foreign terrorist organizations
www.independent.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Trump adds ‘Antifa’ groups in Europe to US list of foreign terrorist organizations
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It’s been a year to the day we bought (and then didn’t, for reasons we still don’t fully know) InfoWars. We’re still trying. In the year since, we built The Onion into one of the biggest newspapers in the United States. I’m so proud of this place. I’m proud we do hard stuff. Thank you for caring.
November 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
It’s been a year to the day we bought (and then didn’t, for reasons we still don’t fully know) InfoWars. We’re still trying. In the year since, we built The Onion into one of the biggest newspapers in the United States. I’m so proud of this place. I’m proud we do hard stuff. Thank you for caring.
New report exposes massive corruption in Kristi Noem's Department of Homeland Security - MS NOW
November 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
New report exposes massive corruption in Kristi Noem's Department of Homeland Security - MS NOW
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When we link arms and band together, we can put the most insecure president who’s ever lived on his
November 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
When we link arms and band together, we can put the most insecure president who’s ever lived on his
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I held a shadow hearing in Chicago to see firsthand the violence and cruelty that ICE has been inflicting on our communities.
It’s outrageous. We need a humane, comprehensive path forward to reforming our immigration system — NOT this.
It’s outrageous. We need a humane, comprehensive path forward to reforming our immigration system — NOT this.
November 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I held a shadow hearing in Chicago to see firsthand the violence and cruelty that ICE has been inflicting on our communities.
It’s outrageous. We need a humane, comprehensive path forward to reforming our immigration system — NOT this.
It’s outrageous. We need a humane, comprehensive path forward to reforming our immigration system — NOT this.
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I am fourteen going on fifteen
Innocent as a rose
Pedophile pesters, creepy molesters
What do I know of those?
Totally unprepared am I
To face a world of shame
Timid and shy and scared am I
Of things that aren’t my blame
I had a creep, older, not wiser
'Cause Megyn Kelly said I'm fair game
Innocent as a rose
Pedophile pesters, creepy molesters
What do I know of those?
Totally unprepared am I
To face a world of shame
Timid and shy and scared am I
Of things that aren’t my blame
I had a creep, older, not wiser
'Cause Megyn Kelly said I'm fair game
November 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I am fourteen going on fifteen
Innocent as a rose
Pedophile pesters, creepy molesters
What do I know of those?
Totally unprepared am I
To face a world of shame
Timid and shy and scared am I
Of things that aren’t my blame
I had a creep, older, not wiser
'Cause Megyn Kelly said I'm fair game
Innocent as a rose
Pedophile pesters, creepy molesters
What do I know of those?
Totally unprepared am I
To face a world of shame
Timid and shy and scared am I
Of things that aren’t my blame
I had a creep, older, not wiser
'Cause Megyn Kelly said I'm fair game
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Acton: I’m running against a guy, Vivek Ramaswamy, who has said that people are struggling in Ohio because they’re lazy, they’re mediocre, they’re not working hard enough. And I can absolutely tell you that is not the Ohioans I know or see. I think he’s completely out of touch.
November 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Acton: I’m running against a guy, Vivek Ramaswamy, who has said that people are struggling in Ohio because they’re lazy, they’re mediocre, they’re not working hard enough. And I can absolutely tell you that is not the Ohioans I know or see. I think he’s completely out of touch.
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Hey Pam Bondi. This is John Mitchell. Gird your loins because you actually work for the people and not the president and you will eventually find out what that means.
November 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Hey Pam Bondi. This is John Mitchell. Gird your loins because you actually work for the people and not the president and you will eventually find out what that means.
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A president who pulled every lever, jiggled every handle, and applied every kind of pressure he could think of, up to and including inciting a riot, to prevent his successor from taking office deserves no benefit of the doubt. ICYMI @monacharen.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/its-time-t...
It’s Time to Pivot to 2026 Election Security
Don’t underestimate how Trump and his allies will attempt to control the outcome of the midterms.
www.thebulwark.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A president who pulled every lever, jiggled every handle, and applied every kind of pressure he could think of, up to and including inciting a riot, to prevent his successor from taking office deserves no benefit of the doubt. ICYMI @monacharen.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/its-time-t...
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California’s attorney general asked a federal court for the second time to end Trump’s National Guard deployment in Los Angeles, arguing the administration is “treating the President’s June 7 memo as a blank check” that allows it to deploy troops nationwide without justification.
California Again Asks Court to Block Trump’s ‘Never-Ending’ Military Occupation of Los Angeles
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
California’s attorney general asked a federal court for the second time to end Trump’s National Guard deployment in Los Angeles, arguing the administration is “treating the President’s June 7 memo as a blank check” that allows it to deploy troops nationwide without justification.
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We don’t yet know the long-term effects of AI — and we need to put up guardrails today to ensure it doesn’t spiral out of control tomorrow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imtkNL4v2ks
Big Tech's AI Power-Grab
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
We don’t yet know the long-term effects of AI — and we need to put up guardrails today to ensure it doesn’t spiral out of control tomorrow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imtkNL4v2ks
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Here is Trump when he owned the Miss Universe and Miss Teen USA pageants bragging about how he “was able to get away with” going backstage when contestants were naked since he was the boss and he had to do “inspections.”
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Here is Trump when he owned the Miss Universe and Miss Teen USA pageants bragging about how he “was able to get away with” going backstage when contestants were naked since he was the boss and he had to do “inspections.”
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What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Forget extending the tax credits, now the Republicans are talking getting rid of the Affordable Care Act completely...
youtu.be/xj7_wMIxHjo
youtu.be/xj7_wMIxHjo
WTF Have YOU Done?
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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November 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Forget extending the tax credits, now the Republicans are talking getting rid of the Affordable Care Act completely...
youtu.be/xj7_wMIxHjo
youtu.be/xj7_wMIxHjo
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The sacred act of public service is a decision thousands of public servants and federal workers make because they care about their communities. Trump and his billionaire buddies have punished them for speaking out. I stand with workers like Ellen to get the fair treatment they deserve.
November 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The sacred act of public service is a decision thousands of public servants and federal workers make because they care about their communities. Trump and his billionaire buddies have punished them for speaking out. I stand with workers like Ellen to get the fair treatment they deserve.