Joe Calhoun
@jbc3.bsky.social
#Cville! Co-founder, organizer, Indivisible Charlottesville. Proud rural progressive. Recovering coder.
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AMEN
Have you joined #TheResistance yet? If not, after you read about how effective protesting is go to indivisible.org and join an Indivisible group in your area. Your action WILL make a difference in 2026.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
AMEN
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Phang: If that happened in January, how in the actual hell is Blanche now telling the American people that they suddenly discovered a million more documents?
GTFOH. As far back as January, the entirety of the Epstein files were transferred to Main Justice at DOJ…
GTFOH. As far back as January, the entirety of the Epstein files were transferred to Main Justice at DOJ…
December 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Phang: If that happened in January, how in the actual hell is Blanche now telling the American people that they suddenly discovered a million more documents?
GTFOH. As far back as January, the entirety of the Epstein files were transferred to Main Justice at DOJ…
GTFOH. As far back as January, the entirety of the Epstein files were transferred to Main Justice at DOJ…
Well well, look at that! Exactly what some of us SAID would happen if we allowed development!
Luxury Apartments Are Bringing Rent Down in Some Big Cities
“New building openings are bringing rents down as wealthy tenants trade up, forcing landlords to drop prices for older apartments.” @bloomberg.com
“New building openings are bringing rents down as wealthy tenants trade up, forcing landlords to drop prices for older apartments.” @bloomberg.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Well well, look at that! Exactly what some of us SAID would happen if we allowed development!
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The incredibly corrupt, lawless, & unconstitutional nature of the entire DOGE enterprise requires Elon Musk and lots of other people to spend the rest of their lives in jail.
The Wisconsin component of the analysis here is revealing. Evidence is consistent with DOGE strategically delaying contract terminations in WI until after the 2025 state Supreme Court elections to mitigate electoral risk.
December 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The incredibly corrupt, lawless, & unconstitutional nature of the entire DOGE enterprise requires Elon Musk and lots of other people to spend the rest of their lives in jail.
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UNRWA has food, shelter, medical and other essential supplies outside of #Gaza - enough to reach hundreds of thousands of people facing the harsh winter.
Letting in this aid, that has been blocked by Israeli Authorities since March, would enable UNRWA's teams to multiply their ongoing operations.
Letting in this aid, that has been blocked by Israeli Authorities since March, would enable UNRWA's teams to multiply their ongoing operations.
December 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
UNRWA has food, shelter, medical and other essential supplies outside of #Gaza - enough to reach hundreds of thousands of people facing the harsh winter.
Letting in this aid, that has been blocked by Israeli Authorities since March, would enable UNRWA's teams to multiply their ongoing operations.
Letting in this aid, that has been blocked by Israeli Authorities since March, would enable UNRWA's teams to multiply their ongoing operations.
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abolish ice. theres no middle road on this and democrats will have to be held to it.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
abolish ice. theres no middle road on this and democrats will have to be held to it.
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A warning from the lawyer representing the unjustly fired Oklahoma TA! Beware of GFM scams: her client is NOT crowdfunding at this time.
Please be aware of possible scams! My client, Mel Curth, is not seeking any donations at this time. She is grateful for your support and instead requests folks that want to help to donate to the local organizations of your choice!
December 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
A warning from the lawyer representing the unjustly fired Oklahoma TA! Beware of GFM scams: her client is NOT crowdfunding at this time.
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I always thought Plato was pretty pollyannaish on this point, but this is decent evidence for the view that a man of bad character will therefore be unhappy even with every external trapping of success and good fortune.
President Donald Trump gifted the world with nearly 200 Truth Social posts (and counting) on Christmas Day, where he amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
Trump Posts Nearly 200 Times in Unhinged Christmas Day Spree
The president amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
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December 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I always thought Plato was pretty pollyannaish on this point, but this is decent evidence for the view that a man of bad character will therefore be unhappy even with every external trapping of success and good fortune.
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Every Democrat running for office needs to promise investigations and full prosecutions from top to bottom, remove its funding bloat then break up the agency and distribute its core remaining useful functions across other agencies.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Every Democrat running for office needs to promise investigations and full prosecutions from top to bottom, remove its funding bloat then break up the agency and distribute its core remaining useful functions across other agencies.
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On this, and multiple other fights against our enemies, people really need to take the part of themselves conditioned to handwring about "going too far," put a stake in it and bury it deep.
I see some people talking about the anti-AI crusade going too far and I just...... This is not a Twitter cancelation campaign we are fighting a war with the richest and most powerful people who have ever existed, who've sunk the GDP of a nation into poisoning Black
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
December 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
On this, and multiple other fights against our enemies, people really need to take the part of themselves conditioned to handwring about "going too far," put a stake in it and bury it deep.
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some good climate/energy news:
* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)
* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free
* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)
* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free
* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
Clean energy is going to win. It's just a question of when.
Clean energy is still winning. These 10 charts prove it.
Solar and wind are beating new power demand, steelmaking is slowly getting off coal, and more clean energy victories are clear in these charts.
www.canarymedia.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
some good climate/energy news:
* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)
* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free
* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)
* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free
* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
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Missing Rapes: Over the span of nearly a decade, the State College Police Department underreported hundreds of rapes in the central Pennsylvania community, leading to highly inaccurate publicly reported crime statistics. www.spotlightpa.org/statecollege... important investigation by @spotlightpa.org
100s of rapes unreported by State College police
The missing data masked the true extent of the crime surrounding Penn State. The central PA department claims it was unaware of a 2013 change to what is considered rape.
www.spotlightpa.org
December 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Missing Rapes: Over the span of nearly a decade, the State College Police Department underreported hundreds of rapes in the central Pennsylvania community, leading to highly inaccurate publicly reported crime statistics. www.spotlightpa.org/statecollege... important investigation by @spotlightpa.org
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This matters because when you misstate that UTR organizers went on to organize J6, it diminishes credibility and undermines the work and sacrifice that community organizers undertook specifically to ensure that the UTR organizers could never do such a thing again.
December 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This matters because when you misstate that UTR organizers went on to organize J6, it diminishes credibility and undermines the work and sacrifice that community organizers undertook specifically to ensure that the UTR organizers could never do such a thing again.
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A lot of conservative behavior makes sense when you realize their hierarchy is man over woman, adult over child, white over non-white, straight over gay, Christian above everyone else.
Want to know why they don’t care if Trump’s involved with Epstein? Man above woman, above child.
Want to know why they don’t care if Trump’s involved with Epstein? Man above woman, above child.
This has nothing to do with faith or observance btw. It’s just about establishing an official hierarchy of citizenship where they are on top. bsky.app/profile/mark...
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A lot of conservative behavior makes sense when you realize their hierarchy is man over woman, adult over child, white over non-white, straight over gay, Christian above everyone else.
Want to know why they don’t care if Trump’s involved with Epstein? Man above woman, above child.
Want to know why they don’t care if Trump’s involved with Epstein? Man above woman, above child.
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Farm workers are hard at work in in Fresno CA harvesting pomegranates. They earn minimum wage and spend their days filling sacks that weigh up around 60 pounds when full. They then dump the sacks into the bins. A tractor hauls the full bins to cold storage. #WeFeedYou
December 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Farm workers are hard at work in in Fresno CA harvesting pomegranates. They earn minimum wage and spend their days filling sacks that weigh up around 60 pounds when full. They then dump the sacks into the bins. A tractor hauls the full bins to cold storage. #WeFeedYou
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I've spent 30 years fighting to protect free and fair elections. From county courtrooms to the U.S. Supreme Court, I've argued and won cases that have helped decide elections. I started Democracy Docket to share most important information and analysis with you. Sign-up now. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
December 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I've spent 30 years fighting to protect free and fair elections. From county courtrooms to the U.S. Supreme Court, I've argued and won cases that have helped decide elections. I started Democracy Docket to share most important information and analysis with you. Sign-up now. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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I'm very happy to hear Ahmed al-Ahmed is doing well and hopefully will be discharged from hospital soon. He's such a light in this world, an example to all of us to stand together, as human beings, against the darkness. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Wounded Bondi hero Ahmed al-Ahmed recovering well and may soon leave hospital
The 44-year-old has gone through three rounds of surgery in a Sydney hospital since suffering five gunshot wounds
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I'm very happy to hear Ahmed al-Ahmed is doing well and hopefully will be discharged from hospital soon. He's such a light in this world, an example to all of us to stand together, as human beings, against the darkness. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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A repost reminder:
It is traditional in Iceland to give the gift of a book to be opened on Christmas Eve. Books are unwrapped and then read together. It is called Jolabokaflod (Christmas book flood). 📖 🎄
🖼 Reading Girl, Gustav Adolph Hennig, 1828.
It is traditional in Iceland to give the gift of a book to be opened on Christmas Eve. Books are unwrapped and then read together. It is called Jolabokaflod (Christmas book flood). 📖 🎄
🖼 Reading Girl, Gustav Adolph Hennig, 1828.
December 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
A repost reminder:
It is traditional in Iceland to give the gift of a book to be opened on Christmas Eve. Books are unwrapped and then read together. It is called Jolabokaflod (Christmas book flood). 📖 🎄
🖼 Reading Girl, Gustav Adolph Hennig, 1828.
It is traditional in Iceland to give the gift of a book to be opened on Christmas Eve. Books are unwrapped and then read together. It is called Jolabokaflod (Christmas book flood). 📖 🎄
🖼 Reading Girl, Gustav Adolph Hennig, 1828.
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Your car is too big.
December 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Your car is too big.
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I was just looking up an Aussie Christmas gif and came across drunk relatives fighting over the toppled Christmas tree ...
a kangaroo and an emu are standing next to each other in the dirt .
ALT: a kangaroo and an emu are standing next to each other in the dirt .
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I was just looking up an Aussie Christmas gif and came across drunk relatives fighting over the toppled Christmas tree ...
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Oh hey look, it's Sarah Ditum, a raging fucking transphobic bigot who has been a major player in the UK "gender critical" multi-year public campaign to manufacture consent for stripping trans people of their legal rights because she's a raging transphobic bigot!
Yeah, no thanks.
Stop guilting people about being estranged from family members. It someone is they likely have personal reasons for being so.
Stop guilting people about being estranged from family members. It someone is they likely have personal reasons for being so.
December 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Oh hey look, it's Sarah Ditum, a raging fucking transphobic bigot who has been a major player in the UK "gender critical" multi-year public campaign to manufacture consent for stripping trans people of their legal rights because she's a raging transphobic bigot!
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Um, thread. 🔥
We found out about the fire when a customer came in, ordered 3 pints of Caffreys, then - as I handed them to him & asked for payment - said 'do you know the roof's on fire?' The roof was thatched. He walked into a burning pub for a Xmas pint. There'll always be an England.
December 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Um, thread. 🔥
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Um, holy fuck, they appear to be trying to rename immigration judges "deportation judges"---this ad just showed up in my Facebook feed
December 24, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Um, holy fuck, they appear to be trying to rename immigration judges "deportation judges"---this ad just showed up in my Facebook feed
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This is turned me into the fucking Joker, I'm heading for Montana right the fuck now to fight this motherfucker I AM IN FACT QUITE AWARE THAT THE MAJESTIC AMERICAN WEST NEEDS MAINTENANCE YOU MOTHERFUCKERS THAT SHIT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY AND IT'S WORTH IT AND --YOU-- ASSHOLES KEEP VOTING AGAINST IT
December 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is turned me into the fucking Joker, I'm heading for Montana right the fuck now to fight this motherfucker I AM IN FACT QUITE AWARE THAT THE MAJESTIC AMERICAN WEST NEEDS MAINTENANCE YOU MOTHERFUCKERS THAT SHIT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY AND IT'S WORTH IT AND --YOU-- ASSHOLES KEEP VOTING AGAINST IT