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Justin Gibson @jgibsondem.bsky.social · 8d
My latest on Substack: the sad downfall of former KTVI anchor/reporter Angie Mock.

Mock faces first degree murder charges for the killing of her mother Anita Avers on Halloween morning in Wichita, Kansas.

jgibsondem.substack.com/p/the-sad-do...
The sad downfall of Angie Mock
The former KTVI anchor/reporter faces first-degree murder charges in the murder of her mother.
jgibsondem.substack.com
jgibsondem.bsky.social
Trans Middlebury College student and athlete Lia Smith’s suicide are the result of harmful consequences of the extreme anti-trans attacks on trans sports participation. 🏳️‍⚧️

aridrennen.substack.com/p/what-happe...
What Happened to Lia Smith, the Middlebury College Trans Athlete Who Took Her Own Life?
After the deletion of her team profile and amid new national bans on trans athletes, questions remain about Lia Smith’s time at Middlebury — and about how the college supports its trans students
aridrennen.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
jgibsondem.bsky.social
State legislatures in a few states are passing bills to preserve the real history of the January 6th Insurrection that can’t be altered by Donald Trump and the right-wing media apparatus.

www.cbsnews.com/news/state-l...
State legislators maneuver to preserve history of U.S. Capitol riot
While GOP lawmakers and the Trump administration have downplayed the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, there are state efforts underway to ensure it's recorded for history.
www.cbsnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Reposted by Justin Gibson
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Happy Veterans Day, fellow veterans.

On this day, I ask you to remember what it meant to raise your right hand and say those words.

If we don’t stand up for what’s right, we will lose to this fascist, white nationalist movement.

Thank you for your service 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
jgibsondem.bsky.social
Right-wing media podcaster personalities such as Joe Rogan, Tim Dillon, and Stew Peters have raised concerns about the Trump Regime’s relationship with Peter Thiel-linked surveillance firm Palantir.

www.mediamatters.org/joe-rogan-ex...
“We’re headed to a surveillance state”: Right-wing figures and podcasters are protesting the Trump administration’s relationship with Palantir
The Trump administration’s deepening ties to data analysis firm Palantir has caused a surge in discontent in the conservative media sphere. Figures ranging from right-leaning podcasters like Theo Von ...
www.mediamatters.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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@jenrubin.bsky.social wrote a very solid piece in @contrariannews.org on the Trump Regime’s attacks on the rule of law and the ICE goons attacking and lawlessly detaining immigrant Americans and even US citizens.

contrarian.substack.com/p/lawless-en...
Lawless Enforcement
The feds are out of control
contrarian.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
jgibsondem.bsky.social
This is insanity: Pedophile and Epstein enabler Ghislaine Maxwell is getting luxuries and privileges in prison while preparing to give Donald Trump a commutation request.

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
Democrats reveal whistleblower details of Ghislaine Maxwell prison ‘luxuries’
In a letter to the president, House Democrats say Maxwell’s treatment as she prepares a clemency request makes the convicted sex offender look like a “guest at a Trump hotel.”
www.msnbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
jgibsondem.bsky.social
SCOTUS is set to hear RNC v. Wetzel, a case that could dramatically alter how vote-by-mail ballots are counted.

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
SCOTUS to Hear GOP Lawsuit That Could Radically Restrict Mail Voting
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Spoilt crybaby Donald Trump trashed air traffic controllers who kept our skies ticking during the Trump/GOP-caused shutdown for not going to work without pay, and also promises $10,000 bonus to those that stayed on.

people.com/trump-threat...
Trump Threatens Air Traffic Controllers 'Who Did Nothing but Complain' amid Shutdown, Promises $10,000 to Those Who Work
Amid growing airport delays, President Donald Trump went on a social media rant about air traffic controllers refusing to work without pay
people.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
jgibsondem.bsky.social
The GOP’s antisemitism problems are only going to get worse.

thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/gop-antise...
MAGA’s Civil War Over Antisemitism
The GOP has a Groyper problem, and it’s not going away
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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The US Senate approved 60-40 to reopen the government without Obamacare subsidies included, and the House will vote on it next.

The same 8 capitulating Democrats/Dem-caucusing Independents voted YES, and Rand Paul (R-KY) was the lone NO for the GOP.

www.huffpost.com/entry/govern...
Senate Approves Bill To Reopen Federal Government
The GOP-controlled House is expected to pass the legislation later this week and end the longest government shutdown in history.
www.huffpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
jgibsondem.bsky.social
New College Of Florida has been hobbled due to Gov. Ron DeSantis (R)’s right-wing takeover of the college.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Florida college goes broke—but at least it’s not woke
Perhaps you recall that Florida has its own mini Department of Government Efficiency, because Gov. Ron DeSantis is the most juiceless man alive—so maladapted to actual governance that he does ...
www.dailykos.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
jgibsondem.bsky.social
@deanobeidallah.bsky.social is 100% right. Cuck Chuck Schumer (D-NY) should not be leading the Democratic Party in the Senate. #SchumerMustGo

deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/chuck-schu...
Chuck Schumer must go as Senate Democratic leader. Period.
We need a more effective fighter
deanobeidallah.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
jgibsondem.bsky.social
The Trump Regime has waged a war on voting rights to rig the midterms in his party’s favor.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s assault on voting intensifies as midterms loom: ‘A wholesale attack on free and fair elections’
The White House is manipulating voting system, from redistricting to rule changes, to affect the midterms
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
jgibsondem.bsky.social
SCOTUS turns away former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis’s challenge to Obergefell v. Hodges in Davis v. Ermold, meaning that marriage equality is safe… for now. 🏳️‍🌈

www.them.us/story/suprem...
In Rare LGBTQ+ Win: Supreme Court Decides Not to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage
Kim Davis had asked the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell in an appeal she filed.
www.them.us
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Reposted by Justin Gibson
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This deal to end the shutdown is based on an empty Republican promise. This is not the time for our leaders to fold to Donald Trump.
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
jgibsondem.bsky.social
This UnPopulist column nails it here. What Donald Trump has done to the US in his 2nd term in months has far outpaced the authoritarian consolidation that Hungary and India went through under Orbán and Modi respectively.

www.theunpopulist.net/p/trump-has-...
Trump Has Taken Only Months to Accomplish the Level of Authoritarian Consolidation That Took Orbán and Modi Years
But America's aversion to tyranny gives it a much better chance of restoring its liberal democracy than their countries
www.theunpopulist.net
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
jgibsondem.bsky.social
8 cowardly Senate Democrats sold out their party’s base by voting to begin the process of reopening the government without Obamacare subsidies guarantees.

www.huffpost.com/entry/senate...
Senate Reaches Deal To Reopen Government After Moderate Democrats Cave
Republicans found enough Democrats willing to drop their party's demand to extend soon-to-expire health care subsidies for millions of people.
www.huffpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
jgibsondem.bsky.social
Attempted coup plotter Donald Trump coddles criminals who support his policies by pardoning 77 people involved in efforts to steal the 2020 elections for Trump from federal charges, including Rudy Giuliani, Kenneth Chesebro, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, and John Eastman.
Trump Pardons His Co-Conspirators in 2020 Coup Attempt | Common Dreams
Trump has pardoned over 70 people who tried to help him overturn his 2020 election loss. Some fear it encourages GOP officials to become even bolder with efforts to help Trump subvert future elections...
www.commondreams.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
jgibsondem.bsky.social
Trump says that Americans (except the very wealthy) could received a $2K tariff dividend of some form.

www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Says Americans To Receive $2,000 Tariff Dividend, Treasury Secretary Says It Could Come In Other Forms
The president also torched his tariff opponents as "fools."
www.huffpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
jgibsondem.bsky.social
Florida AG James Uthmeier (R) should go fuck himself with a cactus.

www.advocate.com/politics/flo...
Florida attorney general calls for cancellation of 'demonic' Christmas drag show in Pensacola
The Republican AG claims it will harm children, even though the event is adults-only. Also, it's not demonic.
www.advocate.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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mjsdc.bsky.social Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 1d
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
DAVIS, KIM V. ERMOLD, DAVID, ET AL. The motion of Foundation for Moral Law for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae out of time is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Reposted by Justin Gibson
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As this vote moves to the House, I stand with Democratic leadership as they refuse to rubber stamp the full-scale Republican assault on Americans’ health care and I am proud of the majority of Senate Democrats who opposed this vote.
Statement from DNC Chair Ken Martin on Senate Shutdown Vote. For 7 weeks, we have stood firm and spoken with one voice: we must save health care for millions of Americans. Donald Trump has made it impossible for families to make ends meet, forcing them to choose between putting food on the table or paying their medical bills. The last thing Americans can afford is their health insurance premiums doubling overnight. Let me be crystal clear: Donald Trump and the Republican Party that orchestrated this betrayal of the American people are responsible for the men, women, and children who will suffer because they cannot get the health care they need to survive. These are the same people who rushed to vote for tax breaks for billionaires. It is clear whose side they are on. As this vote moves to the House, I stand with Dem leadership as they refuse to rubber stamp the full-scale Republican assault on Americans’ health care and I am proud of the majority of Senate Dems who opposed this vote.
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
jgibsondem.bsky.social
Jay Kuo nails it perfectly on why SCOTUS Justice KetanjI Brown Jackson issued a stay on the SNAP benefits case, to force a faster resolution on the case and get SNAP benefits handed out sooner.

statuskuo.substack.com/p/whats-up-w...
What’s Up With That Stay by Justice Jackson?!
And why we should all take a breath
statuskuo.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Anti-American scumbag wanker Donald Trump snapped at NBC reporter Monica Alba for correctly noting that Walmart’s 2025 Thanksgiving bundle has less items than last year’s. Most of the brand named items in 2024’s bundle were replaced with private label Great Value-branded items.
Trump snaps at NBC reporter for debunking his claim that Walmart’s Thanksgiving dinner will be cheaper this year than last
www.mediamatters.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Bad game for my Steelers.
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM