Jim V
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Jim V
@jimvn.bsky.social
Semi-retired psychiatrist.
digbysblog.net
June 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
We had Iran at the table, allowing monitoring and inspections of its nuclear enrichment. All agreed they were complying. Trump pulled 100% to crush Obama’s success. This is Trump’s war. It’s his fault.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Israel-Iran conflict at critical juncture as Trump demands Tehran’s ‘unconditional surrender’
US president triggers speculation about American military involvement after five days of Israeli bombing and retaliatory Iranian missile strikes
www.theguardian.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
How is this different than Russia-Ukraine? Forcibly stealing land co-inhabited by Jews and Arabs for centuries. And no, God didn’t give Israel the land. Let’s set aside Bible fairy tales.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Israel confirms plans to create 22 new settlements in occupied West Bank
Defence minister says move ‘prevents establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger Israel’
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Republic be damned. We want one world government.

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digbysblog.net
April 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The slow dawning of awareness that Trump’s intention is to crash the temple upon all our heads as he leaves. No legacy, just Him.

Dramatic sell-off of US government bonds as tariff war panic deepens
April 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Other than F* poor folks as an inherently US Christofascist trope, getting to universal coverage for health care is almost DOGE easy—i.e. brainless. But, please refer back to F* the poor so not gonna happen.

Mehmet Oz confirmed by US Senate to lead Medicare and Medicaid
April 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
After a couple months of my Social Security payments (that I earned) arriving like clockwork on the third of the month, this month NOTHING. WTF? I paid in for 35+ years. Anticipating the hell of SSA wait times on the phone.
April 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Sounds like you need a little Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to make space travel safer.

The Space Station is too clean, and it’s making astronauts sick - The Wall Street Journal
March 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The cruelty is the point.

Trump revokes legal status of 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans
March 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
And Dems just go along. Wonder why our approval rate is in the toilet?

Opinion | The ‘Free World’ Is Gone and There’s No Turning Back - POLITICO
March 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Lawyers, ammirite?

Trump rescinds executive order after law firm agrees to provide $40m in free services
March 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
“Weird” was working, but Carville, Axelrod, Plouffe, and Jarrett worried about their yacht payments so that went by the board. Now Hakeem Jeffries is spanking Al Green? Dems are just a disaster.

Walz: Democrats shouldn't have played 'so safe' in 2024 - The Hill
March 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Trump isn’t even pretending to hide it any more.

US vetoes G7 proposal to combat Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers
March 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Add a friendly amendment that the governor and all voting Aye be in the pool to pull the trigger.

Firing squad could become Idaho’s main execution method if governor signs bill
March 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Why are Republicans just assholes?

Key court hearing as Alabama threatens prosecutions over abortion support
March 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Tell Elon five things you did last week. Flood the inbox no matter who you are or even if you’re not in government:
HR@opm.gov
February 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Absentee fathers are destroying the family?

Ashley St. Clair Files For Sole Custody Of Child She Says Elon Musk Fathered - HuffPost
February 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
US press will always sane-wash Rs. Rubio is a thin rush in the stream and avid for his Trump daddy’s approval.

This is Not Marco Rubio’s State Department - POLITICO
February 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Ya think? “Weird” was actually working for Harris. Then some dumb ass consultant said let’s go high and the balloon deflated. Happy to pay off Carville, et al, buy them sunscreen and ciao

Dems concede Republicans ‘running circles’ around them online as Trump remakes Washington - POLITICO
February 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Sad, deluded voters helped Trump to office then surprised when the leopard ate their faces. And, no, Other non-Arabs did it too, isn’t an excuse. Your vote, your choice.

For many Palestinian Americans, Trump’s Gaza plan evokes legacy of displacement
February 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM