Jim Weingarten
@jimweingarten.bsky.social
Recovering techie. Struggling father. Cook/baker. Progressive. Podcast junkie. Involuntary trivia accumulator. Cyclist and climber of large hills.
Concerned human being. Live your values. Fight injustice. Practice kindness. Be courageous. Pet doggies!
Concerned human being. Live your values. Fight injustice. Practice kindness. Be courageous. Pet doggies!
How will they try to negate the vote of #AdelitsGrijalva for the #DischargePetition to release the #EpsteinFiles? I'll bet they turn a current #GOP Yes vote to a No to cancel her out. #NancyMace, maybe? It's shameful how they shield a #pedophile from justice just to enrich themselves. #Resist
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
How will they try to negate the vote of #AdelitsGrijalva for the #DischargePetition to release the #EpsteinFiles? I'll bet they turn a current #GOP Yes vote to a No to cancel her out. #NancyMace, maybe? It's shameful how they shield a #pedophile from justice just to enrich themselves. #Resist
The Monday #Bulwark podcast has me reconsidering the #Democratic #shutdown #capitulation. They make great points about the real outcome of the deal. They argue we actually won.
The Bulwark Podcast: Will Saletan: Sorry, but the Democrats Won the Shutdown
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The Bulwark Podcast: Will Saletan: Sorry, but the Democrats Won the Shutdown
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Will Saletan: Sorry, but the Democrats Won the Shutdown
The very online crowd is very upset, but Dems did fight like Republicans. This was a longer shutdown than anything the Tea Party pulled and real pain was being caused. And Democrats have now made the ...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
The Monday #Bulwark podcast has me reconsidering the #Democratic #shutdown #capitulation. They make great points about the real outcome of the deal. They argue we actually won.
The Bulwark Podcast: Will Saletan: Sorry, but the Democrats Won the Shutdown
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The Bulwark Podcast: Will Saletan: Sorry, but the Democrats Won the Shutdown
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Recall Chuck Schumer.
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Recall Chuck Schumer.
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Primary every Democratic Senator who votes for this. Every damn one.
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Primary every Democratic Senator who votes for this. Every damn one.
Eight traitorous #Senate #Democrats caved on the #shutdown. All this leverage and all we have is a bunch of fucking cowards in charge! #Schumer is done. He is not a leader for these times. He should step down a minority leader. If not, we should oust him. He has no influence or spine. #Resist
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Eight traitorous #Senate #Democrats caved on the #shutdown. All this leverage and all we have is a bunch of fucking cowards in charge! #Schumer is done. He is not a leader for these times. He should step down a minority leader. If not, we should oust him. He has no influence or spine. #Resist
So, now #AssholeInChief is trying to buy off the American people so he can continue his horrible #tariffs. Why? Is he using the threat as leverage to solicit #payoffs from #billionaires? Is he manipulating the market. He never does anything unless it lines his pockets.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
So, now #AssholeInChief is trying to buy off the American people so he can continue his horrible #tariffs. Why? Is he using the threat as leverage to solicit #payoffs from #billionaires? Is he manipulating the market. He never does anything unless it lines his pockets.
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The #IRS has killed #DirectFile, because, fuck taxpayers. #Intuit made an investment to buy off #Congress so the #IRS would kill free filing. Now #TurboTax demands its tribute. #Capitalism #Corruption #Resist
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I.R.S. Halts Free Online Offering for Filing Taxes Directly
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November 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The #IRS has killed #DirectFile, because, fuck taxpayers. #Intuit made an investment to buy off #Congress so the #IRS would kill free filing. Now #TurboTax demands its tribute. #Capitalism #Corruption #Resist
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
Yay, Sandwich Guy!
BREAKING: SANDWICH GUY ACQUITTED. NOT GUILTY!
We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.
November 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Yay, Sandwich Guy!
#ErikaKirk using fake tears to appear distraught about the death of her late husband #CharlieKirk before giving a recent speech. Such cynical opportunism. www.reddit.com/r/CringeTikT...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#ErikaKirk using fake tears to appear distraught about the death of her late husband #CharlieKirk before giving a recent speech. Such cynical opportunism. www.reddit.com/r/CringeTikT...
A US Appeals Court just said it's legal to ban Chinese from owning property in Florida?! I know the country has been going backwards, but really?! We're back to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Does the court believe that's the will of the majority?! #Resist
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US court says Florida can ban Chinese citizens from buying property
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday cleared the way for Florida to enforce a law restricting real estate and land purchases by Chinese citizens, rejecting claims it violates
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November 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
A US Appeals Court just said it's legal to ban Chinese from owning property in Florida?! I know the country has been going backwards, but really?! We're back to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Does the court believe that's the will of the majority?! #Resist
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Unregulated #Capitalism is immoral. Billionaires should not exist. Marx predicted greed would topple the system. #Piketty proved there is a fatal flaw in its design. It is truly rigged. Economic Injustice begets anger. Anger leads to #Fascism. And here we are... #Resist
Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
November 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Unregulated #Capitalism is immoral. Billionaires should not exist. Marx predicted greed would topple the system. #Piketty proved there is a fatal flaw in its design. It is truly rigged. Economic Injustice begets anger. Anger leads to #Fascism. And here we are... #Resist
Let me get this straight. #AssholeInChief is starving 42 million Americans (including children) to force #Democrats to capitulate, end the shutdown, and allow #ACA insurance rates to skyrocket depriving millions of health insurance. That's cartoonishly evil. #Resist www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Says It Will Make Only Partial SNAP Payments This Month
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November 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Let me get this straight. #AssholeInChief is starving 42 million Americans (including children) to force #Democrats to capitulate, end the shutdown, and allow #ACA insurance rates to skyrocket depriving millions of health insurance. That's cartoonishly evil. #Resist www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
#Congress is quietly trying to change the age of consent to 14 to protect the people in the #Epstein files. After all, it won't be illegal to rape children anymore. And that's retroactive, right? Of course it is. #Resist #evil
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November 2, 2025 at 5:51 AM
#Congress is quietly trying to change the age of consent to 14 to protect the people in the #Epstein files. After all, it won't be illegal to rape children anymore. And that's retroactive, right? Of course it is. #Resist #evil
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#AssholeInChief has decided we owe him $230M of taxpayer money because we investigated and prosecuted him for his crimes, and that bothers him. Under what authority? Because he says so. #Resist
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From the law community on Reddit: Trump says he has final say on paying himself $230m for past investigations
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October 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
#AssholeInChief has decided we owe him $230M of taxpayer money because we investigated and prosecuted him for his crimes, and that bothers him. Under what authority? Because he says so. #Resist
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#Abbot is so afraid of the #Oct18 #NoKings protest that he's deploying the #NatGuard to intimidate us. Go ahead. We are not afraid. You are evil. We will stop you. We will be peaceful. We will win. You will answer for your evil. This does not end well for you.
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Republican Governor Orders National Guard Deployed to No Kings Protest
Greg Abbott is ready to have the National Guard confront people expressing their First Amendment right.
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October 17, 2025 at 3:42 AM
#Abbot is so afraid of the #Oct18 #NoKings protest that he's deploying the #NatGuard to intimidate us. Go ahead. We are not afraid. You are evil. We will stop you. We will be peaceful. We will win. You will answer for your evil. This does not end well for you.
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I never thought I'd see the day when #SCOTUS is dominated by a bunch of evil, racist hacks determined to realize the #UnitaryExecutive theory, and cement the dominance of #Billionaires, #WhiteMales, #Corporations, and #Misogynists. #Resist
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Supreme Court Appears Poised to Weaken Voting Rights Act
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October 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I never thought I'd see the day when #SCOTUS is dominated by a bunch of evil, racist hacks determined to realize the #UnitaryExecutive theory, and cement the dominance of #Billionaires, #WhiteMales, #Corporations, and #Misogynists. #Resist
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I swear! I can't even listen to his voice anymore without feeling a surge of rage, and being overcome by a strong desire to yell "Fuck you!" at him and his evil and cruelty. Sometimes,I give in, and yell out loud, despite the fact that there's no one here to hear it. #NoKings #Oct18 #Resist
October 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This is the United States of America in 2025. Any questions? Attend the #NoKings protests in your region on #October18 #Resist
October 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This is the United States of America in 2025. Any questions? Attend the #NoKings protests in your region on #October18 #Resist
Here's a video from Chicago of ICE shooting a pastor in the head with a pepper ball as he leads people in prayer. We WILL force a reckoning for this evil. We must rise up and stop this. It's time to get in the streets. #Resist #Courage
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From the illinois community on Reddit: Chicago’s Broadview ICE Targets Pastor in Prayer: Opens Fire from Rooftop, Shooting Him and Causing Him to Collapse
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October 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Here's a video from Chicago of ICE shooting a pastor in the head with a pepper ball as he leads people in prayer. We WILL force a reckoning for this evil. We must rise up and stop this. It's time to get in the streets. #Resist #Courage
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Right now, your primary job is to recruit. We need a huge turnout on #NoKings on #October18 to fight this Fascist takeover. Set a target to get everyone directly in and adjacent to your network to attend. Most people don't know what's going on. #Resist #WeAreTheJedi
October 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Right now, your primary job is to recruit. We need a huge turnout on #NoKings on #October18 to fight this Fascist takeover. Set a target to get everyone directly in and adjacent to your network to attend. Most people don't know what's going on. #Resist #WeAreTheJedi
There they go again, saying the quiet part out loud. Plenary authority?! Nothing Fascist about that. Move along. Nothing to see here. #Resist
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From the law community on Reddit: Stephen Miller states that Trump has plenary authority, then immediately stops talking as if he’s realized what he just said
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October 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
There they go again, saying the quiet part out loud. Plenary authority?! Nothing Fascist about that. Move along. Nothing to see here. #Resist
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A beautiful, posthumous message of hope from Jane Goodall. What an amazing person!
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From the justgalsbeingchicks community on Reddit: Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 with the understanding it would only be released after her death. In it, she discusses...
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October 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A beautiful, posthumous message of hope from Jane Goodall. What an amazing person!
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Sitting bedside as someone is dying of old age really brings to life the Buddhist precept of universal suffering. Death is inevitable, and it hurts, no matter how it happens.
October 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Sitting bedside as someone is dying of old age really brings to life the Buddhist precept of universal suffering. Death is inevitable, and it hurts, no matter how it happens.