Jim Applegate
@jlapple.bsky.social
Higher education leader, climate activist, and advocate for a progressive political agenda. Active member of Third Act, Common Power, and various other civic/nonprofit organizations.
But we blow up and murder people on boats we “think” are smuggling drugs-who needs due process. AT THE SAME TIME
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The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
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December 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM
But we blow up and murder people on boats we “think” are smuggling drugs-who needs due process. AT THE SAME TIME
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Trump is losing it. We must
Stand strong against him and his sycophants.
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Stand strong against him and his sycophants.
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The President Is Losing Control of Himself
Donald Trump’s outbursts on social media this week were different than usual.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Trump is losing it. We must
Stand strong against him and his sycophants.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Stand strong against him and his sycophants.
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So people voted against Harris because prices were too high. How is that working out?
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Opinion | Does Trump Know the Price of Milk?
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November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
So people voted against Harris because prices were too high. How is that working out?
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To quote Joanne Carducci, on Nov. 4 2025 “democracy didn’t knock. She kicked the door off its hinges, boots muddy, hair wild, eyeliner smeared, and said “Miss me?”
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
To quote Joanne Carducci, on Nov. 4 2025 “democracy didn’t knock. She kicked the door off its hinges, boots muddy, hair wild, eyeliner smeared, and said “Miss me?”
Looking worse and worse for Trump as he desperately tries to keep the Epstein files hidden.
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What did Trump know about Epstein?
Trump’s claims of ignorance are contradicted by a newly released 2019 email
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November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Looking worse and worse for Trump as he desperately tries to keep the Epstein files hidden.
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The next time you hear someone spouting the MAGA line that the cuts to Medicaid are just getting rid of those “illegals” please ask them to take this gifted quiz to see how much they really know about the program.
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What do you really know about Medicaid? Take our quiz and find out.
As Congress begins to weigh potential cuts to Medicaid, test your knowledge with our quiz on the public insurance program.
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October 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The next time you hear someone spouting the MAGA line that the cuts to Medicaid are just getting rid of those “illegals” please ask them to take this gifted quiz to see how much they really know about the program.
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A convicted fraudster set free by the grifter in chief.
Santos Is Released After Trump Commutes His Sentence www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
Santos Is Released After Trump Commutes His Sentence www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
Santos Is Released After Trump Commutes His Sentence
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October 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A convicted fraudster set free by the grifter in chief.
Santos Is Released After Trump Commutes His Sentence www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
Santos Is Released After Trump Commutes His Sentence www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
Just a taste of the insanity that funds MaGA
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October 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Just a taste of the insanity that funds MaGA
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When the world won’t even drink your booze, it’s a sign
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October 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
When the world won’t even drink your booze, it’s a sign
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This is sad, stupid, and embarassing. How did so many think this clown competent to be a leader?
Trump upbraids U.N. in speech, claiming ‘your countries are going to hell’
Trump upbraids U.N. in speech, claiming ‘your countries are going to hell’
September 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This is sad, stupid, and embarassing. How did so many think this clown competent to be a leader?
Trump upbraids U.N. in speech, claiming ‘your countries are going to hell’
Trump upbraids U.N. in speech, claiming ‘your countries are going to hell’
As Rs use the Kirk to suppress free speech and the right to peacefully protest it is always good to look at the data. I would include the DOJ study showing same results but Trump had it pulled along with data on food insecurity, climate changes, and more. Demagogues hate data.
September 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
As Rs use the Kirk to suppress free speech and the right to peacefully protest it is always good to look at the data. I would include the DOJ study showing same results but Trump had it pulled along with data on food insecurity, climate changes, and more. Demagogues hate data.
Free speech, peaceful protest, all our rights are under attack by the Republicans. If we don’t stand up we will be the 21st century version of 1930s Germans.
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Agents Tear Gas, Detain Demonstrators Outside Broadview ICE Facility During Friday Protest
Large crowds gathered to protest early Friday and later that evening outside of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview.
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September 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Free speech, peaceful protest, all our rights are under attack by the Republicans. If we don’t stand up we will be the 21st century version of 1930s Germans.
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Now THIS is what you call a double douse of wrong. First Trump pardons a whole set of dark web drug dealers and fraudsters. And now the victims will not receive the court ordered recompense because of it. Talk about adding insult to injury!
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The S.E.C. Drops Efforts to Recoup Funds From Trump Clemency Recipients
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September 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Now THIS is what you call a double douse of wrong. First Trump pardons a whole set of dark web drug dealers and fraudsters. And now the victims will not receive the court ordered recompense because of it. Talk about adding insult to injury!
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From your own DOJ, the full list with details of the CONVICTED felons Trump has pardoned JUST this year. A sorry group of dark web, drug dealing, violent fraudsters. Who were required to return $200m to their victims. I hope those folks still get their money back.
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Clemency Grants by President Donald J. Trump (2025-Present)
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September 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
From your own DOJ, the full list with details of the CONVICTED felons Trump has pardoned JUST this year. A sorry group of dark web, drug dealing, violent fraudsters. Who were required to return $200m to their victims. I hope those folks still get their money back.
www.justice.gov/pardon/cleme...
www.justice.gov/pardon/cleme...
For a powerful counter to the attacks on free speech occurring by our 21st century Fascist friends (now using the Kirk murder as cover) I invite you to read Frederick Douglass’ address after his Boston Abolitionist meeting was attacked by a pro-slavery mob.
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A Plea for Free Speech in Boston (1860)
National Constitution Center Historic Documents Library record for A Plea for Free Speech in Boston (1860)
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September 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
For a powerful counter to the attacks on free speech occurring by our 21st century Fascist friends (now using the Kirk murder as cover) I invite you to read Frederick Douglass’ address after his Boston Abolitionist meeting was attacked by a pro-slavery mob.
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constitutioncenter.org/the-constitu...
Birds of a feather. Which one walked into the dressing room of undressed contestants at a teen pageant? I forget
Trump Administration Live Updates: Signature in Epstein Book Resembles President’s From That Era www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Signature in Epstein Book Resembles President’s From That Era www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Signature in Epstein Book Resembles President’s From That Era
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September 9, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Birds of a feather. Which one walked into the dressing room of undressed contestants at a teen pageant? I forget
Trump Administration Live Updates: Signature in Epstein Book Resembles President’s From That Era www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Signature in Epstein Book Resembles President’s From That Era www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
Children go hungry while the wealthy get tax cuts. It’s happening now in Illinois. And this from a business journal. That’s how bad it is.
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How federal changes to SNAP threaten Illinois' food system
Illinois pantries, grocers and small farmers brace for fallout as SNAP rule changes and funding cuts shift costs to states and threaten food access.
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August 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Children go hungry while the wealthy get tax cuts. It’s happening now in Illinois. And this from a business journal. That’s how bad it is.
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Is it any surprise that the Aryan Nation” and other Nazi-like groups are experiencing a renaissance, after all they have “their guy” in the White House and Stephen Miller a unicorn Jewish Nazi is running wild.
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Aryan Freedom Network is riding high in Trump era
HOCHATOWN, OK – Wearing cargo shorts, flip-flops and a baseball cap
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August 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Is it any surprise that the Aryan Nation” and other Nazi-like groups are experiencing a renaissance, after all they have “their guy” in the White House and Stephen Miller a unicorn Jewish Nazi is running wild.
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So we throw people off Medicaid and raise the prices of their most used medications with punishing tariffs. Gives new meaning to the “war on poverty”. Elders and children will be most at risk.
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Where Your Medicines Are Made
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August 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
So we throw people off Medicaid and raise the prices of their most used medications with punishing tariffs. Gives new meaning to the “war on poverty”. Elders and children will be most at risk.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/h...
We are witnessing the demise of the US as a science superpower
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Inside science labs trying to survive in the Trump era
Anastasia Khvorova’s lab at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School shows how quickly the administration is dismantling an 80-year partnership that made the U.S. a scientific superpower.
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August 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We are witnessing the demise of the US as a science superpower
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So Trump screams DC is “crime-ridden”as an excuse to send federal agents into the district. Once again he lying through his teeth. Here is the actual data Lowest violent crime rate in 6 years. No wonder he and his cronies want to destroy every data agency in govt.
August 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
So Trump screams DC is “crime-ridden”as an excuse to send federal agents into the district. Once again he lying through his teeth. Here is the actual data Lowest violent crime rate in 6 years. No wonder he and his cronies want to destroy every data agency in govt.