Joe Katz
@joekatz45.bsky.social
Democracy is like exercise. You can't do it once every four years and complain when you don't see results.
Pro-edit button. "Soros-backed." He/him.
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Joe Katz
@joekatz45.bsky.social
· Nov 19
To mark "Trump will declare a national emergency for mass deportations" day: here is the initial spreadsheet of our crowd-sourced *local* immigration advocacy/support organizations.
Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.
Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.
The Nazi comparisons are useful, but the Trump instinct to address negative outcomes by firing and silencing anyone on their team foolish enough to report them always makes me think of Mao and the Great Famine.
August 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The Nazi comparisons are useful, but the Trump instinct to address negative outcomes by firing and silencing anyone on their team foolish enough to report them always makes me think of Mao and the Great Famine.
The Wall Street Journal is really going hard on Trump these days
The Criminal Enterprise Run by Monkeys
A cabal of furry thieves snatch iPhones and other valuables from visitors to a temple in Bali–and trade them for mangos
www.wsj.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The Wall Street Journal is really going hard on Trump these days
The cloture vote on Bove was 50-48 last Thursday, all voting Dems plus Collins/Murkowski were nos. Seems quite likely he'll be confirmed this week. But since that was two whistleblowers ago, probably worth anyone with a Republican senator making one more call.
July 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The cloture vote on Bove was 50-48 last Thursday, all voting Dems plus Collins/Murkowski were nos. Seems quite likely he'll be confirmed this week. But since that was two whistleblowers ago, probably worth anyone with a Republican senator making one more call.
A third whistleblower has struck Emil Bove
Whistleblower evidence suggests Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove misled Senate
A third whistleblower has new information about a Justice Department official the president has nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.
wapo.st
July 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
A third whistleblower has struck Emil Bove
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RIP Tom Lehrer, one of the single most talented, prescient, hilarious, and underappreciated satirists this country ever produced. a man who actually called it like he saw it youtu.be/JPrAuF2f_oI
Tom Lehrer - Pollution
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
youtu.be
July 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
RIP Tom Lehrer, one of the single most talented, prescient, hilarious, and underappreciated satirists this country ever produced. a man who actually called it like he saw it youtu.be/JPrAuF2f_oI
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Worth remembering that in any other administration, a 15% tariff on our largest trade partner & some of our closest allies would be considered the worst trade war in more than a generation
REPORTER: Can you do better than a 15% tariff rate for the EU?
TRUMP: Better meaning lower? No
TRUMP: Better meaning lower? No
July 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Worth remembering that in any other administration, a 15% tariff on our largest trade partner & some of our closest allies would be considered the worst trade war in more than a generation
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Yet Another trade “deal” from Trump that leaves tariffs much, much worse than before he took office. What a joke.
15% tariffs will still be imposed on EU goods entering the US.
July 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Yet Another trade “deal” from Trump that leaves tariffs much, much worse than before he took office. What a joke.
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Underreported trade news of the day is that Trump announced that the 15% tariffs on the EU would include pharmaceuticals that have thus far been exempt from tariffs
If tariffs on pharma go up 15% this week it'd be a *massive* escalation of the trade war—the US imports $175B/yr of them from the EU
If tariffs on pharma go up 15% this week it'd be a *massive* escalation of the trade war—the US imports $175B/yr of them from the EU
July 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Underreported trade news of the day is that Trump announced that the 15% tariffs on the EU would include pharmaceuticals that have thus far been exempt from tariffs
If tariffs on pharma go up 15% this week it'd be a *massive* escalation of the trade war—the US imports $175B/yr of them from the EU
If tariffs on pharma go up 15% this week it'd be a *massive* escalation of the trade war—the US imports $175B/yr of them from the EU
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Her: you quote Alanis Morissette too much
Me: well slap me with a splintered ruler
Me: well slap me with a splintered ruler
March 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Her: you quote Alanis Morissette too much
Me: well slap me with a splintered ruler
Me: well slap me with a splintered ruler
Keep yelling at your senators to oppose Trump's henchman.
Scripts language here, or send a @resist.bot message by texting SIGN PECZAF to 50409.
Scripts language here, or send a @resist.bot message by texting SIGN PECZAF to 50409.
July 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Keep yelling at your senators to oppose Trump's henchman.
Scripts language here, or send a @resist.bot message by texting SIGN PECZAF to 50409.
Scripts language here, or send a @resist.bot message by texting SIGN PECZAF to 50409.
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You can either read today's news as a series of distractions-- the poor venous return is a distraction from bove which is a distraction from Epstein which is the distraction tariffs which is a distraction from whatever -- or you can read it as shit is falling apart. I'm an eternal optimist.
July 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
You can either read today's news as a series of distractions-- the poor venous return is a distraction from bove which is a distraction from Epstein which is the distraction tariffs which is a distraction from whatever -- or you can read it as shit is falling apart. I'm an eternal optimist.
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the wall street journal says trump's letter was part of the department of justice's review of the charges against epstein and maxwell. emil bove was involved in doj's review of those files this year. today republicans on the judiciary committee halted debate to advance bove to a lifetime judgeship
July 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
the wall street journal says trump's letter was part of the department of justice's review of the charges against epstein and maxwell. emil bove was involved in doj's review of those files this year. today republicans on the judiciary committee halted debate to advance bove to a lifetime judgeship
National broadcast of the flagship event for #GoodTroubleLivesOn will go live on YouTube at 8PM
Good Trouble Lives On
YouTube video by The Transformative Justice Coalition
www.youtube.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
National broadcast of the flagship event for #GoodTroubleLivesOn will go live on YouTube at 8PM
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Scripts/language to tell your members of Congress they need to fucking do something if Trump decides his ego is more important than our economy and fires Jerome Powell:
(Can also send a @resist.bot message by texting SIGN PBLBKC to 50409.)
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July 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Scripts/language to tell your members of Congress they need to fucking do something if Trump decides his ego is more important than our economy and fires Jerome Powell:
(Can also send a @resist.bot message by texting SIGN PBLBKC to 50409.)
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"Ray, who is in his late 20s, was born in a refugee camp in Nepal and came to the U.S. as a kid. He was recently deported to Bhutan — where he had never lived in and where his family faced persecution. Within 24 hours of his arrival, Ray said Bhutanese authorities ordered him to leave."
A refugee deported to Bhutan by the U.S. finds himself stranded and stateless
Once deported to Bhutan, some Nepali-speaking Bhutanese refugees say they are told to leave. Many have since disappeared, while others are homeless and stateless, according to immigration advocates.
www.npr.org
July 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"Ray, who is in his late 20s, was born in a refugee camp in Nepal and came to the U.S. as a kid. He was recently deported to Bhutan — where he had never lived in and where his family faced persecution. Within 24 hours of his arrival, Ray said Bhutanese authorities ordered him to leave."
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Today is the 30th anniversary of the Day that Newsweek Discovered Bisexuality. To mark the occasion, I’m going to tell you all a little story.
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July 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Today is the 30th anniversary of the Day that Newsweek Discovered Bisexuality. To mark the occasion, I’m going to tell you all a little story.
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Scripts/language to tell your members of Congress they need to fucking do something if Trump decides his ego is more important than our economy and fires Jerome Powell:
(Can also send a @resist.bot message by texting SIGN PBLBKC to 50409.)
(Can also send a @resist.bot message by texting SIGN PBLBKC to 50409.)
July 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Scripts/language to tell your members of Congress they need to fucking do something if Trump decides his ego is more important than our economy and fires Jerome Powell:
(Can also send a @resist.bot message by texting SIGN PBLBKC to 50409.)
(Can also send a @resist.bot message by texting SIGN PBLBKC to 50409.)
Multiple outlets reporting Trump told House Republicans last night he will fire Jerome Powell soon:
Trump denies that he plans to fire Powell: 'Highly unlikely'
The comments came after the Supreme Court indicated that President Donald Trump does not have the authority to arbitrarily fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
www.cnbc.com
July 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Multiple outlets reporting Trump told House Republicans last night he will fire Jerome Powell soon:
I'm not the best at thinking up band names
July 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I'm not the best at thinking up band names
Man, this is just gonna be a TERRIBLE few years to need elder care
July 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Man, this is just gonna be a TERRIBLE few years to need elder care
Abduction Airlines is hemorrhaging money:
Avelo Closes Base, Cuts Routes | AirlineGeeks.com
Avelo will suspend service to one of the airports it first served when launching flights in 2021 while also cutting a handful of routes.
airlinegeeks.com
July 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Abduction Airlines is hemorrhaging money:
Cousin: well, we forgot the chicken. But thank you for getting the eggs!
Me: hey, now we know what came first!
Everyone: *polite chuckles*
My genius is unappreciated in my own time.
Me: hey, now we know what came first!
Everyone: *polite chuckles*
My genius is unappreciated in my own time.
July 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Cousin: well, we forgot the chicken. But thank you for getting the eggs!
Me: hey, now we know what came first!
Everyone: *polite chuckles*
My genius is unappreciated in my own time.
Me: hey, now we know what came first!
Everyone: *polite chuckles*
My genius is unappreciated in my own time.
But at least none of them had to be terrified by the words "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
July 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
But at least none of them had to be terrified by the words "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
How do you convince people to build resilience capacity for a catastrophe they insist isn't happening?
July 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
How do you convince people to build resilience capacity for a catastrophe they insist isn't happening?