John Refior
@johnrefior.bsky.social
Supporter of progressive economic policy. Aspiring small business owner. Volunteer lawyer. Amateur economist. Software developer.
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John Refior
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· Aug 3
Trump’s firing of the labor statistics chief is described by the New York Times as a display of “disproportionate intensity.” Get serious, NYT. He’s not just throwing ketchup against the wall — he’s on an autocratic campaign of fraud against the American people.
If a man set fire to NYTimes offices, they would call him a winner and report on the dual nature of his magnificent personality.
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"Hundreds of representatives are preparing to return Wednesday to Washington after a nearly eight-week absence, carrying a torrent of ideas, proposals and frustrations over work that has stalled when the Republican speaker shuttered the House doors nearly two months ago."
Speaker Johnson faces an unruly House as lawmakers return for shutdown vote
After refusing to convene the U.S. House during the government shutdown, Speaker Mike Johnson is recalling lawmakers back into session.
apnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
"Hundreds of representatives are preparing to return Wednesday to Washington after a nearly eight-week absence, carrying a torrent of ideas, proposals and frustrations over work that has stalled when the Republican speaker shuttered the House doors nearly two months ago."
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Your conversation with Emily Stewart about the "car" market just seemed so ridiculous to me.
SUVs and trucks aren't cars, folks, they're trucks. They ruin driving and walking and cycling and the environment and pretty much everything, and you should stop buying them.
Your conversation with Emily Stewart about the "car" market just seemed so ridiculous to me.
SUVs and trucks aren't cars, folks, they're trucks. They ruin driving and walking and cycling and the environment and pretty much everything, and you should stop buying them.
November 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
@kairyssdal.bsky.social
Your conversation with Emily Stewart about the "car" market just seemed so ridiculous to me.
SUVs and trucks aren't cars, folks, they're trucks. They ruin driving and walking and cycling and the environment and pretty much everything, and you should stop buying them.
Your conversation with Emily Stewart about the "car" market just seemed so ridiculous to me.
SUVs and trucks aren't cars, folks, they're trucks. They ruin driving and walking and cycling and the environment and pretty much everything, and you should stop buying them.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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The Trump administration State Department is taking money that's supposed to be used for helping vulnerable refugees around the world and using it to bribe corrupt governments into taking people that ICE can't deport to their home countries.
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The Trump administration State Department is taking money that's supposed to be used for helping vulnerable refugees around the world and using it to bribe corrupt governments into taking people that ICE can't deport to their home countries.
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On the 3rd anniversary of Kherson’s liberation, Zelensky vowed to reclaim every occupied town and village. He recalled the joy, tears, and gratitude when Ukrainian flags returned to the city in 2022.
“We haven’t forgotten Kherson, and we won’t forget any of our occupied lands,” he said.
“We haven’t forgotten Kherson, and we won’t forget any of our occupied lands,” he said.
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
On the 3rd anniversary of Kherson’s liberation, Zelensky vowed to reclaim every occupied town and village. He recalled the joy, tears, and gratitude when Ukrainian flags returned to the city in 2022.
“We haven’t forgotten Kherson, and we won’t forget any of our occupied lands,” he said.
“We haven’t forgotten Kherson, and we won’t forget any of our occupied lands,” he said.
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German court sides with plaintiff in copyright case against OpenAI reut.rs/47FP9D6
German court sides with plaintiff in copyright case against OpenAI
A German court on Tuesday sided with the country's music rights society GEMA in a closely watched copyright case against U.S.-based artificial intelligence firm OpenAI.
reut.rs
November 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
German court sides with plaintiff in copyright case against OpenAI reut.rs/47FP9D6
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A powerful car bomb explodes outside a district court in Pakistan’s capital, killing at least 11 people, security officials said.
Two security officials told The Associated Press that a car bomb had caused the explosion. They spoke on condition of anonymity.
Two security officials told The Associated Press that a car bomb had caused the explosion. They spoke on condition of anonymity.
A car bomb outside an Islamabad court kills at least 11 people, Pakistani security officials say
Pakistani security officials say that a powerful car bomb that exploded outside a sprawling district court in Islamabad killed at least 11 people.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
A powerful car bomb explodes outside a district court in Pakistan’s capital, killing at least 11 people, security officials said.
Two security officials told The Associated Press that a car bomb had caused the explosion. They spoke on condition of anonymity.
Two security officials told The Associated Press that a car bomb had caused the explosion. They spoke on condition of anonymity.
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EU agrees to relax green rules in farming subsidy reform reut.rs/4hWwTdJ
EU agrees to relax green rules in farming subsidy reform
EU member states and the European Parliament have reached a provisional agreement on an overhaul of the EU's huge farming subsidies, weakening environmental standards as part of plans to cut back regulations and paperwork for farmers.
reut.rs
November 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
EU agrees to relax green rules in farming subsidy reform reut.rs/4hWwTdJ
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an underrated part of this turducken of garbage is Elon posting an image of the Odyssey while discussing the Iliad, but it's all so terribly, terribly pathetic
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
an underrated part of this turducken of garbage is Elon posting an image of the Odyssey while discussing the Iliad, but it's all so terribly, terribly pathetic
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We only have to add five words to Section 1983 to make federal officials liable the same way state and local officials have been since the 1870s.
Holding the feds accountable when they violate our rights shouldn’t be controversial.
Holding the feds accountable when they violate our rights shouldn’t be controversial.
It would be much easier to codify Bivens and allow everyone -- not just Republican senators -- to sue federal officials for alleged rights violations
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
We only have to add five words to Section 1983 to make federal officials liable the same way state and local officials have been since the 1870s.
Holding the feds accountable when they violate our rights shouldn’t be controversial.
Holding the feds accountable when they violate our rights shouldn’t be controversial.
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Wow: Per Hamdi's legal team, his only charge was a visa overstay — after Trump revoked his visa.
Despite DHS tweeting that Hamdi supported terrorism, they never charged him with any criminality.
In other words: Trump revoked a journalist's visa, so agents could arrest him for overstaying his visa.
Despite DHS tweeting that Hamdi supported terrorism, they never charged him with any criminality.
In other words: Trump revoked a journalist's visa, so agents could arrest him for overstaying his visa.
NEW: British journalist Sami Hamdi is being released from US detention.
Trump administration agents detained him two weeks ago at the San Francisco airport — hours after he addressed an event, where he urged US leaders to take an “America First” approach rather than “Israel First.”
Trump administration agents detained him two weeks ago at the San Francisco airport — hours after he addressed an event, where he urged US leaders to take an “America First” approach rather than “Israel First.”
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Wow: Per Hamdi's legal team, his only charge was a visa overstay — after Trump revoked his visa.
Despite DHS tweeting that Hamdi supported terrorism, they never charged him with any criminality.
In other words: Trump revoked a journalist's visa, so agents could arrest him for overstaying his visa.
Despite DHS tweeting that Hamdi supported terrorism, they never charged him with any criminality.
In other words: Trump revoked a journalist's visa, so agents could arrest him for overstaying his visa.
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This is why an integrated education is so imperative, to cultivate respect and empathy for the marginalized and least advantaged so that well advantaged children don't develop a sense of entitlement in the first place, become "privileged," because once that kicks in....
Above all else, the privileged always privilege their privileges.
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This is why an integrated education is so imperative, to cultivate respect and empathy for the marginalized and least advantaged so that well advantaged children don't develop a sense of entitlement in the first place, become "privileged," because once that kicks in....
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In a new blog post, Andrew Torba, the CEO of Gab, a social media platform known as a haven for white nationalists, lauded the "economic miracle" of Nazi Germany, claiming that the Nazis "understood a fundamental truth our leaders deny: that an economy must serve its own people first."
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
In a new blog post, Andrew Torba, the CEO of Gab, a social media platform known as a haven for white nationalists, lauded the "economic miracle" of Nazi Germany, claiming that the Nazis "understood a fundamental truth our leaders deny: that an economy must serve its own people first."
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While there are some reasons to think the Senate might not go along with some Trump shenanigans, there's no reason to think the Senate + House would block Trump's unlawful efforts to seize the power of the purse. In other words, this deal doesn't solve the underlying problem.
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
While there are some reasons to think the Senate might not go along with some Trump shenanigans, there's no reason to think the Senate + House would block Trump's unlawful efforts to seize the power of the purse. In other words, this deal doesn't solve the underlying problem.
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“Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is: never try.”
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is: never try.”
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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We know this because he told us.
The reality is the government was shut down the first day Trump entered office. We just didn't talk about it that way.
The only real leverage Dems had is on appropriations. Schumer screwed that up in February/March for FY 26. It imperiled his political support.
The reality is the government was shut down the first day Trump entered office. We just didn't talk about it that way.
The only real leverage Dems had is on appropriations. Schumer screwed that up in February/March for FY 26. It imperiled his political support.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We know this because he told us.
The reality is the government was shut down the first day Trump entered office. We just didn't talk about it that way.
The only real leverage Dems had is on appropriations. Schumer screwed that up in February/March for FY 26. It imperiled his political support.
The reality is the government was shut down the first day Trump entered office. We just didn't talk about it that way.
The only real leverage Dems had is on appropriations. Schumer screwed that up in February/March for FY 26. It imperiled his political support.
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6) When will that matter? In January, when the short term CR runs out. Will Dems vote to keep the government running if other full-year CR bills aren't enacted? That's a big question. Another one: what do they negotiate inside the full year bills?
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
6) When will that matter? In January, when the short term CR runs out. Will Dems vote to keep the government running if other full-year CR bills aren't enacted? That's a big question. Another one: what do they negotiate inside the full year bills?
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Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
Yeah, because it’s the political-donor class that flies.
This and the airline industry lobbyists are what did it. Not Americans starving and paying twice as much for healthcare.
www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
More than 10,000 flights delayed in worst day of disruptions since shutdown
More than 2,800 flights were canceled Sunday, while Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy said the shutdown’s impact on airports is “only going to get worse.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Yeah, because it’s the political-donor class that flies.
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Trump just celebrated Schumer's cave by pardoning 75+ co-conspirators including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Trump just celebrated Schumer's cave by pardoning 75+ co-conspirators including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Another sad day for America.
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Another sad day for America.
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The correct interpretation of the Trump regime blocking states from feeding their own people is that the Republican Party hates the United States and is destroying it.
November 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The correct interpretation of the Trump regime blocking states from feeding their own people is that the Republican Party hates the United States and is destroying it.
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NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...