@jrriver.bsky.social
Retired English professor. UT Austin and URI. Currently living in a rural red state and trying to be loud against the fascists. I read history.
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· Apr 12
Class action law suit against this is needed.
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The “deal” negotiated in the Senate puts a vote on healthcare AFTER the open enrollment deadline to be covered in January. This is NOT a good deal and should absolutely not pass the House.
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The “deal” negotiated in the Senate puts a vote on healthcare AFTER the open enrollment deadline to be covered in January. This is NOT a good deal and should absolutely not pass the House.
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Thousands of veterans in every state use SNAP to supplement their low income to put food on the table for themselves and their families.
More from our friends at @centeronbudget.bsky.social
More from our friends at @centeronbudget.bsky.social
SNAP Helps 1.2 Million Veterans With Low Incomes, Including Thousands in Every State
About 1.2 million veterans live in households that participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps).[1] Thousands of veterans in every state — who...
www.cbpp.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Thousands of veterans in every state use SNAP to supplement their low income to put food on the table for themselves and their families.
More from our friends at @centeronbudget.bsky.social
More from our friends at @centeronbudget.bsky.social
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Fascist felon pedophile Trump stole a bunch of classified documents and got away with it, so why wouldn’t he steal a desk?
November 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Fascist felon pedophile Trump stole a bunch of classified documents and got away with it, so why wouldn’t he steal a desk?
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This.
Knowing that they were going to do this, they should have addressed the public on the decision. Made USE of the moment.
Knowing that they were going to do this, they should have addressed the public on the decision. Made USE of the moment.
This is actually good spin, or would have been. But the fact that the Democratic cave happened without even a coordinated, agreed-upon message like this indicates the depth of the leadership void.
November 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This.
Knowing that they were going to do this, they should have addressed the public on the decision. Made USE of the moment.
Knowing that they were going to do this, they should have addressed the public on the decision. Made USE of the moment.
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Happy Tuesday #Bluesky 🦋
REMEMBRANCE DAY 🇨🇦
11th Hour 11th Day 11th Month
For Those Who Left Never To Return
For Those Who Returned But Were Never The Same
We Will Remember Them
REMEMBRANCE DAY 🇨🇦
11th Hour 11th Day 11th Month
For Those Who Left Never To Return
For Those Who Returned But Were Never The Same
We Will Remember Them
November 11, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Happy Tuesday #Bluesky 🦋
REMEMBRANCE DAY 🇨🇦
11th Hour 11th Day 11th Month
For Those Who Left Never To Return
For Those Who Returned But Were Never The Same
We Will Remember Them
REMEMBRANCE DAY 🇨🇦
11th Hour 11th Day 11th Month
For Those Who Left Never To Return
For Those Who Returned But Were Never The Same
We Will Remember Them
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Corporal Waverly Woodson, a medic from Philadelphia (where his father was a postal carrier) tended to hundreds of wounded soldiers under heavy fire at Normandy on D-Day despite being wounded himself.
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Corporal Waverly Woodson, a medic from Philadelphia (where his father was a postal carrier) tended to hundreds of wounded soldiers under heavy fire at Normandy on D-Day despite being wounded himself.
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🔥VETS SAY NO!
Veterans Day Rally
Nov. 11, 4-6 pm
Robert Church Park
191 Beale St
Memphis, Tn
Veterans Day Rally
Nov. 11, 4-6 pm
Robert Church Park
191 Beale St
Memphis, Tn
November 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
🔥VETS SAY NO!
Veterans Day Rally
Nov. 11, 4-6 pm
Robert Church Park
191 Beale St
Memphis, Tn
Veterans Day Rally
Nov. 11, 4-6 pm
Robert Church Park
191 Beale St
Memphis, Tn
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This Unruly Witness is a collection of bold, tender, and illuminating writing on June Jordan’s multidimensional legacy
This Unruly Witness
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This Unruly Witness is a collection of bold, tender, and illuminating writing on June Jordan’s multidimensional legacy
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Soft secession
Legislation creates a Federal Tax Escrow Account in the state treasury. Instead of employers forwarding collected federal taxes to Washington, they send them to the state. The state holds the money in escrow. A legislative panel reviews federal spending for constitutional compliance.
Legislation creates a Federal Tax Escrow Account in the state treasury. Instead of employers forwarding collected federal taxes to Washington, they send them to the state. The state holds the money in escrow. A legislative panel reviews federal spending for constitutional compliance.
Experts Say Blue States Can Stop Paying Federal Taxes. There’s Precedent
If we could use nullification for people to get high, why can’t we use it to protect human rights and stop fascism?
medium.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Soft secession
Legislation creates a Federal Tax Escrow Account in the state treasury. Instead of employers forwarding collected federal taxes to Washington, they send them to the state. The state holds the money in escrow. A legislative panel reviews federal spending for constitutional compliance.
Legislation creates a Federal Tax Escrow Account in the state treasury. Instead of employers forwarding collected federal taxes to Washington, they send them to the state. The state holds the money in escrow. A legislative panel reviews federal spending for constitutional compliance.
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made a video on the filibuster — its history and why it's bad — for my youtube channel. check it out!
What's the deal with the filibuster?
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
made a video on the filibuster — its history and why it's bad — for my youtube channel. check it out!
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The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Lawfare's new project–which includes a tracker and a map–follows where and how the military is being domestically deployed. www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
Lawfare's new project–which includes a tracker and a map–follows where and how the military is being domestically deployed. www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
November 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Lawfare's new project–which includes a tracker and a map–follows where and how the military is being domestically deployed. www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
Lawfare's new project–which includes a tracker and a map–follows where and how the military is being domestically deployed. www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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Ex DOJ pardon attorney @lawyeroyer.com to @maddow.msnbc.com : “Trump just issued a blank check for his supporters to break the law in his name. It’s chilling.”
(Disgraced, corrupt ex Tennessee speaker Casada & @RepHarshbarger’s health care fraudster husband were among the pardoned)
(Disgraced, corrupt ex Tennessee speaker Casada & @RepHarshbarger’s health care fraudster husband were among the pardoned)
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Ex DOJ pardon attorney @lawyeroyer.com to @maddow.msnbc.com : “Trump just issued a blank check for his supporters to break the law in his name. It’s chilling.”
(Disgraced, corrupt ex Tennessee speaker Casada & @RepHarshbarger’s health care fraudster husband were among the pardoned)
(Disgraced, corrupt ex Tennessee speaker Casada & @RepHarshbarger’s health care fraudster husband were among the pardoned)
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The American Revolution wasn’t just George Washington & July 4.
It was war, civil unrest, global conflict, and personal survival.
🎙️ The real story behind the new Ken Burns film—only on Ben Franklin’s World:
👉 benfranklinsworld.com/425
#HistoryMatters #KenBurns #AmericanRevolution
It was war, civil unrest, global conflict, and personal survival.
🎙️ The real story behind the new Ken Burns film—only on Ben Franklin’s World:
👉 benfranklinsworld.com/425
#HistoryMatters #KenBurns #AmericanRevolution
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The American Revolution wasn’t just George Washington & July 4.
It was war, civil unrest, global conflict, and personal survival.
🎙️ The real story behind the new Ken Burns film—only on Ben Franklin’s World:
👉 benfranklinsworld.com/425
#HistoryMatters #KenBurns #AmericanRevolution
It was war, civil unrest, global conflict, and personal survival.
🎙️ The real story behind the new Ken Burns film—only on Ben Franklin’s World:
👉 benfranklinsworld.com/425
#HistoryMatters #KenBurns #AmericanRevolution
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70% of Americans disapprove of this administration’s handling of healthcare. Cutting ACA subsidies is not the solution.
This is the time to make the case and build a broad coalition for Medicare tor All.
This is the time to make the case and build a broad coalition for Medicare tor All.
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
70% of Americans disapprove of this administration’s handling of healthcare. Cutting ACA subsidies is not the solution.
This is the time to make the case and build a broad coalition for Medicare tor All.
This is the time to make the case and build a broad coalition for Medicare tor All.
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Does anyone else think they are trafficking these people?
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Does anyone else think they are trafficking these people?
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Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
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The fact that not a single member of the Senate Dem caucus has called for Schumer to be replaced shows you how deep the rot is. This includes Sanders and Warren.
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The fact that not a single member of the Senate Dem caucus has called for Schumer to be replaced shows you how deep the rot is. This includes Sanders and Warren.
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Time for our quarterly update, and we’re starting with good news!
Coal generation in Spain 🇪🇸 has dropped 97% since the early 2000s, making up just 1% of the country’s power mix so far this year. The payoff? Cleaner air and 95% drop in emissions from coal power in ten years.
Coal generation in Spain 🇪🇸 has dropped 97% since the early 2000s, making up just 1% of the country’s power mix so far this year. The payoff? Cleaner air and 95% drop in emissions from coal power in ten years.
November 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Time for our quarterly update, and we’re starting with good news!
Coal generation in Spain 🇪🇸 has dropped 97% since the early 2000s, making up just 1% of the country’s power mix so far this year. The payoff? Cleaner air and 95% drop in emissions from coal power in ten years.
Coal generation in Spain 🇪🇸 has dropped 97% since the early 2000s, making up just 1% of the country’s power mix so far this year. The payoff? Cleaner air and 95% drop in emissions from coal power in ten years.
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Let’s visualize this and make it happen!
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Let’s visualize this and make it happen!
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NEW: Tennessee has one of the highest rates of gun-related homicide.
A blind spot in the state's probation department appears at a time when experts say offenders are a danger to domestic violence victims, @wpln.bsky.social and @propublica.org found.
A blind spot in the state's probation department appears at a time when experts say offenders are a danger to domestic violence victims, @wpln.bsky.social and @propublica.org found.
How a Gap in Tennessee’s Probation System Leaves Domestic Violence Victims in Danger
Probation officers pause in-person visits and home searches for offenders facing an arrest warrant. That reduced supervision can last for months — in one case it was over a year. Six mothers died duri...
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
NEW: Tennessee has one of the highest rates of gun-related homicide.
A blind spot in the state's probation department appears at a time when experts say offenders are a danger to domestic violence victims, @wpln.bsky.social and @propublica.org found.
A blind spot in the state's probation department appears at a time when experts say offenders are a danger to domestic violence victims, @wpln.bsky.social and @propublica.org found.
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These kinds of things happened two decades ago under the last Republican president. A lot of people made a lot of short term money. Then it all came crashing down and his successor had to clean up a huge mess. Here we go again.
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
These kinds of things happened two decades ago under the last Republican president. A lot of people made a lot of short term money. Then it all came crashing down and his successor had to clean up a huge mess. Here we go again.
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