Blake Case
@bakeyjo.bsky.social
Southern liberal; News nerd/publicist; Worked ballot initiatives in Miss., MO, NE, AK; public school advocate; Small Biz advocate; crazy about MS State baseball, the Atlanta Braves, and the New Orleans Saints. A refugee from Twitter.
JACKSON, Miss.
JACKSON, Miss.
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There’s an excellent piece in today’s @nytimes.com about 1984, about regimes in which fictions are peddled as facts, and access to actual facts is banned.
Was reading that piece and then saw this and, I dunno, they struck me as connected.
Was reading that piece and then saw this and, I dunno, they struck me as connected.
MULLIN: There was a sweetheart plea deal that was struck in 2009 under Obama
TAPPER: No. It was 2008. The US attorney was Alex Acosta. He was a Bush appointee. He went on to become Trump's secretary of labor
M: Who was in office at the time?
T: Bush
M: No. Obama was in office
TAPPER: Not true
TAPPER: No. It was 2008. The US attorney was Alex Acosta. He was a Bush appointee. He went on to become Trump's secretary of labor
M: Who was in office at the time?
T: Bush
M: No. Obama was in office
TAPPER: Not true
July 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
There’s an excellent piece in today’s @nytimes.com about 1984, about regimes in which fictions are peddled as facts, and access to actual facts is banned.
Was reading that piece and then saw this and, I dunno, they struck me as connected.
Was reading that piece and then saw this and, I dunno, they struck me as connected.
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“Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost.”
— A. Whitney Griswold
— A. Whitney Griswold
July 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost.”
— A. Whitney Griswold
— A. Whitney Griswold
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""It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy," said Simon..."
www.wnep.com/article/news...
www.wnep.com/article/news...
Wayne County community rally amid ICE raid at restaurant
Newswatch 16's Emily Kress spoke with people in the Honesdale community who are shaken after watching three restaurant employees get detained.
www.wnep.com
June 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
""It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy," said Simon..."
www.wnep.com/article/news...
www.wnep.com/article/news...
Last November, voters in Missouri overwhelmingly approved two ballot initiatives to protect abortion access and to require paid sick leave for workers. The Missouri GOP just killed both initiatives and stripped the new rights away from citizens. missouriindependent.com/2025/05/14/m...
Missouri Republicans shut down Senate debate to pass abortion ban, repeal sick leave law • Missouri Independent
Missouri Senate Republicans shut down a Democratic filibuster to overturn the abortion rights amendment passed by voters in November.
missouriindependent.com
May 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Last November, voters in Missouri overwhelmingly approved two ballot initiatives to protect abortion access and to require paid sick leave for workers. The Missouri GOP just killed both initiatives and stripped the new rights away from citizens. missouriindependent.com/2025/05/14/m...
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They claim they can snatch people up, put them on planes, and deport them to a country run by an authoritarian, where those people will be forced to work slave labor at an inhumane prison. All without due process, and in defiance of federal courts.
The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.
The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.
Homan: "We're not stopping. I don't care what the judges think. I don't care what the left thinks. We're coming."
March 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
They claim they can snatch people up, put them on planes, and deport them to a country run by an authoritarian, where those people will be forced to work slave labor at an inhumane prison. All without due process, and in defiance of federal courts.
The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.
The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.
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"dei medal" you might as well just put "n*gger medal" because that's what they mean to say
This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
March 16, 2025 at 4:09 AM
"dei medal" you might as well just put "n*gger medal" because that's what they mean to say
Julianne Nicholson in that second episode of Paradise with her son…. My GOD. Emmy. Immediately.
March 15, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Julianne Nicholson in that second episode of Paradise with her son…. My GOD. Emmy. Immediately.
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Ten years ago if you had written a dystopian SF story in which the person in charge of U.S. public health did a press event at a fast food joint to say that fried food is good but measles vaccines cause measles the ghost of Philip K. Dick would have said that you were being too bleak and unrealistic
RFK Jr on the measles vaccine: "There are adverse events from the vaccine. It does cause deaths every year. It causes all the illnesses that measles itself cause."
March 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Ten years ago if you had written a dystopian SF story in which the person in charge of U.S. public health did a press event at a fast food joint to say that fried food is good but measles vaccines cause measles the ghost of Philip K. Dick would have said that you were being too bleak and unrealistic
LOL this is rich
President Trump inherited an economy that was, by most conventional measures, firing on all cylinders. Just weeks into his term, economic forecasts have deteriorated, reflecting the upheaval from federal layoffs, tariff moves and immigration roundups. nyti.ms/43sbBz5
March 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
LOL this is rich
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Robert G. Clark, who became Mississippi's first Black state lawmaker since 1894 when he won office in 1967, has died. He was 96.
When he took office, none of the white Democrats who dominated would sit with him. By 1992, he was House Speaker Pro Tem.
www.mississippifreepress.org/robert-clark...
When he took office, none of the white Democrats who dominated would sit with him. By 1992, he was House Speaker Pro Tem.
www.mississippifreepress.org/robert-clark...
Robert Clark, History-Making Black Mississippi Lawmaker, Dies
Robert Clark, the first Black lawmaker to serve in the Mississippi Capitol since the end of Reconstruction, has died. He served from 1968 to 2004.
www.mississippifreepress.org
March 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Robert G. Clark, who became Mississippi's first Black state lawmaker since 1894 when he won office in 1967, has died. He was 96.
When he took office, none of the white Democrats who dominated would sit with him. By 1992, he was House Speaker Pro Tem.
www.mississippifreepress.org/robert-clark...
When he took office, none of the white Democrats who dominated would sit with him. By 1992, he was House Speaker Pro Tem.
www.mississippifreepress.org/robert-clark...
Paul Tazewell!!!! Did you know that he now only lacks a Grammy to achieve the EGOT? He won the Tony Award for costuming Hamilton, an Emmy for costuming The Wiz Live! and now an Oscar for Wicked. Sheesh.
March 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Paul Tazewell!!!! Did you know that he now only lacks a Grammy to achieve the EGOT? He won the Tony Award for costuming Hamilton, an Emmy for costuming The Wiz Live! and now an Oscar for Wicked. Sheesh.
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How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
February 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
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no funding if it seems like the research MIGHT involve a woman or a nonwhite person
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
no funding if it seems like the research MIGHT involve a woman or a nonwhite person
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@katieporteroc.bsky.social knows the score: 50 years of #EITC and 10 years of #CalEITC, #YCTC, & #FYTC have put billions into the pockets of families, workers, & foster youth. As we mark these anniversaries, let’s recommit to investing in working families.
Republicans want to sabotage America’s most important tax credit for workers | Opinion
Katie Porter: “Single working parents ought to get the same tax credits. Yet, Republicans propose to remove even this modest boost.”
www.sacbee.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
@katieporteroc.bsky.social knows the score: 50 years of #EITC and 10 years of #CalEITC, #YCTC, & #FYTC have put billions into the pockets of families, workers, & foster youth. As we mark these anniversaries, let’s recommit to investing in working families.
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➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
We made it to day 8 before they started talking about their plans for concentration camps. Day 8.
January 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
We made it to day 8 before they started talking about their plans for concentration camps. Day 8.
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January 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Sick of dealing with TurboTax and Intuit and all the "FREE" filing tax filing tools that end up wanting to charge you money at the end? See if you're eligible for Direct File instead! It's ACTUALLY free and cuts out the middlemen tax preparers. directfile.irs.gov
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1. Trump's immigration crackdown is premised on the idea that the US is experiencing a massive surge in violent crime
According to Trump the crime wave is especially severe in cities
THIS IS A LIE
New data shows crime is LOWER than when Trump left office in 2020, and below pre-pandemic levels
According to Trump the crime wave is especially severe in cities
THIS IS A LIE
New data shows crime is LOWER than when Trump left office in 2020, and below pre-pandemic levels
Trump's fake crime wave
On January 19, during a rally held in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump claimed that “crime has gone through the roof” and that it “was up like 40%.” He claimed that violent crime is especially...
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January 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
1. Trump's immigration crackdown is premised on the idea that the US is experiencing a massive surge in violent crime
According to Trump the crime wave is especially severe in cities
THIS IS A LIE
New data shows crime is LOWER than when Trump left office in 2020, and below pre-pandemic levels
According to Trump the crime wave is especially severe in cities
THIS IS A LIE
New data shows crime is LOWER than when Trump left office in 2020, and below pre-pandemic levels
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In the age of the felon president, Mississippi still takes voting rights away from 50,000 mostly Black residents convicted of certain crimes based on an 1890 Jim Crow law.
A framer of the law said it was designed to "eliminate the n**ger from politics."
The Supreme Court just allowed it to stand.
A framer of the law said it was designed to "eliminate the n**ger from politics."
The Supreme Court just allowed it to stand.
U.S. Supreme Court Leaves Crow-Era Voting Ban in Place
The Supreme Court on Monday left in place Mississippi's Jim Crow-era practice of removing voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies.
www.mississippifreepress.org
January 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
In the age of the felon president, Mississippi still takes voting rights away from 50,000 mostly Black residents convicted of certain crimes based on an 1890 Jim Crow law.
A framer of the law said it was designed to "eliminate the n**ger from politics."
The Supreme Court just allowed it to stand.
A framer of the law said it was designed to "eliminate the n**ger from politics."
The Supreme Court just allowed it to stand.
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
January 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
"Law and Order"
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President Trump Pardons 23 People Who Harassed and Attacked Abortion Patients and Clinics | Center for Reproductive Rights
Those pardoned physically blocked patients from entering health care facilities, stole fetal tissue from clinics, and injured patients and health care workers. Those pardoned physically blocked patien...
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January 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"Law and Order"
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reproductiverights.org/trump-pardon...
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Traditional New Orleans architecture under the snow. #sneauxday
January 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Traditional New Orleans architecture under the snow. #sneauxday
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One of these things is not like the others.
January 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
One of these things is not like the others.
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NEW: Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, the IRS has recovered $4.7 billion in back taxes, including *$1.3 BILLION* from ultra-wealthy tax cheats.
December 12, 2024 at 7:40 PM
NEW: Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, the IRS has recovered $4.7 billion in back taxes, including *$1.3 BILLION* from ultra-wealthy tax cheats.