Cork McGowan
corktheresister.bsky.social
Cork McGowan
@corktheresister.bsky.social
Navy brat; USNA '68; Proud retired Union rep - California Teachers Association; back country skier; #VOTEBLUE; #RESIST; NEVER stop fighting Voldemort . . .
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September 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Senate Democrats: DO NOT FUND the government when the current continuing resolution expires at the end of the month. SHUT IT DOWN unless DC is funded, the troops are withdrawn from our cities, elections are protected, the Epstein files are released in full... SHUT IT DOWN.
September 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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The next Democratic president should declare that the National Emergencies Act and Article II of the Constitution allow him to:

•admit D.C. and Puerto Rico as states
•abolish ICE
•grant citizenship to any immigrant
•disband the 5th Circuit
•expand the Supreme Court

Seriously: Why the hell not?
September 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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September 2, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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The Justice Department had once argued that Ghislaine Maxwell should be sentenced to at least 30 years in prison. Now its second-ranking official—and Donald Trump’s former lawyer—is aligned with a woman whose crimes the department had called “monstrous.”
What Ghislaine Maxwell Told the Justice Department
Listening to the convicted sex offender’s lengthy interview reveals that she and her interviewer had one goal—to satisfy Donald Trump.
www.newyorker.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Duh, Der, duh, the Gulf of water?!?! 🤣🤣🤣
September 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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KASIE HUNT: Over the summer you said, “There’s no vaccine that’s safe and effective”. Do you still believe that?

RFK JR: “I never said that.”

KASIE HUNT: “Play the clip.”

RFK JR (clip): “There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective.” (March 2024)

ht: @cwebbonline.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Trump recently ordered the Department of the Interior to halt work on a huge wind farm.

1,000 union workers had already completed 80% of the project.

Now they're fired.

He made sure the oil and gas billionaires got their tax breaks, though.

Happy Labor Day, I guess.
September 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Way to rise up San Diego
Labor Day ✊
September 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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September 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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June 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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💥💥NOW IS THE TIME💥💥
WHAT THE FÚCK ARE YOU WAITING FOR? A LEADER? HA!
You’re the leader.
AN INVITATION? HERE IT IS.
What are you doing?
EVERY ACTION MATTERS.
STARVE THEIR BANK💵💵💵
It’s all the wealthy care about.
June 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Deregulation accounts for about 17 percent of the $175 billion in total "estimated savings" that DOGE claims.

But the numbers in this category generally have nothing to do with federal spending, the project's ostensible target.
DOGE's newly listed 'regulatory savings' for businesses have nothing to do with cutting federal spending
DOGE says regulatory changes will save $29.4 billion, but that does not amount to a reduction in government outlays, the initiative's ostensible target.
reason.com
June 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...

“I voted for Donald Trump, and so did practically everyone here. But no one voted to deport moms. We were all under the impression we were just getting rid of the gangs, the people who came here in droves.”

She paused. “This is Carol.”
A Missouri Town Was Solidly Behind Trump. Then Carol Was Detained.
www.nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Hundreds of public safety grants cut, worth $500 million, funded initiatives like drug treatment and gun violence prevention programs.
Justice Department cuts to public safety grants leave police and nonprofits scrambling
Hundreds of public safety grants cut, worth $500 million, funded initiatives like drug treatment and gun violence prevention programs.
www.npr.org
May 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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ICE officials and private prison contractor GEO Group have rejected a request for a contact visit from detained Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil and his family, as reported by the American Civil Liberties Union.
ICE denies Columbia student's request to hold newborn son in cruel backtrack
www.irishstar.com
May 22, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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"I'm no mother if i'm silent while children are slaughtered every day. Free Palestine"
May 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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May 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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"Some National Weather Service offices, including Jackson, no longer have overnight staff from midnight to 7AM.

All three Kentucky offices - Jackson, Paducah and Louisville - are short-staffed.

There is no meteorologist in charge at any of the three offices..."

www.kentucky.com/news/state/k...
Did staffing cuts at weather service affect Kentucky’s tornado response?
Due to staffing shortages, the National Weather Service in Jackson no longer has overnight staff. But NWS and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear say the office was staffed Friday night and early Saturday.
www.kentucky.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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May 19, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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A tale in 3 Acts

Act 1
USG provides hearsay affidavit claiming ICE official asked migrant if he was afraid of torture in Mexico before deporting him

Act 2
Court orders deposition by ICE official with personal knowledge

Act 3
DOJ cancels eve before deposition. Says can't find any such ICE official
May 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF . . .!!!
What a disgrace by our "Justice" Dept.

The family of Ashli Babbit to recieve nearly 5 million dollars.
May 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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This should be the oath of office for every California elected official.
“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
May 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Back the blue? Your followers BEAT the blue on Jan. 6 and then you pardoned them. Shameful.
May 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM