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Joe
@datamule.bsky.social
· Nov 20
I posted this elsewhere a few years ago, with a congresswoman from Georgia in mind.
Girl with a gun
You walked into the congress
like you were walking onto a yacht
Your heart existentially tied to the big lie
A peach tree dish full of rot (1/3)
Girl with a gun
You walked into the congress
like you were walking onto a yacht
Your heart existentially tied to the big lie
A peach tree dish full of rot (1/3)
Washington Commandeer Stadium.
November 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Washington Commandeer Stadium.
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Trump is going after his enemies w/help from the Federal Housing Finance Agency, whose leader Bill Pulte has provided info he claims shows ppl like Lisa Cook & Letitia James committed fraud. Now the FHFA IG, whose info may have undermined the cases, is getting fired. www.reuters.com/world/us/wat...
Exclusive: Trump moves to fire watchdog of US housing regulator involved in crackdown, sources say
The internal watchdog for the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency is being removed from his role, four people familiar with the matter said, at a time when the housing regulator is playing a role in President Donald Trump's targeting of perceived political enemies.
www.reuters.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Trump is going after his enemies w/help from the Federal Housing Finance Agency, whose leader Bill Pulte has provided info he claims shows ppl like Lisa Cook & Letitia James committed fraud. Now the FHFA IG, whose info may have undermined the cases, is getting fired. www.reuters.com/world/us/wat...
Party like it's 1929.
Yes, this is real.
Trump was throwing a Great Gatsby party while 42 million Americans faced uncertainty about getting food assistance.
Trump was throwing a Great Gatsby party while 42 million Americans faced uncertainty about getting food assistance.
November 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Party like it's 1929.
If you hear that your local freeway is closing for weapons testing, good luck.
None of this is correct. Good thing we have a steady hand on "nuclear"
October 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
If you hear that your local freeway is closing for weapons testing, good luck.
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If you're a praying person, please pray for my country. The trajectory and strength looks horrific.
What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
October 28, 2025 at 8:20 AM
If you're a praying person, please pray for my country. The trajectory and strength looks horrific.
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This isn't the most important detail, but it's a familiar feeling: to be a woman, have an opinion, and to be called stupid rather than be disagreed with.
Trump: AOC is low IQ. If you give her an IQ test, have her pass like the exams that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed. Those are very hard…
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
October 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This isn't the most important detail, but it's a familiar feeling: to be a woman, have an opinion, and to be called stupid rather than be disagreed with.
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This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
October 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
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Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
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ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
October 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
"Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control. Wherever the cause of liberty is making its way, one of its highest accomplishments is the guarantee of the freedom of the press." Coolidge, 1925.
“Free speech is ultimately instrumental. It ensures accountability, fosters wisdom, protects against civil violence, and more; in essence, it underwrites every other liberty.”
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
Donald Trump in the 9th Circle of Hell
His two huge betrayals of the Constitution
open.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control. Wherever the cause of liberty is making its way, one of its highest accomplishments is the guarantee of the freedom of the press." Coolidge, 1925.
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Speaker after speaker at this memorial is explicitly likening him to Jesus Christ. (Slain in early 30s, etc.)
Don't know how this goes over with people raised in other faiths.
Having been raised as a church-going Protestant Christian, I say: What the hell! This is not how Christians talk.
Don't know how this goes over with people raised in other faiths.
Having been raised as a church-going Protestant Christian, I say: What the hell! This is not how Christians talk.
September 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Speaker after speaker at this memorial is explicitly likening him to Jesus Christ. (Slain in early 30s, etc.)
Don't know how this goes over with people raised in other faiths.
Having been raised as a church-going Protestant Christian, I say: What the hell! This is not how Christians talk.
Don't know how this goes over with people raised in other faiths.
Having been raised as a church-going Protestant Christian, I say: What the hell! This is not how Christians talk.
People used to joke that crime doesn't pay as much as politics.
Here, they're rolled into one.
Here, they're rolled into one.
FBI agents caught Tom Homan accepting $50k in bribes, but “planned to wait to see whether Homan would deliver on his alleged promise once he became the nation’s top immigration official. But the case indefinitely stalled soon after Donald Trump became president again.” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.msnbc.com
September 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
People used to joke that crime doesn't pay as much as politics.
Here, they're rolled into one.
Here, they're rolled into one.
When I was in business school 30 years ago, our accounting class materials included a Ben&Jerry's annual report. I think it was considered relatively friendly in terms of layout and wording.
You'll never pull the lever
Because there's just one lever
Only ever been one lever
At Unilever
You'll never pull the lever
Because there's just one lever
Only ever been one lever
At Unilever
Not the biggest development in the overall scheme of things, but a chilling (so to speak) illustration of the way in which Trump's attacks on free speech now are deeply affecting the private sector. Everyone is afraid.
www.wsj.com/business/ben...
www.wsj.com/business/ben...
Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founder Quits After 47 Years, Cites Loss of Independence Under Unilever
Greenfield said he was leaving the ice-cream brand because it was no longer allowed to stand behind social justice issues that were core to its business.
www.wsj.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
When I was in business school 30 years ago, our accounting class materials included a Ben&Jerry's annual report. I think it was considered relatively friendly in terms of layout and wording.
You'll never pull the lever
Because there's just one lever
Only ever been one lever
At Unilever
You'll never pull the lever
Because there's just one lever
Only ever been one lever
At Unilever
From 2009: www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/o...
September 13, 2025 at 4:43 AM
From 2009: www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/o...
September 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Only 40 days have passed since Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were tragically killed by an unhinged Trump supporter, yet this story has largely faded from national awareness. We must not allow that to happen.
September 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Only 40 days have passed since Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were tragically killed by an unhinged Trump supporter, yet this story has largely faded from national awareness. We must not allow that to happen.
I realize one data point doesn't counter a general trend, but our weekly bulletin usually includes a page on "creation care" which includes climate. A diocese-wide event is tomorrow: sdcatholic.org/event/creati...
September 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I realize one data point doesn't counter a general trend, but our weekly bulletin usually includes a page on "creation care" which includes climate. A diocese-wide event is tomorrow: sdcatholic.org/event/creati...
September 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
From the 1956 GOP platform:
"District of Columbia. We favor self-government, national suffrage and representation in the Congress of the United States for residents of the District of Columbia."
It's the 69 year-old version of " in about two weeks."
"District of Columbia. We favor self-government, national suffrage and representation in the Congress of the United States for residents of the District of Columbia."
It's the 69 year-old version of " in about two weeks."
Two things can be — and are — true here:
Bowser is not the champion DC needs in this moment, and The Washington Post has become a Trump rag.
A newspaper that actually cared about the city in its name would not publish such an inflammatory, bullshit headline.
Bowser is not the champion DC needs in this moment, and The Washington Post has become a Trump rag.
A newspaper that actually cared about the city in its name would not publish such an inflammatory, bullshit headline.
September 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
From the 1956 GOP platform:
"District of Columbia. We favor self-government, national suffrage and representation in the Congress of the United States for residents of the District of Columbia."
It's the 69 year-old version of " in about two weeks."
"District of Columbia. We favor self-government, national suffrage and representation in the Congress of the United States for residents of the District of Columbia."
It's the 69 year-old version of " in about two weeks."
September 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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85+ climate experts reviewed the US government’s new climate report. Their conclusion: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making. FULL
REVIEW: tinyurl.com/DOE-comment
REVIEW: tinyurl.com/DOE-comment
DOEresponseSite
On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding...
tinyurl.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
85+ climate experts reviewed the US government’s new climate report. Their conclusion: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making. FULL
REVIEW: tinyurl.com/DOE-comment
REVIEW: tinyurl.com/DOE-comment
August 27, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Today's mail. That was fast.
August 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Today's mail. That was fast.