James Joynz
@jamesjoynz.bsky.social
- Army Veteran
- Gay Cis Male
- He, Him, His
- Progressive Left
- Catholic
- Chicago
- Cat Lover
- Pokemon Lover
- Gay Cis Male
- He, Him, His
- Progressive Left
- Catholic
- Chicago
- Cat Lover
- Pokemon Lover
Pinned
James Joynz
@jamesjoynz.bsky.social
· Dec 7
DETAILED THREAD -
Fix USA -
1. Abolish electoral college & Outlaw Gerrymandering
2. Compulsory Voting
3. Term limits on all elected positions
4. 16 year term limit on appointed judges
5. Four political parties not two
6. 442 house reps and 156 senators
7. DC Statehood
8. Puerto Rico Statehood
Fix USA -
1. Abolish electoral college & Outlaw Gerrymandering
2. Compulsory Voting
3. Term limits on all elected positions
4. 16 year term limit on appointed judges
5. Four political parties not two
6. 442 house reps and 156 senators
7. DC Statehood
8. Puerto Rico Statehood
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The fact that the President of the United States posts a fake video of a kneeling Barack Obama being handcuffed and we’re supposed to pretend it’s perfectly normal, everyday stuff shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
July 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The fact that the President of the United States posts a fake video of a kneeling Barack Obama being handcuffed and we’re supposed to pretend it’s perfectly normal, everyday stuff shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
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-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
July 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
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Donald Trump just signed a bill into law that'll kick 17 million people off their health care and make it harder for families to put food on the table.
Republicans sold you out so billionaires can get even richer.
We won't let them forget.
Republicans sold you out so billionaires can get even richer.
We won't let them forget.
July 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Donald Trump just signed a bill into law that'll kick 17 million people off their health care and make it harder for families to put food on the table.
Republicans sold you out so billionaires can get even richer.
We won't let them forget.
Republicans sold you out so billionaires can get even richer.
We won't let them forget.
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Tom Paine: in monarchies the king is the law, but in the free societies the law is king.
Wishing everyone an exuberant and free Fourth of July. Together we fight for a more perfect union.
Wishing everyone an exuberant and free Fourth of July. Together we fight for a more perfect union.
July 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Tom Paine: in monarchies the king is the law, but in the free societies the law is king.
Wishing everyone an exuberant and free Fourth of July. Together we fight for a more perfect union.
Wishing everyone an exuberant and free Fourth of July. Together we fight for a more perfect union.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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I think that the outcome in the NY Mayoral race and the Wisconsin Supreme Court race both show that people power CAN beat the political money machine. That should give us all hope, and the motivation to work for the government we want.
June 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I think that the outcome in the NY Mayoral race and the Wisconsin Supreme Court race both show that people power CAN beat the political money machine. That should give us all hope, and the motivation to work for the government we want.
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“Forget about intelligence” is a pretty good mantra for this administration
Host: Are you saying the US did not see intelligence that the Supreme Leader had ordered weaponization?
Rubio: That’s irrelevant
Host: No, that's a key point
Rubio: No it’s not… Forget about intelligence
Rubio: That’s irrelevant
Host: No, that's a key point
Rubio: No it’s not… Forget about intelligence
June 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“Forget about intelligence” is a pretty good mantra for this administration
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Just to be crystal clear: bombing Iran is completely illegal.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Just to be crystal clear: bombing Iran is completely illegal.
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The American people do not want to begin a war with Iran, and Trump does not have the unilateral authority to start one.
I'll keep speaking up on behalf of my constituents, the overwhelming majority of whom don't want to be dragged into another forever war.
I'll keep speaking up on behalf of my constituents, the overwhelming majority of whom don't want to be dragged into another forever war.
Senator Murray Statement on Trump Strikes on Iran - Senator Patty Murray
Washington, D.C.— Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s recently announce...
www.murray.senate.gov
June 22, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The American people do not want to begin a war with Iran, and Trump does not have the unilateral authority to start one.
I'll keep speaking up on behalf of my constituents, the overwhelming majority of whom don't want to be dragged into another forever war.
I'll keep speaking up on behalf of my constituents, the overwhelming majority of whom don't want to be dragged into another forever war.
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Bernie Sanders calls the bombing of Iran unconstitutional and the crowd breaks out into “no more war”.
June 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Bernie Sanders calls the bombing of Iran unconstitutional and the crowd breaks out into “no more war”.
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Trump bombing Iran was illegal and unjustified.
I ran for Congress to make sure our leaders consider the true costs of war.
And I will be in the Senate, standing on my titanium legs, demanding answers from Trump.
My statement:
I ran for Congress to make sure our leaders consider the true costs of war.
And I will be in the Senate, standing on my titanium legs, demanding answers from Trump.
My statement:
June 22, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Trump bombing Iran was illegal and unjustified.
I ran for Congress to make sure our leaders consider the true costs of war.
And I will be in the Senate, standing on my titanium legs, demanding answers from Trump.
My statement:
I ran for Congress to make sure our leaders consider the true costs of war.
And I will be in the Senate, standing on my titanium legs, demanding answers from Trump.
My statement:
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Mahmoud Khalil is finally home with his beautiful wife and newborn son.
Each one of the 104 days he spent detained was a grave injustice.
From the moment of his detention, @ccrjustice.org + @aclu.org engaged my office as we worked closely to help secure his release. They did remarkable work here.
Each one of the 104 days he spent detained was a grave injustice.
From the moment of his detention, @ccrjustice.org + @aclu.org engaged my office as we worked closely to help secure his release. They did remarkable work here.
Mahmoud Khalil emerges from airport security with his wife Noor and newborn, legal team and Rep. AOC.
June 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Mahmoud Khalil is finally home with his beautiful wife and newborn son.
Each one of the 104 days he spent detained was a grave injustice.
From the moment of his detention, @ccrjustice.org + @aclu.org engaged my office as we worked closely to help secure his release. They did remarkable work here.
Each one of the 104 days he spent detained was a grave injustice.
From the moment of his detention, @ccrjustice.org + @aclu.org engaged my office as we worked closely to help secure his release. They did remarkable work here.
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Are you paying attention?
June 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Are you paying attention?
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Sayed Naser served as a U.S. military interpreter in Afghanistan. Now he’s being deported.
The Taliban assassinated his brother and kidnapped his father. All because he helped us.
Why are the feds trying to deport him, even though his asylum case is still pending?
Not justice, it’s a betrayal.
The Taliban assassinated his brother and kidnapped his father. All because he helped us.
Why are the feds trying to deport him, even though his asylum case is still pending?
Not justice, it’s a betrayal.
June 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Sayed Naser served as a U.S. military interpreter in Afghanistan. Now he’s being deported.
The Taliban assassinated his brother and kidnapped his father. All because he helped us.
Why are the feds trying to deport him, even though his asylum case is still pending?
Not justice, it’s a betrayal.
The Taliban assassinated his brother and kidnapped his father. All because he helped us.
Why are the feds trying to deport him, even though his asylum case is still pending?
Not justice, it’s a betrayal.
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Juneteenth went uncelebrated by the White House. That alone says everything you need to know about this regime.
June 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Juneteenth went uncelebrated by the White House. That alone says everything you need to know about this regime.
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Oh, Kamala, how we wish we had Tim’s and your sane leadership in the White House!
June 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Oh, Kamala, how we wish we had Tim’s and your sane leadership in the White House!
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ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
Whoa! NYC mayoral candidate and current city Comptroller Brad Lander seemingly arrested at the NYC immigration court while attending to escort someone attending their hearing.
Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.
June 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
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Police brutality in one screen, military marches to soothe a fascist’s ego in the other, and his Hitman’s manhunt info in the last one. What a fucking shit show
June 15, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Police brutality in one screen, military marches to soothe a fascist’s ego in the other, and his Hitman’s manhunt info in the last one. What a fucking shit show
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This is exactly what happened on Sunday. We were on a (street) overpass and watched the whole thing. It was fine until they came along shooting stuff on horseback. Everyone went running.
June 15, 2025 at 7:40 AM
This is exactly what happened on Sunday. We were on a (street) overpass and watched the whole thing. It was fine until they came along shooting stuff on horseback. Everyone went running.