Joan Bailie
@jbailie.bsky.social
♥️urban/suburb/people/nature/garden/beach/. Studied & continue to learn re faith, science, psychology, art, & education. We need to do better at education, healthcare, civil rights. Progressive. Debate & ideas welcome.
NO flirting/NO $$/NO investing.✝️🎄☮️🌻🕎☃️
NO flirting/NO $$/NO investing.✝️🎄☮️🌻🕎☃️
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Joan Bailie
@jbailie.bsky.social
· Jan 15
a picture of martin luther king jr. with an american flag behind him
ALT: a picture of martin luther king jr. with an american flag behind him
media.tenor.com
We are definitely in danger from “sincere ignorance”
"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."
Martin Luther King Jr.
From Strength to Love.
"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."
Martin Luther King Jr.
From Strength to Love.
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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ICE is using a new app called Mobile Fortify to scan people's faces and determine their immigration status.
The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
Face Recognition and the ‘Trump Terror’: A Marriage Made in Hell | ACLU
ICE and CBP are smashing their way not only through car windows but also through any constraints on the use of face recognition
www.aclu.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
ICE is using a new app called Mobile Fortify to scan people's faces and determine their immigration status.
The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
THIS is something we must resist, if resisting illegal orders in the military folds, disloyalty to Trump and his admin among civilians will easily follow. We must pray, protest, write to lawmakers, boycott retailers who support MAGA, campaign, & VOTE against fascism.
The FBI interview orders are not the peak, they’re the test run.
Next comes stretching ‘illegal orders’ to mean disobedience itself, then disciplining anyone who resists.
This is how an administration turns the chain of command into a loyalty chain, one investigation at a time.
Next comes stretching ‘illegal orders’ to mean disobedience itself, then disciplining anyone who resists.
This is how an administration turns the chain of command into a loyalty chain, one investigation at a time.
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
THIS is something we must resist, if resisting illegal orders in the military folds, disloyalty to Trump and his admin among civilians will easily follow. We must pray, protest, write to lawmakers, boycott retailers who support MAGA, campaign, & VOTE against fascism.
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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I'm wondering if Kegseth is hell-bent on going after Mark Kelly because he outranked him. Small men do that kind of thing.
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I'm wondering if Kegseth is hell-bent on going after Mark Kelly because he outranked him. Small men do that kind of thing.
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Pamela Jo has until December 20th to release the Epstein files. She must include explanations for everything she redacts or withholds.
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Pamela Jo has until December 20th to release the Epstein files. She must include explanations for everything she redacts or withholds.
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Breaking: The six Democrats now confirmed they've been contacted by the FBI.
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Breaking: The six Democrats now confirmed they've been contacted by the FBI.
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
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Republicans have no credibility on the issue of health care.
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Republicans have no credibility on the issue of health care.
Please read through this thread. The fascist movement in the USA is not just a random collection of goofy individuals, your oddest relatives, or outlier narcissists.
There are organized well-funded influential groups making strategic moves to suppress voting and control government. #RESIST
There are organized well-funded influential groups making strategic moves to suppress voting and control government. #RESIST
Texas Young Republicans are calling upon TX lawmakers to pass a law allowing Governor Abbott to put blue TX cities into receivership. They say the State Leadership Initiative (SLI)—co-founded by Nate Fischer of New Founding — suggested the idea. New Founding partner Nathan Halberstadt loves it. 1/
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Please read through this thread. The fascist movement in the USA is not just a random collection of goofy individuals, your oddest relatives, or outlier narcissists.
There are organized well-funded influential groups making strategic moves to suppress voting and control government. #RESIST
There are organized well-funded influential groups making strategic moves to suppress voting and control government. #RESIST
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5/ I’ve been warning about the State Leadership Initiative for a while. bsky.app/profile/jenn...
New pro-Trump group, the State Leadership Initiative (SLI), is “writing the blueprint for dismantling bureaucracy in every red state.” Nate Fischer—a founder of New Founding, which is backed by DOGE advisor Marc Andreessen—is an SLI co-founder. The board includes Heritage president Kevin Roberts. 1/
New Group Aims To Dismantle Red State Bureaucracies
The State Leadership Initiative is a coalition-building organization aimed at ensuring 'red states' operate in GOP voters' best interests.
thefederalist.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
5/ I’ve been warning about the State Leadership Initiative for a while. bsky.app/profile/jenn...
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“David D Kirkpatrick spent months tallying how much the Trump family has pocketed off Trump’s time in the White House… unimaginable without his presidencies: profits from overseas deals and at least five different crypto ventures.” @newyorker.com
Total so far: $3.4 BILLION
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Total so far: $3.4 BILLION
bsky.app/profile/zach...
![New Yorker Chart by Francesco Muzzi: How much money is Trump really making off the presidency?
Total as of August 2025: $3.4 BILLION
Crypto: $2.37 BILLION
Finance: $339.6 million
Other incl private jet: $277.7 million
Hospitality: $270.8 million
Media: $116 million
David D. Kirkpatrick spent months tallying up how much the Trump family has pocketed off Trump’s time in the White House—golf course by golf course, crypto deal by crypto deal.
Donald Trump’s immediate family is making a dizzying sum of money that would be unimaginable without his Presidencies, including profits from overseas deals and at least five different crypto ventures.
David Kirkpatrick “decided to attempt to tally up just how much Trump and his immediate family have pocketed off his time in the White House [as of August 2025].” A reasonable estimate, he thinks: $3.4 BILLION.
For more, please read The Number: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/18/the-number](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:um3dlpu4s64lwq4lmqyo3dni/bafkreidv3b46rv4c7ksxdcoq6ot2we3atpenf3inx2itbwckh4ies3dfyq@jpeg)
August 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“David D Kirkpatrick spent months tallying how much the Trump family has pocketed off Trump’s time in the White House… unimaginable without his presidencies: profits from overseas deals and at least five different crypto ventures.” @newyorker.com
Total so far: $3.4 BILLION
bsky.app/profile/zach...
Total so far: $3.4 BILLION
bsky.app/profile/zach...
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Bessent: "you can beat inflation by moving to a red state."
I am telling you, Bessent is a fucking moron!
So fucking stupid.
I would go in to all the dumb shit he is doing to the IRS, but there is only so many words.
#Bessent
I am telling you, Bessent is a fucking moron!
So fucking stupid.
I would go in to all the dumb shit he is doing to the IRS, but there is only so many words.
#Bessent
Scott Bessent Gives Deranged Financial Advice on Beating Inflation
Trump’s treasury secretary faced backlash after offering particularly dense advice to Americans worried about inflation.
newrepublic.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Bessent: "you can beat inflation by moving to a red state."
I am telling you, Bessent is a fucking moron!
So fucking stupid.
I would go in to all the dumb shit he is doing to the IRS, but there is only so many words.
#Bessent
I am telling you, Bessent is a fucking moron!
So fucking stupid.
I would go in to all the dumb shit he is doing to the IRS, but there is only so many words.
#Bessent
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In a massive backlash against MAGA fascism, Democrats have now swept school board elections in Pennsylvania, Texas and Ohio and defeating all terrorist Moms For Liberty candidates in the process. Much more of this please, we have a democracy to rescue. 💙👊
November 23, 2025 at 4:38 AM
In a massive backlash against MAGA fascism, Democrats have now swept school board elections in Pennsylvania, Texas and Ohio and defeating all terrorist Moms For Liberty candidates in the process. Much more of this please, we have a democracy to rescue. 💙👊
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The Justice Department purge has now eclipsed 5,000 employees since January, including resignations, firings and retirements. Justice Connection, a group of former DOJ employees, has organized and posted the online page of goodbye messages worth reading.
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-j...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-j...
"Quite frankly I was pissed off!" Growing online page chronicles Trump Justice Dept. resignation letters
Amid a wave of departures from the Justice Department, some of its former officials are curating a public online display of the farewell messages of ousted employees.
www.cbsnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The Justice Department purge has now eclipsed 5,000 employees since January, including resignations, firings and retirements. Justice Connection, a group of former DOJ employees, has organized and posted the online page of goodbye messages worth reading.
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-j...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-j...
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Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) to ABC about Trump's social media post about "sedition", which was directed at group of Congressional Democrats
"Immediately... the security situation changed for all of us."
"Immediately... the security situation changed for all of us."
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) to ABC about Trump's social media post about "sedition", which was directed at group of Congressional Democrats
"Immediately... the security situation changed for all of us."
"Immediately... the security situation changed for all of us."
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Today we filed 1st Amendment lawsuit against AG Pam Bondi & Dept of Justice for illegal firing of senior official w/o any due process for personal comments of public interest he made on private date that turned out to be targeted O'Keefe operation.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Former DOJ official whose remarks about Epstein files were recorded sues over firing
In the lawsuit, Joseph Schnitt claims he was secretly recorded during private conversations with a woman he met on Hinge.
www.politico.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Today we filed 1st Amendment lawsuit against AG Pam Bondi & Dept of Justice for illegal firing of senior official w/o any due process for personal comments of public interest he made on private date that turned out to be targeted O'Keefe operation.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Here is a thorough breakdown of RFK Jr’s misleading statements on vaccines and food allergies.
drrubin.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-is-...
drrubin.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-is-...
RFK Jr. Is Wrong About Vaccines and Food Allergies
Why his claims collapse under real immunology, real epidemiology, and real evidence.
drrubin.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Here is a thorough breakdown of RFK Jr’s misleading statements on vaccines and food allergies.
drrubin.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-is-...
drrubin.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-is-...
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CNN: Breaking news… this is big, we have learned that the justice department's case against former FBI director Jim Comey and the New York attorney general have both been dismissed
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
CNN: Breaking news… this is big, we have learned that the justice department's case against former FBI director Jim Comey and the New York attorney general have both been dismissed
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Oops! One account boosted by Trump this weekend promoted banning Ilhan Omar from office. The account is based in Africa.
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Trump Amplified Foreign-Based Accounts This Weekend
One account boosted by Trump promoted banning Ilhan Omar from office. The account is based in Africa.
meidasnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Oops! One account boosted by Trump this weekend promoted banning Ilhan Omar from office. The account is based in Africa.
meidasnews.com/news/trump-a...
meidasnews.com/news/trump-a...
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New video: "MAGA Host Ruins Her Career after EPSTEIN BACKFIRE!"
click below to WATCH👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdUd6Nn3-P0
click below to WATCH👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdUd6Nn3-P0
MAGA Host Ruins Her Career after EPSTEIN BACKFIRE!
Adam Mockler
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
New video: "MAGA Host Ruins Her Career after EPSTEIN BACKFIRE!"
click below to WATCH👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdUd6Nn3-P0
click below to WATCH👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdUd6Nn3-P0
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SEN. GALLEGO: "This is fucking insane... Secretary Hegseth, all these guys, fuck you, you're not going to be able to scare us. You say you’re not acting like fascists… you won’t intimidate us.”
on the “investigation” announcement for telling the military their oath is to the constitution
on the “investigation” announcement for telling the military their oath is to the constitution
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
SEN. GALLEGO: "This is fucking insane... Secretary Hegseth, all these guys, fuck you, you're not going to be able to scare us. You say you’re not acting like fascists… you won’t intimidate us.”
on the “investigation” announcement for telling the military their oath is to the constitution
on the “investigation” announcement for telling the military their oath is to the constitution
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I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
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Jeffries: We are not going to be lectured by anyone on the other side of the aisle about fiscal responsibility when the bill that you just passed is the most fiscally irresponsible piece of legislation ever…
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Jeffries: We are not going to be lectured by anyone on the other side of the aisle about fiscal responsibility when the bill that you just passed is the most fiscally irresponsible piece of legislation ever…