Joe Calhoun
@jbc3.bsky.social
#Cville! Co-founder, organizer, Indivisible Charlottesville. Proud rural progressive. Recovering coder.
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Madame VP Kamala Harris called me yesterday to congratulate me on winning my election. I asked to record to end of our call for my Nana because she knocked many doors for her campaign last year.
Surreal.
Surreal.
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Madame VP Kamala Harris called me yesterday to congratulate me on winning my election. I asked to record to end of our call for my Nana because she knocked many doors for her campaign last year.
Surreal.
Surreal.
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Pinging Rachel Reeves and her immense intellectual abilities:
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Pinging Rachel Reeves and her immense intellectual abilities:
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Summers story updates:
1-Official Project 2029 effort says they have nothing to do with Summers
2-But they are taking ideas from many groups, including CAP. Emails show CAP internally describing their effort as "Project 2029"
3-CAP's Neera Tanden was on the Project 2029 advisory board but left
1-Official Project 2029 effort says they have nothing to do with Summers
2-But they are taking ideas from many groups, including CAP. Emails show CAP internally describing their effort as "Project 2029"
3-CAP's Neera Tanden was on the Project 2029 advisory board but left
Epstein Confidant Larry Summers Guiding CAP’s ‘Project 2029’ - The American Prospect
Summers was overseeing the economic policy plank of the Center for American Progress’s effort. Emails released this week show him in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein.
prospect.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Summers story updates:
1-Official Project 2029 effort says they have nothing to do with Summers
2-But they are taking ideas from many groups, including CAP. Emails show CAP internally describing their effort as "Project 2029"
3-CAP's Neera Tanden was on the Project 2029 advisory board but left
1-Official Project 2029 effort says they have nothing to do with Summers
2-But they are taking ideas from many groups, including CAP. Emails show CAP internally describing their effort as "Project 2029"
3-CAP's Neera Tanden was on the Project 2029 advisory board but left
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it's just wild that the right is already pivoting to "it's okay to rape teenagers" and the really sick shit hasn't even been released yet
November 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
it's just wild that the right is already pivoting to "it's okay to rape teenagers" and the really sick shit hasn't even been released yet
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www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump/Republican talking point is that Trump is mentioned in only a very few of these e-mails. Hmm... 1,670/2,324 = 71.86%. Does 71.86, round it to 72% sound like very few?
Trump/Republican talking point is that Trump is mentioned in only a very few of these e-mails. Hmm... 1,670/2,324 = 71.86%. Does 71.86, round it to 72% sound like very few?
The Epstein Email Cache: 2,300 Messages, Many of Which Mention Trump
An analysis of documents released this week by Congress shows President Trump was mentioned in more than half of the messages.
www.wsj.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump/Republican talking point is that Trump is mentioned in only a very few of these e-mails. Hmm... 1,670/2,324 = 71.86%. Does 71.86, round it to 72% sound like very few?
Trump/Republican talking point is that Trump is mentioned in only a very few of these e-mails. Hmm... 1,670/2,324 = 71.86%. Does 71.86, round it to 72% sound like very few?
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I was not aware of this story, and I'm guessing that the University of Virginia wanted it that way augustafreepress.com/news/shame-o...
'Shame on UVA': Student producer fired for asking hard questions
A student journalist at UVA was fired for asking hard questions of UVA interim President Paul Mahoney and refusing to apologize.
augustafreepress.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I was not aware of this story, and I'm guessing that the University of Virginia wanted it that way augustafreepress.com/news/shame-o...
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hello from outside the ice detention center in broadview, illinois.
there’s a decent crowd of protesters already here and more folks trickling in.
leaders across faith traditions have organized this morning’s demonstration to demand ice to stop kidnapping community members.
there’s a decent crowd of protesters already here and more folks trickling in.
leaders across faith traditions have organized this morning’s demonstration to demand ice to stop kidnapping community members.
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
hello from outside the ice detention center in broadview, illinois.
there’s a decent crowd of protesters already here and more folks trickling in.
leaders across faith traditions have organized this morning’s demonstration to demand ice to stop kidnapping community members.
there’s a decent crowd of protesters already here and more folks trickling in.
leaders across faith traditions have organized this morning’s demonstration to demand ice to stop kidnapping community members.
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NEW — Rashida Tlaib and 20 other members of Congress have introduced a resolution to officially recognize Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people.
It notes that between 10/23 and 11/25, the US sent $21,700,000,000 in military aid to Israel and authorized $30,000,000,000+ in new weapons deals.
It notes that between 10/23 and 11/25, the US sent $21,700,000,000 in military aid to Israel and authorized $30,000,000,000+ in new weapons deals.
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
NEW — Rashida Tlaib and 20 other members of Congress have introduced a resolution to officially recognize Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people.
It notes that between 10/23 and 11/25, the US sent $21,700,000,000 in military aid to Israel and authorized $30,000,000,000+ in new weapons deals.
It notes that between 10/23 and 11/25, the US sent $21,700,000,000 in military aid to Israel and authorized $30,000,000,000+ in new weapons deals.
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A lot of people are going to walk away from the Ghislaine Maxwell coverage with the impression that our prison system isn’t punitive enough but I’d say it highlights how most everyone else is treated with *deliberate* cruelty.
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A lot of people are going to walk away from the Ghislaine Maxwell coverage with the impression that our prison system isn’t punitive enough but I’d say it highlights how most everyone else is treated with *deliberate* cruelty.
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NEW: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
Kristi Noem-Tied Firm Secretly Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Campaign
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
UVA thread!
👇🏽 this is just the start of the fireworks for today 👇🏽
The gaslighting is just wild. Youngkin is urging the BOV to, “take advantage of the most inclusive and successful Presidential search process in UVA’s history.”
🕵🏽♀️ Facts:
- Federal overreach
- Forced firings
- Hasty Appointments
- Votes of No Confidence
- Lawsuits
- Secret deals to appease Trump
🕵🏽♀️ Facts:
- Federal overreach
- Forced firings
- Hasty Appointments
- Votes of No Confidence
- Lawsuits
- Secret deals to appease Trump
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
UVA thread!
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“What’s shocking here is not that Maxwell is being treated decently — all prisoners should be — but that she’s being treated so much better than everyone else.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/o...
Opinion | Why Is Ghislaine Maxwell Being Pampered in Prison?
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“What’s shocking here is not that Maxwell is being treated decently — all prisoners should be — but that she’s being treated so much better than everyone else.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/o...
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As always, nice reporting from the Crimson here
While Summers has broken no laws, and he’s free to correspond with whom he chooses, there’s a lot here to support the idea that he should not be taken as an authoritative spokesman on so many important issues
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
While Summers has broken no laws, and he’s free to correspond with whom he chooses, there’s a lot here to support the idea that he should not be taken as an authoritative spokesman on so many important issues
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Faculty Disturbed by Revelations of Summers’ ‘Cozy Friendship’ With Epstein | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard professors responded with outrage to a tranche of emails showing a close yearslong correspondence between former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers and sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein, reop...
www.thecrimson.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
As always, nice reporting from the Crimson here
While Summers has broken no laws, and he’s free to correspond with whom he chooses, there’s a lot here to support the idea that he should not be taken as an authoritative spokesman on so many important issues
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
While Summers has broken no laws, and he’s free to correspond with whom he chooses, there’s a lot here to support the idea that he should not be taken as an authoritative spokesman on so many important issues
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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I, for one, welcome our new trash panda overlords.
But for real, fascinating science on how we might be seeing the very early stages of domestication in action in wild animals. 🧪
By @marinacoladas.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social
But for real, fascinating science on how we might be seeing the very early stages of domestication in action in wild animals. 🧪
By @marinacoladas.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social
City Raccoons Are Evolving to Look More Like Pets
City-dwelling raccoons seem to be evolving a shorter snout—a telltale feature of our pets and other domesticated animals
www.scientificamerican.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I, for one, welcome our new trash panda overlords.
But for real, fascinating science on how we might be seeing the very early stages of domestication in action in wild animals. 🧪
By @marinacoladas.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social
But for real, fascinating science on how we might be seeing the very early stages of domestication in action in wild animals. 🧪
By @marinacoladas.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social
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By me: One in every 25 participants at Cop30 is a fossil fuel lobbyist, outnumbering every country delegation apart from Brazil, and as Indigenous peoples struggle to get a seat at the table
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
By me: One in every 25 participants at Cop30 is a fossil fuel lobbyist, outnumbering every country delegation apart from Brazil, and as Indigenous peoples struggle to get a seat at the table
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean.
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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According to a source, Jenna Norton, who led a letter criticizing Trump's decimation of the NIH (see below), has been placed on administrative leave. She's the first at NIH to be put on leave, joining EPA officials who criticized Trump policies.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
NIH scientists publish letter criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research
The letter addresses the termination of 2,100 research grants valued at more than $12 billion and some of the human costs that have resulted, such as cutting off medication regimens to participants in...
www.pbs.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
According to a source, Jenna Norton, who led a letter criticizing Trump's decimation of the NIH (see below), has been placed on administrative leave. She's the first at NIH to be put on leave, joining EPA officials who criticized Trump policies.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
Private equity is, I was tempted to say a vulture, but vultures are actually good! Ecosystem services poster child! Private equity on the other hand has no redeeming social value whatsoever.
"In many cases, the best decision for the firm is the one that directly undermines the company it controls. The reason there are no weird blogs anymore is that it’s more fruitful to drive them out of business."
There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore Cause It’s More Fruitful to Drive Them Out of Business
I learned many surprising lessons from my 20 months as editor-in-chief of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Private equity is, I was tempted to say a vulture, but vultures are actually good! Ecosystem services poster child! Private equity on the other hand has no redeeming social value whatsoever.
This whole entire thread OMFG 😍
Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
November 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
This whole entire thread OMFG 😍
Hey Cville peeps: Starbucks union workers are ON STRIKE. Please go somewhere here else: we have LOTS of good locally owned coffee shops! Atlas Coffee, Grit, Cville Coffee, and JBird come to mind (not exhaustive, don’t @ me, but DO make other suggestions!).
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Hey Cville peeps: Starbucks union workers are ON STRIKE. Please go somewhere here else: we have LOTS of good locally owned coffee shops! Atlas Coffee, Grit, Cville Coffee, and JBird come to mind (not exhaustive, don’t @ me, but DO make other suggestions!).
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"A guy" (known child sex trafficker) "emailing a reporter" (at the most important newspaper in the world, about a presidential candidate's ties to himself, a known child sex trafficker) about "old girlfriends" (underage girls they trafficked) is not "a whole news story" (yes it is.)
The emails that you’re seeing now are news in themselves, but that’s because of how they’re coming out—a congressional committee released them—& the context in which they’re being viewed. A guy emailing a reporter talking about old girlfriends or saying someone is “dirty” is not a whole news story.
November 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
"A guy" (known child sex trafficker) "emailing a reporter" (at the most important newspaper in the world, about a presidential candidate's ties to himself, a known child sex trafficker) about "old girlfriends" (underage girls they trafficked) is not "a whole news story" (yes it is.)
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Bad men protecting bad men is the world's oldest profession.
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Bad men protecting bad men is the world's oldest profession.