JBloomie
@jbloomie.bsky.social
Writer, school volunteer, sports & politics addict. Climate first, guns last. 🏳️🌈+ ally, fan of walkable cities, public interest design. MAGAism is Fascism.
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
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Trump's illegal murders in the Caribbean just got worse. An internal DOJ memo on the bombings says the victims are waging war on the US, but per NYT, it extensively cites the WH's *own claims* to this effect as evidence!
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
Trump Boat Bombings Take Dark, Unnerving Turn with Leaked Memo Stunner
A new Trump administration memo argues that those carrying out the boat attacks can’t be prosecuted. Why? Because the administration says so!
newrepublic.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Trump's illegal murders in the Caribbean just got worse. An internal DOJ memo on the bombings says the victims are waging war on the US, but per NYT, it extensively cites the WH's *own claims* to this effect as evidence!
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
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Officials in a Mississippi jail violently abused the people incarcerated there and encouraged other detainees known as “trusties” to join in on the beatings.
Incarcerated people must not face abuse at the hands of the state.
Incarcerated people must not face abuse at the hands of the state.
In a Brutal Mississippi Jail, Inmates Say They Were Enlisted as Enforcers
High-ranking inmates known as trusties were ordered to do guards’ bidding, former inmates and guards said, and the culture of violence in the jail went straight to the top.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Officials in a Mississippi jail violently abused the people incarcerated there and encouraged other detainees known as “trusties” to join in on the beatings.
Incarcerated people must not face abuse at the hands of the state.
Incarcerated people must not face abuse at the hands of the state.
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Everyone does know what's going on here, right? Should the Epstein evidence bill pass both the House and Senate, these criminals will say it can't be released because there is an active investigation. Never mind that a thorough investigation was completed, and the DOJ was prepared to try Epstein.
November 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Everyone does know what's going on here, right? Should the Epstein evidence bill pass both the House and Senate, these criminals will say it can't be released because there is an active investigation. Never mind that a thorough investigation was completed, and the DOJ was prepared to try Epstein.
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🎵 AzureSky Harmonies 🦋 - Hourly Fresh Picks
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November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🎵 AzureSky Harmonies 🦋 - Hourly Fresh Picks
Thanks to our latest contributor(s), choosen from 5 incoming post(s):
• @jrkitson.bsky.social
• @romeyromeo.bsky.social
• @isoleanarchipelago.bsky.social
🔁 to spread the word and help us reach more music lovers!
Thanks to our latest contributor(s), choosen from 5 incoming post(s):
• @jrkitson.bsky.social
• @romeyromeo.bsky.social
• @isoleanarchipelago.bsky.social
🔁 to spread the word and help us reach more music lovers!
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Oh hey — you know that big Chicago raid where Stephen Miller said the building was “FILLED” with gang members?
@propublica found 0 evidence of Tren De Aragua, the men weren’t charged with any crimes. 🤔 (sound familiar Tennessee?)
All for show. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
@propublica found 0 evidence of Tren De Aragua, the men weren’t charged with any crimes. 🤔 (sound familiar Tennessee?)
All for show. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
November 14, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Oh hey — you know that big Chicago raid where Stephen Miller said the building was “FILLED” with gang members?
@propublica found 0 evidence of Tren De Aragua, the men weren’t charged with any crimes. 🤔 (sound familiar Tennessee?)
All for show. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
@propublica found 0 evidence of Tren De Aragua, the men weren’t charged with any crimes. 🤔 (sound familiar Tennessee?)
All for show. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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Climate knowledge has been taken hostage to prevent climate action.
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Climate knowledge has been taken hostage to prevent climate action.
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
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It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.
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On Remembrance Day, The Trump Regime quietly took down a memorial to Black WWII Soldiers in the Netherlands, because of course he did.
The Sacrifice of 174 African Americans was wiped out because Donald Trump is a racist. open.substack.com/pub/deanblun... @deanblundell.bsky.social #cdnpoli
The Sacrifice of 174 African Americans was wiped out because Donald Trump is a racist. open.substack.com/pub/deanblun... @deanblundell.bsky.social #cdnpoli
On Remembrance Day, The Trump Regime quietly took down a memorial to Black WWII Soldiers in the Netherlands, because of course he did.
The Sacrifice of 174 African Americans was wiped out because Donald Trump is a racist.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
On Remembrance Day, The Trump Regime quietly took down a memorial to Black WWII Soldiers in the Netherlands, because of course he did.
The Sacrifice of 174 African Americans was wiped out because Donald Trump is a racist. open.substack.com/pub/deanblun... @deanblundell.bsky.social #cdnpoli
The Sacrifice of 174 African Americans was wiped out because Donald Trump is a racist. open.substack.com/pub/deanblun... @deanblundell.bsky.social #cdnpoli
I remember scraping tar off the soles of my feet decades after the Santa Barbara oil rig spill. Trump can fuck all the way off.
Trump Is Said to Propose Opening California Coast to Oil Drilling www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/c...
Trump Is Said to Propose Opening California Coast to Oil Drilling www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/c...
Trump Is Said to Propose Opening California Coast to Oil Drilling
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I remember scraping tar off the soles of my feet decades after the Santa Barbara oil rig spill. Trump can fuck all the way off.
Trump Is Said to Propose Opening California Coast to Oil Drilling www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/c...
Trump Is Said to Propose Opening California Coast to Oil Drilling www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/c...
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Oh, so he totally stole the money
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Oh, so he totally stole the money
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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“A promise of a vote on healthcare” is nothing
November 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
“A promise of a vote on healthcare” is nothing
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And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system
In the year’s most shocking documentary, The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for help
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Sen. Ron Wyden is calling out the GOP for pushing to slip a nationwide backdoor abortion ban into the government funding bill. This is dangerous for women’s health care. We’ve already seen the consequences in states like TX, but I guess the GOP is intent on The Handmaid’s Tale.
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Sen. Ron Wyden is calling out the GOP for pushing to slip a nationwide backdoor abortion ban into the government funding bill. This is dangerous for women’s health care. We’ve already seen the consequences in states like TX, but I guess the GOP is intent on The Handmaid’s Tale.
Marco Rubio stars as Luca Brasi in Trump’s punishing assault on the environment
Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure
Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure
Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Marco Rubio stars as Luca Brasi in Trump’s punishing assault on the environment
Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure
Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure
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Nothing says ‘fit to lead’ like napping through your own medical endorsement. Get Grandpa Don to bed. 🤦🏽♂️
November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Nothing says ‘fit to lead’ like napping through your own medical endorsement. Get Grandpa Don to bed. 🤦🏽♂️
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Good grief. This administration is so soft on crime.
November 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Good grief. This administration is so soft on crime.
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My kids have measles and my SNAP benefits were cut. But at least those cashiers at Walmart aren’t writing “they/them” on their name tags anymore.
November 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
My kids have measles and my SNAP benefits were cut. But at least those cashiers at Walmart aren’t writing “they/them” on their name tags anymore.
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Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.