Jean Bourg
@jeanbourg.bsky.social
Librarian in small town Maine.
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Trump just watches something on Fox then rage posts a new edict in response on Truth Social five minutes later without talking to anyone, then his babysitters try to explain to him that the Fox segment was wrong or his solution is insane, then he goes back to his ballroom work.
November 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Trump just watches something on Fox then rage posts a new edict in response on Truth Social five minutes later without talking to anyone, then his babysitters try to explain to him that the Fox segment was wrong or his solution is insane, then he goes back to his ballroom work.
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Himes: If you've got the capability to blow a boat out of the water, you've got the capability to interdict it, arrest everyone on board, interrogate them, and find out where it was going, where it came from, who the bosses are, and what the distribution networks look like.
October 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Himes: If you've got the capability to blow a boat out of the water, you've got the capability to interdict it, arrest everyone on board, interrogate them, and find out where it was going, where it came from, who the bosses are, and what the distribution networks look like.
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"The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote"
Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine to limit absentee voting & impose voter ID requirements.
Important reporting from Zeteo's new political reporter @andrewperez.bsky.social
Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine to limit absentee voting & impose voter ID requirements.
Important reporting from Zeteo's new political reporter @andrewperez.bsky.social
The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote
Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine that would limit absentee voting and impose voter ID requirements.
zeteo.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote"
Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine to limit absentee voting & impose voter ID requirements.
Important reporting from Zeteo's new political reporter @andrewperez.bsky.social
Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine to limit absentee voting & impose voter ID requirements.
Important reporting from Zeteo's new political reporter @andrewperez.bsky.social
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Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?
September 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?
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Look, it’s Heroin and Adderall ganging up on Tylenol.
September 23, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Look, it’s Heroin and Adderall ganging up on Tylenol.
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This is why they’re deleting studies
September 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is why they’re deleting studies
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Don't be surprised if whoever killed Charlie Kirk has no coherent political ideology, didn't do it for any particular reason, and doesn’t fall anywhere neat on the left/right paradigm.
September 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Don't be surprised if whoever killed Charlie Kirk has no coherent political ideology, didn't do it for any particular reason, and doesn’t fall anywhere neat on the left/right paradigm.
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I'm not really one for nostalgia but in the old days a crank like RFK would have started a cult - and probably hurt only his own followers.
We have the misfortune of living at a time when a cult elects a government (one full of cranks, con artists, and quacks) that will harm all of us.
We have the misfortune of living at a time when a cult elects a government (one full of cranks, con artists, and quacks) that will harm all of us.
August 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I'm not really one for nostalgia but in the old days a crank like RFK would have started a cult - and probably hurt only his own followers.
We have the misfortune of living at a time when a cult elects a government (one full of cranks, con artists, and quacks) that will harm all of us.
We have the misfortune of living at a time when a cult elects a government (one full of cranks, con artists, and quacks) that will harm all of us.
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@tomtomorrow.bsky.social @rubenbolling.bsky.social
First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow
First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow
July 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
@tomtomorrow.bsky.social @rubenbolling.bsky.social
First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow
First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow
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I do seem to remember that, yeah.
July 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I do seem to remember that, yeah.
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She was a qualified motor mechanic during WWII
July 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
She was a qualified motor mechanic during WWII
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"Reich citizenship will not be laid in the cradle of every one born in Germany, but will be ceremoniously conferred on him after he has shown himself worthy of it through special accomplishments, through loyal services to the State." NY Times, July 6, 1933.
July 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"Reich citizenship will not be laid in the cradle of every one born in Germany, but will be ceremoniously conferred on him after he has shown himself worthy of it through special accomplishments, through loyal services to the State." NY Times, July 6, 1933.
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“California is so far using forty per cent less natural gas to generate electricity than it did in 2023, which is the single most hopeful statistic I’ve seen in four decades of writing about the climate crisis.”
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
“California is so far using forty per cent less natural gas to generate electricity than it did in 2023, which is the single most hopeful statistic I’ve seen in four decades of writing about the climate crisis.”
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
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Both sides news coverage is killing democracy and there is no place where it is more dangerous that in how legacy media covers the GOP attacks on free and fair elections.
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July 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Both sides news coverage is killing democracy and there is no place where it is more dangerous that in how legacy media covers the GOP attacks on free and fair elections.
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I think this rah-rah stuff can be fun popcorn reading, but misses the bigger point spelling out the inevitable demise of the internal combustion engine & ensuring oil demand collapse.
EVs and their charging infrastructure are getting better at a staggering clip.
🔌💡🔌🚗
insideevs.com/news/764730/...
EVs and their charging infrastructure are getting better at a staggering clip.
🔌💡🔌🚗
insideevs.com/news/764730/...
EVs Will Decimate Big Oil. Even Without U.S. Tax Credits.
Electric vehicles are already displacing millions of barrels of oil per day globally. Oil demand is expected to fall spectacularly over the next decade.
insideevs.com
July 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I think this rah-rah stuff can be fun popcorn reading, but misses the bigger point spelling out the inevitable demise of the internal combustion engine & ensuring oil demand collapse.
EVs and their charging infrastructure are getting better at a staggering clip.
🔌💡🔌🚗
insideevs.com/news/764730/...
EVs and their charging infrastructure are getting better at a staggering clip.
🔌💡🔌🚗
insideevs.com/news/764730/...
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I had not thought of it this way before.
If you started paying attention to the US in 1960, this sure feels like the darkest timeline. But unfortunately, purges against Black & brown people are normal US behavior.
You know what's NOT normal US behavior?
This is the first time there's been a mass movement to STOP a purge in real time.
You know what's NOT normal US behavior?
This is the first time there's been a mass movement to STOP a purge in real time.
July 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I had not thought of it this way before.
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Do I believe in astrology? No. Am I still sharing this Vanity Fair article from 2006 that reads the United States stars? Hellls yes. www.vanityfair.com/news/2006/12...
July 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Do I believe in astrology? No. Am I still sharing this Vanity Fair article from 2006 that reads the United States stars? Hellls yes. www.vanityfair.com/news/2006/12...
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What makes Mamdani so good in response to the attempts to smear him is that he gets this fundamental reality once stated by GW Bush advisor Matt Dowd: “If you're arguing against us while using our language, we're winning.” Mamdani refuses their terms and pivots to his platform.
July 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
What makes Mamdani so good in response to the attempts to smear him is that he gets this fundamental reality once stated by GW Bush advisor Matt Dowd: “If you're arguing against us while using our language, we're winning.” Mamdani refuses their terms and pivots to his platform.
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Because Trump is on Putin’s side. Because Trump works for Putin.
Trump is slowly, quietly, lifting sanctions on Russia. And halting previously allocated munitions too.
Without an announcement, US policy is beginning to favor not a ceasefire, but Russian success
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
Without an announcement, US policy is beginning to favor not a ceasefire, but Russian success
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
Lack of New U.S. Sanctions Allows Restricted Goods and Funds Into Russia
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Because Trump is on Putin’s side. Because Trump works for Putin.
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Gotta give some props to Josh Hawley.
Saying you’re doing everything you can to stop Medicaid cuts in the same statement in which you announce you’ll vote for Medicaid cuts is a new level of ghoulish shamelessness.
Saying you’re doing everything you can to stop Medicaid cuts in the same statement in which you announce you’ll vote for Medicaid cuts is a new level of ghoulish shamelessness.
June 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Gotta give some props to Josh Hawley.
Saying you’re doing everything you can to stop Medicaid cuts in the same statement in which you announce you’ll vote for Medicaid cuts is a new level of ghoulish shamelessness.
Saying you’re doing everything you can to stop Medicaid cuts in the same statement in which you announce you’ll vote for Medicaid cuts is a new level of ghoulish shamelessness.