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Gruff
@jeffersoncc.bsky.social
Was @JeffersonianCC on Twitter.

IT guy, compassion mongerer, anti-corruption, political independent, gamer. We don't deserve dogs. 🌈 #HandsOff #BlackLivesMattter
https://mastodon.lol/@jeffersoncurtis
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🧑‍🌾 SPOTTED in Jackson County, Wisconsin…
December 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:

“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”

open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security.

Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.

Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Trump fired the BLS director for reporting data he didn’t like. Now we can’t trust any of the numbers coming out of the govt because they lie about everything.
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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IRS officially saying Direct File is dead. This was clear from back in April when they told engineers to stop working on the project (and the leaders of that team have since left government). Here is what I wrote then.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...
November 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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I have shed tears repeatedly over this
November 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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The USDA is the fail safe for SNAP.

They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown.

They’re refusing.

Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop.

Starvation as a policy choice.
November 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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And again, a pattern of putting out statements accusing people of serious Federal crimes and then releasing them hours or days or weeks later with no charges. And no retraction.
NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability
The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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O'Donnell: "And to people that say they're struggling with the cost of living expenses, what could you do about that?"

Trump: "Well, let me just say, cashless bail is a disaster. It's gotta be changed. Sanctuary cities really have to be changed."
November 3, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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#TrumpTrainWreck
Congressman Joseph Neguse serving as the U.S. representative for Colorado's 2nd district put the Government Shutdown into perfect perspective. His statement here should resonate with American's from all walks of life.
November 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."

REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."

FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."
October 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.
October 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]
October 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
October 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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October 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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In Oakland, California, an ICE GOON shot a local clergyman point-blank.
October 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Things the government CAN'T afford:

- Healthcare subsidies
- Children's cancer research
- SNAP/WIC benefits
- Special education programs

Things the government CAN afford:

- $40B bailout for Argentina
- Paying Trump $230M from the Justice Department
- Qatar jet upgrades
- National guard takeover
October 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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I obtained ~dozens of hours~ of previously unreported recordings of Russ Vought's briefings from 2021 to 2024.

Want to hear the recordings yourself? Watch @propublica.org's
new mini-documentary about Vought 👇

THE SHADOW PRESIDENT www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Lu...
Russell Vought: The Shadow President
YouTube video by ProPublica
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$40B for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$98M for Trump's golf outings

But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
October 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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The guy Trump picked to lead the office that’s now investigating Jack Smith:

— said Niki Haley is ineligible to be president
— has neo-Nazi ties
— was Andrew Tate’s lawyer
— 2x Claremont fellow
— wrote for Gateway Pundit
— called for Pence to be hanged
— called for secession after 2020 election
Paul Ingrassia (lawyer) - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
August 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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October 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM