jkwest.bsky.social
@jkwest.bsky.social
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This guy stole $10 million from the employees of his nursing home to buy himself a luxury yacht and Cartier watches. He PLED GUILTY.

And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon.

And this story barely makes the news today. WTF. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner
www.nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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“The controversial 1,000-bed facility is owned by the private prison company GEO Group, which entered into a 15-year, $1 billion contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in February.”

$1 BILLION dollars lining the pockets of a private prison company.

www.insidernj.com/baraka-arres...
Baraka Arrested for 'Trespassing' at Controversial Immigrant Detention Facility - Insider NJ
Authorities with Homeland Securities Investigations at the ICE detention facility Delaney Hall this afternoon arrested Newark Mayor Ras Baraka
www.insidernj.com
May 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Children incarcerated at the Jackson Parish Jail in Louisiana say they’ve been held in solitary confinement, sprayed with mace, and shot with pepper balls.

The fact remains: No prison is a safe prison for children.
Louisiana Sent Kids to Adult Jail That Violated Scores of Regulations, Reports Say
Investigators found the Jackson Parish Jail violated state rules 83 times between July and February—12 times more than the second-worst jail.
theappeal.org
May 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.

Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law

Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has canceled Biden's ethics rules. Critics call it the opposite of 'drain the swamp'
Donald Trump took office eight years ago pledging to “drain the swamp” of the dominance of Washington influence peddlers.
apnews.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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I fear they’re coming for ALL school vaccine mandates next. Including measles, mumps and rubella.
February 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Scoop: DOGE's Edward "Big Balls" Coristine launched a privacy-focused image-sharing site in 2021 that allowed users to create custom URLs. The URLs that redirected to Coristine's site referenced the sale of child sexual abuse material, racial slurs, and rape
www.muskwatch.com/p/doge-teen-...
February 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Morning BlueSky. Stay cool.
February 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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For all the latest protests in your area, check out this key resource.

Don't just sit there worrying if we're going to make it to the mid terms

Actively resist, go to a protest near you.

www.mobilize.us/indivisible/
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February 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM