Joe McCleskey
@jmccleskey925.bsky.social
Instructional designer, musician, gamer, history and literature nerd. Born to have adventures.
Don't give up. We will turn this thing around, one way or another.
Don't give up. We will turn this thing around, one way or another.
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Gee.
How nice.
How nice.
New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Gee.
How nice.
How nice.
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September 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Like any bully, Trump is fundamentally a coward.
When he feels humiliated, he lashes out.
Every authoritarian action he is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity.
He feigns strength, but he's operating from a place of weakness.
When he feels humiliated, he lashes out.
Every authoritarian action he is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity.
He feigns strength, but he's operating from a place of weakness.
September 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Like any bully, Trump is fundamentally a coward.
When he feels humiliated, he lashes out.
Every authoritarian action he is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity.
He feigns strength, but he's operating from a place of weakness.
When he feels humiliated, he lashes out.
Every authoritarian action he is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity.
He feigns strength, but he's operating from a place of weakness.
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i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended
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Turns out it is possible. www.nbcnews.com/world/brazil...
Brazil's Bolsonaro guilty of coup charges, court majority decides in landmark trial
The presumptive ruling by a majority of a panel of five justices in Brazil‘s Supreme Court makes Bolsonaro the first former president in the country’s history to be convicted for attacking democracy.
www.nbcnews.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Turns out it is possible. www.nbcnews.com/world/brazil...
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The right side of Trump's face was drooping during a 9/11 commemoration today (Getty)
September 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The right side of Trump's face was drooping during a 9/11 commemoration today (Getty)
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Epstein, Pashcow (of "fully depreciated" woman fame) and RFK Jr in 1994.
September 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Epstein, Pashcow (of "fully depreciated" woman fame) and RFK Jr in 1994.
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Love to bribe a demented game show host with big beautiful aircraft only to have my capital city bombed anyway
September 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Love to bribe a demented game show host with big beautiful aircraft only to have my capital city bombed anyway
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Russians dropped a glide bomb on elderly people who were waiting in line for their pensions. More than 20 dead.
Please. Don’t look away and don’t be silent. This is all I could ask for
Please. Don’t look away and don’t be silent. This is all I could ask for
September 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Russians dropped a glide bomb on elderly people who were waiting in line for their pensions. More than 20 dead.
Please. Don’t look away and don’t be silent. This is all I could ask for
Please. Don’t look away and don’t be silent. This is all I could ask for
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WELKER: Trump said tariffs were gonna spark a manufacturing renaissance but since he announced them the US has lost 42k manufacturing jobs. Is that proof tariffs are failing?
BESSENT: We can't snap our fingers & have factories built
W: The economy added nearly 500k manufacturing jobs under Biden
BESSENT: We can't snap our fingers & have factories built
W: The economy added nearly 500k manufacturing jobs under Biden
September 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
WELKER: Trump said tariffs were gonna spark a manufacturing renaissance but since he announced them the US has lost 42k manufacturing jobs. Is that proof tariffs are failing?
BESSENT: We can't snap our fingers & have factories built
W: The economy added nearly 500k manufacturing jobs under Biden
BESSENT: We can't snap our fingers & have factories built
W: The economy added nearly 500k manufacturing jobs under Biden
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The Speaker’s Lobby isn’t a big room. The doors are small, and the windows give a clear view. Babbitt saw the policeman with his gun drawn. She knew what she was doing. He didn’t fire until her head crossed the threshold.
August 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The Speaker’s Lobby isn’t a big room. The doors are small, and the windows give a clear view. Babbitt saw the policeman with his gun drawn. She knew what she was doing. He didn’t fire until her head crossed the threshold.
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“.. I don’t know of any case, at least in my lifetime, of the government taking equity in a company simply because it could.”
@steverattner.bsky.social @nytopinion.nytimes.com
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August 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“.. I don’t know of any case, at least in my lifetime, of the government taking equity in a company simply because it could.”
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@steverattner.bsky.social @nytopinion.nytimes.com
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BREAKING: Robert F. Kennedy Jr poised to surpass gun violence as leading cause of death among American children.
August 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
BREAKING: Robert F. Kennedy Jr poised to surpass gun violence as leading cause of death among American children.
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I deeply resent having to defend John Bolton but “the president sends his goons on a fishing expedition to raid anyone who criticizes him” is in fact very alarming
August 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I deeply resent having to defend John Bolton but “the president sends his goons on a fishing expedition to raid anyone who criticizes him” is in fact very alarming
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"Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country, and you see it happening already."
-Donald Trump, 4/2/25
-Donald Trump, 4/2/25
August 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country, and you see it happening already."
-Donald Trump, 4/2/25
-Donald Trump, 4/2/25
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We’ve been programmed to believe every issue has two sides. Left vs. right. Good vs. evil. But real life is messier—and centrism is the only path back to sanity. It’s not weak. It’s radical. And it might just save the country.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/unplugging...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/unplugging...
Unplugging from the Political Matrix
A case for centrism as a mindset, not a party line.
adamkinzinger.substack.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
We’ve been programmed to believe every issue has two sides. Left vs. right. Good vs. evil. But real life is messier—and centrism is the only path back to sanity. It’s not weak. It’s radical. And it might just save the country.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/unplugging...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/unplugging...
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the thing about the russia “hoax” is that it wasnt a hoax and theres a mountain of evidence but dems and the media got sick of pushing back so now a bunch of dems might get arrested bc the public thinks it was a “hoax”
July 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
the thing about the russia “hoax” is that it wasnt a hoax and theres a mountain of evidence but dems and the media got sick of pushing back so now a bunch of dems might get arrested bc the public thinks it was a “hoax”
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Crockett: Earlier someone was talking about cities being hellholes. Los Angeles contributes almost 20 billion in taxes. That’s more than all states in this country except for four.
July 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Crockett: Earlier someone was talking about cities being hellholes. Los Angeles contributes almost 20 billion in taxes. That’s more than all states in this country except for four.
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Tell me you're in Epstein's Pedo-File without telling me you're in Epstein's Pedo-File.
#PanickyPrez 😱
#PanickyPrez 😱
July 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Tell me you're in Epstein's Pedo-File without telling me you're in Epstein's Pedo-File.
#PanickyPrez 😱
#PanickyPrez 😱
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As a presidential candidate once said, he voted for it before he was against it. 🤡
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., introduces a new bill to repeal some of the Medicaid cuts in Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill, which he voted for. "Now is the time to prevent any future cuts to Medicaid from going into effect," Hawley says.
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July 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
As a presidential candidate once said, he voted for it before he was against it. 🤡
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We’re releasing the Epstein Files day one. There are no Epstein Files. Here’s video proof nothing happened. Ok we had to edit it. There are no Epstein Files. There are Epstein Files, but the Democrats made them. Why do you care so much about this Epstein guy? What are “Files”?
July 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
We’re releasing the Epstein Files day one. There are no Epstein Files. Here’s video proof nothing happened. Ok we had to edit it. There are no Epstein Files. There are Epstein Files, but the Democrats made them. Why do you care so much about this Epstein guy? What are “Files”?
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pam bondi as porta potties: thread
July 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
pam bondi as porta potties: thread
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July 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM