Blue State Guy
@joe57sand.bsky.social
Retired public service lawyer, Navy vet; interested in history, civil and voting rights, jazz, photography, wry humor, spirituality, women’s rights, health care for all; have voted for Democrats since LBJ.💙⭐️🎈❤️🙏🏾
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Trump and Republicans want their Big Ugly Bill (providing billionaire tax breaks) while Democrats favor protecting 15 million Americans against healthcare premium increases.
September 30, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Trump and Republicans want their Big Ugly Bill (providing billionaire tax breaks) while Democrats favor protecting 15 million Americans against healthcare premium increases.
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It’s official: AIPAC is trying to buy my election to keep me out of Congress.
Apparently, I’m a “dangerous detractor”... by believing Palestinians (like myself and my family) deserve basic human rights.
But we’re not going to let AIPAC win.
Apparently, I’m a “dangerous detractor”... by believing Palestinians (like myself and my family) deserve basic human rights.
But we’re not going to let AIPAC win.
September 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
It’s official: AIPAC is trying to buy my election to keep me out of Congress.
Apparently, I’m a “dangerous detractor”... by believing Palestinians (like myself and my family) deserve basic human rights.
But we’re not going to let AIPAC win.
Apparently, I’m a “dangerous detractor”... by believing Palestinians (like myself and my family) deserve basic human rights.
But we’re not going to let AIPAC win.
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An ELECTED OFFICIAL called for the EXECUTION of @jayapal.house.gov because she advocated peaceful protest.
That’s not how you take the temperature down. That’s not Patriotism.
It’s on all of us to call this out directly and loudly, for the good of our country.
newrepublic.com/post/201016/...
That’s not how you take the temperature down. That’s not Patriotism.
It’s on all of us to call this out directly and loudly, for the good of our country.
newrepublic.com/post/201016/...
GOP Official Calls for Democratic Congresswoman to Be Executed
As the nation talks about the rise of political violence, a Republican official blatantly called for Representative Pramila Jayapal to be hanged.
newrepublic.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM
An ELECTED OFFICIAL called for the EXECUTION of @jayapal.house.gov because she advocated peaceful protest.
That’s not how you take the temperature down. That’s not Patriotism.
It’s on all of us to call this out directly and loudly, for the good of our country.
newrepublic.com/post/201016/...
That’s not how you take the temperature down. That’s not Patriotism.
It’s on all of us to call this out directly and loudly, for the good of our country.
newrepublic.com/post/201016/...
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The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.
September 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.
This could be the week that all hell breaks out in America, and trump sends our own troops out to impose martial law.
September 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This could be the week that all hell breaks out in America, and trump sends our own troops out to impose martial law.
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This isn’t right. Masked individuals raiding small businesses are endangering our communities, not making them safer.
September 29, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This isn’t right. Masked individuals raiding small businesses are endangering our communities, not making them safer.
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AOC: "If the Government shuts down, they are going to act like it wasn't their decision; it is their decision."
September 28, 2025 at 1:35 AM
AOC: "If the Government shuts down, they are going to act like it wasn't their decision; it is their decision."
Members of the trump regime would be wise to figure out how they can gracefully abandon that sinking and stinking ship with as little further harm to their reputations as possible. Dear leader is on his way out of power.
September 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Members of the trump regime would be wise to figure out how they can gracefully abandon that sinking and stinking ship with as little further harm to their reputations as possible. Dear leader is on his way out of power.
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David Letterman on Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension:
“You can’t go around firing somebody because you’re fearful, or because you’re trying to suck up to an authoritarian— a criminal—administration in the Oval Office.
“You can’t go around firing somebody because you’re fearful, or because you’re trying to suck up to an authoritarian— a criminal—administration in the Oval Office.
September 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
David Letterman on Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension:
“You can’t go around firing somebody because you’re fearful, or because you’re trying to suck up to an authoritarian— a criminal—administration in the Oval Office.
“You can’t go around firing somebody because you’re fearful, or because you’re trying to suck up to an authoritarian— a criminal—administration in the Oval Office.
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This is what it looks like when ICE violates our First Amendment rights.
September 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
This is what it looks like when ICE violates our First Amendment rights.
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He does it every day.
September 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
He does it every day.
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The Hill We Climb
Celebrating Amanda Gorman's historical inaugural address from 2021
open.substack.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.
August 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.
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Ukrainians didn't surrender in 2014, when the world refused even to recognize russian aggression.
Ukrainians didn't surrender in 2022, when the world expected us to fall in 72h.
Ukrainians won't surrender in 2025, either.
For us, freedom and sovereignty are not empty words.
Ukrainians didn't surrender in 2022, when the world expected us to fall in 72h.
Ukrainians won't surrender in 2025, either.
For us, freedom and sovereignty are not empty words.
August 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Ukrainians didn't surrender in 2014, when the world refused even to recognize russian aggression.
Ukrainians didn't surrender in 2022, when the world expected us to fall in 72h.
Ukrainians won't surrender in 2025, either.
For us, freedom and sovereignty are not empty words.
Ukrainians didn't surrender in 2022, when the world expected us to fall in 72h.
Ukrainians won't surrender in 2025, either.
For us, freedom and sovereignty are not empty words.
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Mark Zuckerberg has spent $110M to buy 11 houses in one Palo Alto neighborhood.
He's turning the homes into a compound.
That's on top of his 30 bedroom, 30 bathroom compound in Hawaii and another in Lake Tahoe.
I don’t want to hear that billionaires can’t afford a wealth tax.
He's turning the homes into a compound.
That's on top of his 30 bedroom, 30 bathroom compound in Hawaii and another in Lake Tahoe.
I don’t want to hear that billionaires can’t afford a wealth tax.
www.nytimes.com
August 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Mark Zuckerberg has spent $110M to buy 11 houses in one Palo Alto neighborhood.
He's turning the homes into a compound.
That's on top of his 30 bedroom, 30 bathroom compound in Hawaii and another in Lake Tahoe.
I don’t want to hear that billionaires can’t afford a wealth tax.
He's turning the homes into a compound.
That's on top of his 30 bedroom, 30 bathroom compound in Hawaii and another in Lake Tahoe.
I don’t want to hear that billionaires can’t afford a wealth tax.
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"There is no more important struggle for American democracy than ensuring a diverse, independent and free media. Free Press is at the heart of that struggle."
-Bill Moyers
-Bill Moyers
August 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM
"There is no more important struggle for American democracy than ensuring a diverse, independent and free media. Free Press is at the heart of that struggle."
-Bill Moyers
-Bill Moyers
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
August 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
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Pretty soon all economic and jobs data released by the federal government will be handwritten with a black Sharpie
August 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Pretty soon all economic and jobs data released by the federal government will be handwritten with a black Sharpie
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It also covers two-thirds of all nursing home stays.
July 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
It also covers two-thirds of all nursing home stays.
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🇺🇦🍼 The safest and best place to sleep — in a father’s arms.
July 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
🇺🇦🍼 The safest and best place to sleep — in a father’s arms.
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The supposedly ‘pro family’ & pro ‘unborn’ fetus party & its supporters has no problem snatching mothers away from their ‘born’ citizen children & leaving them to fend for themselves. Who is going to care for these parentless babies now? Pro family my ass! www.independent.com/2025/07/11/c...
Children Left Alone After Mothers Arrested in Immigration Raids
"I just hope I get my mom back," says 15-year-old Juan Martinez, who is now caring for his brothers, ages 8 and 9.
www.independent.com
July 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The supposedly ‘pro family’ & pro ‘unborn’ fetus party & its supporters has no problem snatching mothers away from their ‘born’ citizen children & leaving them to fend for themselves. Who is going to care for these parentless babies now? Pro family my ass! www.independent.com/2025/07/11/c...