JoeyP 💙✡
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JoeyP 💙✡
@joep3b99.bsky.social
Engineer. Electrophysicist.

"If bad things happen in Philly, thou had it coming." Book of Philadelphians, 41:33

"If bad things happen in red states, thou art an idiot." Book of Philadelphians, 40:22
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.

I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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Yeppers. Sure did! 🎈🤡
Trump has pardoned:
(1) A former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking
(2) Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold
(3) Binance founder Zhao who failed to stop criminals from using Binance to move money tied to drug trafficking. 1/
December 3, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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According to the US Coast Guard, the year prior to Trump changing our policy to summary execution, only 21% of the vessels interdicted by them off the coast of Venezuela suspected of trafficking drugs had drugs on board. The other 79% had nothing. But now we just kill them all.
December 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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PBS: “A poll from the journal "Nature" found 75% of researchers are considering leaving 🇺🇸— including a man dubbed the Mozart of Math… a scientific brain drain.”

The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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To recap:
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%

1/2
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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👇🥹
November 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Despicable
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
Great read from Dan Rather:
"...The very existence of a free press is a threat to this president’s modus operandi, which is to govern by lying. Why would he want people around him who ask for facts and truthful answers?..."
#BlueCrew #MisogynistInChief
Despicable
The bully-in-chief is targeting women in the White House press corps
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.

www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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If CBP, Customs and Border Protection, is only supposed to operate within 100 miles of the U.S. border, what are they doing leading operations in Charlotte, North Carolina?
November 18, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Senator Menendez is sitting in his cell at Allenwood right now because he took a 1kg gold bar from the Egyptians, among other forms of “lobbying.”
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.

How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.

www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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According to Fox News, if you are a racist Young Republican you are still a "kid" when you are 34, but if you are an Epstein victim, you are an adult when you're 15.
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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When the world stops trusting your money, the fall comes fast.

• Massive debt & reckless spending are shaking investor confidence
• Foreign banks are quietly moving away from the dollar
• Countries are trading in other currencies—dedollarization is real

The US dollar’s dominance isn’t guaranteed.
November 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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To good not to repost. #FDT
November 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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🚨 Last month observed the highest average temperature for the month of October across the #Antarctic Circle, with clearly 2025 well above any prior year in the satellite era.

Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Add this to the stack of mounting evidence that the U.S. is sliding towards economic collapse.

We’re flying blind right now but the numbers are bad. Depression era bad.
THE U.S. HOUSING MARKET IS OFFICIALLY FROZEN SOLID. ONLY 2.8% OF HOMES — ABOUT 28 OUT OF EVERY 1,000 — CHANGED HANDS IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 2025, THE LOWEST TURNOVER IN AT LEAST 30 YEARS (REDFIN).
November 3, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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I heard two judges have ruled that SNAP funds must go out but I still have zero hope it will happen. Am I wrong?
October 31, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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This is next level authoritarianism.👇

"Following the suspension of two career prosecutors, the U.S. Department of Justice quietly revised a sentencing memo in a high-profile case — removing all references to the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and President Donald Trump’s social media post."
DOJ Scrubs Jan. 6 Attack From Court Record After Suspending Career Prosecutors
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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This is not “America First”
October 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Hey what would happen if we become a failed state and defaulted on our debt?

A lot of very very bad things.
But thanks to Republicans it’s no longer completely unlikely.

www.cbsnews.com/news/us-debt...
U.S. debt tops $38 trillion for the first time, worsened by government shutdown
The national debt is rising faster than ever and threatens to undermine confidence in the economy, experts warn.
www.cbsnews.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Excellent piece on the Gestapo (=ICE) by Heather Delaney Reese

open.substack.com/pub/heatherd...
Trump’s Secret Police Are Here
They stormed Canal Street in New York City yesterday, flipping vendor tables, chasing people through crowds, terrorizing a community, and leaving carnage behind.
open.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Holy shit! That motherfucker TORE DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE!
October 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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American institutions don't crumble. But they can be destroyed.
October 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM