Figgyviolin79
@jonfeigviolin.bsky.social
Violinist, husband, girl dad, pedagogmedhjælper, genealogist/micro-historian, democrat, Warren Democrat, proud union member
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"Western civilization," the font, the 11 stars - 11 states in the confederacy, for the record.
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
November 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"Western civilization," the font, the 11 stars - 11 states in the confederacy, for the record.
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
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A 19 yr old girl was kidnapped at a Massachusetts airport and deported to Honduras, illegally.
A judge already said she was not to be deported.
She was headed to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She did not make it.
This story needs to be heard by everyone!
#SheShed
A judge already said she was not to be deported.
She was headed to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She did not make it.
This story needs to be heard by everyone!
#SheShed
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A 19 yr old girl was kidnapped at a Massachusetts airport and deported to Honduras, illegally.
A judge already said she was not to be deported.
She was headed to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She did not make it.
This story needs to be heard by everyone!
#SheShed
A judge already said she was not to be deported.
She was headed to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She did not make it.
This story needs to be heard by everyone!
#SheShed
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"In fact, Republicans like the filibuster even when they themselves are in control. That’s because it enables them to avoid passing legislation that the party officially favors but that smart Republicans know would be disastrous for them politically." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
Trump wants Republicans to kill the filibuster. Great!
In the long run, it would be good for Democrats and democracy.
www.publicnotice.co
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"In fact, Republicans like the filibuster even when they themselves are in control. That’s because it enables them to avoid passing legislation that the party officially favors but that smart Republicans know would be disastrous for them politically." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
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Secret masked "police" in Portland shoot priest in the head with a "pepper ball" -- they are attempting to instigate riots so they can deploy the Marines against US citizens
October 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Secret masked "police" in Portland shoot priest in the head with a "pepper ball" -- they are attempting to instigate riots so they can deploy the Marines against US citizens
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Michigan Avenue right now.
October 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Michigan Avenue right now.
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i cannot overstate how extraordinary it is for federal civil servants to do this
Host: There are new calls this morning for RFK Jr.'s resignation, and those calls coming from inside HHS itself. More than 1,000 current and former HHS workers are making this demand in a letter released this morning. They say his leadership has "put the health of all Americans at risk"
September 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
i cannot overstate how extraordinary it is for federal civil servants to do this
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Well done, Alaska.
August 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Well done, Alaska.
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Now: Union Station in Washington, D.C.
August 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Now: Union Station in Washington, D.C.
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I got a flu booster today and it made me reflect on the sense of national accomplishment I felt when I drove to a public facility, waited in my car until my number was called on an app, and got my first covid jab. It's fucked the right gets to erase what a moment of technological liberation that was
August 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I got a flu booster today and it made me reflect on the sense of national accomplishment I felt when I drove to a public facility, waited in my car until my number was called on an app, and got my first covid jab. It's fucked the right gets to erase what a moment of technological liberation that was
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On the day that Trump's deadline to Ru passed and Ru is still waging a war on Ukraine and not showing the slightest intention of stopping, Trump is angrier at UCLA than at Putin. Where are the crushing sanctions? Where is the pressure?
August 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
On the day that Trump's deadline to Ru passed and Ru is still waging a war on Ukraine and not showing the slightest intention of stopping, Trump is angrier at UCLA than at Putin. Where are the crushing sanctions? Where is the pressure?
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Stop saying “we” bombed Iran.
The United States did not bomb Iran.
donald j trump bombed Iran. Use your words wisely.
The United States did not bomb Iran.
donald j trump bombed Iran. Use your words wisely.
June 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Stop saying “we” bombed Iran.
The United States did not bomb Iran.
donald j trump bombed Iran. Use your words wisely.
The United States did not bomb Iran.
donald j trump bombed Iran. Use your words wisely.
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The very well prepared WSJ tracks the whole chronology of the ICE tactics in Los Angeles and makes clear that incitement and provocation were the clear purposes that ICE pursued in everything it did. Was this done in good-faith fulfillment of a lawful policy? Nope. Look at the Home Depot targeting.
The White House Marching Orders That Sparked the L.A. Migrant Crackdown
After deportations fell short of President Trump’s campaign promises, federal agents summoned to a meeting in Washington were told to “just go out there and arrest illegal aliens.”
www.wsj.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The very well prepared WSJ tracks the whole chronology of the ICE tactics in Los Angeles and makes clear that incitement and provocation were the clear purposes that ICE pursued in everything it did. Was this done in good-faith fulfillment of a lawful policy? Nope. Look at the Home Depot targeting.
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Pontifex Maximus wishes to avoid any issue about his support of the White Sox going forward.
Pope Leo XIV sported a Chicago White Sox cap to take a photo with a newly married couple in St. Peter's Square on Wednesday. The groom wore a matching cap for the photos. trib.al/T1ZJ0G4
June 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Pontifex Maximus wishes to avoid any issue about his support of the White Sox going forward.
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As President Donald Trump crossed a dangerous line at Fort Bragg, the brass failed to speak out in the Army’s defense. This demonstrates again a successful strategy of fascism, known as leveling or Gleichschaltung. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Silence of the Generals
As President Donald Trump crossed a dangerous line at Fort Bragg, the brass failed to speak out in the Army’s defense.
www.theatlantic.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
As President Donald Trump crossed a dangerous line at Fort Bragg, the brass failed to speak out in the Army’s defense. This demonstrates again a successful strategy of fascism, known as leveling or Gleichschaltung. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Looks like SEIU hotel workers organized and used their power to pressure a hotel (Marriott?) to kick ICE out. This is the way! Maybe ICE should not have attacked SEIU Labor President David Huerta #UnmaskICE
June 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Looks like SEIU hotel workers organized and used their power to pressure a hotel (Marriott?) to kick ICE out. This is the way! Maybe ICE should not have attacked SEIU Labor President David Huerta #UnmaskICE
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“This is intimidation. It’s authoritarianism. And it’s a betrayal of our Constitution.” — USMC Veteran Keegan Evans
He served in Iraq. He helped fight wildfires in California.
Now he’s sounding the alarm as Troops are deployed into U.S. cities over the will of local officials.
He served in Iraq. He helped fight wildfires in California.
Now he’s sounding the alarm as Troops are deployed into U.S. cities over the will of local officials.
June 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“This is intimidation. It’s authoritarianism. And it’s a betrayal of our Constitution.” — USMC Veteran Keegan Evans
He served in Iraq. He helped fight wildfires in California.
Now he’s sounding the alarm as Troops are deployed into U.S. cities over the will of local officials.
He served in Iraq. He helped fight wildfires in California.
Now he’s sounding the alarm as Troops are deployed into U.S. cities over the will of local officials.
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This is rich, coming a oft-convicted felon who is currently America's busiest kidnapper and human trafficker.
June 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is rich, coming a oft-convicted felon who is currently America's busiest kidnapper and human trafficker.
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"In short, the dismantling of US science now underway will make us poorer, sicker and blind to developing problems."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@petergleick.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@petergleick.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"In short, the dismantling of US science now underway will make us poorer, sicker and blind to developing problems."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@petergleick.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@petergleick.bsky.social
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@jtemple.bsky.social
James, just released from embargo at Nature (Human Behavior).
"The Trump administration has launched an extraordinary and dangerous attack on US science...History tells us that there are times when the dangers of inaction...
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James, just released from embargo at Nature (Human Behavior).
"The Trump administration has launched an extraordinary and dangerous attack on US science...History tells us that there are times when the dangers of inaction...
rdcu.be/eo3Hb
More US scientists must speak out
Nature Human Behaviour - The Trump administration has launched an extraordinary and dangerous attack on US science. Climate and water scientist Peter Gleick calls on scientists who are able and...
rdcu.be
June 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
@jtemple.bsky.social
James, just released from embargo at Nature (Human Behavior).
"The Trump administration has launched an extraordinary and dangerous attack on US science...History tells us that there are times when the dangers of inaction...
rdcu.be/eo3Hb
James, just released from embargo at Nature (Human Behavior).
"The Trump administration has launched an extraordinary and dangerous attack on US science...History tells us that there are times when the dangers of inaction...
rdcu.be/eo3Hb
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From the superb essay on originalism by Sean Wilentz and Sidney Blumenthal in the current Rolling Stone. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
June 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
From the superb essay on originalism by Sean Wilentz and Sidney Blumenthal in the current Rolling Stone. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Imagine being handed the ultimate weapon to win a future war and throwing that weapon away. That’s a fair description of what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. did last week when he canceled a $766 million government contract to Modern to develop a new bird flu vaccine.
RFK Jr. May Have Just Ruined Our Best Weapon Against Bird Flu
He just made two bad decisions on vaccines, and he made them in the worst way possible.
www.thebulwark.com
June 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Imagine being handed the ultimate weapon to win a future war and throwing that weapon away. That’s a fair description of what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. did last week when he canceled a $766 million government contract to Modern to develop a new bird flu vaccine.
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The ripple effects of Trump's chaos economy
They are suffering:
• Truck drivers
• Restaurant owners
• Restaurant suppliers
• Dock workers
• Warehouse employees
• Truck dealers
• Repair shops
www.wsj.com/business/log...
They are suffering:
• Truck drivers
• Restaurant owners
• Restaurant suppliers
• Dock workers
• Warehouse employees
• Truck dealers
• Repair shops
www.wsj.com/business/log...
May 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The ripple effects of Trump's chaos economy
They are suffering:
• Truck drivers
• Restaurant owners
• Restaurant suppliers
• Dock workers
• Warehouse employees
• Truck dealers
• Repair shops
www.wsj.com/business/log...
They are suffering:
• Truck drivers
• Restaurant owners
• Restaurant suppliers
• Dock workers
• Warehouse employees
• Truck dealers
• Repair shops
www.wsj.com/business/log...
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Oralè
May 27, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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