@jonfutureretiree.bsky.social
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NEW: Louisiana has a wild system: Officials known as justices of the peace get to decide evictions, and they can *pad their own salaries* with the eviction fees.
Critics have filed a lawsuit trying to strike down a system that they stress incentivizes these court officials to grant evictions.
Critics have filed a lawsuit trying to strike down a system that they stress incentivizes these court officials to grant evictions.
In Louisiana, Some Court Officials Get Paid to Evict - Bolts
Latoria George’s home was in bad shape. The apartment in Baton Rouge, where she’d lived for four years, had no heat and no smoke detectors. The mold in her bedroom... Read More
boltsmag.org
June 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
NEW: Louisiana has a wild system: Officials known as justices of the peace get to decide evictions, and they can *pad their own salaries* with the eviction fees.
Critics have filed a lawsuit trying to strike down a system that they stress incentivizes these court officials to grant evictions.
Critics have filed a lawsuit trying to strike down a system that they stress incentivizes these court officials to grant evictions.
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It's been 8 years since the iconic moment Tom Holland lip-synced "Umbrella" by Rihanna for Zendaya. 🎥
May 7, 2025 at 6:07 AM
It's been 8 years since the iconic moment Tom Holland lip-synced "Umbrella" by Rihanna for Zendaya. 🎥
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For those who wanted to share this video off platform. Here it is on YouTube
youtu.be/OiPa9VY9PH8?...
youtu.be/OiPa9VY9PH8?...
Fired workers deserve benefits. Call your representatives
YouTube video by Mark Cuban
youtu.be
March 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
For those who wanted to share this video off platform. Here it is on YouTube
youtu.be/OiPa9VY9PH8?...
youtu.be/OiPa9VY9PH8?...
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Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY.
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
March 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY.
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
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“Those nasty Canadians are ripping us off and are controlled by Mexican cartels. They’re poisoning us with fentanyl and need to become the 51st state or they will pay a high price” is a belief that literally ZERO Americans had six weeks ago. It’s entirely invented from scratch.
March 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
“Those nasty Canadians are ripping us off and are controlled by Mexican cartels. They’re poisoning us with fentanyl and need to become the 51st state or they will pay a high price” is a belief that literally ZERO Americans had six weeks ago. It’s entirely invented from scratch.
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it's working, keep going
March 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
it's working, keep going
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This is so horrific.
Comedian Stunned After Trump Supporter Gives Disgusting Reason For Wearing Fake ICE Uniform
This is what it's come to.
www.comicsands.com
March 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This is so horrific.
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The English language EO- the point of this is to remove any language assistance services (hospitals, schools, courses etc), dismiss translators, remove all information available in any language but English.
Once I get ahold of the doc, I’ll share it
Once I get ahold of the doc, I’ll share it
February 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The English language EO- the point of this is to remove any language assistance services (hospitals, schools, courses etc), dismiss translators, remove all information available in any language but English.
Once I get ahold of the doc, I’ll share it
Once I get ahold of the doc, I’ll share it
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relatedly, why is the entire political press completely uninterested in the verifiable fact that JD Vance has close relationships with online nazis?
Seems like why the meeting imploded was more like "Trump is senile and has lost all impulse control and JD Vance is pickled in online fash propaganda" www.semafor.com/article/02/2...
Why the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting imploded
It happened in part because the White House perceived a loss of focus on the reason they were even gathering.
www.semafor.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
relatedly, why is the entire political press completely uninterested in the verifiable fact that JD Vance has close relationships with online nazis?
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Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
February 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
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Opt out tomorrow!
February 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Opt out tomorrow!
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When you take a step back, it’s genuinely stunning how far any of this is from anything Trump campaigned on. It aligns perfectly w Project 2025 of course, but in terms of Trump’s public rhetoric, this was totally absent.
Will be interesting to see how a state that shreds its own capacity to collect taxes can sustain global power status
February 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
When you take a step back, it’s genuinely stunning how far any of this is from anything Trump campaigned on. It aligns perfectly w Project 2025 of course, but in terms of Trump’s public rhetoric, this was totally absent.
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Again @wired.com Ftw
A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online.
Elon Musk’s Starlink Is Keeping Modern Slavery Compounds Online
A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online.
buff.ly
February 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Again @wired.com Ftw
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February 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Here is a 2018 conversation between Jeff Bezos and German publisher Matthias Döpfner at a Business Insider event. Presumably, he is as crimson as a Washington State cherry today:
February 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Here is a 2018 conversation between Jeff Bezos and German publisher Matthias Döpfner at a Business Insider event. Presumably, he is as crimson as a Washington State cherry today:
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Donald Trump's budget director Russell Vought is the architect not just of Project 2025 but of the past 36 chaotic days of Trump 2.0. We need to dig into Vought's philosophy of "radical constitutionalism" and where it could lead the nation.
Trump Is Letting Russell Vought Go Wild
Vought's Project 2025 “unitary executive” theory has us headed toward a constitutional cliff
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
February 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Donald Trump's budget director Russell Vought is the architect not just of Project 2025 but of the past 36 chaotic days of Trump 2.0. We need to dig into Vought's philosophy of "radical constitutionalism" and where it could lead the nation.
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Thank you as I'm so terrified. My granddaughter is gravely disabled, without her medication that is paid thru Medicaid she will die. One medication, out of many, is 10 grand a month.
February 26, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Thank you as I'm so terrified. My granddaughter is gravely disabled, without her medication that is paid thru Medicaid she will die. One medication, out of many, is 10 grand a month.
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This vote was to start the process of the cuts. It WILL come back for a final vote.
There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP
Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.
There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP
Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.
@aoc.bsky.social
Please explain what just happened. Is there no way to stop this w the reconciliation to be used by GOP to get around the filibuster? Are we sunk?
Please explain what just happened. Is there no way to stop this w the reconciliation to be used by GOP to get around the filibuster? Are we sunk?
February 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This vote was to start the process of the cuts. It WILL come back for a final vote.
There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP
Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.
There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP
Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.
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🚩 RED FLAG ALERT: President Trump’s nominee for Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Dan Bishop, is a radical anti-abortion extremist who doesn’t believe in people’s right to access abortion care—even to save their life.
Here's what you need to know:👇
Here's what you need to know:👇
February 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
🚩 RED FLAG ALERT: President Trump’s nominee for Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Dan Bishop, is a radical anti-abortion extremist who doesn’t believe in people’s right to access abortion care—even to save their life.
Here's what you need to know:👇
Here's what you need to know:👇
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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...
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
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...
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...