JC McDermott
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JC McDermott
@mcdbsky.bsky.social
Progressive educator Foxfire teacher writer reader. Indivisible member. Field team 6
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Mark Kelly: “Pete Hegseth is not a serious person. He’s unqualified for this job. I think he is the least qualified Secretary of Defense in the history of our country by far. & this President thinks he can bully & intimidate people? He’s not gonna stop me from speaking out & holding him accountable”
November 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Reposting this everyday until Pete Hagueseth faces justice for his crimes against humanity.
Thou Shalt Not Murder Fishermen While Pardoning Drug Lords
This is evil.
www.thegodpodcast.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe. His goal is straightforward: To make ICE agents uncomfortable.

“I want their morale as low as possible,” he said, “because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Tyson is closing a Nebraska plant that employs 3,200 workers in order to “right-size” its business.

The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.

It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.

Textbook corporate greed.
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.

The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Remember this
November 22, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Short Cuts — Today:
Elias: TX map collapses. democracydocket.com
Rosenberg: GOP chaos. hopiumchronicles.com
Meidas: DOJ’s sloppy letter exposed. meidasplus.com
Pepper: SCOTUS still a threat. davidpepper.substack.com
#ProDemocracy
Democracy Docket
Democracy Docket is the leading digital news platform dedicated to information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts.
democracydocket.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Marc Elias is one of democracy’s strongest defenders.
Today his team won a major case blocking Texas’s racially gerrymandered map for 2026.
Democracy Docket keeps showing up — and winning.
Supporting their work is an investment in fair elections.
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 AM
hollywoodprogressive.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Tim Snyder
His new book
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Elias: Voting rights litigation remains key

Perryman: Legal pushback grows against efforts to silence dissent.

Meidas: New legal developments intensify Trump-related accountability.

Rosenberg: Rising strain on Trump

Hubbell: Congress + courts present risks and opportunities.
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Another set of Short Cuts
bit.ly/47OZInJ
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November 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
www.laprogressive.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): "If this is what they're doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities... what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?"
November 4, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Short cuts
• Democracy Forward: Democracy defended in policy + courts

• Democracy Docket: Redistricting fights heating up

• David Pepper: States; democracy’s front line
→ Start local
• Robert Hubbell: Weaponizing hunger; health care
→ Cruelty strategy
• MeidasTouch: Narrative battle on SNAP
November 4, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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November 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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What he said Part 2: 💯 🎯
November 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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November 2, 2025 at 8:44 AM