C.J.

C.J.

@definitionofjoy.bsky.social

She/Her | Koasati from the east coast who feels more foreign in her own lands (SW Louisiana) | Attempting to lessen this dumpster fire one batch of good trouble at a time | Auntie Era Loading…

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Proud to be at a news organization where reporters help set the rules for how AI is used. 🤖 No AI generated imagery/videos 🤖 No AI mimicking employees 🤖 Right to remove byline from any AI-content 🤖 A guild-staffed advisory committee www.inquirer.com/business/phi...

inquirer.comPhiladelphia Inquirer employees secure new union contract with raises and AI protectionsUnder the new three-year contract, members will see healthcare costs increase for the first time in 20 years, the union said.

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Replying to @atrupar.com

Lmfao. The only good thing about him being hampered by dementia is that he’s totally disinhibited. He’s telling the truth and he’s going to leave everyone in the lurch.

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Snagged this from FB. This may make some people uncomfortable but I think it highlights just how far we've come from what's natural, from our relationship to the Earth that sustains us and our beautiful relatives we share it with.

I don’t care what deal Taylor Farms has cooked up with the government… they or their subsidiaries will NEVER get another dollar from me. Grow as much as you can 🥬🍅🫑in your community bc the FDA has decided their job is definitely to support commerce over citizens.

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Replying to @peltzmadeline.bsky.social

“I don't know if they were guilty or not.” He really said that … about women tried as witches.

Madeline Peltz@peltzmadeline.bsky.social

Just left the great American state fair where I watched Michael Knowles debate a ten year old girl about the Salem witch trials in front of DOZENS of people

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If we didn't have the greatest wealth disparity since just before the Great Depression, we'd actually be able to work on many of our greatest problems. So I ask again. Billionaires: Would you rather be taxed or eaten? #TaxTheRich #TaxCorporations #TaxBillionaires #EatTheRich #USPol

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Replying to @ericlipton.nytimes.com

As the Trump administration has pursued this agenda, the president’s sons & an investment bank run by the sons of Commerce Secretary Lutnick have also been looked for ways to profit from the critical metals frenzy, while their dads help push some of the same deals www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Replying to @ericlipton.nytimes.com

FYI, our story today includes this chart. Great deal of work involved in building it. Trump & Lutnick families have financial ties to at least 14 companies/executives pursuing federal financial assistance for mining projects or permits from Trump administration. Seeking $8.9 billion in total. (!)

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PSA: Trump, Republicans, their megadonors (+ some corporate Dems) need you to believe any limit to the greed of the ultra-rich means societal collapse. That lie is a cover story as they hollow out the middle class. The people they vilify are the good guys. Hope this helps.

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KARL: Rs are gonna make you the poster child for the D Party MAMDANI: Let them. We don't have to ask ourselves what life looks like if a socialist wins. I won last year & over the course of the last 6 months what we've delivered for working people are the very things we were told were impossible.

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Sen. Chris Murphy: "Right now the biggest threat to this country are not a handful of House candidates in New York, it is the president of the United States who is trying to destroy American democracy."

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You know who else has never assimilated? Everyone who keeps flying that fucking Confederate flag.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Tom Emmer: "Minnesotans are so afraid that you're gonna call us a racist, you're gonna call us an Islamophobe. You know what? I'm done being even the least bit careful. Somalis don't assimilate. And if they don't assimilate, then they should go the hell back to where they came from."

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Replying to @opinionhaver.bsky.social

people who write like this need to explain what, specifically, is "extremist" about these candidates, with examples. they also need to point ideologically-aligned sitting members of congress and point out what, specifically, they have done which is "extremist". if they can't, they're just whining.

The thing I find heartening about this is how there are only 450 or so individuals who found this worthy of a repost. Under 1400 that liked it. Keep having the important dialogue with those in your life who are starting to hear it. 🤞🏽

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Trump invokes the traditional definition of treason—providing “aid and comfort” to the enemy—in attacking U.S. senators, including four Republicans, over their vote today in favor of the War Powers Act resolution on Iran. Trump also pretends he won a war he lost.

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Replying to @meidastouch.com

people should note the projection. the man knows he is an actual traitor, and profoundly so. he proactively messages about treason and traitors, following the classic mirror-messaging disinfo tactic. he may be the greatest traitor the US has known.

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P!nk recognizes Broadway's ability to tell stories during a time where "the country is more divided than ever," during her monologue at the 79th Annual Tony Awards.

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Replying to @draudreyglover.bsky.social

When Cuban smiled at Trump saying he realized he voted for the wrong person in 24 said everything. Every ounce of respect I had for him was gone in a split second.

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It's looking like the national book ban HR 7661 could get out of committee. The next action around it is on Tuesday, so there's still time. If your Rep is listed below, call them today! Then get two members of your community (neighbor, family friend) to call them too!

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‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ Director: “This is about how you lose your country — through small acts of complicity: when a government murders people on the streets, when oligarchs take over the media… we all face a moral choice. But even a nobody is more powerful than you think."

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if the Justice Department and federal judges are willing to set the bar for “providing material support to terrorists” this low—an encrypted group chat, auto-deleting messages, wearing black, possessing zines—what the Praireland defendants have been through will likely be just the beginning

Sam Levine@samrlevine.bsky.social

Breaking news: A jury convicted people who protested outside an ICE facility in Texas of providing material support to terrorists, and other charges in a closely watched case in which the gov't argued the protesters were "Antifa". www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Building your home library? Support one of my favorite humans 🫶🏼 Congrats Mychal!!!!!

Andrea Brown Literary Agency@andreabrownlit.bsky.social

I’M SO HAPPY YOU’RE HERE: A CELEBRATION OF LIBRARY JOY by Mychal Threets, illustrated by Lorraine Nam, is a USA Today Bestseller for a second week in a row!! 🥳 Congratulations, Mychal! Bookshop link to buy your own copy. @mychal3ts.bsky.social Lara Perkins

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💙✊💙 This is a huge amount of resources for numerous & varied ways to fight & defend against trump’s regime 💙✊💙 #SCOTUS #Epstein #maga #putin #nazis #trump #Resist #military #ukraine #congress #meidastouch #usa #fdt #musk #immigrants #ice Brought to you by @drharmony.net linktr.ee/revolution2025

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Replying to @barrelbucket.bsky.social

Fascinating to watch the disinformation campaign now smack against reality. It was one thing when they were massaging the truth against 'intangibles,' but the evidence is now grounded in reality. There is no hiding behind close-truths anymore.

What if two unqualified negotiators were sent to “get the best deal ever” and then when they did, BB the Yahoo got the jump and shot kiddos. (We look 👎🏽) Then insider trading made all of them LOTS of money. Again. Caused a run on gas & essentials. More money. Watch them walk it back. AGAIN.

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You know, Ukraine has never blown up a school full of little girls. Sometimes an accident is not an accident, especially with countries like the US, Russia and Israel that repeatedly commit the same crimes against children.

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Doesn't really matter if it had congressional approval. It's an unprovoked attack during negotiations and they are gonna murder a shit ton of people. There are 91 million people in Iran. There are 10 million people in Tehran and 16 million in the metro