NJR
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@fh5.bsky.social
Reader, current events, medical news, politics, retired US Navy; served in Vietnam and Saudi Arabia
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"A former Obama official once told me that you either inspire people to vote or you scare them into voting. What is happening is scary, to be sure. But the way people have responded to that fear—sometimes, that itself is inspiring."
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3 out of 300 polled for a Michigan statewide race would be a poll of 100,000 people.
Mike Johnson: "When I'm in these big arenas, I ask for hands -- 'Show me your hand if you've answered a poll in the last six months.' There will be like three hands among 300 people. I'm telling you, these polls are off. All of them."
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Read and share widely. Charlotte knows exactly what is at stake here and she spells out what we need to do so clearly.
"The past two years are all the proof you need that sitting out an election because the better candidate happens to not be perfectly to your liking is completely stupid and self-destructive."
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Replying to @emptywheel.bsky.social
Lindsey's bribery (for some daft reason the sex workers got far more attention than this, which is a problem since Darline has his same staff). www.propublica.org/article/nava...
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Replying to @emptywheel.bsky.social
The Ken Paxton fraud. Or rather, THIS WEEK'S Ken Paxton fraud. www.texastribune.org/2026/10/23/k...
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Time segments, as determined by the Trump White House: The Scaramucci — 11 days The Zacharia — 5 days The McHenry — < 1 day pagesix.com/2026/10/23/s...
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This is the kind of deal the Democrats need to investigate immediately if they take Congress. An oil deal in Alaska which actually might be a gift to the Russians with Trump involvement. www.ft.com/content/e9cf...
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Trump prioritizes his puppet-master Putin and Russia, whilst he oppresses Americans.
A wild story: the CEO of a US energy company whose plans were discussed during the Witkoff-Kushner-Putin negotiations resigns. Why? He learned that his company's main investor is a sanctioned Russian company, not the UAE www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...
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Texas Latino turnout is beating 2024 PRESIDENTIAL levels. Trump's Senate pick admits he's down 7. The White House is drafting MASS PARDONS. Russia secretly running a Trump-linked Alaska gas deal. And more. Your Saturday update:
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Replying to @propublica.org
For more, listen to the full podcast episode:
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Nothing is a more convincing admission that you know your entire administration is corrupt than giving criminal pardons to EVERYONE.
Scoop: White House lawyers are weighing preemptive mass pardons for junior staff, sources says Under discussion: Pardoning everyone involved in deportation, war, or trade policy www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/w...
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This thread is worth your time 🧵
Wildfires are a known threat in the West. But after a fire scars the earth, there's another, underemphasized risk. Severe burns can strip away plants and leave soils that don’t easily absorb water, increasing the potential for catastrophic floods. Towns are often caught unprepared. THREAD ⬇️
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The BBC is doing something important, refusing to be intimidated by a powerful person trying to use the legal system to punish criticism and discourage scrutiny. They’re schooling the American press on what the 1st Amendment means. Read about it here: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-bbc-st...
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Trump inviting Putin to the G20 summit at the Trump National Doral Miami resort is a real thing that is happening.
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Trump gives Russia $$$. Russia gives Trump...this.
NEW: A major Russian propaganda campaign has waded into the US midterms, seeding a fake video that purports to show a former student of James Talarico accusing him of sexual assault. The group spread near-identical disinformation about Tim Walz in 2024. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
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David Mauricio tells @timmiller.bsky.social why he didn’t bother being polite on Jubilee’s “Surrounded”: “If you’re still MAGA now, it’s either you’re crazy, you’re really stupid, or you’re probably a bad person.”
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"This is the story again and again as Trump tours the redder parts of the country: The venues are smaller, the crowds are less excited, and the man at the podium is weirder." Good @paulwaldman.bsky.social piece at @atrupar.com's place (thx for citing Mahoning!) www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-rall...
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If it sounds too trans to be true, it probably is.