JoeCGiles

JoeCGiles

@joecgiles.bsky.social

If we can find a way out of oligarchy, the first priority should be taxing billionaires at Eisenhower rates. Decades of US tax policy insufficiently taxing the wealthiest Americans has become a threat to democracy worldwide. Northern CA.

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Yesterday, a mooring in Monterey Bay measured an oceanic temperature anomaly of 4.57°C (8.2°F) at 60 meters (nearly 200 feet!) This is the warmest subsurface temperature anomaly measured at the station since the very strong El Niño of 1997.

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Disastrous flooding along the San Juan River in the Four Corners region. Here’s some of what I saw today in Shiprock, on the Navajo Nation in northwest New Mexico.

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Replying to @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social

Melting ice sheets, and expansion of warming ocean water, has already added 8 inches to sea levels along the California coast in the past century. Sea levels will rise feet higher by the end of the century but projections hinge on whether humans slow down or stop burning planet-warming fossil fuels.

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🚨BREAKING: In a blow to the DOJ, the 9th Circuit rejected its request to bypass a lower court to bar California from counting around 20k ballots from people it alleges are "likely" noncitizens. The ruling comes the night before the parties are scheduled to have a hearing before a lower court.

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Replying to @joecgiles.bsky.social

After the entire GOP continues to claim the DOJ was weaponized against them. All projection by the cult of cruelty and hypocrisy.

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With odds being tilted so far in favor of above average precipitation this winter, I thought Id capture the 1997 Flood Monument and marker on the Superintendent’s Bridge for future reference. Just down stream peak flows were 24k+ cfs in January 1997.

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A group of former federal prosecutors and human rights lawyers is coming together to investigate political corruption and law enforcement violence that it says is being ignored by the Trump DOJ. "The rule of law is on life support, but it's all of our responsibility to make sure it doesn't die."

ms.nowFormer DOJ prosecutors form new group to take on cases they say the current DOJ won’tA new private group says it will investigate political corruption and excessive force by federal officials, then present the evidence to state and local prosecutors.

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Anyone else deeply ashamed of our country for allowing a convicted felon, pathological liar, serial abuser of women, and traitor to seize power? Ready to fight back? Vote against all Republicans.

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Everyone keeps asking me how I’m feeling about early voting so far. I’m feeling like nobody *actually* knows anything, and this is the most important midterm of our lives. I’d rather be us than them, but we can’t get comfortable. We can’t get complacent. Go vote like we’re down 3%.

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Life was already hard enough before Donald Trump lied us into war, before his tariffs made everything more expensive, and before he doubled your health insurance premiums and slashed Medicaid.

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Ukraine must hold maximalist demands and avoid Russia’s classic trap: making outrageous demands while refusing to compromise, forcing the other side to make concessions and give Russia more than it deserves. Russia doesn’t deserve to get anything

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Nobody's shocked that Jason Miller is the one posting Bolsonaro's refusal to concede. Trumpworld isn't just watching Brazil, they're coordinating. Same playbook, same people, different country. The authoritarian network is global, and it's poison.

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NEW: At least 18 voting centers in Alaska Native communities have not opened despite early voting having already started in the state last week. “There is no legal excuse for the failure to open these sites,” one state senator wrote to the Alaska elections chief.

democracydocket.comAlaska Natives’ early voting hampered by unlawful closuresAt least 18 early voting sites in Alaska Native communities have yet to open, which is hampering turnout among a historically disenfranchised population.

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Replying to @politico.com

Thom Tillis ignored his constituents. He's another f'er trying to rehab his reputation, pretending he's a statesman rather than Trump's lackie. He voted to confirm Trump's Cabinet members 22 of 22 times: Hegseth, Patel, Noem, Kennedy, Vought, Mullin....EVERY SINGLE ONE. F you Thom Tillis!

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House Judiciary Democrats have just released a 50-page report that pulls together years of assault allegations against Trump and his reported connections to Jeffrey Epstein. The report calls for a special counsel to investigate Trump's ties to Epstein.

ms.nowHouse Judiciary Democrats release 50-page report on Trump’s alleged involvement in Epstein filesThe report — issued just eight days before the election — makes multiple, uncorroborated allegations against the president while also detailing discrepancies in his statements about Epstein.

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From Zelenskyy. Patriot interceptors that could save innocent lives are sitting in European countries for weeks, which they paid for, unable to be transferred to Ukraine because Hegseth refuses to sign off.

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Replying to @carlquintanilla.bsky.social

The great part is that the voters did it despite all kinds of chicanery by Bolsonaro’s thugs. We can do the same!

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For approximately the 94th time since 2008, Republicans are threatening civil war again. Must be about to lose another election.

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"The rejection rate is at about 3% statewide, and two or three times as high as in some larger counties. “Potentially thousands of votes could be spoiled by this new guidance... This is a huge deal for North Carolina.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/u...

nytimes.comNew Rules in North Carolina Threaten Thousands of Mail BallotsCounty election officials have rejected ballots for such issues as an unsealed “inner” envelope. Voting rights groups are urging voters to fix their ballots or vote in other ways.

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The Russian drone operators call this "human safari."

Kate from Kharkiv@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social

​“This is a park area with a working fountain. Naturally, at this time of day, it’s packed with people and children. The weather today brought everyone outside—mothers with toddlers, kids riding bikes—and the strike targeted those exact people.” ​Yurii Yurchenko, chief of the Nova Vodolaha police,

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Just to be clear... Prop 40 is a ONE-TIME retroactive tax. It applies ONLY to billionaires and would tax just 5% of their wealth — which grew 30% in 2025. California's billionaires would still be worth $2T+ AFTER the tax. The revenue will fund healthcare for millions of Californians. Vote YES.

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Turning internet into an inferno of billions of AI swarms relentlessly trying to bring down hospitals and banks does seem like the most solid revenue generator these people have come up with.