jolowobe

jolowobe

@jolowobe.bsky.social

Student of democracy and its rise and fall which has been minimally useful domestically. Until now. “This isn’t just a moment it’s the movement.” That’s my pup Pippin (like the hobbit).

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FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social

Vivek Ramaswamy: When was the last time that Amy Acton gave you an opportunity to do what we're doing today? Reporters: Yesterday

if you aren't required to work 80-hour weeks, didn't toil away in a canning factory as a 10-year old, and never died in a factory fire because the foreman locked the exits to prevent you from taking breaks, take a moment today to thank Frances Perkins.

npca.orgTop 5 Ways Frances Perkins Made Your Life BetterMany employee benefits and safeguards the U.S. takes for granted today started Labor Secretary Frances Perkins. Her home could soon become a national park site.

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Whoa. Sherrod Brown’s new ad is devastating for Jon Husted. Sarah Bloom Anderson trusted Husted when he looked her in the eye and promised he wouldn’t cut Medicaid, the program that saves her daughter. One week later, Husted voted to cut Medicaid.

I bet The Heritage Foundation would be thrilled to know that I deadlift 200 lbs. 😁

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

"Ultimately, the gadflies don’t seem to actually understand how being a transgender athlete works. The idea that cisgender men like Enes and Royce would voluntarily undergo chemical castration to try to join the WNBA and make a minuscule rookie salary is farcical on its face."

“Remember that middle school bully who stole your lunch money? He’s president now.” Not quite - the chief architect behind Admin policy literally gave a speech in HS complaining about picking up his own trash. I never knew anyone who did that in HS. They are all worse than your childhood bullies.

Joe Walsh@walshfreedom.bsky.social

He is the absolute worst of us. The absolute worst of us.👇

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Ossoff: "Here's what's going to happen tonight: the world's most famous sore loser will deliver a prime-time presidential sour grapes address to pursue his 6-year-old grievances about the 2020 election, while his war in the Middle East spirals out of control & the cost of living continues to rise.."

Join me tomorrow evening for a Zoom resume and cover letter writing workshop as part of @katmabu.bsky.social ’s @kapowworks.bsky.social mutual aid network. Might as well put my months and months of job searching to use for others!

Kat Abughazaleh@katmabu.bsky.social

Resume workshop, a rally with @abdulelsayed.bsky.social, park cleanup, Mutual Aid support, and more. Whether you're looking to build skills, meet people, help out, or hang around, KAPOW has something for you to join this week 💥

Ramaswamy’s assertion here that “you’re strong enough to protect yourself” rings hollow when you learn his parents pulled him out of public school and put him in private school after “a big black kid” (his words) pushed him down the stairs. @davidpepperoh.bsky.social @amyactonoh.bsky.social

politico.com‘They Don’t Know How to Accept Him’: Vivek Ramaswamy Navigates Identity in OhioRace, religion and wealth loom over Ohio’s fierce race for governor.

“It was a celebration that was geographically agnostic, attracting people throughout the country and the world and demonstrating just how starved we are to witness an ounce of accountability. That, and our insatiable thirst for his humiliation.”

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

New: I wrote about everyone intently watching the long process of removing Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center and how it revealed our insatiable thirst for accountability — and for his humiliation.

OMG I hope the judge is watching the live stream as he reads the request for a 12-hr extension. “Um I’m literally watching the workers stand around on scaffolding as I write this. Denied.” #KennedyCenter

HELL YES #Ragtime!! Watching this incredible performance in this time was both painful and cathartic. Those incredible artists moved me to bawl about every heinous injustice we’ve seen in the past 18 months. #Tonys #TonyAwards

A former USAIDer is drawing portraits of pets of fired federal workers and posting them on Instagram to tell our stories. She just made my pup Pip Insta famous 🥰 @weratedogs.com #DogsofBluesky #CorgisofBluesky #CorgiCrew 1/

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She is happy to include any pets of former federal employees and contractors in the project - and is hoping to display the widest array of people and pets to share all of the good work that we do (or did). 3/

A former USAIDer is drawing portraits of pets of fired federal workers and posting them on Instagram to tell our stories. She just made my pup Pip Insta famous 🥰 @weratedogs.com #DogsofBluesky #CorgisofBluesky #CorgiCrew 1/

The past year would've been a lot bleaker without Pip keeping me on my toes. If you would like to participate, email her a picture of your pet and a short description of your work to: RocketBearProject@gmail.com. 2/

My 13-yo niece told me today that I’m “not that old” after I told her I’m probably too old to say a young Gen Z phrase she just taught me.

As much as I blame the Roberts Court for demolishing democracy, I blame McConnell for the current makeup of the Court. Let none of us forget that this is his legacy as much as Roberts’s.

#8395937 on the list of things I didn’t expect in our democratic decline: People Magazine’s headlines are more accurate than NYT, WaPo, and virtually every other mainstream media outlet.

Really, you included a word that starts with “Ep”?? it’s like you didn’t even try to come up with a name that we won’t IMMEDIATELY replace with Epstein.

Christopher Mims@mims.bsky.social

AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases www.newscientist.com/article/2516...

Yeah, @netflix.com, I was mostly waiting for ST5. Now that that’s passed, if you drop Rice, I will drop you so fast after 20 years and literally getting DVDs in the mail from you in 2005.

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social

Susan Rice saw this moment coming. She described it plainly, and she was right. Now, Netflix must decide which side of history it wants to be on. The right choice is obvious. The only question is whether Netflix has the courage to make it. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/susa...

“GO KING CHARLES” is never a phrase I thought I’d be saying, but here we are.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

King Charles has issued a statement following his brother Andrew’s arrest