J. Smith

J. Smith

@jooltman.bsky.social

Professional Citizen. Adores Poetry/Bikes/Textiles.

1.8K followers708 following7.3K posts

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Raskin: "When historians look back on this miserable period of our history, they might say that the first problem was disregarding all those women who told us back in 2016 that they had been sexually harassed or assaulted by Donald Trump."

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Ilhan Omar
@ilhanmn.bsky.social

One week until Election Day. America deserves better than the pedophile protection party. Knock doors. Make calls. Get your friends to vote. Let’s elect Democrats up and down the ballot and finally make Trump release the Epstein files.

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New York Focus
@nysfocus.com

Judging by their websites, the GOP and Working Families candidates facing Assemblymember Carrie Woerner seem like opposites. But the sites have something in common. Metadata reviewed by New York Focus shows both were created by the GOP candidate’s aide.

nysfocus.comA NY GOP Aide Built His Candidate’s Website — And a Rival’sMetadata shows that Working Families Party candidate Thomas Kenny's website was created by a campaign aide for Allen Caruso.
J. Smith
@jooltman.bsky.social

Breathing a huge sigh of relief this evening. Thank you, Brazilian People.

J. Smith@jooltman.bsky.social

Fixed it for you @nytimes.com and any other press outlet covering the Brazilian election.

J. Smith
@jooltman.bsky.social

Just as Hilton did during the occupation of Minneapolis, their hotels appear to be allowing ICE to stay at their properties and stage in their parking lots in NYC, today at LaGuardia Hampton Inn. Please don’t stay at Hilton properties, and let them know what you think.

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Climate Defiance
@climatedefiance.bsky.social

Have you seen DIGGER? We have. When life is stranger than fiction you must monologue at the men and women who are selling out our world to point out the absurdity of our current moment. Oil companies have profited billions from the Iran War.

J. Smith
@jooltman.bsky.social

SCOTUS ruling in favor of gender affirming care for trans inmates is excellent news, but it hides the fact that there are Federal prisons where NO healthcare is available like the one I was held in @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @blumenthal.senate.gov state of CT. bsky.app/profile/jool...

J. Smith@jooltman.bsky.social

The FCI where I was held was for non-violent offenders too. Asthmatics couldn't get inhalers, no dental or vision care, sporadic dosing of daily medications, no treatment for acute heatstroke, skin infections, high fevers. A real horror show.

J. Smith
@jooltman.bsky.social

Anytime someone says, “New York, it’s so dangerous!” just show them this clip.

the babahuck@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social

holy smokes, conan strikes up a chat with a random lady on the subway and she immediately starts riffing on his level, no problem.

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Greg Pak
@gregpak.net

Replying to @gregpak.net

"Lander was released under caution, while soldiers took the remaining international activists to Camp Etzion near the Palestinian city of Bethlehem, which houses the IDF's Etzion Regional Brigade." www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...

haaretz.comIsrael briefly detains U.S. congressional candidate Brad Lander in West BankRabbis for Human Rights said Lander was detained along with 80 of its members and U.S. activists in a village near Bethlehem who helped Palestinian farmers reach lands out of their reach since Hamas' ...

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Jehiah
@jehiah.cz

Either it is A) yield to pedestrians B) stop for pedestrians State law can’t legally say two things at once. This drives me crazy.

J. Smith
@jooltman.bsky.social

NYC friends, I’m having foot surgery this week, so stuck doing phone banking and postcards to voters. Will you go knock on NY-17 doors in my stead? @swingleft.bsky.social has a bus this weekend: swnglft.org/s/WUN49j

swnglft.orgHop on the bus to knock doors in NY-17 to flip the House!! · Swing LeftJoin Swing Left on a day trip to knock doors with **Ground Truth**—our deep-listening canvassing program. We're heading to NY-17—a must-win Swing District—to knock on doors and build trust to persuade...
J. Smith
@jooltman.bsky.social

This is our future congressperson from NY-10 (a shoe-in our heavily D district.) If you want one like this who walks the walk, be sure to vote early in the midterms, and remind friends and family too.

Brad Lander@bradlander.bsky.social

I'm in the West Bank this week as part of the “Protect the Harvest” coalition along with Israelis for Peace, Unarmed Civilian Protection in Palestine & Protect the Harvest.

J. Smith
@jooltman.bsky.social

“In the years since his indictment, Ulrich has turned from government and politics to other pursuits, including insurance sales and writing children’s books.” ?!?!??! Attn. parents, do not let your kids read his work! He’s corrupt to the bone.

Gothamist@gothamist.com

Eric Adams' NYC buildings boss Eric Ulrich heads to trial, 3 years after arrest gothamist.com/news/eric-ad...

gothamist.comEric Adams' NYC buildings boss Eric Ulrich heads to trial, 3 years after arrestUlrich, a former city councilmember, is accused of trading access and favors for cash and bribes. He was the first aide to Mayor Adams charged with public corruption.
J. Smith
@jooltman.bsky.social

In which the Wall Street Journal, a newspaper that publishes in New York f^*+in’ City, acts like bodega (okay, *hardware store*?!?) cats are a new thing. Out of touch much, @wsj.com ?!? @bodegacats.bsky.social

Jonas Traxler@jonastraxler.bsky.social

GIFT LINK www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ha...

wsj.comHardware Stores Have a Secret Weapon for Wooing CustomersOnce hired purely for pest control, these employees are driving foot traffic and racking up thousands of viral views on social media
J. Smith
@jooltman.bsky.social

“…I believe God’s will is for us — and not the communists — to be in charge of America.” How does @apnews.com report this delusional ChristoFascist bunk as if it’s praiseworthy? apple.news/AxoN2XKEkTrW...

apple.newsHouse Speaker Mike Johnson draws on faith as he fights to hold the Republican majority — The Associated PressSpeaker Mike Johnson says he believes Republicans will hold on to their House majority on Election Day and defy a surge of Democratic momentum in the final stretch of the midterm campaign.

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Rocky Kistner
@therockyfiles.bsky.social

Former company scientist: Exxon knew its algae biofuel claims were bogus. “All the clauses in there are patently false. And I told them so, of course.” @emorwee.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...

open.substack.comExxon scientist says the company knew its algae biofuel ads were BSIn newly reported deposition testimony, a company scientist calls Exxon’s claims “patently false”—and says he warned them before they went public.

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

It’s bad enough that Gavin Newsom opposes California’s Prop 40. But he also supports Prop 42, a billionaire-backed poison pill that would cancel out Prop 40 entirely and make it impossible to enact future wealth taxes. It’s clear whose side he’s on. Remember this in 2028.

commondreams.orgNewsom Endorses Ballot Measure That Would Cancel Out Billionaire Tax—and Ban Future Wealth Taxes | Common Dreams"He’d rather millions of children and families lose their healthcare than ask a couple hundred billionaires to finally p

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David Zipper
@davidzipper.bsky.social

"One year after NYC launched its congestion pricing policy, fine particulate pollution inside Manhattan’s congestion relief zone was 13 percent lower." news.climate.columbia.edu/2026/10/07/s...

news.climate.columbia.eduStudy Links NYC Congestion Pricing Policy to Cleaner Air In Lower ManhattanOne year after NYC launched its congestion pricing policy, fine particulate pollution inside Manhattan’s congestion relief zone was 13 percent lower, according to a new analysis.

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Dom Ervolina
@dominicervolina.com

This video appears to show NYPD officers told to deactivate their body cameras during the protest for the ICE shooting of Oscar Belgal

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HELL Kennedy
@helenkennedy.com

They have been dealing secretly with Putin for weeks over this. Impeach. Impeach. Impeach.

Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com

The very first shipment of 300K tons of Russian diesel—carried by the tanker Minerva Zen, which left St. Petersburg on September 22—arrived on the US East Coast less than 24 hours after the deal was formally announced.

J. Smith
@jooltman.bsky.social

A wide swath of New Yorkers marching this evening to demand an end to ICE terror on our streets, a full independent investigation of yesterday’s shooting, action from our Electeds, and an end to NYPD cooperation with ICE. #ICEOut #ICEOutOfNYC

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Indivisible ❌👑
@indivisible.org

We stand with local immigrant rights leaders demanding Oscar Bergal's release, a full independent investigation, and immediate release of the body camera footage. And we join them in urging the public not to shop at Target until they stop letting DHS use their parking lot as staging sites for ICE!

Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org

ICE shot Oscar Bergal. They could have killed the child in his car. Enough. ICE out of New York, and all our communities, now.

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Hands Off NYC
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social

EMERGENCY PROTEST IN NEW YORK TONIGHT 5:30PM FOLEY SQUARE. ICE shot a man with his 5 year old in the backseat. We cannot let this be normal. Be there.