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JR Walt
JR Walt
@jrwalt.bsky.social
Small town news writer. Avid reader. Prev. H.R. Professional. You'll find me hiking, golfing, or searching for a coffee shop. My first-ever vote was for Jimmy Carter. Stay engaged! Get involved. Create good trouble. 🌊💙💛🌊
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Trump’s own fraud investigator just admitted there’s no fraud. So there’s no excuse left for killing mail-in voting—except the real one: he can’t win a fair count. Stop him in 30 seconds 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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He’s supposed to be the last check on a president who thinks he’s a king. Instead he keeps handing Trump the keys. Tell Congress it’s time 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Unbelievable. Meanwhile, housing & rent is through the roof (pun intended), people are losing Healthcare, veterans are being left out, and every other cost is crazy. So much winning.
The cost of the Iran War has been massive. Direct military costs will likely approach $100 billion. But the total could be closer to $1 trillion when long-term costs from inflation impacts, debt interest payments, and veterans’ benefits are included. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
Bring it on, Mother Nature! The spirit of the Doughboys at Pershing Park are rallying for storms, too.
There's been not enough attention to the fact that this event on public property can be seen only through--who else's?--Paramount's paywalled streamer. I'm among many praying for thunderstorms to wash it out. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Love our Vietnam Vets. Pleased they are speaking out! 86 the Arch!
Vietnam War veterans who dedicated much of their lives to U.S. government service are suing the Trump admin to halt the construction of Trump's proposed arch. Its planned height — twice of the Lincoln Memorial — would obstruct the view between the two hallowed memorials in a "disrespectful" manner.
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This is crazy obscene. The current Admin. is heartless.
"She’s been a court interpreter for over 20 years, the only one licensed in Texas for Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu. Her language skills are requested nationwide..." "One of her children recently enlisted in the military... www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...
Will Trump's Admin & VA fix this for our veterans? What a horrible situation. And, NPR doing great work! www.npr.org/2026/04/02/n...
Insane. Exactly. Good review, @reptedlieu.bsky.social. The GOP is trying to create a problem that doesn't exist.
Rep Lieu (D-CA) with a brilliant breakdown of the SAVE Act. Trump and MAGA Republicans know their policies are crushing the working class but instead of changing those policies they want to disenfranchise voters. Americans say #NoPayToVoteSAVEAct Democrats need to hold the line.
Such critical work. Grateful for Marc Elias & law team.
The Department of Justice has sued 30 states and DC for access to their unreacted sensitive voter data. My law firm is fighting them in all 30 cases. We are dedicating so many resources because these are the most important legal fights and the future of free and fair elections is at stake.
Ugh. If we could turn back time, Lamb should be our senator in PA, not funky Fetterman. I hereby admit that I should have never voted for Fetterman.
If the preliminary Pentagon estimate holds, that this war costs $1 billion per day, it will mean in one month we could have given $25k to everyone who dropped ACA coverage or built a nuclear power plant.
Nixon's EPA is taking a nose-dive under DJT. Reckless.
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
#standwithsurvivors Way past time for the Trump Admin. to share the truth. bsky.app/profile/jima...
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
He served our country. Based on this story, he's not the "worse of the worst." Unbelievable. www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...
Extraordinary piece by @joycewhitevance.bsky.social.
For anyone who wondered how the Germans turned a blind eye to the Holocaust, we are living through the answer. We watched it start in real time. Do you remember last October? The details slip away fast but holding onto them helps us hold onto who we are joycevance.substack.com/p/we-are-not...
This is amazing. We do have competent judges with compassion.
I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home. But did you look at the judge's order? It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept." Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Rep. Sessions gets a snowball to his forehead for this stupid theory. Good work, TX voters!
Rep. Pete Sessions on Republicans losing a special election in a red part of Texas: "The success of a rain dance has a lot to do with timing. What happened is there was a huge snow storm, ice storm really that hit north Texas and central Texas."
Fascism was here. It's just more noticeable now. #alexpretti #reneegood #itsaprettigoodtimetoprotest
"This isn’t about immigration enforcement. This is straight-out fascism. ... They are using the mechanism of armed officers with masks who are beating up and killing citizens to create disruption, so they can use more force to eliminate the possibility they could be removed from office."
An incredibly sad story that is also so infuriating. This young mother should be alive today. Kudos to the ProPublica reporters.
"Graham, a 34-year old Greensboro, North Carolina police officer, is the seventh instance ProPublica has investigated in which a pregnant woman in a state that significantly restricted abortion died after she was unable to access standard care..." www.propublica.org/article/nort...
The ACA subsidies need to stay. Until a better process is in place, how can critical health care be ignored.
Wow this woman from Maine is on ACA & she’s at the office of her Rep.Angus King letting him know that she may lose her life & its because he refused to fight for her & millions of Americans when he gave in to the Republican Party & Trump! Her new premium will be $49,000 dollars!
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@maxwellfrost.bsky.social is 💯 right. While MAGA is falling apart, the leftovers are dangerously faithful to Trump, and they will see his murder-laden posts as a call to action. Rhetoric that inspires violence must be challenged by republicans. #momsky
Unbelievable. Thank you, Mary Bruce, for asking the right questions. We need more Mary Bruce's.
Reporter: Is it appropriate for your family to do business with Saudi Arabia while you’re president? The us intelligence concluded you orchestrated the murder of a journalist… Trump: Who are you with? Reporter: ABC News