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Jim Fry

@jimfryri.bsky.social

Retired from a career in journalism. Not an enemy of the people.

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Post image 04.08.2025 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 8240    πŸ” 1887    πŸ’¬ 275    πŸ“Œ 92

I just need one member of the media to ask Trump how much a $500 drug would cost after a 1500% discount.

04.08.2025 03:55 β€” πŸ‘ 10559    πŸ” 2331    πŸ’¬ 482    πŸ“Œ 130

This πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

04.08.2025 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: Ghislaine Maxwell Moved to Club Fed β€” Just Like I Warned You The cover-up has begun. Ghislaine gets comfort β€” the victims get silence. And just like I warned you, the plan is unfolding in real time.

"Don’t let anyone tell you Maxwell was a bystander or just Epstein’s pawn. She was an active predator, a planner, a participant. A woman who used her privilege, her access, and her power to destroy young girls’ lives. And now they’re giving her comfort?"

open.substack.com/pub/levremem...

03.08.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2034    πŸ” 742    πŸ’¬ 153    πŸ“Œ 41

Come to Newport,, the cool sea breezes and water that almost feels pre-climate change!

04.08.2025 00:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Interestingly, many of the employees of agencies that have been gutted are still being paid… so maybe the Trump/Doge/Musk β€œFork” and/or the RIFs were no bargain for the taxpayers

04.08.2025 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."

03.08.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 35907    πŸ” 11078    πŸ’¬ 1304    πŸ“Œ 646

CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.Β 

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

03.08.2025 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 18375    πŸ” 6018    πŸ’¬ 501    πŸ“Œ 273
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Since wolves’ return, Yellowstone’s aspens are recovering, study finds The researchers found a 152-fold increase in sapling and young-tree density.

Aspen trees are growing taller in Yellowstone thanks to wolves that prey on elk, which graze on trees.

02.08.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4803    πŸ” 865    πŸ’¬ 120    πŸ“Œ 59
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Canadian Wildfire Smoke Makes Minneapolis And Chicago Among World’s Worst Polluted Cities Air quality alerts have been issued across most of the Midwest, and hundreds of wildfires are burning across Canada.

Air quality alerts have been issued across most of the Midwest, and hundreds of wildfires are burning across Canada.

02.08.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 200    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 9

Will everyone quit and roll over? The law firms, media companies, universities, government employees. Will you all cling to what you have and hope you can just ride it out, Republic be damned? Shame on all of you who don’t stand up, just remember we will never forget.

01.08.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 25461    πŸ” 6731    πŸ’¬ 1005    πŸ“Œ 376

It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.

02.08.2025 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 22006    πŸ” 4428    πŸ’¬ 1201    πŸ“Œ 266

Trump didn’t β€œcall for” the head of the BLS to be fired. He *actually fired her. Let’s get it right, people.

02.08.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1718    πŸ” 272    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 5

🚨🚨🚨🚨

02.08.2025 03:38 β€” πŸ‘ 326    πŸ” 76    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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A cover-up in plain sight.

www.axios.com/2025/08/01/v...

02.08.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 11976    πŸ” 4113    πŸ’¬ 480    πŸ“Œ 214
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Quick, someone Google "current NYC mayor" before hitting publish.

31.07.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 7342    πŸ” 1121    πŸ’¬ 272    πŸ“Œ 54

Trump's Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just admitted that the Big Ugly Bill's "Trump Accounts" are a "backdoor for privatizing Social Security."

This follows Trump and DOGE slashing SSA staffing levels to record lows.

Make no mistake: the Trump regime is waging war on Social Security.

31.07.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1354    πŸ” 510    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 29
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There’s renewable energy ads and there’s mother**cking wind farm ads. This, blissfully, is the latter.

31.07.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 11565    πŸ” 3143    πŸ’¬ 231    πŸ“Œ 272

Somebody’s got to stand up to this lawless group

31.07.2025 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Scientist on green card detained for a week without explanation, lawyer says A Korean citizen studying in Texas on a green card was detained in San Francisco after a trip overseas. His lawyer says authorities won’t give a reason.

A Korean-born researcher and longtime U.S. legal permanent resident has spent the past week detained by immigration officials at the San Francisco International Airport without explanation and has been denied access to an attorney, according to his lawyer.

29.07.2025 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 7881    πŸ” 3789    πŸ’¬ 405    πŸ“Œ 265
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Venezuelan Little League team denied travel visas to U.S. for World Series The Cacique Mara Little League team from Maracaibo, Venezuela, will not be able to participate in the Senior League Baseball World Series in South Carolina this year.

"The decision to bar the teenage athletes from entering the United States comes as the country prepares to host the FIFA World Cup in 2026 and the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028..."

www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

28.07.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5873    πŸ” 2453    πŸ’¬ 671    πŸ“Œ 249
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I just witnessed a man dragged onto this bus after a judge did not let him explain how deportation could be a death sentence for him.
And it's happening here.

What I saw today in San Antonio immigration courts was horrifying. Everyone's right to due process is under attack.

Congressman Greg Casar

28.07.2025 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5306    πŸ” 2849    πŸ’¬ 167    πŸ“Œ 127

This is from the folks who put out jacked up attacks even from government offices. Always protection from these Trumpies.

29.07.2025 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The next Democrat should propose a gut renovation to make the White House a model of environmental sustainability - native plants and LEED certification and heat pumps and roof solar and reclaimed water and all the rest, pick those as the new values to celebrate

23.07.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Amicus briefs in support of VOA Friend of the court briefs help make the case to #SaveVOA

Details of the four #SaveVOA briefs filed in support of the mission and independent journalism of the Voice of America. savevoa.com/amicus/

23.07.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Attorney General Told Trump His Name Appeared in Epstein Files

NYT - US Attorney General Bondi informed President Trump in the spring that his name appeared in the Jeffrey Epstein files. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/u...

23.07.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Kari Lake moves to consolidate her power to dismantle Voice of America The Arizonan, an ally of President Trump, has managed to lock out her nominal boss and is trying to dispatch VOA’s director to North Carolina.

'Special Adviser' Kari Lake at VOA's parent agency has locked out the acting CEO, Victor Morales, who was rubber stamping her actions, reports the Washington Post. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

23.07.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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A primer for the civically ill-informed.

20.07.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 19050    πŸ” 6691    πŸ’¬ 392    πŸ“Œ 257
"Local. Trusted. Defunded." is featured on the GBH Mural in Boston, Mass., on July 18, 2025.

"Local. Trusted. Defunded." is featured on the GBH Mural in Boston, Mass., on July 18, 2025.

Federal funding is gone.
But we're not going anywhere.

18.07.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 756    πŸ” 189    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 30
Andry JosΓ© HernΓ‘ndez Romero making a costume for his hometown’s Three Kings Festival

Andry JosΓ© HernΓ‘ndez Romero making a costume for his hometown’s Three Kings Festival

Andry JosΓ© HernΓ‘ndez Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.

No one has heard from you in 124 days.

As vigil, I’m posting a photo or video of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

18.07.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 323    πŸ” 84    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 8

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