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@joelforwi.bsky.social

Anti-fascist humanist in SE Wisconsin. Formally educated in economics and history. We're not going back. DMs will be ignored.

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"Putin couldn't do a better job" of attacking America.

How do we know this isn't Putin's doing?

08.10.2025 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2841    πŸ” 1170    πŸ’¬ 177    πŸ“Œ 82

Wow πŸ‘‡

08.10.2025 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3268    πŸ” 1374    πŸ’¬ 221    πŸ“Œ 88

Fuck you and the swastika you rode in on lying bitch.

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Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties

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Thanks, New Yorker

07.10.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 18042    πŸ” 5583    πŸ’¬ 188    πŸ“Œ 177

Well stated. The system that evolved post WWll brought democracy and prosperity across a lot of the globe was initially led by the US, now the mega wealthy just spit on it. MAGA are global pariahs. I feel horrible for my children. This never should have happened.

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Murray: I talked to a family that’s paying about $300 a month for their health insurance. It’s going to jump to over $1,800 per month.

Many people will turn away and not pay for itβ€”obviously, they’ll lose their health insurance. The fewer people who have insurance, the more everybody pays.

07.10.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 6105    πŸ” 2280    πŸ’¬ 229    πŸ“Œ 84
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Every. Single. One. Of. Them. 😎✨

08.10.2025 04:55 β€” πŸ‘ 178    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 6
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Mike Johnson ignores a question about when he'll swear in Rep.-elect Grijalva and walks away

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No one in Canada will ever love you again β€” they know they’re living right above the madhouse.

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Grijalva: The frustration for me is that it seems as if Speaker Johnson is not willing to swear me in because our politics are a little different, or because I’m going to be the 218th signerβ€”he can just continue to drag this along with no end in sight.

That is not a foundation of our democracy.

07.10.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5254    πŸ” 1665    πŸ’¬ 167    πŸ“Œ 66

Of all the many, many questions Pamela Jo Bondi refused to answer today, the most incendiary was about whether she's seen photos of Donald Trump with unclothed underage girls. It is so damning that she couldn't just say, "No."

08.10.2025 01:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2047    πŸ” 671    πŸ’¬ 102    πŸ“Œ 34

Which one is the terrorist?

The ones carrying signs questioning our government?

Or the non-uniformed , unidentified, masked people carrying weapons and grabbing children and people from their jobs, their homes and places of worship, zip tying them, often beating them, and disappearing them?

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Renewables have officially overtaken coal in Australia for the first time. βš‘πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί In September, renewables hit record highs while coal fell to record lows. The shift’s no longer theoretical β€” it’s happening in real time. Clean energy is now the backbone of Australia’s power grid. πŸŒžπŸ’¨ #EnergyTransition

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I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You? Read more here.

I refuse to let hopelessness prevail. This may just be one essay, by a lawyer few have heard of, in a newsletter read by a fraction of the public. But I will not stay silent.

Will you?
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-re...

07.10.2025 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4746    πŸ” 1375    πŸ’¬ 113    πŸ“Œ 56
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This is so dark

08.10.2025 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2413    πŸ” 980    πŸ’¬ 123    πŸ“Œ 67

Agree. Agree. Agree.

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Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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This strikes me as pretty bad

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Textbook Putin Hit

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CNN: β€œAn older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 β€” 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

07.10.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 10595    πŸ” 5293    πŸ’¬ 381    πŸ“Œ 207
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Greg Abbott sends the elite Meal Team 6 from the Texas National Guard into Illinois.

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Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

The Washington Post
October 7, 2025
By Jerome Adams, Richard Carmona, Joycelyn Elders, Vivek Murthy, Antonia Novello, David Satcher

stillcoviding.ca/en/news/six-...

#WarOnScience

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This morning, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order establishing β€œICE-free zones.”
β€œThat means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as grounds for these raids,” Johnson said to applause.

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After yelling and obfuscating to senators for hours, Dick Durbin hit her with this one: "Eventually you are going to have to answer for your conduct in this. You won't do it today, but eventually you will." Suddenly, she went SILENT.πŸ”₯ She knows.

You're phucked, Pam....just sayin'

07.10.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2087    πŸ” 490    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 25
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Remember, it was the Washington Post who gave Bondi a thumbs up to be confirmed. Democracy Docket made clear from day one that she was an election denying sycophant.

No surprise at their coverage of today. Support independent, pro-democracy media today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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