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@johnb48.bsky.social

Retired English professor. Now it’s all about my labs, chihuahua, chickens, and cooking. Oh sure, there’s plenty of time for reading and meandering.

154 Followers  |  132 Following  |  48 Posts  |  Joined: 16.11.2024  |  2.2406

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Alternate headline: Johnson Lied.

07.09.2025 23:26 — 👍 26262    🔁 7010    💬 1949    📌 633
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Ossoff: He never should have been confirmed by the senate and he needs to resign. It is one thing to be a skeptic or a reformer. It is quite another to be a fool…

04.09.2025 22:57 — 👍 26581    🔁 6897    💬 564    📌 317
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When people say, “do your own research,” they generally mean, “google it.” They generally do NOT mean, “conduct an independent, ethical, peer reviewed study.” I would love if we spent more time differentiating between “research as knowledge production” and “research as knowledge consumption.”

15.08.2025 19:37 — 👍 480    🔁 86    💬 21    📌 7
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Interesting. Does anyone know how this turned out?

encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...

11.08.2025 15:53 — 👍 7943    🔁 3623    💬 448    📌 221

Call your senators and reps and make a BIG stink! This is ridiculous and the definition of waste, fraud and abuse.

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All that needs to be said - if you are paying attention, which 60% of America won't make any time for.

17.07.2025 17:34 — 👍 577    🔁 185    💬 31    📌 9

I’d say that @stephencolbert.bsky.social is (with the lone exception of @maddow.msnbc.com) the most brilliant, humane person I’ve encountered in broadcasting. His mind works faster than anyone else’s at a level of sophistication that is unmatchable. Genuinely a generational talent.

18.07.2025 03:04 — 👍 35299    🔁 5593    💬 905    📌 283
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Donald Trump's Drawing of the New York City Skyline Just Sold for $29,184 at Auction | Artnet News The president's rare attempt at drawing—a 2005 sketch of the Manhattan skyline—went under the hammer in California.

(🚨) CONFIRMED: Donald Trump just lied about the wildly inculpatory Epstein birthday note—the coded note that apparently references pedophilia and appears inside a sketch of a naked, small-breasted girl/woman—saying he never sketches.

He very much does.

18.07.2025 01:03 — 👍 1392    🔁 502    💬 89    📌 35
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😂😂

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April 11: “The phones are ringing off the hook.”

July 6: “Many of these countries never even contacted us.”

@atrupar.com

06.07.2025 14:08 — 👍 14481    🔁 3858    💬 708    📌 260
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A billion times yes

05.07.2025 14:53 — 👍 556    🔁 94    💬 24    📌 3

secure.actblue.com/donate/cooke...

04.07.2025 22:11 — 👍 7343    🔁 3158    💬 333    📌 126

“Congress” didn’t pass this murder budget.

Republicans did it.

Republicans did it without a single Democratic vote in the House, without a single Democratic vote in the Senate.

Be precise and give, uh, credit where credit is due

03.07.2025 19:37 — 👍 8606    🔁 2670    💬 149    📌 112
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Yes. This is in fact what each VP did.

04.07.2025 09:51 — 👍 17688    🔁 4242    💬 179    📌 82
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The Rot At the Top The cruelty is the fucking point.

They want you angry—but not at them. They want you seething, desperate to find someone to blame. “They.” “Them.” “Those people.” Immigrants. Trans kids. Black voters. Journalists. Protesters. Anyone and everyone but the billionaires robbing you blind.

open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

02.07.2025 13:22 — 👍 2212    🔁 538    💬 111    📌 23

Democracies use government as an instrument for the common good. Using a tax bill to destroy and deny health care for 17 million of our people is a sign of authoritarianism.

02.07.2025 13:52 — 👍 5532    🔁 1791    💬 367    📌 64
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Only despots threaten to strip away U.S. citizenship and deport their political rivals and enemies.

02.07.2025 21:18 — 👍 6995    🔁 1923    💬 559    📌 112
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This is Nick Begich (R-Alaska). If he votes for the bill,
37,000 of his constituents lose access to their healthcare.
27,000 of his constituents lose access to their food assistance.
578 energy jobs in his district will disappear.

02.07.2025 19:37 — 👍 16812    🔁 7524    💬 1219    📌 593
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Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!

26.06.2025 22:50 — 👍 25606    🔁 14719    💬 709    📌 705

Sounds like a winning ticket to me, you old windbag!

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Thanks for your vote of confidence…I guess?!

Unlike you, I’d actually be focused on the American people—the issues they’re facing, making sure folks have healthcare, and consulting with Congress before dropping bombs on another country.

25.06.2025 22:05 — 👍 24103    🔁 3820    💬 2720    📌 508

What an ongoing disgrace to Texas.

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Ha ha ha ha! So freaking delusional.

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We’re #1!!!

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