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Joe McKearn

@josephmckearn.bsky.social

Blue state supporter, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Married with one son, and a trio of feisty cats. Liberal activist, retired PNC executive, LGBTQ+ supporter, Proud PFLAG parent. Retired liaison Wisconsin LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce

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The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.

06.12.2025 14:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18353    ๐Ÿ” 6681    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 761    ๐Ÿ“Œ 334
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06.12.2025 15:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 176    ๐Ÿ” 38    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It starts with knowing the truth. Donโ€™t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.

06.12.2025 14:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13599    ๐Ÿ” 5088    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 428    ๐Ÿ“Œ 190
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How to Get Rid of "Citizens United" We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. Thereโ€™s a far simpler way.

The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...

04.12.2025 20:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6843    ๐Ÿ” 2742    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 159    ๐Ÿ“Œ 130

There are too many goddamned murderers in our government.

05.12.2025 05:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3010    ๐Ÿ” 506    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 100    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24

He commits crimes against humanity to stop โ€œdrug traffickersโ€ while pardoning a notorious drug trafficker.

He attacks veterans while committing treason.

Make it stop.

04.12.2025 22:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11837    ๐Ÿ” 2794    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 394    ๐Ÿ“Œ 102
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They just don't seem to do numbers or facts very well...

05.12.2025 11:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10755    ๐Ÿ” 3005    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 882    ๐Ÿ“Œ 203
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Admiral Alvin Holsey Retires Friday After Clash With Hegseth Over Venezuela Strikes Admiral Alvin Holsey retires December 12, 2025 after one year leading SOUTHCOM. Breaking news on tensions with Hegseth over Caribbean strikes.

Reports now said that Kegbreath told Admiral Holsey that the military will follow all order & not to question any of them. Holsey stated the strikes are illegal & Kegbreath said do it or step down & retired. Holsey step down & retired.
allaboutlawyer.com/admiral-alvi...

04.12.2025 13:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5047    ๐Ÿ” 1811    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 314    ๐Ÿ“Œ 116

NEW: GRAND JURY REFUSES TO RE-INDICT LETITIA JAMES per @nicollewallace.bsky.social on Deadline White House. HAHAHAHA

04.12.2025 22:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18832    ๐Ÿ” 3448    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 468    ๐Ÿ“Œ 224
All text.

All text.

Santa and his reindeer with one reindeer lying down on the ground. Santa says great a flat!

Santa and his reindeer with one reindeer lying down on the ground. Santa says great a flat!

An animal looking excited, or maybe not, about it being Christmas!!!

An animal looking excited, or maybe not, about it being Christmas!!!

Good morning, Bluesky friends!

Time to start posting the crazy Xmas memes! Yeah, itโ€™ll be all over in 3 short weeks!

So, letโ€™s get started!

Happy Friday, everyone!

05.12.2025 14:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A war criminal without a war It's just murder.

New in PN: A war criminal without a war

"Weโ€™re watching the flimsy justifications fall apart in real time. They can try to shift the blame. They can try to say that people clinging to wreckage for dear life are somehow an active threat. But in the end, itโ€™s just murder."

05.12.2025 12:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11559    ๐Ÿ” 3752    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 526    ๐Ÿ“Œ 217

The bottom 90% lost a collective $79 trillion in wages over the past 50 years.

Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income โ€” so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.

The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.

05.12.2025 01:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7793    ๐Ÿ” 2809    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 225    ๐Ÿ“Œ 144
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FLORIDA โ€” Woman in scrubs: โ€œIโ€™m a U.S. citizen! Why are you doing this to me??โ€

04.12.2025 20:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8703    ๐Ÿ” 4937    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1361    ๐Ÿ“Œ 723

Congress used to have the power of the purse and the power to declare war.

05.12.2025 13:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6192    ๐Ÿ” 1384    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 376    ๐Ÿ“Œ 96
This eveningโ€™s Super moon

This eveningโ€™s Super moon

The Cold Supermoon tonight

04.12.2025 23:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6107    ๐Ÿ” 533    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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It's unbelievable how corrupt the Supreme Court is. It's insane that we are letting them get away with it. They are taking away all of our rights.

05.12.2025 03:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15818    ๐Ÿ” 3171    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 801    ๐Ÿ“Œ 189
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BREAKING: Election Advocates Demand Recount in Tennessee Theyโ€™re questioning how 31,000 additional votes appeared with 99.4% votes counted - and that's not all.

BREAKING: Election Advocates Demand Recount in Tennessee
open.substack.com/pub/narativ/...

04.12.2025 21:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6741    ๐Ÿ” 2921    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 474    ๐Ÿ“Œ 324
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Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits Contact Congress today!

While Mike Johnson is running around trying to act like heโ€™s not the most incompetent Speaker in US history, weโ€™re pushing hard to extend the ACA tax credits for millions of Americans.

Weโ€™re almost there, and you can help!

05.12.2025 03:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7490    ๐Ÿ” 2149    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 181    ๐Ÿ“Œ 64
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Keystone Kash, his girlfriend, and her friends having the time of their lives using and abusing taxpayer funded resources and civil servants. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

05.12.2025 13:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3109    ๐Ÿ” 1358    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 205    ๐Ÿ“Œ 96
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Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."

04.12.2025 19:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18583    ๐Ÿ” 6645    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 646    ๐Ÿ“Œ 322
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Abbe Lowell, the attorney who is representing Letitia James: โ€œI can't tell you a time in the federal system...where a federal prosecutor thought a case was strong enough to bring to a grand jury, and the grand jury said no.โ€ @kaitlancollins.bsky.social

05.12.2025 13:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12111    ๐Ÿ” 3205    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 294    ๐Ÿ“Œ 127

The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service

05.12.2025 13:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22411    ๐Ÿ” 6681    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 644    ๐Ÿ“Œ 412
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"It always seems impossible until it's done."

-- Nelson Mandela, who died #OTD 2013

05.12.2025 14:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 53    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. Concentrated wealth is already endangering our democracy. Wealth doesnโ€™t just beget more wealthโ€‰โ€”โ€‰it begets more power.

Itโ€™s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.

03.12.2025 23:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5716    ๐Ÿ” 1601    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 149    ๐Ÿ“Œ 69

Theyโ€™ve turned reporting on our democracy into a video game. And itโ€™s damaged it irreparably.

03.12.2025 12:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
ALL IMLS grants restored in every state & territory.

ALL IMLS grants restored in every state & territory.

In response to a ruling from a federal judge in Rhode Island, the Institute of Museum and Library Services reinstated all previously canceled grants in every state and territory. It's a huge win for libraries and our communities.

In response to a ruling from a federal judge in Rhode Island, the Institute of Museum and Library Services reinstated all previously canceled grants in every state and territory. It's a huge win for libraries and our communities.

"The reinstatement of all IMLS grants means that libraries across the country will be able to resume vital services for learning, imagination, and economic opportunity. We are breathing a sigh of relief, but the fight is not over." ALA President Sam Helmick. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

"The reinstatement of all IMLS grants means that libraries across the country will be able to resume vital services for learning, imagination, and economic opportunity. We are breathing a sigh of relief, but the fight is not over." ALA President Sam Helmick. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.

This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!

Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

03.12.2025 22:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6803    ๐Ÿ” 2329    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 170

Republicans can't win elections honestly because they only serve themselves and the wealthy.

So they cheat.

And they get away with it because we allow it to happen. Over and over again.

03.12.2025 04:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 459    ๐Ÿ” 137    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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A Drunk Raccoon Passed Out in the Bathroom of a Virginia Liquor Store

"The raccoon entered the ABC liquor store in Ashland, Va., through the ceiling early Saturday morning. 'It wreaked havoc,' said Carol Mawyer, the public relations manager for Virginia ABC. 'It broke several bottles and consumed the spirits.'"

I love him.

03.12.2025 23:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 199    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

"Branding individuals as 'narco-terrorists' without proof just to open the door to lethal force is not a legitimate policy,itโ€™s a dangerous fantasy. It bypasses due process, shreds constitutional limits, and pushes America toward another unnecessary foreign war."

-Senator Rand Paul (R)

03.12.2025 19:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3852    ๐Ÿ” 1050    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 158    ๐Ÿ“Œ 51

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