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@goldcoastjon.bsky.social

Bicycle teacher, transportation advocate. Writer. Singer (Bass II, church choir). Married to Linda Hudson since 1988. Christian (Episcopalian). Liberal Democrat. Slava Ukraini!

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Did BART address disability access in rolling out its new gates? Card readers on only one side, gates that are slow to open β€” an accessibility task force raised multiple concerns, but BART didn’t always listen.

Did BART address disability access in rolling out its new gates?Β  @SFBART @BikeEastBay @SFBike oaklandside.org/2025/11/17/b...

18.11.2025 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Republicans refuse to reopen the government because they'd rather make their billionaire buddies and Wall Street donors happy with a tax break than prevent your premiums from tripling.

Shame on them. #GOPHealthCareShutdown

07.11.2025 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Administration Live Updates: Trump Appeals Ruling That Orders Fast and Full SNAP Payments

Administration Live Updates: Trump Appeals Ruling That Orders Fast and Full SNAP Payments. This God-forsaking regime is driven by greed, cruelty, spite, and meanness. FREE READ www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

07.11.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Live Updates: Justices Express Skepticism of Trump’s Tariff Power

Live Updates: Even Conservative Justices Express Skepticism of Trump’s Tariff Power www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

05.11.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Testimony in the misdemeanor 'assault with a hoagie' is clearly designed to create empathy for the Border Patrol agent, who is being made a fool of by the DC prosecutor's office.

I refuse to get sucked in: Agent Lairmore, if this is humiliating, good, you should quit, every small town PD is hiring.

04.11.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Something to take into account. Abigail Spanberger got her start in politics via Moms Demand. We talk a lot about the Trump effect and Dobbs radicalizing suburban women with degrees. But I think we miss just how school shootings served as a sparkplug for the suburban shift for educated women.

04.11.2025 05:01 β€” πŸ‘ 890    πŸ” 165    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 13
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β€˜Yes to Wind’: Maryland advocates join to oppose Trump’s assault on offshore projects Advocates and lawmakers push back at President Donald Trump’s assault on offshore wind projects, including one planned for Maryland’s coast.

β€œOffshore wind means lower utility bills. Let me say it again: Offshore wind means lower utility bills." www.yahoo.com/news/article...

04.11.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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FACT: Republicans control the White House, the Senate, and the House.

This is their shutdown.

Tell Congress to cancel the GOP healthcare cuts and end Trump’s shutdown here: https://bit.ly/3IDECjz

#TrumpGOPshutdown

04.11.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

The modern neo-fascist Christan Nationalist and far-right movement started in response to the Civil Rights Act (1964) and Voting Rights Act (1965). Segregationists then took up forced-birth/anti-abortion and politicized themselves, jumping from the Democratic to the Republican party. Here we are.

04.11.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Traditional Media Never Took the Christian Right Seriously Back in the early 2000s, when we were outraged by the excesses...

I 100% agree with @sarahposner.bsky.social: Traditional Media Never Took the Christian Right Seriously talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/tradi... via @talkingpointsmemo.com

04.11.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

AMAZING question. Absolutely terminal DC-brain.

02.11.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1124    πŸ” 133    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 2
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Trump Administration Live Updates: SNAP’s Future Is Uncertain, Despite Order to Continue During the Shutdown

Trump Administration Live Updates: SNAP’s Future Is Uncertain, Despite Order to Continue During the Shutdown www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

02.11.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Says He Is Prepared to Send β€˜More Than the National Guard’ Into U.S. Cities

Trump Says He Is Prepared to Send β€˜More Than the National Guard’ Into U.S. Cities www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...

28.10.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Choose this day whom you will serve. As for me and my house, etc.

26.10.2025 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sadly, we no longer live in a functioning democracy.

25.10.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 22487    πŸ” 8229    πŸ’¬ 1210    πŸ“Œ 367
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I don’t know if Kamala Harris plans to run in 2028, but this here is a master class in how to handle a loaded question.

β€œI never listen to polls. If I listened to polls, I would never have run for my first office or my second office. And I certainly wouldn’t be sitting here in this interview.” πŸ”₯

25.10.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 5315    πŸ” 1165    πŸ’¬ 300    πŸ“Œ 69
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What Russians did the last 48h:

- Bombing a kindergarten in Kharkiv
- carpet bombing of Kherson with unguided MLRS fire
- hunted farmers on their fields with FPV drones
- Killed a 84-year old female with a FPV drone
- Fired ballistic missiles at Kyiv

25.10.2025 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 753    πŸ” 301    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 20
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As Toni Morrison said, "the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work." But she also reminded us never to lose our capacity to be shocked.

Part of my conversation on @ayman.msnbc.com earlier today.

25.10.2025 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 12070    πŸ” 2610    πŸ’¬ 153    πŸ“Œ 86
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I'M NOT SCARED OF YOU. WE ARE NOT SCARED OF YOU.

26.10.2025 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5237    πŸ” 1974    πŸ’¬ 156    πŸ“Œ 86

What’s the real reason that over a month after her election, Adelita Grijalva is STILL waiting to be sworn in?

Mike Johnson wants to protect those in the Epstein Files.

Full stop.

26.10.2025 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4665    πŸ” 1345    πŸ’¬ 227    πŸ“Œ 57

Well, Fam, just found out our health insurance is jumping from $1700 to over $3000 a month. And we still have to wait till Nov 1 to see more optionsβ€”when the site will probably crash because everyone will be freaking out at the same time.

26.10.2025 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 10477    πŸ” 3434    πŸ’¬ 727    πŸ“Œ 190
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Sit On It Bucko!
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26.10.2025 03:42 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

When the president is destroying national landmarks, murdering fishermen, raising prices because he's angry over a Reagan video, and kidnapping parents in front of their crying children is probably not an ideal time to have a lazy, completely incompetent legislative branch perpetually on vacation.

26.10.2025 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 29702    πŸ” 8831    πŸ’¬ 897    πŸ“Œ 339

I don’t really think the framers intended for a president to have the power to slap a tariff on products from a particular country because he didn’t like a TV commercial they ran about him, but I suppose it is presently up to the Supreme Ct to decide how far the Mad King can go.

26.10.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 15553    πŸ” 3846    πŸ’¬ 932    πŸ“Œ 181

Ontario ran the tariff ad again during the World Series. It’s a damn good one.

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πŸ‘‡πŸ½

26.10.2025 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 22092    πŸ” 8024    πŸ’¬ 542    πŸ“Œ 244
Dumb, gullible, and mean #duet #maga #snapbenefits #aid #assistance #cult #idiot #trump #foodstamps
YouTube video by Hawk's Podcasts / mdg650hawk Dumb, gullible, and mean #duet #maga #snapbenefits #aid #assistance #cult #idiot #trump #foodstamps

youtube.com/shorts/PxtyO...

26.10.2025 04:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Announces Tariff Increase on Canada Over Reagan Ad Spat

Trump Announces Tariff Increase on Canada Over Accurate Reagan Ad Spat. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/w...

26.10.2025 04:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Listen to Ronald Reagan's state of the union address.

Someone should show MAGA and tRump.

Haha, no it's not AI either

@aaronparnas.bsky.social @meidastouch.com

26.10.2025 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

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