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Jeff Holcomb

@jeffholcomb.bsky.social

I celebrate diversity and history. Former futures trader, current teacher. Chicago is home.

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I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history"

It is propaganda, pure and simple.

12.08.2025 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3106    πŸ” 890    πŸ’¬ 87    πŸ“Œ 31

Homeland Security
@DHSgov
Which way, American man?

http://JOIN.ICE.GOV

photo of uncle sam with his hat off at a crossroads with title "America Needs You, Join ICE Now"

Homeland Security @DHSgov Which way, American man? http://JOIN.ICE.GOV photo of uncle sam with his hat off at a crossroads with title "America Needs You, Join ICE Now"

DHS is recruiting using a not-so-subtle reference to a 1978 book from white nationalist William Gayley Simpson, Which Way Western Man?

Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.

12.08.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4055    πŸ” 1753    πŸ’¬ 247    πŸ“Œ 303

Exactly.

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Trump administration says George Washington University violated law over Jewish students, faculty The Trump administration said on Tuesday it found George Washington University had violated federal civil rights law regarding Jewish, American Israeli, and Israeli students and faculty and will seek "immediate remediation" from the school.

Trump administration says George Washington University violated law over Jewish students, faculty reut.rs/4lpsQGL

12.08.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 7

The significance of Trump denying any knowledge of Project 2025 isn't that he lied. Of course he lied. But it invalidates any notion of a "mandate." There is none.

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There you have it.

12.08.2025 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 6809    πŸ” 2884    πŸ’¬ 509    πŸ“Œ 247
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EXCLUSIVE: I Have Ghislaine Maxwell's Security Score, Custody Level, Transfer Code, and Sex Offender Waiver I have reviewed an electronic file that includes some of the information Senator Whitehouse is demanding from the Bureau of Prisons.

BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Senator Whitehouse asked the BOP for Ghislaine Maxwells sex offender waiver, custody level, transfer code, and security point score. I have them. She's also been granted the ability to leave the facility for work assignments. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...

11.08.2025 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 20180    πŸ” 9719    πŸ’¬ 1424    πŸ“Œ 1022

Yes, yes, yes, and no.

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A January memo from the Department of Justice

11.08.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2508    πŸ” 1175    πŸ’¬ 129    πŸ“Œ 65

Hunt was as usual relying on her digital Rolodex of seven House aides.

11.08.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Tower's riverfront retail space has sat empty for 16 years, making it the longest-running retail vacancy Downtown. Will it ever get a tenant? blockclubchi.co/45aDFaU

11.08.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 11

It's coming from a guy who wants to buy Greenland and thinks Canada should concede its entire country.

11.08.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m sorry, but β€œterritorial concessions” by any democratic nation protecting their sovereignty and their citizens to any invading army seems kinda nuts, as well as contrary to what our US has always believed.

Why is this on the table at all?

11.08.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1492    πŸ” 364    πŸ’¬ 113    πŸ“Œ 23

Is there a single Dem arguing all doc not be released? Of course not.

11.08.2025 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Putin isn't winning the war, he's facing economic difficulties at home, and most of the world is opposed to his actions. Even a barely competent artisan of dealmaking would find it easy to put the screws to him. It won't happen.

11.08.2025 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Someone forgot to take down this webpage:

www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...

11.08.2025 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 28317    πŸ” 11732    πŸ’¬ 545    πŸ“Œ 644

As the American radical, Christian right imposes its theocracy on us.

11.08.2025 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Anas al-Sharif: Four Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike near Al-Shifa hospital Al Jazeera had condemned a "campaign of incitement" by the IDF against its reporters, but the military claims one of the journalists was part of Hamas.

Israel targeted & killed 4 journalists today in a marked journalist tent next to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza.

RIP: Anas al-Sharif, Moh'd Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher, & Moh'd Noufal.

Israel has killed 237 journalists since Oct 2023, many in incidents constituting war crimes.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Emiliano's: Agents left behind 'trail of destruction' | 16 people detained by ICE The restaurant posted on their social media platforms that federal agents "stormed our restaurant in a show of force that went far beyond anything reasonable or humane.

Emiliano’s restaurant posted that federal agents "stormed our restaurant…tore through our spaces, & left behind a trail of fear, confusion & destruction. Our kitchens were flipped. Our walk-ins emptied. Food trashed. Doors broken. Lives shattered."

www.wtae.com/article/emil...

10.08.2025 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1580    πŸ” 711    πŸ’¬ 81    πŸ“Œ 136
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Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:

β€œIf this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased β€” and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”

Israel just killed him.

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A photo of Anas Al-Sharif and his Al Jazeera colleague Mohammad Qrere in their press bullet proof vests looking at their phones. Both are reported killed. Photo credit to Motassem A Dalloul.

A photo of Anas Al-Sharif and his Al Jazeera colleague Mohammad Qrere in their press bullet proof vests looking at their phones. Both are reported killed. Photo credit to Motassem A Dalloul.

BREAKING: One of the most important and prominent reporters on the ground in Gaza has been Anas Al Sharif.

He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza.

Speechless.

10.08.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2425    πŸ” 1811    πŸ’¬ 98    πŸ“Œ 166

Whitaker was US Attorney for Iowa from β€˜04-β€˜09, had a failed Senate run in β€˜12, did shady stuff at a shady company for 3 years, started a β€œnonprofit” to attack Hillary, joined Trump to work with AG Sessions, became Acting AG for 3 months, and was a pundit/consultant after.

Now he’s NATO ambassador.

10.08.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1216    πŸ” 372    πŸ’¬ 147    πŸ“Œ 31

"earned"

10.08.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 124    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 1

The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed.

Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.

09.08.2025 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 28331    πŸ” 9540    πŸ’¬ 909    πŸ“Œ 425

If AI models can steal content......

10.08.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In Election Cases, Supreme Court Keeps Removing Guardrails

We now have the most radical court of my lifetime.

In Election Cases, Supreme Court Keeps Removing Guardrails www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/u...

10.08.2025 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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WA hiker’s viral video shows overgrown trails, full toilets in national park

Our parks are in survival mode and they need more staff!

10.08.2025 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 8381    πŸ” 2665    πŸ’¬ 280    πŸ“Œ 116

"Can I leave if we name that road after you?"

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🚨 ICE destroys a restaurant, arresting 16 people, literally started a FIRE; no criminal activity being committed by those arrested. πŸ“Œ The criminals destroyed a restaurant and kidnapped 16 people.

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